treacherous world

Cen Lin gave Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang a tangled answer - today!

The world is in chaos today, is today a good day? !Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were completely unprepared for this answer.

This Cen Lin didn't know whether he was telling the truth or deliberately misleading and creating confusion, but Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang wanted to ask him again, but he refused to say anything.

Finally, the two went back to the study, and when Zhao Pu and the others arrived, they told Bao Zheng about the matter.Bao Zheng also frowned, "Today?"

"The number one scholar will be determined today, and later the emperor will learn from the top three in civil and military affairs in the Golden Palace..." Zhao Pu said to himself, "It's an auspicious day."

"Then what will happen today to cause chaos in the world?" Gongsun felt that there seemed to be no clues, "Why today? Is there anything special besides the competition?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Father." At this time, Bao Yanpao ran in from outside, "Let's accompany Shitou to the palace first, and it's almost time for the competition."

"Is Tang Shitou ready?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Well, he's already prepared." Bao Yan nodded, and behind him Pang Yu brought the fourth son, Xiao Liangzi and rock-paper-scissors, and asked, "Shall we go together?"

Bao Zheng shook his head, "Go ahead, we still have some things to discuss."

After several people left, Bao Zheng led everyone into the palace, and discussed the matter with Zhao Zhen.

"Today?" Zhao Zhen stood in the study with his hands behind his back, "What's so special about today?"

Just when everyone was at a loss, Chen Banban who stood silently aside suddenly said, "Your Majesty."

"Huh?" Zhao Zhen looked back at him.

"Today is Bailu." Chen Banban said, "To be unique, there is only Bailu in a year."

Zhao Zhen was taken aback, everyone was silent for a while, Gongsun suddenly clapped his hands, "Dry fog dews cloudy, wet fog dews clear! Most of these days, the sky suddenly changes in the afternoon, and after the sunny turns cloudy, there will be heavy fog. After the heavy fog, the ground will be covered It's wet, it's wet mist, it should be especially obvious today!"

"It's true... There will be fog around Bailu, and there will be dew in the morning or evening, and the weather will turn cold." Bao Zheng also nodded, "But, what does this mean?"

"who?!"

Everyone was talking, only Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked at the same time, looking out of the window, Nangong Ji and others who were guarding the door were also looking up at the roof with strange eyes.

Everyone was puzzled when they saw a little black monkey jumping down, squatting on a stone lion in front of the study, and staring at the people in the room.

"It's that monkey!" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

At this moment, a man in black jumped from the roof.

"Who is it!" Nangong Ji led the shadow guards and quickly surrounded him.

Bao Zheng hurriedly stopped him, "Wait a minute!"

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen nodded and waved his hand lightly. Nangong Ji and the others took a step back, but they still stared at the visitor vigilantly.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the man in black, somewhat confused about the situation.

"Didn't you also encounter fog that day?" The man suddenly asked Bai Yutang, reaching out his hand, and gently stroking the little monkey that jumped into his arms, "It's very realistic, isn't it?"

"You mean... the soul-hunting technique?" Bai Yutang frowned, remembering what happened that day.

The man in black smiled and nodded, and made a "shh" gesture, "There is only one way to solve the chaos in the world!"

Zhao Zhen asked Chen Banban to open the door, "Senior, why don't you come in and tell me, what can I do?"

The person who came laughed, it was Qi Siren who had been missing for many days without any reason, and he was still holding a big bag in his hand, which was bulging and he didn't know what it contained.Walking into the study room, and putting things in front of everyone, Qi Siren said earnestly, "The way to solve the chaos in the world is to use the way of others to deal with the person's body!"

Zhan Zhao opened the bag and took a look inside, suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"

The old man nodded, "There are still many out there, it took me several days to solve them, because I want to keep them secret, I can only clean up these millions of ghost soldiers from hell without telling you!"

Everyone laughed.

"Thank you for your help, old man." Zhao Zhen saluted with four blades.

"Hehe." The old man waved his hand, "My old man is just unpopular and sees the chaos in the world. I also have descendants and a few lovely great-grandchildren. I don't want them to live in chaos."

Zhao Zhen nodded.

"Let's act now." Bao Zheng suggested, "It's not too late!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and followed Qi Siren to leave first.

Bao Zheng turned to Zhao Zhen and said, "Your Majesty, it will take some time to prepare."

"Don't worry." Zhao Zhen smiled, "I will try my best to procrastinate, and I will not hesitate to cause chaos in the world for my own selfishness. His heart is damnable! We must retaliate, and let him suffer the consequences!"

