Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

"Hey,? I mentioned it to you before." Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose, coughed, and whispered to Bai Yutang who was on the other side of the stone: "It's that Mr. Liu who I met when I passed out. .”

"Young Master Liu?"

Bai Yutang recalled that there was such a person, the young man in Tsing Yi he had seen in Zhan Zhao's dream back then.It's just,? How did it happen to be in this barren mountain?Moreover,? To be able to quietly appear behind the two of them,? Either this person's martial arts are unfathomable,? Or,? There is really some kind of ghost story.Bai Yutang favored the former.

"It's raining heavily at night, why is Mr. Liu here alone?"

Zhan Zhao asked nonchalantly, "This place is more than a dozen miles away from the closed city, and there is also a mountain away from the village. And the person in front of Guan's clothes is dry, and he doesn't look like someone troubled by heavy rain. He appeared in this place." , it's really strange.And he didn't want to deliberately wait for them here,? After all, it was an accident that the two of them came here.

"……I………"

Liu Fuyan moved his mouth, just like seeing Zhan Zhao before, took out a blank piece of paper from his sleeve, and held it up in front of the two of them, with the words "Follow me" written on it, which should have been written in advance. of.

The two scanned the paper, and both looked at Liu Fuyan with half suspicion and half disbelief in their eyes.That's right, it would be strange if a person suddenly appeared in the wild and asked people to follow him. Before they figured it out, it would be strange if normal people didn't doubt it, except for fools.Liu Fuyan naturally thought of it too, took back the blank paper, and tried to say something with a sincere face: "True, I really won't harm...you..."

"Cat?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, and said through a voice transmission, "It's better to go, no matter what his plans are, it's better than us wasting our lives here."

"Alright."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while and replied.If Liu Fuyan is a person with high martial arts, then even if the two of them don't go with him at this time, they may not be able to escape. It is better to go alone now than to be captured by others.It would be even better if Liu Fuyan had no malicious intentions.Then, he said to him, "Please ask Mr. Liu to lead the way."

Liu Fuyan smiled, turned around and walked in front, Zhan Bai and the two were not very relieved, they followed closely all the way, observing the surrounding environment at the same time.He first walked into a small path in the forest. Bai Yutang looked down and saw that this path was just like the one there just now. The road surface was dry and there was no rain on the surrounding branches and leaves. It's two looks.Going on, the trees gradually became thinner, and a river appeared. The river was not deep. Zhan Zhao stood by the side and could see a dozen carp swimming in it.

"This place is full of aura."

Bai Yutang is also a person who has traveled to many places. In terms of scenery, this place can definitely be ranked in the top three in his heart. It doesn't mean how good the layout is, but it is full of spirituality, which makes people feel refreshed all the time.Hearing these words, Liu Fuyan grinned at him, revealing two dimples, as if agreeing.

His smile caught Bai Yutang's eyes. How can Mr. Liu say that he is a bit silly, and he looks like a good guy on the outside. Why does he show a foolishness instantly when he smiles?Zhan Zhao washed the sword tassels of the two of them clean, and as soon as he got up, Bai Yutang covered his mouth with his palm, leaned into his ear and asked euphemistically, "Cat, you think Mr. Liu is really that...cough...this place, There's always something wrong."

"Even if they are proficient in Qimen gossip, ordinary people cannot completely change the appearance of their surroundings."

Zhan Zhao told him that Bai Yutang was also very proficient in this area. For example, the traps arranged on the empty island, but at most they could only make people lose their way, trapped in one side and unable to get out, rather than the same as here. It is completely separated from the outside world, as if another world has been split.Bai Yutang nodded, that's it.

"Yutang, are you thinking that Mr. Liu was really transformed by a ghost?"

"Or an expert from outside the world? But I've never heard of someone with such abilities in the Central Plains." Bai Yutang silently recited a sentence to brainwash himself.

On the other side, Liu Fuyan stood still by the river, took out a small flute and blew it near his mouth, the sound was not very pleasant, and even a bit harsh, and then he showed the two people's relationship leisurely. : "Please... a moment, a moment..."

The sunlight gradually grew brighter, and when it shone on the three of them, Bai Yutang realized how embarrassed he and Zhan Zhao were. Not to mention the dirt all over his body, there were several scars on his face, which should have been scratched by stones.

