treacherous world

At noon, the sky suddenly became hot, and everyone was holding a pile of files, looking for clues to Yinshan Village in the yard.

The funniest is Pang Yu, who sits cross-legged next to a stone stool with a pen in his mouth. On the stool is a roll of paper with "duck neck" written all over it.

The fourth son looked closely beside him, "Little Fatty's characters are so ugly."

"Hey!" Pang Yu hurriedly reached out to cover his handwriting, "Little Si, don't laugh at your lord!"

"It's normal to have ugly words, but no matter how you say it, you're notoriously ignorant and cynical." Xue Yiling walked in at the door, not forgetting to taunt Pang Yu.

The fourth son blinked and glanced at Pang Yu, as if he was afraid that he would be angry.

Pang Yupi thickly said, "Thank you for the compliment."

Xue Yiling glared at him viciously. Bao Yan was holding the dossier in his hands. Seeing that Xue Yiling seemed to have a problem with Pang Yu, he asked the fourth son, "Are they not on good terms?"

The fourth son looked at Xue Yiling and then at Pang Yu, but he didn't understand.

Xue Yiling was dressed very nicely today, and the fourth son didn't know why, so he tilted his head and looked at her, as if thinking about something.

"What's the matter, little four?" Xue Yiling approached him with a smile and asked, "Is my sister good-looking?"

The fourth son's face wrinkled, hesitating for a long time, "Hmm..."

"Where is it not good-looking?" Xue Yiling wanted to tease him, but she also knew that she was not a beautiful woman, so she put her hips on her hips and asked the fourth son.

The fourth son glanced at him again, "No breasts."

"Pfft..." Bao Yan, who was drinking tea at the side, spat out a mouthful of tea, and Pang Yu laughed so hard that he beat the stool.

Xue Yiling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this little boy was pretty cool.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, feeling that something would happen sooner or later with Gongsun and Zhao Pu's way of raising children.

Outside, Xue Yixing also came in, seeing Xue Yiling teasing the youngest son, he put on a straight face, "No rules! Why are you so rude to the little prince?"

Xue Yiling pursed his lips, knelt down and asked the fourth son, "Sir, are you going out to play in the afternoon? I'm going to the temple fair, do you want to go together?"

The fourth son blinked, "No, I have to wait for Daddy to come back."

"Why wait for me to come back?"

While talking, he saw Gongsun outside strolling back carrying a small medicine box, followed by Zhao Pu who kept yawning.

Zhao Pu entered the courtyard and first greeted Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang.

"How is it?" Zhan Zhao asked him.

"Don't mention it, one hour a day is more strenuous than fighting a battle every day!" Zhao Pu sighed and sat down at the table to rest.

"Daddy Jiujiu!" The fourth son went over and grabbed the sleeves of their clothes.

"Little Sizi, if you have nothing to do this afternoon, go to the palace to accompany Concubine Pang and Xiangxiang." Zhao Pu picked up the little Sizi, "Xiangxiang is your niece."

"En!" The fourth son nodded, he is already an uncle!But do you want him to see the children?

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, why did the fourth son go into the palace to accompany him?What's the intention?

Xue Yixing obviously admired Zhao Pu for a long time, so he hurried up to pay a visit, and Zhao Pu also had a few polite words with him.

In a blink of an eye, it was lunch time.Xue Yixing left with his younger sister, leaving everyone to pack up and prepare lunch. Gongsun laughed when he saw Pang Yu writing duck necks all over the paper.

"No." Pang Yu wept bitterly.

Zhan Zhao told about the thrilling scene just now, and Zhao Pu was surprised when he heard it, "Isn't that because of a duck's neck?"

Everyone looked at Pang Yu with admiration, and Pang Yu became even more depressed.

Gongsun said to the fourth son, "Your fourth son, after you attack, you should also pay attention to Auntie Fat's diet, you know? Are all the things father gave you?"

"Yes!" The fourth son nodded, it turned out that Gongsun wanted him to check on Concubine Pang's diet.

