Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were sitting in the restaurant, waiting for news from Ximen Yao.

During this period of time, the news about Long Qiaoguang and General Youlian became more and more serious... Speaking of which, the legendary nature of General Youlian and his special identity aroused the collective curiosity of the people of Kaifeng.As a famous general, once there is no current conflict of interests, then a famous general is just a famous general.As one of the few Confucian generals in the world, plus being the master of the famous General You, people had infinite yearning for this sharpshooter who was called Youlian Shenbow and Meteor General.

A smile finally appeared on Zhan Zhao's face that had been tense for the past few days. There was an unusual gentleness in his eyes while holding the teacup. Bai Yutang could probably guess that Zhan Zhao was thinking about growing up with Wu Yifu. The bits and pieces of being together... Maybe I also thought of other old people in the Demon Palace, those legendary figures who were once shining like stars, left the best side in Zhan Zhao's memory.

……

Kaifeng mansion.

Hong Jiuniang and Wu Yifu went out for breakfast, and when they came back, Jiuniang was humming a little tune in a good mood.

In the yard, Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liangzi, who were about to go to the Imperial Academy with Bao Yan and the others, asked her curiously, "What is Aunt Jiu happy about?"

Jiu Niang stretched out her hand to pinch the cheeks of the two children, smiled and continued to do her own work.

Xiaosizi and Xiaoliangzi looked at each other, and at the same time raised their faces to look at Wu Yifu who came in with Jiuniang.

The sick scholar also seemed to be quite helpless. He walked around the yard and asked Zhao Pu who was wiping his knife, "What about chattering?"

"It's on the shooting range." Zhao Pu said, put down the knife, and said, "Ouyang said you should go and watch Qiao Guang shoot arrows."

Wu Yifu was taken aback for a moment, and asked Zhao Pu, "He's only practiced all night, has he practiced yet?"

Zhao Putting his chin, he said, "I didn't see it, but the red hair did."

"We saw it too!" Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liangzi jumped up and talked to Wu Yifu how Long Qiaoguang shot the willow tree into a sieve.

However, Wu Yifu didn't focus on the willow tree, but asked, "He shot the target in four?"

Xiaosizi and Xiaoliangzi nodded.

Xiao Liangzi was also curious, "It's the same as a knife! How do you make incisions horizontally and vertically with a bow and arrow? Shouldn't the arrow shot past be a hole?"

Wu Yifu touched his chin lightly, turned around and went out.

As soon as he walked to the door, he felt that the hem of his clothes was being grabbed by someone. Looking down, Granny Heishui raised her face and looked at him.

Wu Yifu was helpless, "I am such an adult, are you still afraid that I will lose it when I go out?"

Granny Heishui stretched out her hand, which meant—to hold hands and walk away!

The sick student had no choice but to give her his hand, and Granny Heishui grabbed Wu Yifu's hand, and the older and younger went out together.In the eyes of outsiders, it is just a scholar leading a cute little white-haired girl.

……

Kaifeng mansion.

Tianzun asked Yin Hou, "Why are you sick?"

Yin Hou smiled, "Same as you."

Tianzun blinked and tilted his head in confusion, "Same?"

"After searching for 100 years, I finally found someone who can inherit the mantle." Yin Hou smiled, "Congratulations."

On the side, the corner of Zhao Pu's mouth moved slightly, and he continued to wipe the knife in a good mood.

……

Wu Yifu took Granny Heishui out of Kaifeng Mansion together, but instead of going to the military camp, he came to Taixue.

In Taixue, Lin Fuzi and Lin Xiao had already arrived, and many students living in the school also got up and were preparing to go to class.

Seeing Wu Yifu coming, Lin Xiao rushed out to greet him, "Master."

Wu Yifu asked, "Zishan, the things I put in Qingshan Temple..."

"I'm keeping it!" Mr. Lin quickly replied.Back then, Wu Yifu’s letter to him not only asked him to seek refuge with the head of the Taiyuan Academy, but also asked him to go to Qingshan Temple to get something and help him keep it.

Lin Xiao ran into the Taixue study room, rummaged through the boxes, took out a huge ebony box, and ran out with it, giving Wu a disaster.

Wu Yifu reached out to take it, and smiled slightly, "Thank you."

Lin Xiao sent Wu Yifu out, and asked curiously, "Master, you take this, do you mean..."

Wu Yifu nodded.

Lin Xiaoxin was happy, and congratulated Wu Yifu, "Congratulations, young master."

Wu Yifu smiled, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You don't need to be sad."

Lin Xiao was slightly taken aback.

Wu Yifu said calmly, "You don't have to feel bad about calling Xiao Yuanzi and Lian Er."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and gently touched Lin Xiao's head, then turned around, and took Granny Heishui away.

