long moon smiles in the sky

Bao Zheng and Gongsun were discussing countermeasures when they saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rushing in. They both looked excited and anxious, one was holding Xiao Yuan and the other was holding a jade pendant.

How shrewd Bao Zheng and Gongsun are, they looked at each other and immediately understood.

Bringing the person to the table, Zhan Zhao carefully handed the jade pendant to Xiao Yuan, and asked him to press the position just now. Green eyes appeared in the jade pendant again. Gongsun opened the book of heaven and pushed it in front of Xiao Yuan's eyes. Xiao Yuan looked down, and said, "Well... it says above, the moon is full at the end of spring, and the business water is rising in Chenzhou Prefecture."

"It turns out that Chenzhou Mansion will be flooded." Bai Yutang frowned and said, "Too bad, Chenzhou Mansion is just south of Kaifeng, so close, if there is a rebellion, what should we do?"

"The moon is full at the end of spring, isn't it half a month later?!" Gongsun was anxious.

Zhan Zhao also nodded, and turned to look at Bao Zheng.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you know the time and location of the disaster!" Bao Zheng thought for a while, and said, "All of you go to the Eighth Prince's Mansion with me, you have something to do!"

Everyone looked at each other, nodded, and followed Bao Zheng to the Eight Princes' Mansion.Before leaving, Bao Zheng did not forget to find Xiao Yuan and saluted him, saying, "Young Master Xiao Yuan, this time is really thanks to you. If disaster really comes in half a month, you will be the minister who saved the country. The people of the world must thank you!"

Xiao Yuan looked at Bao Zheng stupidly, although he still seemed to understand, but what Bao Zheng meant was that he did the right thing, did he help?Xiao Yuan immediately became happy.

Afterwards, everyone arrived at the Eighth Prince's Mansion. Inside the Palace, the Eighth Prince was wandering around in the yard. Everyone looked at each other, and it was rare to see the always prudent Eighth Prince so anxious.

"Hey, old Bao!" Eight Kings hurried over, grabbed Bao Zheng and asked, "Any clues?"

Bao Zheng nodded and told the whole story.

"God's will!" The Eighth Prince stomped his feet and said, "God's will, from the moment Bai Shaoxia picked up the token, to Zhan's guards rescued the young man, to the present Young Master Yuan... Oh, God really blesses me, Da Song!"

"Let's go, old Bao!" Eighth King grabbed Gongsun and walked out, "Let's go to the palace to face the saint!"

Gongsun was dragged away for some reason, Bao Zheng chased after him, "My lord, I caught the wrong one, I'm here!"

The Eight Kings and Bao Zheng had a secret discussion together in the emperor's upper study for about an afternoon, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were sent by the emperor to eat fruit in the imperial garden.

Bai Yutang looked at the fruits that the maids in front of him shyly brought, and looked at Zhan Zhao, "Your Majesty treats us like children?"

Zhan Zhao shrugged and said, "...No way, just wait."

At this time, I heard a eunuch say from a distance, "See your mother."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback for a moment, a little puzzled—the empress?

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard ringing bells not far away. From outside the courtyard, Concubine Pang came in with a maid and an eunuch.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, stood up and hurriedly tried to avoid it, after all, they seemed a little uncomfortable seeing the imperial concubine.

"Stay here, both of you." Concubine Pang stopped the two of them and said, "Master Zhan, Fifth Master Bai, I have something to ask you."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and immediately understood why the emperor sent them to the imperial garden to eat fruit. It turned out that Concubine Pang had told them to look for them.

When the two turned their heads, they saw Concubine Pang Guiting coming over gracefully, and wished both of them a blessing.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang hurriedly returned the gift, Zhan Zhao knew what Bai Yutang was thinking, he must be thinking - this Pang Tong and Pang Concubine are indeed born of the same mother, they, or they are not that old crab's species, or else , Their mother is a flower stuck in cow dung.

Sure enough, when Zhan Zhao raised his head, he saw Bai Yutang raising his eyebrows at him—seeing that there was no cat, she was definitely not born by that old crab!

Zhan Zhao is powerless.

Concubine Pang smiled and asked the two to sit down, and the eunuch brought tea. Concubine Pang had met Zhan Zhao before and had a good impression of him. To be honest, Concubine Pang felt that Concubine Pang was a good person, she had no airs and was kind-hearted. I really don't know how Taishi Pang taught such a good girl.

It was the first time Bai Yutang saw Concubine Pang, and he clicked his tongue twice in his heart, she was good-looking and well-educated, not at all like those two big and small crabs.

