treacherous world

It took Bai Yutang almost three days to take the whole island and some surrounding small islands with him, along with a group of dexterous maids from the Sinking Island... In short, all the places that Fifth Aunt had set foot before were turned upside down.But apart from the black cloth with nothing there, nothing was found.

Bai Yutang was very disappointed, and felt that it would be better not to come back, so Jiang Ping was told early in the morning of the fourth day when he was looking for his fifth younger brother in the yard with breakfast in his hands——Bai Yutang took Bai Yunfan away before dawn up.

"Oh, this kid doesn't go home anymore, and he knows how to show kittens all day long!" Jiang Ping walked out shaking his head, confused... Why did Yutang come all the way back?I heard that there has been some trouble in the north recently. How about going to see if I can help?

Just as he was thinking, he heard Mr. Xu yelling at the door, "Where are the [-] catties of crabs and [-] catties of mussels you harvested yesterday?"

Jiang Ping walked out curiously.

I saw the manager spread his hands, "I just got up from the river this morning, and the fifth master saw it and said that all the aquatic products were sent to the northwest, and there were no fish to feed the cats over there."

Xu Qing looked back at Jiang Ping while pressing the twitching corner of his mouth.

Jiang Ping patted him on the shoulder, "Anyway, the cat belongs to me, so just feed it."

"No, it's your third sister-in-law who said she wants to eat water fish. Come on, I'll go to the street to buy it." Xu Qing just wanted to leave, but the manager muttered in a low voice, "There should be none left."

"What?" Xu Qing and Jiang Ping didn't understand.

"Then what... Fifth Master sent someone to buy all the aquatic products in Songjiang Mansion this morning, and said they were sending them to the northwest... Hey, feed the cat."

After a moment of silence, the third and fourth masters jumped and scolded the street, "I'm going to die, this one's elbow is turned outward!"

……

Bai Yutang didn't mention it as he was on his way, Zhan Zhao could be leisurely here.

In an instant, the victory and defeat situation changed drastically, and now it was Han Chang's turn to think about how to get out of the body.Originally, even if he met Zhao Pu at the inn, it didn't matter. Based on his understanding of Zhao Pu, it shouldn't threaten the safety of him and the princess, but now Zhao Pu definitely knows that he is slapping his son's attention.With Zhao Pu's character of revenge, it seems that this time is troublesome.

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao looked at the little four who was obediently drinking egg drop soup, and sighed, "It would be great if it was crucian carp soup."

"Yes." The fourth son also nodded, "Add shiitake mushrooms and sliced ​​ham, shallot and crucian carp soup, tsk tsk."

"Go to the desert to drink fish soup?" Feng Shouli laughed at the two of them, "It's just a dream."

"That's unlikely."

At this time, a voice came from outside the inn, "As long as Zhan Zhao wants to eat fish, let alone in the desert, someone will bring it to the sky, and it will be delivered to his hands. The fish will still be alive and kicking."

Zhan Zhao held his chin and pursed his lips, showing a half-smile, but there was some sweetness in his eyes.

The fourth son hurriedly drank the last sip of soup, climbed down from the chair, "Jiujiu!"

The door curtain was raised, and it was Zhao Pu who walked in slowly, in casual clothes, followed by Gongsun in a hurry.As soon as he entered the door, Gongsun hurriedly caught the little fourth son who rushed over, and he was relieved when he saw that he was all right.

The fourth son hugged him and called "Daddy".

Zhan Zhao knew in his heart that Zhao Pu had indeed sent secret guards to follow the fourth son, and seeing that he was leisurely and unhurried—it seemed that he did not expect such a change, old fox!

Looking outside the door, only a part of the hundreds of thousands of troops stayed not far away to wait for orders, and the rest continued to march towards Black Wind City.

Gongsun carried the fourth son to Zhan Zhao and sat down next to him. Seeing that he ate a lot, he seemed very satisfied.The fourth son was also strange, he usually followed him and Zhao Pu, and he was not very obedient when eating or something, but he followed Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang, he was as obedient as anything.

