long moon smiles in the sky

This meal made Xia Guodong feel awkward, but Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang ate, drank and quarreled, and were in a good mood.

In the end, when they were full of food and drink, the three of them said goodbye, Xia Guodong went back to the Jinting Inn, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked back while eating and drinking.

"Mao'er, then Xia Guodong is really deflated now." Bai Yutang said with a smile.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Xia Guodong must have realized that Mr. Bao and Liu Shangshu invited him here because they doubted his identity, so they came here to play tricks, and if they couldn't hide it, they turned the blame on others. Thus provoking disputes, judging from his performance, he should be trying to blame the Liao country."

"But this time it's my wife's loss and my army." Bai Yutang stretched his waist, and said, "I just don't know if he has anything to do with Mohua Palace, or what kind of evil Buddha."

"Speaking of which, it's thanks to you picking up a token and coming back this time, and Xia Guodong was caught off guard." Zhan Zhao said to Bai Yutang, "Otherwise, once he is ready, he doesn't know what to do. What a mess."

The two walked while talking, and when they reached the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, they saw two people walking out slowly.

"Third Brother and Fourth Brother?" Bai Yutang called out, "Why are you here?"

Before Xu Qing could speak, he heard Jiang Ping say, "Old Wu, look at what you're asking. Going to Kaifeng isn't going to your house. Why are you here?"

Bai Yutang, who was speaking in one sentence, opened his mouth and was speechless. Zhan Zhao laughed at the side and helped him divert the topic, "Why are the third and fourth brothers here?"

"Come to see Lao Wu." Jiang Ping smiled and said, "I didn't find anyone, so I talked with Mr. Bao for a while."

"Is something wrong?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Fifth." Xu Qing asked in a loud voice, "Our elder brother said that there was something wrong on the island, and that unlucky Luo Changfeng died for no apparent reason, and he would be depressed if he stayed here, so he wants to go back to the island first, why do you Sample?"

As soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looking at Zhan Zhao, Zhan Zhao also raised his eyes to look at him, both sides looked at each other, and turned their eyes to look elsewhere.

Xu Qing looked at the two of them and thought it was weird, scratched his head and didn't know what it meant.

Jiang Ping smiled and said, "Yutang, brother said that Luo Changfeng can be regarded as friends, and now he died a miserable death, so he asked you to stay and help Zhan Xiaomao investigate the case."

The corners of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "Brother wants me to stay, so I'll just reluctantly stay." Saying this, he looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao also smiled, and said to Jiang Ping and Xu Qing, "I'll see you off."

"Oh, no need." Jiang Ping waved his feather fan and looked at Zhan Zhao with a smile, "Our brothers, after leaving the empty island, the road to Kaifeng Mansion is the most familiar." After finishing speaking, he looked at Bai Yutang again, "Right? Fifth, remember coming back at the end of the year to celebrate the New Year." After speaking, he and Xu Qing walked away with a smile.

The corner of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched, and he looked back at Zhan Zhao, who walked forward with a smile, "You know the way, don't you, go to your study."

Bai Yutang entered the door, grinding his teeth, "Dead cat, dare to taunt grandpa."

The two went into Bao Zheng's study and talked about the invitation to Xia Guodong for dinner this afternoon. Bai Yutang held a teacup and chatted with Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce from evening till dark. Great strategy.

After leaving the study, Gongsun Ce said to the two of them, "The reply letter from the Privy Council has come, let us go to the autopsy tomorrow and we can interrogate the two prisoners, do you want to go with me?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and nodded.

That night, Bai Yutang didn't sleep in the guest room, but squeezed into Zhan Zhao's room, sitting under the lamp, writing and drawing, not knowing what he was busy with.Zhan Zhao first leaned on the bed to read the file, and finally got really curious, so he leaned over to have a look, and saw that Bai Yutang was drawing some boxes, nails, wood and so on.

"Yutang, what are you busy with?" Zhan Zhao curiously picked up the blueprint that Bai Yutang had drawn and looked at it.

"It's a boat." Bai Yutang said, "Big boats are too stupid. Recently, there are too many boats in the waterway around the empty island. They are all big boats, and they can't get through when they are crowded together. I want to build a few smaller, lighter and faster boats, so that things can be done more conveniently." .”

Zhan Zhao is happy, why do you need a boat in terms of lightness?Wouldn't it be enough to just push the fourth brother into the water?

Bai Yutang was also happy, finished the last few strokes, crossed his legs and proudly showed Zhan Zhao the blueprint, "How is it?"

Zhan Zhao took those blueprints and looked at them, then nodded, "Yeah, handsome."

Bai Yutang stretched his waist, looked around, and said, "I ate too much that meal just now, and I'm overwhelmed, cat, let's go and digest."

"Where to eat?" Zhan Zhao glanced at him, "Do you have another plan?"

Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow at Zhan Zhao with a smile, "Let's go to the Jinting Station for a stroll."

"That's right." Zhan Zhao nodded ponderingly, "Then Xia Guodong probably will make some moves after eating today."

After the discussion was made, the two blew out the lights and went out with their swords in hand.

