treacherous world

Zhao Pu and Gongsun took the rock-scissors to find Bao Yan and the others, leaving Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang behind, and decided to go to Mrs. Luo Xin to see if they could get further clues.

However, Mrs. Luo Xin is currently under house arrest, and Zhao Zhen needs to nod if she sees her.

So, Pang Ji and Bao Zheng went to the palace to find Zhao Zhen. As soon as they heard that Pang Yu and Bao Yan had been kidnapped, a trace of displeasure flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes—is he an emperor after all? It feels bad.Mrs. Luo Xin has been given a chance, but obviously, she doesn't care, it can be said that she is stubborn.

"Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are going to ask Luo Xin?" Zhao Zhen smiled, "Do you think Luo Xin will say it?"

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji looked at each other, and knew in their hearts that it was difficult... Luo Xin was determined to take revenge.

"Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are indeed rare smart people." Zhao Zhen said indifferently, "But they are also rare honest people. You can't deal with Luo Xin without some dishonorable methods."

"Uh..." Both Pang Ji and Bao Zheng twitched in their hearts—a disgraceful way?These two people, it's hard for them to lie!After all, he is a hero.

Zhao Zhen smiled, "Call the two of them here, I have an idea, just in time, let them help me by the way, and check some things."

Pang Ji and Bao Zheng immediately asked the shadow guard to find them, and when they left the palace, they looked at each other.

Pang Ji wiped off his sweat, "I said Bao Hei, don't you feel that the emperor's step by step is more and more elusive?"

Bao Zheng smiled, "Is he the emperor after all, do you think it's good to be a fool with three steps and one mind?"

"That's not exactly what I said." Pang Ji shook his head, "Then he is my son-in-law after all, so thoughtful, I'm afraid my daughter will suffer."

Bao Zheng also nodded slightly, Zhao Zhen is indeed becoming more and more like a king and a monarch... Alas, it's still the same sentence, just like Hou's family is as deep as the sea.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang entered the study.

Zhao Zhen looked at the two of them, "Sit."

The two of them still had other matters on their minds. After sitting down, they just looked at Zhao Zhen. Bao Zheng said that Zhao Zhen wanted to give them some advice, but he always felt...it wouldn't be a good idea.

Zhao Zhen was silent for a while, then said, "I have an idea, but it will only work if you both cooperate."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, waiting for a solution.

Zhao Zhen went over to whisper a few words to them, and Zhan Zhao frowned slightly after hearing this, "Will it be too risky? What if she really ran away?"

"She can't run away." Zhao Zhen smiled faintly, "Firstly, Ouyang Shaozheng surrounded the entire periphery of Kaifeng, and I couldn't even fly out. Secondly, Luoxin is just a pawn. She can cause trouble by acting like this, there must be a pusher behind her. Now that her identity has been exposed and she has been under house arrest, maybe she has become an abandoned child. "

"Someone wants to kill her?" Zhan Zhao frowned.

"Kidnapping Bao Yan and Pang Yu can obviously be used as a blackmail to exchange Luo Xin. I will definitely agree to it considering the face of the Grand Master and Prime Minister Bao." Zhao Zhen sneered, "But the other party didn't, and the point was on the five From the grave ghost village, it can be seen that Luoxin's safety is not considered at all... No one can guarantee that I will not kill her, right?"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that this made sense - the other party used Luo Xin to hold Zhao Zhen hostage or attack Zhao Zhen, but after failing, the focus shifted to Wufen Ghost Village.How many secrets does this small village hide?

Bai Yutang seemed to be a little apprehensive, and said to Zhao Zhen, "It's possible, but I won't lie, and I might slip through."

"Who told you to lie?" Zhao Zhen laughed, "everything you said is the truth, isn't it?"

Bai Yutang froze for a moment, frowned slightly, then looked at Zhan Zhao, and saw him reach out and touch his ears to look elsewhere, his ears were still the same as before, slightly flushed.

Bai Yutang thought for a while, but he was willing to give it a try, so he asked again, "Then what if she doesn't do what you say? What should I do?"

"She will." Zhao Zhen was full of confidence, and said with a smile, "I will definitely."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Zhen suspiciously, why was he so sure?

"Because she is a woman." Zhao Zhen said with a little mystery, "When women encounter some common situations, they will have similar reactions, and men will do the same."

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Afterwards, Zhao Zhen arranged for Nangong Ji to try to cooperate with the two of them, but he was a little tired and went to see Xiangxiang at Concubine Pang's place.He has also been in a bad mood these past few days. He can only feel happier if he holds Xiangxiang and pinches her little face.

After leaving the palace, Nangong Ji and Bai Yutang had a general discussion, and then took the lead to prepare.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked behind.

Zhan Zhao sighed softly, "I hope Bao Yan and Pang Yu are fine, this time it was all my fault."

Bai Yutang looked at him, "Everyone has his own fate, what does it have to do with you, there are many times when others harm you, you don't always live well. Pang Yu is a blessed person, and Bao Yan is even more so." With his father, a living Buddha, guarding them, the Palace of Hades will not accept these two."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang dumbfounded, "Your comforting words are really unpleasant!"

