[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

Gongsun Ce, who returned to the prison, sat there safely, as if sitting in an inn, very comfortable, even though he was dressed poorly, his face was full of complacency.

A person like Gongsun Ce would not give his life to others for nothing, let alone under such circumstances, even if Pang Tong did not come today, Gongsun Ce would not let his head fall.

There were footsteps outside, Gongsun Ce looked up, Pang Tong and the jailer were standing outside, Gongsun Ce smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Pang Tong asked the jailer to open the cell door, walked into the cell, swept around the dirty hay, the ground, and the dark tables in the cell, and stared at Gongsun Ce amusedly, "It's unbearable to be dirty even in a military camp." Mr. Gongsun actually endured here for so many days, it seems that you are very comfortable, and you don't look like a prisoner at all."

The jailer walked away with the key, and Pang Tong also sat down on the bed where Gongsun Ce was sitting cross-legged.

"I'm curious, what did you say to the execution supervisor, making him feel like he saw a ghost."

"Naturally, it is something that cannot be known to others."

Gongsun Ce's words made Pang Tong raise his eyebrows, "Gongsun Ce, I underestimated you. You have a lot of thoughts. It seems that we underestimated you."

Regarding Pang Tong's words, Gongsun Ce did not deny it at all, because what Pang Tong said was absolutely correct.

"It's definitely not so simple for you to come here to ask me how I am doing here. If you have anything to say, just say it. Maybe I'm in a good mood and I'm willing to answer you."

"what do you know."

This sentence is not a question, but an affirmation.

Pang Tong knew what Gongsun Ce knew to be so confident, and Gongsun Ce was so smart, how could he not give himself a way out.

Gongsun Ce raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, stood up and patted the hem of his clothes, "Really? Are you sure I know something, and I'm not bluffing people? After all, as a prisoner, I don't seem like someone who knows something."

Staring at Gongsun Ce with great interest, Pang Tong put his hands on his knees and said, "I won't force you to tell what you know, Gongsun Ce. It's something you need to save your life. Of course I won't ask, but Gongsun Ce, you are sure about it now." Don't you want to cooperate with me? The only Eight Wise Kings you can rely on now is already unreliable, and you can't bring him down by yourself."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce turned to look at Pang Tong, "You mean you want to save my life?"

"No, it's not to protect your life, but to protect the foundation of our Pang family in the court."

"Your father wants my life. Isn't it too ironic for you to say such things to me now? Pang Tong, although I, Gongsun Ce, are not as capable as you have been in the court for many years, I still have the ability to save my life. What do you say?" I don't believe it, unless you can come up with convincing evidence—"

Before he finished speaking, there was already a sound of footsteps outside. It didn't look like a person, let alone a jailer.

"The decree is here—!"

The two of them froze at the same time, looking at the person who came outside to deliver the decree.

Eunuch Gao, who came from the palace, stared at them, "I see King Zhongzhou."

"what's up?"

"The slave came to inform Gongsun Ce that the emperor thought that you were not collaborating with the enemy and treasoning the country, but the suspicion has not been cleared, so you will be suspended for investigation and dismissed from office."

"The grass people follow the order."

Gongsun Ce was not surprised that Zhao Zhen would do this, it was all expected, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.After receiving the imperial decree, Gongsun Ce looked at Eunuch Gao, "Bring a word to the emperor for Caomin. Caomin, like Bao Zheng, has a stubborn temper. This matter will be investigated. Now, not only for his own innocence, but also for the sake of his own innocence. It is so that the Song Dynasty will not be defeated by its own people."

Eunuch Gao was taken aback when he heard the words. Gongsun Ce's words were really treasonous.

After recovering, Eunuch Gao nodded and left.

Gongsun Ce turned around and looked at Pang Tong who had been standing there, and said after a while, "I ask you, does what you said just now count?"

"Which word of mine are you referring to?"

"Since you are not sincere, forget it."

Holding the imperial decree, Gongsun Ce was about to go out, but was stopped by the people on the side, "Gongsun Ce, your temper is really like this at all times, and what happened just now is of course a consequence."

"Since it counts, let's assume that we have reached a consensus. I don't want you, your Pang family, to stab you secretly. Gongsun Ce's life is not noble but it is not worthless. You can trample on it at will."

You don't need to think too much about being asked to be killed suddenly, and you know whose idea it is.

It might be just a cover that Pang Tong brought him back, and he really didn't intend to kill him, but Grand Master Pang was not.The Eight Virtuous Kings cannot die, but Gongsun Ce can die. Gongsun Ce's death can just get rid of a serious problem in his heart and save the Eight Virtuous Kings. It is also a profit for the banker.

The cold eyes forced Pang Tong to face up to the present Gongsun Ce—it was completely different from the one at the border. Although Gongsun Ce was a bit more arrogant then, he was by no means like this.

"My dad's there, I'll talk about it."

"kindness."

Walking out of the cell, Gongsun Ce stretched his waist, feeling very lazy all over, but the air outside is really much better than inside the cell, this big cell, once in is enough.

