treacherous world

"Maybe..." Zhan Zhao wasn't sure whether Governor Liang was in the restaurant, but the taste was quite special and obvious.

Bai Yutang raised his head and began to observe the people around him.

Generally, the flaws of people who are disguised are not in their faces, but in their own manners.The face can be changed, but it is difficult to control the own characteristics that have been maintained for many years and brought out by every move.

Liang Zhifu has one of the biggest characteristics - the old man!

It is not easy for a person to pretend to be old when he is young, but it is even more difficult to pretend to be young because he cannot keep up physically.

There are quite a lot of people coming and going in the restaurant, but there are only a few old people. Bai Yutang took a look, and the old people don't look like them, but there are many young people...

Zhan Zhao heard that Bai Yutang was quiet, so he asked, "Are you watching?"

"Yeah." Bai Yutang nodded and asked, "Which direction did the smell come from?"

"Oh, it should be behind me." Zhan Zhao replied.

"That is to say, it is entering the building, not exiting the building..." Bai Yutang stopped at this point, because he saw a table in the corner at a glance.Sitting there was a mature man with a scar on his face. This man was tall and strong, with an ugly and fierce face, which made people daunting.

"Cat, let me ask you, if you want to disguise yourself to avoid being seen, do you try to look as good as possible, or do you look ugly?

"Is there even a need to ask?" Zhan Zhao laughed, "Naturally it's ugly, people can tell at a glance that I'm not the person they're looking for, and if I look more scary, others won't dare to stare too much. Harmful!"

"That's right." Bai Yutang smiled, and began to observe the man's behavior calmly.

Sure enough, the way he picks up vegetables for dinner has an air of nobility, he is clearly a person who has no worries about food and clothing, and then look at his back... Although he tried his best to be straight, he still humped a little unconsciously... There is a granny smell.

Finally, Bai Yutang saw the man's hand—it was an old man's hand, and it was too thin for a middle-aged man.

After thinking about it, Bai Yutang raised the corners of his mouth and said to Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "I see you, cat."

Although Zhan Zhao was happy to hear this, he felt a little awkward, so he replied in a low voice, "Did you find the cat? Then why don't you run away, you mouse?"

Bai Yutang asked him back, "You said the mouse saw the cat running, did it run after it? Or ran to hide?

……

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, but didn't answer.

Bai Yutang laughed softly, "You should answer...it depends on what kind of cat it is and what kind of mouse it is matched with."

Zhan Zhao couldn't tell if Bai Yutang was joking, or if there was something in his words, so he followed his meaning and asked, "Then what kind of mouse will chase after any cat? Do you like cat mice?"

This time it was Bai Yutang's turn to be stunned, staring at Zhan Zhao for a long time, trying to determine if he was just saying it casually or hinting at something.

It's just that Zhan Zhao's eyes can't see any emotion at all, and there is no expression on his face, except that the corners of his mouth are habitually turned up slightly, a half-smile, which is very pleasing.

Bai Yutang sighed, and when he was thinking about how to refute, he saw that the middle-aged man had already paid for the meal, stood up and left.

Zhan Zhao heard Bai Yutang say in a low voice, "Here we come."

"Who?" Zhan Zhao blinked, "Cat or mouse?"

Bai Yutang lightly rubbed his ankle with his toe, and said in a low voice, "Prefect Liang."

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao came back to his senses, lowered his head and waited.

When the man passed by him, Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and nodded to Bai Yutang, "It smells like that!"

Bai Yutang immediately called out, "Prefect Liang."

Sure enough, the old man stopped for a while, and then walked away quickly, Bai Yutang smiled slightly, and threw the cup in his hand, hitting the man's knee with no bias.

"Oh..." The middle-aged man staggered and fell.At the same time, several gold ingots rolled out of the sleeve.

Bai Yutang smiled, Zhan Zhao also heard the movement, and asked, "What fell out? Silver?"

Bai Yutang didn't speak, stood up and walked to the middle-aged man, and gently picked his hair with chopsticks, and sure enough, a hood was picked up, revealing his true face—it was the escaped prefect Liang.

He wanted to fish in troubled waters, and escaped when the wind was not so tight. Unexpectedly, he was careful enough when he went to a restaurant for a meal, but he was caught by Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao. , but happened to bump into Zhan Zhao, who has a particularly good nose recently.

So Liang Zhifu was taken back to the Yamen.

