treacherous world

At dawn, Gongsun and Zhao Pu's carriage finally arrived at the gate of Xinghua County Yamen.

As soon as the yamen servants opened the door early in the morning, they saw a large group of people coming.

Zhe Ying got out of the car, he originally thought that the yamen servant would yell twice, but he didn't expect Liu Xie's subordinates to be quite polite, he came down and asked politely, "Guys, this is the gate of the yamen, are you here to seek justice or the magistrate?

Gongsun and Zhao Pu heard it in the car, and nodded secretly, Gongsun opened the curtain and got out of the car, "Please pass it on, just say that Gongsun Ce from Kaifeng Mansion was ordered by Lord Bao to assist County Magistrate Liu in investigating the case.

"Oh!" The yamen servant hurried to invite inside, and the other hurried to report to Liu Xie

Zhao Pu got out of the car first with his fourth son in his arms. The little one stopped coughing in the middle of the night, but just fell asleep and slept soundly.

Liu Xie greeted him personally, and let him in. He didn't expect that his teacher even sent the famous Mr. Gongsun, so...

Liu Xie tremblingly glanced at Zhao Pu, and hurriedly saluted, "See the Ninth Prince."

Zhao Pu told him to be free and not to be restrained.

Zhe Ying and Zi Ying had a good impression of Liu Xie. They moved their bags to the courtyard and brought the horses to feed them...then they heard a noise when they entered the stable...Bai Yunfan and Zao Duoduo saw Hei Xiao. The friend wanted to give a warm cheer when they met, and the other horses in the stable backed away in shock.Ziying also specially told the horse herder that Hei Xiao is stubborn, don't keep it with other horses.

Liu Xie accompanied Zhao Pu and the others to the courtyard of Zhaohe Baiyutang, staring at the stone and scissors, thinking what is this?Bear?It doesn't look like it.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang tossed and tossed all night last night, just woke up, a bit cold and still head-heavy, thinking about stewing a bowl of ginger soup for a while.

As soon as he went to the well to wash his face, he saw black shadow and white shadow come in holding hands and saluting, and greeted them both, "Fifth Master, Mr. Zhan."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao shook their heads, wondering if they haven't yet, the letter they just delivered yesterday has arrived today?

"Brother Zhan, Brother Bai." Xiao Liang rushed into the room at the front, followed by rocks and scissors.

Only now did they realize that Gongsun Zhao Pu had really arrived.

Zhan Zhao scooped up the cold water to wake up, and saw Gongsun and Zhao Pu coming in with Liu Xie, the fourth son was probably still asleep, in Zhao Pu's arms.

"Gongsun, I'm here so soon, I'm looking for you." Zhan Zhao stepped forward.

Gongsun originally wanted to be polite, but he raised his head and was stunned. He looked closely at Zhan Zhao, then at Bai Yutang, and frowned, "Why do you two look so bad?"

The two looked at each other, and said falteringly, "Last night... I caught a little cold."

Gongsun shook his head, and asked Zhe Ying to cook two more bowls of ginger soup, and the three of them were cured together, and they all had typhoid fever.

When Gongsun arrived in the room, Shi Shi jumped onto the bed and lay down on his side. Gongsun stuffed the fourth son into his arms, and then covered him with a quilt to warm him up and let him sleep for a while.

Then Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were asked to sit down, and Gongsun took their pulse. At first they thought it was just common typhoid fever, but after taking the pulse, Gongsun was stunned.Afterwards, he looked at the two of them with a strange look, causing Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to blush inexplicably.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Pu asked Gongsun.

"Oh..." Gongsun hesitated for a moment, and said to Ziying, "Ziying, go and see how the medicine is doing?" He said, winking at him.

Zhao Pu is inexplicable, what can't you listen to?Although Ziying wanted to hear it, Gongsun meant that no one would stay, so she took Xiaoliangzi out.The shadow guards all retreated, and Liu Xie still had some business to deal with, so he left first.

The door was closed, and there were only four people left in the room, rock-paper-scissors and the sleeping little four.Gongsun sat back at the table and looked at the two with his chin raised, and asked, "You two...how did you sleep last night?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were extremely embarrassed, and said vaguely, "It's...not bad."

"It's really okay?" Gongsun smiled a little distrustfully, "Didn't you have any strange dreams, or... strange things?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback for a moment, while Zhao Pu yawned and asked, "Bookworm, what did they do last night?"

