treacherous world

The cat in Bai Yutang's hand was named Xiaohu, which was raised by Zhao Hu. He originally raised a big cat named Dahu. Later, the big cat gave birth to a litter of kittens, and the others were all caught by the neighbors to catch mice. Now, only this little tiger was left, which was very cute, and Zhao Hu stayed in the mansion.The big tiger knows how to bask in the sun every day, but the little tiger runs around the house. Today, Bai Yutang caught him and made him a scapegoat.

Zhan Zhao looked at Pang Yu with admiration, "What An Lehou means is that the kitten flew over the roof, and then you and Miss Xue thought it was an assassin, so they chased me into my room?"

Xue Yiling's face turned red and white.

Pang Yu nodded seriously, he was one of the thickest in terms of cheekiness.

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao also accepted this statement, "So that's how it is." After finishing speaking, he picked up the wine jar on the table and walked out, "Go out for a drink, the room is crowded."

Everyone nodded and followed out of the house.

Xue Yixing grabbed his sister and pulled her away, glaring at her viciously, Xue Yiling pursed his mouth embarrassingly, secretly thinking that he was unlucky.Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Bai Yutang who put the kitten back on the flower stand at the end and followed it as if nothing had happened.

Xue Yiling groaned secretly, why Bai Yutang was there just now, and hid to listen. He and Zhan Zhao have such a good relationship, so he will definitely tell the truth.

Going out with a blushing face, Xue Yixing pointed at the gate of the courtyard, "Go back, a girl, what's wrong with running around at night?!"

Xue Yiling couldn't reply either, and was about to leave angrily when he heard Pang Yu cough twice, as if he was clearing his throat to drink.

Xue Yixing stopped Xue Yiling, "Leave without saying anything? Are there any rules?!"

Xue Yiling pursed his lips and saluted everyone, "I'm leaving." After speaking, he ran away.

Xue Yixing was so angry that he shook his head again and again, and apologized to Zhan Zhao, "Master Zhan, I told you to read a joke, my sister really spoiled the family."

Zhan Zhao smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, it's fine."

Bai Yutang never got along with strangers, and stood aside without speaking.

Zhuge Jinhui had just arrived, and he had met Xue Yixing and Zhan Zhao. This white-clothed man had an outstanding appearance but his face was cold.

Zhan Zhao introduced it to him, and Bai Yutang heard that this was a relative of the Eighth Prince's family and also a general, so he slightly raised his eyes to look.Zhuge Jinhui looked pretty good, he didn't look as refined as Xue Yixing.If Xue Yixing is a Confucian general, Zhuge Jinhui is a relatively common general.He is burly and tall, not as domineering as Zhao Pu, and quite well-behaved.

"I have admired your name for a long time." Zhuge Jinhui hurriedly clasped his fists at Bai Yutang, with the boldness of a military general.

Bai Yutang liked this set quite a bit. He liked two kinds of men in particular: one was a scholar who saved the world and the people, a genius doctor like Gongsun, or a good official like Mr. Bao; Like Zhao Pu or Zhao Jiajun's brothers.

Bai Yutang said to save face, "You are welcome, General."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, alas, this mouse is in a good mood!

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao again... People like Zhan Zhao probably like him, and he has no shortcomings.

"It's a pity that Uncle Jiu is not here, otherwise it would be fun to drink together." Zhuge Jinhui said, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback by what he said, and then realized that Uncle Jiu was talking about Zhao Pu, and they both wanted to laugh... This seniority is really embarrassing.

After a few sips of wine, everyone chatted every sentence.

Zhan Zhao himself is not a talkative person, Bai Yutang is even more boring, three sticks can't make a boring fart, and Xue Yixing also tends to be a quiet type.

For a while, the atmosphere was delicate and awkward, even though Zhuge Jinhui talked a lot, Pang Yu was quite able to speak... It's a pity that Zhuge Jinhui had some prejudice against Pang Yu.Who in the world doesn't know that Grand Master Pang is famous for beating corrupt officials, and Pang Yu is even famous for being a little crab.But I heard that Grand Master Pang was fined to live in Kaifeng Mansion for a month. Pang Yu must have come here because of his father.Thinking of this, Zhuge Jinhui inexplicably felt that this place was full of young talents, and it was unpleasant to squeeze such a worthless person in.

