treacherous world

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had a good night's sleep, and studied in detail with Lord Bao the method of spying into He Zheng's mansion and the roles they would play.This time they mainly have two things to do. First, find the place where the hostages are held.Second, check Feng Tingshui's background, it is best to find out the secret behind him.Third, by the way, investigate Zhan Hao's whereabouts.

Ziying came back and said that He Zheng was really in a hurry, and sent a lot of people out early this morning to look for the traces of Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao. It can be seen that he had been a Tubo mouse for too long and wanted to come out to see the sun.

Gongsun prepared some medicines for Bai Yutang, they were all for He Zheng's life, and of course, the most important thing was medicine for the two of them to take.The two of them would stay in He Zheng's mansion for a long time, and they might be threatened by poison at any time, so they needed to take medicine to avoid poisoning.In addition, Gongsun also asked the two of them to return to the cottage on time, and he took the pulse to check whether they were poisoned.

After the two were ready, they changed their clothes and went to Chengdu Mansion.The two arrived in front of He Zheng's mansion as low-key as possible. Sure enough, someone was already waiting, and they were welcomed into the house, where He Zheng had been waiting for a long time.

Let's talk about He Zheng's study room, which was wrapped in thick black cloth all around, and the windows and doors were tightly blocked. It was very stuffy in the room in winter, and it was hard for him to breathe, and it was difficult for him to live in it.

He Zheng couldn't wait a long time ago, seeing the two of them finally came, he asked if there was any way to heal himself so that he could go out and walk around during the day, this day and night were really upside down.

According to the steps Gongsun taught him, Bai Yutang took He Zheng's pulse in a decent manner, and frowned, "Well, that night walker is a half-baked man. Not only did he not cure your illness, he even poisoned you!"

"What?!" He Zheng became furious and ordered someone to find the Blood King, but the Blood King was in the dungeon of Duan's Village as neighbors with Duan Dashan, so where could he find someone?He Zheng thought that he had been exposed for his tricks, and fled in fear of crime, and became even more angry.

He Zheng frowned, and had some ideas about introducing Feng Tingshui, the blood king's right-hand man, to him—Ting Shui was pretty reliable every day, how could he introduce such an unreliable person to him?

"Can it be cured?" He Zheng asked Bai Yutang worriedly.

"It's possible." Bai Yutang nodded, "I have to prepare some medicine, it will take some time." After speaking, he got up and prepared to leave.

"Hey, Mr. Ruler!" He Zheng hurriedly stopped him, "If my night walker's illness can be cured, what about my own illness?"

Bai Yutang was slightly taken aback, looked at He Zheng, followed what Bao Zheng taught him in advance, and came up with a suspicious strategy, making him suspicious, "You are not sick."

"What?" He Zheng was taken aback, then frowned at him, "I... am not sick?"

"That's right." Bai Yutang nodded, "If it wasn't for the poisoning, you should be fine. You are not too old and you are in your prime."

He Zheng's brows frowned, "But I clearly sought medical treatment from various sources. Those doctors all said that I was terminally ill, and I was also very uncomfortable..."

"This is an early symptom of a nightcrawler." Bai Yutang answered casually, "It's also called blood poisoning. At the beginning, it was uncomfortable and appeared to be dead. After drinking the blood for the first time, it was like an addiction. It got out of hand and ended up being a Nightcrawler."

He Zheng was standing in the middle of the study, his eyes rolling wildly, obviously suspicious. As for who he was suspicious of, he knew for himself whether it was the wind and the water, or the night walker whom he had just met...

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao exchanged glances, probably seeing that He Zheng was suspicious again, applying the method Master Bao taught them, the more he doesn't care, the more trustworthy he is!The more you care, the more suspicious you become.So the two wanted to say goodbye and leave again, as if they were going to go shopping.

However, He Zheng asked the two of them to stay for dinner, while pretending to test casually, "You two masters, why did you come to Chengdu Mansion?"

Bai Yutang smiled faintly, "I have some things to do in the west, passing by, so it's inconvenient to say."

"Oh." He Zheng nodded, "Then what's your plan next?"

Bai Yutang sighed, "If we hadn't been delayed here, we would have left in two days."

He Zheng smiled, "I have to entrust Mr. Chi to my illness. It doesn't matter how much it costs, as long as it can be cured."

Bai Yutang nodded, "Don't worry, my lord. Since I have taken your money, I will naturally do my best."