Zhan Zhao took the medicine prescription picked out by the younger brother just now and presented it to Gongsun, and glanced at the hemp bandit who was lying on the ground and was killed by Han Changzai.

Gongsun looked at Fang Zi and frowned slightly, "So it's Heishi San."

Zhao Pu went to sit down beside Gongsun, and was surprised to see Feng Shouli sitting there, "Why are you here?"

Feng Shouli hurriedly saluted Zhao Pu, "My lord."

Zhao Pu waved his hand, signaling him to sit back.

Zhan Zhao just touched his chin——Feng Shouli seemed to be following Zhao Pu's orders?What's happening here?

Zhao Pu looked at Zhan Zhao, as if asking——is the fourth son scared?

Zhan Zhao shook his head honestly—not to mention, the fourth son's courage has really grown.

Of course Gongsun knew that Han Chang was trying to arrest the fourth son and go back to threaten Zhao Pu, so he felt a little annoyed. He looked at Han Changzai and said, "You Tubo people are really repaying your kindness. My son found the murderer who killed the prince for you. Thank you, but you still have evil thoughts in your heart, it is really shameless."

Holding the teacup in his hand, Zhao Pu winks at Zhan Zhao—the father quits!

Zhan Zhao smiled without saying a word, and was going to ask Zhao Pu for a while, what was the origin of this Han Chang, and why he was so skillful.

Seeing Gongsun straight to the point and making trouble, Han Chang smiled faintly, "Could this be Mr. Gongsun? To be honest, I just want to invite the young prince to Tubo, so my great king will thank you personally."

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched lightly—what do you mean talking nonsense with your eyes open, this is it!

Zhao Pu laughed dryly, "Why don't you let your cheap father come to my Black Wind City to thank you."

In a word, when he said Han, his face would turn red and white, which was extremely embarrassing.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun's ears tend to prick up—what?It turned out that Han Changzai was the illegitimate son of the Tubo king, but could he be the illegitimate son of the Tubo queen?Palace secrets!Good gossip.

Han Chang calmed down and glanced at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu rubbed his chin, and saw a group of diners in the corner not far away, "Which one of you are spies from the Liao Kingdom? There are also those from Xixia."

The guests looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally some of them took a step forward and saluted Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu nodded, "The results have come out. I think we should do it this way. There are four bandits on the ground, and each of them will bring one back to report. The case will be investigated slowly. Then go back and tell your master that I am back." Come on, let them all be honest, don't act like one or two are doing nothing."

Several spies looked embarrassed, how should I paraphrase these words?

"By the way, there are more." Zhao Pu said slowly, "Aren't they going to have a meeting? Let them bring me some special products, preferably rare herbs or something like that."

After he finished speaking, Ziying had already paid for the food and drinks.

Zhao Pu got up and took the fourth son and Gongsun out.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Zhan Zhao also took a stroll, preparing to go to the long-famous Black Wind City Fortress to broaden his horizons.

As soon as she got up, Liang Sisi, the savage little princess behind her, said, "You're so crazy, you won't always win battles!"

Han Chang is gently tugging at her, signaling her not to talk too much.Zhao Pu was being polite this time, and he didn't know why he didn't pursue it, but since he had already got a bargain now, there was no reason to provoke him to make things worse.

Sure enough, Zhao Pu turned around, looked up and down, rubbed his chin and looked at the girl, "You look familiar."

The little Princess raised her head, "I am Princess Yan."

"Oh!" Zhao Pu nodded, "I remember, I've seen you before, sure enough."

"So what?" The princess seemed to be very hostile to Zhao Pu, squinting at him.

"Sure enough, when I was three years old, I saw my old age. If I wasn't pretty when I was young, I won't be able to look good when I grow up." Zhao Pu has always been open-minded, and he always said what girls don't like to hear.

"You fart!" Princess Yan was already fierce, and when she heard this unpleasant thing, she jumped up and cursed.

