Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng

In the thatched hut, there was a person lying on the dilapidated wooden plank, his face was as white as paper, pale and colorless, and beside him was a young woman who kept sobbing.

The young woman panicked when she saw Bao Zheng and the others coming in, and then stared at them vigilantly.

Seeing this, the old man who rushed in with Gongsun Ce hurriedly said, "Ma'am, don't be afraid. This is the doctor I found. Hurry up and show your lord!"

Bao Zheng took a look at the woman, although she was very embarrassed now, but she had a good demeanor and a pleasant appearance, and her background must be extraordinary.

And my lord... looked at the woman standing beside the wooden plank, her posture was very vigilant and protective, they are husband and wife, right?

This woman is the official's wife.

"My servant, Bao Zheng, this is Gongsun Ce, Zhan Zhao, and Bai Yutang. We are all passers-by going to Duanzhou, and we are trapped here." Bao Zheng clasped his hands and said with a gentle attitude.

After hearing this, the woman was half-believing, hesitated, and said in a low voice, "You say you are Bao Zheng? Then do you have an official seal?"

Bao Zheng squinted his eyes, the official seal?How does this lady know that he is coming to Duanzhou to take up the post?

Gongsun Ce at the side glanced at the man on the wooden bed, frowned and said, "Ma'am, let's see this lord first."

The situation of the man on the plank bed is not optimistic.

When the woman heard this, she panicked, turned around and looked anxiously at the man on the wooden bed, and then looked at Gongsun Ce hesitantly. Gongsun Ce took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, madam. But I will do my best.”

The woman nodded slowly after hearing this, but her expression was a little sad.

Gongsun Ce stepped forward to feel the man's pulse. The man's injuries were serious, but fortunately his life was not in danger. He waved his hand to bring over the small medicine box that Bai Yutang was carrying. During the process, the woman kept staring closely, looking vigilant and worried. Gongsun Ce noticed it and pretended not to know it, while Bao Zheng watched calmly. Bao Zheng noticed that the wound on the man's body was a knife. The wound stretched from the chest to the abdomen. The man's complexion was fair and thin, and there were thick calluses between the index finger and middle finger of that hand, which should have been left by holding a pen for a long time. There was also the man's appearance and age. Between thirty and forty, with wrinkles in the middle of his forehead, he should usually be a person who likes to frown and think.

Bao Zheng stared at the man, and had some kind of speculation in his heart.

The woman had been staring at Gongsun Ce closely from beginning to end, and she was slightly relieved when she saw that the man's face on the wooden bed was no longer so pale after Gongsun Ce took the medicine.

Gongsun Ce washed his hands in the wooden basin brought by the old woman in the thatched hut, looked up and smiled at the worried woman who was tucked in the quilt, "Don't worry, Ma'am, there is no danger. If there is no accident, you should be able to wake up at night." coming."

When the woman heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then a gleam of joy flashed across her face, and she hurriedly said, "So, thank you, Mr. Gongsun."

Gongsun Ce smiled and waved his hands, then walked to the side and grabbed the medicine from the herbs in the small medicine box.Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao followed to help.

And Bao Zheng stepped forward, bowed his hands to the woman and said, "Madam, this is my official seal." As Bao Zheng spoke, he took out the small cloth bag he carried with him from his sleeve, and there was him in the cloth bag. Officials rely on official seals.

The woman took it and looked at it carefully before handing the official seal to Bao Zheng. She looked at Bao Zheng, knelt down slowly, and said in a low voice, "My concubine pays my respects to your lord!"

Bao Zheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him up, the old woman and the old man on the side were all startled, the old man said in a trembling voice, "You, you are Master Bao who is coming to Duanzhou to take office?!"

Bao Zheng nodded slightly to the old man, "Yes, I am Bao Zheng."

The old man let out an ouch, pulled the old woman and knelt down on the head, and said in panic, "The little one has no eyes, I don't know if it's Mr. Bao, and I hope you will make amends!"

Bao Zheng stepped forward to help the old man up, and said, "You two old men don't have to do this." After finishing speaking, Bao Zheng turned his head to look at the woman who was still kneeling silently, "Madam, can I take a step to speak?"

The woman got up and followed Bao Zheng out of the thatched cottage with her head down. Gongsun Ce, who was handling the herbs, took a look and continued to wrap the herbs.

After walking out of the thatched hut, Bao Zheng turned to look at the woman, and said in a deep voice, "If my guess is correct, Madam is the wife of Master Lin Jin from Qinghe County, right?"

The woman raised her eyes and saw that Bao Zheng's eyes blushed slightly, and said in a low voice, "Master Bao is right, this concubine is Lin Jin's wife."

"The one inside is Lord Lin Jin, right?" Bao Zheng asked, frowning, "How could he be so seriously injured?"

The woman—Mrs. Lin suddenly said in a low voice and urgently, "My lord! Go away! This Qinghe County has already fallen into the hands of villains! Those people are very scary! You will be in danger here!"

Bao Zheng looked at Mrs. Lin, "I know, but that's why I came here. Ma'am, please tell me first, those two old people inside are..."

Mrs. Lin seemed to hesitate, and after a while, she said in a low voice, "They are mountain people who kindly saved me and my master."