Zhan Zhao took a sip of the wine and thought it tasted good, so he asked Pang Yu, "Where did you get the wine? The best Lihuabai."

"Hehe." Pang Yu smiled, "I asked a friend to buy it all the way a while ago, and I buried it in the yard. There are three jars in total. One jar is waiting for my niece's [-]th birthday, and the other jar is waiting for my father's [-]th birthday. drink that day."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and Pang Yu really learned it.

Seeing Zhan Zhao and Pang Yu talking calmly, Zhuge Jinhui didn't seem to dislike him, and Pang Yu was filial when it came to his sister's father at home... Could it be that the rumors were wrong?

Everyone in the courtyard was drinking wine in front of the stars all over the sky, when there were footsteps outside, someone ran to the gate of the courtyard to look inside.

Zhan Zhao recognized at a glance that it was Bai Fu.

Since the two bravely ventured into the Demon City last time, Bai Fuke treated Zhan Zhao as the second Bai Yutang, and the two got along very well, and Bai Fu betrayed a lot of anecdotes about Bai Yutang's childhood to Zhan Zhao.

Seeing that many people were there, Bai Fu didn't come in and waited at the door.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly at him, Bai Fu knew that it was not an important guest, so he walked in, and he gave his hands to everyone and moved to Bai Yutang's side, "Fifth Master, someone sent an invitation card."

"Invitation?" Bai Yutang took it from Bai Fu, and frowned slightly when he saw that the invitation was white.

These days, invitations are naturally red, and even if it is not for weddings, most of them are golden. There is no use of white paper for invitations, unless it is a funeral.

Open it and take a look... Sure enough!It was an invitation sent by Lu Tiexin. The head of Tie will serve tofu rice tomorrow afternoon. The one who died was his good friend, Luo Qingshan, the head of the Qingshan Escort Bureau.

Looking at the invitation, Bai Yutang wondered, he didn't know Luo Qingshan, and he only met Lu Tiexin once, so why invite him to eat tofu rice?

"Fifth Master, do you want to go? If I go, I will prepare the funeral outfit tomorrow." Bai Fu seemed to have some opinions, and whispered, "We don't know each other well, could it be that the four masters in the family are familiar with Bureau Chief Luo? "

Bai Yutang took the invitation and thought for a while, then glanced at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao shook his head, indicating that he hadn't received an invitation card, and people from Jianghu had funerals, so he probably didn't want to disturb the government.

Returning the invitation to Bai Fu, Bai Yutang nodded, "Go, you are ready."

"Oh." Bai Fu nodded, took the invitation and ran away.

Bai Yutang absent-mindedly continued to drink, and at the end of the invitation just now, there were a few words written by Lu Tiexin himself - if you want something, please be there.

Lu Tiexin is a senior in Jianghu, although he is not familiar with Bai Yutang, he is considered highly respected.

Bai Yutang has no quarrel with him, and Zha Kongdao has no quarrel with Iron Head Sect. Since he wrote "ask for something", it would be unreasonable not to go.

Zhan Zhao's mind had already drifted to this matter, wondering why Lu Tiexin invited Bai Yutang?

After drinking for a while, people from the Eighth Prince's Mansion outside came to call, telling Zhuge Jinhui that the prince was going back.Zhuge Jinhui hurriedly bid farewell to everyone and left, Xue Yixing also said to go back to his room to rest, and bid farewell to Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang.

Pang Yu also wanted to leave, but Zhan Zhao suddenly stopped him and asked, "Hey, brother Pang, have you heard of Luo Qingshan?"

Pang Yu tilted his head and thought for a while, "It sounds familiar... Oh, isn't it the one who opened the escort agency? He's dead!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, did Pang Yu know?Xiao Liu didn't say that not many people knew about it.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Pang Yu said, "Oh, among my friends who play with birds, there is a man named Lu Fu, who is the nephew of Lu Tiexin, the head of Iron. He told me the other day when he was playing with birds, His uncle Lu Tiexin has been quite frightened recently, his friend Luo Qingshan was killed by his enemies... and he also said that Lu Tiexin seemed to be fleeing, making the whole family restless."