……

On an exercise field outside the palace, a ring was set up.The arena is set up very high, but the walls are relatively short, and the onlookers can clearly see the martial arts champion contest on the arena.Zhao Zhen watched from behind the arena. The location was excellent. Nangong Ji had arranged a large number of guards nearby, so it could be said that it was leak-proof.

The competition that day was between Yue Yang and Shen Bo'e, and Shi Tianjie and Tang Shitou.This time the competition was completely different from the previous ones. After all, it was a personal test in the Golden Palace, so it was very particular, and more and more people gathered around.

There are also two rows of special seats on both sides of the arena, which are for the backup of both sides. In fact, it is mainly for the convenience of guards.

Tang Shitou and Yueyang are on the north side, while Shi Tianjie and Shen Bo'e are on the south side.Shi Tianjie's backup has already arrived, and Chai Xing brought some Jianghu people, as well as Shi Tianqiong and Shen Bo'e, waiting there early.

The one on the right is Tang Shitou, Yue Yang squats far away, beside him are three masters from the Tianshan sect, they don't pay much attention to him, a little deserted.

Grand Master Pang and the Eighth Prince were both wearing court uniforms, sitting upright on the seats inside the palace, waiting for the emperor to arrive. After a while, Bao Zheng also walked over slowly.

Pang Ji stared at Bao Zheng's black face for a while, then raised his eyebrows, "Yo? Old Bao seems to be in a good mood!"

The Eighth Prince and Prime Minister Wang looked back at Bao Zheng for a long time, nothing but black, couldn't help but look at each other - so you can tell? !

Other than that, the rest of the Kaifeng manor was completely gone, not even the shadow guards.

The fourth son swayed his legs, touched the head of the stone and asked Xiao Liang, "Where are they? So slow!"

Tang Shitou didn't see Bai Yutang, and wrinkled his nose. This master should give some advice before the battle!

The fourth son sat for a while, and saw Chen Banban waving to him not far away, and he trotted over.Chen Banban gave him a paper package of snacks, "My lord, the Queen Mother asked to bring it to you. The snacks that the Western Regions paid tribute to cannot be eaten in the Central Plains."

"Wow!" The fourth son took a big bag, "There are so many."

Chen Banban pinched his cheeks, "Well, the queen mother asked me to put some of all kinds, and ask someone to come and pick up whichever one you like."

"Yeah, thank you, Banban." The fourth son thanked me happily, and came back with some snacks. After sharing with Xiaoliangzi and the others, he saw the teacher's nephews or nephews of the Baiyutang of the Tianshan School not far away?The fourth son was not quite sure about his seniority, but he knew that he was a fellow student of Bai Yutang, so he went over to share with him some snacks.

Seeing Yue Yang squatting in front alone, the fourth son went over and handed him a piece of pastry, "Xiao Yuezi."

"Wow." Yue Yang glanced at the fourth son, "Why do you call me like that, I don't want to be a confinement child!"

The fourth son squinted his eyes and hit him, "I'm not a fat man! I'm the fourth son!"

Yue Yang took the dim sum with a smile, "Oh...Little Si, you give me the dim sum? I'm a bad person!"

The fourth son was stunned, "Aren't you a junior from the same sect in vain?"

Yue Yang thought for a while, "Indeed, but I guess he will be expelled from the sect when he goes back."

"Why?" Sitting next to him with a hash brown, the fourth son asked, "You are so powerful, why doesn't your master want you?"

"I'm so arrogant... Is it normal to be despised by others?" Yue Yang laughed twice.

The fourth son stared at him for a while, then reached out and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, it won't happen!"

"How do you know?" Yue Yang took a bite of potato cakes, "Wow! It's delicious, give me two more."

"Yeah." The fourth son generously let him take it by himself.

"Hello." Yue Yang poked at the fourth son, "You haven't finished talking just now, why won't I be expelled from the sect?"

"Arrogance and arrogance are about to be expelled from the school?" The fourth son frowned, "Why didn't Jiujiu be expelled from the teacher's school? Neither did Baibai. I heard from Miaomiao that Baibai is actually very arrogant, but he also You have not been expelled from the sect, and you are in the same sect as him, and you certainly will not! You elders of the Tianshan sect are very generous, huh?"

With that said, the fourth son turned his head to look at the three elders of the Tianshan sect.

Hengfeng stared at the fourth son for a while, then nodded with a smile, "Yes! The headmaster told me that, other than the grand master's uncle, it was the first time he saw such a talented child as Yue Yang, so it doesn't matter if he has a bad temper. It’s fine to be right and right, one day you will be sensible, so be patient.”