Zhan Zhao frowned, and asked Zhao Pu, "Someone wants to attack Concubine Pang?"

Zhao Pu smiled, "The emperor just said, let the fourth son go to accompany Concubine Pang and Xiangxiang, pay special attention to what you eat, don't let him eat anything unclean."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, and Bai Yutang nodded, "If Gongsun is with you, others will definitely be wary, but if you are accompanied by the fourth son, they shouldn't have any precautions."

Zhao Pu and Gongsun nodded, they thought so too.

"By the way, Mr. Gongsun." Bao Yan asked Gongsun, "Have you studied Wumang Fengshui?"

Gongsun was stunned, "Wumang Fengshui is the most dangerous place in Fengshui, why did Second Young Master ask about this?"

So, everyone told me what they said about Wumei and Wufen Village that they had investigated before.

Zhao Pu frowned when he heard that, "Why are they all gloomy things, and it's not July Festival."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard that he seemed to have something to say, so they asked, "What's so dark?"

"Oh." Zhao Pu shook his head, "Zhao Zhen was nagging this morning, saying that the palace might be haunted."

"Huh?" Everyone looked at each other, "Haunted?"

Gongsun shrugged, "It is said that he saw the first emperor or something, and said that there are ghosts trapped in the palace, let us deal with it in the afternoon."

"Brother Zhan, if you have nothing to do this afternoon, shall we go together?" Zhao Pu asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao readily nodded in agreement.

After dinner, Bai Fu came to look for Bai Yutang. He had made preparations for the funeral, so he and Bai Yutang rushed to the Iron Master.

When he was going out, Xiao Bao Fu happened to go to buy snacks. He liked Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao very much. Seeing that Bai Fu was going out with a lot of things, he came over to help them.

Zhan Zhao sent Bai Yutang to the door, patted him on the shoulder, "Be careful."

Bai Yutang also wanted to laugh, "What's going on in broad daylight, don't worry." After speaking, he left.

Zhan Zhao stood at the door watching, always a little worried, but after thinking about it, Bai Yutang is also an old man, how many people in the world can move him?I am also... If you care about it, you will be chaotic.Shaking his head, Zhan Zhao went back to Kaifeng mansion.

Bai Yutang walked all the way, Bai Fu and Bao Fu followed behind, one big and one small chatted and hit it off.

After walking for a while, Bao Fu suddenly froze and looked around.

"What's the matter?" Bai Fu asked him.

"Uh..." Bao Fu seemed to be hesitant.

Bai Yutang turned around and saw that the two of them hadn't left, so he walked back and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Master Bai, that feeling came again this morning!" Bao Fu said anxiously, "Someone is watching us."

Bai Fu made him amused, "I said Xiao Bao Fu, don't be suspicious."

"Huh?" Bai Fu didn't understand.

"This place is full of Jianghu people, and their vision is quite sharp!" Bai Fu told him, "But if someone follows us, Lord Wu will definitely find out!"

Seeing Bao Fu's appearance, Bai Yutang took the things from the two of them, and said in a low voice, "I can go by myself, you two can go back to Kaifeng."

"Fifth Master?" Bai Fu was surprised.

Bai Yutang waved his hand lightly, and said to Bao Fu, "Go to the end of the street and feel if anyone is looking at you. If not, just look back at me. If there is, don't look back. Go back to Kaifeng quickly. Go and don't come out." Then, he told Bai Fu, "You stay with him, don't make any mistakes!"

"Yeah!" Bai Fu nodded, pulled Bao Fu and walked back.

Before Bao Fu took a few steps, he felt the goosebumps on his body disappear.He stopped suddenly, and turned to look at Bai Yutang - that person was looking at Bai Yutang!

Bai Yutang understood in his heart, nodded, and waved lightly at the two of them, signaling them to go back.

Bao Fu was a little worried, and Bai Fu gave him a hand, "It's okay, let's go back and tell Mr. Zhan about it, and if we stay there, it will be a hindrance to Fifth Master." Bao Fu had no choice but to Follow Bai Fu back.