"Escape?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned at the same time - Sect Master Tie has hundreds of disciples, why escape?

"I don't know about that, but I can run into him tomorrow, why don't I ask you?" Pang Yu was very enthusiastic.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and asked Pang Yu to ask for help tomorrow.

After finishing the wine, Pang Yu went back to the house, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also went back to rest.

Zhan Zhao's bed had already been remade by the servant girl.

The maids in Kaifeng mansion dry the quilts for him almost every few days, for fear that he will come back suddenly and get quilt flooded.

Zhan Zhao pushed his own quilt in, spread out the second quilt outside, and sighed, "It's so soft in the sun."

Bai Yutang looked at him from the side.

The candlelight in the room flickered, and the warm light made Zhan Zhao's busy figure appear softer.

Bai Yutang stared at it, feeling a little sleepy.

After making the bed, Zhan Zhao sat down and patted the bed, beckoning to Bai Yutang, "Come."

Bai Yutang looked at his hand, and walked over in a long time without a trace.

"You go to bed first." Zhan Zhao stood up and went to find clothes in the box, "I'll take a shower." After speaking, he took his clothes and went to take a shower behind the screen...

Bai Yutang was leaning on the bed, there was no candlelight behind the screen, one side was bright and the other was dark, so he could only hear the sound of water splashing, but he couldn't see the silhouette of Zhan Zhao behind the screen.

"Cat..."

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao answered while washing.

But Bai Yutang yelled and stopped talking.

"Are you hungry?" Zhan Zhao asked behind the screen, "If you're hungry, let Xiaoyu give you something to eat, and I'll let the kitchen make supper."

"En." Bai Yutang agreed softly. In fact, he just asked to make sure Zhan Zhao was there, and he didn't know what kind of mentality it was.

Letting his thoughts go away from Zhan Zhao as much as possible, Bai Yutang raised his face and looked at the top of the bed, feeling that his hands were fluffy.

Turn around and have a look.

I saw a big chubby tiger-striped cat and the kitten just got into bed at some point, rubbing against him.The big cat is pampering the kitten.

The kitten lay comfortably on the soft quilt, saw Bai Yutang turned to look at him, and pawed at his hand.

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and scratched behind its ears lightly. The kitten narrowed its eyes and let out a "meow" again. Bai Yutang slightly raised the corners of his mouth and said to himself, "I wish all cats were so well-behaved."

"Which cat provoked you again?" Zhan Zhao got dressed at some point and came out from behind the screen.

Coincidentally, someone knocked on the door, opened it and poked her head out. The maid Xiaoyu smiled and held the soup cup, "Master Zhan, you want supper."

Zhan Zhao hurriedly said Xie and went back to the house with the soup cup in his hand, and ran to the bed with bare feet and shoes.

"What?" Bai Yutang looked puzzled at Zhan Zhao who got under the blanket, smelling the aroma through the soup pot.

"Pigeon stew, the cook made it specially." Zhan Zhao smiled and got into the quilt, and stretched his feet to the side of Bai Yutang, where it was hotter.

Bai Yutang froze for a moment, then stared at Zhan Zhao with a stiff body.

"Cover it up." Zhan Zhao was still smiling.

Bai Yutang's face turned slightly pale, and he tried not to care about the barking of Zhan Zhao and him when they touched each other, thinking in his heart - did this cat do it on purpose? !

The two cats rolled into the depression between the two quilts because of the arching of the quilt on Zhan Zhao's side, and they simply lay on their backs.The kitten lay on the mother cat's belly and turned over, with its paws stretched out.

"Dahu and Xiaohu seem to like you very much." Zhan Zhao laughed, "I said that Zhao Hu was looking for cats all over the yard."

Bai Yutang just took the soup cup, and frowned slightly, "Zhao Hu sleeps with the cat every night?"

