treacherous world

Zhan Zhao received Bao Yan's letter, confused and confused. He wondered if he heard it wrong, so he asked Bai Yutang, "Who did he say it was for Mr. Bao?"

Bai Yutang shrugged slightly, "It's a female ghost named Wumei."

"Sure enough, I heard it right!" Zhan Zhao looked at the letter suspiciously, "Is this blood?"

"Take it back to Master Bao." Bai Yutang said, "It may be of great importance."

"En!" Zhan Zhao nodded, put the letter into his arms, and asked Pang Yu, "Brother Pang, did you go to the teahouse to meet Lu Fu?"

"That's not it." Pang Yu said, "I just wanted to formulate a formula, but I didn't expect that nerd to go in and damage the birds in everyone's hands, and even hid behind me when I was chased. Yes. Those generals chased after him and called, so I had no choice but to run away with him."

Zhan Zhao looked at his arm, "Is your hand alright?"

"It's okay, just scratch the skin." Pang Yu moved his arms, trying to carry the bird cage back.

Bai Yutang looked behind him and suddenly asked, "Where are those who protect you?"

Pang Yu curled his lips, "They've all been driven away, otherwise how would we go to the teahouse?"

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, and Pang Yu was a little overconfident. Someone wanted to kill him, but he was so dishonest, "Someone wants to kill you, you should be careful!"

"It just so happens." Pang Yu touched his head feeling helpless, "Who wants to kill me, I didn't do anything."

But when they were talking, Bai Yutang clearly saw two people at the entrance of the alley not far away.Those were obviously not the officers and soldiers protecting Pang Yu, because the officers and soldiers didn't need to dodge or sneak around at all.

Looking back at Zhan Zhao, Zhan Zhao nodded and patted Pang Yu on the shoulder, "Young Master, let's go to Kaifeng Mansion."

Pang Yu's neck felt cold, why did Zhan Zhao speak like that?When he used to commit crimes, he often called himself Xiao Houye.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang took Pang Yu back to the Kaifeng mansion, drove him into the grand master's room, and asked him to write down everything that happened in the past few days, in every detail.

"It's all about details?" Pang Yu opened his eyes wide, "Even pooping?"

Grand Master Pang gave him a chestnut from the side, and asked Zhan Zhao in puzzlement, "Guard Zhan, what happened?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang realized that the situation was serious, and it was not easy to follow Pang Yu's wishes and hide it from the grand master, so they told about his assassination, which made the grand master stare with beard.

Everyone thought that Pang Yu might have overheard or seen something, so that others wanted to kill him.

So Grand Master Pang patted his chest and agreed, saying that it would be fine for the two of them to keep Pang Yu by his side and they were not allowed to step out of Kaifeng Mansion in the near future. He was in charge of watching and asked him to write down everything he saw and heard before.

After solving Pang Yu's matter, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went to the study to find Mr. Bao.

Bai Yutang wondered, "Why didn't Bao Yan let Mr. Bao know that he had entered Kaifeng?"

Zhan Zhao sighed softly, "Have you heard about Mr. Bao's murder of Bao Mian?"

"Well, it's righteousness to kill relatives." Speaking of this, Bai Yutang nodded clearly, "I understand, Mr. Bao is afraid that Bao Yan will be like Bao Mian, so he would rather not enter the official career than he will go the wrong way."

"That's not true." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "But Bao Yan has a good academic record, and he's also extremely smart. It's a bit unfair to suddenly not let him take the exam."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked outside Bao Zheng's study, and seeing that Master Bao was not there, they asked Bao Xing who was watering the flowers in the yard, "Uncle Xing, where is Master?"

Bao Xing took care of Bao Zheng since he was a child, and now he is a gray-haired old housekeeper, and everyone in Kaifeng Mansion respects him very much.

Seeing Zhan Zhao's question, he shook his head, "Oh, add fuel to the fire!"

"What adds fuel to the fire?" Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were puzzled.

"The ignorance of jade has not yet been held, and the emperor is going to hold some kind of qin appreciation meeting, and it will be held in the imperial garden. Let your lord prepare to go."

"Qin Appreciation Conference?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang subconsciously thought of Mrs. Luo Xin, Qin Ji, and all the things she had done before, and they always felt suspicious.