He is also very honest, knowing that the situation is over and the death penalty is unforgivable, so he confessed everything.

It turns out that Liang Zhifu has been reminded of the crimes he committed in the past after he was promoted.

One day, he discovered that the county magistrate of Qushan County could understand the characters used by the troupe, and he panicked, knowing that something was wrong!

Sure enough, those fake beggars stole the old class leader's letter and were seen by the county magistrate...

In this way his crime was exposed.The county magistrate is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he wants to investigate the case wholeheartedly.

Seeing that his ruin and reputation was in front of him, Liang Zhifu was so heartbroken that he sent people to kill those beggars and the county magistrate, and then created the illusion that he was a horse belly killing people, but he didn't expect... to kill a solo exhibition halfway Zhao Lai.

Liang Bao is his relative, and he has been loyal to him since he was a child. He wants to help the magistrate cover up the crimes of the past, and mislead Zhan Zhao and the others into thinking that the crime was committed by the horse.

The dead rat in the throat of the deceased was put in by the people in the yamen. It was just a kind of juggling dough used for juggling, and it looked very similar.And the thing about the big fish walking is even more nonsense... It's completely fabricated.

"Made it up?" Zhao Pu pouted, "What a disappointment!"

According to Liang Zhifu's account, they just carried away the big fish and threw it into the river, and dumped a lot of real dead mice, which were all fished out of the river, in order to confuse the public.

Everyone can be counted, okay, to investigate the cause and effect, it turned out that the people in this yamen were cheated.

But when it came to the Young Mistress of the Er Yue Palace, Liang Zhifu shook his head. It was indeed they who killed Liu Daxian, but the princess of the Er Yue Palace had nothing to do with them!They did not kill.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised... What's going on?

Zhao Pu ordered Liang Zhifu to be taken into custody and sent to Kaifeng in a few days, because Zhao Zhen said that he would personally order the execution of this villain!Liang Zhifu knew that he had no way out, fearing that his family would be affected, so he hit his head against a doorpost in prison...and died by suicide.

that's it……

Now that the case is over, Zhan Zhao's eyes are better.

Three days later, in the courtyard.

"Meow meow, don't move!" The fourth son stretched out his small hand with a "slap", and slapped away Zhan Zhao's hand that was about to rub his eyes, and said fiercely, "Don't rub it!"

Zhan Zhao's eyes have recovered in the past few days, and he can already recognize things vaguely, although it is very unclear... But these are all okay, the most terrible thing is that it is a little itchy.

The fourth son changed Zhan Zhao's medicine, adding mint and honeysuckle added by Gongsun to relieve the itching.

Bai Yutang was sitting beside him drinking tea.

After the fourth son changed Zhan Zhao's medicine, he ran away with Xiao Liangzi.

"My lord."

Zhe Ying hurried in.

"Where is Zhan Hao?" Gongsun asked.

Everyone was supposed to return to Kaifeng, but Zhan Zhao still wanted to find out the whereabouts of his elder brother, so Zhao Puping, the shadow guard, looked around.In addition, the death of the young palace master of Eryue Palace is still not clear... These are all delicate people who can't rub the sand in their eyes. Even if there is a doubt, the case has not been solved yet, and people can't fish in troubled waters.

Zhe Ying hurried in and said, "The gangsters are going to blow up mountains and release water!"

"What?" Gongsun frowned.

"Didn't the emperor's list say it's not allowed!" Zhao Pu showed displeasure on his face. "How can this river diversion be child's play? If the upstream is not well-drained and causes dams, or other tributary rivers surge and cause floods, who will be responsible!"

"My lord, those Jianghu people won't listen to what they say. Yao Jingfeng and Feng Boyuan from Eryue Palace took the lead and said that they want to avenge some young palace master. The quarrel was especially fierce."

Bai Yutang sneered, "The case has been written in the imperial list, and it doesn't mention that the death of the young palace master of Eryue Palace is different from others. If Eryue Palace wants to know the truth or punish the real culprit, shouldn't he come to the Yamen to ask?" Us? Why do we have to go against the Yishui River?"

"It can be seen that they didn't come here for the real murderer...horse belly...no, it should be said that the underground palace is their real goal!" Zhan Zhao sneered, "Is it true that the young palace master is dead or not?" people know."

"Yes." Zhao Pu stood up and asked Zhe Ying, "Where is the person?"

