treacherous world

Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao suddenly became furious, and dragged himself to the Kaifeng mansion in a hurry, a little puzzled.

Zhan Zhao pulled him into an alley beside him, grabbed his shoulders and moved close to his face.

Bai Yutang froze in place, watching Zhan Zhao getting closer, his mind went blank.

It's just that Zhan Zhao's movements were too fast, and Bai Yutang didn't have much room for recollection, so he already started talking next to his ear, "Do you remember those five spiritual positions?"

"...Uh..." When Bai Yutang realized that Zhan Zhao was going to talk or do something else, his mood fluctuated for no reason.After adjusting my mentality, I still feel that it would be too disappointing to say something about spiritual positions in this situation, but I still nodded.

"I saw it in Mrs. Luo Xin's room just now. The first of the five spiritual seats belongs to the former emperor, the second belongs to the empress dowager, the third belongs to the emperor, the fourth belongs to the eighth prince, and the fifth belongs to the eighth prince. Zhao Pu's!"

"What?" Bai Yutang came back to his senses, looked at Zhan Zhao, "Their spirit position?"

"That's not it!" Zhan Zhao gritted his teeth, "You said she's fine, what are you doing enshrining several people's spirit tablets? No one died except the late emperor!"

"It's two different things to put a white cloth on the living person's spirit table and a white cloth to cover the dead person's spirit table!" Bai Yutang also felt that something was wrong, "Sure enough, the intention is not right!"

"Isn't that right, that's why I said she must have a conspiracy, and now she's so close to the emperor, it's no surprise that nothing happened!" Zhan Zhao took his hand and walked out, and hurried back to Kaifeng mansion... Zheng was still in the study, the two of them went into the study, closed the door, and talked about today's events.

Bai Yutang very consciously omitted the part where he met Bao Yan. Of course, what Bao Zheng cares about is not whether the piano is good or not, but the spiritual positions!

"How dare you do such a rebellious thing?" Bao Zheng frowned and asked the two of them, "By the way, what does it mean to cover the spiritual seats of living people with white cloths?"

"It's called a white hijab." Bai Yutang helped explain, "It's very unlucky, I just know that these people are bound to die, so I prepared the spirit seats first, and when they die, just lift off the hijab! Most of them will This is because there is a grudge to kill the other party, always remind yourself!"

"Bastard!" Bao Zheng said angrily, "If these people are all dead, wouldn't the Song Dynasty also be destroyed?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also looked at each other—even Zhao Pu was inside, so it was clear that the Zhao family wanted to kill off all children and grandchildren.

"If the emperor sees this spiritual seat, it probably won't be so obsessed with ghosts, right?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Why don't you take the emperor to have a look?"

"Oh, don't be reckless." Bao Zheng waved his hand, "Madam Luoxin doesn't seem to be simple. He found someone peeping, so he took the spirit away from the turpentine shop. It's hard to guarantee that she won't do anything this time! Now the emperor is right. She seems to have a good impression, we can't force it, be careful of being caught in a trap, strengthen our precautions, let's wait and see!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, Master Bao was thoughtful.

Afterwards, Bao Zheng sent people to watch around Luoxin Pavilion, and Zhao Pu's shadow guards all listened to Bao Zheng's orders, so they split up.

"Tomorrow is the Qin Appreciation Conference. When the time comes, the nine kings and eight kings will all go." Bao Zheng said, and patted Zhan Zhao, "When the Zhan guards arrive, we should be more careful. By the way, will Young Master Bai go?"

Bai Yutang shook his head slightly, "I'm going to the Iron Head Sect tomorrow afternoon to mourn. I'll rush over there as soon as I'm done. But there's still no way to go. Let's keep an eye on it with Shadow Guard in the dark."

"That's it..." Bao Zheng nodded, and told Bai Yutang to be careful.

"Oh, I don't know what the hell is going on. Now it's time for the Jade Appreciation Conference, and it's going to be the autumn test soon. So many troubles have been caused. It's really not worrying."