……

In the afternoon, Zhan Zhao followed Zhao Pu and Gongsun to the palace with the fourth son, and left the fourth son, Xiao Liang and Stone Scissors with Concubine Pang and Xiangxiang as companions.

Afterwards, the three of them pretended to leave the palace, and followed Zhao Pu into an alley, making several turns, and arrived at the west courtyard of the harem, which had been deserted for a long time.

"Is there such a place in the palace?" Zhan Zhao and Gongsun had never been here before, and thought that the palace should be magnificent, but they didn't expect there to be such a deserted village.

"Why are you here?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"Hmm..." Zhao Pu led the two of them around to a deserted house, and saw the words "Moon and Palace" written on it.

"Ah!" Gongsun suddenly realized, "Is this the residence of Yue Yue and his wife?"

Zhao Pu smiled and looked at Gongsun, "You are really good, you know this kind of secret history of the palace? Be careful to let someone silence you."

Gongsun smiled smugly, "I wanted to ask you a long time ago, is there really such a Yue and Mrs.?"

Zhao Pu nodded, "I was young back then, and I knew that Brother Huang often came here to listen to Yue and his wife playing the piano. Zhen probably didn't know, Yue and his wife died before he was born, and I was very young. .”

"How is it, is it beautiful?" Gongsun asked curiously.

Zhao Pu pouted, "Not as beautiful as my mother was back then."

Gongsun made him angry, "I mean compared to Zhenzong's other wives."

"Speaking of my concubines..." Zhao Pu shook his head helplessly, "It was not a good time, and the women who were born were all terribly tough. There was Empress Dowager Xiao in the north, Empress Liu here, and Concubine Yang Shu is all scheming, fierce and pungent. I guess my brother can't take it anymore, and when he sees a gentle Qin Ji, he will be hooked up and left."

Gongsun thought it was funny, it was really true when Zhao Pu said that.

Zhan Zhao looked at the two of them from the side, feeling a little dazed what they were talking about, "What are you two talking about? It seems very interesting."

Zhao Pu took out the key that Chen Banban gave him this morning from his bosom, opened the gate of the courtyard, and led the two of them in. Gongsun then told Zhan Zhao about "the affair between the first emperor and Mrs. Yuehe."

"Mrs. Yuehe is a luthier of a private theater troupe. She travels and performs with the troupe all the year round. Later, she was spotted by a minister at the time and sent to the palace to play the piano for Zhenzong. Mrs. Yuehe is not only beautiful, but also intelligent and tender. Like water. So Zhenzong was fascinated by her, hid her in the harem, and sang happily every day. Later, Mrs. Yue and Mrs. gave birth to a weak baby girl, Princess Ruyue, cute and cute. This little princess has been very healthy since she was a child. Poor, Mrs. Yuehe carefully took care of her, but unfortunately drowned in the lotus pond when she was three years old. Later, Mrs. Yuehe was too stimulated, depressed all day long, and soon after she jumped into the well and committed suicide. Zhenzong was too sad, afraid Seeing things and thinking about people, he ordered the entire west courtyard to be locked and abandoned, and no one was allowed to enter. It was not until Concubine Li entered the palace, that is, the real queen mother today, that Zhenzong gradually recovered... It's a pity that this virtuous concubine is not good In the end, I lived among the people for 20 years, and was blind when I was recognized by Zhao Zhen. So the struggle in the harem was fierce. Unofficial history said that Yue and his wife, including the little princess Yue Ru, were all killed by people.

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Really?"

"Think about it." Zhao Pu interjected, "Which one of my sisters-in-law is the most fuel-efficient lamp?"

Zhan Zhao looked up to the sky and thought for a while, yes, the court is sinister, and this month and his wife are just Qin Ji, without identity background.At that time, she lived in the backyard as if she was hiding in a golden house, but she didn't even have an identity.Zhenzong was notoriously weak and useless back then, otherwise there would be no such thing as the Tanyuan Alliance, and even if he won the battle, he would even lose money...

