treacherous world

As soon as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked up, they saw Gongsun's family, and they really said that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived!

The two went to Taibai Residence, sat down and greeted each other a few words, they were both familiar and polite.

Zhao Pu was disturbed by those rumors, and asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who explained everything in detail, which made Zhao Pu and Gongsun's eyes wide open.

"Ah?" The fourth son also opened his eyes wide, "The emperor doesn't want a fat aunt anymore?"

"I also don't quite believe that Zhao Zhen will empathize with someone else." Zhao Pu rubbed his chin, "The timing is not right, isn't my grand-niece just born?"

Gongsun almost spit out a sip of tea, "You're really good, you even became a grandfather in less than thirty!"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao expressed their doubts about Mrs. Luo Xin, and Bai Yutang showed Gongsun the pine ointment he was wearing.Gongsun frowned slightly after smelling it, "This pine ointment is made by the old method, and there are very few people with this skill nowadays!"

Due to their busy schedules, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't sit with Gongsun and the others for a long time, so they went to the turpentine shop together.

Zhao Pu Gongsun had a hasty meal and rushed to Kaifeng mansion to join in the fun.

When I got to the shop, I couldn't see why, the place was just an ordinary place, and there was no spiritual seat in the ancestral hall, so it was just an ordinary ancestral hall.Zhan Zhao asked a yamen servant to go back to the yamen to check the land deed and lease of the shop.The news I got was that the shop was owned by the king's family in the city, but it had been leased to others all the time.After inquiring, the housekeeper at the old man's house also said that he knew that a turpentine seller from another place rented a house, and he paid generously, but he didn't know anything else.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't find anything, so they walked back.The two turned around, and when they got to the duck neck of the spicy cat, they saw Ziying and Zheying queuing up.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other and walked over, "Why are you two here?"

Ziying squinted her eyes and smiled, as if she was quite happy.

Zhe Ying covered her mouth and told the two of them, "Zi Ying has a strong taste, so she loves to eat spicy food, and she wants to eat more while rolling on the ground with the spicy food."

Zhan Zhao smiled, "Where are Zhao Pu and Gongsun?"

"Oh, the prince and the eighth prince went into the palace to test the emperor, and the queen mother brought Mr. Gongsun and the fourth son into the palace. The fourth son is holding Xiangxiang. It's interesting!"

Zhan Zhao nodded, and saw... the familiar sedan chair hurriedly came out of the alley of Qinge, heading towards the imperial palace.

Zhan Zhao knew it was certain—it was definitely someone from the palace who came to pass the news that the Eighth King Zhao Pu had entered the palace, so Zhao Zhen hurried back because he was afraid of being betrayed.

Zhan Zhao shook his head, the majestic king of a country is in such a mess, it's hard to imagine that Zhao Zhen would do such an embarrassing thing.

"Tsk tsk." Ziying said to Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "As soon as the prince came back, he was dragged by the queen mother and cried. .”

Zhan Zhao also felt the same way.

Bai Yutang looked at the time and reminded Zhan Zhao, "The turpentine shop has moved, but the Monk Temple can be moved, so the monk can't be moved, right?

"You mean, go to meet that Qin Ji?" Zhan Zhao was a little embarrassed, "But tomorrow, I'm going to the Qin Contest.

"You're from the yamen, but I'm not." Bai Yutang smiled indifferently, "It's okay for me to listen to the piano, right?"

After Zhan Zhao heard this, there was no particularly happy expression on his face, but he asked coolly, "That's right, I'm going to meet the beauties, listen to the qin and talk about the qin, anyway, the fifth master is more handsome than the emperor. You hook Qin Ji away, and the world will be at peace."

Bai Yutang opened his mouth and looked at the unhappy Zhan Zhao for a long time, "Cat, are you jealous?"

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao pinched his nose and said with a puzzled expression, "I'm not jealous and I don't eat spicy food! I have southern taste, and I like sweet ones."

Bai Yutang couldn't laugh or cry, is this cat pretending to be confused?Still really confused?

"Let's go." Zhan Zhao took his arm and walked towards the Qin Pavilion.