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao opened the soup pot, held two spoons in his hand, and gave one to Bai Yutang, "Hu Zi, his wife likes cats."

"Zhao Hu is married?" Bai Yutang has always believed that Kaifeng Mansion is full of bachelors.

"Of course, how old are they?" Zhan Zhao said with a smile, "Wang Chao also has a sweetheart, and Zhang Long's daughter-in-law is going to have a baby soon."

"I thought none of you in Kaifeng Mansion were married..."

"How is it possible, but they don't live in the big mansion in the backyard, and they don't come forward on weekdays. Mr. Bao has a rule that women and relatives are not allowed to enter the court in Kaifeng. First, they are very evil, and second, they are prone to trouble." Zhan Zhao. Xiao scooped up a spoonful of pigeon, tasted it himself, took out the stewed pigeon bone and fed it to the cat.Seeing Bai Yutang's laziness, he stretched out his hand and pushed him, "I just drank wine, eat before going to bed!"

Bai Yutang sat side by side with him, took a spoon, and scooped up the pigeon meat, asking casually, "What about you? Are you not married?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned with the spoon in his mouth, and said vaguely, "No."

"why?"

"No girls are interested." Zhan Zhao found an excuse that he usually used to fool his elders.

Bai Yutang looked at him with a frown—opening his eyes and talking nonsense.

"What about you?" Zhan Zhao asked back, "Why don't you get married?"

Bai Yutang was also taken aback, and after a long time, he also replied, "No woman will like you."

The two looked at each other again, and continued to eat tacitly.

The atmosphere is warm, much warmer than the cold spring outside at night...

Pang Yu rode back to the Grand Master's Mansion alone. His gang of thugs had already disbanded. Recently, he also practiced stretching his hands, and he was quite powerful.

Tonight, the young master is in a good mood, do people follow the phoenix and fly away? Pang Yu thinks that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are very interesting, regardless of the previous suspicions and his notoriety, he still regards him as a real friend.Humming a ditty and riding back on horseback, the moon is already in the sky at this time, the streets of Kaifeng Mansion are no longer noisy as usual, it is dark.

Suddenly, Pang Yu heard some other sounds from the sound of his horse's hooves... It seemed that there were some hurried footsteps, and his back was still a little cold.

Slightly taken aback, Pang Yu glanced back abruptly.

There was still a dark street behind him, and the dark end of the street was covered with a layer of fog under the moonlight.

Swallowing, Pang Yu looked around, whipped his ass, and returned to the government office at a faster speed.

After walking for another distance, he could already see the majestic roof of Taishi Mansion from a distance. Pang Yu was overjoyed, but just as he was relieved, something dazzled his eyes.

"Ah!" Pang Yu yelled, and when he tilted his body to avoid the direct cold light, he felt a stabbing pain in his arm.

He turned sideways and fell off the horse. The horse neighed in shock and rushed forward.

Pang Yu rolled on the ground and stood firm. When he looked down, he saw a silver clip tied to his arm. He said to himself, hey, luckily he dodged fast just now, otherwise, wouldn't the arrow hit his throat? !

"Hiss..." He gritted his teeth in pain, and felt a black shadow flicker in front of his eyes, and then a bad wind came from the back of his head.

"Who is it!" Pang Yu barely avoided, and looked up, only to find a masked man in black standing in front of him, holding a shining big knife in his hand.

"You... who are you?" Pang Yu didn't carry a weapon with him on weekdays because he was afraid that he would cause trouble on the spur of the moment. This is terrible!He had no choice but to stand up and back away again and again, "Who are you?! This Marquis has no grievances with you, why did you kill me?"

There was a gloomy look in the man's eyes, which made Pang Yu feel cold all over his body.He didn't talk much, and he raised his knife to kill. Pang Yu dodged left and right, but his martial arts was not good enough, and he was kicked in the chest... He flew up and hit the wall beside him with a "bang".

"Oh..." An Lehou has practiced martial arts diligently recently, but he has cultivated a whole body of tendons, otherwise he would have died from the fall.He clutched his chest, and saw the man come forward with a knife in his hand, then retreat...it was already a wall.

