Seven bitter flowers

Chapter 23: Asking for directions

In the early morning of the next day, the three of Zhan Zhao had breakfast in the hall downstairs.Ding Xiu didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and he didn't raise his head since he was on the table early, and occasionally glanced at Zhan Zhao, and then lowered his head after a glance, as if he would be burned if he looked at him a few more times.

Looking at Ding Xiu's appearance, Zhan Zhao felt slightly embarrassed, and didn't feel embarrassed to speak.But Bai Yutang's face was dark early in the morning, both Chong Zhan Zhao and Ding Xiu had no good looks.It was still early, there were only a few of them in the hall, for a while, the three of them didn't speak, and only the sound of spoons and bowls colliding lightly could be heard on the table.

Zhan Zhao drank a few sips of porridge, and remembered what he saw last night: the courtyard of the Chang Mansion where the eight masters were ambushing, the Qingmian man whose origin was unknown, the conflict between the Qingmian man and Chang Wuwang, and their so-called "joint cooperation" , and the secret things the two of them planned in the inner hall... I just felt all kinds of incredible things, and it was hard to figure it out for a while.

Zhan Zhao subconsciously went to look at Ding Xiu, thinking to himself: They had been traveling for days and only arrived in Jiangning yesterday, but Ding Xiu was able to know where those people were hiding that night, and when she led the way, she ran and turned without hesitation, as if He is very familiar with the direction of the road, and the hiding place she chose... When thinking of this, Zhan Zhao's face suddenly blushed for no reason, and then he calmed down, thinking: there are many trees beside the Changfu courtyard, but Ding Xiu jumped on it. The big tree in my house seemed to be chosen at random, but now that I think about it carefully, no matter the height and location of the tree, the density of branches and leaves, or the distance from the house, it is just right.The tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, which can just hide their bodies, and the location of the tree is also extremely clever. If the tree is closer, the two of them will inevitably be in danger of being discovered; Can't see clearly the scene in the courtyard...

Zhan Zhao suddenly thumped in his heart, if Ding Xiu hadn't monitored the house before, how could he be so familiar with it?Could it be...

Ding Xiu drank the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl, looked up but met Shang Zhan Zhao's eyes, blushed first, coughed, and then used chopsticks to poke the remaining pickles on the plate in front of her, but she didn't know how to poke them. At the next few times, I suddenly heard Bai Yutang's voice without warmth: "Early in the morning flirting with each other, are you two finished yet?"

With a "pop", the chopsticks in Ding Xiu's hand broke in two.

Bai Yutang ignored the chopsticks in Ding Xiu's hand, looked at Ding Xiu and then at Zhan Zhao, snorted and said, "The two of you came back at midnight last night, I'm really in a good mood." Zhan Zhao's expression froze, and he coughed Said: "Brother Bai, don't drink your porridge cold anymore." After a pause, he lowered his voice, "Let's talk about what happened last night later."

Bai Yutang snorted again, didn't drink the porridge, got up and went upstairs.Zhan Zhao and Ding Xiu looked at each other, Ding Xiu stuck out his tongue, dropped the broken chopsticks in his hand and smiled, "This is too bad, I offended this old man, what should I do if there is no one to help?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head: "Brother Bai should not be so stingy, and you and I left without warning last night, it really shouldn't be, no wonder Brother Bai is going to be angry."

Ding Xiu put away her smile and said displeasedly: "You mean, I'm being stingy?"

Zhan Zhao was helpless: "What's the matter with you two this early in the morning? It was like a firecracker, and I said, where did you hear that I said you were stingy?" He put down his chopsticks, and called Xiao Er to clean up the table.

Ding Xiu snorted, stood up and went upstairs with Zhan Zhao, when they reached the stairs, Zhan Zhao suddenly turned around and called her: "Axiu." Ding Xiu hummed, and asked again: " What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I'll call you casually."

Ding Xiu was puzzled, stared at Zhan Zhao's back for a while, and then chased after him.

Zhan Zhao pushed open the door, and sure enough, he saw Bai Yutang sitting at the table, crossing his arms and crossing his legs, looking as if he was asking questions.Zhan Zhao was secretly amused, walked over and sat at the table, poured three cups of tea, and made Ding Xiu sit down as well.

Bai Yutang gave Zhan Zhao a sideways look, and asked, "Tell me, what did you do last night?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Ding Xiu, and Ding Xiu laughed dryly, and said bravely, "Fifth Master, look at this, I don't...I wanted to go out last night to find clues, but Mr. Zhan found out. There is a way to go with him..."

"Stop talking nonsense," Bai Yutang interrupted her angrily, "Who told you to say such nonsense, I asked you where you were last night? What did you do?"

Ding Xiu was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect him to be so careless, she turned to look at Zhan Zhao, and seeing the complacent look in his eyes that "it really is like this", she couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him, and looked at Zhan Zhao. Taking a sip from the teacup, he slowly said: "Last night, we went to Changfu Street to see what's going on in Changfu."

Bai Yutang's expression changed: "Changfu? Chang Wuwang?"

Ding Xiu nodded, and said again: "'Quick Horse Golden Whip' is always hopeless, Lord Wu knows?"

Bai Yutang snorted, "How could Fifth Master know such a hypocritical scum of the world." He looked at Ding Xiu, his eyes flashed, and he said in a concentrated voice, "You already knew it was Chang Wuwang who committed the crime." Is something wrong?"

Ding Xiu's expression froze. She had expected that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang would think so, but the matter was complicated, and she couldn't explain it for a while, so she just said: "I just suspect that since I dare to commit crimes so recklessly, there must be something wrong in Jiangning. Power, this Chang Wuwang is both rich and wealthy, and he is also a member of the Jianghu, so I wondered if it might be him..."

Bai Yutang laughed "hey" and didn't know if he believed it. He picked up the teacup and drank it down, then turned his head and asked Zhan Zhao, "What are you two looking at? You didn't come back until midnight."

Zhan Zhao immediately told Bai Yutang what the two of them saw in the Chang Mansion last night, and Bai Yutang frowned when he heard it, and said in a deep thought: "So, Chang Wuwang is just a pawn used by the guy with the grimace. ?”

Zhan Zhao shook his head: "Chang Wuwang must have a lot of influence, otherwise the green-faced man would have killed him last night, not to mention what the two of them said about 'joining forces and cooperating with each other', that blue-faced man is obviously interested in Chang Wuwang." There is no hope and fear.”

Ding Xiu twirled the teacup in his hand, and pondered: "Whether what Chang Wuwang and the blue-faced man planned is related to the missing child, it is still not completely sure, we have too few clues now." She raised her head Looking at Zhan Zhao, "How about, let's go to the government first today, and find out what the official said?"

Zhan Zhao hesitated, "If we go hastily, I'm afraid we will startle the snake."

Ding Xiu smiled: "Zhan Zhao, if they were afraid of being investigated by the government, how could they choose to commit crimes in these places? Think about it, from the very beginning, Yingtian Mansion, Daming Mansion, and finally Kaifeng Mansion, and now Jiangning Mansion Mansions are not small places. Especially Kaifeng Mansion, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and Master Qingtian Bao sits in charge of Kaifeng. They are either mad or fearless. The government has been investigating for so long, and it is time to start a fight, but... ..." She paused, with a smile in her eyes, and said slowly, "The three of us can't go to the government like this."

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