"No!" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said in unison and shook their heads together, "I didn't do anything!"

Zhao Pu and Gongsun were a little surprised at how excited they were, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both sighed and turned their faces away without speaking.After a long time, Zhao Pu smiled and raised his eyebrows at Gongsun, "What do you mean by saying that? Finally?"

Gongsun was also very curious, wondering if the fourth son's dream had come true?

"I really didn't do anything." Zhan Zhao was helpless, "Gongsun, why don't you just tell me what happened."

Gongsun felt a little disappointed, so he said, "You two have been poisoned by adultery, do you know?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang opened their eyes wide, and at the same time thought of the smell they asked last night, as well as the weird dream and unusual heat afterwards, "Could it be..."

"Who is so capable to poison you?" Zhao Pu also wondered.

The two of them talked about what they had seen and heard last night, and the thing about feeling hot all over at night and coming out to pour cold water.

After hearing this, Gongsun breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, the two of you were far away last night and didn't smell it. Otherwise, cold water probably wouldn't be able to solve the problem."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't control their heads again, thinking of the men and women who had sex in the jungle last night, and the roles they changed into each other in the dream... they felt a little dizzy.

Zhan Zhao supported his forehead, "Then I'm still dizzy, is it because of that medicine?"

"Oh, this is not." Gongsun said, "Don't worry, the poison has been cured, your dizziness is caused by cold water and cold wind, so you have typhoid fever." Then, he gave a prescription, "Drink some more medicine to relieve it. "

"By the way." Zhao Pu asked curiously, "Who are you two dreaming about?"

"Cough cough..."

Gongsun was drinking water, he covered his mouth and looked at Zhao Pu—that's straightforward enough!

The few shadow guards who were eavesdropping on the roof also clenched their fists—well done Marshal.

"Each?" Zhao Pu pretended to ask carelessly, since he had a thick skin anyway.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt a little out of breath, Zhan Zhao quickly waved his hands, "Don't talk nonsense, brother Bai has a sweetheart."

Gongsun and Zhao Pu were taken aback, and on the roof, Ziying pinched Zheying, and the pain made him tremble, "What are you doing?!"

"It's not a dream." Ziying was suspicious, "Bai Yutang has a sweetheart? It's not Zhan Zhao!"

Zhe Ying shrugged, "You have to know that Zhan Zhao confirmed this. According to my understanding, Zhan Zhao's comprehension ability in some aspects is actually similar to that of the fourth son, of course only in some aspects."

At this time, on the bed in the room, Shi Shi felt his arms move, and when he looked down, he saw Xiao Sizi woke up at some point, with a small pimple wrinkled between his brows, and rubbed his chin to look at it in puzzlement— —Having a sweetheart in vain?Isn't it meow? !

Shi Shi leaned over and smelled him, and felt that the fever had subsided, so he covered him with his furry belly and continued to sleep.

Where can the little four still sleep, the most serious crisis in history is coming!Who is Bai's sweetheart?

"Uh..." Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun—is it true?

Gongsun raised his eyebrows - he was not sure, so he had to find a chance to ask later.

"By the way." Zhan Zhao saw that the atmosphere was a bit weird, so he interrupted and asked, "Why are you here suddenly?"

"Oh, I heard that you're dealing with the hidden mountain monster this time, so I'm here to help you." Gongsun said, and asked Zhao Pu, "Do you remember the man with wings last night?"

Zhao Pu nodded, "Well, just the guy with the head flying?"

"What?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised, "holding a human head, can you fly with long wings?"

Zhao Pu nodded earnestly, "When I was in war, I saw someone use that kind of dummy with wings to bluff, but the one last night didn't look fake, the wings felt real."

"How can a person grow wings?" Bai Yutang felt that what happened so far was beyond common sense.

Afterwards, Liu Xie thoughtfully sent someone to deliver breakfast, Zhao Pu and the others had driven all night, and Zhan Zhao and the others had been tossing and tossing all night, they were all starving, so they sat down and had a hearty meal first, forgetting about the troubled case.

The fourth son also got up and leaned against the stone, Xiao Liang fed him egg custard.

While everyone was not paying attention, the fourth son whispered to Xiao Liang, "Little Liang, I just heard that there is a sweetheart in vain!"

