Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

The front yard of Tongtianmeng was brightly lit, a dozen guardians formed a row beside the mourning hall, and two or three young attendants knelt in front of the coffin and burned paper.Yu Shaotian was not in good health, and housekeeper Yu drove him back to his room as soon as night fell.

Bai Yutang flew all the way into the yard with ease, and stopped firmly by the pond.A few lights were lit in Zhan Zhao's room, and the shadows reflected on the window paper remained motionless, presumably sitting quietly again.

The door was slightly concealed and was not closed tightly, Bai Yutang changed his footsteps when he was about to go back to the room, turned a corner, walked to his window, knocked, and pushed open a gap.

"Ok?"

Zhan Zhao was sitting at the table in a dark red robe, and when he heard the noise outside the window, he looked up and saw Bai Yutang standing outside, his hair was slightly disheveled, and his inner garment was probably half wet with dew.

"Why don't you change your clothes and come here?"

Then he got up and opened the door, Bai Yutang walked in sideways, and got himself a big cup of cold tea.Zhan Zhao saw that his feet were bare and his trousers were covered with mud. After closing the door, he walked to the wooden frame next to the bed, tore off a face towel and threw it to Bai Yutang.

"Fifth Lord, are you worried that your dry cat will be knocked into the water?" Bai Yutang wiped his face carelessly a few times, dried his bun, and sat cross-legged on a chair, rolling up his overlong sleeves.

Zhan Zhao ignored his joke, thought for a while and ran to the next room to get his clothes and shoes back.

"Mao'er, after the two men in black dived into the water, they led me to a manor below the mountain. Although I still don't know their intentions, I still feel that nothing good happened."

After washing and washing, Bai Yutang thought about what to say, and told Zhan Zhao everything that happened to him.

"manor………"

Looking at the candlelight on the table, Zhan Zhao fell into deep thought, recalling the little details at that time, and said after a while, "The group of killers didn't come here to take my life, they just wanted to hold me back. You and I arrived in Jiuhua for the first time. , it stands to reason that apart from the Tongtianmeng, no one else will be provoked."

"Tongtianmeng? Do you suspect that they were recruited by Tongtianmeng?" Bai Yutang approached.

"It's not suspicion, it's certainty. Regardless of Yu Shaotian's real intentions, the four elders are probably the ones he wants to get rid of, and it just so happens that we bumped into each other this time, why doesn't he use his strength to fight?"

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The next morning.

Because Zhan Zhao and the others were chasing the enemy last night, they were already close to Mao when they returned, but they were fast asleep when they were awakened by the earth-shattering suona sound.

Bai Yutang swung open the curtain and rubbed his forehead. He had very good hearing and couldn't ignore the noise outside, so he had to pack up and get up. When he opened the door, his belly was just exposed.

There were two maids waiting by the door, holding washbasins and other toiletries, waiting for him to wake up, Bai Yutang nodded and signaled them to go in and put them away.

"Dead cat! Stupid cat! Next time, Fifth Master, I will definitely not join in the fun with you!"

After the maid left, Bai Yutang secretly scolded Zhan Zhao next door while washing his face.

"Fifth Brother", when he was scolding vigorously, he was interrupted by a knock on the door.Bai Yutang also had a sharp nose, and instantly smelled the carp soup in Zhan Zhao's hand.Bai Yutang didn't have any special hobbies in his life, except that like his second brother Han Zhang, he especially liked carp. When he was on the empty island, whenever he felt unhappy, his elder brother Lu Fang would ask his sister-in-law to cook a bowl of fish soup.

Bai Yutang walked to the table, and Zhan Zhao had already set up the bowls and chopsticks, "I went to the kitchen this morning and saw the cook was stewing fish, so I asked for a bowl. My fifth brother was tired last night, so Zhan borrowed flowers to present Buddha."

Bai Yutang took the porcelain spoon, put a mouthful of fish soup into his mouth, and immediately the unhappiness of waking up in the morning was completely eliminated.

Seeing how much he ate, Zhan Zhao also picked up a piece, it was really delicious, no wonder the mouse likes it.

"Jiuhua's koi are not inferior to Songjiang Mansion. It really is a good mountain and water to raise good fish."

After eating, Bai Yutang wiped his fingers carefully, leaned on the chair and sighed.

"Master Zhan! Young Xia Bai! Something is wrong!"

While the two were relaxing, footsteps and shouts came from outside the door, Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, both of them were puzzled.

"what happened?"

The little boy who sent the message ran all the way, leaning on the door frame to pant, Zhan Zhao stood up and asked.

"Hoo hoo... Elder Xu, he's dead!" Xiaotong let out a sigh of relief and said intermittently.

"Dead?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said in unison, without much shock.

"He's dead, why are you so eager to find me and Zhan Zhao?" Bai Yutang also came out of the room and stood beside Zhan Zhao.

"This, this..."

Xiaotong hesitated for a while, with a troubled expression on his face, "They said that Elder Xu was killed by Young Master Bai." After speaking, he quickly lowered his head, fearing that Bai Yutang's anger would involve him.

"What? Why do you say that? What's the situation with the Young Leader?" Zhan Zhao frowned, thinking about what happened last night, he felt bad, and it turned out that he was waiting for them here.

