Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

There was a drizzle in the evening, just to wash away the irritability of the day.Bai Yutang had just come out of the perfume shop, his hair was still dripping, and his snow-white robe was wet.A few lanterns were hung on the promenade, and many bugs flew around it.Maybe it was enough sleep during the day,? Now I feel refreshed.Seeing him from the room, Zhan Zhao couldn't help shaking his head, took the face towel off the shelf, and threw it on him through the window.

"Cat, come here!" Bai Yutang waved to him with a smile, brushed his hair aside, and slowly brushed it.After Zhan Zhao walked over, the two of them didn't speak, one was staring at the lotus leaves in the pond, and the other was looking at the dripping eaves.

"Cat," Bai Yutang kicked Zhan Zhao, leaning his hands on the railing and slowly moving over, with an unnatural expression on his face, "Hey, when did you find out?"

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao turned to look at him, and realized what Bai Yutang was referring to, "I don't remember, maybe a long time ago."

"Oh." Bai Yutang withdrew the hand held by Zhan Zhao, tucked it into his sleeve and put it on his lap.

"I lied to you."

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When going to the appointment the next day, Lou Qing came very early, and when Zhan Zhao and his wife entered the door, Xiaoer greeted them.The little boy who was next to him last time was standing at the door of the box. Seeing the two people coming over, he quickly opened the door.

Lou Qingxuan's location is facing the estuary. When the slightly hot evening wind blows in, it passes through the white gauze, and then disperses the air-conditioning from the ice cubes in the window. .

"Master Zhan, Shaoxia Bai," Lou Qing said with a smile on his face, walked to the door and greeted, "Please take a seat."

"Mr. Lou, you are polite." The two put the weapons on the shelf by the door.Lou Qing should have specifically inquired about their tastes, most of the dishes they ordered were Jiangnan flavors, and there were two fish soups.Bai Yutang, in the spirit of not eating for nothing, listened to Zhan Zhao chatting with him while filling the soup.

Lou Qing seems to be doing it today just to thank him and make friends. After all, Zhan Zhao is a fourth-rank official. He came to Kaifeng to do business, so he will have someone to rely on in future.Zhan Zhao responded and asked him about his details.

"How can Mr. Lou be in business? Judging from his appearance and conversation, he seems to be a well-read person?"

"Where is there?" Lou Qing waved his hand, picked up the wine glass and refilled a glass for the two of them, "I have read some poetry and books, but my brain is not good. Later, my brother passed away unexpectedly, so I took over and started the business. Fortunately, I was lucky. food and clothing."

Bai Yutang couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard his words, and complained a thousand times in his heart.Zhan Zhao asked about his hometown again, Lou Qing seemed to be prepared, no matter how he said it was very complete, without a single flaw.After waiting for a meal, I didn't get much useful information.

It wasn't until nightfall that the group went out. Lou Qing was standing at the door and was about to say goodbye when the three of them heard a panicked voice from a man next to them, followed by a burst of horseshoes, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

A very gorgeous carriage came rushing from the end of Yuqian Street, the driver sat on it with his eyes wide open, and kept shouting "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" There were two women's exclamations in the carriage, what should I do? Miss Jia is back from a trip.

The horse pulling the cart was obviously out of control, running along the central avenue, the passers-by were pulled away to both sides, and many vendors' stalls were knocked over.Seeing that the horse was about to run straight to the river, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang jumped forward, grabbed the rein and kicked the horse's leg respectively. The machine separated the carriage from the horse. Because the carriage was too heavy, the horse also fell to one side after falling into the river.

The middle-aged man driving the car turned pale with fright, and after he realized it, he quickly rolled and crawled into the overturned car, only to see a woman wearing a bamboo hat was lifted from the inside by Lou Qing, and then climbed up. A servant girl came out, glared at the coachman, ran to the woman and said anxiously, "Miss! Miss, what do you do?"

Seeing that the matter was resolved, the passers-by who watched by the side waved their sleeves and left.

"It's not easy to clean up this building. When you look at people, you immediately think of saving who is the key point. I look at this girl, and I'm afraid she's going to come and make a promise with her body." Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao jumped to the top of the building, watching intently. Gossip.After seeing Lou Qing's face, the woman below retreated first, then gave a weak salute, and then said nothing, the four of them left together, leaving the coachman to deal with the aftermath.

"Why do I think this woman looks familiar?" Zhan Zhao pondered, thinking about it for a long time, and then patted Bai Yutang's arm when he saw the carriage on the ground: "He is from the imperial family." The four corners of the carriage are not so obvious The yellow tassels of the girl are swinging in the air, and the woman just now is probably the princess.

"This is not good!" Bai Yutang had read too many stories, and instantly thought of those stories about love and concubine. This Lou Qing is a murderer. Don't be like Chen Shimei's case.

"You think too much, and you haven't written your horoscope yet." Zhan Zhao is not the case. He is a son and daughter of the royal family, how could he get involved with a man who has not figured it out, and Chao Mahan will come back in half a month at most. When the time comes to directly arrest Lou Qing, regardless of whether the princess is a concubine with love or not, all will give up.

"Don't believe me, I think it's very mysterious, it's better for Lord Bao to invite Lou Qing over as soon as possible." Bai Yutang followed Zhan Zhao to his feet and walked along the ridge of the house.When the two returned to the mansion, they saw an unexpected person.

"Uncle Zhan, why are you here on such a hot day?" Zhan Zhao felt a headache when he saw the old man in front of him, and wanted to slip away instantly, but Ren Xingluo and Zhao Hu were both present, and Bai Yutang was still watching curiously from the side. I can bite the bullet and step forward to ask.