"Who will attend the Qin Appreciation Conference?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Then where do I know to go?" Bao Xing shook his head, "Alas... the master has a headache this time, and it is said that he invited charlatans to offer advice, so that no troubles will happen then."

Zhan Zhao also frowned after hearing this, and seeing that Mr. Bao was not there, he leaned over and said softly to Bao Xing, "Uncle Xing, I saw Second Young Master on the street."

"Ah?!" Bao Xing cried out in shock.

Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, didn't he say he would not tell Bao Zheng?How did you tell Bao Xing?Bao Xing has always been loyal to Bao Zheng.

Zhan Zhao winked at him, but Bai Yutang didn't know that Bao Xing was old and had no relatives, at first Bao Zheng kept looking for him and didn't want him, and later he didn't want him anymore.

So Bao Zheng is his son, and Bao Xing is his grandson.The old man naturally loved the child, and when he heard that Bao Xing had arrived, he stomped his feet anxiously, "Where are you, why didn't you send a letter!"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "He said he won't tell the adults."

"Hey!" Bao Xing was anxious, "I'm definitely here to take the autumn exam, and the one who will mark the papers will be the master, and the sky will be turned upside down!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and felt that it seemed a little unkind to push this difficult problem to the old man.

"Where does he live? Is it safe outside?" Bao Xing was worried, "Guard Zhan, you can take care of him, the master's house is just a seedling."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "I know that, I'll look for him later."

While talking, I saw Bao Zheng coming back from outside, his brows were furrowed, as if he was preoccupied.

After entering the door, Bao Zheng kept sighing, "Oh..."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned, what's wrong with Master Bao?

"Master, what's the matter with you?" Bao Xing went to take Bao Zheng's official hat.

"Well, the emperor doesn't know what's wrong. The queen mother is very upset if she insists on letting a qin girl enter the palace to play." Bao Zheng shook his head, "So does the emperor. How could he know this Jianghu woman? I think it means that the emperor seems to If you have the heart to establish a concubine, this must cause shock in the government and the public."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang saw that the matter had come to this point, they had to tell Bao Zheng, so they followed Bao Zheng into the study, and told about the emperor's meeting with Mrs. Luo Xin and Mrs. Luo Xin's visit to the ancestral hall at the pine resin shop. again.

"There is such a thing?!" Bao Zheng stood up suddenly, "absurd! Absurd, the majestic king of a country pretends to be sick and goes to listen to the piano. It's the biggest joke in the world!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stick out their tongues - look, Master Bao is really angry.

"Then what is the identity of Mrs. Luoxin, and why did she go to the pine resin shop to worship the spirit?" Bao Zheng was very puzzled.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang shook their heads, indicating that they didn't pursue it, because they were afraid of being caught at the time, so they came back first.

Bao Zheng nodded, called Chao Mahan, and secretly stared at the turpentine shop.

After Chao Mahan left, Pang Ji hurried in from outside the house, and when he entered the yard, he yelled, "I said Lao Bao, what's going on?"

Bao Zheng didn't understand, looked at Pang Yu, "What's going on?"

Pang Yu held a letter in his hand, "My daughter wrote a letter saying that the emperor was fascinated by a vixen, do you know this?"

Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment, and frowned—it must be the Queen Mother who told Concubine Pang about this.

"This...my granddaughter has only been born for less than a hundred days. How can she be fascinated by a vixen!" Grand Master Pang began to scream. He was most afraid that Zhao Zhen would change his mind one day. Originally, Concubine Pang kept saying that the emperor and her Sincerely loving and loving, he will grow old forever, and he is also very relieved.

But not long ago when he entered the palace, Concubine Pang suddenly cried and said that something was wrong with Zhao Zhen, he was always absent-minded, and there were fewer people coming to her. up.

While talking, someone from outside came to report, "My lord, the Queen Mother has brought Concubine Pang here."

Bao Zheng was taken aback for a moment, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stuck out their tongues——Alas!Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law go to bed together, this is troublesome!

After a while, I heard the sound of "dong dong" when the empress dowager was leaning on the ground with her crutches. From the sound, it could be heard that she was holding fire.

