treacherous world

The queen mother is suspected of murder, and the one who killed was the great monk, the highly respected abbot Xuanbei of Faguang Temple, is that okay?All of a sudden, the whole city of Kaifeng exploded.

Of course, everyone knew the news, and Zhao Zhen naturally knew it too.

The shadow guard told Zhao Zhen what happened. Zhao Zhen sat behind the desk, gently fiddled with the fingers on his hand, without making a sound.

After Yingweimen finished speaking, he knelt down and ordered the punishment, Zhao Zhen just waved his hand, "Go down, guard strictly, don't let anyone get close to the Queen Mother."

Several shadow guards looked at each other in blank dismay, the emperor didn't punish him for such a big incident?Even the salary is not fined?Looking at Chen Banban next to Zhao Zhen, seeing her husband nodding to them, several shadow guards had no choice but to retreat.

"Your Majesty..." Chen Banban still wanted to speak, but Zhao Zhen shook his head, signaling everyone around him to back down.After everyone left and the study door was closed, Zhao Zhen stood up and walked to the window, "You said before that Luo Xin followed Bai Yutang secretly that day?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." From behind the screen, a man in black turned out. It was Zhao Zhen's close bodyguard Nangong Ji. Knowing their existence, he has served Zhao Zhen for many years and is loyal.

"What did she do with Bai Yutang?"

"It seems that she wanted to talk to him, but Zhan Zhao suddenly appeared that day, and she left." Nangong Ji whispered, "Bai Yutang's martial arts are too high, and his subordinates dare not follow too closely, but Mrs. Luo Xin seems to be quite concerned. Bai Yutang."

"Hehe." Zhao Zhen smiled, "It's not unusual." He waved his hand lightly, "Keep staring, don't startle the snake."

"Yes!" After Nangong Ji went down, Zhao Zhen left the study alone, and said to the servants guarding the door, "Go to Kaifeng Mansion."

So, drive Kaifeng Mansion.

At this time, the Kaifeng mansion was also in chaos. The key point was that there were many spectators around the door, and Zhao Zhen quietly entered through the back door.Bao Zheng went to welcome him in person, and took him to the inner room to meet the Queen Mother.

At this time, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also came back, and Abbot Xuan Bei also woke up, talked about the general situation, and passed out again.

The people watching outside the Kaifeng mansion soon heard that someone had assassinated the abbot in a hidden room. The secret path had been found, the abbot was not dead, and the queen mother was framed.Everyone didn't really believe that the old and frail queen mother had such abilities, but after all, if the queen mother wanted to kill someone, why bother to do it herself, they gradually dispersed.In short, there was no danger, and Zhao Zhen also secretly sighed - he escaped a catastrophe.

Bao Zheng found the Eighth Prince and showed him the tattoo on Abbot Xuan Bei's arm. The prince recognized it at a glance. Is this the Yue and his wife from back then?Zhao Pu also nodded, saying that he had some impressions.

In addition to the secret way, the bag of jewels picked up from the water, and the dry bones in the well, everyone waited for the monk to recover and answer in detail.

Gongsun inspected the skeleton in Wuzuo's room.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked in.

"Is there any clue?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Hmm." Gongsun pointed to the skeleton and said, "This man's legs are bent badly. It looks like he has been meditating all year round. There are ring marks on the top of his head. He should be a monk. He was about 30 or [-] when he died."

"A monk?" Zhan Zhao wondered, "Why did he die in the well? He fell into the water and drowned?"

Gongsun shrugged, "He was beaten to death!"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao carefully inspected the scars on the ribs of the deceased, and immediately frowned—this person was killed by a palm strike, and the palm prints almost remained on the ribs, which were very complete, presumably the palm smashed the internal organs and caused death.This kind of kung fu seems familiar...

"Master Iron." Bai Yutang said flatly.

"Lu Tiexin?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and asked Gongsun, "How long has this man been dead?"

Gongsun shrugged, "I don't know. It's hard to be sure after soaking in the water for so long. It might be five or six years, maybe two to thirty years or even longer."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, but there was no way to verify it.

"The iron master uses the iron palm, is there anyone else in the world who uses this kind of kung fu?" Gongsun asked.

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "Luo Qingshan seems to use iron palms too."

"Yes." Zhan Zhao nodded, "He is Lu Tiexin's younger brother. Of course, he is not close, but he is also good at using Iron Palm."