"Didn't you suggest that I go?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"Well...forget it, I'll let you go for the safety of the Great Song Dynasty." Zhan Zhao replied with a sense of pride, dragged Bai Yutang, and went to the Qin Pavilion with a murderous look.

Zi Ying, who was still in line here, turned her head and stared at the two people's receding figures, rubbing her chin and muttering to herself, "Hmm..."

"What are you looking at?" Zhe Ying asked him.

"Don't you realize that these two seem to be a little closer than when they were separated before?" Ziying asked in a low voice.

"Is there?" Zhe Ying didn't see much of it, "It's still the same, not lukewarm!"

"Absolutely!" Ziying raised her eyebrows knowingly, speaking very confidently!

Let's say that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sneaked around the Qin Pavilion, Zhan Zhao wanted to go to the room, but Bai Yutang stopped him, "I'll go in through the main entrance, if you have a chance to go around the Qin Pavilion, maybe you can find something."

"Okay!" Zhan Zhao nodded, and tugged at Bai Yutang, "By the way, don't provoke Mrs. Luo Xin, this woman is not simple! Don't startle the snake!"

"Understood!" Bai Yutang nodded, and went to the main entrance.

Zhan Zhao lingered in the alley for a while, thinking whether to go to the room or the corridor?

At this moment, he saw two figures passing by at the entrance of the alley, Zhan Zhao sighed, shook his head, caught up with the person a few steps, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Second Young Master!"

It was Bao Yan who was wandering on the main road.

As soon as Bao Yan found a hotel and settled down, he couldn't be idle anymore, he ran out to watch the excitement, Kaifeng is so prosperous, it's much more fun than Luzhou.While walking, he heard various rumors, most of which were about Zhao Zhen falling in love with Mrs. Luoxin, the Qin Ji in Luoxin Pavilion, so he wanted to see what this Qin Ji looked like.

He is a bit stubborn as a nerd, in the past Bao Zheng wrote to him and always said how holy the current sage is, but now he sees it, don't be a licentious, then he will not take the exam!

Just as he was thinking about it, he asked Zhan Zhao to pat him on the shoulder, which made him startled, and he looked back, "Brother Zhan, you are so scared to death."

Zhan Zhao put his hands behind his back and said to Bao Yan, "At least tell me where you live, is it enough money?"

Bao Yan was a little embarrassed, but he didn't seem to want to tell Zhan Zhao where he lived. Zhan Zhao nodded, "Then I'll go back and tell Mr. Bao that you came secretly." "

"Hey!" Bao Yan hurriedly stopped him, "I live not far from here, Fangyue Inn!"

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "So close to Feng?"

"The most dangerous place is the safest place!" Bao Yan's nerdy energy came up again, "I can see the situation of Kaifeng Mansion from my window, so when Kaifeng Mansion is promoted or my father enters the palace, I will Can accurately grasp a few times, come out for a stroll."

Zhan Zhao shook his head, thinking of going back and sending some people to guard around Fangyue Inn.Now that Zhao Pu is here, it means that there are more than a dozen capable shadow guards available!

"Where are you going?" Zhan Zhao asked again.

"I..." Bao Yan originally wanted to say to listen to the piano...but on second thought, that won't work!He is the descendant of the Bao family, so he can't be addicted to Fengyue, although he just went to see what Qin Ji, who made the emperor dizzy, looks like.

Stretching out his hand and pointing at random, "Oh, I'll go to the lake to paint a boat and eat braised fish."

Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up when he heard the braised fish, he touched his nose, "Oh..."

"Brother Zhan, do you want to go together?" Bao Yan saw that Zhan Zhao had something to do and couldn't get away, so he played hard to get.

"I won't go." Zhan Zhao replied somewhat against his will, the fish on the boat on the lake is the best, especially the braised fish in the boat in Fenghua Building!

Bao Yan bid farewell to Zhan Zhao, took Xiao Bao Fu, and strolled towards the lake.

Zhan Zhao returned to the alley and sneaked into the Qin Pavilion quietly.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao was gone, Bao Yan pulled Bao Fu and turned a corner together, and arrived at the main entrance of Qin Pavilion.

At the gate, Bai Yutang just entered.

The threshold for this piano pavilion is quite high, listening to the piano requires two taels of silver for an hour, and after giving the silver, you have to play the piano at the door, and you can only enter if the music is good.