It was the first time Concubine Pang saw Bai Yutang, she looked at Bai Yutang, then at Zhan Zhao, and admired in her heart - like jade like jade.

"The imperial concubine has something to do with us?" Zhan Zhao asked Concubine Pang.

"Hmm..." Concubine Pang hesitated for a moment, then said, "I want to ask you one thing, you two, can you tell me the truth?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, thinking that it depends on what they are talking about, if you ask the place and time of the disaster, we can't say it even if we are dead.

Concubine Pang saw the hesitation of the two, and said, "You don't have to worry, I'm not asking about state affairs, and the harem cannot interfere with the government."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other again. If it's not a state matter, is it a family matter?This is fun, so I nodded and said, "Excuse me, Concubine."

"I heard from my family in Pang's residence that you saved Eldest Brother..." Concubine Pang was silent for a while, and asked, "I heard that Eldest Brother is going to kill Tong'er?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback for a moment, and they understood that it was no ordinary person to be a noble concubine. This concubine Pang was not ostentatious, but it didn't mean she was confused. She knew such confidential things. It seemed that there was something in the Pang family eyeliner.And...he might have expected that Pang Yu would be unfavorable to Pang Tong, otherwise why set eyeliner?

Seeing Concubine Pang's serious face, the two of them were helpless, nodded, and said, "It's true."

Concubine Pang immediately frowned, and said to herself, "I knew that after Tong'er came back, he would definitely get into trouble."

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "Concubine, with all due respect, Pang Tong is ten thousand times better than Pang Yu, why doesn't Grand Master Pang love him, but Pang Yu?"

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes wide and looked at Bai Yutang—ah!You ask!You finally asked!

Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes - dead cat, he was so curious that he wanted to ask me if he didn't ask!

Concubine Pang looked up at the two helplessly, and said, "The matter... actually didn't happen to Tong'er, it happened to our mother."

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and were slightly taken aback. They heard that she was a brothel prostitute, a famous beauty.

"My mother is a famous prostitute. When my father was young, he was obsessed with her and often went to her. At that time, although my father was not a grand master, he was also an important minister. He always went to the brothel to disgrace himself, so he redeemed my mother and put him at home. She is raising her, but the main house is very powerful... so my mother's life is very hard, but my mother was pregnant not long after she was taken back, so the eldest grandma often made troubles, sneering, saying that the child may not belong to the grand master, and as time passed , Dad was a little moved. Not long after, my mother gave birth to me and Tong'er."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment—oh, the siblings are twins!

Concubine Pang saw the eyes of the two, smiled slightly, and said, "I am an hour older than Tong'er... However, when we were raised to three years old, many people said that we are not like grand masters... Father gradually believed in it, and he was very alienated from us."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other—is that really true?

"Tong'er has a bad temper and can't see me being bullied, so he often fought with his elder brother when he was a child. Later, he met his mentor, who was an expert in the world, and said that he would take him away to learn skills. Every month Go home." Concubine Pang smiled helplessly, and said, "He was afraid that I would be bullied if I stayed at home alone, so he refused to agree for a long time, and then he thought of a way... because when we were young, we all went to the Bawang's house My mother and Princess Chai are very good friends, so Tong'er went to ask Princess Chai to accept me as a goddaughter, so that the family would not dare to bully me, and he could leave with peace of mind."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other——little brat, you're kind!

"After Princess Chai heard this, she not only accepted me as a goddaughter, but also took me back to the palace to be raised. Tong'er went up to the mountain to learn kung fu, and went down the mountain every month to visit my mother in Pang's mansion and invite my father Ann, and then he came to stay with me for a while, after his mother passed away, he didn’t go back to Pang’s residence, he just came to see me.” Concubine Pang smiled, “It’s also thanks to Tonger’s going to beg Princess Chai, so The emperor and I have known each other since childhood, and when I was 16 years old, the emperor took me into the palace and treated me very well."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, no wonder... To put it bluntly, no one can say for sure whether these two brothers and sisters are Pang Ji's biological children, but now the old crab is no different, this girl is a noble concubine!

"I knew that my eldest brother didn't like Tong'er since I was a child, so I've always been on guard. Tong'er used to fight abroad and lived in peace, but now that I'm back, I don't see him when I look up and look down. I'm afraid that my elder brother will cause trouble." Concubine Pang said helplessly. , "Tong'er refused to tell me the truth."

"Don't worry about that." Bai Yutang smiled and said, "Pang Tong is smart and capable, and his kung fu is good. Pang Yu is far behind and can't catch up with him."

