treacherous world

The Jade Appreciation Conference ended in a highly tense atmosphere. Zhao Zhen was not in the mood for extravagance and waste, so he didn't keep the officials for dinner, and asked someone to set off some fireworks at night, so that the young men and women on the streets of Kaifeng could enjoy the lanterns. Make a fuss all night.

This side is brightly lit and festive, but the dark tide is raging over there, especially in the Grand Master's Mansion.

Because the grand master was greedy for a "cheap", he invited Xue Yixing's brother and sister to dinner, and brought Pang Yu and Bao Yan to accompany him.Bao Yan sat next to Pang Yu with a cup in his hand and watched him peel the crabs. He suddenly had a doubt—why did he, the second son of Bao Qingtian from Kaifeng Prefecture, eat crabs with this famous big and small crabs?

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang hid in the dark, and Zhao Pu assigned a large number of shadow guards to keep an eye on them.

Before Xue Yixing came, someone from the Shuangniaohui came to him and asked him to take a look at another piece of jade owned by the Grand Master.

After drinking for three rounds, the Grand Master began to brag with his big mouth curled up, for a while he went to the army and saved the life of the late emperor, and for a while he said that he was more educated than that blackie.

Bai Yutang listened in the dark, was stunned for a while, and asked Zhan Zhao, "Is it true?"

Zhan Zhao wrinkled his nose, "The old man is drunk and farting, so he will let the adults not show off here, and watch the adults deal with him next time!"

Bai Yutang shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, Ziying landed behind the two of them, "Here we come!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's heart skipped a beat, they cheered up and waited for the final action.

Sure enough, not long after, many shadow guards felt the turmoil, and there were already black shadows moving on the roof. It seemed that the other party was a little anxious.And Xue Yixing also suggested at the right time that he wanted to see the matching jade in the Taishi's collection.

The grand master pretended to be drunk at this time, waved his hand triumphantly, and signaled——no problem!So someone took out a brocade box from the study behind him.

At this time, the palace was quiet.

The Empress Dowager was satisfied with looking at the jade today. In addition, she also met several girls today. Among them, Fang Qiaoqiao, the daughter of Fang Laoguo's family, looks smart and docile, well-educated, and the Empress Dowager likes it very much.Let the old man leave his daughter behind and sit with her for a while.

The purpose of the empress dowager's keeping the person is very clear, it is to get acquainted with each other, so that the emperor can talk about it.The old Duke gave his daughter a few words in a low voice, and took the people outside the palace to wait.

Concubine Pang was sitting in her room. She had just finished washing and was looking at the jade hairpin brought by Xi'er, saying that it was brought by the emperor.

Concubine Pang tried it on, and she liked it, smiling all over her face.

Today, because everyone in Kaifeng Mansion was busy, the fourth son was left in the palace to spend the night with Concubine Pang. Xiao Liang was practicing in the yard at this time, while Stone and Scissors were dozing off.

The fourth son gently pushed Xiangxiang's little cradle, amused her, Xiao Xiangxiang already recognized someone, and when he saw the fourth son, he was silly.

"Little Sizi, are you hungry?" Concubine Pang asked the little Sizi while combing her hair, "Ask the kitchen to get some snacks?"

The fourth son himself was not hungry, but he was worried that Xiao Liang would be hungry after practicing in the yard. Concubine Pang saw it, smiled and shook her head, and asked Xi'er to bring some snacks.

After Xi'er left, Concubine Pang went to the fourth son's side to tease Xiang'er with him.

He heard Xiao Liang suddenly ask outside, "Who is it?"

There are still some protective people around Concubine Pang, and Zhao Zhen has arranged for several big insiders to guard her around the clock.Those masters looked at Xiao Liang in the yard in surprise—this kid, at such a young age, has such high internal strength!

Xiao Liang's listening ability was trained by those shadow guards.

Zhao Pu arranged for Xiao Liang to hide four pieces of paper every day, and the fourth son also hid four pieces of paper, and the eight shadow guards tried their best to steal the paper every day.If one is stolen, Xiao Liang and the fourth son must be separated for an hour.The purpose is to train Xiao Liang's vigilance. Now, Xiao Liang is so vigilant that he can help the fourth son catch mosquitoes.

Hearing Xiao Liang's shout, two women walked in outside.The one walking ahead was very gentle, wearing a white shirt.Although not as stunning as Concubine Pang, she was still pretty and pleasant, followed by a maid, who stopped at the gate of the courtyard, very well-mannered.

Concubine Pang was slightly stunned, as if she had some impression that she should be one of the many girls just now.

"Fang Qiaoqiao met your empress."

