The only honor of the water cut off

No.40 Three Sections

Zhan Zhao's sharp eyes saw Bao Zheng's figure from the gap between the corner gate and the flowers and trees, and he called out "Brother Bao" with joy. Gongsun Ce followed the sound and went down a few stone steps through the corner gate. , Gongsun Ce fell straight forward, and Xiaoman cried out in shock.

Fortunately, Bao Zheng saw him earlier, grabbed him by the arm, and said anxiously: "Gongsun, what's wrong with you?"

Gongsun Ce himself was in a cold sweat, but fortunately, the feeling of his legs disappearing was only for a moment.He calmed down, and he knew clearly that the cold poison hidden in his body had already penetrated his internal organs, limbs and bones, and developed and strengthened.No matter how you take the medicine, how you inject true energy to help the blood flow, it can't stop the cold poison from spreading in an uncontrollable direction.And I am a boat in the monstrous waves, and I will be destroyed at any time.

"It's nothing, my feet slipped." Gongsun Ce's pale face and cold hands told Bao Zheng that his condition was very bad, and Bao Zheng felt anxious for a while, and said, "Gongsun, leave the next thing to me. You are sick."

Gongsun Ce smiled wryly and said: "I know my own body well, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to recover from this disease." I wanted to say that I was afraid it would never recover, but I was afraid that Bao Zheng and the others would be worried, so I choked and went back.

Zhan Zhao said: "Brother Gongsun, don't worry. As far as I know, Pang Tong has ordered his subordinates to recruit a large number of doctors from the palace and outside the palace to come to Qinzhou day and night to treat you!"

Gongsun Ce was surprised: "How could he do such a rebellious and ridiculous thing again!" Pang Tong had always acted perversely, always provoking the imperial power recklessly, and disobedience was tantamount to disobedience in the eyes of others.There was bound to be a contest between Pang Tong and the emperor, and Gongsun Ce knew it well, but sensibility and rationality were different after all, and every time he thought about it, his heart would tremble.

The little raccoon clapped his hands and said, "Brother Pang Da is good to Brother Gongsun, so I have nothing to say." The little girl spoke bluntly and frankly, drawing out from the bottom of her heart the touch that Gongsun Ce tried hard to ignore.From the beginning to the end, Pang Tong never concealed his kindness. He sighed and asked, "Bao Zheng, have you ever inquired about the whereabouts of Yuan Zhizhou?"

"Yuanzhizhou!" Bao Zheng's eyes widened, "There is no exact whereabouts. There are no dead or alive. However, it is probably related to Li Die, Ding Chou."

"We've already caught Li Die."

Bao Zheng grinned: "Very good."

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The appearance of Xiao He really calmed down Li Die's mood gradually. He took the plain noodles brought by Xiao He and carefully tasted a few, and then ate them all in one gulp. Like a crazy woman, she couldn't help feeling sorry for her, so she brought some tea and served her to drink it.

Seeing that the sun was westward, the house was full of sunlight, and no one was outside, Li Die had a glimmer of hope in her heart, she grabbed Xiao He's arm suddenly, and said anxiously: "Xiao He, let me go , I will give you all the gold, silver and jewelry of the Sang family."

Xiao He was caught by her unawares, seeing her angry face, terrified in her heart, she even forgot to save her own arm, tremblingly said: "Madam, I...I...!"

"Why make things difficult for a little girl?" Hearing someone speak, Li Die followed the prestige, and found that the visitor had a dark complexion, a crescent moon mark on his forehead, and piercing eyes.

Li Die exclaimed in shock: "I don't know anything, it was all done by Ding Chou, don't come here!"

"Mrs. Sang, you don't need to panic. I just want to know where Yuan Zhizhou has gone." It was Gongsun Ce who spoke, his face was pale and he lacked energy.

"I don't know anything!" Li Die screamed, her eyes secretly looking around, as if expecting something.

"Don't look, Ding Chou won't come to save you, he's already dead." It was Zhan Zhao who spoke, standing behind Gongsun Ce holding the Juque Sword.As soon as Zhan Zhao finished speaking, Li Die trembled visibly, and Zhan Zhao said again: "Don't believe me, he received two sword strikes and Pang Tong's two palms, I'm afraid even the god Da Luo will not be able to save him."