Bao Zheng stared at Madam Lin, Madam Lin seemed to be hiding something?Bao Zheng raised his eyes to look at the old man who was looking at the door of the thatched cottage, and when he saw Bao Zheng's gaze, he showed a naive smile.

"Ma'am, what's the old man's name?"

"They said their surname was Wu." Mrs. Lin whispered, seemingly uncertain.

Bao Zheng could hear the uncertainty in Madam Lin's tone, so he just nodded.

Then, Bao Zheng asked about Qinghe County. Mrs. Lin could answer some simple questions.

After Mrs. Lin answered, Bao Zheng asked casually, "Madam, does Qinghe County have a small population?"

"No, because Qinghe County is on an important road, there are quite a lot of people, probably XXXX people." Mrs. Lin said a specific number without thinking.

Bao Zheng listened, glanced at Mrs. Lin, and nodded lightly.Then, went into the thatched cottage.

Seeing that Bao Zheng didn't ask any other questions, but went straight into the thatched cottage, Mrs. Lin was a little surprised, but then hurriedly followed Bao Zheng into the thatched cottage.

As soon as he entered the thatched hut, Bao Zheng noticed that the first thing Mrs. Lin did was to come to Lin Jin's side, and looked at Lin Jin worriedly. Seeing that Lin Jin looked normal and much better, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then, He picked up the silk handkerchief and wiped it carefully for Lin Jin.

Bao Zheng looked at it for a while, then turned and walked towards Gongsun Ce, and the old woman tremblingly brought a somewhat damaged teacup, Bao Zheng quickly took it, and also took a cup and handed it to Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce hurriedly got up and thanked the old woman modestly, took the teacup, looked at it, and drank it down with a smile.

Bao Zheng also drank it down.

The same is true for Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, after Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng drank tea, out of the corner of their eyes, they caught Mrs. Lin looking at them worriedly?

"That's right, that's right, there is another dilapidated house in the back, or, Mr. Bao, you and Mr. Gongsun live here, and we will live there?" The old man said with a trembling voice.

"No, we can just live in the house behind." Bao Zheng said.

Gongsun Ce also smiled and said, "Old man, don't be so polite, it's better for you to stay here." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ce turned to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang and said, "Zhan Zhao, you go to the house first and tidy up as you please. For a while, you can sleep and rest."

Zhan Zhao responded, he had a gut feeling that something was wrong, but since Big Brother Gongsun had ordered, Zhan Zhao didn't ask, so he turned around and walked towards the back room.

In the evening, after tidying up the dilapidated house, it was really dilapidated. It should be a random wooden house with wind leaking from the roof and thatch on the floor. It is not particularly dirty and can make do with sleeping.

When I was investigating cases with Bao Zheng in my previous life, I have been in a more difficult environment, um, I have been in a prison cell, the environment here is pretty good.

Bao Zheng glanced at the wooden house, didn't say much, and asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to tidy up outside, then he pulled Gongsun Ce to sit down on the thatched pile, and said in a low voice, "Is there any problem with the tea?"

Gongsun Ce shook his head and smiled, "Probably added two things, but it doesn't matter, you have all taken my detoxification pills before, things like this are completely fine."

Bao Zheng smiled slightly, squinted his eyes, "That's good. There will probably be a play to watch tonight."

Gongsun Ce heard this, thinking about the strangeness of the lady and the two old men, he also smiled slightly.

*****

And at night, Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng lay together, both of them closed their eyes, pretending to be asleep, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, one leaned against the wall and fell asleep with closed eyes, and the other lay on the thatch pile.

When the dilapidated wooden house was quiet, suddenly the half-closed door opened, and a person came in quietly.

Gongsun Ce slightly raised his eyelids, and saw a pair of embroidered shoes and a burning torch.

Just when the other party was about to throw down the torch to light it, Zhan Zhao jumped up and kicked the torch away!Bai Yutang jumped up, flipped the sword in his hand, and put it on the opponent's neck.

Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce stood up, Bao Zheng stepped forward to pick up the torch that Zhan Zhao kicked out, looked at each other in the bright moonlight outside, and said indifferently, "Ma'am, why worry?"

The pale Madam Lin stood there, looking at Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce, she seemed a little unbelievable, "Are you not poisoned?"

Gongsun Ce smiled lightly, "We just ate something to detoxify before."

Mrs. Lin looked at Gongsun Ce, surprised for a while, but suddenly smiled, a little relieved, "It seems that Mr. Gongsun is a real person, so I can rest assured that my master's injury will definitely heal in the hands of Mr. .”

Gongsun Ce put away his smile when he heard this. He stared at Mrs. Lin and asked, "I can see that you are really worried about Master Lin. Why did you kill us?"

Mrs. Lin lowered her eyes slowly and remained silent.

Seeing that Mrs. Lin was silent and didn't press for questions, Bao Zheng just signaled Bai Yutang to look after her, so he dragged Gongsun Ce out of the cabin.

Gongsun Ce looked back at Mrs. Lin, who was sitting quietly on the thatched pile, and was very puzzled, what happened?

"Don't worry." Seeing that Gongsun Ce was still looking at Mrs. Lin, Bao Zheng said, "It's okay. She didn't want to kill us."

Gongsun Ce turned to look at Bao Zheng, "She doesn't want to kill us?"

Put poison in their tea, and then come over and set fire in the middle of the night, don't you want to kill them?