The girl saluted Concubine Pang by reporting her name, and Concubine Pang understood that she was the daughter of Duke Fang, so it can be seen that... this is in line with the Queen Mother's wishes.

Concubine Pang sighed softly, stood up, and welcomed her in with a smile.

After Fang Qiaoqiao entered the house, he was startled when he saw two huge clawed civets at the door.

"Don't bite." The fourth son hurriedly grabbed the stone and the scissors by their tails, and pulled them back.

The scissors came back obediently, Shi Shi moved his nose and sniffed Fang Qiaoqiao, as if he liked the smell of her body, as if looking at something delicious.

The fourth son sighed, Shishi spoiled himself, he was disobedient at all, so he grabbed its tail and pulled it back, Shishi came back reluctantly.

Concubine Pang asked Fang Qiaoqiao to sit down, and the two began to exchange pleasantries. At this moment, Xi'er came back happily with a snack. Seeing that someone was there, she froze, hesitated, and winked at Concubine Pang Tell her——she just saw the emperor outside, and she probably will come over soon.

Concubine Pang remained silent, since Fang Qiaoqiao came here, the Queen Mother must have asked her to come.At this time, the emperor will come to her, who doesn't know, if Fang Qiaoqiao can't see the emperor, the queen mother will feel that she is playing tricks and is not happy.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhen came in after a while, and he was stunned when he saw Fang Qiaoqiao when he entered the door, and he understood in his heart, probably the queen mother was anxious not to see her grandson, so she fell in love with this.

The fourth son teased the drowsy Xiangxiang, feeling that the atmosphere was so weird, the three of them sat for a while, then Zhao Zhen left, saying that there were still things to deal with.

As soon as Zhao Zhen left, Fang Qiaoqiao began to cry, and asked Concubine Pang if there was something that made the emperor unhappy.

Concubine Pang cried when she said she was crying, and sighed in her heart, this girl is not simple, she has some tricks, and she will probably be in trouble in the future.

After comforting her a few words, Fang Qiaoqiao got up and went back.

When the people left, Concubine Pang frowned slightly, and when she got to the cradle, she hugged Xiangxiang and sat on the bed, coaxing her in a daze.

The fourth son went over and asked, "Aunt Fat, what's the matter?"

Concubine Pang reached out and patted his head lightly, "Hmm... I feel a little weird."

"Yes!" The fourth son also nodded, "That sister just now was so weird."

Concubine Pang narrowed her eyes and saw that the fourth son was calling her aunt and elder sister Fang Qiaoqiao, which showed that she was old!The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he reached out and pinched Xiao Sizi's nose, "Who is prettier, me or her?"

The fourth son answered honestly without thinking, "Auntie."

Concubine Pang felt better and wanted to go to bed early.

The fourth son just wanted to go to another courtyard with Xiao Liang, when he saw stones and scissors surrounded under the table, they didn't know what they were doing, they arched like digging a hole.

"Stone!" The fourth son hurried up to hug the stone and pulled it out, "Don't dig a hole!"

Xiao Liang also ran in, but saw that the stone and the scissors were not digging a hole, but were staring at a white ball on the ground.

"Jin'er, what is it?" Seeing that the white ball seemed to be still moving, Xiao Liang became a little curious.

"Ah! Is it some kind of bug? It's so disgusting." Seeing it, Xi'er reached out and took the waxed flower copper pick from the table and poked it.Suddenly...the group of white and soft things spread out...it turned into tiny wriggling worms.

"Squeak!" Stone yelled immediately, and the scissors came closer. Seeing the two of them shaking their heads and sticking out their tongues as if they wanted to eat, the fourth son hurriedly blocked, "Move!"

"Ah!" the servant girl Xi'er saw the disgusting bug clearly and screamed.

The cry was so loud that Xiangxiang cried in fright, and Concubine Pang hurriedly coaxed her.

Coincidentally, Zhao Zhen didn't sit down when he saw Fang Qiaoqiao just now, but now that he heard that he had gone back, he turned back and wanted to hug Xiangxiang.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he heard the maid Xi'er screaming, and the shadow guards all fell into the courtyard with a "hula", not knowing what happened.

"What happened?" Zhao Zhen ran in.

I saw Concubine Pang holding Xiangxiang and Xi'er bent down to look under the table together, Xiao Liang was in charge of grabbing the excited scissors and stones, and the fourth son was squatting under the table, using a copper pick to put a copper pick into a white porcelain jar , Dial a group of white things, like bugs.

"What is this?" Zhao Zhen frowned when he came closer, and said that Concubine Pang was always clean, and after she had Xiangxiang, she demanded that the room be spotless. How did those servants do things? There are so many bugs? !