It was raining again in the sky, and I raised my hand to run back to the inn like this, but just two steps away, the raindrops on my hand disappeared, and when I looked up, the familiar Lian appeared in front of me, and I put down my hand with peace of mind. I thought you were going back to the inn to wait for me, but if you don’t come, then let’s go back together.”

"It suddenly rained while sitting, so I thought about going out for a walk."

"Since you want to walk, if you don't think my body is not suitable for walking in the rain, then go together."

"There's no such thing as a gift of disdain."

What Hua Manlou said made Gongsun Ce smile even deeper. He took the umbrella from Hua Manlou and put it over the two of them, "Then let's go."

When the two met for the first time, a crime happened in a small town, and the two went to the scene of the crime with umbrellas in the same way. At that time, Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce were not familiar with each other. Thinking about it now, it's really funny.

Pedestrians on the road stared at the two of them, one was Mr. Pianpian, the other was quite embarrassed, but they didn't find it strange to stand together.

"My father has gone back?"

"Well, at this hour, he couldn't sit still. He was afraid that he would hurt you at this time, so he went back."

"It's better to go back, it's better than staying with me in the capital and worrying about it all the time."

"Zhan Zhao and Yutang are in the inn, Wang Chao Ma Han and the others are still looking for Bao Zheng's whereabouts, besides, Bao Zheng is not there in Dingyuan County, so the four of them cannot be separated."

Knowing that Hua Manlou's explanation was because he was afraid that he would have a knot in his heart, thinking that the four of them would not come to help, Gongsun Ce said with a smile: "Understood, the county magistrate is missing in this yamen, so we can't even disappear the guards on duty. What kind of system is it, those cases need to be sorted out, and the arrests of the Yamen must be controlled quickly, and it will not be solved in a short time when they are busy."

"It is indeed busy."

"Let's go back. I haven't seen Zhan Zhao for a long time. I know there's an almond pastry shop nearby. I'll buy some."

"He likes to eat this?"

"There is nothing he doesn't like."

Back at the inn, just as Gongsun Ce changed, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came.However, Gongsun Ce had the foresight to gag Zhan Zhao's mouth with almond cake, but he didn't expect that this trick would not work against Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang's head hurt from the cannonball-like questions, so he had to sit down and stuff a piece into his mouth, "Don't talk for now, you asked, I will speak slowly."

Hua Manlou kindly poured a cup of tea for the two people whose mouths were gagged by almond cakes, "Of course he would say, you are in such a hurry, what should he say?"

"We are worried about Brother Gongsun."

"That's right! Brother Gongsun suffered an innocent prison disaster. We can't wait to send the person who harmed Brother Gongsun to him and imprison him for a few days, so as to express his anger on behalf of Brother Gongsun."

"It's fine if you two don't make trouble, and vent your anger on me?" Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows disdainfully, "You two brats, what do you know!"

As soon as these words came out, Bai Yutang was the first to be unhappy, staring at Gongsun Ce, "You are wrong, he is a brat, I am already a boy who has turned fourteen, and I will be in a few years." The year of the weak crown."

The year of the weak crown?But there are still six years.

However, considering that the two were about to quarrel, Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou each stopped the other, "Zhan Zhao, I have something to ask you, you come with me."

"what?"

"something wrong?"

"Hey, no, no, we used to talk, we talked in the past."

Gongsun Ce's calling Zhan Zhao is not really all right, but that he has something to say.

When they came to the next room, Gongsun Ce asked Zhan Zhao to sit down and sat down himself, "I ask you, what did Bao Zheng explain before he disappeared? Or something else unusual."

"Anomalies? Not at all. Brother Bao is always like that. He pays special attention to the case, but he cares about the rest of the matter. It's not necessarily strange." Zhan Zhaogang spoke, looking at the frowning man. Gongsun Ce suddenly thought of something and added: "I remembered, Big Brother Bao seemed to be very indifferent to the case two days before his disappearance. The previous cases were basically settled on the same day. You also know about those trivial matters. , but Brother Bao seemed not in the mood for the past two days, and he didn't deal with the case very much. Instead, he locked himself in the room, as if he was very troubled."

"Very troubled? That's right, something must be wrong with Bao Zheng."

It must be a big deal to make Bao Zheng lose interest in the case.

But since Bao Zheng is not with Zhao Zhen or Grand Master Pang right now, the situation is probably more dangerous than in the hands of these two people.

"No, we have to find Bao Zheng first."

"What about the Eight Sage Kings?"

"Eight Wise King collaborating with the enemy? It's impossible. The emperor's move is nothing more than to make the people's voice louder. The more people support the Eight Wise King, the more powerful the Pang family's power will be suppressed." Gongsun Ce snorted coldly. Stand up, "Pack up and leave for Dingyuan County tomorrow."

"it is good."

When he returned to his room, Bai Yutang was no longer in the room. Gongsun Ce looked at Huamanlou and closed the door behind his back, "Go to Dingyuan County tomorrow."

"kindness."