"It's all on the top of the mountain. It is said that the top of the mountain is going to be blown up, but the people in Heshan County have surrounded the upper reaches of the Yishui River. They say that whoever dares to blow up the mountain and break the lifeline of Yishui River, the lifeblood of Heshan County, will follow them." Fighting, the two sides are at a stalemate, we sent soldiers to stop everyone."

"Let's go, bookworm, let's go and have a look." Zhao Pu stood up.Bai Yutang wanted to follow, but Zhao Pu waved at him and Zhan Zhao, "Oh, you two are from the Jianghu, there's no need to make too many enemies, I'll put a prince's book in the past, and see who dares not give me face!" He took Gongsun away.

"Brother Bai, don't you think it's strange?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "If you want to go into the underground palace to find something...you just need to wait for the river embankment to be repaired again, and the water will be released. Why do you have to drain the whole Yishui? This makes no sense!"

Bai Yutang nodded, there is indeed something strange... Could it be that there is something at the bottom of Yishui?

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Do you still remember Xiao Hong said that there is really a river god in the Yishui River?!"

Bai Yutang was taken aback, "You mean, what else..."

"Go and ask." Zhan Zhao went to the backyard with him.

In the yard, three children, Little Monkey, Little Sizi, and Xiaoliang are playing with stones.

The little monkey's grandma passed away from a serious illness two days ago. The accident happened so suddenly that Gongsun found out that the old woman was actually terminally ill...

Zhao Pu is going to take the little monkey back to Kaifeng, so that the imperial concubine will recognize him as a god-grandson and foster him in Kaifeng mansion, so he can be a companion for Bao Zheng.As for the tail, Gongsun cut it off for him two days ago, and it was almost uninjured, and he moved freely. The little monkey is not used to it yet, so he always touches it with his backhand.

After separating her legs, Xiaohong put on her clothes, sat on the chair and played with Xiaosi and the others. She couldn't walk yet, but the little monkey always pushed her. Every day, several children walked with her, so that She remembered human life as quickly as possible.

Xiaohong's family has never been found, and Zhao Pu also wants to take her back to Kaifeng. The empress dowager sympathized with the girl's experience and said that she would be adopted as a goddaughter and brought back to the palace to take good care of her. However, Xiaohong didn't seem to want to leave the little monkey. , when the time comes, they will all live in Kaifeng Mansion, anyway, they can live anywhere.

Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang entered the courtyard and asked Xiao Hong about the River God.

Xiaohong thought about it for a while, and said that Grandpa River God is an old man, very big, and can shoot golden light. She is too cold to bear, or sick and uncomfortable. As long as she swims to him, she will get better. It is because of this The reason is that I have never died.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were confused by what they heard, and felt even more puzzled.

Bai Yutang frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Cat, I'll go to the post house and ask someone to bring a letter to Kaifeng for my fourth brother, telling him to bring some people with good water skills, let's go into the water and have a look!"

Zhan Zhao nodded, and Bai Yutang left.

"Meow, why don't you go with me?"

Seeing that Bai Yutang had left and Zhan Zhao was sitting alone in the courtyard in a daze, the fourth son leaned over to ask.

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao wondered why Nie Niu always followed, like a plaster, and occasionally parted, and it wasn't Xiaosi and Xiaoliangzi, who were sticky.

However, Zhan Zhao got into a panic with some children, so Zhan Zhao went out of the yard and wanted to go back to sit for a while. Bai Yutang should be back soon after going to the post house. When he comes, let's go to the vicinity of Yishui River.

As soon as he walked out of the yard, Zhan Zhao heard the wind from above, there was still gauze on his eyes, it was the new medicine...

He could hear someone passing over the roof. This sneaky movement was definitely not a shadow guard.

Zhan Zhao became vigilant and asked, "Who?"

The man remained calm and only said, "Come with me if you want to find Zhan Hao."

The voice was weird, and it was the first time Zhan Zhao heard such a strange voice, but the word Zhan Hao was very attractive to him. Zhan Zhao opened the powder sieving box at his waist, jumped up, followed.

The powder sieving box is something that Gongsun made for everyone to communicate with. The box is filled with powder. This powder will fluoresce at night. There are very fine holes in the box. The sifting powder leaves marks along with people's actions. Easy to find.

Following the wind of the man's sleeve, Zhan Zhao went all the way south...and landed in a secluded bamboo forest, and asked, "Did your Excellency show up?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of weird laughter in the bamboo forest.