Dragon Pattern Roll Set

In the yard in front of the kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion, many shadow guards gathered, holding torches and carrying lanterns, illuminating the whole yard brightly.

The maid Xiaoyu held a water bowl, dipped her finger in water, and flicked it up gently, using the light reflected by the water droplets, to find out the remaining thin threads.Yu Da could not see clearly just now, but now, the careful girl has found three or four extremely thin silk threads.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked into the yard.

Bai Yutang looked at the distribution of thin lines, while Zhan Zhao looked at the cracks in the wall.

Kaifeng Mansion was also the largest yamen in the Great Song Dynasty. Although it was not magnificent, it was unlikely that there were too many cracks on the wall that had not been repaired.At this time, the legendary ghost drilled into a gap as narrow as a small fingernail, leaving nothing but some wall dust.

Xiao Liangzi also ran into the yard, and the fourth son had to take care of Gongsun, so he came to watch the fun when he was free.

"Can people get in through this gap?" Xiao Liangzi looked at the gap in the wall, "I can't even pull a piece of clothing through here!"

After all, children are more lively, Xiao Liangzi is good at light work and mischievous, like a little monkey, he walked around the courtyard wall and looked back and forth.

Finally, he squatted against the wall and became dazed.

Zhan Zhao raised his head to look at Xiao Liang who was bewildered on the wall, "What's wrong, Xiao Liangzi?"

Xiao Liang tilted his head and said, "There are only cracks in the front of this wall, and none in the back. Could it be that they are retracted into the wall? Are you doing a trick?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they understood why Zhao Pu kicked down the courtyard wall of the palace when he was a child, and he was probably also confused.

Everyone was busy, Master Bao came over.

Master Bao was as calm as ever, but he could also see a trace of worry between his brows.

The shadow guards have been investigating for a long time, but they still can't figure out what happened to the ghost that appeared for no reason just now. Seeing Mr. Bao coming in, it's a bit difficult to explain.

Master Bao took a brief look at the situation, waved to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and they followed him to the study.

After entering the study, Lord Bao didn't say anything about the haunting, but instead asked, "You two are outside today, did you hear any gossip?"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, and asked Mr. Bao in puzzlement, "What gossip?"

Master Bao frowned, and said, "Today in Taixue and Longtu Pavilion, I heard people talking about the palace being haunted..."

"About Qige?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Lord Bao nodded, "It's not the first time that the palace is haunted or something goes wrong. Usually, after an order not to spread the word, it won't spread... But this time it has spread all over the city. It's a bit strange."

"If someone is pretending to be a ghost, the possibility of intentionally spreading rumors may not be ruled out." Zhan Zhao said, "In addition, the demolition of courtyard walls in the palace is quite a movement, which arouses suspicion even more."

"It is estimated that tomorrow someone will say that Kaifeng Mansion is haunted by ghosts." Bai Yutang interjected, "Zhao Pu was attacked by ghosts in Kaifeng Mansion. This sounds much more frightening than being attacked in the palace."

Lord Bao frowned deeply, "The government is worried that there is some conspiracy behind it."

Zhan Zhao saw that Bao Zheng was already very busy with the spring test, and this time it was even more troublesome. After all, he was old, so don't worry about what happened, so he comforted him, "Your Excellency, you don't need to worry too much, we will step up the investigation. .”

Master Bao nodded, he naturally trusted Zhan Zhao... At the same time, he had a vague premonition that the spring exam was coming, and he always felt that something big was about to happen.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang left the study room, and just as they walked into the yard, a red figure rushed over, "Zhao~Zhao~!"

Zhan Zhao turned his head and saw that Hong Jiuniang was already hanging on his shoulder, touching his head, "Miss me?"

Zhan Zhao wondered, "Aunt Jiu? Why are you here?"

"I can't stay idle at home." Outside the courtyard, Wu Yifu strolled in with his hands behind his back, nodding to Bai Yutang in greeting.

Bai Yutang also nodded.

"This Kaifeng is not peaceful..." Wu Yifu seemed to be a little bit emotional, "When I first came here, I ran into a ghost."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at him in surprise.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked, "Uncle Xiaofu, did you see that female ghost attack Zhao Pu?"

Wu Yifu nodded, and Jiuniang said, "I saw it too! It looks real, and it looks like that."

"Can you tell it's fake?" Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up.

Wu Yifu shook his head, "I can't tell."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sighed.

