Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

After hearing Lei Buzhi's words, Bai Yutang immediately went to Yan Shu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to find the file on the disappearance of six boys in Deping County.Sure enough, the name Qian Shi was found in the testimony recorded in the file. The file described that he was a foreigner who came to Deping County to visit friends. He had witnessed six boys go to the hillside outside the city before they disappeared.

This is a key testimony, and because of his testimony, the county magistrate of Deping County led all the strong men in Deping County up the mountain to search for three days and three nights.

"If Qian Shizhen was suspected of abducting people, then his testimony at that time is likely to be false. When all the manpower is on the mountain, the six boys can be easily transported away without being known." Bai Yutang said. It was Zhao Hanyan's idea.

Bao Zheng frowned, "This case should not be underestimated, the reason behind it is very intriguing. Besides, what reason made him dare to come to Kaifeng Mansion to seek favors a few days ago, it must not be simple."

"After all, they are connected by blood. Could it be that he really wants to kill his own niece?" Gongsun Ce sighed in surprise.

"Lan'er and Susu are both about the same age, and they can't speak. If this person fails, then find another person, then the business he takes is sure to succeed." Zhan Zhao frowned, feeling sorry for Qian Qian Susu, the child who was kidnapped by the stone.

"Find out why he attacked the dumb girl, and the case will be solved." Bai Yutang, who had been standing quietly in the corner, suddenly interjected.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Yes, finding out the motive is not far from solving the case." Zhao Hanyan sighed, "But the motive is not easy to find out."

Bao Zheng asked Zhao Hanyan: "How does little brother Zhao judge Qian Shi?"

Zhao Hanyan: "He has three sons who died young, which makes me very curious. I think this place can be investigated deeply."

Bao Zheng asked Zhao Hanyan in surprise: "Could it be that little brother Zhao thinks that the three children are not dead, but also 'abducted' by him?"

"Qian Shi even dared to touch his own niece. He is already inhumane. Otherwise, it would be too coincidental. He happened to be a kidnapper, and he didn't survive three consecutive children. I heard Brother Bai said that Wangyouge likes it. When it comes to recruiting dumb children to train as killers, sometimes they can’t find so many dumbs, so the kidnappers find a few dumb ones and send them over. Will Qian Shi really take his own children to make up the number?” Zhao Hanyan speculated.

"This...it's too cruel to make your own child dumb and become a killer." Gongsun Ce couldn't believe it.

Zhan Zhao also had some difficulty digesting this 'deliberation'.

"It doesn't mean that he must be sent to be a mute. If he is a kidnapper, he must receive a variety of businesses. For example, there are some families who have no children and want to ask for a son to inherit the family business, or the main wife can't have a son and want to change a son. To keep his position. What if he thinks that sending his son there will be both cheap and good for him?" Zhao Hanyan asked back.

"That makes some sense." Gongsun Ce twirled his beard and nodded, "But whether it's true or not, we still need to send someone to Chenzhou, and only after careful questioning of Qian Shi's family can we find out."

Zhao Hanyan responded: "If Qian Shi really did these things, there must be traces to follow. If the three children were originally healthy, but died suddenly, and no one saw the body after death, then there would be a problem."

Zhao Hu quickly said that he would take someone on a trip in person.

Bao Zheng agreed, and added: "I remember you said earlier that Qian Shi's old mother went to live with her daughter because of Qian Shi's unfilial piety. It would be best to meet Qian Shi's mother and younger sister, and ask them about Qian Shi. What is Shi's character?"

Zhao Hu promised that he would not delay at all after asking for orders, and immediately resigned to clean up briefly, and took his subordinates straight to Chenzhou to investigate the truth.

Gongsun Ce picked up the teacup, but couldn't drink it with a little worry.

Bao Zheng saw Gongsun Ce's strange behavior and asked him what's wrong.

Gongsun Ce: "I just hope this is just an ordinary kidnapping case and don't bring up anything else."

"Mr. Gongsun, don't worry too much." Bao Zheng reassured, "However, Bao feels that the big case is better, which is our good fortune. If one crime is eliminated, one less crime will be eliminated, and more people will be blessed. An official who only lives a peaceful life on the surface but ignores the dirt in the dark is a dereliction of duty as an official.”