"The painted-faced cat...hahaha...don't move."

Bai Yutang washed his hands by the river, rubbed Zhan Zhao's cheek, and gently wiped away the blood.

After the two of them tidied up a bit, a small boat was rowed from above the river, on it was a teenage boy in white clothes, holding a penny twice as long as him, seeing Liu Fuyan, he kept shouting: "My lord! you are back!"

Before Liu Fuyan answered, he pointed to the bamboo raft to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and they understood that it meant to let them go up together.The little boy stopped in front of the three of them, first bowed to Liu Fuyan, then bowed to Zhan Bai, and both of them returned the salute together.The little boy looked smart, and when the three of them went up, he shook his head and said: "My lord has not brought guests here for a long time."

"This place?" Bai Yutang grasped the key point.

"My lord didn't tell you? That's too much for me, the two guests probably will find out soon!" Then he stuck out his tongue and concentrated on rowing, probably thinking that he was talking too much, so he simply stopped talking.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, it seems that there is no way to ask questions at present.Now that you've come, let's quietly watch what Mr. Liu is playing. Anyway, he doesn't look like he wants to kill them both. Maybe I still have something to ask them.

This river seems to be very long, and it hasn't been rowed until the day is bright, and the boy is also afraid that the two of them will be in a hurry, so seeing Liu Fuyan closing his eyes and dozing in front of him, he said to the two: "The two guests are waiting, there is still a while." almost there."

Bai Yutang didn't care, and leaned on Zhan Zhao's shoulder to watch the scenery.There are good mountains and rivers here, although it is the beginning of summer, it is very cool, and the flowers and plants on both sides of the bank are full of lush greenery.

"Thank you." Zhan Zhao replied without further questions.

As the sun rose, the surface of the water shone brightly. When Bai Yutang paddled his palm into the water, two small red fishes circled around and swam along with the bamboo raft.Zhan Zhao rolled up his sleeves for him, and all his guard was gone at this moment.

"It's here!"

Finally, after turning a corner, the bamboo raft stopped under the willow tree. The tree was very big, and half of its long branches hung down into the water.Bai Yutang leaned on the tree trunk to use his strength to get up, the little boy bumped and ran forward towards the gravel road, Liu Fuyan waited for the two to get down and continued walking.

"Cat, look."

Bai Yutang pointed to the right, there were actually two white deer there, besides the strange color, the antlers were curved like tree branches, branched into several branches, with lavender flowers on them, I don't know if they grew naturally or were picked People put it on.When Bai Yutang pointed at him, the deer also raised his hand to look at the two of them, then continued to eat grass with his head down, not afraid of people at all.

White deer are not easy to get, even Zhan Zhao only saw a small one given away at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet the year before last, but it was a pity that he died of a hunger strike because he was surrounded by others.Fortunately, Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang is not greedy for money, he has no other thoughts except surprise and joy when he sees these two.

"The legendary fairyland is probably the same..."

Zhan Zhaodao, even though he had traveled to great mountains and rivers before he was young, and thought he had seen [-]% of the scenery in the Song Dynasty, this place is unparalleled.

"Of course, Autumn Shuangyuan is the most proud work of my son's life. Even the visitors from the past have all admired him." Unexpectedly, a little boy appeared out of nowhere, dressed exactly like the one just now, only younger, and greeted Zhan Zhao. After speaking, he ran to Liu Fuyan's side again, tugging at his sleeve and acting coquettishly.

"Little boy...you are young, don't bother, don't blame me." Liu Fuyan patted the little boy on the head, apologetically saying to Zhan Zhao.

"How come."

"Autumn Shuangyuan? Rather be Qiushuang than dogs and sheep?" Bai Yutang thought, but the feast of willows and willows fit the temperament of this poem.

The gravel road was not long, so I walked to the front of several bamboo huts with half pay, and the boy who had just poled came out of the house, holding clothes and other utensils in his hand, and said warmly to the two: "The two guests were affected by the wind and rain last night, my young master specially made it I have prepared bath soup to wash away the dust for the two of you."

"Master Liu many times."

The two of them didn't expect Liu Fuyan to be so careful, and it seemed that they already knew they were coming back here?