"But it's still possible to force it, but it's a little troublesome." Wu Yifu touched his chin, "You might as well ask the Palace Master to try."

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Can grandpa do it?"

"Don't let your grandfather shrink people into the cracks in the wall, just let him make a big straw bag the size of a soybean in an instant."

Zhan Zhao's eyes are wide open, what does that mean - it's okay? !

"Actually, it's not too difficult. As long as the internal strength reaches that level, before..." Before Wu Yifu finished speaking, Hong Jiuniang kicked him and gave him a glare.

Wu Yifu stopped talking and looked aside.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard some implication.

Bai Yutang said to Zhan Zhao, "I'll ask Zhao Pu to see if he has any clues."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Bai Yutang left.

Hong Jiuniang, Wu Yifu, and Zhan Zhao, who squinted, were left in the yard.

Jiuniang pinches Wu Yifu, "It's all your fault!"

Wu Yifu pleaded innocent, "Zhao Zhao and Yu Tang are not outsiders."

Jiu Niang glared at him.

Zhan Zhao looked at the two of them, "What are you two hiding from me?"

"It's not..." Jiu Niang put Zhan Zhao's shoulders and took him aside, and said, "Your grandfather did this before."

Zhan Zhao tilted his head, "What have you done?"

"Uh... turning straw bales into soybeans... similar." Jiu Niang looked at the sky.

Zhan Zhao was even more confused, like...

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao opened his eyes wide in surprise, and asked Jiu Niang, "You mean, grandpa uses internal force to turn people into... nothing?"

Jiu Niang looks at the sky.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Who did Grandpa make like that?"

"Don't blame your grandfather!" Wu Yifu came over to explain, "The palace master didn't do that because he was cruel, it was the heart-changer, it's too hateful!"

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, "What kind of heart-changer?"

"Have you heard the most popular rumor about your grandfather, saying that he needs people's hearts to practice?" Wu Yifu asked.

Zhan Zhao nodded. In the past, all kinds of scary rumors about Yin Hou were flying all over the sky, and some of them were so bizarre that they were unbelievable.Among them, there are two well-known ones, one is that he crawled out of hell, and the other is that he needs to eat people's hearts and drink human blood to practice qigong.

Zhan Zhao finds it ridiculous every time he hears such rumors—in fact, Yin Hou’s eating habits are very similar to Bai Yutang’s. It is said that practicing Qigong eats people's hearts, and even if they eat a bite of raw fish, they will feel sick for a long time.

"Isn't that nonsense?" Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied.

"It is indeed nonsense, but the palace master is actually taking the blame for others." Wu Yifu found a stool in the yard and sat down, and explained to Zhan Zhao in detail.

……

On the other side, Bai Yutang robbed Tianzun who was going out for supper halfway, and ordered a supper for him in the private room of Taibaiju. Fifth Master asked about using internal force to kill people.

Tianzun understood it as soon as he heard it, and "huhu" blew on the ravioli in the spoon, and asked, "Who did you hear about that old ghost slaughtering and changing his heart demon?"

"Changing Demon?" Bai Yutang felt that the name affected his appetite.

"Probably decades ago." Tianzun ate a mouthful of wontons, then broke off a honey sauce chicken wing and began to recall seriously.

Bai Yutang looked at him with raised eyebrows, "You have lived for more than 100 years, how long was it decades ago? Ten years or 90 years?"

Tianzun squinted at him with a chicken wing in his mouth, which means - if you are so picky, I won't say it!I am over 100 years old, is it interesting for you to tell me about memory? !

Bai Yutang was powerless, so he had to ignore the time and let Tianzun continue.

Tianzun said, "One more chicken wings."

Bai Yutang supported his forehead, and asked the waiter to serve a roast chicken, and told Tianzun to stop making trouble while eating.

Tianzun tore off a chicken leg and put it in Bai Yutang's mouth, and didn't say anything if he didn't eat it.

Bai Yutang had no choice but to hold the chicken leg and look at Tianzun who continued to fight with the chicken wings, what does that mean——you said it!

"It's like this..." Before Tianzun opened his mouth, he heard a "pu la pu la" sound from outside.

Bai Yutang frowned, walked over to open the window, and Yaoyao squeezed in with a "huh".

"Oh!" Tianzun stretched out his hand to touch the head of Yaoyao who flew to his side, while scolding Bai Yutang, "Look at you, you don't bring your pet with you!"

