treacherous world

In Taibai's private room, there were four people sitting.

Zhan Zhao propped his chin with one hand, staring at the plates of snacks on the table in a daze.The guard Zhan, who has always been kind, is greeting the ancestors of the cook's family newly invited by Taibai Ju in his heart.

Bai Yutang was holding a wine glass in one hand, and he was still indifferent to anything in the past, leaning against the window and looking at the plates of dim sum on the table, feeling the urge to tip the chef.

The fourth son and Zhao Yuan were sitting next to each other, their chins resting on their hands, and their eyes were shining.It's just that the fourth son is looking at those delicious snacks, while Zhao Yuan is looking at the two beautiful people sitting in front of him.

The eight dim sum dishes on the table are actually nothing special, such as taro crisps, osmanthus cake, red bean cake, steamed horseshoe, almond tofu, fried cat ears, golden pumpkin balls, and mung bean cake.

It's just that this cook is too creative, all the dim sum are made in the shape of small animals, including kittens and mice.Every little mouse is lying on the head of the dejected kitten with a high spirit.

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, wondering if Bai Yutang hired this cook or something?

Xiao Liu came in to serve tea and deliver food, Zhan Zhao grabbed him and asked, "Xiao Liu, why are the cakes so colorful?"

"Oh!" Xiao Liu laughed happily, "This newly hired cook is a rat and likes to keep cats the most. He has a big fat cat with tiger stripes. He usually looks very high-spirited, but this cat is afraid of mice!"

"Ahem..." Zhan Zhao choked on the tea, and said to himself, "It's really useless!"

"Isn't that right, but that fat cat is so cute, the cook is like a treasure." Xiao Liu chuckled, "The cook watches cats and mice all day long, so the dim sum he makes is just like this, which is very popular. You are welcome, many adults bring their dolls to eat. Little prince, if you like it, you should come here often!"

"Yeah!" Xiaosi and Zhao Yuan each picked up a taro cake and bit into it... Immediately, they looked happy.

Zhan Zhao looked at the two helplessly, and reached out to take a little mouse to taste - he thought the taste was not bad.Turning around, he saw that Bai Yutang was only drinking and eating again, so he gave him a little mouse's taro cake.

Bai Yutang looked at the taro cake in Zhan Zhao's hand, cast his eyes on the plate, and signaled——I want that kitten!

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes to look at him, curled his lips—like to eat or not!

Zhao Yuan stared at the two of them closely, and said to herself, it's amazing, eye contact!

Bai Yutang twitched his lips and still stared at the kitten, Zhan Zhaoxin said that he would not send the cat to Bai Yutang's mouth even if he killed it.Seeing that Zhan Zhao was indifferent, Bai Yutang hooked Gou Zhanzhao's knee with the tip of his toe on the chair, "If you want to eat a cat, show me a bite."

"puff……"

Zhao Yuan quickly covered her mouth, beauties can't spray while eating, but they have to pinch their noses!

The fourth son was very well-behaved, when he heard that Bai Yutang wanted to eat cats, he reached out to hold up the plate and handed it to Zhan Zhao, "Meow, eat for nothing!"

Zhan Zhao was really itchy - why did the fourth son turn all the way to Bai Yutang.

"I want to eat the mouse." Zhan Zhao said surprisingly, asking the fourth son to hand over the little mouse's osmanthus cake.

After Bai Yutang sat back, he reached out and took a little mouse to Zhan Zhao's mouth, "Where do we start eating?"

Zhan Zhao glanced at him covetously, took a gulp, and swallowed it alive.

Bai Yutang looked at him dumbfounded, and gently rubbed the sugar on the corner of his mouth with his finger, "What's the rush? It's all yours."

"Ahem..." Zhan Zhao choked on the mouse halfway through his throat, and beat his chest vigorously.

Bai Yutang gave him his cup.

Zhao Yuan watched eagerly as Zhan Zhao's mouth stuck to the cup, where Bai Yutang drank just now... covered his nose, what an exciting moment!