"Okay." He Zheng nodded. At this moment, he heard a servant outside report, "My lord, Mr. Feng is here."

"Oh..." He Zheng hesitated for a moment, as if wondering why Feng Tingshui came at this time.

As for Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, they were delighted in their hearts—it was finally here!Waiting for you to listen to the wind.The two couldn't wait to see what kind of No. [-] person this Feng Tingshui was.

The so-called playing hard to get, Bai Yutang saw He Zheng was very embarrassed, so he said, "If Mr. He has business to deal with, let's avoid it."

"No, no, I'm just going to introduce you to you too." He Zheng smiled and nodded to his subordinates, "Mr. Feng, please come here."

After a while, the door curtain was lifted, and a scholar in his thirties with a refined appearance walked in.

Zhan Zhao was startled when he first saw this person, why?Because he felt familiar... Zhan Zhao had a good memory, so he felt that he didn't know such a person, at least he couldn't recognize his name, so why did he feel familiar?

Bai Yutang also frowned slightly, whether he had met this person before, or they didn't remember him once, but if he remembered them, it would be terrible, don't expose his identity when he first came.

Bai Yutang subconsciously thought about the way out, if there was a change in a while, the roof would be lifted, causing He Zheng, who dared not see the light of day, to be in chaos, so they could take the opportunity to escape.

That Feng Tingshui came in, saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and was slightly taken aback, but he turned his head back and saluted He Zheng, "My lord, I heard that the Blood King is gone."

"Alas, that Blood King!" He Zheng spoke angrily, and he scolded the Blood King twice, while introducing Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao to Feng Tingshui, "Thanks to Mr. Chi."

Feng Tingshui turned his head, glanced at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, smiled slightly, and cupped his hands, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief, seeing no signs of recognition from his expression, they greeted him vaguely.

When Feng heard that He Zheng said that the blood king had poisoned him, Feng was also very angry and said to send someone to arrest him.After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang again. Obviously, he had something secret to tell He Zheng.

He Zheng understood it in his heart, and asked his servants to take Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to live in another courtyard and treat them well.

When the two were about to leave the house, they heard the wind and the water and whispered to He Zheng, "There is news from the palace that the emperor sent Pang Ji and Bao Zheng to go on a tour in micro-clothes and come to Sichuan... Maybe it's the arrival of those complainants." .”

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It is inconvenient for Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to listen more, but counting the days, it is indeed time for Grand Master Pang to be dispatched.And this time, besides Taishi Pang, he was accompanied by an empty carriage, pretending that Bao Zheng was inside.After all, if only a well-known idiot like Grand Master Pang came to Shuzhong alone, it would be suspicious.Zhao Zhen was very thoughtful, and when Bao Zheng came out, he naturally appeared more believable.

Let go of Feng Tingshui and discuss it secretly with He Zheng without mentioning it.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang entered another courtyard together, and when there was no one around, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang quietly, "Oh Yutang, where have you seen Feng Tingshui?"

Bai Yutang originally thought that he had this feeling, but he didn't expect Zhan Zhao to feel it too, so he frowned deeply, "Indeed! I also think this person looks familiar, cat, can't you remember where you saw it?"

Zhan Zhao frowned, and shook his head in trouble, "I get confused sometimes, don't you have a good memory, don't you remember meeting such a person?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "I just think he looks familiar, maybe he looks like someone we all know."

"And it should be someone I haven't seen for a long time." Zhan Zhao rested his chin and thought, "There's no reason why I can't remember, and neither can you."

"He doesn't seem to recognize us either." Bai Yutang comforted Zhan Zhao, "Don't think about it, maybe we are similar."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao lowered his head, "I basically don't walk around in Sichuan, so it should be the person you met first, and then I met, people from the rivers and lakes in Sichuan, Tangmen?"

Before Zhan Zhao finished, Bai Yutang frowned.

Seeing that Bai Yutang suddenly became quiet, Zhan Zhao guessed that he must have thought of something, so he asked, "You don't look so good, what did you think of?"

Bai Yutang gave a soft "tsk".Zhan Zhao was astonished. Although Bai Yutang looked very delicate, he was actually heartless, which made him worry. He must be some kind of extraordinary person.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, and said, "I think of someone, I'm not sure if it's him, but they look alike!"

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Who is it? Come on, do I recognize him?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Do you still remember Tang Qingsong?"

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, and immediately remembered, "That Tang Qingsong from the Tang Sect? The one who abducted you with Shen Yan on Xiaoyao Island?"