Zhao Pu pursed his lips, "You look like a fierce woman, who dares to marry you, no wonder no one wants you after hearing that your father and king are recruiting you in the whole of Tubo."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I obviously don't want them!"

"You can say whatever you want, the facts can't be changed." Facing the embarrassing princess, Zhao Pu pouted nonsense.

Gongsun shook his head speechlessly. Zhao Pu was a real person. Such a marshal has the same knowledge as a child, so he dragged him, "What are you arguing with a pretty girl? It's not voluntary for her not to get married. Let's go."

Zhao Pu nodded in agreement, took the fourth son, and went out with Gongsun.

Zhan Zhao shook his head at the side—a perfect match!

Leaving Princess Yan, who was half dead with anger but held down by Han Changzai, Zhan Zhao and the others left the inn and walked towards Black Wind City.

There isn't much left to do.

Zhan Zhao rode on the horse and asked Gongsun, "Gongsun, why did those gangsters use the black body powder to kill the princess of Xixia?"

"These gangsters have some problems." Sitting behind Zhao Pu, Gongsun tilted his head to look at the corpse of a gangster on the carriage beside him.

"What's the problem?" Zhan Zhao asked Zao Duoduo to move forward, and also leaned over to have a look.

"I don't look like a gangster... why is it so thin and tender?" Gongsun rubbed his chin suspiciously.

"These are indeed not gangsters!" Zhe Ying is more experienced, "The gangsters usually have tattoos of their own gangs, and they are all in prominent positions. In addition, because they live under the sand of the desert all the year round, the gangsters will always have a Realgar taste."

"To avoid poisonous snakes and insects?" Zhan Zhao said to himself, "Why are they hiding underground?"

"Because it's safer underground than on the ground." Zhao Pu said, "It's also convenient to attack merchants underground, and they won't be troubled by wind and sand, so the gangsters in the desert are basically underground."

Zhan Zhao asked Feng Shouli curiously, "You also live underground?"

"How is that possible." Feng Shouli shook his head, "I'm not a horse bandit, I'm a horse bandit."

The fourth son blinked, "Is there a difference?"

"I robbed on horseback, and they dug holes to rob!" Feng Shouli didn't feel ashamed when he said it.

The fourth son looked at Zhan Zhao with a frown - Miao Miao, this is a robber, arrest him? !

Zhan Zhao saw Feng Shouli's playful smiley face, and after laughing with the fourth son, he said goodbye to Zhao Pu, and then led his men to the direction of the desert, and asked Zhao Pu curiously, "Is he your friend?"

"En." Zhao Pu nodded lightly.

"Looks like a subordinate." Zhan Zhaoliang said slightly.

Zhao Pu laughed dryly and lowered his voice, "Why don't you be so smart, low-key, low-key." Zhan Zhao shook his head——Zhao Pu really has a lot of eyeliner, no wonder he said that Damo is his territory.

Looking up again, he saw the majestic Black Wind City Fortress.Zhan Zhao had been here a few times before, but he came and went in a hurry, and every time he came, he found something different, taller and bigger, it felt like a large-scale stone city, solid and domineering.

As soon as Zhan Zhao saw the blackness in his eyes, he inexplicably thought of the whiteness of his body. He looked back, and saw the yellow and white land of the desert behind him, and there was no white coat and white horse in the distant horizon. ,Sighed.

Gongsun happened to see it, and asked him with a smile, "Why, we only separated for a few days."

Zhan Zhao touched his chin innocently, "Why are you separated for a few days?"

Gongsun shook his head, at this time...

With the sound of war drums, the gate of Black Wind City slowly opened, and the deputy general He Yihang came out with two generals, Zou Liang and Qiao Guang.

Zhao Pu rode Hei Xiao and waved his hand. Those who should salute were exempted, and everyone else returned to their respective positions. The hundreds of thousands of troops were arranged in an instant.

The fourth son held his face and said to Gongsun, "Father, Jiujiu really looks awesome when he arrives in Heifeng City." Gongsun also nodded with a smile.