Bai Yutang asked the man to bring some more fish, and put Yaoyao aside to keep him from making trouble.

Fifth Lord closed the door and window to make sure everything was safe, sat across from Tianzun, pointed at him with a drumstick, "Speak in one breath!"

Tianzun scratched his chin, wiped his balm, and said, "Have you ever heard of a person called Wo Xin?"

Bai Yutang was slightly taken aback, surprised, "Master Wu is bothering?"

Tianzun nodded.

"Muyaotang is the first hall in Mt. Maoshan. Fei Xin was a former leader of the martial arts alliance. He was very skilled...but later died in the hands of Yin Hou. It is said that there is no bones left." Bai Yutang also heard, "This It is one of the most criticized things about Yin Hou... When he killed Fei Xin, the entire martial arts world described Yin Hou as heinous, but there are also rumors that Yin Hou didn't kill him, and Yin Hou couldn't kill him."

"Pfft." Tianzun spat out a sip of wine.

Bai Yutang wiped the table with a handkerchief in disgust, and then wiped the tea off his chin.

Tianzun curled his lips, probably a little annoyed, so he didn't notice that Bai Yutang was using the same handkerchief to wipe the table and his mouth.

Putting down the chicken bones, Tianzun waved his hand, "Those three-legged cats who bothered to fool those Jianghu people, how can they compare with that old ghost! Let me tell you, that is, the old ghost Yinhou is getting older and has a temper. Think back when you and Zhan Zhao were as old as you and Zhan Zhao, who would dare to provoke him except Lao Tzu?"

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun, always felt that the tone of his words was not right?So he silently picked up the wine jar that Tianzun drank and glanced at it, and saw what was written on the wine jar - three cups of drunkenness.

Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, Tianzun always drank pear flower white, did Little Six make a mistake when serving wine...

After thinking about it, Fifth Master understood.

It is said that when he passed by Taibaiju this morning, the little six rushed out excitedly and told him that there was good wine in the store and asked him to try it.Fifth Master is still somewhat interested in wine. Not only is he a good drinker, but he also has a good capacity for alcohol, and he has never been drunk.Yesterday, a little boy stopped him halfway and told him that Taibaiju had the treasure of the Xinzhen store, and the shopkeeper found a few jars of "Three Cups of Drunk" from the south, which is terrible!After three cups, the gods will be drunk.

Bai Yutang was quite interested at the time, but he was busy going to the palace with Zhan Zhao, so he told Little Six to drink it when he came next time... No wonder Little Six was so excited just now... Maybe it's this wine.

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun again, and saw that his cheeks were slightly red, the corners of his mouth were turned up, and his speech was more verbose than usual, like a child.

Holding his chin, Bai Yutang continued to pour him wine, while asking, "So, Fei Xin is just trying to gain fame?"

"Hmm...you're trying to gain fame, be more mean." Tianzun drank another glass, smacking his lips, obviously thinking that the wine was delicious, Bai Yutang continued to pour it for him, while observing his changes.

Tianzun blushed, looking in a good mood, and said to Bai Yutang, "Troubleshooting is actually pretty good. He is smart, capable, and righteous. He is qualified to be a martial arts leader."

Bai Yutang was puzzled, "So, why did Yin Hou kill him? Yin Hou doesn't seem like killing innocent people indiscriminately."

"Of course." Tianzun didn't know if it was because of Jiu Jin'er, there was a bit of "Yin Hou is one of his own people" in his words, this tone is usually not heard, usually Tianzun is against Yin Hou Mostly make fun of each other.

Bai Yutang continued to pour Tianzun a glass of wine, stood up while he was drinking, walked to the window, opened a window, poured out the golden shell he was carrying with him from the bamboo tube, and let it out.Afterwards, the fifth master returned to Tianzun's side and continued to pour wine for him, asking, "Didn't Yin Hou kill you when you troubled yourself?"

Tianzun drank another glass of wine, "Yes! The old ghost asked the palm of his hand, and then squeezed his hands..." Tianzun made a movement of twisting the rag, "It was crushed to ashes...the ashes are not left, only the ashes are left. A black stone the size of a soybean grain."

……

After hearing Wu Yifu's description, Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Since Fei Xin is not a bad person, why did Grandpa... kill him like that?"

Wu Yifu sneered, "He is indeed not a bad person, but he is sick."

"Sick?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

Hong Jiuniang pointed to the temple, "He's mentally ill!"