Yue Yang opened his mouth, finally shook his head with a smile, and reached out to touch the head of Xiao Sizi, "You are really smart!"

The fourth son narrowed his eyes, "Really?"

"Yes!" Yue Yang nodded.

"Then you Xiangxiang, how can I get Bai Yutang to accept me as an apprentice?" Yue Yang asked.

"Hmm..." The fourth son raised his face and asked Yue Yang, "Why do you have to worship Bai Bai as your teacher?"

Yue Yang crossed his legs, "I want to learn the highest kung fu in the shortest time!"

"Why?" said the fourth son in a low voice, "Jiujiu often said that learning Kung Fu should be done step by step, and you can't rush it."

Yue Yang squeezed the flesh on Xiao Sizi's arm, "Hey, little fat man, you are so cute!"

The fourth son puffed up his cheeks, "I told you I'm not a fat man!"

"I have a very important thing to do." Yue Yang sat down and hugged his knees, "It needs the highest effort!"

"Oh?" The fourth son looked at Xiao Liang who was talking to Pang Yu Bao Yan in the distance, and looked here from time to time, and asked Yue Yang, "Revenge... or something?"

Yue Yang was surprised, "Can you see it?"

The fourth son rubbed his head, "Xiao Liangzi was a bit like you at that time. He wanted to learn Kung Fu, and desperately wanted to worship Jiujiu as his teacher, but Jiujiu just didn't teach him."

Yue Yang was slightly taken aback, and glanced at Xiao Liang in the distance, "Oh, then why did you teach him again later?"

"Daddy said, because Xiaoliangzi has found a reason to continue to live after taking revenge, there are many things more important than revenge." The fourth son said happily, "You should also think about it."

Yue Yang squinted his eyes and leaned over, "You little guy, did you come to tell me this on purpose?"

The fourth son blinked and touched his head, "It's... not!"

"You are so kind-hearted, are you also sad when you see others are sad?" Yue Yang asked.

"Yeah." The fourth son nodded, "Daddy said that to be a doctor, one must have a kind heart."

"Good father!" Yue Yang smiled, "But I don't learn martial arts for revenge."

"Why is that?" The fourth son tilted his head.

"To solve a riddle." Yue Yang said lightly, his face sank, "A big, big secret! That secret took away everything that belongs to me, and I want it back!"

The fourth son looked at Yue Yang's eyes, wondering if it was because of the sunlight, there was a faint green light in Yue Yang's eyes, just like the little tiger in Zhan Zhao's room, his eyes were green at night.

"Little four."

At this time, Gongsun outside hurried in, seeing the fourth son sitting side by side with Yue Yang talking, he came over to hold his hand, "Let's go, don't disturb others to prepare." He nodded to Yue Yang, "Have a good competition .”

Yue Yang nodded with a smile, and the fourth son was pulled away by Gongsun, looking back at him.

Yue Yang raised his finger at him and "hush", signaling him—to keep it a secret!

The fourth son twitched a small pimple between his brows - he didn't say anything, he came in secret, went in secret... so mysterious.

Sitting back in his seat, Pang Yu asked the fourth son in a low voice, "Sir, what did you say to that liar?"

"A liar?" The fourth son was puzzled, "You mean Xiao Yuezi?"

Pang Yu squinted his eyes and warned the fourth son in a low voice, "Your fourth son, I have seen countless people. It's not me who is the big brother. Don't remind you, that kid..."

Before he finished speaking, Bao Yan pulled his ear, "What are you pretending to be a big brother?"

Pang Yu yelled while being pulled by the ear, and asked, "Where are Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang? Isn't Bai Yutang so unreliable? After all, it's the last competition of the stones, so it's good for him as a master to come and suppress the battle." !"

"The two of them have important things to do." Gongsun said, but there was a smile on his face that didn't make any sense, "It'll be here in a while."

Everyone looked at him suspiciously, Gongsun coughed lightly, "There will be a good show in a while!"

Everyone was baffled - what a good show?

Soon, it's time for the competition.

With the sound of three drums, all the ministers stood up and saluted. Accompanied by the sound of grand drums and the guard of honor, Zhao Zhen walked out with a large group of people.

The officials and common people knelt down and saluted the mountain with a posture of shouting long live, which opened the eyes of Tang Shitou, who was seeing the world for the first time.It turns out that the biggest official is the emperor, who is even more impressive than Mr. Bao!