The fourth son turned his head, frowned and raised his finger at Zhao Zhen, "Hush!"

Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment, but then he really fell silent, and continued to watch in puzzlement.Seeing those little white bugs on the ground squirming towards him as if hearing the sound, the little four pushed the bugs into the jar one by one, then closed the lid, took the candle on the table, and put it in the jar. Sealed the mouth with wax, and asked Xiao Liang to take out the torch and light a torch, and burn all the places where the bugs appeared just now.

Seeing the seriousness of the little four, Zhao Zhen couldn't help frowning, and realized that something might have happened, so he asked, "Little four, what is that?"

"Sleeping Gu." The fourth son replied, "The scientific name is Stone Brain Gu."

"Gu worm?" Zhao Zhen's face turned cold, "Where did it come from?"

The fourth son thought for a while and looked at the stone. "

Seeing Shito flicking his tail, the civet's favorite food is Gu insects, poisonous insects and the like.

"Jin'er, could it be that Miss Fang just now?" Xiao Liang asked, "When Shi Shi saw her just now, he sniffed endlessly."

The fourth son also nodded when he heard that, "If she releases Gu worms, then she is very vicious!"

"What will this Gu worm do?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"Stone-brain Gu is also called sleepy Gu. This kind of Gu is very stupid. It has no eyes, no nose, and knows nothing, but it can hear sounds. They will go to dark places during the day, and listen to the sound at night. They are like people. When falling asleep, there will always be some snoring sounds. They will follow the sound, penetrate into the nose, mouth or ears, and finally enter the head. Once the stone brain is poisoned, the person will become very sluggish, like a stone It's motionless... that's why it's called Stone Brain Gu."

Concubine Pang took a deep breath, hugged Xiangxiang tightly, and felt goosebumps all over her body, as if there were bugs everywhere.Hurry up and ask Xi'er to burn the quilt and mattress.

Zhao Zhen was also terrified, what if he crawled into Xiangxiang's head?Quickly asked, "Are you sure there is nothing left in this room?"

Little Si glanced at the stone and scissors on the side, saw them both licking their fur listlessly, and nodded, "No more, the stone and scissors are here, and some of them have run away." Then, he reached out for his small bag and took out a bag. Here comes the notebook.He recently learned Gu poison from Gongsun. He happened to learn stone brain Gu a while ago, so he prescribed a prescription according to the booklet, and asked Xi'er to boil the room with one catty of sulfur and five catties of white vinegar.

"Where is Fang Qiaoqiao now?" Zhao Zhen asked the shadow guard at the door.

"The Queen Mother."

Zhao Zhen's face turned cold, "This girl has a vicious heart, so she must not stay."

"Your Majesty, after all, she is Weng Guogong's daughter, check it out." Concubine Pang reminded her.

Zhao Zhen nodded, and asked the fourth son, "What if she poisons the Queen Mother?"

The fourth son looked at the time and smiled, "I can't do it! At this time, Daddy is at the Queen Mother's place. If she really did it, Daddy will definitely find out."

Zhao Zhen immediately remembered that the queen mother walked a few steps more today, her legs were sore and numb, and she did ask Mr. Gongsun to give her an injection. The husband said that it is best before going to bed, so Xu time was arranged.

Just at this moment, I saw Chen Banban hurried in and whispered something in Zhao Zhen's ear.

Zhao Zhen's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "Sure enough, Mr. Gongsun caught him! It's unreasonable to want to harm my wife and daughter and also the Queen Mother!"

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is furious." Chen Banban reminded, "Could it be related to Weng Guogong?"

Zhao Zhen nodded, and ordered everyone to be arrested, while letting Concubine Pang rest first, he went to the Queen Mother to have a look.

Concubine Pang was worried and uneasy, and asked the fourth son repeatedly, "Are there really no more bugs?"

The fourth son nodded with a smile, and patted Shitou on the head. Concubine Pang thought about it, or let Zhao Zhen also get one or two clawed civets and put them in the palace, it's so useful!

On the other side, Grand Master Pang pretended to be drunk, and asked someone to take out a brocade box, presenting treasures to Xue Yixing.

In fact, this jade is not jade at all, but colored glaze, and it was temporarily made by the grand master.It's exactly the opposite of Liu Heling's position. It's dark at night, and it looks like that from a distance anyway.

Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang, signaling... the people on the roof seemed to be moving.

Bai Yutang smiled - can't wait!

But... after all, we can't do it right now, there are still so many people.

