Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

Zhan Zhao didn't have time to react. The long alley in front of him suddenly turned into a wilderness, and the bluestone slab under his feet also turned into a stone slope.

If you are a timid person, I am afraid that there is a ghost already yelling.The giant que swung suddenly, cut off the dead branches in front of him, and revealed a winding dirt road stretching forward.Zhan Zhao lifted up the hem of his clothes, and tucked one end into his belt, making it easier to walk.

This place is surrounded by plains,? There are also ravines,? From the topography, it should be in the Jiangnan area. There are rapeseed flowers in the field,? In spring?Zhan Zhao didn't know if he was dreaming or really experiencing all this.

No matter what, if it comes, let it be safe, Zhan Zhao raised his sword and left the path in an instant, wanting to see what the man in Tsing Yi was up to.

"Brother, me, you can help me one more time!"

When they came to a forest, there was a sound of arguing inside, Zhan Zhao hid behind a tree, and looked sideways.

There are two men in front of them, their faces cannot be seen clearly, but they are similar in stature.

"I asked you to take the township exam. If you didn't take the exam, you got the idea of ​​buying an official. How much money do I have? Can I let you lose? Just take the 100 taels of silver and don't come to me again!"

Among them, the gray-clothed man was clearly furious, and he ignored the plea of ​​the scholar dressed up, and prepared to leave.

"Brother! Do you want to watch your brother die like this!" The scholar suddenly grabbed his sleeve, knelt on the ground, and burst into tears.

Buy an official?Zhan Zhao was about to listen closely, when the scene in front of him suddenly changed. It was in the mountains. Looking down, it was only a few hundred meters away from the place just now.

"Ho... ho"

There was a panting sound from behind, Zhan Zhao couldn't hide, and stood in front of the scholar just now, but the scholar seemed to be unable to see him, bent over and walked up, dragging something by his feet.Zhan Zhao's eyes shifted, and he was horrified. The thing he was dragging was the one who gave him the money just now, and now there was a big hole in his head, as if broken by a stone.

Zhan Zhao followed the scholar up until he came to a cave, watching him throw the dead man into the cave, and then there was a sound inside.Zhan Zhao wanted to jump down to see what was going on, but saw the scene in front of him change again, turning back into the original alley again.

"Who is the dead man? Who are you?"

Zhan Zhao drew his sword, regardless of whether the man in green was a ghost or a monster, he slowly approached him, and the point of the sword stopped in front of his throat to question him.

"My surname is... Liu, Liu Fuyan..."

The man in Tsing Yi took out a note from his sleeve, shook it and handed it to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao took it over and saw what was written on the paper: I have repeated my words for many years, because I could not enter the Kaifeng government office, I invited you to sleep with a hairpin many times, but unfortunately I was weak at the time, so I invited you here today, it is really helpless.What you have seen is true. If you meet a scholar outside the city in early July, Wan Wang will inform the star master for a detailed investigation.Liu Fuyan is white.

"Star Lord?"

Zhan Zhao raised his head and asked carefully, but his eyes went dark.

"Master... Mr. Gongsun! My master is awake!"

When Zhan Zhao opened his eyes again, he saw Ren Xingshou standing at the head of his bed and jumped up. Without waiting for Zhan Zhao to ask, he ran to the window and yelled at Gongsun Ce who was grinding medicine outside.

"Starfish."

Zhan Zhao's right temple was extremely painful, as if someone had beaten him with a stick.

"Master! You scared me to death. Uncle Bai said that you passed out suddenly outside the day before yesterday. Mr. Gongsun didn't see any symptoms after watching for a long time. He has been fainted until now. Uncle Bai is walking around in the yard all day long." The stars are babbling.

"Have passed out for many days?"

Could it be that Bai Yutang and Xiaomu disappeared suddenly?Who was that man he met later in the alley?And why saw that scene, and who was killed?Zhan Zhao kept thinking about what Liu Fuyan had said to him.

"Sir, let's see how my master is doing?" Ren Xingluo hurriedly took Gongsun Ce's medicine box.

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Gongsun Ce looked at Zhan Zhao's eyes for a while, felt his pulse again, and stroked his beard again, "Strange, strange."

"How strange?" Ren Xingluo asked.