Lin Xiao stood there blankly. When he was a child, the young master would often touch his head like this when he was sad, and say, "Don't be sad, everyone is destined to lose everything, it's just the difference between sooner and later." That's all, nothing to be sad about."

Lin Fuzi let out a long sigh.

At this time, Lin Xiao ran out, "Master, what are you reading in class?"

Master Lin came back to his senses, and answered nonsensically, "During the competition in the four courtyards, why don't you go to the painting competition?"

Lin Xiao was slightly taken aback.

Master Lin patted him on the shoulder lightly, "Draw a lotus flower."

Lin Xiao scratched his head, "What kind of lotus?"

Master Lin pointed at Wu Yifu who had gone away, and said calmly, "That's it."

After finishing speaking, Lin Xiao turned around and entered the room, leaving Lin Xiao standing at the door stupidly, looking at the back of Wu Yifu in the distance.Maybe it was because the light was too strong, and Wu Yifu was dressed in white. From a distance, he felt almost transparent.

Lin Xiao suddenly thought—how many generations has such a back figure passed by alone?

Whether it's Wu Yifu, Granny Heishui next to him, Tianzun, or Yin Hou, their backs all give Lin Xiao a strong feeling - no matter how eagerly you look forward to it, this back will never look back Take a look.When the years have passed for too long, it is meaningless to look back, because the starting point has long been lost.Perhaps, everyone's worries for Wu Yifu are superfluous. Those who have gone so far know how to move forward better than anyone else; the heart that has endured all the past is the same as his martial arts, the highest state, indestructible !

……

After Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang waited for a while, they heard footsteps on the stairs and a familiar voice, "Hurry up, go prepare a brazier."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—why does this voice sound like Ximen Yao?Back so soon?Why are you preparing the brazier?

Just thinking about it, sure enough, I saw Ximen Yao strolling up, as usual, flirtatious, dressed coquettishly, with a scholar fan in his hand, and when he went upstairs, he asked the waiter to bring the brazier and grapefruit leaves.Because this place is quite close to the sky prison, there are preparations in the inn. Many prisoners who have been released from prison have to step over the brazier when they come to eat here.

The man took a brazier and put it on the steps, and dipped a grapefruit leaf in water.

When everything was ready, I saw a big, burly man coming up, stepping over the brazier, and the buddy poured water on him with grapefruit leaves, but he didn't do it anymore, "Oh...why bother with this? "

"If you want, let's get rid of bad luck." After finishing speaking, Ximen Yao turned around and waved to the stunned Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "Yo!"

The big man raised his head, saw Bai Yutang at a glance, and was also surprised, "Bai Lao Wu!"

Bai Yutang couldn't react, so he just nodded to him.

Ximen Yao dragged the big man to the table and sat down.

Zhan Zhao blinked.

Bai Yutang came back to his senses and asked Ximen Yao, "Didn't you get robbed of prison by the way?"

Ximen Yao choked on the tea and coughed, waved his hands, and said, "It's a coincidence! Huaisan just got out of prison today!"

Bai Yutang was surprised, but he still introduced it to Zhan Zhao. The big man in front of him was called Huai Bian, and everyone he knew called him Huai San. He was the friend in the dungeon that Bai Yutang told Zhan Zhao earlier.

Huai San scratched his head, puzzled, "How do you know I'm here to pick me up after I get out of prison today?" Saying that, he looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously, "There's no reason why you came to pick me up..."

Bai Yutang pointed to Zhan Zhao on the opposite side, and introduced to Huaisan, "This is Zhan Zhao."

Huai San was surprised, "Oh? Nan Xia Ke."

Zhan Zhao could tell that he was from the Jianghu, so he bowed to him, "Brother Huai."

Huai San waved his hand, "Just call them Huai San like them." As he spoke, he asked the waiter for a drink.

"Is this coming out early?" Bai Yutang was still a little confused, what a coincidence?

"Is it a coincidence!" Ximen Yao said, "I just handed over the name card when I entered the prison and said that I wanted to visit the prison. coming."

So, everyone looked at Huai San, what's going on?

Huai San drank the wine and said, "The prison caught fire the day before yesterday. I found out and saved a few people. In the end, Liu Zheng said that I was meritorious and commuted my sentence. Wouldn't he be released after a day!"

"Just come out!" Ximen Yao took some food for him, "I'll have dinner with Dong Xiao and the others later, let's celebrate for you."

Huai San smiled, "You guys are the only ones still thinking about me."