The fourth son felt sore arms holding the plate, so he asked, "Bai Bai, do you want to eat?"

Bai Yutang smiled, stretched out three fingers to gently pinch the kitten, put it in the palm of his hand and put it in front of his eyes, as if he was thinking about where to start his mouth.

"Eat it if you want, what do you look at?" Zhan Zhao felt that the taro cake kitten made him blush.

"En." Bai Yutang put the cat in his mouth, and was hesitating whether to bite the cat in half or eat the whole thing, Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and pressed it...

"Ahem..." Bai Yutang wasn't on guard either, causing the taro cake to choke and beat his chest hard.

The fourth son handed him back the cup that Zhan Zhao just drank, and Bai Yutang took the cup and slid it down, and saw that Zhan Zhao was satisfied, holding a bucket of mung bean cake with chopsticks, put it into his mouth, and chewed desperately.

Bai Yutang poured himself another glass of wine, this cat...he had chewed his intestines to pieces!

Afterwards, when the food was served, the fourth son and Zhao Yuan chatted and ate, seeming to hit it off.

Zhan Zhao carried an orange cup to the window and leaned against Bai Yutang, "What are you looking at?"

"Lake surface." Bai Yutang gestured to the lake surface in the distance with his eyes, and said to himself, "The fog has cleared."

"Oh? Is it foggy this morning?" Zhan Zhao didn't pay much attention, seeing that Bai Yutang seemed to have something on his mind, he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

After thinking about it, Bai Yutang briefly told Zhan Zhao what happened this morning.Zhan Zhao was stunned, put down the orange cup, put away the smile on his face, and asked seriously, "Someone wants to kill you? Who did you offend by using this kind of obscene insanity?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "Maybe he wants to kill me..."

"It's not killing you, what is it?!" Zhan Zhao didn't think so, "It's the same as Ximen Yao last time, the choice of illusion, could it be done by someone along the way?"

"But the one that Ximen Yao saw last time was a scholar, this time I saw Qi Siren." Bai Yutang said, looking downstairs again... At this time, the streets of Kaifeng were very lively. Well, the zombie incident seemed to be forgotten a few days ago, and everyone is preparing for the martial arts test in the next few days.

"Little four." Zhao Yuan asked the little four in a low voice, "Brother Zhan and Brother Bai are investigating the case together?"

"Yes." The fourth son was already full, rubbing his stomach and chatting with Zhao Yuan, "A lot of strange things happened in the recent exam!"

"What happened to the exam?" Zhao Yuan held her chin. "Speaking of which, the palace was haunted by ghosts and zombies a few days ago. It happened not long after I came back. It's really scary."

"Sister saw it too?" The fourth son was curious.

"I didn't see it, but I heard the maids talking about it. I heard those court ladies said that the talented man who was killed in the previous dynasty came to seek revenge from Mrs. Zhao. It's so mysterious, but the Queen Mother didn't let me ask more."

The two whispered, but both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard them and looked at each other—the news spread so fast that it had already spread in the palace.

"Little Si, here's something nice for you." Zhao Yuan liked the little Si more and more, so she took out a small pendant from her waist pocket and gave it to him, "It's a gift for a meeting."

"Ah, little tiger!" Seeing that it was a hand-embroidered little tiger, the fourth son fell in love with it the more he looked at it, so he went back and put it on for Xiao Liangzi!He raised his face to thank Zhao Yuan, and asked, "Did sister do it?"

"Grandma Huo in the palace gave it to me." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, "She said it would keep you safe. I originally wanted to give it to Xiangxiang, but the Queen Mother said that the little tiger can only be worn by boys and girls are not allowed to wear it." .”

"Why?" The fourth son was puzzled.

"Well, it seems to be against Bai Huxing's statement." Zhao Yuan held the little tiger in her arms and praised, "Grandma Huo's handwork is really good, but it's a pity that she is so gloomy that everyone dare not talk to her."