Xiao Tong led the two of them to the back of the house, and there was a sound of rushing water. Bai Yutang looked up, and saw a waterfall with the sound of water flowing into the pool from above the rocks, and below it was a circle of specially surrounded stones.

"I won't bother you two, just go directly to the bamboo house." The boy put the clothes beside him, and ran away without waiting for the two to thank him.

"Does it hurt..." Bai Yutang suddenly squeezed Zhan Zhao's arm and asked.

"Do you think it hurts?" Zhan Zhao pinched back.

"Then it's not a dream." Bai Yutang untied his clothes, put his dirty clothes on the stone, and stepped into the water.

The water temperature is just right, and after sniffing carefully, a scent of flowers surrounds the nose.

"Cat, let's also build a bathing pool on Sunken Island." Bai Yutang submerged in the water, spit out a few bubbles underneath, and then popped out in front of Zhan Zhao, brushing his hair behind him, and said.

"There is no hot spring in the hollow island, or do you want to soak with Brother Lu and the others after it is built?"

Zhan Zhao ruthlessly interrupted his thoughts.There is a small waterfall in the empty island, but it is icy cold. Even if it is built, Bai Yutang is not on the island all year round, and it may become a place for the other four mice to take a bath.

"I'm afraid we can only see this place once."

Bai Yutang was disillusioned, so he concentrated on enjoying himself in the pool.The little boy took Zhuling first, and after Zhan Zhao finished washing his hair, he saw Bai Yutang playing with a yellow and white rabbit. The rabbit was several times bigger than usual, with two ears hanging down and a three-petal mouth in Bai Yutang's palm. It's really cute to gnaw and gnaw.

After the two tidied up for a while, they found that the clothes brought by the boy unexpectedly fit, as if they were tailor-made. Even though Bai Yutang was involved in the fabric business, he couldn't figure out what kind of fabric it was.Slightly narrower cuffs and a clean bodice for easy movement.

The bamboo hut that Xiaotong just mentioned should be the largest one among the previous ones. The two put away their swords, folded their changed clothes and put them on a wooden tray, and returned along the stone road.

The bamboo house is surrounded by high and low shelves, on which medicinal materials are dried, the boy is grinding the medicine at the door, when he saw the two people approaching, he got up immediately, led them in and said: "My son knew that Mr. Zhan was injured, so he specially prepared the medicine. Just put it on the table."

Bai Yutang took a look, and sure enough there was a gauze and porcelain vase on it.

"After the two of you finish taking the medicine, my son will come!" The boy explained the usage of the medicine one by one, and ran out again.

Zhan Zhao lifted the half-transparent bamboo curtain, and sat down at the table. The furnishings in this room are not like those of the Song Dynasty, but faintly have the style of Wei and Jin. The table is not a bench, but a three-sided futon, placed near the window. The trail that came along.

Bai Yutang unwrapped the gauze, and carefully applied the medicine to Zhan Zhao. Inside the porcelain bottle was a slightly sticky liquid, colorless and odorless, it was refreshing and refreshing when applied to the skin, and the numbness in the ankle disappeared instantly.

The little boy said that Liu Fuyan would come after serving the medicine, and sure enough, after Bai Yutang had washed his hands, he heard footsteps outside.Liu Fuyan was followed by the little boy just now.

"Young Master Liu."

Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang got up.Liu Fuyan said a few words to Xiao Tong, but the two didn't understand, because it was not the language of the Central Plains.

"My son said that he doesn't know the Central Plains dialect very well, so let me paraphrase it for you."

So that's the case, Bai Yutang thought about it, and he wondered how a good person would repeat that he was from a foreign race, but he couldn't tell from Liu Fuyan's attire and appearance.

The four of them sat down, and the little boy said with a pleasant smile: "You two guests, if you have any questions, you can ask them directly."

Bai Yutang had nothing but doubts about this place and Liu Fuyan's identity, but it was not easy to speak directly about these two things, after all, Mr. Liu hadn't shown the slightest hostility so far.

"Excuse me, Brother Bai and I have already met the scholar you mentioned earlier, is his surname Lou Mingqing?" Zhan Zhao said calmly, Ju Que was placed on the table, and his right hand was reflexively placed on the hilt of the sword. , his eyes were like torches, looking at Liu Fuyan as if examining him.