Bai Yutang smiled slightly.

"Sigh..." Zhan Zhao said with emotion, "This is Pang Yu too. I don't know who I offended? Why did he get caught?"

Bai Yutang nodded slightly, looking at the huge dangling sword tassel in Zhan Zhao's hand, on the red sword tassel, there was a little white jade mouse holding a ball, dangling very cutely.

After watching for a while, Bai Yutang suddenly remembered something, "By the way, cat."

"What?" Zhan Zhao approached him with a smile and asked him.

Bai Yutang looked at him and asked, "Do you still remember that we found a tree hole in the forest behind Wufen Village?"

"En!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "Is there a place with a lot of bones? What's wrong?"

"There is a tattoo on that bone's hand bone." Bai Yutang said, and asked, "Have you ever noticed that Pang Yu is wearing a jade pendant, which is in the shape of a blade of grass and looks like a flower?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned, "Pang Yu?"

"I just glanced at it that day and didn't think much about it. I just thought that Pang Yu was rich and powerful, and there must be a lot of treasures in his family. Why did he wear such a cheap jade pendant? And he hung it like a treasure. neck."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "I didn't notice that... Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang hurried to catch up with Bao Zheng and Pang Ji in front, and asked Pang Ji about the pendant.

Hearing this, Pang Ji cried, "I don't know that Yu'er wears such a jade pendant? Alas! It's all my fault that I don't care much about his accessories, as long as he has money, it's enough for him. What's wrong with the jade pendant?" !"

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang briefly explained the matter, and Pang Ji waved his hands, "No way, my son is the least courageous, so he probably won't go to Wufen Village!"

"An Lehou is not very old, so he won't have any connection with those bones." Bao Zheng thought for a while, "However, it is a bit suspicious that someone wants to kill him for no reason."

Pang Ji hurriedly called the servants in the family, Pang Fu, the little general who served Pang Yu's food and daily life, and asked him if he knew what happened to the jade pendant on the young master's body!

When Pang Fu heard about the cheap jade pendant, he laughed and said, "Oh... that jade pendant is indeed worthless, but the young master is very precious."

"Why?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't understand.

"I got it about half a year ago." Pang Fu looked up and thought, "Didn't the young master change it back then, but many people in Kaifeng Mansion were still afraid of him and remembered his bad reputation back then. On that day half a year ago, the young master While drinking in a restaurant, a grandpa and grandson were singing, and a bully bullied him, and the young master stood up for the grandpa and got into a fight with the bully."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang wanted to laugh. In the past, Pang Yu should be the bully.

"Later the bully ran away, and the young master picked up a jade pendant that he accidentally dropped. The jade pendant looked very cheap, and the young master laughed at that time, saying that the bully was poor. After this incident, many people in Kaifeng Mansion hated the young master It’s changed.” Pang Fu continued, “The young master felt that the jade pendant was a starting point for him to change his ways, so he wore it on his belt. He was walking that day, and the jade pendant fell off. The young master squatted down to pick it up. The flower pot fell down, and someone on the second floor was watering the flowers, and accidentally knocked the flower pot down! Be good, if the young master didn’t squat down to pick up the jade pendant, he would have been hit by the hit, and if he hit it, he would have died! So the young master thought This jade pendant was meant to bring him good luck and bless him, so I strung it carefully with a rope and hung it around my neck."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded—that's what happened.

"By the way, did the jade pendant fall out when your young master was fighting with the people from the duck neck shop?" Zhan Zhao asked suddenly.

Pang Fu thought for a while, "Yes, the rope of the jade pendant was torn off by the owner of the duck neck shop. The young master picked it up and left angrily. He felt that the people in the duck neck shop were baffled."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang's heart moved slightly—coincidence?Or is it really because of the jade pendant?

Pang Yu also went to Wufen Village that day, but he was terrified when he entered the cave, so he probably didn't pay attention.

Pang Ji and Bao Zheng promised to investigate the matter of Yupei immediately, so that they should not be distracted, and went to visit Mrs. Luoxin as planned.

The two arrived near Luoxin Pavilion and followed the plan.

Bai Yutang jumped over the crowd and landed on Luoxin Pavilion, the roof of the small building where Mrs. Luoxin lived, and quickly tapped a few shadow guard's acupuncture points.Mrs. Luo Xin was in the pavilion at this time, and immediately heard the noise, and knew—someone was coming to attack!

She reached out and pulled out a dagger from a hidden compartment under the table, and waited quietly to see who it was.

Not long after, some tiles on the roof were torn apart, revealing a hole, but no one came in.

Mrs. Luo Xin was not acupunctured or restrained. Seeing that someone opened the way for her to leave, she jumped up naturally. Seeing that the surrounding shadow guards had passed out, there was no one around.

Luo Xin frowned slightly, so who saved her?In a blink of an eye, I saw a white shadow quickly disappearing into the alley in the distance.

Mrs. Luo Xin was taken aback for a moment, she recognized and was familiar with this white figure - it was Bai Yutang!Bai Yutang saved himself?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Luo Xin jumped after her.