The little fourth son on the side was kneeling obediently, but suddenly twisted and sneezed.

After Zhao Zhen sat down, he let the officials sit down, and calmly said a few polite words, first greeted the residents of Kaifeng, and then praised all the civil and military candidates who participated in the competition this time, praising them as the pillars of the country, Let them not give up and keep trying.In the end, he praised the top four candidates who took part in the final competition one by one, and spoke highly of them all.

Before announcing the start of the final competition, Zhao Zhen asked an interesting question, "The four are all rare talents. In the future, do you have any plans or ideas? Or, do you want any rewards?"

Zhao Zhen was the first to ask Yue Yang, "Yue Yang is young, I heard that you have only studied kung fu for a year, and your future is bound to be limitless, what are your plans?"

Yue Yang saluted Zhao Zhen, "Report to the Emperor, intending to continue learning Kung Fu."

"Oh?" Zhao Zhen was a little surprised, "Don't want to be an official?"

Yue Yang thought for a while, "Cao Min wants to be a fast catcher in Kaifeng Mansion."

Everyone was whispering, and Pang Ji glanced at Bao Zheng beside him, "I said Heizi, you know how to set up a formation or something, why do all the shrewd and unsavvy people want to follow you?"

Bao Zheng laughed dryly, this Yue Yang probably wants to learn kung fu from Bai Yutang, right?

"Oh? Why did you only choose Kaifeng Mansion?" Zhao Zhen asked with interest.

"There are three top martial arts masters in Kaifeng Mansion, I think I can learn something." Yue Yang answered honestly, not pretending.

Zhao Zhen smiled, "I see."

Afterwards, he asked Shen Bo'e what he wanted to do in the future.

Shen Bo Ob respectfully replied that as long as he can serve the country, he can do whatever he wants.

Zhao Zhen nodded, and asked Shi Tianjie again.

Shi Tianjie smiled calmly, and replied, "I would like to protect my family and the country, just like the ancestors of the Shi family."

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, and also nodded, "The Shi family is a loyal family, but it's a pity that there are few people. The former emperor has repeatedly told him to keep the blood of the Shi family. I don't know, has Tianjie married and had children?"

Shi Tianjie smiled, "Not yet."

"Then I have to look for you." Zhao Zhen said with a smile, "Such an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, there must be a bright future in the future."

What Zhao Zhen said was neither serious nor serious.

Pang Ji winked at Bao Zheng - just like his predecessors...

Bao Zheng smiled knowingly——so, the "future" has a bright future!

After Zhao Zhen finished asking everyone, he finally looked at Tang Shitou, "Tang Shitou, I heard that you are Bai Yutang's apprentice?"

"Well, yes." Tang Shitou nodded, wondering if Zhao Zhen's surname was Zheng?How can I always be mine?

The corner of Pang Ji's mouth twitched, and he looked at Bao Zheng, "Didn't you teach him the etiquette of face saints?"

Bao Zheng slowly turned his face to look at him, "He is Bai Yutang's apprentice."

Pang Ji pouted, and looked around, "By the way, where are Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang?"

Bao Zheng smiled slyly - the show will start soon, of course you have to prepare.

"What a good show?" Pang Ji didn't quite understand, and asked curiously.

"It's a great show!" Bao Zheng smiled coldly, "Don't you remember? That day in the Imperial Garden."

Pang Ji looked surprised, you mean, "The world is big..."

"Hush!" Bao Zheng stomped on him viciously.

"Hiss!" Pang Ji gritted his teeth in pain and rubbed the back of his feet, "Damn Heizi, you did it on purpose!"

"I've always wanted to ask you a question." Zhao Zhen seemed very interested in Tang Shitou, "I heard that Bai Yutang doesn't accept apprentices, why would he accept you?"

Tang Shitou looked up to the sky and thought for a while, "Well, I don't know much about this either. I promised to listen to him and be a good official like Brother Zhan, so he accepted me."

"Oh..." Zhao Zhen nodded his head in satisfaction, smiling heartily, "A good official like Zhan Weiwei, no wonder."

Everyone glanced at Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen had been laughing just now, but this time he laughed very happily. It can be seen that he admired Tang Stone from the bottom of his heart. In other words, Zhao Zhen wanted to recognize Zhan Zhao.

Shitou was dumbfounded and had no rules, but Zhao Zhen didn't care, and chatted with him every sentence.

The civil and military officials were puzzled, is Zhao Zhen in a particularly good mood today?Why are you talking so much?