"Grandma Huo?" The fourth son raised his face and thought for a while, "Oh! I heard sister Xiaocui and the others in the palace say that everyone called her a troublesome grandma, a strange mother-in-law who burned paper money in Bicui Garden? "

"Yes!" Zhao Yuan nodded, "I lost my way in the palace that day and ran into Bicui Garden, which scared me to death at first!"

"Sister Xiaocui said that she was the emperor's nanny. Is it true?" The fourth son held his cheeks and told Zhao Yuan about the palace. He inherited Gongsun's interest in the secret history of the palace. The fourth son liked to listen to it. Someone said something mysterious, "Every few days she burns paper money to the dead royal family. But no matter who tries to drive her away, she will suffer bad luck and die, won't she?"

"That's what everyone is saying!" Zhao Yuan nodded earnestly, "I think Granny Huo is quite kind. Look, she even gave me a little tiger."

"What Granny Huo?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao curiously.

Zhan Zhao smiled, and asked in a low voice, "Have you heard of Chai Zongxun?"

"Zheng Wang Chai Zongxun? Zhou Shizong Chai Rong's son?" Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart that there are really many enemies in the Zhao family. There were descendants of the successor Li Yu before, and now there is another descendant of the Chai family. Not to mention, they are still of the same clan as Chai Xing.

"Grandma Huo is Chai Zongxun's nanny. You also know that the Taizu was kind to the previous emperors, and he raised them and treated them well..."

"You just believe what people say?" Bai Yutang laughed coldly, "Didn't Li Yu choke to death by drinking alcohol by himself..."

"Oh!" Zhan Zhao covered his mouth with his hand, "Why are you talking about everything! Taizong poisoned him to death."

Zhao Yuan blinked. Although she couldn't hear what the two of them said, the movement of Zhan Zhao reaching out to cover Bai Yutang's mouth...was so natural!

"Heh." Bai Yutang pinched Zhan Zhao's wrist lightly with two fingers, moved his hand away and continued, "Taizong often poisoned people to death, otherwise why would brothers inherit it?"

"Wow, it's fine if you tell me what you said, but don't say it outside, the Zhao family doesn't like to hear this." Zhan Zhao reminded Bai Yutang.

"Yeah." Bai Yutang nodded, but he was very obedient, "I won't tell outsiders, but you."

Zhan Zhao nodded in satisfaction, patted Bai Yutang's head, "Good boy."

The fourth son stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Zhao Yuan's eyes, but Zhao Yuan completely ignored his hand and stared at the two men at the window.

The fourth son shook his head, the so-called terminal illness!Miaomiao and Baibai will die if they go on.

Bai Yutang was in a good mood with his hands propped against the window, and asked with his shoulder against Zhan Zhao's, "Go on, what happened to Chai Zongxun's nurse?"

"Chai Zongxun was seven years old when he succeeded to the throne, and he had no real power. He was deposed in his teens and lived with his nanny, Granny Huo, in Bicui Garden. Before he was 20, Chai Zongxun died suddenly, leaving only the mother-in-law She lives alone in Bicui Garden. The garden is also remote, and there are no people on weekdays, so no one cares about her. But occasionally a court lady passes by, saying that Grandma Huo is burning paper to dance in the yard, playing ghosts and making a mess of smoke. I know what’s wrong, there’s not a single blade of grass growing nearby, the trees are dry, and not even a bird flies by, so everyone said that Grandma Huo is a troublesome mother-in-law who will bring disaster.”

"With the personality of the two empress dowagers, it's impossible for such an old woman to live in the palace and cause trouble." Bai Yutang smiled at Zhan Zhao, "Is there really some mystery? Or is it to hide some secret?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "The reason everyone knows is that this mother-in-law knows magic spells and curses, is a Gu mother-in-law, and can lower her head."

Bai Yutang almost burst out laughing, "If Granny Huo leaves the palace and enters the rivers and lakes, there will be nothing wrong with the poisonous woman and the Sichuan Tangmen."

"So, this is the reason everyone knows!" Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand, pinched his ear, leaned over and whispered into his ear, "The real reason has been concealed all the time, I only heard adults mention it once in a while, That Granny Huo knew some secret history of the previous dynasty, so she was put under house arrest."