"Then what are we doing here?" Zhan Zhao looked left and right, and his eyes fell on a well in the middle of the yard.

Zhao Pu shrugged and pointed to the well, "The well where Yue and his wife jumped."

"It's another one who jumped into a well." Zhan Zhao shook his head, before researching Wufen Village, there were already five people who jumped into a well, and this time another one.

"Zhao Zhen told me this morning that he often had a dream at night, saying that the first emperor came to him and told him that the soul of Yue and his wife was still trapped in the well, and he missed her very much. Emperor's joint burial."

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Didn't the bones be taken out and buried when the person died?"

Zhao Pu smiled helplessly, "The Empress Dowager back then was determined not to let Yuehe enter the royal cemetery. In the same sentence, my imperial brother is fine with everything else, but he is too timid and cowardly."

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun looked at each other, shook their heads, the beauty is unlucky, she just exposed her corpse in a dry well and hid it for more than ten years.

"After all, it's not an honorable thing, so handle it carefully and in a low-key manner." Zhao Pu shrugged and waved to Ziying on the roof.

Ziying glanced into the well, hid behind Zheying, and asked in a low voice, "Is it really haunted?"

Zhan Zhao scratched the mouth of the well and looked down, and saw that the bottom was hollow and very deep.Pick up a stone and throw it down... Not long after, I heard a "click".

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao wondered, staring into the well, "Is there no water?"

"Well, it should have been exhausted a long time ago!" Zhao Pu asked several shadow guards to prepare the ropes, put them at the bottom of the well, and lit the torches.

Zhe Ying asked Zi Ying to pull the rope and go down by himself, Zhan Zhao gave him a pull, "I'll get down first."

The shadow guards looked at Zhao Pu, and Zhao Pu nodded—that's what he meant by his name Zhan Zhaolai, Zhan Zhao Qinggong is the best, the height of this well, he can go up without a rope.

Zhe Ying nodded, and he and Zhan Zhao raised a torch and went down one after the other.

Ziying put the basket by the side of the well, and said to the two people who were pulling the rope by the side of the well, after a while, they would pull the rope when they reached the bottom, and they would throw the basket down, pick up the bones and pull them up.

Ziying also leaned on Zhan Zhao and said, "If you really encounter a kid cheating on the corpse later, you have to bring Zhe Ying along!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Zhe Ying with a smile——Zi Ying felt sorry for you.

Zhe Ying laughed.

Zhao Pu was pulling the rope on top, and Gongsun held a torch to illuminate the two of them.

Zhan Zhao and Zhe Ying went down the rope little by little, and entered the dark dry well... Contrary to their expectations, the well was not very deep, and soon reached the bottom.

Probably it has been abandoned for too long, or it is close to the underground waterway, the gloomy humidity in the underground is very heavy, and the ground is even more chilly.

Zhan Zhao squatted down and took a look with the torch. At this moment, Zhe Ying also fell to the ground, "Master Zhan?"

Zhan Zhao looked up at him and asked, "Zhao Pu, are you sure the body is here?"

Zhe Ying was stunned for a moment, he stood on the spot and turned around, the bottom of the well was only that big, there were no corpses!

The two looked at each other in blank dismay - could it be that they were moved away back then?

Just as he was wondering, Zhan Zhao felt a chill on his neck, and a gust of cold wind poured in.Zhe Ying shuddered, and together with Zhan Zhao turned to look at the side wall of the well.At this moment, if it was Ziying or the fourth son, he would definitely yell that there was something wrong, but these two would not!If there is wind, it means that there is communication between this place and the outside world.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand, and along with Zhe Ying, groped along the well wall.

Finally, Zhan Zhao felt that a few bricks were loose, pushed hard, and there was a crash...

Above, Gongsun and Zhao Pu saw that the two of them hadn't pulled the rope for a long time, and they were a little impatient, wondering if it was that deep?

Hearing the noise, Zhao Pu hurriedly asked, "Hey, what's the matter?"