Zhan Zhao yawned in his stomach—when will Yutang come?I always feel sleepy, and it's boring to be alone.

After entering Black Wind City, Zhao Pu took a few generals to a meeting. He hadn't been here for a long time, and He Yihang and the others had to report many details.

Zhan Zhao had nothing to do, so he wandered around Black Wind City.

He is now in the Marshal's Mansion. The structure is a bit like a house but the layout is similar to a military tent. It may be out of habit.Zhan Zhao walked out of his tent, opened the courtyard door, walked through the long corridor, and heard the commotion in the other courtyard.

Zhan Zhao went over and saw a group of soldiers chatting together.

These are the guards around Zhao Pu.Because Zhao Pu's kung fu is much better than theirs, and there are a lot of shadow guards and dark guards, so the guards are the most idle unit in Black Wind City.There are also a few shadow guards mixed in, probably reminiscing about the old days after not seeing each other for a long time.

Zhan Zhao didn't want to go there at first, but when he saw Xiao Sizi moving a bench, sitting with his chin resting on his back and listening attentively, his eyes were still wide open, he was also a little curious, so he walked over.

I only heard an old man in his 50s talking slowly, with a tone like a storyteller, "At that time, I was so scared that I almost peed my pants!"

"Old man, what happened afterwards?" Hei Ying asked eagerly, "Those people just disappeared?"

"Isn't it gone! Later, a large group of us dug the sand for a long time and didn't dig it out!"

"Wow..." Everyone couldn't help exclaiming, and they all showed surprise.

The fourth son was gnawing on an apple and was listening intently when he felt someone approaching him and took a bite of the apple.

The fourth son squinted his eyes and took a look. Sure enough, Zhan Zhao squatted beside him, chewing an apple while asking him, "Little persimmon, why are you locked up?"

The fourth son poked Zhan Zhao's bulging cheek, "It's not a little persimmon!"

"Master Zhan." A soldier leaned over admiringly, and moved a chair for Zhan Zhao to sit on, "I heard that you have traveled a lot in the rivers and lakes, do you have an interesting story to tell?"

"Yes!" Everyone booed.

Zhan Zhao scratched his head, "An interesting thing?"

"It's better to be more bizarre!" The eyes of the soldiers were shining, "Don't you handle a lot of cases, do you have any strange cases?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "Are you guys talking about weird things? I'm always walking around the Central Plains, what strange things can happen? It's nothing more than some heinous gangsters, and what you have seen in Dazaimo is better."

"That's right, this great desert is really... I don't know how many secrets it has!" Bai Ying pouted at Zhan Zhao, motioning him to look at the old man who just told the story, "This is Uncle Kuan, who was a soldier at the age of 13 and has been stationed in this desert for 40 years. Over the years, I have seen and heard a lot!"

Zhan Zhao saluted him politely, "Uncle Kuan."

"Uh..." Uncle Kuan stared stupidly at Zhan Zhao.

A guard at the side bumped him with an elbow, "Oh, old man, this is Mr. Zhan Zhaozhan from Kaifeng Mansion, the prince's good friend."

"Oh..." Uncle Kuan seemed to come to his senses suddenly, and smiled politely at Zhan Zhao, but Zhan Zhao could see that his smile was a little forced, his eyes were full of doubts, as if... a little scared.

Zhan Zhao asked him with a smile, "Uncle Kuan, what's wrong?"

"Oh...no." Uncle Kuan hurriedly shook his head, as if flustered, "Master Zhan is so young, I've admired him for a long time!"

"Bai Yutang will probably be here in two days." Bai Ying smiled and joked with Uncle Kuan, "Old man, if you are straightforward, don't praise him in front of others, be careful of getting beaten."

Everyone laughed.

Zhan Zhao noticed that Uncle Kuan's smile was always stiff, and he peeked at him from time to time, but once his eyes met, he quickly avoided it, with a look of surprise and fear.