"Guard Zhan is very healthy, as if he has only slept for a long time in the past few days, and there is nothing abnormal. This is really the first time a student has seen this situation."

"Sir, how did I fall into a coma?" Zhan Zhao figured out from their words that he had been in a coma for a long time, although he didn't have the slightest impression.

"I don't know the specific students, Zhan Huwei can ask Bai Shaoxia." Gongsun Ce said.

"By the way, Mr. Bao and Mr. Bao asked me to visit Liu's family class unannounced before, Zhan was negligent of his duty."

"Liu's class? Guard Zhan is referring to the Liu's class who trafficked people?"

"Correct."

"Master Bao asked the dynasty to search at that time, and it was said that the guards were negligent in their duties."

Gongsun Ce happily put away the box, and was about to write some nourishing prescriptions for Bai Yutang, so that Bai Yutang wouldn't have to hang around him all day.

"Dynasty? Isn't it..."

Zhan Zhao stood up suddenly, his face was shocked, and he calmed down quickly, "I'm sorry, it's really not? Do you remember that spell, sir?"

"Spells? The Zhan guards also know? Speaking of which, Liu's class is also bold. They put drugs on the spells, and when they were found out, they pretended to have gods on their bodies. In this way, they deceived many people in the countryside."

"How could..."

Zhan Zhao's face was calm, but his heart was turned upside down.Mr. Gongsun would not lie to him, if Mr. Bao didn't let him go, who was it?Seeing him standing by the table without speaking, Ren Xingluo couldn't help tugging at his cuffs, and said, "Master, what's the matter?"

Zhan Zhao came back to his senses, cupped his hands to Gongsun Ce and said, "Mr. Trouble, maybe Zhan has been in a coma for too long and is a little confused."

"It's all right, all right, Mr. Bao is still wondering if it's because he put too much pressure on you a while ago that caused you to suddenly faint." Afterwards, he declined Zhan Zhao's offer to send him off, let him have a good rest, and left the yard by himself.

"Master, are you really okay?"

Seeing what his master was thinking, Ren Xingluo was a little worried, and he didn't dare to go out, so he just stayed behind him obediently.

"I'm not a weak woman, so you don't have to follow me. Hey? Where's Yutang?"

Zhan Zhao moved his wrist. After sleeping for a few days, his whole body was sore and groggy.

"Ah! Uncle Bai still has a pharmacy! I forgot to tell him you're awake!"

Ren Xingluo clapped his hands, remembering what Bai Yutang said before he left, "Call me if Zhan Zhao wakes up", and hurriedly ran to the pharmacy.

Maybe Bai Yutang would understand, seeing Ren Xingxiao running out, Zhan Zhao thought.

Thinking of Liu Fuyan's "Dream with hairpin" again, he went to the antique rack, took down the brocade box that originally contained the wooden hairpin, and opened it for a look.The hairpin was still the same, but the bead lost its brilliance and was not as bright and crystal clear as before.Zhan Zhao put it back, went to the door to think about what Liu Fuyan said about using hairpins to dream many times.

If Liu Fuyan said that the dream he had in the previous two nights was all because of this hairpin, and because he could only hear some intermittent words, that led him to that courtyard?But, who is the star master?

Bai Yutang was looking for medicine in the pharmacy according to the prescription written by Gongsun Ce. After Ren Xingluo finished speaking, he stuffed the medicine in his hand into his arms, told him to look for medicine carefully, and then went back to the yard by himself.

"Dead cat!"

Bai Yutang rushed in front of Zhan Zhao with the arrow from the string, Zhan Zhao felt that according to his speed, he might hit the door frame, so he quickly stretched out his hand and caught the person in his arms.

"Fortunately, I woke up. Mr. Gongsun kept saying that he couldn't find out the reason. I was going to go to Wudu to invite Tang Yu to take a look." Bai Yutang looked up from his arms, seeing that Zhan Zhao was normal, he couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

The two walked to the yard and sat down. Zhan Zhao wondered, "Why was I in a coma at that time? I just remembered that when I turned around, I didn't see you and the book boy."

"Don't see us? At that time, the school boy said that there was something wrong in the courtyard. You were about to go up to check, but you suddenly fainted. After I sent you back, you have been sleeping until now. The school boy said to find his young master after you fainted."

