[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

The sound of firecrackers sounded outside, Gongsun Ce came back to his senses, looked at Hua Manlou, stared at the smile on his face, turned his head in a daze, and his eyes fell on the glutinous rice balls, as if he was very interested in the round things.

Hua Manlou moved the bowl to one side, stood up and walked to the side, "Come here to wash up, get some rest early, after today, it's hard to have such a free time."

"kindness."

The temperature on his lips disappeared, but Gongsun Ce was burned in his heart, and he is still a little dazed.Splashing a spoonful of water on his face, the warm water made Gongsun Ce a little more awake, but he felt that he didn't know how to face Huamanlou, "Huamanlou, just now you—"

"kindness?"

The moment before the candle was extinguished, Gongsun Ce saw the normal expression on Hua Manlou's face, and it was quite upright. Thinking of his embarrassment, he was a little unconvinced, and walked to the bedside, intending to treat him in the same way , Unexpectedly, he didn't grasp the strength well, and directly pushed Hua Manlou onto the bed, and the whole body fell on top of him.

Gongsun Ce's eyes widened. In the darkness, he saw that the surprise on Hua Manlou's face turned into ridicule, and the blood all over his body was pouring upwards. Before Hua Manlou could speak, he turned over, rolled up the quilt, and pressed his whole body against the wall.

"Gongsun Ce?"

"doing what?"

"Turn around."

"I slept."

Hua Manlou was quite helpless, thinking why Gongsun Ce's temper became more and more like a child's, and his previous gentle appearance also faded. It can be said that his true colors have been revealed. Is this the real Gongsun Ce?He stretched out his hand and pulled Gongsun Ce back, pulled away the quilt and got in, "Do you want me to use acupuncture points on you?"

"Pretty unreasonable."

After staring at Huamanlou for a while, Gongsun Ce suddenly leaned forward, touched a piece of warmth and turned his back, "No matter what, you have the upper hand."

Hearing that Huamanlou couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't know that Gongsun Ce was actually competing.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the two of them opened the door after freshening up and saw Zhan Zhao practicing sword in the courtyard. He stopped and looked at the two of them when he heard the noise, "Brother Gongsun, Brother Hua, are you reconciled?"

"You little bald head, what do you know?"

"Hey, Brother Bao said you guys had a fight, and besides, you haven't talked well for a few days, I can tell." Zhan Zhao ran away after speaking, "Brother Gongsun, look at your bad temper, don't be old. It's fighting spirit, luckily Big Brother Hua has a good temper, just like us, he doesn't care about you."

Gongsun Ce got angry and made trouble early in the morning.

Hua Manlou next to him held his hand: "It seems that Bao Zheng has returned and woke up. It's time to settle this matter."

"We went, they should all be there."

"kindness."

Gongsun Ce went in together with Hua Manlou, everyone looked at them, and then continued to talk about what happened just now.Bao Zheng called Gongsun Ce over, "Gongsun Ce, where is the box?"

"Here I am."

"Open the box, there is what we want inside." After Bao Zheng finished speaking, Gongsun Ce nodded and opened the box.

A letter, folded in a box.

Gongsun Ce took out the letter, opened it and looked at the contents above. He froze for a moment, then looked at Bao Zheng, "Bao Zheng, have you ever thought that we might not get anything after doing so much? The murderer is still at large. We can't catch him."

The expression on Bao Zheng's face changed, he guessed what was in the letter in Gongsun Ce's hand, "The murderer will not go unpunished."

"King San Lian intends to rebel. Some people spread the news. What we can do is to help King San Lian get rid of the suspicion."

"Gongsun Ce—"

"We have to meet King San Lian."

"I will ask the emperor for an order."

Zhan Zhao looked at the two of them and scratched his head.Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng looked at each other, they stood up and said, "Let's go to the palace."

"Brother Bao, Brother Gongsun, shall I go with you too?"

"No, Zhan Zhao, you have to go somewhere."

"what?"

Gongsun Ce knocked Zhan Zhao on the head: "This is a good opportunity to make meritorious service. Let me tell you, you now..." whispering the matter in Zhan Zhao's ear, Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up, and he ran out immediately. "You wait, I will definitely bring the news, two days, two days."

Wang Chao and Ma Han looked at Bao Zheng, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu also waited for Bao Zheng's order, Bao Zheng thought for a while, nodded and said: "You are waiting in the post house for now, no matter what happens, you can't leave the post house. "

"Yes."

When Gongsun Ce was about to leave with Bao Zheng, he turned back to Hua Manlou and said, "Hua Manlou, I'll come back as soon as I go, and... you can do us a big favor."

"Extremely happy."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce was relieved to leave the post house with Bao Zheng, and went to the palace to meet the emperor.

It was not the first time for Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng to enter the palace, so naturally they went in smoothly and met the emperor.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Bao Zheng, and then at Gongsun Ce who was beside Bao Zheng, with a strange look in his eyes, he sat on the dragon chair and said, "The reason why you entered the palace is to see King San Lian?"

"Exactly."

"Bao Zheng Gongsun Ce, the two of you have worked together to solve many cases. This time, I will give you three days to remove the suspicion for King Sanlian, otherwise I will not be able to keep him." Zhao Zhen paused and looked at him The two continued after a while: "King San Lian had an affair with the Liao Kingdom, and the letter was exchanged. The person who sent the letter was Ji Gao from his house, and the seal he carried with him is proof, you—"

Bao Zheng cupped his hands and said, "I believe in the innocence of King San Lian."

"It is a felony to have an affair with a foreign enemy, and death is not a pity."

"I understand."

"Gongsun Ce just came back from Xiangyang?" Zhao Zhen changed his words and looked at Gongsun Ce.