"Master Bao has profound insights, and the students are educated." After Gongsun Ce was pointed out, he immediately understood, and quickly thanked Bao Zheng.

"It is a blessing for the common people to have such a good official as your lord." Zhao Hanyan followed suit, and this time she was not flattering, she wanted to say this from the bottom of her heart.

After coming out of Sansi Hall, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao came out one after the other, following Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan felt the sound of footsteps behind him, looked back at the two of them, and was stunned, "What's the matter?"

Bai Yutang: "I want to ask you about the kidnapper case. Dumb little girl, who do you think would want this kind of child, and what kind of temptation conditions did you propose, so that an experienced kidnapper like Qian Shi dared to take risks to deal with the officials? .”

"If my previous deduction is correct, and Qian Shi sent his three sons to a relatively better place, then he took Lan'er this time, and it may be the same way. Could it be sent to do it?" Assassins and the like suffer, ten-year-old children are already grown up, and it is a bit late to practice martial arts, and to be a killer requires talent, and appearance is second. Lan Er and Su Su are both very beautiful. But the premise of these deliberations is also It's an unproven hypothesis, and it may not be accurate, so I didn't say it just now." Zhao Hanyan explained.

Bai Yutang rolled his eyes slightly, then nodded, thanking Zhao Hanyan for telling him.

Zhao Hanyan then looked at Zhan Zhao: "Brother Zhan also has something to ask me?"

"No, I'm looking for him." Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang squinted at Zhan Zhao, then turned sideways to face Zhan Zhao, waiting for his next words.

"Is it true that Wangyou Pavilion recruited mute children? If so, it may be related to this case. I have nothing to do right now, so I want to investigate first." Zhan Zhao expressed his thoughts.

"You can't find out." Bai Yutang immediately vetoed, "How long have you been away from the rivers and lakes, there is no way."

"How do you know if you don't try?" Zhan Zhaoqian smiled modestly, and asked Bai Yutang if he knew more clues about Wuyou Pavilion.

"Master Pang." Bai Yutang said.

Zhao Hanyan and Zhan Zhao were stunned at the same time, wondering why Bai Yutang directly jumped on Pang Yanqing.

"The last time I went to the Yanhuo Pavilion, I saw a treasure on the fifth floor, the Tianji Sword."

Zhan Zhao was surprised: "Which sword does Elder Huashan Zichen use? It is said that the sword is flexible and has eighteen changes. If you know how to use it, you can use that sword to win by surprise in the same situation."

"Yes." Bai Yutang said, "But Zichen died three months ago, and the sword is gone. There are rumors in the world that Zichen offended someone who shouldn't be offended, and the other party hired Wangyouge to kill him."

"Could it be that this 'person who shouldn't be offended' is Pang Yanqing? I don't think he seems like someone who can get involved in Jianghu affairs." Zhao Hanyan rubbed his chin in disbelief, thinking that there might be twists and turns in this matter.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly after listening to Zhao Hanyan's words, and then asked Zhan Zhao, "What about you?"

"I only met Pang Yanqing once. I met him at the birthday party of Minister of Rites, and we had a casual conversation. He is very humble and polite, not at all like his father. He seems to be in poor health, and occasionally coughs. He himself said that he was not in good health and needed to be recuperated in the house all day long. Apart from playing the piano and painting on weekdays, he didn't care about other things. It can be seen that the grand master and his wife love him very much. It is rare for him to be spoiled like this It's not crooked like his big brother." Zhan Zhao replied seriously.

"I've only seen it once, and you don't know if it's crooked or not." Bai Yutang raised the corners of his mouth, and said to Bai Yutang and Zhao Hanyan, "Since you both think that Pang Yanqing is a modest gentleman, it's just right, let's find an excuse to help Song Shangshu take the pomegranate Let’s go back and ask him how to explain the matter of Tianji Sword.”

"What about you?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Busy." Bai Yutang cupped his hands to the two of them, turned around and walked away.