Pang Yu had no choice but to close his eyes, and said to himself, it's over!

But the knife didn't cut into his flesh and blood, but made a "dang" sound... as if it had cut something hard.

Pang Yu opened his eyes suddenly, looked up, and saw a person standing in front of him, with a knife in his hand blocking the sharp edge of the man in black.

Pang Yu looked up, the man was wearing mighty soft armor, he seemed to be a warrior.At the same time, there was a loud sound of horseshoes not far away, and a small group of night patrol soldiers ran over.

Seeing that the situation was not in his favor, the man in black jumped into a side alley and escaped.

Pang Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the savior in front of him turn around and asked him with a smile, "An Lehou, who did you offend again? Someone wants your life in the middle of the night?"

Seeing that he was an acquaintance, Pang Yu jumped up happily, "Ouyang!"

It turned out that it was Ouyang Shaozheng, the fire unicorn, who saved Pang Yu at the critical moment.

In the past few days at the Jade Recognition Conference, Kaifeng Mansion must strengthen its vigilance.Ouyang Shaozheng was ordered to redeploy the troops near the Jinting Pavilion and the palace.He was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat in the middle of the night, and was about to rush back to the mansion, but he heard movement in front of him.

He has been marching for many years, knowing that there might be something wrong here, he left the horse team, jumped onto the house, stepped on the roof and rushed over, accidentally saving Pang Yu's life.

"Oops." Pang Yu survived the catastrophe, managed to avoid peeing his pants, covered his arms and thanked Ouyang Shaozheng, wondering, "I've been doing my duty recently, and I haven't offended anyone."

"It's not enough to kill someone if you offend someone." Ouyang Shaozheng asked a team of people to protect him, and Pang Yu quickly waved his hands, "No need, the Grand Master's Mansion is right in front of you, I just need to bring more people with me when I go out in the future." As he said that, he leaned over to discuss with Ouyang Shaozheng, "Don't tell my father to be successful?"

"Afraid that your father will lock you up and not let you go out?" Ouyang Shaozheng thought it was funny, Mr. Bao is really good, Pang Yu let him take him for more than half a year, and his whole body has been completely reborn.

"No..." Pang Yu sighed, "He's been bothering my sister for the past few days, so don't embarrass him."

Ouyang Shaozheng was slightly surprised that people really grow up.

Nodding his head, he personally sent Pang Yu back to the Grand Master's Mansion. After thinking about it, he added another team to protect him secretly, and then he turned around and went to Kaifeng Mansion to talk to Bao Zheng about it.

When Bao Zheng heard this, he also became suspicious—at this juncture, who wants to kill Pang Yu?

After Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao finished their supper in the soup cup, they lay down and fell asleep staring wide-eyed.

The big tiger and the little tiger also fell asleep between the two of them, and the kitten snuggled into the big cat's arms and fell asleep obediently.

Zhan Zhao lightly stroked the kitten's back with his fingers, while glancing at Bai Yutang, "Lu Tiexin invites you, I'm afraid there is something else."

"I said I need something to ask for." Yutang shrugged indifferently, "I'll talk about it when the time comes, and I can't guess now."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao nodded, "Sleeping?"

Bai Yutang also nodded, "Yes, sleep."

After talking about sleeping, the two of them still kept their eyes open.

Zhan Zhao waved his sleeves with his hands behind his back... A burst of internal strength passed, and the candle went out.

The two lay quietly, their breath still unchanged, Zhan Zhao knew that Bai Yutang was not asleep, and Bai Yutang naturally knew that Zhan Zhao was not asleep.

After lying down for an unknown how long, the two thought at the same time—there is another bed next to them, why should they sleep on the same bed?They all thought of it but no one said anything, they just lay there like that... Is it right to be wrong, or is it a tacit understanding?The two didn't think about it any more, and they had already fallen asleep.

In the early morning of the next day, the sound of birdsong and the noise of the children's door outside woke up the two people in the house.