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly - Uncle Kuan, did he meet him before?Impossible, if he is a fugitive who is wanted, why has he lived in the desert for so long.The strangest thing is that he seems to be afraid of himself. What is he afraid of?

Zhan Zhao found it incredible, so he asked Hei Ying in a low voice, "What is Uncle Kuan's job?"

"Position?" Hei Ying said cheerfully, "Watching the prince to eat."

"Ah?" Zhan Zhao didn't understand.

"The prince will definitely forget to eat when he gets busy!" Heiying said to Zhan Zhao, "Now that Mr. Gongsun and the young prince look better, who would dare to speak of him before? Uncle Kuan has the guts to call him three times The prince ignored him, and immediately put the food in front of the prince's eyes, with his hips on his hips, he yelled, "You fucking eat, if you don't eat, who will take us to war?""

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes wide, "Aren't Zhao Pu annoyed?"

"What can I do if I'm angry?" Heiying shrugged, "He stretched his neck to the prince, and said, 'Kill my head, the crime is to urge you to eat!'"

The fourth son also interjected, "Kuankuan is the best solution. Jiujiu's first reaction when he saw him was to give him a job. Every time Jiujiu said that he would beat him up, but he endured it in the end."

Zhan Zhao looked at Uncle Kuan's expression still very disturbed, since he was so presumptuous towards Zhao Pu, he shouldn't be afraid of death, no matter how scary he is, he can't be scarier than Zhao Pu, right?So what is he afraid of?

"Ugh."

Zhan Zhao turned his head.

At some point, Zhe Ying came to him, stared at him and asked, "What's wrong with you? You look like you're stepping on shit."

Zhan Zhao just wants to look up to the sky—as expected of Zhao Pu's right-hand man, this speech is not good enough, it's exactly the same.

"Do you think that besides me, there are people who step on shit here?" Zhan Zhao asked back.

As expected of Zhe Ying's cleverness, he glanced at Uncle Kuan, leaned over and whispered in Zhan Zhao's ear, "Uncle Kuan has been in the barracks for the longest time, he was originally from the desert, he was a mixed race, the marshal's predecessor arrested him He was locked up as a guide, and he was very familiar with the terrain of the entire desert. After the marshal came, he uncuffed his handcuffs and ankles, and treated him very well. Later, the prince and Ouyang were both trapped in the desert, and he ran into the desert alone. The desert brought the two out, so the prince respects him very much, and now he is letting him live in the mansion for the elderly. He is easy to get along with at ordinary times, and he likes to chat with young people the most. Aren’t you Mr. Zhan loved by everyone? Will there be a day when you will be disliked?"

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth and before he could speak, Zhe Ying clapped his hands, "Could it be that he is a mouse?"

Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes at him, shook his head, "I'm going out for a walk, you can ask for me, he seems to be wary of me."

Zhe Ying patted him on the shoulder, "He pouted and winked at me. He probably asked me to dismiss you and talk to you alone."

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to hold the fourth son knowingly, "Come on, take me to the kitchen."

The fourth son raised his face and followed the fourth son out, muttering, "Meow meow, are you going to eat again? You're going to become a foodie!"

When Zhan Zhao left, Zhe Ying realized that Uncle Kuan had arrived beside her in a blink of an eye, and was startled, "Wow... Uncle Kuan, you are good at lightness."

"Amazing!" Uncle Kuan looked serious and sneaky.

Zhe Ying laughed, "Uncle Kuan, what's wrong with you, what the hell?"

Uncle Kuan turned pale, lowered his voice, stomped his feet and said to Zhe Ying, "This is really a ghost!"

"What's the matter?"

Zi Ying did not know when she was behind Zhe Ying, she poked her head up, put her pointed chin on Zhe Ying's shoulder and asked Uncle Kuan curiously, "Where are the ghosts again?"

"Fuli!" Uncle Kuan seemed hesitant.

Zhe Ying and Zi Ying looked at each other and shook their heads together, "Absolutely impossible!"

Hei Ying folded his arms and said, "That's right, the prince alone will be a ghost!"

