[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

Zhuo Feng's undisguised attitude and his attentiveness to Hua Manlou made Gongsun Ce feel a little uneasy, as if Zhuo Feng was not afraid of things being exposed at all, but stood there blatantly waiting for them to investigate the case .

Is Zhuo Feng trying to find out something through this case?

I'm not afraid of their investigation, it's because he doesn't intend to escape at all, he just wants to draw something out by himself, Zhuo Feng is targeting the King of Xiangyang?Gongsun Ce sat there thinking, thinking of Zhan Zhao who had not returned home for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, but he was also worried about the flowers in the flower garden.

Feeling uneasy, Gongsun Ce thought about it and stood up and walked around the room where the incident happened, staring at the footprints on the floor and the clothes on the bed - what details were missed, Zhuo Feng wanted to pass What does it mean that the seal was stolen?

Suddenly Gongsun Ce caught a glimpse of the open window, and the sunlight from outside happened to come in and hit the floor, which happened to be in the shape of a whole brick.Gongsun Ce was startled, remembered something, knelt down and knocked on the floor, it turned out to be hollow.

He knew that stealing the seal was not the purpose, the purpose was just to steal the seal and lead them to this room, and then...

Just as he was about to find the mechanism to open the floor, the sound of footsteps outside made Gongsun Ce's back feel cold. He touched the ground with his finger and stood up as if nothing had happened. He stood up and looked at the person who came in. It turned out to be Zhao Jue's bodyguard, "Guard He, you How did you come here? You also can’t figure out who would steal the seal, so you came to check for clues?”

He Zheng glanced at Gongsun Ce, "Mr. Gongsun has the ability to handle the case. I don't have that ability, so I can only come here to see if there are any other clues. Maybe it can give Mr. Gongsun all the inspiration. What do you think, Mr. Gongsun?"

"What guard He said is true, but I haven't found any clues that can be reused. It seems that we can only find another way. The theft of the seal is a major event. It cannot be easily guessed. Only by obtaining evidence can we take the other party down. , return it to the original owner." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he cupped his hands, "Gongsun Ce still has some things to go out, so don't bother He Huwei here and continue to look for clues."

"you--"

"Gongsun Ce bid farewell."

Gongsun Ce strode away, and went straight out of the palace and went straight to Gao Yue's residence—this He Zheng's appearance must not have been accidental, and He Zheng must have wanted to get something when he entered that room, but he didn't know what it was.

Came outside Gao Yue's yard, just happened to meet Gao Yue coming in with a jug of wine, Gongsun Ce glanced at the wine in his hand and a bag of meat-smelling things, stared at him in surprise, "Do you have any wine here?" guest?"

Gao Yue didn't expect that Gongsun Ce would come back today after leaving yesterday, and coughed twice in embarrassment before saying, "There is indeed a guest, but please don't be offended, Mr. Gongsun, this guest asked me to tell you by name, he Here, the villain can't afford to offend."

Just wondering who would be so hostile to him, a person appeared behind the half-open door, Gongsun Ce immediately rolled his eyes, raised his foot and was about to leave, but he was preempted by that person, "Gongsun Ce, are you Afraid of me? That's why you planned to leave as soon as you saw me?"

In this case, no one in this world would be so hostile to Gongsun Ce except Pang Tong.

Gongsun Ce turned around and looked at Pang Tong, feeling overwhelmed, "Why are you here to disturb the situation? You have stayed in the capital well, so why not be your young master of the Pang family in the capital, or go to Hejian Mansion to be your king of Zhongzhou What did you come to Xiangyang for?"

Hearing this, Pang Tong raised his eyebrows, smiled and said, "You don't know that, I was also sent here by Zhao Zhen."

"……what?"

"My lord Gongsun, my lord, let's go in and talk, go in and talk, and talk outside, the wall has ears, the wall has ears." Gao Yue's forehead was dripping with sweat, why did Pang Tong, who was not worried, even Gongsun Ce be so good? The tempered people also became irrational, and simply started arguing outside. If this is not stopped, it is likely that there will be a fight.

Gongsun Ce lifted his feet and walked in, feeling that everything was really bad luck.

Pang Tong followed, and said to Gao Yue: "Who told you that Gongsun Ce is a good-tempered person? When he was in Hejian Mansion, he gave me a lot of embarrassment. The only thing that can make him suppress his temper—"

"The prince is talking about that playboy?"

"kindness?"

"I've met him a few times, he is indeed a good-tempered person who knows how to suppress other people's tempers, but his martial arts foundation is unfathomable, even if he hasn't done it before, it can be seen that this person can be ranked first in the Jianghu Top ten." Gao Yue said after finishing, "My lord and Gongsun don't get along, so there is no need to confront each other like this. Being an official in the same dynasty is fate. If we confront each other in everything, wouldn't we be exhausted?"

Pang Tong thought it was interesting, walked into the yard, opened the wine, and poured three glasses, "That boy Zhao Zhen asked me to come here to deal with Zhao Jue, and he won't let him go unless he is dealt with."

"Who?"

"Of course it is the loyal Eight Sage Kings. There was a gap in the past. I happened to need someone in Hejian Mansion who can negotiate with the Liao people. The Eight Sage Kings are good. They know how to irritate the Liao people better than my father. It's time to go to war." Pang Tong said these words without worry, making Gongsun Ce and Gao Yue almost spit out the wine - what kind of reason is this?Wanting to bring the Eight Sage Kings to Hejian Mansion?

Not to mention whether the eight sages are willing or not, but the pillars of the country and the most important thing in the court, how can they just go to Pang Tong's tent to be a negotiating minister. King!