He took away a ray of breeze, with a touch of plum fragrance.Looking at the white figure with flying ink, he is quite charming, just different from ordinary people.

Zhan Zhao smiled, and turned his head to discuss with Zhao Hanyan what to do next, when he saw Zhao Hanyan staring at Bai Yutang's back in a trance.

"What are you dazed for?"

Zhao Hanyan came back to his senses, and sighed with emotion: "I think the little mouse is angry."

"Little mouse hahahaha..." Zhan Zhao, who has always maintained a modest and gentlemanly manner, suddenly couldn't help it, but at this moment, he couldn't maintain his usual just right smile and laughed wantonly.

Zhao Hanyan took a sideways look at Zhan Zhao, "Is that funny?"

"That's right, you actually called Brother Bai a little mouse hahaha..."

"I still call you Kitten." Zhao Hanyan blinked.

Zhan Zhao stopped laughing immediately, and looked at Zhao Hanyan in a daze, now he couldn't laugh at all.kitten?The name was harmless and didn't suit him.

"Don't call it that." Zhan Zhao reminded Zhao Hanyan very seriously.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Hanyan looked at Zhan Zhao in puzzlement.

When Zhan Zhao and her looked at each other, it seemed that what they saw was the eyes of an ignorant child, which was pitiful.

"You're so smart, why don't you understand? It's not allowed to be called that." Zhan Zhao paused, and to show fairness, he kindly brought Bai Yutang along, "It's not good to call him Brother Bai like that, let's stop calling him. "

"I didn't mind at all when you called me Little Cook, but now I bring you a 'little' too, why don't you like it?" Zhao Hanyan spread his hands helplessly, "I thought we were all good brothers, and we didn't have close cousins. , nicknames must have a 'little'."

Hearing what Zhao Hanyan said, Zhan Zhao felt like he was bullying the little cook a little bit, and sighed with a smile, "Forget it, call it whatever you want."

But after saying this, Zhan Zhao saw Zhao Hanyan smiling triumphantly, and immediately regretted it, feeling as if he had just been tricked.

"Little cat hahaha..." Zhao Hanyan laughed back rudely.

Zhan Zhao resigned himself to waiting for Zhao Hanyan to finish laughing, and asked her if she had laughed enough.

Zhao Hanyan shook his head, smiled again, and found that Zhan Zhao had been staring at him, so he couldn't keep laughing, so he told Zhan Zhao to do something quickly and leave her alone.

"I'm waiting for you here because I have to do something." Zhan Zhao reminded Zhao Hanyan, "Aren't you laughing silly, have you forgotten what we said about the Tianji Sword just now?"

Zhao Hanyan came to his senses, "Brother Zhan, could it be that he wants to go to the Grand Master's Mansion to find Pang Yanqing?"

Zhan Zhao agreed, "Just now, the little mouse—no, Brother Bai's suggestion was very good. Since you and I both think that Pang Yanqing is a good person, why not take the opportunity of changing the Duo Huoqin to ask him."

"Brother Zhan just go, I won't go, I'm busy too, I have to go back to cook." Zhao Hanyan thought of how Pang Yanqing almost recognized her last time, so naturally he didn't want to go a second time.

"How can I do that? I'm not as smart as you. I'll play it by ear without you." Zhan Zhao insisted, "Besides, you need to think about the reason for returning the duohuoqin. How can you help Song Shangshu 'exonerate'? I can't."

Zhao Hanyan hesitated.

"I'm loyal enough to let you call me Kitty, why don't you help Brother Kitten?"

"Okay, okay." Zhao Hanyan rested his chin in his hand, and pondered for a while, "Now both witnesses testify against Song Shangshu at the same time, and Pang Yanqing already knew about it... By the way, after this matter is over, the housekeeper and the luthier will How to deal with it?"

"Shangshu Song gave them a sum of money to find a remote and safe place to resettle them properly." Zhan Zhao explained, "I already arranged this matter yesterday."

"Are you sure no one else knows? You are no longer in the capital?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"En." Zhan Zhao agreed.

