[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

Chapter 1

The magistrate appeared, and the evidence was conclusive, and the patriarch of the town could not get rid of the crime even if he quibbled.

Gongsun Ce was still thinking about how he would convince the county magistrate about the patriarch's affairs, but he didn't expect that Hua Manlou would explain the whole story, which was not at all different from what Gongsun Ce originally planned to say, and it was in his ears. It's a little more gentle and less domineering.

Looking at Huamanlou in front of him, Gongsun Ce stroked his chin for a while, and couldn't help laughing after a while, causing the two people next to him to look sideways, so he touched the tip of his nose and stopped talking.

The patriarch in the hall couldn't refute, bowed his head and pleaded guilty, while Hua Manlou didn't stay any longer, and walked straight to Gongsun Ce and the other three, "Let's go back, this is not a place to stay for a long time, let alone go to Xiangyang."

"The Xiangyang incident is imminent, and there is no need to delay it." Thinking of Bao Zheng, who has not yet disappeared, Gongsun Ce's smile subsided a little, and he looked at Huamanlou and said, "Let's go back to the mayor's house. Walk."

"Hey, Gongsun Ce, I think you don't need to change your clothes. With your outfit, it will be more convenient for us to go on the road. It will save some troubles when the family goes out." Lu Xiaofeng stroked his beard with a serious look. explain.

As soon as the words fell, Gongsun Ce's eyes had already arrived.

Hua Manlou shook his head helplessly at the side, shook Gongsun Ce's hand and said, "We'll go back to Xiangyang after we change our clothes."

"Hey, sure enough, it's better to be covered by someone."

Lu Xiaofeng continued to tease, Huamanlou ignored him, and Gongsun Ce didn't bother to respond.Lu Xiaofeng, Gongsun Ce, can be considered to have some temperament, the more he talks to him, the more he will be embarrassed, the way to make him shut up is to give him a drink, and the other is to ignore him.

Back at Liu Shu's home, Gongsun Ce went back to his room to change clothes, Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng Ximen Chuixue were together.Liu Shu politely wanted to keep them here, Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue stood on one side without speaking, Hua Manlou said: "Mayor Liu is polite, but we have important things to do, we can't delay, thank you Mayor Liu for staying. "

"In this case, I'll ask my wife to prepare some dry food. You are in a hurry, there will always be something to satisfy your hunger on the way."

Hua Manlou was about to refuse when he heard the words, but Gongsun Ce had already put on his clothes and came out, and said, "Since Mayor Liu said so, let's accept it, otherwise the mayor will be embarrassed."

"Mr. Gongsun said so."

The four of them took their things and left the mayor's house with them.

Gongsun Ce carried his burden and glanced at Hua Manlou, who was turning over on his horse, and said, "Just now your eloquence can be used as a lawyer, but I have to ask you, how can you save yourself when you are with me?" , there’s more to talk about elsewhere.”

Hearing this, Hua Manlou looked puzzled and was a little dazed. After a while, he came back to his senses and said, "Are you complaining to me that I talk to you too little?"

"Who complained to you?"

Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue looked at each other, got on the horse and ignored them, and left first.

Gongsun Ce pulled the rein and looked back at Huamanlou, with a vigorous smile on his face, "But it feels strange, but it's not too bad." Seeing a clear smile on Huamanlou's face, he pouted , "Alright, let's go to Xiangyang."

Hua Manlou nodded and chased after him, and rode away.

After a two-day journey, the four of them finally arrived in Xiangyang. As soon as they entered Xiangyang City, before Gongsun Ce could find the clues left by Zhan Zhao, he saw officers and soldiers walking around in the city.

There is nothing going on in Xiangyang for a while, so why are there so many officers and soldiers patrolling the streets in the city.

"Not right."

"Don't make it public, ask at the nearby tea shed." Hua Manlou suggested: "I'm afraid something happened in the city, just don't let Zhan Zhao and Yutang do it, otherwise this matter will be difficult to handle."

Bao Zheng has not been found yet, and if something happens to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, it will be even more difficult.

"kindness."

The four of them went to a nearby tea shed, and Gongsun Ce asked the owner of the tea shed with a smile, "Brother, we went to the city to find relatives, why are there so many officers and soldiers patrolling the city, could it be that some murderer came from the city. "

When the boss heard Gongsun Ce's words, he hurriedly said, "Young master, don't talk nonsense. No one can mention this matter, otherwise you will be arrested."

"It's so serious, could it be that something happened in Xiangyang Palace?"

"Hey, son, why don't you listen? Let me tell you, this matter is very serious. Something was lost in the prince's mansion, and now we are hunting down the thief. The thief is very cunning." The boss said a few words quietly, Looking left and right, seeing a customer coming, he hurriedly said: "Don't ask, I still want to open a shop."

"Excuse me, thank you." Gongsun Ce didn't want to ask any more, otherwise innocent people would be hurt, so he put an ingot of broken silver on the table and turned to leave.

"The Xiangyang Prince's Mansion was stolen, I'm afraid it was done by those two boys."

"These two boys are really not afraid of death." Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help shaking his head, "This is really troublesome, why are you so impatient, this is really troublesome."

Gongsun Ce looked at Huamanlou, and Huamanlou shook his head.

