chivalrous cat and righteous mouse

The owner of the tea house must have an unusual status if he can come out to deliver it in person.

The young man walked in front, went out of the gate, turned around and hugged Bai Yutang's wrists, "Cousin Yu, please stop, I'll take my leave now." Bai Yutang stopped, put his hands behind his back, nodded, and then watched him turn and leave.

When the man walked away, Bai Yutang raised the corners of his mouth, still put his hands behind his back, took a few steps forward, and said to the air, "Nobody here is playing peek-a-boo with you, come out."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose, knowing that he had sensed his breath, so he pursed his mouth and reluctantly jumped off the roof.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, feeling slightly happy in his heart. He raised his eyebrows at Zhan Zhao, and said, "What? Missing Grandpa Bai?"

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Your Excellency has something to ask you, let Zhan take a look at Brother Bai's personal affairs."

Bai Yutang shrugged, "I just finished it, didn't you see it?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "That's great, let's go, I'll tell you what happened today on the way."

Bai Yutang thought for a while, and followed Zhan Zhao, "Forget it, Bai also has something to ask Mr. Gongsun."

***

On the other side, Bao Zheng was curious because he had a bold guess from Gongsun. He looked at Gongsun Ce's energetic eyes and asked, "I don't know what kind of guess Mr. Gongsun has, so you might as well tell it."

Gongsun Ce looked away from the grave, and bowed to Bao Zheng, "My lord, what the students want to say is just their own guesswork and has no actual basis. If what you say is wrong, please don't blame me."

Bao Zheng bowed his hands, "It's easy to say, please tell me, sir."

Gongsun Ce responded yes, and then stepped closer to Bao Zheng before saying, "My lord, do you think this tomb is a wild tomb or a tomb whose identity cannot be clearly stated?" He paused, but before Bao Zheng could answer, "This forest seems to be There are many hidden secrets. If it is a wild tomb, it is impossible for someone to come to clean it and pay homage. If weeds are overgrown, wouldn’t it be possible to hide those secrets? This is not the only tomb, and if there are no other tombs as well The inscription on the stele, isn’t it too strange, is it too eye-catching? Someone chooses to be buried in such an important place, and they often come to clean it, unless..."

"Mr. Gongsun wants to say..." Bao Zheng's eyes flashed, he closed his mouth immediately, stroked his beard and nodded, "If that's the case, it's easy to handle. Right now, we'll wait for Young Master Bai to come and see if we can open the hole in that hole." Organ, the government always feels that there are some clues hidden behind that organ."

Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce waited for Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang at the same place, but they didn't find a small figure squatting behind a tree not far away, hiding his figure with messy weeds, and stretched out his ears to listen to their words.

***

On the way, Zhan Zhao told him everything that happened during Bai Yutang's absence. Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows after hearing this, "It's really strange to say that."

Zhan Zhao looked at him, "Brother Bai, what are you talking about?"

"The reason why we entered that giant Buddha's secret passage last night was entirely because of that mysterious man's aura." He glanced at Zhan Zhao beside him, saw him nodding to himself and said, "We learned that the walls are poisonous in the secret passage. Because someone secretly threw a silver needle and hit it on the top of the stone wall."

"Later at the fork in the road, it was the mysterious man who appeared again that made us chase him out of the secret road, and we learned that the secret road was connected to the forest." Zhan Zhao seemed to understand.

"That's right, it seems that someone has already arranged everything in the dark, and just waited for our appearance to finish the show. He is so sure that we will go to the ruined temple, because..."

"Little Tian!" Zhan Zhao couldn't help blurting out.

Bai Yutang nodded, "This doll is indeed extraordinary, but it's hard to guess what his intentions are."

Zhan Zhao couldn't accept it. In his heart, Xiaotian was just a child. Although he had lied to him about his life experience, in his opinion, those might be a manifestation of self-protection. After all, he was reduced to a child at such a young age. Beggars, shuttling through the streets and alleys, live a life of hunger and fullness.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao was sullen and stopped talking, Bai Yutang raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder to express his comfort.

Zhan Zhao looked at him, and smiled slightly, "By the way, what did you say you wanted to ask Mr. Gongsun?"

Bai Yutang's hand on his shoulder slowly fell, his face was a bit unnatural, but it was only fleeting, "Bai just met an old friend, this person knows a thing or two about poison, so... "

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "So?"

Bai Yutang rubbed his nose, "Ahem, he said that he had heard rumors that in ancient times, a certain ethnic minority specially studied a strange poison in order to make the captured slaves obedient and serve them. This poison is similar to what we often say Seven insects and seven grasses, people who take the poison will be lethargic for the first three days. On the fourth day, the toxin has spread to the brain, and the nerves in the brain will be paralyzed. They make a fuss like crazy, on the sixth day they will calm down, but their brains are no longer under their own control, and after seven days they will become idiots, as heartless and thoughtless as real slaves."