Everyone waited patiently. Later, when the banquet was over, Pang Ji kindly kept Xue Yixing and his siblings in Pang's residence overnight.Bao Yan wanted to go back to Kaifeng Mansion, but Pang Yu grabbed him, "Why go back, sleep at my place."

Bao Yan curled his lips and told Pang Yula to continue playing in the room.

Pang Ji hummed a little tune, as if he was already drunk, and asked his eighth aunt to help him into the house to rest, while holding the brocade box. This eighth aunt was dressed by Dai Ying.

After finally settling down, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also had backaches from waiting.

Bai Yutang reached out to help him pinch his shoulders, Zhan Zhao shrank his neck, "Don't touch!"

Bai Yutang laughed, "Don't cats pinch their necks, once pinched they will be honest."

Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes at him, and was about to say something when he heard soft footsteps on the roof—the two looked at each other, they're coming!

Sure enough, several black shadows rushed into Pang Ji's courtyard, and when they reached the gate of the courtyard, they heard the sound of snoring coming from inside.

Someone opened the door, and several people entered, staring at the brocade box on the table.But when I opened it...there was a "stab" sound, and a roll of eyes popped out. They choked so much that they quickly covered their mouths and noses, knowing that they had exposed their secrets.

Just as he was about to run out, he was blocked by Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang. The shadow guard guards and other men in black were also captured one by one. Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang dealt with a few assassins without difficulty.

Sure enough, those people were the three old men who pretended to be Xiling officials this morning—of course, they were not that old, they put on makeup this morning.

After the stolen goods were obtained, they brought them into the palace to Zhao Zhen, but saw Zhao Zhen sitting in the imperial study, beside the rare queen mother, with needles stuck in his head, he seemed to be very angry.On the side, Gongsun kept telling her, don't get angry, it's bad for your eyes if you get angry.

The queen mother is also trying her best to suppress her anger, but it doesn't mean that if you don't get angry, you can stop being angry. She almost killed Concubine Pang and her granddaughter, and even herself!

In front of the Longshu case, Fang Guogong and Fang Qiaoqiao were kneeling, Fang Qiaoqiao was so frightened that he cried.

Zhan Zhao didn't understand what was wrong, looked at Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang secretly yawned, which seemed to mean - don't mind the emperor's house, it's too messy, it's better to go back to sleep, the case is almost over.

Bao Zheng also came, and when Zhao Zhen asked, Fang Guogong pointed to the men in black pretending to be officials, saying that he was threatened and provoked by them.They gave him Gu worms, saying that they could turn Concubine Pang into a fool, so that the emperor would definitely alienate her.And what was given to the Queen Mother was not Stone Brain Gu, but another kind of more vicious Gu poison.The queen mother can be made to obey them, so that it is not impossible for Fang Qiaoqiao to become a queen... Unexpectedly, people have their own plans, but heaven only has their own plans—Gongsun and the fourth son broke through.

The tattoos and wooden signs of the Two Birds Club were all found on the bodies of the three fake officials, but it was a pity that Zhao Zhen wanted to ask about the source of loneliness and the mastermind behind the scenes, so the three committed suicide by biting their tongues.

In this way, the case of Liu Heling was solved, but the clue of the Shuangniaohui was broken.Is this mysterious Shuangniaohui really an assassination organization of the Tang Dynasty, as Mu San and his gang of Four Leaf Sects said?

Zhao Zhen asked Bao Zheng to handle it with full authority, and continued to track down the whereabouts of the Shuangniaohui, and Bao Zheng took the lead.

Zhao Zhen rewarded Xue Yixing for his meritorious service in this case, and Xue Yixing was not exempted from his official position. Zhao Zhen spared his father, but those Four-leaf sect members who participated in the murder of Mrs. Yue and Mrs. Yue and all those involved in the palace The old ministers who did things back then were not so lucky, and were more or less held accountable. Although the things back then were not made public, Zhao Zhen did achieve the utmost justice.After all, he couldn't pass the test between Bao Zheng and himself, so he simply came to enforce the law impartially. After watching the execution, Mrs. Luoxin took five sisters and left.

Soon, the hustle and bustle of the Jade Appreciation Conference dissipated, and the Kaifeng Mansion returned to calm. In a few days, the autumn test will come.

Bao Yan's performance this time was not bad, and with Zhao Zhen's words, Bao Zheng had no choice but to let him take the big exam, so he was rushing to study these days.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also free, doing nothing all day long, waiting for that awkward red apricot plant to bloom in the yard with wine glasses in hand, but they waited and waited until the flower bone was finally ready to move... A new case appeared again.

Volume Five: The Evil Pen Beast Niche