Li Die's breathing became extremely heavy in an instant, and it took a long time to let out a deep breath, with tears in his eyes, and after a while, he said: "I don't know anything, the last time I saw Yuan De was at the clear water pond in the garden Side." There was not so much fear in the tone in the beginning, but a little bit more determination.

Bao Zheng said: "Now the master and the young master of the Sang family are dying. Master Sang's murder is pending, and Yuan Zhizhou is missing. Everything is related to his wife. Yuan De is an imperial court official, and kidnapping an imperial court official is a capital crime. If you take him Hand it over, maybe you can make Lord Gongsun forgive me." After saying that, he winked at Gongsun Ce.

Li Die was not as calm as Bao Zheng, and shouted sharply: "The master was killed by Sang Yili, what has it to do with me! The rest of the things were done by Ding Chou, and have nothing to do with me! Now I have nowhere to go , you just put all the shit on my head, and it's a waste of the world to say that you are the most intelligent person in the Song Dynasty!"

"Oh, that's not what I meant." Bao Zheng spread his hands, "I mean, Master Sang is also your mother's family after all, don't you want to know how he died?"

"He!" Li Die paused with staring eyes, and said, "He was seduced by a female ghost!"

"Female ghost?" Zhan Zhao said, "Why do you prevaricate us with words that you don't even believe?"

Li Die said: "That "female ghost" was originally the master's adopted daughter, and she should avenge the master."

"If that's the case, why didn't she come to you, the murderer?"

"You! What exactly do you want to say?" Li Die calmed down and said, "Master Gongsun has analyzed the death of the master very thoroughly last time. It is true that the master was resting in the room, and Yi Li stabbed him to death with a hairpin while he was not there. , that kid has some kung fu!"

"I believe this. The tip of the hairpin is not sharp. It is indeed not something a woman can do to pierce a person's throat quickly and accurately."

Li Die's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt that his current situation was not as bad as he had imagined at the beginning. The few people in front of him were sour scholars who talked about reason and evidence, and now they are all dead without evidence. And if you retreat, you won't be decapitated.

Li Die wiped her tears and said: "I am also very sad about the matter of the master. In any case, there are many years of affection, but Yili is a child of my natal family, and I love him too, and that child is really cruel, threatening to kill him." Together with him, I will make the master's death look like a female ghost's life, otherwise he will take my life."

Zhan Zhao said angrily, "It's really shameless for you to say that. Do you think we don't know about the ugly things between you and Nading Chou?"

Li Die said in a sharp voice: "Young man Zhan, you have to tell the truth when you speak and do things, you can't just talk nonsense and slander people's innocence!"

Zhan Zhao was at a loss for words for a moment, Bao Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Even so, madam is a crime of covering up and conniving, and," he paused, rolled his eyes around a few times, and said sinisterly, "Now Yuan Zhizhou's whereabouts are unknown, let us assume that he is temporarily hiding, and what is his purpose of hiding? Has Madam thought about it? How did Sang Yili die, and why did he die?" Bao Zheng said, intentionally After a pause, Li Die's heart skipped a beat, and Bao Zheng continued, "Madam, why don't you help us remember more, and finally see the details of Yuan Zhizhou, such as whether he will be taken away by someone?"

"You mean Yuande killed Sang Yili?"

"Mrs. Sang, I didn't say that."

However, Li Die didn't seem to hear what he said, and only murmured to himself: "How come, Yuande is weak and doesn't know martial arts, how could he kill my nephew who knows martial arts, it must be that female ghost!" of!"

"A female ghost?" Bao Zheng turned around and looked outside the house, it was getting dark: "Then please move to Master Sang's yard, I invite everyone to watch ghosts."

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No one dared to enter Sang Yili's yard for a long time, and a damp and musty smell came over his face. It was completely dark, and there were no lights in the yard, only a crescent moon shining dimly and palely behind the clouds.

Gongsun Ce led a group of people to the yard, and specially asked Qiangzi, the servant who was the first to see the female ghost that day, to take with him.Qiangzi was young and timid, so he was naturally unwilling in every possible way, but he couldn't stand the throwing knife in Pang Tong's hand.

Li Die stared and looked around, the hairs all over her body stood on end, she didn't dare to be the first one or the last one, but Zhanzhao Xiaoli seemed to be trying to scare her, the two of them made a move to pass her Go, leaving her in the last place, Li Die had no choice but to walk with her head buried, but there was always a rustling sound in her ears, making her back feel chilly and frightened.