Bai Yutang heard that the word "abducted" was harsh, but he still nodded, "Do you still remember that person?"

"Of course I remember. I told him to run away before. Don't let me catch him this time. I can't spare him!" Zhan Zhao got angry and sat down to think about it. Qingsong feels like, but seems to be a bit older, and... feels weird."

"The two are so similar, that person seems to be older than Tang Qingsong, could it be two brothers?" Bai Yutang pondered, "Why did people from the Tang Sect get involved with He Zheng?"

"There are not many other things in the Tang Sect, except that there are many brothers and sisters, do you know them all?" Zhan Zhao was a little worried, "Don't you don't remember him, he remembers you."

Before they finished speaking, the two heard faint footsteps, and it seemed that someone was coming.

The two immediately stopped talking, and pretended to sit in the garden drinking tea and enjoying the flowers.

There was a voice at the door, and two people walked in after a while. The one walking in front was Feng Tingshui, and the one behind...

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at it, and they were really embarrassed... The so-called Cao Cao arrived, but the person walking behind Feng Tingshui was Tang Qingsong.

Tang Qingsong originally wandered in following the wind and listening to the water, and said, "I haven't found it after searching for so many days. I don't know where it is. I'm almost squatting out of trouble."

Turning the corner and walking into the yard, he saw the two of them at a glance.

Tang Qingsong was stunned... He opened his mouth, and Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao frowned.

"Cough cough." Tang Qingsong coughed quickly and looked aside, "It's really hot today."

Feng Tingshui looked at him suspiciously, "It's still hot in such a cold day? Didn't you just say it was cold?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were very nervous, thinking that it's not that enemies don't get together, why did they meet Tang Qingsong here?

After Feng Tingshui introduced everyone, he said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang very politely, "My lord has ordered, you two should be treated well when you are newcomers. I have something to do and I can't stay long, so let Qingsong accompany you. If you want to go where?" Play around, tell him to do it, he is very familiar with the place."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, knowing in their hearts that, to put it mildly, they were guides, but to put it bluntly, they were actually surveillance, of course... I don't know if it was He Zheng's idea or this Feng Tingshui's idea.

After a few polite words, Feng Tingshui said goodbye and left, leaving Tang Qingsong staring at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao. After a while, Tang Qingsong took a breath, turned around and wanted to run.

Bai Yutang threw himself to block his way.

Tang Qingsong took a step back, Zhan Zhao grabbed him by the collar and quickly kicked him into the room. Afterwards, the two followed closely and closed the door with a "bang".

"Alas!" Tang Qingsong quickly waved his hands, "Calm down! It's so embarrassing, I didn't expose you."

Bai Yutang frowned, "Why are you here?"

"I'm originally from Sichuan... I'm asking why you two came here from Kaifeng all the way." Tang Qingsong was still talking nonsense, while looking at Bai Yutang. It's Nightcrawler."

"Are you still in contact with my elder brother?" Zhan Zhao was most concerned about Zhan Hao's affairs, and he didn't have time to chat with Tang Qingsong.

Tang Qingsong shrugged slightly, "I can't help it... Who told me to get on a pirate ship, it will be difficult to get off."

"What does Feng Tingshui have to do with you?" Bai Yutang asked him with a frown.

Tang Qingsong smiled, "Oh, my brother, but she was not born to a mother. Her mother is not from the Tang Sect, her surname is Feng. After I was kicked out of the Tang Sect, I went to join him. It was also the exhibition he brought me to see. Ha.”

"Where is my elder brother now?" Zhan Zhao immediately became nervous when he heard the news about Zhan Hao, "What does he want to do by placing you next to He Zheng?"

"Your elder brother is probably in Tubo." Tang Qingsong laughed, "What else can we do, let's look for something."

"What are you looking for?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison, but they were concerned about why Zhan Hao was in Tubo?

Tang Qingsong nodded to the two of them, "I haven't seen you for a long time, you two have become more and more in harmony with each other, that's right, are you a family now? Alas, I really got the news from the other side of Kaifeng, I didn't expect to move so fast. Have you come to investigate that old boy He Zheng? This person is black, hurry up and get rid of this moth. But this matter has nothing to do with me, in short, you investigate yours, we do our business, well water does not violate river water."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, and Zhan Zhao raised his lips, "Tang Qingsong, what are you looking for?"