Bai Yutang was a little annoyed that he didn't bring Zhan Zhaolai, otherwise he would be able to listen to the cat playing the piano, of course... he probably wouldn't know about these things, he would probably fiddle with it like a piece of wood, and it would be fun to see him scratching his ears and cheeks son of a bitch.

Bai Yutang ended the song casually, and a servant girl invited him in.There were only a few people in twos and threes in the piano pavilion, sitting and having tea and chatting.

When Bai Yutang reached the second floor, he found a place to sit at random. Inside the curtain in the middle of the small building, there was a woman playing the piano.

This woman is obviously not Mrs. Luo Xin!Bai Yutang recognized her figure.Looking around... There is another floor. The Qin Pavilion has three floors in total. Did Zhao Zhen listen to Mrs. Luo Xin playing the piano upstairs?Or in that building in the distance?It shouldn't be possible to enter the embroidery building... Then I guess it's not listening to the piano but talking about love.

Just as he was worrying, he saw a young scholar walking in from outside. Bai Yutang was slightly taken aback, and turned his back to him—won't that be Bao Yan?Why did you come upstairs?

Bao Yan went to the table and sat down, someone brought tea, Bao Fu weighed the purse and muttered, "Master, why don't you listen to the music for two taels of silver, and the tea is extra, it's too deceitful! Qin If you can't go anywhere, you can play better than her." Bao Yan also felt that it was boring, so he asked a little girl who brought tea, "Is the one who plays the piano Mrs. Luo Xin?"

The little maid shook her head, "No."

"Then Mrs. Luo Xin will be coming out soon?" Bao Yan asked.

"Maybe." The servant girl replied a little impatiently.

Bao Yan was a little displeased, "It can be said that she listened to Mrs. Luo Xin playing the piano."

The little girl curled her lips, "Our Qin Ji in the Qin Pavilion are all top-notch masters, whoever plays it to you is different?!"

"Oh, how could it be the same?" Bao Yan shook his head and retorted, "The qin master must not have been playing the qin for more than two years, and his hands are very raw. It is not as good as the way of playing and singing in the teahouse. Also, surrounded by your curtains, the sound of the qin It will be boring. The windows are open all around, and there is noise outside, even Boya can’t play a good tune with such noise!”

Bai Yutang was drinking tea at the side, and slightly twitched the corners of his mouth, which is exactly what he said!

The servant girl was upset, she curled her lips, "I'll charge you two taels of silver, how can you be so poor and talkative!"

Bao Yan didn't say anything before Bao Fu became angry, "Oh! Why do you talk like this, little girl? We are guests, and this is how you treat guests!"

"Heh." The little maid sneered, "What are you guys? Playing wild here, my wife has to accompany the most distinguished guests every afternoon, so I don't have time to greet you!"

"It's no matter how big or small the customer is, and the sound of the piano is not a money-based business!" Bao Yan stood up, "Your store is no good, I won't listen to it, return the money to the customer, you are a bully!"

The servant girl turned pale, "Where did the scoundrel come from!"

"That's called reasoning! You're just being a scoundrel and deceiving people by opening the door to do business like this!" Bao Yan showed his father's upright and awe-inspiring posture.

"Yes!"

Many guests around are elegant guests who have paid a lot of money to listen to the piano. Those who can come in themselves are skilled in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Seeing the maids are so powerful, they are very disgusted.

In addition, the business is so good today because everyone has heard the rumors about Mrs. Luo Xin and the emperor, so let's take a look at the wife who has fascinated the emperor.But now when he saw the maid, he lost his appetite for Mrs. Luo Xin.

Bai Yutang was sitting drinking tea, frowning slightly, while Zhan Zhao was squatting on the balcony outside the window, hiding behind a large pot of kumquat tree, thinking, "Madam Luo Xin looks polite, why is the girl so cruel?" ?! Now that rumors are flying all over the sky outside, if you dare to be so arrogant after such a commotion, don’t you have nothing to worry about?"

Thinking about it, he probed in and saw Bai Yutang staring out the window as if he knew it.Seeing Zhan Zhao poking his head, he raised his eyebrows slightly, as if asking—how is it?