"Luo Qingshan died during Liu Heling's ghost escort, and Lu Tiexin drove Luo Yuan away from his side without hesitating his reputation, and wanted her to take away Liu Heling as well." Bai Yutang shook his head, "It seems Among them, it may not be just because Lu Tiexin is a villain and a hypocrite, right?"

Zhan Zhao also nodded, "Of course, why did Xie Jiutian kill the man with Liu Heling? This makes people even more curious... Don't you have friendship with him, can you find him?"

Bai Yutang smiled helplessly, "Now everyone in Jianghu knows that I left Luo Qingshan's daughter Luo Yuan behind. She also has gilt crane feathers on her body. If Xie Jiutian really wants to seek revenge, he will come to me by himself."

"Alas..." Zhan Zhao walked out of the room, sat down on the stone stool, and sighed, "There are so many clues, they all seem to be connected."

Bai Yutang also walked up to him and sat down, "Cat, are you hungry?"

Just as Zhan Zhao was about to speak, someone walked in from outside. It was a father-in-law from the palace, surnamed Shen.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, thinking why did you come to your father-in-law?Proclamation?He didn't hold the decree either.

Eunuch Shen entered the courtyard, bowed to the two of them, and said with a smile, "Lord Zhan, Fifth Lord Bai."

Both nodded at him, not knowing what was going on.

"The emperor invites you two to have dinner in the palace." Eunuch Shen said with a smile, "I'll go now."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang with some embarrassment, Bai Yutang was even more embarrassed, he didn't know Zhao Zhen well, what did he ask him to do?

But everyone came to invite them, and they couldn't disobey the order, so the two had no choice but to bite the bullet and go with him.

It's just that apart from Kaifeng Mansion, he didn't enter the palace or other courtyards, but went to Luoxin Pavilion.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, thinking that it wasn't right?What's Zhao Zhen's idea, to have a lover and let the two of them get involved?

Eunuch Shen led the two into the courtyard of Luoxin Pavilion through the back door, and heard the melodious sound of the piano inside. In the courtyard, beside a few red plum trees, Zhao Zhen was sitting leisurely drinking tea, while Mrs. Luoxin was sitting with him. Play around.

It can be seen that after Zhao Zhen left the Kaifeng mansion, he did not return to the palace with the empress dowager, but came here directly.

Zhao Zhen saw the two people coming in from a distance, so he waved and told them to come and sit down. He was not wearing a dragon robe and he was not in the palace, so there was no need to be restrained.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had no choice but to go and sit down.

At this time, Mrs. Luo Xin's piano sound was also slightly disturbed, and she quickly pressed the strings and stopped.

Zhao Zhen smiled, and said to Zhan Zhao, "This is Mrs. Luo Xin. Zhan Huwei has seen it before, right?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Zhao Zhen said to Mrs. Luoxin again, "As I said earlier, I would like to introduce you to two young talents. This is Zhan Zhao, and this is Bai Yutang."

Mrs. Luo Xin nodded with a smile, and stood up to salute the two. They were quite embarrassed, so they had to be polite.

"Hehe, Luo Xin often tells me that she wants to go swimming in the lake, but it's inconvenient for me to go out. I remember that Young Master Bai has a painting boat, right?" Zhao Zhen called them here to borrow a boat with Bai Yutang for a lake tour.

Bai Yutang nodded, "Uh, yes..."

"That's just right, hitting the sun is worse than hitting the sun, just today?" Zhao Zhen looked excited.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and Mrs. Luo Xin also said, "Your Majesty, today?"

"I'm happy today!" Zhao Zhen stood up, "The queen mother will be wronged and wronged, and even I, the emperor, might be infamous. Fortunately, Zhan Weiwei and Bai Shaoxia were smart and capable, and resolved this crisis. My life is indeed the lieutenant general! Haha."

Mrs. Luo Xin also laughed, "Today's weather is not bad."

Seeing that he was only borrowing a boat, Bai Yutang didn't say much, although he was puzzled, and stood up, "I'll get the boat out."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Okay."

Bai Yutang slightly raised his eyebrows at Zhan Zhao—indicating that he had no idea at all, but he still went out to find Bai Fu to call a boat.

Zhao Zhen asked Eunuch Shen to accompany him to the inner house to change clothes, leaving Zhan Zhao and Mrs. Luo Xin waiting in the yard.Zhan Zhao looked at Mrs. Luo Xin, and Mrs. Luo Xin looked at Zhan Zhao, neither of them knew what to say.

