Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

"Xiao Er! Here are two bowls of mutton noodles! Others are the same"

In Kaifeng Guanqian Yujie Jiuxian Building, a loud male voice came from the window.

"Here we come! Master Bai, wait a moment!"

Xiaoer took the words and hurried to the door of the back kitchen, and shouted to the cook inside: "Two bowls of mutton noodles, meaty and salty, hurry up! Master Bai wants it from Mr. Zhan!"

After the people inside responded, Xiaoer quickly took down two jars of Chen Shao from the wine rack, took a plate of salted peanuts and cold side dishes, and went upstairs.

"Chen Shao, the privet of the second year, just arrived a few days ago, Lord Bai Zhan will take care of her."

Then he ran downstairs again.

"It's still Kaifeng's wine channel, Mao'er, I went to Qianlong Island in the East China Sea to discuss business for my elder brother, and I actually drank fruit wine there."

The one who spoke was Bai Yutang, one of the five mice in the empty island, Chinchilla.

"Qianlong Island is rich in peach blossoms, and it was originally a peach blossom wine business."

Zhan Zhao picked up one of the jars of wine, poured it into a bowl, picked up the soft boiled peanut shells with his chopsticks, took out one and was about to put it in his mouth, when Bai Yutang snatched it away.

Zhan Zhao was not annoyed, he put down his chopsticks and started peeling again.

"By the way, why don't you go back to the empty island? Is it fun to patrol the streets with me every day?"

This mouse has been entangled with him since he was named a "royal cat" by the government a few years ago. After stealing the three treasures, he even regarded Master Bao's yamen as his home.

"Brother, there's nothing left and right. I'm afraid you'll be bored. You'll be patrolling the streets all day. You'll be so lonely without Master Bai by your side."

Bai Yutang picked up the wine bowl and drank it in one gulp.Zhan Zhao peeled the peanuts quickly, and the shells of the peanuts on a plate were separated in a blink of an eye.

"Thank you so much, Master Bai." Zhan Zhao put on a smile, picked up a few peanuts and threw them at Bai Yutang's face.

"The thank you gift from Zhan, don't take it quickly."

"Try me?"

Bai Yutang stretched out his right hand, drawing a few afterimages in the air, and the moment he finished speaking, a few peanuts were firmly caught in the palm of his hand.

"Cat, don't talk nonsense with you. When I came back from Donghai, I heard that a strange case happened in Jinshui Town, Xiangzhou. The whole town was poisoned to death. The magistrate reported it to the imperial court. , it is possible to go to Kaifeng Mansion."

With the peanuts in his belly, Bai Yutang leaned forward, clenched his right hand against his face, and talked like Zhan Zhao.

"Jinshui Town? Isn't that town behind Chiren Peak in Xiangzhou? It seems to be descendants of the Miao people who were in war. How could someone go there and poison them?"

Zhan Zhao frowned, Xiangzhou is not far from Fengzhou, standing on the highest mountain in Kaifeng, you can still vaguely see the town over there.And Jinshui Town is in the middle of Kaifeng and Xiangzhou, inside the two mountains.Zhan Zhao once passed by while handling a case with Mr. Bao.The whole town is self-sufficient and almost isolated from the outside world. There is really no reason for people to be poisoned to death in such a place.

"Who knows, as long as this world exists, there will be unreasonable relationships."

Bai Yutang disagrees, unlike Zhan Zhao, he insists on black and white.Whether it is the court or the rivers and lakes, some people have struggles, some people have disasters, and there is no real justice.

"Let's wait for the news from Mr. Bao. You and I are just hearing it, so maybe there is something hidden in it."

After the mutton noodles came, Zhan Zhao took the meat in his bowl to Bai Yutang, picked up the remaining side dishes, and snorted and swept it all into his own bowl.

"That's why you might as well follow Master Bai, who will take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy food. Look at you now, you can't even afford a plate of meat."