"Hiss..." Bai Yutang shuddered inexplicably, and stretched out his hand to rub his ears to avoid it, "Don't say it here!"

Zhan Zhao saw that his ears were a little red, but they were already white, so he leaned over with a smile, "What a tender mouse!"

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand to pinch his chin, but Zhan Zhao quickly blocked it, and the two of them were about to split their moves.

Then the fourth son yelled from behind, "Sister fainted!"

The two looked back, and saw Zhao Yuan leaning on the back of the chair, muttering something, but she looked happy.

"Cough... what secret history?" Bai Yutang let go of Zhan Zhao's chin and continued to ask.

Zhan Zhao also let go of his cheeks, "Then I really don't know."

"That Granny Huo should know, right?" Bai Yutang said to himself.

"What do you want to do?" Zhan Zhao was nervous, "Bicuiyuan is still too sensitive! And it may not have anything to do with this case. Don't mess with Zhao Zhen. We are not afraid that he will not be able to do it. He is the emperor. Well done too!"

Bai Yutang smiled and nodded at Zhan Zhao, "Well, he doesn't mess with us, and we don't mess with him either."

Zhan Zhao folded his arms and nodded, thinking, why is this mouse so sweet today?That "we" sounded very pleasing to the ear.

At the table, Zhao Yuan had just recovered, when the fourth son poured tea for her, "Sister, you are too excited!"

"Hmm..." Zhao Yuan nodded, but her eyes saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang standing shoulder to shoulder by the window, which made her scratch her head, clutching a handkerchief and sighing, why do their backs match so well? !

The fourth son sighed, do you want to study the prescription for this disease with your father when you go back?

……

The four of them had dinner and returned to Kaifeng Mansion. Zhao Yuan stayed overnight in Kaifeng Mansion and shared a room with Xiaoyu.She is very familiar with a group of maids in Kaifeng Mansion, and she is not a princess. In addition, the girls in Kaifeng Mansion have a lot of stories about Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to tell her. The aunt made snacks for them.

"I'm so tired..." Zhan Zhao lay on the bed with his face up. He was not as tired as he was today when he patrolled the streets to catch criminals. Was it really because of being too nervous?It finally passed without any danger, but I am also the same, why are I so afraid of Bai Yutang being jealous and misunderstood?

When Bai Yutang came out of the shower, he saw that Zhan Zhao had fallen asleep on the bed.

Walking lightly to the side of the bed, Bai Yutang looked down and saw Zhan Zhao sleeping soundly hugging the pillow, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised habitually, like a contented cat.

Unable to bear it, Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to gently run along Zhan Zhao's ear temples, rubbing lightly with the back of his finger, along the beautiful side profile, all the way to his chin.

Seeing the little tiger jumping onto the bed, Bai Yutang gently said to it, "Shh..."

Xiaohu didn't see Zhan Zhao for a day, so he stretched out his meat pad and gently played with a strand of black hair hanging on Zhan Zhao's chest.

Bai Yutang quickly stretched out his hand, carefully lifted the kitten up, and said in a low voice, "Your family is tired, so don't disturb him to sleep, or he will blow up."

Zhan Zhao, who was lying down, suddenly moved the corner of his mouth, and his ears turned red.

After mentioning the little tiger, Bai Yutang suddenly noticed the little tiger's pattern...a tiger-striped cat really looks like a tiger.Looking at it, I feel familiar. Although there are almost all tiger-striped cats in the world, what is the reason for this feeling?

Bai Yutang held Xiaohu in his hands and froze.

Xiaohu was pinched by the neck and couldn't move, so he yelled "meow meow meow" when he felt uncomfortable.

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes and sighed helplessly, "Why do you bully cats all the time?"

Bai Yutang came back to his senses, lowered his head, and answered without changing his face, "People have to have hobbies!"

Zhan Zhao reached out and hugged Xiaohu, teasing the kitten, "It seems a little heavy, where is Dahu? What's for dinner?"