After a while, I saw Zhan Zhao rushing up, pawing at the side of the well, "There is no corpse down there, and then we found a hole to go outside, but the hole is very, very long, should we go?"

Zhao Pu frowned tightly, "No body?!"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Zhao Pu took a torch and asked a few shadow guards to wait here, and was about to jump into the well. Gongsun grabbed him, not telling him not to jump, but saying, "I'm going too!"

Zhao Pu hugged him and jumped down the well with Zhan Zhao.

……

The Iron Master was very lively today, Bai Yutang handed a few white paper packets from Bai Fu to the three Iron Master family members on a long table at the door.

The man of the iron master asked him to sign his name on the guest list. Bai Yutang mentioned the words "Bai Yutang" in the dragon and phoenix dance, which shocked several family members. One personally led him to the mourning hall, and the other got up and went inside Inform Lu Tiexin, it seems that there is an order.

When Bai Yutang offered incense to Luo Qingshan in the mourning hall, he saw Lu Tiexin rushing out and asked him to speak in the inner hall.

Bai Yutang knew that the old man had something to ask for, but judging from his current posture, he probably had something really troublesome, so he followed him inside.

When I passed through the side door of the mourning hall, I saw a screen behind the side door. Inside the screen, a woman in white was playing the piano. The light mourning music in the mourning hall may have come from her hands.

Bai Yutang glanced over from the corner of his eye, and the woman also raised her head.

Walking out of the side door, Bai Yutang was puzzled - isn't that Mrs. Luoxin from Luoxin Pavilion?Tonight, she is going to attend the piano appreciating meeting organized by the emperor, and now she is still playing the mourning song in the mourning hall?This woman is really weird.

……

When Zhan Zhao and Zhao Pugongsun reached the bottom of the well, they saw that Zhe Ying had already pushed the entire hole in the wall away, leaving behind a long passage.

Everyone walked in along the passage. This place should be dug by hand. The entrance is relatively narrow, and you have to bend over to pass through it. Especially for a tall man like Zhao Pu, he was very aggrieved.But after walking for a while, the entrance of the cave gradually widened, and soon turned into a tall arched passage.

There are also water channels and running mice on the ground.

"It's the underground canal of the palace." Zhao Pu frowned, "It's actually connected, and there's only one wall! What if an assassin comes in here?"

Everyone held torches and continued to move forward. Walking in the dark, it is easy for people to forget the time.After walking for an unknown amount of time, everyone saw a fork in the road ahead.

"It seems to be out of the palace." Gongsun said.

Zhan Zhao jumped up and leaned against the top wall, listening up.

Gongsun whispered to Zhao Pu, Zhan Zhao's lightness kung fu is really like a cat, jumping up and down without any effort, how did he get this kind of kung fu?

Zhao Pu smiled and shook his head, "His teacher is a master of the world. It is said that he started looking for him in his 30s, and he didn't find Zhan Zhao until he was 80. A genius who is suitable for practicing swallow flying."

Gongsun raised his eyebrows—oh!

At this time... Zhan Zhao came down and nodded, "We're leaving the palace, there are cries from above."

Everyone walked a few steps forward, and saw a shaft appearing in front of them, and when they looked up, there was a circle of light.

Zhan Zhao climbed up the shaft, and when he got out of the hole... he saw another well.This well is in a small alley, surrounded by courtyard walls, very hidden.

Other people came up behind them, walked out of the alley, and saw the lively streets of Kaifeng Mansion.

Everyone stood in a daze on the crowded street, this well can actually pass through the palace, in other words, if someone knows this tunnel, they can escape the layers of guards inside and outside the Forbidden Palace and directly enter the inner palace!In addition, if Mrs. Yue and Mrs. Yue jumped into the well and died, where is the body?Was it taken out from here?Or not dead at all...

While wondering, Zhan Zhao suddenly covered his nose, "Ah Choo!"

Everyone looked at him subconsciously, and by the way, they saw the signboard waving in the wind not far away - Spicy dead cat duck neck.