Bai Yutang opened his eyes, and heard the sound of reading aloud, the voice was immature, and it seemed to be in the Kaifeng mansion. "

"What's that sound?" Bai Yutang sat up, looked outside at the newly bright sky, and asked Zhan Zhao who was still yawning.

"Oh." Zhan Zhao got up and said, "The sound of the dolls reading. The children we took in before were all raised in the backyard mansion. The adults taught them to read for a while every morning. When they go to court and are busy, let the master do it for them. When Gongsun was around, he would teach them every day.

"Oh..." Bai Yutang couldn't help nodding, "It's really amazing that Mr. Bao takes the children to study."

"Let's go." Zhan Zhao tugged at him, "Wash your face, go out and do a few tricks, the bones of your whole body are tense."

Bai Yutang was naturally happy, and went out with Zhan Zhao, washed his face and opened it in the yard refreshed.

The mornings in Kaifeng Mansion have been very quiet for the past year, but today there was a sudden sound of "ding ding dong dong", and many people came out to watch.

Zhao Hule hugged the two cats and looked up, "Hey, it's been a long time since Master Zhan and Fifth Master Bai are dead together."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's fights are not polite, they are real swords and guns, and the fight is exciting, often full of dangers, which makes people exclaim again and again.

The main reason is that these two people are too familiar with each other's martial arts methods, and their kung fu is evenly matched, and their internal strength is only equal, so they fight brilliantly.One uses a knife and the other uses a sword, one opens and closes, and the other is exquisite. In addition, the lightness skill is extremely high and has its own characteristics. One is red and the other is flying around the sky above Kaifeng Mansion early in the morning. overflowing.

Mr. Bao brought a group of children out to watch. Some of those little dolls had just arrived, and when they saw it for the first time, they were so happy that they clapped their hands.

Xue Yixing also got up early in the morning to practice. He went to the courtyard and looked up, frowning slightly - he always heard that in the martial arts, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were first-class masters. He originally thought that the Jianghu people were exaggerating, but Looking at it now... this is really not bragging!

Xue Yiling stared straight at her eyes, and suddenly remembered what Pang Yu told her yesterday, that Zhan Zhao's sweetheart was a few blocks away from her.She thought about it - wouldn't that be as good as Zhan Zhao?Such a skillful person? !

Having enjoyed the fight, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang accepted the moves and fell to the ground without changing expressions or panting, as if they were just playing rock-paper-scissors.

Grand Master Pang watched from the side and shook his head, sighed, "Oh, it would be great if Yu'er can be so powerful sometime."

The corner of Bao Zheng's mouth twitched, and he turned his head to look at Pang Yu, "You may have another one...but it's best not to follow you."

"What's the matter with me?" Grand Master Pang stared at him, and the old Bao made fun of himself early in the morning.

"Shouldn't you just have short hands, feet, short legs and a round belly? If you stagger in a hurry, you'll roll around." Bao Zheng was so angry that Grand Master Pang blew his beard and stared, and then waved to Zhan Zhao in the distance, "Guard Zhan, After eating morning food, go to my study."

Zhan Zhao nodded in agreement, and ran to the dining hall with Bai Yutang to have breakfast.The lady in the kitchen hadn't seen the two of them for a long time, and she doubled the breakfast today, which made Zhao Hu and his group complain endlessly.

After breakfast, the two went to Bao Zheng's study together, Bai Yutang greeted Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng hurriedly returned the gift, okay, the emperor didn't treat him like this.

The two sat down to drink tea, and Bao Zheng talked about how Pang Yu was almost killed last night.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Who wants to kill An Lehou?"

"Yes." Bao Zheng nodded slightly, "If you want to kill him, there must be a reason, and according to General Ouyang, that man is not bad at martial arts, and his hands and feet are fast. A killer who came directly to claim his life."

"My lord, there are no recent cases anyway, let's investigate." Zhan Zhao suggested, thinking that there might be a lot involved in this, after all, the assassination of An Lehou was not a small incident.

"This government also has this intention, you two...be careful, don't say anything, the Grand Master doesn't know about this matter yet." Bao Zheng instructed.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded happily and went out to investigate.