When they arrived in the alley, they saw that Bai Yutang was walking straight towards the Kaifeng Mansion, Luoxin hurriedly shouted, "Wait!" Bai Yutang stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her.

"You saved me?" Mrs. Luo Xin asked, seeming suspicious, "Are you trying to trick me?"

Bai Yutang frowned secretly in his heart, this Luoxin was very suspicious, and it was thanks to Zhao Zhen who came up with such a way to deceive her, otherwise it would not be easy for her to believe.

After hearing her finish, Bai Yutang ignored her, turned around and left.

Mrs. Luo Xin was stunned, and quickly chased after her. Bai Yutang secretly sighed, Zhao Zhen really knew women, he said that he could just ignore Luo Xin, turn around and leave. Luo Xin would definitely catch up, as expected.

"Why did you save me?" After Luo Xin caught up with Bai Yutang, she asked her doubts.

Bai Yutang frowned, the words Zhao Zhen asked him to say were a little hard to say, especially the cat was still listening not far away.

Zhan Zhao hid on the roof and was still a little depressed. Mrs. Luo Xin is really the same as what Zhao Zhen said, is she really special to Bai Yutang... The more I think about it, the more I don't like it, this attracts a lot of rats!

Bai Yutang saw Mrs. Luoxin's questioning closely, so he only said, "I'm here for Zhan Zhao."

With a sound of "Teng", Zhan Zhao was clearly listening in the dark, but his face was flushed, and he quickly covered it with his hands—it's hot, it's been so hot in early spring these days!it's too hot!

Luo Xin was stunned for a long time, and asked, "Save me for Zhan Zhao? Zhan Zhao is a member of the Gongmen, why did he save me?"

Bai Yutang replied indifferently, "Go as soon as I let you go." After speaking, he wanted to leave again.

Luo Xin caught up two more steps, "You rescued me, Zhao Zhen will make things difficult for you."

Zhan Zhao rested his chin on the side to cool down, and he was also a little awkward, alas, Mrs. Luo Xin's usual domineering is gone, she is completely like a little girl, tsk tsk.

Bai Yutang acted as if he was going to leave in a hurry, Mrs. Luo Xin finally grabbed him and said, "I can't owe you two favors. Tell me, what can I do for you? I can only do what I can Do it, I, Luoxin, am not a person who owes life to others and is shameless and ungrateful!"

Bai Yutang frowned, and looked back at her, "I don't believe you."

Luo Xin's face paled slightly, as if very angry.

Zhan Zhao shook his head and sighed, and said to himself—the contrast between Zhao Pu and Zhao Zhen in some aspects is really great!Especially with people... Zhao Pu is good at making people trust him, but he cannot avoid being plotted against.But Zhao Zhen is good at using others, and sure enough he is more suitable to be emperor.

"Yes, I was indeed deceiving Zhao Zhen with a false identity, but that was because of grievances, why would I lie to you!" Luo Xin frowned.

Bai Yutang looked at her for a while, then asked, "What do you think of Master Bao?"

"Uh..." Luoxin didn't understand why Bai Yutang changed the subject, thought for a while, then nodded, "Lord Bao is a rare good official."

"Then why did you kidnap his son?" Bai Yutang asked back, with disgust in his eyes.

Luo Xin was taken aback, "What?"

"Pang Yu and Bao Yan were kidnapped." Bai Yutang said coldly, "Xue Yiling was also kidnapped at first, but was sent back in a coffin on condition that Mr. Bao investigate the old case of Wufen Ghost Village."

"It's a good thing that Zhan Zhao was still unfair for you. He felt that although you were wrong, you were wronged too deeply. Zhao Zhen deliberately covered up the truth against justice. You don't know that Mr. Bao treats him like a son, and Bao Yan is like his brother. In case something happens, don't say people in the world don't agree, I won't let you go, since you can go back, let them let Bao Yan go." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

"Wait!" Luo Xin grabbed him, "If they really do this, then I won't be able to go back!"

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, puzzled.

At this time, Zhan Zhao heard that there was a commotion in Luoxin Pavilion, and it is estimated that Nangong Ji had followed Zhao Zhen's order, waiting for half a stick of incense, pretending to find Luoxin missing, and creating momentum.

"They found out!" Luoxin turned her head to look at the shining Luoxin Pavilion, and stretched out her hand to pull Bai Yutang up, "Follow me!"

Bai Yutang followed Luoxin and ran forward, and when he turned the corner, he gave Zhan Zhao a wink, Zhan Zhao knew it, and chased after him.

After chasing a few steps, Nangong Ji came over with four shadow guards. They were all masked in black scarves and dressed up for night travel. They planned to wait near the wilderness and pretend to be the people who attacked Luo Xin.

Just as he was about to follow, Zhan Zhao waved his hand lightly, "It seems... there's no need!"

Nangong and the others frowned, and at the same time, they saw a few black shadows passing by the alley not far away, chasing Bai Yutang and Luo Xin.

Zhan Zhao sneered, "It seems that it has really changed from a chess piece to a discarded piece."