Gongsun Ce frowned, vaguely aware of something, but he didn't dare to speculate, so he could only ask, "Pang Tong, can you be more reliable in your work?"

"Better than you, you can't even handle Zhao Jue now, what use are you?" Pang Tong always spoke so bluntly, which naturally made Gongsun Ce's face blank, and he squeezed the cup in his hand tightly.

Pang Tong glanced at him, "But Zhao Jue is able to keep you until now, you do have some skills."

The conversation changed, but Gongsun Ce didn't buy it, he stood up and said, "The theft of the palace is not that simple, and that person can't be easily taken away by you. Pang Tong, you are in the Hejian mansion and you are in the capital. place, but this piece of Xiangyang is not yours, and you can tell who you are when you play tricks."

Pang Tong remained silent, staring at Gongsun Ce's back as he went out.

Gao Yue stood there in embarrassment, and finally said after a while, "My lord, Mr. Gongsun's temper is not so bad."

"I know."

"Then what are you, my lord?"

"Jade can't be cut without making it. Although Gongsun Ce is smart, he still lacks a little polishing. How can he be a pillar of the Song Dynasty if he doesn't polish it well?" With some appreciation.

Pang Tong naturally appreciates Gongsun Ce, but it is a pity that there is still a little climate missing. When this piece of jade is completely polished, it will definitely be no less useful in the court in the future than the generals who kill the enemy outside.

Gao Yue really didn't understand Pang Tong very well, but he understood what he said.

On the other side, Gongsun Ce left Gao Yue's small courtyard and wandered outside for a while before realizing that this trip was originally to inquire about that person, He Zheng, but it's not good to go back now that they are all out, so they have to find another way , simply go to the inn to take a look at Bai Yutang, and then go back to the palace.

As soon as he arrived at the downstairs of the inn, Gongsun Ce suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure, he hesitated for a moment, not daring to miss it, and went straight after him.

Lu Xiaofeng, who went downstairs to ask the shopkeeper what interesting places there are in Xiangyang, didn't even have time to call Gongsun Ce to stop when he saw Gongsun Ce turn around and run away. In a word, I'm going out to do some errands, and I'll be back in a while."

"Hey, sir, you haven't said you want to—"

Gongsun Ce chased after that familiar figure, and instinctively told him that it was Bao Zheng, but he was faintly worried that it was a trap, but even if it was a trap, he still wanted to find out. If it was really Bao Zheng, wouldn't he come after him? missed?

After chasing into an alley, Gongsun Ce realized that something was wrong, turned around and glanced at the entrance of the alley a dozen steps away from him, and ran back without thinking—it really wasn't Bao Zheng.

Just as Gongsun Ce took two steps, a gust of wind approached him from behind. Gongsun Ce turned his head, got hit on the shoulder and subconsciously turned his head. A handful of white things came over him.

Lu Xiaofeng, who was chasing after him, saw that the other party wanted to take Gongsun Ce away, so he naturally knew that Gongsun Ce was Hua Manlou's heart, so he tiptoed to those people, kicked them away, picked up Gongsun Ce and left, " Gongsun Ce, you are really a deceitful person."

After speaking, he took Gongsun Ce back to the inn.

"One lying here is still not well, and another one comes, it's really a pair."

Bai Yutang propped himself up to look, then looked at Lu Xiaofeng in surprise, "Lu Xiaoji, what's going on?"

"Who will allow you to be big or small? But this time I won't care about you, next time..." Lu Xiaofeng stroked his beard, "I happen to want to try how to shave my beard better, why don't I use your hair try."

Bai Yutang stroked his hair nervously, then looked at Gongsun Ce, "Lu, Brother Lu, what's wrong with Brother Gongsun?"

"I was tricked into an alley and got a stick. I was drugged and just passed out."

Hearing this, Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's fine, I thought—" that Gongsun Ce was killed.

but--

"Why isn't Brother Hua with Brother Gongsun?"

Lu Xiaofeng was also taken aback, why did Gongsun Ce come to the inn by himself today?Even if Huamanlou went to the flower garden, Gongsun Ce would only come here after sharing their clues with Huamanlou. Today is a bit strange.

Bai Yutang was worried, and Lu Xiaofeng was also worried that something would happen to Huamanlou, so he stood up and walked out, "I'll go out and have a look, Huamanlou has to know about this, otherwise who will take care of Gongsun Ce? We have to take care of you."

This was a joke, but Huamanlou couldn't do anything wrong.

As soon as Lu Xiaofeng came out of the inn, he went straight to the flower garden, and his intuition told him that Huamanlou had encountered trouble in the flower garden, and it was not a small trouble—it was really a brother who had to help when he was in trouble, but now it was his trouble in the past. Help him out, now reverse.

No one really owes anyone.

When performing lightness kung fu and walking towards the flower garden, Lu Xiaofeng thought, Huamanlou owes him another favor now.

As soon as he arrived at the flower garden, Lu Xiaofeng smelled a bloody smell. There was no one in the flower garden, it was in a mess and—the roses were stained with someone's blood, and they suddenly became bright and dazzling, making people feel a strange feeling in their hearts. feel.

Huamanlou disappeared, and Gongsun Ce was injured.

Lu Xiaofeng walked into the flower garden, opened the door, looked at the neatly placed inside, and the few pots of roses, turned around and stared at the flower garden for a while, and decided to go back to the inn first.There are not many people in this world who can make Huamanlou die, unless Huamanlou himself has no intention of living, which is obviously impossible. With Gongsun Ce around, Huamanlou is reluctant to take the first step.

So, whose blood is it?