"Oh, that's right!" Zhan Zhao heard about Qiu Shi, and suddenly remembered that there was still something to do, so he took out the letter Bao Yan addressed to him from his bosom, and handed it to Bao Zheng, "A girl The ghosts are left to the adults."

Bao Zheng held the letter and looked at Zhan Zhao, "What?"

"Uh... It is said that a female ghost named Wumei gave it to the lord." Zhan Zhao faltered.

Bai Yutang shook his head aside, Zhan Zhao knows everything, but he can't lie!

"What kind of female ghost?" Bao Zheng asked, "Who asked you to bring it to the government?"

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao opened his mouth, "Female ghost."

"What kind of female ghost?" Bao Zheng nodded, he knew it was a female ghost, but Zhan Zhao made it clear.

"I do not know."

Bao Zheng opened his mouth and looked at Zhan Zhao, "Who gave you the letter?"

Zhan Zhao felt it thoroughly, and said vaguely, "Oh, a female ghost gave it to a person, and then that person gave it to me."

"Where's that person?" Bao Zheng understood it, and asked.

"That person..." Zhan Zhao muttered, "Go away."

"Gone?" Bao Zheng looked at Zhan Zhao suspiciously, "What's his name?"

Zhan Zhao touched his chin.

Bao Zheng took two steps on the spot, looked at the envelope in his hand, and asked, "Where did that person give you this letter?"

Zhan Zhao thought about it again, "On Kaifeng Street."

Bao Zheng smiled while holding the letter, and nodded, "It's going to be a big exam in a while..."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, and a flash of surprise flashed across Zhan Zhao's face.

Bao Zheng took a deep breath, put the letter on the table, and called Wang Chao Mahan, "Go to Fangyue Tower and watch it. If you see Bao Yan, come here to see me!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang shrank their necks in shock, "My lord... how do you know?"

The two of them were puzzled, Mr. Bao is too shrewd... How did he guess that it was Bao Yan who came, and that he was at Fangyue Inn?Could it be that I just ran into it?No way... Bao Yan should have been listening to the piano in the piano pavilion.

Bao Zheng handed another letter from the desk to the two, and saw that the letter was Mrs. Bao, Mrs. Dong.

The handwriting of the letter is neat, the font is beautiful, and the writing is very simple.

Mrs. Dong would often write to ask how Bao Zheng was doing, and then tell him about his family, how Bao Yan was doing with his studies, and whether he had caused any trouble.

The letter said that Bao Yan went on a long trip half a month ago. He said he was looking for a classmate, and it was probably because the days were about the same, so he quietly came to Kaifeng for the autumn exam.

Mrs. Dong reckoned that he would live in an inn near Kaifeng Mansion, so that he could wander around the streets while Mr. Bao was in court and promoted.

In the end, the wife discussed with Bao Zheng that this child has a temper like yours and is easy to cause trouble, so he should be arrested in Kaifeng Mansion. If he really wants to take the exam, don't stop him, let him try.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's eyes widened as they watched, secretly admiring—the madam is indeed enlightened!Bao Yan was literally holding it in her hand!

"There is only Fangyue Inn near Kaifeng Mansion." Bao Zheng sighed and asked the two of them, "How many times have you seen him? Did he cause any trouble?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and had no choice but to tell everything about today's event and the letter handed in that day.

"Sigh." Bao Zheng shook his head and sighed, read the letter for a long time without opening it, and put it on the desk, "I have to find something for him to do, see if he can be an official, and then decide whether to accept it or not." Allow him to take the exam." After finishing speaking, he walked around the room with his hands behind his back, "Gongsun seems to have noticed something strange about the pine ointment, and went to the street to find medicinal materials. The Ninth Prince will be back soon, you two go to see Pang Yu first. On the other side, how is the memory going? He was hunted down, whether he has something to do with that Qin Ji, we have to study it."