"I don't know about this villain, but early in the morning, the other three elders came over with Elder Xu's coffin, and they believed that it was Young Master Bai who did it. I'll call the two of you over."

"Go back first and tell the young leader that Zhan and Bai Yutang will be there soon."

Zhan Zhao grabbed Bai Yutang's arm, pulled him back from the threshold, and shook his head to signal not to rush forward.

"Yes!" The little boy trotted out of the courtyard gate.

"It must be Yu Shaotian! This trick is good for killing people with a borrowed knife!"

With a movement of his arm, Bai Yutang broke away from Zhan Zhao's suppression, and mocked, his hand holding Zhan Lu gradually tightened, not wanting to get angry at Zhan Zhao, so he turned around and sat on the chair without saying a word.

"Fifth brother, calm down."

Zhan Zhao knew that with Bai Yutang's arrogance, he definitely wanted to go to the mourning hall and question them face to face. However, only the two of them knew about the attack last night. If they went out directly, no matter whether it was Yu Shaotian's hand or not, They don't have any evidence that they can't eat well.

"Whether the other three elders are kept in the dark by Yu Shaotian or not, they must condemn Xu Donghai publicly. Perhaps Xu Donghai's subordinates have been bought by Yu Shaotian, and when we pass by in a while, Yu Shaotian must be a blush, you Don't talk too much with them, leave everything to me."

Zhan Zhao has been in the officialdom for a long time, although he doesn't bother to learn those gossips, it doesn't mean he can't.Yu Shaotian knew Bai Yutang's temperament, when the three elders insisted that he was the one who killed him, he would definitely go up and fight for a fight, and then what happened to the three elders, right or wrong, under the eyes of everyone, it was really justified and he couldn't tell.

Zhan Zhao is a "royal cat" who walks in front of the imperial court and sealed by the official family. Yu Shaotian has no choice but to disregard the official family even if he doesn't care about Mr. Bao's face.And since Yu Shaotian made the three elders think that Bai Yutang was the murderer, he must have ordered someone to leave evidence at the scene, proving that Bai Yutang had indeed been there last night.

"What did you leave in that manor last night?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Last night...I came out in a hurry last night, and I didn't bring anything except Zhanlu," Bai Yutang thought.

"Zhanlu..."

Zhan Zhao touched his hem, took the sharp sword by the table and walked towards his room.

"Dead cat!" Seeing him walking away without saying a word, Bai Yutang quickly caught up with him.

...............

In the mourning hall, the storm is about to come.

Xu Donghai's coffin was placed directly below, surrounded by all his subordinates.The other three elders were sitting on the side, all armed with weapons, their faces were cold, and they seemed to be refusing to leave without explaining.Yu Shaotian stood above and was supported by his followers, he coughed lightly from time to time, he seemed harmless to humans and animals.

"Young lord, the old man still respectfully called you young lord today. You also know that we have been brothers since we were together with your father. Who would have thought that today, the lord's body was still cold, and the fourth brother was brutally murdered. Pity the five of us, separated by yin and yang! And the person who killed him is said to be still in your backyard!"

Elder Li, who was at the top of the list, didn't see Bai Yutang coming out after Xiaotong came back, so he couldn't help standing up and walking quickly in front of Yu Shaotian.Pointing at his nose and cursing.

As soon as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stepped into the back door of the mourning hall, they heard a burst of impassioned voices, their words were forceful, and their voices were crying blood. If Bai Yutang didn't know the inside story of the Tongtian League, he might have been killed. I was moved by these words.

"Elder Li, I..."

Yu Shaotian sighed, his eye circles were red, and he was about to speak out to comfort him, when he heard applause behind him, he turned around and saw Bai Yutang walking slowly without rushing.

"The elder said well."

"You are the Bai Yutang who killed my fourth brother?!" Elder Li looked at the person coming, glared at each other, his anger turned to Bai Yutang, and questioned unceremoniously.

"The elder said carefully, if you say that I killed Xu Donghai, well, is there someone to prove it or physical evidence? It just so happens that Mr. Zhan is here today. As long as you convince Mr. Zhan that I am the murderer, Bai will not say a word. Let you go to the government to plead guilty." Bai Yutang spoke calmly, with a smile on his face, raised his arm, pushed away Elder Li's crossed arm in front of him, walked to the front and spoke to the crowd of onlookers.

"Heh, who in Jianghu doesn't know that you and Zhan Zhao have a very close friendship." Another elder in the audience disdainfully snorted and sat sideways, not looking at the two of them.

"Don't worry, the three elders." Upon seeing this, Zhan Zhao stepped forward and cupped his hands to Elder Li, "Master Bao's reputation as Zhan works in Kaifeng Mansion, everyone must know that if Bai Yutang really killed Elder Xu, Zhan will definitely let him go." He paid in blood."

"Heh..." Elder Li glanced at Zhan Zhao, and didn't buy what he said.

"Of course, Zhan doesn't know how the three elders decided that Elder Xu must have been killed by Bai Yutang. Food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words should not be spoken indiscriminately. Elder Li should understand this truth."

"Come here, bring the witnesses here! Let Mr. Zhan see if we are talking nonsense!" Elder Li blushed when he heard what Zhan Zhao said, and was very angry. He waved his hand to his followers to bring someone over.