"Huh?" Bai Yutang suddenly reached out and picked up Xiaohu again, and looked at it carefully, "The puppet that Zhao Yuan gave to the fourth son just now doesn't seem to be a tiger, but a kitten."

"Puppet?" Zhan Zhao also thought about it, and the cute cloth tiger flashed in his head, frowning, "So, it is indeed more like a cat."

"The cloth delivery cat..." Bai Yutang said to himself, as if remembering something, his brows were slightly frowned, "That's bad."

"Hello." Zhan Zhao sat up and grabbed his sleeve, "What's wrong?"

"A cloth cat is completely different from a cloth tiger!" Bai Yutang sat down earnestly and explained to Zhan Zhao, "I heard from my sister-in-law that giving a cloth cat to others is a form of magic. If there are fish bones inside the doll, it is Curse people all over the family to die, not a single blade of grass will grow."

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes wide, jumped up immediately, and ran to Gongsun's yard with Bai Yutang.

"Mother, who is so vicious!"

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he heard Gongsun cursing.

"Daddy." The fourth son hugged Gongsun, "lose my little tiger."

"Little Si, is that a cat? Isn't that a tiger! It's a cloth cat with only the character 'Wang' on it! This kind of thing needs to be burned!" Gongsun jumped on his feet, trying to find out who cursed his little Si.

Zhao Pu put his arm around Gongsun who ran away violently, preventing him from going out to beat people, and asked the fourth son who gave the things.

The fourth son hesitated, fearing that if it was Zhao Yuan who gave it to him, Dad and Jiujiu would make things difficult for her.

"It's a misunderstanding!" Zhan Zhao walked in quickly, and together with Bai Yutang, talked about the process of sending Zhao Yuan to the puppet of the fourth son.

"Grandma Huo?" Gongsun looked back at Zhao Pu, "Is it another grudge from the previous dynasty?"

"Oh, what the old lady said is understandable." Zhao Pu smiled and shook his head when he heard it. "No wonder, this old lady dreams that my Zhao family is dead. It's quite normal to give this thing."

"Because of the Chai family?" Zhan Zhao felt that Zhao Pu might know what happened back then, so he asked.

Zhao Pu sneered, "Not all women are chaste and noble, and not all mothers love their children."

"Oh?" Bai Yutang was a little interested, "Is there any inside story?"

Zhao Pu shrugged, "Grandma Huo's original name was Huo Wanlian. She was said to be beautiful when she was young. Chai Zongxun was in her teens at the time, and she was only in her early thirties. She is charming and scheming. She is a powerful character."

Gongsun opened his eyes wide, and forgot what happened just now, he only knew that it was the real secret history of the palace!

"She is not Zhongliang of the Chai family, but she is also the chief culprit of the Chai family's downfall." Zhao Pu said, but Zhan Zhao and others were surprised, "She first fell in love with Taizu, but later found that Taizu didn't treat her at all. No idea. So I empathized with Taizong again. You also know that in terms of character, Taizu and Taizong are completely opposite."

Everyone knew that Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had a kind personality, while his younger brother Taizong Zhao Kuangyi was more vicious. He killed many royal families of the previous dynasty, and those who opposed him basically did not end well.

"Huo Wanlian is not an ordinary court lady. She spends all day with Chai Zongxun and knows a lot of things. So these secrets have become chips for her to survive and be favored." Zhao Pu shook his head, "This woman is good at dancing and has a long life, but it's a pity Beauty will grow old, once old and fading, the tricks of the past will no longer work. My imperial brother put her under house arrest in Bicui Garden, and she can't be released. Of course, it would be a pity to kill her, so she stayed for these years. This Huo Wanlian She is very evil, when she was young, she liked the art of witchcraft, and after getting the true inheritance of the Western Region Lich, no one dared to approach her."