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Is he insane?"

"At that time, the legend of changing hearts was raging. There were many murders in the rivers and lakes, and many people died...the death was the same, and the hearts were dug out, and the dead were unarmed ordinary people. A farmer who knows martial arts, a girl who has never been out of the court, a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken... The government spent a lot of manpower on investigations, and there were also people from all walks of life in the rivers and lakes to track them down, but in the end nothing came to fruition. Gradually, there were rumors that it was The palace lord needs people's heart to practice kung fu."

Zhan Zhao's eyes turned cold, "Someone spread rumors on purpose? Does this matter have anything to do with Fei Xin's illness?"

Jiu Niang nodded, "Troubleshooting is definitely a madness. There are many wonders in this world. He is usually a good person, benevolent and moral... But once he gets sick, he feels that his heart is broken."

"Have a broken heart?" It was the first time Zhan Zhao heard that he still had this kind of disease, "He has a bad heart?"

"He invited a lot of doctors to look at him, and they all said that he is very healthy and has no illness at all." Jiu Niang peeled an orange, "But I feel that my heart is rotten little by little, and my heart hurts. People are also turning into bad people...the only way to save themselves is to replace my own with another good heart."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "So it's called changing your demon?! How?"

……

"Eat?" Bai Yutang put the first empty wine jar aside, opened the second wine jar and poured wine for Tianzun, "Trouble killing people and eating hearts in order to cure your own madness? And then planting it on Yin Hou? "

"Who knows if he planted it? Anyway, if there is something dirty, just kowtow on the old ghost's head, and he doesn't care." Tianzun tugged at his collar, slapped his red face with his sleeve, and He slapped the table carelessly, "That old devil Yin Hou! He has a bullying face and a doormat character!" As he said, Tianzun reached out and pinched Bai Yutang's cheeks, shaking and shaking, "It's not like him The kitten at home, with a cute face, has a bad personality! But he is quite suitable for you, he helps to watch over you, so as to save you from being bullied by others who don't like to talk."

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, so Tianzun was not talking nonsense when he was drunk, but telling the truth... After thinking about it, he continued to pour wine, wanting to see what it would be like to get drunk a little more.

……

"Ah!"

Zhan Zhao sneezed, rubbed his nose, and continued to ask Wu Yifu and Hong Jiuniang, "You bothered to kill so many people, so grandpa got rid of him? This is obviously a good thing, why do you want grandpa to take the blame instead? Get a good name?"

"No one really knows the details of this matter." Jiu Niang said helplessly, "Actually, when she first found out that someone had framed her, the Palace Master was the same as before. It didn't matter, anyway, she got used to it."

Zhan Zhao touched his chest—distressed!

"Later Tianzun found out that the real culprit was Fei Xin, so the two investigated together... and discovered Fei Xin's strange disease." Wu Yifu spread his hands.

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Tianzun found out?"

Jiu Niang nodded, and said with a smile, "Except for forgetting some things and occasionally making mistakes, Tianzun is still very smart when he is serious, and he understands the character of the Palace Master better."

Zhan Zhao continued to touch his chest—rejoiced!

"When the palace lord first found out about worrying, he wasn't so angry." Wu Yifu said, "I don't know what happened later, but the palace lord solved the trouble in this way...I'm afraid only Tianzun knows the real reason."

Zhan Zhao knew it in his heart, "Let Yutang ask Tianzun when you have time."

Jiuniang smiled, and patted Zhan Zhao's head, "You too... If you want to ask anything, just ask Marquis Yin, why won't he tell you?"

Zhan Zhao thought about it, and it was true... So he got up and went to Yin Hou's courtyard for a walk.

But the strange thing is that Tianzun and Yinhou are not there.Zhan Zhao wondered if they were going to have supper together, right?So he turned to Gongsun's courtyard, looking for Bai Yutang.

Halfway there, I met the little four who ran out with a small tea bowl.

When Zhan Zhao asked, the fourth son said that Tianzun had never seen it, but just now Yin Hou asked a few shadow guards outside their house to see the silk thread, and chatted with Zhao Pu in the yard for a while, and then a golden shell Flying over, Yin Hou followed and walked for a while.

Zhan Zhao was puzzled—gold shell?

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao suddenly had an idea and jumped up to his small building.

Since it was not long after it was built, Zhan Zhao was still a little uncomfortable.Going up to the roof and having a panoramic view of the whole city of Kaifeng, Zhan Zhao sighed once again—it’s so convenient!