Before Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came to Xiangyang, Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce urged them not to cause trouble, first to inquire about Bao Zheng's whereabouts, and never to provoke the King of Xiangyang, but the two were so courageous that they robbed the Palace of Xiangyang s things.

Really bold.

After entering the city, I found an inn, and as soon as I checked in to inquire about Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, the shopkeeper immediately asked them to go upstairs, saying that they had told them to come, so they went upstairs, but at that time they said They are two handsome sons.

Gongsun Ce pushed Zhan Zhao's door, and saw Zhan Zhao sitting there with someone lying on the bed, he knew who it was without looking, "You guys are so brave that you stole things from the Prince of Xiangyang's mansion, and you don't even hide your tails when you go. , was even injured."

"Hey, Big Brother Gongsun, how do you know that Chinchilla is injured?"

"If he hadn't been injured, wouldn't he be jumping up now?" Gongsun Ce patted Zhan Zhao's forehead angrily, "How many times have I told you, don't act impulsively, you are making such a fuss in the city now, you are really not afraid of being found Come to the door."

When Zhan Zhao heard the words, he felt that he was wrong and dared not talk back, so he could only look at Huamanlou for help.Hua Manlou noticed Zhan Zhao's eyes asking for help, and was about to ask Gongsun Ce not to rush to settle accounts, when he heard Gongsun Ce walking towards the bed, he couldn't help laughing.

It's really a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and it will never suffer from this mouth.

Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue sat down at the table. Zhan Zhao poured tea for them. Seeing that Gongsun Ce was taking Bai Yutang's pulse, he hurried over and asked, "Brother Gongsun, is Chinchilla all right? The city is keeping an eye on it. We didn't dare to ask a doctor, so we took some golden sore medicine."

"One more day of playing, this person will be burnt out."

"what?"

"Go and get a basin of cold water, a few clean handkerchiefs, and wine. If you grab the medicine, it may attract attention. You can only help him reduce the temperature for the time being. If it doesn't work, I will give the needle."

"Well, I'll go right now."

Hua Manlou stood aside and asked, "How is the injury?"

"I checked and got hit by a sword on the left chest. Fortunately, it was not deep and far away. It will heal after a while of cultivation. What I'm afraid of is the inflammation caused by this wound and high fever. If the fever doesn't subside, there will be some I'm in trouble." Withdrawing his hand, he pulled the quilt for Bai Yutang, but when he was about to get up, Bai Yutang opened his eyes.

Bai Yutang's face turned pale, his lips were dry, he opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "Brother Gongsun, Brother Hua, are you here?"

"If you don't come to your life, that foolish Zhan Zhao will lose it." Although Gongsun Ce said so, he relaxed the movement of pulling the quilt, "But since you are here, your life, the King of Hades will not accept it." Walk."

Bai Yutang smiled when he heard the words, "If it wasn't for helping him, I wouldn't have been stabbed. I'm so good at it, there's no way I wouldn't even be able to escape."

"Yes, you are very skilled. Take a good rest and stop talking. We'll be fine when we come." Gongsun Ce patted him on the top of the head and said, "Let's talk when the injury heals."

"kindness."

Zhan Zhao came in with something, saw Gongsun Ce sitting by the bed, walked over and asked in a low voice, "Brother Gongsun, do you need my help?"

"You, I'd better go over and explain everything to your big brother Hua. I'll watch here, and everything will be fine." Gongsun Ce took the things in Zhan Zhao's hand, and pointed at the third Huamanlou who was sitting over there. Ren raised his eyebrows, "Remember to explain clearly."

Wen Yan Zhanzhao looked over, and immediately said with a bitter face: "This is obviously revenge on me."

"Hey, did you see it? That means you're not too stupid." Gongsun Ce added, and Zhan Zhao almost turned to the sky and howled.

Gongsun Ce stretched out his hand to feel the temperature on Bai Yutang's forehead, then asked him to feel his pulse, put a handkerchief soaked in ice water on his forehead, wiped his palms and cheeks with wine, and scored points. He was fascinated to listen to Zhan Zhao's explanation.

"This matter is not complicated. We arrived two days earlier than you. At first we were indeed looking for the whereabouts of Brother Bao in the city, but we found nothing after inquiring all morning. In addition, we dare not ask blatantly for fear of arousing the attention of King Xiangyang. Be careful, I have to figure out how to find Big Brother Bao in the afternoon at the inn." Zhan Zhao paused, thought for a while and then said: "But when we went out, we heard people in the inn talking about something."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao left the town and rushed to Xiangyang, and arrived in Xiangyang in a day and a half as fast as they could. When they first arrived in Xiangyang city, they were attracted by the bustle, and it took a while to get down to business.

"I said, can you serve snacks? Brother Bao is very important. Brother Gongsun has already said it. If you can't find Brother Bao, then we-"

"Okay, can you stop talking, you talked about it in the morning and you said it in the afternoon, so let's go out and look for it now." Bai Yutang opened the door impatiently and went downstairs, "Really, why did you talk to a long-winded person?" People came together, I knew it would be better to stay in—”

"That one guest in the prince's mansion, he participated in the design of the Sky Tower..."

"What are you doing?"

"Hush, there's a clue." Bai Yutang grabbed Zhan Zhao and stood behind the pillar beside the stairs, listening to the movement in the lobby downstairs.

Zhan Zhao frowned, but when the people below mentioned King Xiangyang, he didn't dare to move for a while, and listened carefully.