"My lord, you haven't been back for two years since you arrived in Kaifeng. I'm alone in front of the lord's memorial tablet, thinking that you are still unmarried, and I feel uneasy." The person who came was the butler of Zhan Zhao's family.After Zhan Zhao took office in Kaifeng Mansion, Zhan Zhao stayed in Yujie Village, mainly to avoid the forced marriage of his elders.

"Uncle Zhan, there's no need to rush the marriage." Zhan Zhao stared at Bai Yutang's eyes that were about to eat people, and slowly sat down beside Uncle Zhan, bought him a cup of tea, and just wanted to get rid of this matter quickly.

"How can we not be in a hurry?!" Uncle Zhan patted his thigh, pulled Zhan Zhao's palm and said, "I think you are the only one left in the Zhan family. It has been five or six years since you were an official, let alone marriage. , there is not even a shadow of a girl around."

"Uncle Zhan, I'm following Mrs. Bao right now, when will I have a romantic relationship with a woman?" Zhan Zhao was helpless, and he couldn't explain directly, for fear of hurting the old man's heart, and he couldn't directly talk about the matter between him and Bai Yutang now. come out.

"No time? That's not a problem. I brought a lot of girls' birthday horoscopes and portraits here today!" Uncle Zhan let go, took out more than a dozen books from his pocket, opened them one by one and spread them on the table. Very spectacular.

Zhao Hu's eyes widened, and he bumped into Ren Xingluo, who was also surprised beside him: "I didn't expect Mr. Zhan to be such a good housekeeper. She's almost a matchmaker, right?!"

"Yeah! It turns out that Master will also be urged to marry!" Ren Xingluo nodded vigorously, watching the excitement from the sidelines is no big deal.

Here, Bai Yutang couldn't help it, and Zhan Zhao couldn't help it, so he was sad.

"Cat, I didn't expect that. She's a nice girl." Bai Yutang sat on the handle of the chair, stepped on Zhan Zhao's instep with his toes as if unintentionally, and casually took this post with his free left hand and placed it in front of him.

"Young Master Bai has a good eye. These girls are the best in a hundred in Yujie Village." Uncle Zhan smiled like a blossoming flower, not knowing what kind of torture his family's senior officials were suffering at this time.

"No, Uncle Zhan... Yutang, stop making trouble!" Zhan Zhao put together all the messy posts and piled them up in front of Uncle Zhan, before Bai Yutang left without saying a word. "Uncle Zhan, I already have someone I like, but it's not yet time..."

"Wow……"

"Wow!"

Two exclamations came from the side, Zhan Zhao took a look, Zhao Hu and Ren Xingluo immediately covered their mouths and kept silent.

"That's it, Uncle Zhan, you stay here for a few days, and I'll tell you more about it. Xing Xiao, take Uncle Zhan to find a nearby inn." Then, regardless of Uncle Zhan's eyes wanting to know more, he picked up the Ju Que rushed outside.

"Yutang! Yutang!" Bai Yutang walked into the yard with his hands behind his back, the more he walked, the more uncomfortable he felt.This dead cat!They actually forced people to marry and forced them to Kaifeng mansion!There are still so many girls, if the two of them didn't make it clear a few days ago, wouldn't they have to happily go back to Yujie Village, get married, and show off in front of him after three years of hugging each other, "Fifth brother, this It's my son." The more I thought about it, the worse it became, the cats who were coaxing the children, and the cats who were cuddling with the woman gradually appeared in my mind.So when Zhan Zhao caught up, his backhand was a slap.

"Yutang!" Bai Yutang exerted a lot of strength in this slap, Zhan Zhao was unprepared, and after the slap, there was faint acid water in his throat.Before he raised his head, he felt a burst of sword energy in front of him. It was Zhan Lu from Bai Yutang.

"Don't be impulsive!" Zhan Zhao yelled loudly while dodging, the two martial arts are basically the same, and Zhan Zhao didn't make any sense, so he had to explain while dodging.

"Dead cat, let you hug twice every three years!" Bai Yutang was furious, no matter what Zhan Zhao said, seeing that Zhan Lu couldn't hit him, he stepped on the rockery, leaped into the sky, and spun the sword away from his hand. Zhan Zhao hit the door, followed by more than a dozen stones.

The passing maids of Kaifeng mansion quickly hid aside when the two fought, so as not to catch fire at the city gate and harm the fish in the pond.Zhang Long came over while shaving his teeth. Seeing people running out in a hurry, he thought something happened. He ran slowly and asked, and heard her say: "It's opening! It's fighting!"

"Fight? Who dares to cause trouble in Kaifeng Mansion?!" Zhang Long strode in aggressively with a knife in his hand. Before reaching the rockery, he was hit by a stone from Bai Yutang first. Tigers fighting each other? Can't be provoked." Then he shook his head and hummed a song and left as if nothing happened.

"Yutang, stop!" Zhan Zhao had no choice but to pull out the giant que to meet Zhan Lu.When the blades collided, sparks appeared, and then flew to the stone and inserted into the gap.Taking the opportunity, Bai Yutang kicked over with his right foot and swept across Zhan Zhao's legs, as if he wanted to see the cat look deflated, so the next few moves focused on the bottom.

"Sorry." In the end Zhan Zhao was pinned to the ground by him, with blood on the corner of his mouth, he tugged at the corner of Bai Yutang's clothes, "Let me get up."