After a while, Mrs. Luo Xin asked Zhan Zhao, "How old is Master Zhan?"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, and said, "Oh, I'm 23 years old."

"It's so rare to be so famous at such a young age." Mrs. Luo Xin smiled, "Compared to this, Luo Xin has spent all these years and realized that time flies."

Zhan Zhao looked at Mrs. Luo Xin, and by visual inspection, she was not very young, let alone 27 or [-] years old?Or bigger... Anyway, beautiful women generally can't tell their age.

"Bai Shaoxia seems to be younger than you?" Mrs. Luo Xin continued to ask.

"No, it's the same." Zhan Zhao smiled, "The birthday is also very close, but he is a few days older."

"It's only been a few days, so close?" Mrs. Luo Xin couldn't hide her curiosity about Bai Yutang, and asked Zhan Zhao.

"Yes." Zhan Zhao nodded.

Mrs. Luo Xin poured him tea with a smile, "I heard the rumors in the world, and I thought cats and mice were at odds."

"Many people think so." Zhan Zhao smiled, "They misunderstood Brother Bai, he is not such a stingy person."

"Yeah." Mrs. Luo Xin nodded, "That's true."

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, last time he saw Mrs. Luo Xin seemed to have something to say to Bai Yutang, the meaning now... Could it be that he knew each other before.

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao asked, "Uh, madam, may I ask, do you know Brother Bai?"

Mrs. Luo Xin was stunned, then quickly shook her head, "No... I just traveled all over the world and heard a lot of rumors about him."

"Oh." Zhan Zhao nodded, but saw that Mrs. Luo Xin was hiding something, and said to himself——white mouse, peach blossom mouse!Attract bees and butterflies and mice!I've never seen such an irresponsible rat like you!

At this time, Zhao Zhen changed into more ordinary clothes and came out... After all, Zhao Zhen was young and gentle, and his appearance was three points similar to Zhao Pu's, but without Zhao Pu's arrogance and domineering, he was more bookish.Of course... There is also a faint look of an emperor.Zhan Zhao hadn't noticed it before, but looking at it now, it's different for someone who is used to being an emperor!

"When will Young Master Bai come? Is it very far away?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"Oh, let's go to the embankment and wait. It shouldn't be too far from Baifu." Zhan Zhao said, leading the two of them to the embankment.

Zhao Zhen seemed to be in a very good mood, Mrs. Luo Xin was wearing a white gauze hat.This kind of weather is full of sunshine, and many young ladies in Kaifeng wear such hats when they go out, so they don't attract attention.

The three of them avoided the busy streets as much as possible and came to the embankment.

Due to the fine weather, the painted boats on the river came and went like weaving. From a distance, everyone saw a white painted boat sailing towards the shore.A man in white stood at the bow of the boat, with his hands behind his back, looking at the center of the lake not far away.The white clothes fluttered gently with the wind on the river, calm and handsome... very outstanding.Whether it's on the shore or on the lake, anyone who passes by him will take a look at him.

Zhao Zhen shook his head with a smile, and asked Zhan Zhao next to him, "Guard Zhan, does Young Master Bai have any name, or something interesting, when he goes out and about in the rivers and lakes."

"Hmm... Chinchilla?" Zhan Zhao replied.

"By the way." Zhao Zhen was puzzled, "He is so handsome, why did he name him Mouse?"

"Oh, it was taken by his older brothers. He probably wasn't that good-looking when he was young, but for some reason, he grew straighter as he grew older." Zhan Zhao said casually, and Mrs. Luo Xin couldn't help but laugh. .

Zhao Zhen asked her, "Why are you laughing?"

"Uh...no." Mrs. Luo Xin shook her head and just looked at the boat.

Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, thinking that Mrs. Luo Xin shouldn't look at Bai Yutang so affectionately, and then looked at Zhao Zhen, Zhan Zhao was afraid that he would see something interesting, and would hate Bai Yutang in the future.At this glance, Zhao Zhen was standing beside Mrs. Luo Xin, looking at her expression as if looking thoughtfully.

Zhan Zhao's heart beats like a drum - White Mouse, you are miserable!Let me call you Merry World, this time all the women the emperor valued let you go Merry, so what do you say?

When the boat arrives, several Baifu families on board will set up planks to connect them to the shore.Bai Yutang also brought a few maidservants on board, and they all reached out to help Mrs. Luoxin.