Every time Gongsun Ce entered the palace, he usually accompanied Bao Zheng. When he heard Zhao Zhen turn the conversation to him, he calmed down and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, the grass people have just returned to the capital from Xiangyang." After speaking, I was puzzled in my heart, and felt a chill down my spine.

Zhao Zhen actually knew their whereabouts, so didn't he also know the purpose of going to Xiangyang?

"Any clues?"

"...I got a box from Sima's house, but I haven't opened it yet."

"kindness."

"If you step down, I will send an order that the two of you investigate this case, you can freely enter and leave Prince Sanlian's mansion, and you can also borrow the power of the capital's officials and the six gates."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The two stepped back and left the palace gate, Gongsun Ce was covered in cold sweat.What he said to Zhao Zhen just now concealed the fact that they opened the box, but what Zhao Zhen said just now forced Gongsun Ce to conceal something.Looking at Bao Zheng beside him, Gongsun Ce said, "Bao Zheng, do you regret being an official?"

"No regrets now."

"Let's go back first."

"kindness."

When Gongsun Ce walked forward, he stopped for a moment and looked back at the snow-covered palace, shook his head and turned to catch up with Bao Zheng, and they returned to the post house together.

When he returned to the post house, he unexpectedly saw Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue also there, and Gongsun Ce stepped forward in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Huamanlou said that someone needs help. It just so happens that Lu Xiaofeng owes Huamanlou a lot of favors, so I had to come to help." Lu Xiaofeng sat there, smiling at Gongsun Ce, and after speaking, he glanced at Bao Zheng, Stunned for a moment, he looked at Ximen Chuuxue beside him, and then...the corners of his tense mouth twitched a few times.

Gongsun Ce didn't recover for a while, when he recovered, he cleared his throat and introduced: "This is Bao Zheng, the magistrate of Dingyuan County."

Bao Zheng waved his hands to the two of them, "It's a pleasure to meet you." After speaking, he leaned next to Gongsun Ce and said in a low voice, "Gongsun Ce, why did you go out and come back, and made a lot of...friends."

"Maybe it can help. Bao Zheng, you and I will go to investigate San Lian Palace, but there is another matter that I have to ask Hua Man Lou and the others." Gongsun Ce glanced at Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng understood, but he was a little worried.

Hua Manlou said: "Master Bao, don't worry, you won't miss it."

"Then there is trouble."

In the middle of the night, Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue avoided the guards in the Prince's Mansion of Xiangyang, came to the top of the flower hall, lifted the tiles and looked inside, Lu Xiaofeng patted Ximen Chuuxue, Ximen Chuuxue was standing on the roof, holding a sword, Do not avoid.

Lu Xiaofeng listened to the movement and voices from inside through the window, holding his breath and concentrating, his whole being melted into the night.

Half an hour later, when three people came out of the flower hall, Lu Xiaofeng flew out of the mansion without a trace.

At this moment, the prison was so quiet that the rats running for food could be heard, mixed with the voices of the prisoners in the cell dreaming, a black figure flashed into the cell, walked straight to the innermost cell, cautiously, the long knife in his hand flashed coldly.There was a 'jingle' sound when the door lock was broken, and someone quietly approached the person in prison uniform on the bed.

He lifted it to the chop, but saw the person on the bed avoiding the point of the knife, the man in black immediately turned to leave, a knife was slashed at his face, the man in black avoided, and swung the knife at each other.

Gongsun Ce appeared at the door of the cell carrying an oil lamp, followed by Hua Manlou, Zhang Long picked up the knife on the bed, and stared at the man in black with Zhao Hu.Gongsun Ce was about to speak, but saw the other party's throat move, and immediately said: "He wants to kill himself!"

Hua Manlou snapped his fingers and hit the opponent's vitals before Gongsun Ce's voice disappeared, and the man in black fell down with a muffled groan. Zhang Long and Zhao Hu squatted down and took a breath and said, "Have fainted, and are still alive."

"Ji Gao is with Bao Zheng, and there is Dynasty Ma Han, so he should be fine."

"Mr. Gongsun is the same as Mr. Bao, he can predict things like a god."

"Ji Gao is an important witness, and they will definitely kill them." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he glanced at Hua Manlou and said, "Fortunately, you acted in time, otherwise he bit his tongue and killed himself, and the evidence would be gone."

"Hua Gongzi is good at kung fu, Zhang Long admires it."

Hua Manlou was not good at dealing with such words, so he just smiled, "Take this man, you two, and wait for Mr. Bao to interrogate him."

"Yes."

When I came out of the prison, the watchman was on the watch, and I just arrived at Zishi.Gongsun Ce rubbed his hands, looked at the snow on the eaves, "The snow has stopped."

"This case will not have the result you want."

"Both Bao Zheng and I know about it."

"Again?"

"Corrupt officials, moths in the court, if one can be eliminated, the people of one side will suffer less." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he turned to look at Huamanlou with bright eyes, "Bao Zheng didn't want to be an official before, and he hid for half a year. Officer, I asked him after a few months, do you regret it? He—”

"Will be a good officer."

Gongsun Ce looked at Hua Manlou in surprise, and Hua Manlou also turned his head. Gongsun Ce nodded and continued walking forward, "I have never doubted this."

Even when fighting against Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce never denied Bao Zheng.

Returning to the post station, Zhan Zhao just came back, holding a bowl to drink water, and immediately put down the bowl when he saw the two of them, "Brother Gongsun, that Ji Gao committed suicide after pleading guilty."

Gongsun Ce was taken aback, "Where's Bao Zheng?"

"Brother Bao has entered the palace."

Hua Manlou noticed that Gongsun Ce beside him had changed because of Zhan Zhao's words, so he pulled Gongsun Ce to sit down, "We'll wait here for him to come back. Thinking about it, it should be soon."