"What? You mean..." Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of the three yamen servants, he stood still, his hand holding the sword tightened, "Impossible, it's said to be ancient legends, and it's from a foreign race far away. How could the yamen servants be stained with that kind of thing?"

"We don't know what kind of poison it is now." Bai Yutang shrugged, "However, the man also said that if you want to cure this kind of poison, you must use the method of attacking poison with poison, and the medicine used for attacking poison will usually be crushed." Fumigated for several days, and then made into something that no one can imagine."

"What is it?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang stopped, turned his head to look at him, moved his lips and teeth slightly, and only said two words, "Yaobi."

plot

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rushed to the dense forest to join Bao Zheng, the government servants had already found three other tombs with the help of Zhan Yitian. Similarly, the wooden signs in front of these three tombs were also empty, with half a word missing. No.

Bao Zheng had seen the third tomb, and heard that Bai Yutang had come with Zhan Zhao, so he ordered the two of them to come over, and also came to see this wordless tomb.

"Hey, it looks like there are overgrown grasses in this dense forest, but the surrounding area of ​​this tomb is clean and decent." Zhan Zhao carefully discovered the problem after just looking at it.

Bai Yutang walked to the tomb, glanced at the wooden plaque standing in front of him, then hugged his chest and turned his head to one side, "It's just that the people who sacrificed and sweeped must not often live here, otherwise why would the wooden plaque be destroyed by the rain?" It doesn’t change even if it looks like this.”

Bao Zheng listened, and chuckled, "What Bai Shaoxia said is true, but the person who sacrificed the sweeper did not live here, but he must have stayed here. Ma Han just discovered a cave, and I believe that the guard Zhan has already told you the situation Yes." He turned his head to look at Zhan Zhao, seeing the latter nod, confirming his statement, and then continued, "The end of the cave is a dead end, but we all think there must be other passages, so we can continue on. The government knows that Young Master Bai is good at traps, so he asked the guards to bring you here, and I want you to open the traps so that we can investigate further."

Bai Yutang rolled his eyes and thought for a while, "Okay, but I only want to go with Zhan Zhao. Where there are institutions, there are traps. It's not safe to take adults with you. Besides, if you go too many people, you will startle the snake."

Bao Zheng considered Bai Yutang's words for a while, and felt that they made sense.I don't know martial arts, so I get in the way in the cave full of traps, so it's better to hand it over to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, just as I'm going to interrogate those people in the county government. "Forget it, then the mansion will go back to the county government first, and the task of investigating the cave will be handed over to Zhan Huwei and Bai Shaoxia." After speaking, Bao Zheng ordered a few government officials to stay and continue the search, and the others followed him back.

Bai Yutang saw Bao Zheng walking away and pulled Zhan Zhao's sleeve, "Let's go!"

Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "Why go?"

Bai Yutang only threw him two words - "Eat."

***

After a short walk out of the dense forest, you can see a street. This street is not as full of restaurants and bars as in the bustling area. The two of them searched for a long time and only found a shop called "Manxiangguan".In the restaurant, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sat opposite each other.Not to mention, although the shop is not big, the dishes are not simple. Zhan Zhao picked up a piece of pigeon and asked Bai Yutang, "Didn't Brother Bai want to ask Mr. Gongsun about Yaobi, why didn't you mention it?"

"No hurry." Bai Yutang tore off a duck leg, gnawed a bite, and frowned—it was so hard.

Zhan Zhao thought it was funny seeing him, picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks, removed the thorns, and then sent it to the other party's bowl. "Brother Bai, why did you declare to the lord that you and I must enter the cave before we are willing to assist in opening the mechanism?"

"I didn't say it was dangerous." Bai Yutang picked up the fish in the bowl and threw it into his mouth without thinking, his brows stretched -- delicious.

Zhan Zhao put down his chopsticks, picked up a shrimp from the side and peeled it, and then threw it into Bai Yutang's bowl after peeling it twice, "Then who is that girl that brother Bai just saw?"

"That's..." Bai Yutang picked up the shrimp and was about to say it, but suddenly felt something was wrong, paused, and raised his head, "How do you know it's a girl?" After hesitating, he still put the shrimp into his mouth with a satisfied face—— The cat is really comfortable to serve.

Zhan Zhao took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, then put the handkerchief aside, "How can I say that Zhan has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he can always tell whether he is a man or a woman." He scooped up a spoonful of soup and blew Blow it, drink it, "Brother Bai hasn't answered me yet."

"Who told you and why?" Bai Yutang turned his head and raised his handsome face, "Grandpa Bai told you not long ago that it was a private matter, so why should you