"But, I was..." Zhan Zhao explained to Bai Yutang everything he saw in the alley.

"Cat...it's not that I don't believe it, it's just a little weird."

Bai Yutang digested it for a while, if the other party wasn't Zhan Zhao, he would definitely say "I'm making such a joke with your fifth master."

"That person doesn't say everything. Since that's the case, why don't you and I take a step at a time? If there is something wrong, Master Bao is still there, isn't it?"

The boat is naturally straight when it reaches the bridge. If it is really a ghost, could it be possible to go to Kaifeng Mansion to harm people?If Liu Fuyan didn't write the whole story, and didn't know the cause and development, who died?Where is the cave?Who is the scholar?How to check?My head is full of delusions.

"How is Liu's family doing now?"

"On that day, the book boy and his young master asked Wang Chao to send officials to destroy them. Now they are waiting in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion for Mr. Bao to find out the identities of all the trafficked people."

"That is to say, it is true that the book boy took us outside the courtyard, and it is true that Liu's class is true."

Only Mr. Bao asked him to make an unannounced visit.And Liu Fuyan said that someone would take him there, which meant that the Shuboy at that time was also a fake!True and false, false and true, mixed together.

After that, Zhan Zhao never continued to dream, and the wooden hairpin was also hidden on the shelf and never opened again.The leader of the Liu family class was sentenced by Mr. Bao for human trafficking, and the two masters and servants who came to sue also returned home.It seems that everything has settled, but the mystery in Zhan Zhao's heart is still there.

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"Boom"

The thunder was deafening.

On the official road dozens of miles outside the city of Kaifeng, two horses galloped to welcome the rain, splashing mud all over the place.A bolt of lightning struck the forest, and several tree trunks snapped off in an instant.

"Dead cat, you can't continue walking."

Immediately, the two were Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.

Just a while ago, a letter came from Xingkong Island, asking Bai Yutang to go back. Kaifeng Mansion happened to be fine, and Zhan Zhao also went along with him.A few days ago, I rushed back after finishing my work. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily today, and I guess it won't stop for a while.

"Yutang, I remember there is a ruined temple ahead, let's go for a while."

The rain was raging, and the two of them were completely drenched. Wuyun Taxue and Lvzi kept stomping on the ground, as if they were in a hurry to find a place to stop.Bai Yutang wiped his face, nodded to Zhan Zhao, pulled the reins and continued on their way together.

"Before I left, my fourth brother said that there might be rain, but I still didn't believe it. Now we are more ruined than a drowned chicken."

After finally running to the ruined temple, Bai Yutang pulled off the hair band and wrung out his hair, and took out a fire bag wrapped in oiled paper from his bosom, fortunately it was not wet by the rain.Zhan Zhao brought a handful of firewood from the temple, which should have been left by someone resting before.

With a "wow", the fire lit up, Bai Yutang bent down and moved closer to the firewood pile, blowing on the bottom, "Ahem..." The firewood didn't ignite, but he was choked by the black smoke.

Zhan Zhao led the two horses to the shed behind the temple. The reins were not tightly wrapped around the posts, and he unwrapped the horses to check whether the clothes inside were soaked.The two of them didn't bring many things, and there was a layer of waterproof paper in the package, which was completely exposed, but luckily it was just a little damp.

Bai Yutang had already lit a fire at that side, the wind was strong outside, the slender branches had been broken, and the fire was swayed by the wind.

"Yutang, go change your clothes first."

Zhan Zhao took the package to Bai Yutang, walked to the door by himself, and erected the two door panels leaning against the ground to prevent the rain from entering in the middle of the night.

After tidying up, I finally hung up the wet clothes.The two originally planned to rush to Kaifeng city overnight and find an inn to rest, but now they were forced to stop by the rain, and they really had nothing but two clothes.

"Cat, are you hungry..." Bai Yutang took the bottom half of a charred stick, wrote and drew on the ground, then poked Zhan Zhao's back and pointed at the ground.

"..." Zhan Zhao looked at the dark "big cake", saying that you are happy.

It was raining quickly, and there was not much firewood in the temple. When the clothes were drying, Zhan Zhao put out the fire, and the two found a place behind the statue, and planned to sleep all night until the rain stopped tomorrow. .