Zhan Zhao waved his hand at him, signaling - don't startle the snake!

But the girl was furious, and when she saw people questioning her, she called the nurse from outside, "Call me! Get this scholar out!"

Bao Fu was frightened, and quickly pulled Bao Yan, "Master!"

Bao Yan pulled him back, and glared at the thugs, "Dare to abuse the death penalty in broad daylight, this is under the emperor's feet, under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Mansion Bao Qingtian, is there any law?"

The servant girl smiled coldly, "Just because Bao Qingtian is at the emperor's feet is useless, no matter who you are, this girl dares to beat you!"

After saying this, some people became angry, Bai Yutang frowned slightly, is this girl stupid and uneducated, or is it because of other reasons?

At this time, the group of guards with big arms and round waists had already come up with sticks.

Bao Yan rolled up his arms and sleeves as if he was about to fight with others, Bao Fu was in a hurry, he dragged his young master to run, but where could he run?

But Bai Yutang naturally wouldn't let him suffer, so he took out four peanuts from the bowl and flicked them...

With a few "cracks, bangs", the feet of the guards were all numb, and they all fell to their knees, kneeling for Bao Yan inexplicably.

Bao Yan blinked, and Bao Fu asked, "My lord, what is this for?"

Bao Yan thought for a while, then puffed out his chest, "Father often said that sentence, the evil does not overpower the righteous!"

Those nurses were furious, just about to stand up, they "cracked" and threw three kumquats from nowhere, not only did they not get up, they even got down and kowtowed one to Bao Yan.

Bao Yan nodded and waved his sleeves, "Get up, remember not to help the evildoers next time!"

Bai Yutang glanced at the window helplessly, Zhan Zhao picked off the few kumquats that were left on the kumquat tree in the pot, and squeezed them in his hands, just kidding!Who dares to bully his people from Kaifeng mansion? !

Seeing that Bao Yan didn't suffer, those scholars who were so frightened and wanted to run away got excited, and they all said that they wanted high-ranking officials to ask for an explanation.

At this time, I heard footsteps coming from upstairs, and an old man in a purple dress with a greasy face and a beardless face slowly walked down.With a straight face, he spoke in a high-pitched voice, "Who is messing around?"

Everyone looked back, and Zhan Zhao also grabbed the kumquat and looked in from the window... Immediately frowned!

This is an eunuch, he recognizes it, and he is also a leading eunuch of a small size in Ouchi.Although the official position is not as big as that of Chen Banban's three thousand years old, he is also a person who is around Zhao Zhen to pass orders and accompany Zhao Zhen on weekdays, and he is quite powerful.Everyone called him Mr. Wei.

Eunuch Wei was followed by two masters, he walked down quickly, looked at the guards who were still kneeling on the ground, and knew that the masters were called to acupressure.Stretching out their hands to untie it, several nurses stood up and ran away, thinking that they might have been enchanted by some kind of demon.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly hid behind the window, thinking to himself—Brother Bai has seen many big scenes, this situation should be handled, right?

Thinking about it, he saw a sedan chair hurriedly arrived at the back door, someone raised the curtain of the sedan chair, Mrs. Luo Xin came down in a hurry, and walked quickly to the embroidery building at the back.

Zhan Zhao was puzzled, the emperor should have just left, and Mrs. Luo Xin just came back now?Do you want to do something while the emperor is gone, or let the emperor go away today?It shouldn't be possible to walk away!

Look at the embroidered building again... Zhan Zhao was suddenly curious, and jumped down from the window in a flash, and several of them fell to the top of the embroidered building and squatted.

As soon as Mrs. Luoxin entered the courtyard and went up to the first floor of the embroidery building, she heard a maid shouting from below, saying that there was a commotion ahead.She frowned, lifted her skirt and went down again.

Zhan Zhao quickly landed at the door of Xiulou, stretched out his hand and quietly opened her door, and entered the boudoir.

Although it's not kind to say that a big man enters a girl's boudoir, but it doesn't matter!He doesn't do bad things.

When Zhan Zhao entered the house, he realized that something was wrong—it didn't look like a woman's residence!There was no smell of makeup or powder in the room, but the walls were covered with white gauze curtains, which seemed a bit cold.