"There are really bones!" Gongsun took apart the cloth cat, and found that there were a few things inside, not fish bones, but a complete human finger bone, like a woman's finger, scorched black and still attached to the nail. It looks like it was ripped off from some kind of mummy or charred corpse.The other is a ring. Judging from the thickness of the ring, it should be worn by a man. There is an emerald green emerald on the golden ring.The jadeite is translucent and clear, warm and stable, and it is a famous product at first glance.In addition, there is a tooth.They are human canine teeth. Judging by the size of the teeth, they belong to men between the ages of eighteen and nineteen to twenty.

"It's disgusting." Zhao Pu frowned, "This woman has a vicious heart."

"Huh?" Gongsun lost the anger just now, and turned into puzzled. He looked at it with his fingers and teeth for a long time, "It's strange!"

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison.

"Fingers and teeth... mean to ask for help!" Gongsun raised his face and said seriously.

"Help?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both taken aback.

"Really?" Zhao Pu also wondered.

Gongsun nodded, "Fish bones must be used to curse people, and human bones are harmless. This is the basic common sense of using cloth cats to curse people. Teeth are absolutely impossible to exist. Putting teeth in cloth cats is still tiger teeth. It means that the cat has lost its teeth. A cat without teeth will not bite, but will only call for help. Finally, there is this emerald ring, which is priceless. Inside the cloth cat that curses people!"

"Then..." Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "She gave Zhao Yuan the cloth cat to let Zhao Yuan send a message] to save her? But why didn't she tell Zhao Yuan directly?"

"Grandma Huo has a clear mind and a stutter. If she can speak, she can't use such a complicated method." Zhao Pu shook his head.

"Is someone staring at her?" Gongsun frowned, "She didn't even disclose to Zhao Yuan that there was something inside the cloth cat, which means that the person staring at him is still watching him very closely.

"The sending of fingers and teeth is a call for help, and the emerald ring, could it be a clue?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao frowned, and quickly found someone to call Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan ran over, and when everyone asked about Bu Huo, she replied, "I gave it to Granny Huo two days ago. I crashed into Bicui Garden, saw her crying, and went to comfort her when I said that the end was approaching. She I was told that it is to ward off evil spirits, it can keep people safe and bring good luck to people, so there will be no disease or disaster.”

"It's not too late, let's go and see Mrs. Huo." Zhan Zhao picked up the giant que, and Bai Yutang followed out. As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw a few yamen servants who were patrolling the street at night rushing back, pointing at the door in the distance. Shouted to Zhan Zhao, "Lord Zhan, what a disaster, the palace is on fire!"

Zhan Zhao and the others raised their faces, only to see that the west side of the imperial palace in the northwest was already ablaze.

"Not good!" Zhao Pu ran forward, "It's the harem!"

"Ah!" Pang Yu jumped up and followed, "My sister and Xiangxiang!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang waved to the fourth son, indicating that he should take the stone and scissors.

When everyone arrived at the palace, the first thing they saw was Zhao Zhen with the harem concubines, the queen mother and of course Xiao Xiangxiang, all safe and sound, but where was the fire—the official Bicui Garden!

At this time, the Bicui Garden was blazing, and Nangong Ji and a group of shadow guards led the water dragon team to put out the fire, but it was of no avail.

Zhao Pu released the stone and scissors, and the two clawed civets dug the ground desperately, kicking the sand high with their hind legs to put out the fire, but the fire was so strange that there was a blue light in the fire, Gongsun said in a low voice, "There is phosphorous powder in it." Support the combustion, don't rush, it can't be extinguished!"

At this time, Shi Shi suddenly ran to the side, arched his back and bared his teeth, screaming at the fire scene, and scissors blocked him, staring at the fire scene and screaming, while watching Zhao Pu and the others, as if he was reporting a message.

There are many famous dogs in the imperial garden. Zhao Zhen likes dogs, and these dozen dogs also followed Rock Scissors and barked at the fire scene.

Everyone stared at the fire scene with their eyes wide open, Zhan Zhao suddenly shouted, "There are people in the fire!"

I saw a erratic figure appearing in the fire scene, looking at the appearance and attire, he was a scholar. He walked freely in the fire, as if he was not afraid of fire at all.

Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow at Zhan Zhao—that scholar!water ghost!

At this time, the fire was so fierce that the house collapsed, the huge roar was accompanied by the sound of wind, and the crackling sound of charred wood being roasted in the fire, together, it seemed that the man was laughing with a strange sound Same.

"Who?" Zhao Zhen had never seen this before, and Nangong and the others couldn't get close. It was really unimaginable that someone could walk around in such a high-temperature raging fire.

"Wake up from a dream after ten years, and Sen Luo returns. On a good day, the world will be in chaos!"

A voice suddenly floated out from the fire field, with a strange echo, heard in the windy fire field, as if it was a ghost scream from Shura Purgatory.The sound was repeated over and over again, stinging everyone's ears and disturbing.

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Bao Zheng were stunned.

Zhao Zhen, Zhao Pu, and the others were all wondering what this sentence meant?What ten years of waking up from a dream, chaos in the world... Only Zhan Zhao and others remember seeing it in the examination room that day!Those were the last two lines of a poem left on the examination paper after Qiu Langxing disappeared.

The flames soared into the sky, and all the people in Kaifeng saw the fire in the palace, and there were many discussions.And those two grisly words spread throughout almost the entire imperial palace. Although Zhao Zhen had already ordered not to spread the word, the news that the palace was on fire in Bicui Garden and ghosts appeared in the fire shouting that the world would be in chaos spread quickly. the whole of Kaifeng.

This rumor spread faster than the rumor of zombies biting people. In an instant, Susu was in a state of uneasiness throughout Kaifeng. Is this a sign of heaven?Is Da Song about to finish playing?

If this rumor spreads for a few more days and spreads to some remote places, it will definitely cause unrest among the people. The Xixia and Liao kingdoms are recuperating for a while, and they should be very happy to see this kind of chaos in the Song Dynasty.Bao Zheng only felt the pressure was great, he had to do his best to thoroughly investigate the case, and solve this trick of pretending to be a ghost as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

But when the fire was extinguished the next day, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked into the black ruins left by the fire and saw that there was no one there? !

Gongsun checked all the burnt wood and told everyone - there is no corpse!

And according to the head eunuch, before the fire, he brought dinner to Grandma Huo, who had been eating in her room... What about the old lady's body?How could it be missing.

Nangong Ji and the others were also very nervous. They checked all the entrances and exits with Zhao Pu. The palace was heavily guarded. If Grandma Huo didn't go out, where is she?Knowing to ask for help before, does it also mean that she has already noticed what happened tonight?

Just when everyone was so busy.

At the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, a man came and said he was looking for Zhan Zhao.

The yamen servant went to the door of the study to send word that Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Master Bao and others were discussing the matter of investigating the case.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Who is looking for me?"

"He said... he said he was your most important person." The yamen servant opened his mouth.

Bai Yutang slightly raised his eyebrows.

Zhan Zhao felt a surge of anger and blood, and kicked the stool, "The most important person, kick me out, and cut down all the peach blossom trees in Kaifeng mansion, and there's no end to it..."

Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao with wide-eyed eyes—it seemed that Zhan Zhao was really in a hurry, it was rare for a gentle and modest gentleman to blow his hair.

Bai Yutang tidied up his sleeves, and said to himself—it's because you are so rare, this cat has been blowing up a lot, and his temper is not much better than mine.

"So angry?"

Just when Zhan Zhao was getting angry, he heard someone talking at the door with a half-smile, followed by a Kaifeng mansion servant chasing him, "Trespass the Kaifeng mansion, take him down!"

The man walked slowly to the door of the study with his hands behind his back, and asked Zhan Zhao, "Are you sure you want to drive me away?"

When Zhan Zhao saw it, he was immediately stunned, he really didn't expect it to be him!

Bai Yutang sighed softly, and smiled secretly, the peach blossom catastrophe that Qi Sileen talked about, maybe it really happened... It wasn't Tang Shitou or Zhao Yuan, but this person.