"Bao Qing!" The Empress Dowager said as soon as she entered the door and saw that everyone was there, "Hurry up and find the eighth brother, the Ai family will be pissed to death!"

Bao Zheng hurriedly went to help the Queen Mother himself, and at the same time asked someone to find the Eighth Prince.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's eyes were attracted by a little doll that Pang Fei was holding.

This is probably Princess Xiangxiang, right?oops!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't help but glance at each other, how beautiful will this girl be in the future?At such a young age, it can be seen that the face is round but the chin is pointed, a pair of big eyes flickering, a high nose and a small mouth, the mouth is not as big as the eyes, the mouth is closed and there are no teeth, looking around curiously.

Pang Yu followed the Grand Master, and hurried over to hug her, "Xiangxiang, do you miss Uncle?"

The little baby was really staring at Pang Yule, Zhan Zhao couldn't bear this the most, "噗" flashed past, and stretched out a finger to lightly poke the little baby's palm.The little hand was soft and tender, and Zhan Zhao poked her twice lightly, making Xiangxiang open his mouth in joy.

Bai Yutang couldn't help but sigh with emotion, besides the fourth son, this was the first time he had seen such a beautiful doll.

A few young people were playing with Xiangxiang in their arms, while a few old people inside were moaning, especially the queen mother. Concubine Pang just helped her to wipe her tears.

Soon, the Eighth Prince also came, bringing Princess Chai along with him.

"Old Sister Huang, what happened?" The Eighth Prince came in and asked, "What happened to the Qin Appreciation Conference?"

The queen mother only said that Zhao Zhen insisted on holding a piano appreciation meeting, and let a dubious Qin Ji from outside the palace enter the palace to play, as if she was obsessed and wanted to marry.

The Eighth Prince was also surprised, "How could the emperor come into contact with women outside the palace?"

"I don't know, let me know who introduced him to him, he must be punished!" The Queen Mother was annoyed.

Bao Zheng winked at the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince knew that what Bao Zheng meant was that he knew something else, but he couldn't say it in front of the Queen Mother, otherwise the Queen Mother would have to die of anger.

The Eighth Prince nodded, and asked Concubine Chai to help the Queen Mother and Concubine Pang to walk in the yard first, and they discussed it.

Concubine Pang was also afraid of making the queen mother angry, so she helped her out and walked into the yard.

Seeing her eyes were red, the queen mother reached out to pat her lightly, "Good boy, it's not your fault, it's the emperor who's lost his head!"

Concubine Pang nodded silently, seeing Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang all looking over, and seeing Xiao Xiangxiang smiling cutely in Pang Yu's arms, made her even more sad.Could it be that the emperor really disliked her for having a daughter?He clearly said before that he likes girls as well.

At this time, Xue Yixing brought Xue Yiling in outside to meet the Queen Mother and Concubine Pang.

After paying homage, he stood up and looked at Concubine Pang, and Xue Yixing frowned—he thought that Concubine Pang probably had average looks when he looked at Taishi Pang, and it was an exaggeration to say that she was as shameful as a fish and a wild goose.When I saw it today, I secretly sighed, saying that Concubine Pang's appearance is not bad, no wonder Tang Minghuang went crazy because of Concubine Yang!Zhao Zhen didn't bother to look at other women until now.

Xue Yiling also stuck out his tongue, winking at his brother - do you think Zhao Zhen would fall in love with others if he had her?

Xue Yixing coughed lightly, and the queen mother knew that he was from a famous family and was familiar with the elders, so she pulled him over to talk.

Xue Yiling looked back, and saw that Zhan Zhao took Xiao Xiangxiang from Pang Yu's hand at some point and held it up to tease her.

Zhan Zhao guessed Mian Shan, when the baby saw him, he was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear, and kept clapping his hands.

Zhan Zhao carried her around the yard, Xue Yiling was more childish when he saw a man teasing a child for the first time... A person like Zhan Zhao is really rare.

Xue Yiling was fascinated, but he didn't know that Bai Yutang was also looking at her, the expression on his face was not as comfortable as that of Zhan Zhao.

Xue Yixing saw that Concubine Pang's eyes were red, and that Bao Zheng and others were discussing something secretly in the room, so he knew that it might be related to Zhao Zhen, so he asked, "Queen Mother, is there something wrong? Just order me if you need it."