"Oh!" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang remembered that someone had killed Pang Yu.

Walking out of Bao Zheng's study, the two couldn't help sighing—as expected, they had returned to Kaifeng Mansion, and there were a lot of things going around.

At this time, on the streets of Kaifeng Mansion.

"Oh, Mr. Gongsun is back!"

"Sir, my daughter-in-law is not feeling well recently, when will you go back to the medicine soup for consultation?"

"Little four, come and give Auntie a smile."

"Give you candy..."

On Kaifeng Mansion Street, Gongsun took the fourth son and Xiao Liang to the medicine shop to mix spices, greeting people along the way.

The fourth son hadn't returned to Kaifeng for a long time, he ran around holding Xiao Liang's hand, followed by rocks and scissors.

Gongsun found a few spices to feed, but there was nothing—this is a bit weird, the shopkeeper said that they had bought them out a few days ago, and asked who it was, but no one knew!

Gongsun and the shopkeeper were talking in the pharmacy, while the fourth son was sitting on the back of a stone, waiting at the door, while Xiao Liang was buying candied haws for him.

At this time, the fourth son saw a handsome scholar running over with a little book boy, staring at the rock and scissors.

"Is this the clawed civet from the Xixia sandy land?" The scholar looked at the stone in surprise, "There really is such a fetish!"

"You know the clawed civet." The fourth son smiled at the scholar, "You are a scholar, very few people in the Central Plains know."

The scholar looked at the book boy next to him, and the book boy also thought that the doll on the clawed fox's back was so pretty, so he smiled and leaned over, "Little baby, where is your adult? Why are you sitting here alone?"

"Daddy is inside." The fourth son replied honestly, and found that the two did not know him, they should be foreigners, and they had just arrived in Kaifeng Mansion not long ago.

"Jin'er." Xiao Liang ran back, handed the candied haws he liked to the fourth son, and looked at the scholar Shutong.

This scholar is none other than Bao Yan.He listened to Mrs. Luo Xin playing the piano in the Qin Pavilion, and he only thought that her piano skills should be good, but after seeing Bai Yutang, he lost his mind. It seemed that he had something on his mind. The playing of the piano made people feel very depressed, so he didn't want to listen to it. Yes, and walked out with Bao Yan.

I figured it was time to go back to the inn to study, so I walked back.Just passing by the pharmacy, attracted by the clawed civet, he came up to chat with the fourth son.

The fourth son was eating candied haws. Seeing that Gongsun hadn't come out yet, he asked Bao Yan, "Who is the older sister behind you? Is it not cold if you wear so little?"

Bao Yan was taken aback and looked back.

Bao Fu also looked back, puzzled, "What sister?"

The fourth son blinked, "Eh? I hid in the alley, a thin sister in white clothes."

When Bao Yan and Bao Fu heard this, they felt cold on the back of their necks, "Huh?"

The two looked into the alley at the same time, but the alley was empty. Is there anyone there?

"She obviously followed you just now." The fourth son whispered while eating candied haws, "Floating around like ghosts."

"Heh..." Both Bao Yan and Bao Fu took a deep breath, and Bao Fu hurriedly hid behind Bao Yan, "Master, is it that the female ghost came to us last time? I told you not to provoke that kind something!"

"Don't...don't talk nonsense, where did the ghost come from in the world!" Bao Yan squinted his eyes and looked at the fourth son, "Kid, are you bluffing me?"

The fourth son rubbed against Xiao Liang, "Fierce."

Xiao Liang smiled, and said to Bao Yan, "There was indeed a woman following you just now, but she should not be floating, she is light-hearted. She looks a little scary, pale and pale, I saw it when I was buying candied haws, and ran back to her Just got into the alley, Jin'er is not lying."

Bao Yan immediately opened his mouth - can't it be that Fifth Sister? !

"Little four."