Liu Fuyan nodded.

"What Zhan saw in his dream, there is no doubt about it?" Zhan Zhao asked decisively again, Liu Fuyan still nodded.

"Then why didn't Young Master Liu report to Kaifeng himself?"

Liu Fuyan bowed his head and said a few words to the little boy, who nodded and said to Zhanzhao in an orderly manner: "My son said that he couldn't come out of Qiushuangyuan because of his health at that time, and later because he couldn't get close to Kaifeng mansion, so he was helpless." I will ask Mr. Zhan to help."

"But you know, evidence is needed to handle a case, and now Zhan is not clear, how to explain it to Mr. Bao for you."

Hearing this, Liu Fuyan took out two stacks of letter paper from his sleeve and put it in front of the two of them, the little boy said sullenly, "Master Zhan thought about it, and my young master thought about it too, so I wrote it on the paper, and there is evidence."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang each took a stack, and looked at each other, Zhan Zhao's side was the incident written by Liu Fuyan, and Bai Yutang's was the evidence that Xiaotong said.Liu Fuyan quietly waited for the two to finish watching.

"Cat..." Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao exchanged letter papers, and after quickly scanning them, they were all shocked. If what Liu Fuyan said was true, then Lou Qing would definitely be sent to Mr. Bao's dog's head.

"Mr. Liu said on the paper that Mr. Zhan will definitely be investigated, and the case is so long ago, I'm afraid that Lou Qing will not easily recognize each other. At that time, Mr. Liu may need to come forward." Zhan Zhao put away the letter paper, calmly facing Liu Fuyan analysis.

Liu Fuyan was silent for a while, staring at his fingers without speaking, Zhan Zhao didn't urge him but just waited quietly.The sun outside was getting higher and higher, and Bai Yutang realized that thinking of him telling the officials that he would go back at dawn, Brother Yan would probably die in a hurry. If he sent people into the mountains to look for him, he would definitely not be able to find this place.

"I... know..." Liu Fuyan said in a calm tone.

"That's good. Since Zhan has taken over this matter, he will do his best to avenge the wronged person." Zhan Zhao put away the letter paper, looked up deeply out of the window, the light shone on the leaves, and the world was peaceful, but , the dirty things hidden in the shadows are always more than less.

"My son said that there must be someone outside looking for the two of you. If you want to go out, please follow me."

Liu Fuyan was very thoughtful, and when the business was over, he said to the little boy that the little boy should take care of the medicine on the table and hand it to Bai Yutang, and these words showed Bai Yutang's intentions.

When going out, they still had to prop up the bamboo raft to leave, so Liu Fuyan sent the two of them to the river.Or knowing the way back, he felt that the waterway was much faster, the boy said goodbye to the two at the place where they were waiting for the raft, and told them that if something happened, they could come to Liu Fuyan and wait in front of the stones they met.

"It's like a big dream." Bai Yutang sighed.Stepping out of the border where the big snake wandered last night, and looking back, the place is still there, but the woods that went in at that time are not seen.The trees outside were cut across, and the ground stepped on a hole, and the two leaped back to the bottom of the cliff again with light work.

"Master Zhan! Young Hero Bai!"

"Master Zhan!"

There were intermittent voices from above.

"Brother Yan's man." Bai Yutang smiled, "Cat, go up!" After saying that, he searched for a place with a lot of bumps, and jumped forward one after the other.

There were four or five officials standing above them, and when they saw a white shadow flying towards them, they quickly raised their weapons. They were relieved when they saw that it was Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao. You guys, Mr. Yan entered the village in the morning and learned that the two of you have not come down from the mountain, so you have been anxious to come and find yourself."

Yan Chasan was more than anxious. Since last night, he has been running around in the house non-stop. From time to time, he ran to the end of the village to see if anyone came down from Beishan. He was afraid that someone would come down. He was worried that something would happen to the two of them. Kaifeng Mansion and Xingkong Island confessed.And all the officials around him have been sent up by him to search for people.After Master Bao received Yan Chasan's letter, he even sent troops over at night, and Ren Xingluo wanted to follow, but was stopped.