After walking a few steps forward and bypassing the screen, Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback.

I saw a long table for offerings against the wall in front. There were five spiritual tablets on the table, covered with a white cloth.

This should be the spirit tablet seen in the ancestral hall that day.

Zhan Zhao is at a loss, is there a spiritual place in the boudoir?Thinking that Eunuch Wei came down from the third floor of the Qin Pavilion just now, he guessed that the emperor should meet Mrs. Luo Xin on the third floor. He wouldn't have a tryst in a house with five spiritual seats, would he?

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao's curiosity arose—whose name is on this spirit tablet?

Holding the giant que, he gently picked up the white silk with the tip of his sword... and glanced at it.

……

The appearance of Eunuch Wei made the atmosphere on the second floor of the Qin Pavilion a bit weird.

Bao Yan also saw him, and said to himself that this is a eunuch, those two guards are obviously from Ouchi, how could there be such a person in this small Qin Pavilion?Are those rumors true?

And looking at the expressions of the other people present, they were all similar, no wonder the maid was so arrogant, it turned out that the emperor really had the backing!

The two masters turned around and found that everyone was standing, except for a man in white, sitting by the window with his back to everyone, drinking tea while looking out the window.

The two looked at each other, and their eyes fell on the knife that Bai Yutang had placed by the table.

Slightly taken aback, the two immediately went back and whispered a few words to Eunuch Wei. Eunuch Wei frowned and glanced at Bai Yutang, then waved to the two of them, signaling... to go up!

Then the three of them retreated upstairs. At this time, Mrs. Luo Xin came up and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

An older guy came over and said that Mrs. Luo Xin was furious, so she ordered the servant girl to be punished, and came over to apologize to Bao Yan in person, and said that he would play the piano for everyone.

Bao Yan looked the woman up and down——hmm!She is indeed a beauty, her temperament is also elegant rather than coquettish, and she feels well-educated and reasonable, but it is a pity that the servants are not disciplined well.

Bai Yutang looked at Mrs. Luoxin, and thought about Concubine Pang's slightly charming appearance. It seems that it is normal for Zhao Zhen to be infatuated with her, isn't it normal to be infatuated with Concubine Pang?

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt that Zhan Zhao outside the window had disappeared.

Bai Yutang frowned - where did the cat go?

I think the tea is not bad, so why come here, Mrs. Luo Xin is about to play the piano, why not take the opportunity to visit her room!So, Bai Yutang got up, paid for the tea, and took advantage of the chaos to leave.

But just after taking two steps, Bao Yan called out, "Thank you, my lord, for your help..."

Bao Yan thanked Bai Yutang and looked up, then he was stunned and stood there in embarrassment - he had seen this person before, standing with Zhan Zhao!It looks like Chinchilla Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, nodded, "Second Young Master, you're welcome." After speaking, he walked away quickly.

Bao Yan stomped his feet secretly, it's over, the Chinchilla hero must have laughed at himself for coming to listen to the piano and quarreling with a maidservant, embarrassing his father this time!She turned her head in embarrassment, but saw Mrs. Luo Xin standing there, staring at Bai Yutang who was walking out, she seemed a little silly.

Bao Yan secretly smiled, women really like such a man!The eyeballs almost fell out.

Mrs. Luo Xin was so stunned that she could hardly regain her senses. The servant girl called her, and then she walked into the curtain and played the piano in a daze.Bao Yan is an expert, so he heard her hands seem to be shaking, and she was in a state of confusion.I wondered in my heart, why did I panic so much when I saw Bai Yutang?Is it just because he is good-looking?

Bai Yutang hurried out of the piano pavilion, just about to climb over the wall and enter the courtyard, when he heard a "hoo" sound above his head.

When Bai Yutang raised his head, he saw Zhan Zhao landed in front of him, his face still pale.

"cat……"

"Hush!" Zhan Zhao let out a long cry, grabbed Bai Yutang's wrist, turned around and ran out in a hurry, aiming directly at Kaifeng Mansion.

"Cat, what are you doing?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "Have you been bewitched?"

"Amazing!" Zhan Zhao kept waving his hands, "That woman's intentions are not right! There must be a conspiracy."