Pang Yu scratched his head, and asked Bao Yan in a low voice, "What's wrong with the emperor today? Talking so much?"

Bao Yan shook his head. He and Zhao Zhen were not very familiar yet, but his previous impression was that he was seldom talkative, his personality was not as flamboyant as Zhao Pu's, and he was very restrained... Could it be because he was happy today, so he became very talkative?

Gongsun saw that Sizi's nose was itchy, so he pulled him over, with a sad look on his face, "I forgot about Sizi's hay fever."

"Jin'er?" Xiao Liang hurried over, thought for a while, took out a bottle from his pocket and gave it to Gongsun, "Is this useful?"

Gongsun opened it and looked, surprised and delighted, "Little Liangzi, why do you have stone pine powder?"

"Brother Bai gave it." Xiao Liang wondered, "Isn't hay fever a disease that only occurs in spring?"

Gongsun suddenly raised his face and looked at the gradually cloudy sky, "Hehe... because today is a very special day."

Outside the palace.

"Ah Choo..." Zhan Zhao covered his nose, "Ah Choo!"

"Cat, are you alright?" Bai Yutang asked worriedly.

"No!" Zhan Zhao rubbed his red nose, "I forgot about hay fever, ah...Ah Choo!"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then reached out and touched Zhan Zhao's waist.

"Hey!" Zhan Zhao pinched his nose and glared at him, "Don't take advantage of it, I just have a blocked nose and a fist!"

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky, "Why did I take advantage of the situation, you cat really only allows the state officials to set fire and prevent the people from lighting lamps, I let you touch it all over!"

"No way." Zhan Zhao muttered.

"You have something in your pocket!" Bai Yutang touched Zhan Zhao's bag and opened it.

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, and looked down at his pocket. He has a habit of wearing a pocket, which is a common treasure bag.Because I often go out to handle cases, I take some things with me.

Bai Yutang dug out a white jade bottle from inside, Zhan Zhao recognized that it was stuffed in by Bai Yutang a while ago, and told him to put it away.Bai Yutang took out the veil, opened the bottle and sprinkled some medicine, stretched out his hand, and covered Zhan Zhao's mouth and nose with the veil.

"Hmm!" Zhan Zhao blinked at him in confusion.

"Relax, take a deep breath." Bai Yutang reminded him.

After Zhan Zhao took two deep breaths, Bai Yutang took off the veil, "How is it?"

Zhan Zhao sniffed, "Eh? It's not blocked anymore!"

"This is stone pine powder." Bai Yutang stuffed the stopper into the bottle, put it back into Zhan Zhao's pocket, and carefully buttoned his mouth, "Stone pine powder is the most effective thing for treating hay fever. I heard from my sister-in-law before that Tianshan cliff The stone pine fruit on the wall is ground into powder, which can cure hay fever, I just passed by..."

As Bai Yutang spoke, he saw Zhan Zhao staring at him.

"what?"

"Oh, no..." Zhan Zhao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Thanks to your passing by the Tianshan Mountains, you happened to go to the steepest cliff, you happened to pick two stone pine nuts, you happened to grind them into powder, and you happened to stuff them in my bag Here, it just so happens..."

Before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, Bai Yutang leaned forward, lowered his head, and piled back the "coincidence" that was full of mouthfuls.

Zhan Zhao blinked, then subconsciously opened his mouth...to bite!

"Hiss." Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and rubbed the lips where the teeth marks were bitten, "You are such a cat! How do you bite?"

"Oh." Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky with his ears glowing red, "It just so happened that you brought it to your mouth, so of course you have a taste."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao in horror, "Cat, are you teasing me?"

"Ahem." Zhan Zhao patted him on the chest, "Come on! Whoever puts his mouth close to him, don't blame him for being a hooligan."

Bai Yutang touched his chest.

At this time, the bright sun was blocked by a thick cloud, and the sky was overcast.

Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang, "It's started!"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Yeah! Separate things."

"Wait." Zhan Zhao grabbed Bai Yutang's arm who was turning to leave.

Bai Yutang looked back at him.

Zhan Zhao whispered, "Be careful."

Bai Yutang smiled, and put his profile to Zhan Zhao's mouth, "Do you want to have another bite?"

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes, and Bai Yutang felt his cheeks warm, and looked up in surprise, Zhan Zhao's blue shadow had already disappeared without a trace, leaving only one sentence, "I'll be back soon!"

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to touch his cheek, and left with a smile. Today is indeed an auspicious day, and every day will be an auspicious day in the future. Don't let the chaos in the world disturb the good days in the future!