The queen mother nodded and sighed, "Oh, I can't say it, have you received the post about the Emperor's Qin Appreciation Conference?"

"Got it, said it's tomorrow's banquet for the ministers, and by the way, enjoy the piano." Xue Yixing replied.

"The one playing the piano is Qin Ji from the folk piano pavilion!" The Queen Mother stopped talking and shook her head.

Xue Yixing is so smart, he frowned when he heard it - Zhao Zhen was fascinated by a folk Ji Yan?Although this Qin Ji is not a prostitute, her reputation is not much different from that of a prostitute. No wonder the queen mother is so angry.

Xue Yiling frowned deeply, feeling a little more disgusted with Zhao Zhen, is this man crazy?He was not satisfied with Concubine Pang's alluring beauty. He thought he only loved Concubine Pang, but Xue Yiling admired it. Now that the child is married to a prostitute within a hundred days of birth, how irritating is it!

Suddenly turning around to say a few words, he saw Bai Yutang sitting at the table drinking tea unhurriedly, looking up to meet her eyes, Xue Yiling trembled in shock, and almost lost the cup in his hand.

Bai Yutang didn't mean to stare at her, and Xue Yiling wasn't frightened by the stare, but because Bai Yutang's eyes were cold, not to himself, but to everyone!

She knew that this person didn't talk much, and she hadn't said a few words when they met, but when she saw Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao together before, she felt very gentle, why is it so cold?

Just wondering, Zhan Zhao came to Bai Yutang holding Xiangxiang, "Yutang, do you want to hug?"

Bai Yutang readily reached out to accept it, hugged it a few times, the posture was quite standard, Xiangxiang seemed to make him hug very comfortably, Yiyi didn't know what to say, just stretched out her hand to grab Bai Yutang's strands hanging on her chest with a smile. black hair.

"Hehe." Princess Chai saw it and asked with a smile, "Shaoxia Bai must have many children in his family, right?"

Bai Yutang nodded slightly, "There are many people in the empty island, and there are also many children."

Zhan Zhao figured it out, no wonder, Bai Yutang got along well with the children, just like the fourth son, and the third son who gave him news last time.

Xue Yiling was even more puzzled at this time, why did Bai Yutang seem to be a different person when talking to Zhan Zhao?

Staring at the two in a daze, there seemed to be something in her head that was about to come out but she couldn't describe it.

Seeing her expression, Princess Chai thought she was staring at Xiangxiang. Girls this young should like children, so she waved to her and asked her to come closer.

Xue Yiling walked over and saw Bai Yutang hugging the child, so he said, "Can I hug?"

"No!" Pang Yu rushed over, "You are so rude, what if you hurt my precious niece?"

"You!" Xue Yiling became angry, "You men didn't hurt her, how could I!" Then he stretched out his hand.

Pang Yu narrowed his eyes and warned her, "Here, this is the princess, be careful!"

Xue Yiling didn't bother to pay attention to her, and stretched out her hand to hug the child, but she didn't know where to pinch the child at all, and it was only when she held the child that she realized how small and soft it was.

Xiao Xiangxiang was not very comfortable being hugged, moved a few times, but was still uncomfortable, so she cried "Wow".

Xue Yiling was so shocked that she almost threw the child away. At this moment, a faint and elegant fragrance wafted from behind her. Concubine Pang walked up to her and said in a low voice, "Hold the child with one hand and the other with the other. When holding the child upright, hold it up with the other. Her buttocks allow her to sit. Hold her neck horizontally, and let the child stick to you when you hold her, so that she won't be afraid."

Xue Yiling stared dumbfounded at Concubine Pang hugging Xiao Xiangxiang, patted and coaxed her gently, and Xiangxiang immediately laughed again, lying in Concubine Pang's arms indescribably well-behaved.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and they couldn't help shaking their heads—has Zhao Zhen really lost his mind?It's only been a few days since you have a wife and daughter, so you shouldn't be fascinated by outsiders no matter what!

Bai Yutang suddenly thought of something, and said to himself, "It's good that Gongsun is here."

At the same time, I heard the empress dowager stomping her feet, "It would be great if the ninth brother was here!"