Zhao Hanyan rolled his eyes, was silent for a while, and then said cheerfully: "That's easy, take the piano and let's go."

Half an hour later, Zhao Hanyan and Zhan Zhao appeared in the lobby on the first floor of Yanhuo Pavilion, waiting to see Pang Yanqing.

This is the first time for Zhan Zhao to come to this Yanhuo Pavilion, so he must feel something new. Looking around, he saw that all the decorations are of high value, as expected, but he still couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart.

There was a slow and soft sound of going downstairs.Zhao Hanyan and Zhan Zhao immediately stood up when they heard the sound, then looked upstairs, and saw a fair-skinned young man in a gorgeous green robe, holding on to the railing of the stairs with one hand, and with the other hand supported by his attendant Wang Chen, he was slowly going down the stairs. building.

He walked very carefully, occasionally coughing twice.Wang Chen was very focused on supporting him, for fear that Pang Yanqing might make a mistake.

After finally going downstairs, Pang Yanqing lifted his thick eyelashes and looked at Zhao Hanyan and Zhan Zhao with a smile.

"Sorry for keeping you guys waiting for so long."

"I think the third son Pang is not looking well, but the old illness has relapsed?" Zhan Zhao hurriedly saluted, and then asked.

"It's an old problem. When the seasons change, you will catch a cold. Drink a few cans of medicine and you'll be fine. Don't worry about Zhan Daxia." Pang Yanqing walked to the table and sat down. He also smiled and invited Zhan Zhao and Zhao Hanyan to sit down.

Zhan Zhao: "We came at a bad time today, disturbing Third Young Master Pang's rest."

"Is that Duohuo?" Pang Yanqing couldn't help asking when he saw Qin on Table Mountain. After he got the affirmative answer, he stretched his brows and eyes, and smiled very happily, "You guys came at the right time! Seeing the things I like come back again , I am very happy, and the disease may be cured just because of it.”

When Pang Yanqing said 'like', he deliberately glanced at Zhao Hanyan.She didn't know what she was distracted thinking, she was staring at the duohuoqin, her expression was very serious and cute.

"Thank you for helping me find the qin, but how did I find the qin in the end?" Pang Yanqing asked again.

"Brother Zhao, please explain to Third Young Master Pang what happened." Zhan Zhao saw that Zhao Hanyan was in a daze, so he deliberately turned up the volume a little.

"The piano was found from Master Liu Qin's residence." Zhao Hanyan immediately said to Pang Yanqing after regaining consciousness, "He still has a residence outside Beijing."

Pang Yanqing nodded and continued to look at Zhao Hanyan.

"The two negotiated to steal the piano together. Someone outside offered a high price of 80 taels, and they paid 15 taels first and left them outside the city."

"15 taels of silver?" Pang Yanqing asked for confirmation.

Apparently, Pang Yanqing was doubting whether the two of them could transport such a large amount of gold and silver.

"What was given was not silver, but some calligraphy and paintings by famous pearls and emeralds. They took them and disposed of them lightly and easily. The price I mentioned was based on conversion." Zhao Hanyan hastily added and explained.

Pang Yanqing looked at Zhao Hanyan with a smile, nodded and said, "What a clever idea."

"Because the person who wants the piano is someone they can't afford to offend, the two of them have already discussed that if they are caught, they will both bite Song Shangshu. In this way, there will be a way out for the Pang family, because the Pang family and Song Shangshu still have a way out." The Kaifeng Mansion has never dealt with it, so the Pang family will definitely save their lives to testify against Song Shangshu, otherwise they will die in any other situation." Zhao Hanyan continued.

"That makes sense. You are so powerful that you even got through this." The smile in Pang Yanqing's eyes grew stronger.

Zhao Hanyan: "Don't the third son wonder who is going to steal your piano?"

"I was going to ask you." Pang Yanqing said.

Zhao Hanyan: "It's Wangyou Pavilion."

"Wangyou Pavilion? I've heard of it." Pang Yanqing no longer looked into Zhao Hanyan's eyes, but lowered his eyes with a smile. "I bought two things from them recently. One is called Linglong Jade, and the other is called Tianji Sword." .”