While eating, Huai San looked at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, and said, "Master Zhan is out now, is there a case to investigate? Is it related to me?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, this Huaisan seemed to be a straightforward person, and his style of handling things should be meticulous, although he was upright, he was not a mess, at least if he killed a maid by mistake, he would turn himself in and take his life.

Zhan Zhao readily expressed his intentions in the future.

Huaisan shook his head, "Liu Zheng? This person is not simple."

Zhan Zhao nodded, waiting for him to continue.

Huaisan put down the bowl and chopsticks, stroked his chin, began to ponder, and then said, "From what you've said, maybe the fire was not simple...I'll say it started in the middle of the night for no reason!"

"Liu Zheng has the final say on everything in the prison, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Imperial City Army, including the Kaifeng Mansion." Zhan Zhao said, "The fire is not a small matter, will someone investigate it? How could there be a fire for no reason?"

Huaisan nodded, "Now that I think about it, Liu Zheng might have let me out in advance because he was afraid that I would find out..." As he spoke, the big man patted his chest, "It's dangerous, if Liu Zheng didn't let me out, he would have silenced me , I guess I'm still in the dark!"

Zhan Zhao frowned, "All the prisoners in the sky prison have records, and it's hard to explain if they died suddenly. What did you find?"

Huai San said, "Didn't you ask if there is anyone with a particularly good literary talent in the prison?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"There are really three people like this!" Huai San said, "This time the fire also started from their cell. The day the fire started happened to be my sister's memorial day. I didn't eat or drink that day, and I couldn't sleep at night. The cell of the three caught fire, but the other prisoners were sleeping soundly, even the jailer. Saved the fire."

Bai Yutang frowned, "There are many masters in the prison, how could it be possible to sleep so hard?"

"Those people were all woken up by splashing water." Huai San said, "It's almost like being poisoned by Mongolian sweat medicine."

"You didn't eat or drink all that day, so you're fine." Ximen Yao was also a doctor, so he said, "Someone mixed Mongolian sweat medicine in the food, right?"

"The Ministry of Penalties will definitely investigate if there is an unexplained fire in the prison." Zhan Zhao said, "This is probably the reason why you were released early, right?"

Huaisan nodded, "Actually, I was also skeptical at the time, but in a place like Sky Prison, it's better to say less and pretend to be confused. It's better to have one more thing than one thing less, so I didn't pursue it."

"Is there anything special about those three prisoners?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"More than half of the prison is filled with vicious warriors, and some royal family members are not locked up with us, they are in other places." Huai San said, "But these three people look like scholars, usually mysterious He doesn't talk too much, and stays alone in a cell. The most suspicious thing is... Liu Zheng often interrogates them alone. However, these three people were not tortured when they were taken away, and they often smelled of alcohol. In addition, they There is no need to do heavy work, and the prison is quite comfortable, so we all privately think that he may be Liu Zheng's friend."

"When did they go in?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Just over a month ago." Huaisan replied.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—listen, these three don't seem to be going to jail, but they are going to take refuge.

"But it's not easy to set fire in the dungeon, and it's even more difficult to put drugs in the food of the jailers and prisoners," Zhan Zhao said.

"So it was done by an insider..." Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Do you suspect that Liu Zheng wanted to kill someone to silence him?"

"They must have done something wrong back then!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "We have to get those three people out quickly, otherwise, Liu Zheng should get rid of them as soon as possible."

"Speaking of it." Huai San said, "Today all the prisoners in the prison will go to the quarry to dig stones, and there will be heavy guards, but..."

"Is that the quarry behind the dungeon?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Yeah!" Huai San nodded, "One side of the quarry is a rocky mountain, and there are often rocks rolling down, and the other side is a cliff... If Liu Zheng wants to make another move, it's the best place there, and besides... ..."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "If you act in full view and cause an accident, it will not be easy to attract suspicion."

"The people from the Criminal Department may indeed have some doubts about Liu Zheng, or they have already set their sights on him." Huai San said, "Recently, people from the Criminal Department have been coming to the prison."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, looked at Bai Yutang, "The Ministry of Punishment is targeting Liu Zheng?"

Bai Yutang also thought about it and realized, "Probably Zhao Zhen ordered it."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes—that cunning fox!

……

"Ah..."

In the palace, Zhao Zhen sneezed.

The officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body."

Zhao Zhen rubbed his nose, and told the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment who had just finished reporting to him the situation of the prison, "I know the general situation, I guess Zhan Zhao and the others will go to the prison to investigate today, and you should do your best to cooperate with whatever they want. You don't have to be polite, don't look at my face."

Minister of the Ministry of Justice and Minister of Dali Si quickly nodded, "Yes."

Zhao Zhen held his chin and sighed, "Can't I have a few more reliable royal relatives? Sigh..."