Bai Yutang's servant girls, Zhan Zhao, are all familiar with each other, together with Bai Fu and a few generals, they usually follow Bai Yutang on the boat to travel north and south.They were all taught by Min Xiuxiu. They are clever and eccentric and their skills are not bad. When they saw two strangers, they all looked at them curiously.

Zhan Zhao also boarded the boat, went to the bow of the boat to fight beside Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang handed him something.

"What?" Zhan Zhao took it over and looked at it, and saw that it was a white porcelain jar. He opened it, narrowed his eyes and smiled at him. It was the dried plums made by Mrs. Lu in the empty island. This one is not sour, but sweet. Yes, it is just right for teeth grinding.The last time Zhan Zhao ate one and said he liked it, Bai Yutang had just returned home and saw that Bai Fu brought a big jar from Xingkong Island, so he filled a jar for Zhan Zhao.

Zhao Zhen was sitting at the table. Seeing the situation of the two of them, he touched his chin slightly, as if he was worried.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Luo Xin poured tea for Zhao Zhen and asked, "Are you seasick?"

"Oh, no." Zhao Zhen shook his head and said, "I... I'm a little embarrassed."

Looking at the maids serving tea and fruit behind him, Zhao Zhen still decided not to reveal his identity so as not to be restrained.

"What's so embarrassing?" Luo Xin asked him with a soft and considerate voice, "Is there anything that Luo Xin can relieve her worries?"

Zhao Zhen gestured with his eyes, and Luo Xin looked at Bai Yutang, "Since Bai Shaoxia went to my place before, several of my cousins ​​have taken a fancy to him, and they want me to say goodbye."

Mrs. Luo Xin was slightly taken aback, thought for a while, and said, "Young Master Bai seems to be used to it. I'm afraid he doesn't like that kind of restricted life."

"I'm also worried about this." Zhao Zhen shook his head, "It's too...mother's rush." ​​As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said to her, "This time, I actually intend to take him out to swim in the lake. Let him meet those girls, the best is who he can fancy. If no one has a crush on him, that's fine too, so as not to worry about it, and let those girls give up. "

Although Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were talking at the bow of the boat, they had very good ears. They were full of suspicion, so they paid more attention to this side. When they heard Zhao Zhen say this, Bai Yutang looked at the sky and had the urge to get off the boat .

But Zhan Zhao heard some tricks, it's impossible, the youngest four sewed people and said that Miaomiao and Baibai are a couple, even the queen mother joked with him two days ago, Zhao Zhen is a shrewd person, There is no reason to mess up the mandarin ducks like this.Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao inexplicably felt that Zhao Zhen felt a little bit like beating a mandarin duck. When he thought about who this mandarin duck was, Zhan's guard immediately felt that he might be seasick, and shook his head while leaning on the railing.

Bai Yutang was still wondering, didn't the cat get better from seasickness?

While talking, Zhao Zhen looked at Mrs. Luo Xin's expression, and saw a smile on her lips, but her eyes were a little colder, so she guessed that she was inseparable - sure enough, Bai Yutang didn't know when she provoked her. This is Luo Xin, but it seems that Luo Hua intends to be ruthless.

Just at this moment, the maid at the side heard the conversation between the two.

This girl's name was Xi'er, and she didn't know that Zhao Zhen was the emperor, but Bai Yutang said that the guest had friendship with Master Bao and treated them with respect, so the servants were very cautious.Now that Xi'er heard it, Xi'er was not happy, so she leaned over and said, "Oh, this young master, you don't know my young master well, right?"

Zhao Zhen was taken aback, looked at Xi'er, and nodded, "Indeed, I'm not very familiar."

"Oh, don't introduce someone to my young master, you should be annoyed!" Xi'er whispered, "My young master has a sweetheart, and the two of them are fighting fiercely! My heart is so full that I can't accommodate others!"

Zhao Zhen opened his mouth, and Mrs. Luo Xin was also surprised, "Young Master Bai has a sweetheart? Who is it?"

Xi'er covered her mouth and shook her head with a smile, indicating that - I can't say, a fat girl named Zhu'er came over and nodded, "Anyway, the young master just likes it so much!"

Zhao Zhen coughed, and looked towards the bow of the boat, and saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang chatting on the bow of the boat as if nothing had happened, but their four ears were red.

Zhao Zhen shook his head. Sure enough, the whole world knew about it, but the two of them were still confused.

However, Mrs. Luo Xin didn't know, she just stared at Bai Yutang's back and frowned slightly - have a sweetheart?