At this time, Gongsun walked out quickly, holding a few prescriptions in his hand, "Let's go back, it will take three days to pick up the order."

Bao Yan looked at Gongsun and admired the case, oh, what a handsome scholar, he is very knowledgeable at first glance.

"Oh." The fourth son waved to Bao Yan and the others, and went back with Gongsun.

After the person left, Bao Fuke became nervous. He pulled Bao Yan and said, "Master, that female ghost must have no good intentions following us. Be careful that she suddenly enters our room at night to suck our yang energy!"

Bao Yan was also a little hairy, and with a tsk, he bravely pulled Bao Fu and ran to the inn... It's a pity that Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, who were guarding there, caught him as soon as he arrived at the door of the inn, and slipped back to Kaifeng The mansion is here, and it is handed over to Mr. Bao.

Mr. Bao took a look at Bao Yan, who was drooping his head at the beginning of the year, and led him into the house.

Pang Ji happened to see it, and he clicked his tongue twice——Oh, Bao Zheng's son looks good!But why so white?

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are drinking tea in the courtyard at this time.

Pang Yu sat aside, reading what he wrote one by one, the itinerary of the previous month.For example, on the fifteenth day of last month, he went to a painting boat, or on the first day of this month, he went hunting in the paddock.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang yawned when they heard it, while Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang helped him watch.For Pang Yu's safety, Taishi Pang forced him to write all night. He also gathered all the family members of Pang's mansion to write together, and wrote a thick pile of Pang Yu's itinerary.Although he has indeed improved, his temper is still extroverted, running around all day long, and he can't stay idle.

"Where is Pinewood Workshop?" Zhan Zhao suddenly found an unfamiliar place among many places, and asked Pang Yu, "A place that sells pine cones." Pang Yu replied, "I raised a green-billed old man, I like to eat pine nuts."

"Bird..." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Little Fatty, do you also like to eat that spicy duck neck?" Seeing a piece of paper with "Spicy Cat Duck Neck Shop", the fourth son wrinkled his nose and asked, "That's so spicy! "

Ziying coaxed him to eat one this morning, and it was so spicy that he drank two tea bowls of water.The little tongue is still sticking out, but it is still hot, and the mouth is still numb after slapping it for a long time.

"Oh, I seem to have eaten that duck neck somewhere before, but I can't remember it." Pang Yu said indifferently, "Speaking of which, I had a few arguments with the people in the shop that day, and it was at the door of the duck neck shop. .”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and asked him together, "What's the matter with you and the people in the shop?"

"Oh... the shop owner said that it is the only one. There is no second such taste in the world, but I have it! And I ate it when I was a child, but I can’t remember it. I was too spicy back then, so I remember it. very clear!"

"Where did you eat it?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked.

"Hmm..." Pang Yu thought for a long time, "I only remember that I ate it when I was a child, because my sister likes spicy food very much, so maybe Dad bought it for her from somewhere."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang thought about it, and it seemed unreasonable to kill people just because Pang Yu said that people were not the first, so they looked at other things.

Gongsun took a duck neck from Ziying and tasted it, "Mmm...it's really very spicy!"

Seeing that Gongsun had eaten two and wanted to eat the third, Zhan Zhao felt his throat tighten, and had the urge to help him drink two more sips of water.

Bai Yutang didn't seem to be too afraid of the spiciness, so he took one to eat, carefully discerning the spiciness, it was indeed special.

"Ok?"

Just after taking a sip of water, Zhan Zhao suddenly froze, and leaned over to sniff Bai Yutang's mouth.

Bai Yutang looked at him in embarrassment, while the fourth son stood on the stool beside Zhan Zhao with sparkling eyes, watching.

"Cat..." Bai Yutang wanted to lean back, but Zhan Zhao held his face in his hands, "Don't move!" He leaned over and asked seriously.

Seeing that the two were going back and forth without bumping into each other, the fourth son was a little anxious, so he rushed forward and gave Zhan Zhao a push.

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