Unexpectedly, Pang Tong would come to join in the fun. Gongsun Ce didn't dare to show his lack of energy, and forced himself to walk halfway through the long corridor, but his feet felt weak again. Pang Tong quickly supported him, and said softly: gone?"

"It's sprained." Gongsun Ce said calmly, but he clearly saw the doubt hidden in Pang Tong's eyes. He is so smart, how could he be fooled a second time after being deceived once.

"You..." Pang Tong was about to say something, but Qiang Zi screamed, "Ghost!"

Everyone looked up, and sure enough, a white shadow suddenly appeared in the window of Sang Yili's room, and a white shadow in the shape of a human suddenly appeared on the top of the big tree facing outside the window. Under the dim moonlight, it was like a mass of white mist, which also swayed with the wind, but in an instant, the white shadow disappeared.

Everything happened in an instant, and Zhan Zhao's little raccoon was stunned. Gongsun Ce collected himself and asked, "Is this the ghost you saw that night?"

Qiangzi hugged his head, trembling with fright, repeatedly said: "Yes...yes...yes!

Pang Tong strode out of the window and picked up a long white silk from the ground. The white silk protruded from the crack of one side of the window and fell limply in the bushes.

At this time, a person suddenly turned around from behind the top of the haunted tree, and asked with a smile, "Gongsun Ce, you understand."

An indescribable joy rose in Gongsun Ce's heart. Seeing him solve the riddles again, and seeing him solve the case like a god, the upright, smart, wise and wise Bao Zheng in the past has really returned, completely and completely, as if it were fake Yes, Gongsun Ce let out a long sigh of relief.

"I think I understand, but how did he do it in the secret room?"

"Oh, Brother Bao and Gongsun, stop talking over there that we don't understand. How did you do that, that ghost just now!" Xiaoman was always very excited when Bao Zheng solved the case.

"Wait for me to come and tell you, but you have to time now to see how long it takes for me to reach you." After finishing speaking, Bao Zheng disappeared.

When it was about half a cup of tea, Bao Zheng trotted all the way to the door of Sang Yili's room. He wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "This mansion of the Sang family is really not small."

Although Qiangzi didn't understand very well, he also understood that this is a group of powerful people. To solve the mystery of the female ghost, he still had fear in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "This courtyard is built next to the Yege Forest, and the place is remote. So the mansion was built very big."

Bao Zheng nodded and said, "That's right, it's because of the forest that the terrain has ups and downs. You should look behind that haunted tree."

Zhan Zhao vaguely remembered that the last time he followed Bao Zheng to investigate here, he seemed to see a corner of the house behind the shade of the tree, scratched his head and said, "Brother Bao, there seems to be..." before Zhan Zhao could tell After that, Xiaoman shouted: "That's right, behind that is the balcony of the two-story attic where Miss Sang Jinchun lives. We slipped into it yesterday."

"I remember well." Bao Zheng said: "The height of the walls around the terrace must have been carefully designed by skilled craftsmen. You can't see the inside from the outside, but you can clearly see the outside from the terrace."

Pang Tong waved the white silk in his hand, and said, "Then, you mean that someone was wearing a white gauze at that time, holding this white silk in his hands to pretend to be a ghost?"

Bao Zheng stretched out the white silk in Pang Tong's hand and danced it. The white silk twirled in the air and then fell to the ground. From the perspective of the corridor, isn't it just the so-called white ghost in the servant's mouth? ?

"If you want to use the white silk to pretend to be a ghost, you must go up to this terrace. You only need to leave one end of the white silk on the terrace in advance, and put the other end in Master Sang's room. When the time comes, you only need to raise the white silk." , making ghost shadows flash. This courtyard is located on the highest ground in Sang Mansion, and it is a two-story pavilion. Even in sunny daytime, it is not easy to find a terrace under the shade of trees, and Sang Yili Although the day of the accident was full [-]th month, the clouds and mist were covered with moonlight. If someone stood on the wall of the terrace at such a night, from the position of the corridor here, the person seemed to be standing on the top of a tree. So, pretending to be a ghost The person only needs to dance the white silk, immediately jump up the fence and stand for a while, and then jump off the fence, it looks like the sudden appearance and disappearance of ghosts. Check what."

Pang Tong said: "If you pretend to be a ghost, I think everyone understands, but how did Sang Yili die?"