"Well, is it Big Brother Zhan?" Xiao Liang stuffed a spoonful of egg custard into his mouth.

"seems not."

"Ah?!" Xiao Liang was also taken aback.

The fourth son seriously said, "We must find a way to find out!"

"Yeah!" Xiao Liang quickly nodded, Jin'er said whatever she wanted!

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were eating, they told Gongsun the details of the case over the past few days.

"Eating a human face?" Gongsun thought it was funny, and Zhao Pu frowned, "Eating a human face... along with the nose?"

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched lightly, Bai Yutang didn't want to eat as usual.

"Oh, what I mean is, if you eat eyes and nose together, don't you have to eat both booger and eye shit..." Before Zhao Pu finished speaking, everyone lost their appetite. Gongsun stuffed his mouth with a steamed bun.

"The Hidden Mountain Monster, it's better to say it's the Hidden Mountain Monster Clan."

After drinking tea, Gongsun began to talk about what he knew about the monsters in the hidden mountain.

"The Hidden Mountain originated from a legend. According to legend, there was an ancient tribe in the mountainous area. They had a common characteristic, that is, both men and women were beautiful, so the royal nobles at that time wanted to rob the people of the Hidden Mountain Tribe for playthings. Most of the mountain people are protected by the mountain gods. They hate obscene nobles, and would rather become ugly than serve the nobles. So, the mountain god fulfilled their wishes, turned them into ugly monsters, and gave them wings. And they hide the mountains and forests where they live. Friendly people can see that if they enter the hidden mountain and get blessings, they will prosper from then on. Evil, especially obscene people will be cursed and bring bad luck when they approach the mountain. Therefore, the legend of the hidden mountain is like this coming."

"So..." Zhan Zhao wondered, "The residents of the hidden mountain should be very noble, why did they start eating people?"

"There is a follow-up." Gongsun continued, "Later, a mountain dweller in Yinshan fell in love with a girl from the village. On the mountain dwellers... Gradually, their personalities changed, and finally became cruel and violent, and they hated beautiful people."

After Gongsun's story was told, Zhao Pu smiled, "A tribe that has gone from one tragedy to another."

Everyone nodded—very aptly so.

Just as he was talking, Zhe Ying ran in from outside, "My lord, Mr. Liu said that a headless corpse was found in the suburbs."

Everyone immediately thought of the monster with the head last night.

"Go, go out to eat." Everyone got up and went out.

Zhan Zhao went to the bedside to get the Juque and had to leave, but the fourth son hugged him tightly, "Meow hug, I want to go too!"

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to say, "Little Si, you should stay at home to recuperate from illness, and then go out when you are well."

"Then tell me who Bai Bai's sweetheart is!" The fourth son insisted on asking.

Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, "I don't know, he didn't say his name."

"Didn't you reveal anything?" The fourth son refused to let go.

Zhan Zhao could only say, "Well... all I know is that his sweetheart is beautiful, wears plain clothes, can't tell the difference between fabrics, comes from a wealthy family, is good at martial arts, is well-known in the world, and likes to run around."

After speaking, Zhan Zhao left.

Xiao Liang shook his head and smiled wryly, the fourth son beside him grabbed his arm and asked earnestly, "Little Liang, who is that person?!"

Xiao Liang raised his forehead, and stuffed another steamed bun into the mouth of the fourth son, "After eating the steamed stuffed bun, take the medicine, hurry up and get well soon, I think it's almost done!"

"Almost?" The fourth son tilted his head.

Xiao Liang folded his arms and looked up to the sky and said to himself, "Ah, Jin'er, do you think Big Brother Zhan would be as cute as you when he was young?"

Just wondering, the fourth son pinched him severely, "Don't think about others!"

Xiao Liang was startled, and obediently handed over the egg custard.

Zhe Ying smiled at Zi Ying, "Oh, the little prince has the demeanor of a gentleman."

At this moment, Ziying rubbed her chin in confusion, "Who is that?"

……

"...Ah Choo." Walking on the way to the suburbs, Zhan Zhao sneezed several times.

Bai Yutang turned to look at him, "Not well yet?"

"No, it's just an itchy nose." Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose, then took a few steps forward to continue discussing the case with Gongsun.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, Zhan Zhao always walked side by side with him, but after going out today, he seemed to avoid it on purpose, either faster or slower... Is this cat trying to be awkward?