Bai Yutang chattered while eating, and a few pieces of fat quickly went into his stomach.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but twitch his brows. Every time he invited this mouse to dinner, he kept on being meaty. This time, before entering the shop, he pulled Bai Yutang by the collar and said that if you order another table of meat, I'll mortgage you. Wash dishes in Jiuxianju.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao just bowed his head and ate his noodles, ignoring him, Bai Yutang's wine bolstered his courage, and his chopsticks sneaked into the opposite person's bowl, aiming at the sweet and sour cabbage.

With a "snap", Bai Yutang was pressed against the table with his chopsticks and hands before he could be pinched away.

After a while, Zhan Zhao picked up the noodle bowl, drank the remaining soup, and said, "Zhan thought it was the chopsticks of that thief who stole vegetables from my bowl, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Bai. I'm sorry, I've been looking at the bowl. I just noticed it now."

As he spoke, he let go of the arm that was holding Bai Yutang down.

"Cat, you're so strong, look at it, it's red." Bai Yutang raised his paw and stretched it out in front of Zhan Zhao's eyes.

"Zhanmou's family still has some gold sore medicine, brother Bai, do you want to rub some? But brother Bai is so rich that he must not look down on me for more than ten yuan."

Zhan Zhao picked up the Juque beside him, used the hilt of his sword to push away the dangling arm, and got up to leave.

"Hey! Don't rush away. The sun is so strong at noon. You can ask Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to help patrol the streets. There is no need to come out by yourself. But I said, do you want to consider helping the master? Give as much monthly money as you want."

Seeing Zhan Zhao leave the table, Bai Yutang also took Zhan Lu, thought for a while before going downstairs, and ran back to the table to take the remaining half jar of Chen Shao.

"Slow down, slow down, and there are no man-eating tigers chasing you." Turning around again, Zhan Zhao was already outside the door, and Bai Yutang flew directly from the window.

"To Zhan, Brother Bai, you are even more of a tiger." Zhan Zhao looked at the hand that was only on his shoulder speechlessly, and had no choice but to let him follow.

"Cat, I'm very sad when you say that"

Bai Yutang pretended to be sad, and covered his chest with his sword hand, "Here, I feel like I've been pricked by a needle."

"Do you want to be..."

"Master Zhan! Master Zhan!"

Before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he heard a shout from behind.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked back together, only to see the guards next to Mr. Bao running towards the statue with the saber on their backs.

"Master Zhan! Hey, I finally found you!" The guard must have been running for a long time, and when he reached Zhan Zhao, he held his waist and gasped for breath.

"Guard Wang? Is there something urgent to find Zhan?"

Generally, when Zhanzhao is patrolling the streets, he will go back at Shenshi in the afternoon, and Master Bao will ask him to go to Kaifeng Mansion after he goes back for anything.

"Bao! Master Bao! Let me find you back, saying that there is a case from Xiangzhou!"

I heard that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other tacitly.

"Yutang, come with me to Kaifeng Mansion, I'm afraid I need your help in this matter."

In Kaifeng Mansion, Master Bao was talking with Mr. Gongsun, and there was an official document in front of their desk.

"Master Zhan is here, and Mr. Bai has been gone for a long time." Seeing Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang enter the room, Mr. Gongsun stood up and cupped his hands towards Bai Yutang.

"Mr. Gongsun is safe and well. The last time I went back to the empty island, the third brother told me when I could invite you to the island." Bai Yutang put down Zhanlu and returned the gift.

Here, Zhan Zhao has already picked up the official document, and the magistrate above has written what happened after the incident, and found traces of a fight at the entrance of the town, suspecting that it was done by people from the Jianghu.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao was even more puzzled. As far as he knew, it was impossible for the townspeople of Jinshui Town to have anything to do with the Jianghu. Don't kill your son, don't kill your wife, don't kill your relatives and friends.If it weren't for the great hatred, how could it have killed hundreds of people?If there is such a big hatred, why didn't Zhan Zhao hear the rumors in Jianghu?