"I can't tell you this." When Tang Qingsong smiled, he felt chills on the back of his neck. When he looked back, he saw Bai Yutang's gloomy expression. He was obviously still remembering the grudge he had held before, and he might have killed him with a knife. Own.

Tang Qingsong swallowed subconsciously.

Zhan Zhao patted him on the shoulder twice, and Tang Qingsong broke out in a cold sweat, "Hey, Mr. Zhan, we really don't offend the river."

"He Zheng committed evil for Fei, you didn't intervene?"

"Of course not!" Tang Qingsong curled his lips, "He has done a lot of evil, and he did all the bad things. We didn't help. We just listened to your elder brother's orders and found something important by his side."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at him together, "What are you looking for?"

"I can't say..." Before he finished speaking, Bai Yutang raised his sleeve, and the gleaming and cold blade rested on his neck, "How about this?"

Tang Qingsong kept complaining, "Why am I so unlucky."

"Say it!" Zhan Zhao insisted.

Tang Qingsong sighed, "Oh, forget it, I'm just eating, you guys remember that you owe me a favor today, and if I'm in danger in the future, you two can help me!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their eyebrows at the same time, and replied, "Who is your brother!"

Tang Qingsong grinned wildly, as expected of someone who has been engaged to a marriage, what a tacit understanding!

"I might as well tell you, what I'm looking for is the golden coffin and the five-life cat."

After Tang Qingsong's words came out, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were stunned. They had the same thought - isn't that far away from the sky and right in front of us?

Tang Qingsong probably also saw what they were thinking, and laughed dryly, "It's not the Golden Coffin Town and the black cat, but the real Golden Coffin and the Five-Life Cat!"

"Is the golden coffin made of gold?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Well, one of the ancient artifacts seems to be the coffin of a certain demon king. Not only is it made of gold, but it also has the effect of bringing the dead back to life!" Tang Qingsong smiled, "As for the five-life cat, it's more troublesome."

Zhan Zhao frowned, remembering the few things his elder brother had looked for before, the mourning orb and the summoning bell were all related to the legend of resurrection, and now he found the golden coffin. Is the elder brother going to resurrect someone?

"What is the five-life cat?" Bai Yutang asked Tang Qingsong.

"This thing is the most annoying thing!" Tang Qingsong shook his head, "We roughly know where the golden coffin is. It is in the deep mountains west of Chengdu Mansion, and we have already sent people to dig it. And the five-life cat, no one knows what it is. What is it, is it a real cat, or is it just a decoration, or some kind of plaything."

"What's the use of it?"

"Then it's really embarrassing for you to ask me." Tang Qingsong was very helpless, "I'm just a small character."

"Stop being wordy!" Bai Yutang's eyes turned cold, inexplicably thinking of Aunt Mei who died before, he showed some murderous intent.Tang Qingsong was so shocked that his hairs stood on end, he couldn't help but said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, my temper is getting worse and worse."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "He's been very irritable recently, I advise you not to mess with him! Be honest."

Tang Qingsong looked left and right, and saw that these two people had a red face and a white face, and they sang together, and he couldn't stand it, and Bai Yutang might kill him with his hands, so he replied, "Okay, it's okay to talk... Have you ever heard that cats can’t be put in a coffin, otherwise it will be fraudulent if you hit the corpse?”

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stared at him.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing, "Tang Qingsong, who are you fooling?"

"I'm serious!" Tang Qingsong explained helplessly, "I heard my elder brother mention that once the five-life cat enters the mass burial pit, the dead ghosts in the pit will come back to life."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard that what he said was half-truth and half-false, although they were a little skeptical, they were even more puzzled, what exactly was Zhan Hao looking for these things for? !

"What about those kidnapped by He Zheng?" Zhan Zhao looked at Tang Qingsong.

"They all went into the mountains to find the golden coffin." He Zheng replied, "As for the children, your elder brother took them away."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao glanced at each other, their expressions became even more ugly, Zhan Zhao asked him, "Why is he bringing so many children?"

"I really don't know about this." Tang Qingsong shook his head, "But my elder brother is responsible for transporting the food, which means that the children are still alive and well, and as for what Zhan Hao will use them for, then I don't know gone."

Seeing Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's ugly faces, Tang Qingsong didn't forget to add, "But Zhan Hao is not a bad person, those children won't suffer, don't worry."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt a little more relaxed, but they had even more doubts in their hearts——Zhan Hao, what exactly does he want to do?