The streets of Kaifeng Mansion were still so lively, the two walked forward side by side, turned a few corners to the vicinity of the Jinting Posthouse, looked up and were taken aback—how come so many officers and soldiers surrounded the front of the posthouse, as if out of business? Like something.

"What happened?" Zhan Zhao ran forward and asked a guard.

"Ah, Mr. Zhan, it's good if you're here, something strange happened." The guard whispered, "He's dead."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, both had a bad feeling, and asked, "Who is dead?"

"It's Xia Guodong Xia Zongbing." The guard replied.

"What?!" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang became anxious when they heard this, and asked the guard, "How did the good guy die? Was he killed or something else?"

"No..." the guard whispered, "Suddenly Zongbing Xia caught fire, and the fire was still burning from his mouth, which is scary."

"Nonsense." Bai Yutang frowned, "How is this possible? It's just nonsense."

"Uh...it's true." Xiao Bing shrugged helplessly, "If you don't believe me, ask the captain."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao exchanged glances, separated from the generals, and walked quickly into the post house.

The post house is an important place in Kaifeng. It is generally used to house foreign envoys or officials who come to Beijing to receive rewards from the emperor. There are special defenders in charge of guarding, and there is also a rotating post post captain in charge of guarding.There was such a big mess all of a sudden, the captain Kong Hua who was in charge of guarding today was so anxious that he turned around.Seeing Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang come in, Kong Hua opened his eyes wide, "Zhan... Zhan's guard?"

Zhan Zhao looked around and asked, "Where's the person?"

"It's...inside." Kong Hua led Zhan Zhao and the others into the house tremblingly, and Zhan Zhao asked, "How long have you been dead? Why don't you go to Kaifeng Mansion to report the crime?"

"Dead... It took about half a stick of incense to die... We were all dumbfounded. We just thought of sending someone to Kaifeng Mansion to deliver a letter." Kong Hua was so frightened that his face was as white as a sheet of paper, and said, "Master Zhan, take a look, this dead man It's too weird."

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived in the room, they saw a dead body lying flat on the ground in the middle of the room. The clothes on the body of the body were intact, but the body itself was burnt black, and the mouth was still open. The burn was so severe that it was impossible to recognize the face.

Zhan Zhao frowned and knelt down, while watching, he said to Kong Hua, "Send someone to Kaifeng Mansion to report the case, and invite Mr. Gongsun."

"Oh, good." Kong Hua hurriedly ordered people to go to work.

Bai Yutang also squatted down, inspected the corpse carefully, and gently opened the sleeves of his clothes, "Cat." Bai Yutang couldn't help calling out.

Zhan Zhao went over to take a look, and saw that the hands and arms of the corpse were charred black, but the clothes were intact.

"Is this the one you wore when you had dinner with us?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang frowned and nodded, and said to himself, "Even if a person wears it after death, it's a bit outrageous. How can a person burn like this while wearing clothes?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, looked at the people next to him, leaned closer to Bai Yutang, and whispered in his ear, "Just died like this, the clue is broken."

Bai Yutang thought for a while and asked, "You mean, since his identity was exposed, that means Xia Guodong's identity is useless, so he simply died and left us with an unsolved case?"

"I'll bet on a pot of wine, he's guaranteed not to be Xia Guodong." Zhan Zhao said a little annoyed, "It was fine when we broke up, but I don't want to say if I die, I still light it myself."

"Could it be that you've eaten a fire?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, and was stared back, "Are you still in the mood to joke?!"

Bai Yutang shrugged, raised his head and asked Kong Hua who was still walking around at the door, "How many people saw him die?"

Kong Hua walked in and said, "I've seen it all."

"What?" Zhan Zhao was even more surprised.

"The window of Mr. Xia's room was open." Kong Hua thought for a while, then slowly recalled, "Then the light suddenly went out, and in the darkness, we saw a sudden flash of light, and then we saw his whole body lit up. When the fire broke out, we were all frightened and stupid, so we hurried up to see that the door of his room was locked, we broke open the door and came in, and saw him lying on the ground like this.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned upon hearing this, and looked at each other, thinking that this was all evil.

The two stood up and looked around the room, but found nothing unusual. Zhan Zhao asked, "He still has a lieutenant, right?"

"Scared." Kong Hua shook his head. "His room is opposite Mr. Xia's window. The two windows can see the other's room, which is convenient for him to guard. He was the first one to fly into the window... Then when we came up, we knocked on the door first. We thought he would open the door for us. Unexpectedly, no one came after taking pictures for a long time. Finally, we knocked on the door, only to find that we fainted from fright.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were even more surprised, "A military commander is so timid, how could he faint from fright?!"

Kong Hua didn't have the heart to worry about this right now, so he just asked Zhan Zhao, "I said Guard Zhan, you can testify to me, this matter has nothing to do with me, I won't be dismissed because of this kind of thing, right? "

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are both upset and confused now, what kind of medicine is sold in Xia Guodong's gourd.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps on the stairs. Gongsun came with Wang Chao Mahan, and even Bao Zheng followed. Gongsun glanced at the corpse and was taken aback. He took a few steps to take a closer look, shaking He kept shouting, "How is it possible?!"