"Plus Mr. Gongsun." Bai Ying patted Uncle Kuan on the shoulder, "Are you dazzled?"

"No!" Uncle Kuan was so anxious that his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth, "Zhan Zhao is a ghost!"

The four shadow guards blinked and tilted their heads together, "Smart ghost?"

Uncle Kuan raised his forehead, "I saw him 40 years ago, he looked like this, and he still looks like this now, you say, what is he if he is not a ghost?!"

"Oh? Let's talk about it in detail."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. At this time, someone behind the audience asked very interestedly.

When everyone turned around, Zhao Pu stood there at some point. He leaned over and asked Uncle Kuan curiously, "The person you met once 40 years ago, do you still remember it so clearly? What did you do in the morning and forget it in the afternoon? Did he do something that you still remember 40 years later?"

Uncle Kuan was about to cry, as expected, the prince is the bosom friend!He grabbed Zhao Pu's sleeve and said excitedly, "My lord, he is really a ghost! He killed a lot of people! Our village was slaughtered by him. When I was young, I escaped by pretending to be dead. He turned into a Hui, I know him!"

Everyone frowned.

"I also want to know what's going on, please tell me in detail."

At this time, another voice came from behind the crowd.

When Uncle Kuan turned his head, Zhan Zhao stood behind him with a confused face, his eyes widened pitifully, "Don't wrong me, I'm clearly not 30 years old!"

Zhao Pu listened to Gongsun, who came over at some point, curl his lips, "Zhan Zhao's focus on things is always shifted."

"Come here."

Everyone followed the sound and turned back, Bao Zheng and Pang Ji sat down firmly on the chairs, waved to Uncle Kuan, "Tell me in detail."

The fourth son, who had been looking back, held his neck and sighed, "Why is there no sound when everyone walks?!"

Uncle Kuan stared at Zhan Zhao for a long time, then shook his head, "Oh, you are really not him, it seems that there are indeed similar people in this world."

Zhan Zhao raised his hands and pretended to cheer, "The grievance has been punished!"

"You look much more childish, and that person is more mature..." Uncle Kuan hadn't finished talking to himself, when Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes and sneered at him, "What do you think I look like?"

Uncle Kuan swallowed.

The fourth son stretched out his hand and dragged Zhan Zhao aside, took Uncle Kuan's hand to the chair and helped him sit down, imitating Bai Yutang's emphasis and said, "Uncle Kuan, speak slowly, cats are not allowed to make trouble!"

Everyone held back their laughter and gathered around Uncle Kuan to listen to what happened 40 years ago.

Zhan Zhao stood aside, poking a protruding stone on the ground with his toes——Yutang, when are you coming, they push me away!

……

"Ah Choo!" Bai Yutang, who had been traveling all night, had just arrived near Heifeng Ridge, and sneezed on his face.

Bai Yunfan stopped in his tracks and looked back at him, what does that mean—you must be sick, right?

Bai Yutang rubbed his nose and saw dark clouds ahead.

Heifeng Ridge is at a fork in the road that is almost a day away from Heifeng City.It was almost dark at this time, and it seemed that it was going to rain heavily.

What Bai Yunfan meant by stopping was to ask Bai Yutang to take a rest before leaving?A good horse who knows the way, Bai Yunfan who has been to Heifeng City remembers that the road ahead does not lead to villages or shops, and it is no joke in case of heavy rain.

Bai Yutang also knew that there was no rush for half a day, so he looked around and saw that there was no shelter from the rain nearby.Turning his head and looking... he saw a ruined temple on the mountainside of Heifengling not far away.

Bai Yutang hesitated, why not go in and avoid it...

He couldn't allow him to think too much, it was already raining.

Gently tugging on the horse's reins, Bai Yutang motioned to Bai Yunfan to go up the mountain to shelter from the rain.

Bai Yunfan ran up the mountain, making some "gurgling" noises as he ran, like a dove.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly - Bai Yunfan usually made this kind of sound when he was uneasy, it seems that he should be more vigilant.