Looking around, Zhan Zhao caught sight of Yin Hou who had arrived at the gate of Taibai Residence.

Zhan Zhao was curious—why did Grandpa run into Taibai Residence by himself?So he left the roof and flew to Taibai Residence.

The fourth son stood in the yard with his face upturned, watching Zhan Zhao fly up into the air for a while, and then fly out of Kaifeng Mansion like a kite, and then looked down at his round and short figure, envious——a cat The cat is so light and can fly!so convenient.

……

When Zhan Zhao arrived at the gate of Taibai Residence, Little Six came running over, "Master Zhan is here now? The fifth master and Tianzun have been here for a while, and Yin Hou just went up."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin—it turned out that Bai Yutang and Tianzun were also here!

After all, Zhan Zhao knew Bai Yutang quite well, so he was probably a little worried, so he asked Tianzun to ask about the past.

Running upstairs in two or three steps, Zhan Zhao saw that the door of the private room that Bai Yutang used to go to was closed. At the door, Yin Hou stood there with a complicated expression, as if hesitating whether to go in or not.

Zhan Zhao ran forward, "Grandpa."

Yin Hou looked at him and asked curiously, "Did you two agree or something?"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, "What did you say?"

At this time, I heard a voice from inside the private room, it was the voice of Tianzun, with a long ending sound, and it seemed to be knocking on the bowl with chopsticks, "Yutang! Sing for Master!"

Zhan Zhao blinked—singing?

"Is there any wine? I still want to drink!" Tianzun's voice sounded very happy, "Yin Hou was a fat man when he was young!"

Zhan Zhao turned to look at Yin Hou.

Yin Hou helped the forehead.

"Wu Sha was like a hemp stick when he was young, but it bulged up when he grew up! And ah! Yin Hou was obviously the same as the fourth son when he was young, why did he become a man when he grew up? Not a man... he grew up to be a savage gone?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Yin Hou again.

The corners of Yin Hou's mouth twitched—how does Lao Tzu look like a savage?

Tianzun pulled Bai Yutang and chatted, "You said Yutang, didn't you say that vegetarians will lose weight? Why did Wusha gain weight after becoming a monk? Also, look, elephants and bamboo bears are vegetarians, so fat Cats eat meat and are skinny!"

Zhan Zhao continued to look at Yin Hou—what's the situation?

Yin Hou began to think about whether it was time to go back.

"Yutang, if Kitty Zhan becomes a ball in the future, will you still love him... Well." Tianzun didn't finish speaking, as if something was stuffed into his mouth by Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang looked at the door in embarrassment.

Zhan Zhao also scratched the back of his head in embarrassment—fat into a ball... No, the point seems to be the "love"...

Yin Hou shook his head, couldn't stand it anymore, opened the door and entered the room.

Tianzun saw him at a glance, jumped up, holding two chopsticks in his hand, "Here we come! Soy sauce group!"

Yin Hou helped the forehead.

Zhan Zhao sat down next to Bai Yutang, and looked curiously at the drunk Tianzun.

Yin Hou came over to look at Tianzun, and asked Bai Yutang curiously, "How much did you drink for him? How did you get so drunk?"

Bai Yutang pointed to the two empty wine jars on the table.

Yin Hou was about to see what kind of wine is so powerful, Tianzun grabbed his arm, "Ah, ah, tell them about that troublesome thing, they will ask."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Yin Hou.

Yin Hou sat down and asked the two of them, "How do you two know about the troublesome things?"

So Zhan Zhao talked about the ins and outs of the matter.

Yin Hou understood, "Oh...you suspect that ghosts shrink into the cracks of the wall with internal force? But people die when they shrink, and they won't zoom back in."

"Let's not talk about that for now." Zhan Zhao was obviously more interested in troublesome things, "Grandpa, why did you kill him?"

Yin Hou pushed Tianzun aside, let him hug Yaoyao to go crazy, poured himself a cup of tea, and said flatly, "Because he deserves to die."

……

In the kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion.

The fourth son stood on tiptoe, put the tea bowl on the stove, put down the tea tray, and strolled out.After greeting the shadow guards in the yard, the fourth son ran back to Gongsun's yard.

Passing through the long corridor outside the courtyard, the fourth son was walking, when suddenly, he saw straight ahead... At the end of the dark porch, there was a lantern floating slowly...