Zhan Zhao thought it was funny, one of them thought of Gongsun and the other thought of Zhao Pu, what's the matter?

Bai Yutang gave Zhan Zhao a hand, and said in a low voice, "Do you still remember the pine ointment I brought back?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"It takes a lot of medicine and spices to make pine ointment... I heard that the secret powder is really charming."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback—is that so? !That's true, if Gongsun is looking at it, he will know it!If it is really because of the confusion of drugs, then the Great Song Dynasty is really in jeopardy!

"Sister Huang, why do you think of my ninth brother?" Princess Chai asked the Queen Mother

"He is close in age to the emperor's son, and has a high status. You can say a few words about him, but we can't say anything!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their faces to listen, hoping that the familiar "Meow Meow Bai Bai" would come from the door, and they didn't know when Zhao Pu and the others would return to Kaifeng Mansion.

But they didn't know that at this time, Zhao Pu and Gongsun's carriage had already arrived outside the gate of Kaifeng Mansion.

The two originally wanted to spend a year and a half on Xiaoyao Island, but the fourth son clamored to find Miaomiao Xiaobai, and Gongsun was still the master of Kaifeng Mansion after all. On the way back.

As soon as I entered the city gate, I heard rumors in the streets and alleys that the palace will hold a piano appreciation meeting tomorrow.

Zhao Pu sounds fresh, when did Zhao Zhen like these?

The people didn't go back to Kaifeng mansion, they went to Wang's mansion to put down their bags, and went to Taibai residence for a meal.But before his butt was hot, he heard a group of people say that the emperor fell in love with Mrs. Qin Ji Luoxin.

Zhao Pu sounds fresher, who is Zhao Zhen obsessed with?

Gongsun also frowned, "No way, the emperor has a special liking for Concubine Pang. Now that the princess has just come into the world, she should love her even more. How could it be..."

Zhao Pu shook his head, "Zhao Zhen is not that kind of person. He once told me that he doesn't care about the beauties of the harem. Concubine Pang will always be his favorite. There is no fickle person in my Zhao family!"

While talking, he saw Wang Chao Ma Han hurriedly running towards Kaifeng Mansion on the street downstairs, with a serious expression on his face.

The two of them could see clearly, so they ate quickly so that they could go back to the mansion quickly... It seems that something happened to Kaifeng Mansion.

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Chao Mahan hurried back to the Kaifeng mansion and told Bao Zheng that the turpentine shop was closed. They broke in and saw that there were no people there, but the pine resin shop was still there. It seemed that they left in a hurry.In addition, the ancestral hall in the backyard is also there, but there is no spiritual seat in it.

Bao Zheng had already told the Eighth Prince and Grand Master Pang about Mrs. Luo Xin.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay - why is the other party so cautious?As soon as you know that people are suspicious, transfer it immediately. Isn't this place without 300 taels of silver?

Pang Ji tugged on Bao Zheng's sleeve, "Old Bao! You have to check it out, don't think it's a conspiracy!"

Bao Zheng called Zhan Zhao in, and told him the results of Wang Chao's investigation. Zhan Zhao nodded and said that he and Bai Yutang would go to investigate immediately.

The two left the Kaifeng mansion without passing the crowd.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "It's still a surprise!"

"Cat, don't you think it's strange?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao earnestly, "The other party is too careful, which makes us even more suspicious!"

"What the other party wants to hide is nothing more than the five spiritual slots!" Zhan Zhao stroked his chin, "That means, I would rather not have 300 taels of silver here, and the other party doesn't want others to know about the spiritual slots!"

Bai Yutang nodded and felt strange, whose spiritual seat really belonged to it?So cautious.

As they were walking, the two of them suddenly heard two "squeaks" from above their heads.

The two of them were stunned at the same time—could they have hallucinations...

Slowly raising his head, he was indeed in front of Taibaiju's door.

When I raised my head a little more, I saw a familiar little figure lying on the railing looking at the two of them. When they saw the two of them looking up, they stretched out their arms and waved them, shouting, "Meow meow~ Baibai~"

Of course Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were very happy to see the fourth son, but they were also helpless.His cute little face seems to say, "I'm back to match you again!"

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