"I'm not afraid of this." Concubine Pang said suddenly, "I'm afraid that Tong'er will kill Pang Yu."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang opened their eyes wide - didn't they?

"If the eldest brother just provokes troubles or makes small troubles to provoke and frame, Tong'er may not care." Concubine Pang said worriedly, "But he has friends and people he likes...he is a person, and he loves people he likes. It's very important, he has so many brothers in the army, and now he has friends, if the eldest brother troubles those people, Tong'er will definitely not be polite to him."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—that is, it is shameful for brothers to fight against the wall, and Pang Yu provoked his brothers and friends, no one can stand it, Pang Tong was born in a military force, killing people is like slaughtering chickens.

"Concubine, you want us to watch Pang Tong?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Concubine Pang nodded, and said, "I will find a way to tell my elder brother to restrain himself through my father. The emperor also said that I will remind him to be respectful, but my elder brother will not listen to persuasion, and he has to bump into the south wall before turning back." , so I would like to ask the two of you for help."

"It's easy." Zhan Zhao nodded briskly, and said, "Pang Tong is very familiar with us, and we get along well. He is now a member of Kaifeng Mansion, so we will naturally take care of him!"

Concubine Pang was overjoyed and thanked her quickly, Bai Yutang raised her eyebrows - I think it would be good to kill Pang Yu, let Zhan Zhao step on it...

When it was getting late, Bao Zheng and the others left the imperial city and went to work separately.

Later, contrary to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's expectations, they were sent to Yingchang Mansion, and the Eight Kings also sent a large number of imperial forest troops to assemble in Yingchang Mansion, and began to transfer people and open warehouses to distribute food.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang understood that Master Bao and the Eighth Prince's move made a lot of noise.

On the other side, the Eight Kings sent their followers to Chenzhou Mansion and began to manage the Shang River. They pretended to build official ships to prepare for the celebration, but in fact they built embankments and dams. The people and officers and soldiers in Chenzhou also made statistics. , ready to transfer when the time comes, are you not afraid of water if you have a boat!

At the same time, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang found out that people in Yingchang Mansion were secretly gathering recently, and at the same time Pang Tong got the news that the Liao soldiers and Xixia soldiers were about to move around the border.

Time passed day by day, and soon, it will be the day of the full moon.During this period of time, some strange phenomena occurred in Yingchang Mansion. Many residents were sick, and the government opened warehouses to practice medicine, but the number of people was getting smaller and smaller.

Sure enough, some people made troubles, saying that some kind of plague is coming, and the sky is going to destroy the Great Song Dynasty. Once they come and go, the boundary of Yingchang Mansion is not peaceful.

The forbidden army stationed there immediately arrested people, so the forbidden army and the people clashed, and for a while, Yingchang Mansion seemed to be in chaos.

On this day, a group of mysterious people rushed into the yamen of Yingchang Mansion under the banner of Heaven's Destruction of the Great Song Dynasty, saying that they were going to destroy the yamen and replace it... But the strange thing is that there was no one in the yamen.

Those rioters were wondering, when they saw two people flashing in at the door, one dressed in white, chic and refined, the other dressed in red, handsome and elegant... Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.

That chaotic horse was recognized by everyone after a face-to-face meeting. The fish that slipped through the net of Mohua Palace, needless to say, is the fish that slipped through the net of the Snake Eagle Sect. It seems that the two sides have reached a consensus, and the top priority is to kill the big one first. Song, then carve up each other... It's a pity that the game is short of a move.

Those people also knew that they were being tricked, so they fled out quickly, and they brought tens of thousands of people with them, but it's a pity that they didn't know until they left the government office that they were surrounded.Those sick and weak people turned out to be officers and soldiers pretending to be them. All this was just a play.

After Zhan Zhao gave an order, all the officers and soldiers rushed forward and captured Mohua Palace and the remaining members of the Snake Eagle Sect.

On the other side, the Liao army and the Xixia army who were waiting for the news, it was indeed the news that the 30 cavalry led by Pang Tong and the Mohua Palace of the Snake Eagle Sect had been wiped out. The plan was all in vain.

Three days later, when the full moon came, Chenzhou Mansion suffered heavy rain for three consecutive days and three nights, and the Shang River was full, almost submerging the entire Chenzhou Mansion. Fortunately, the embankment had been raised, and in addition, countless large boats were parked near the ferry. , All the people in the city took refuge in the boat.All the necessary food and clothing were sent directly from Kaifeng by the officers and soldiers, and Bao Zheng and the Eight Sage Kings also went to the boat to comfort the people.

Four or five days later, the flood receded, and the people in the city were unharmed. In addition, the imperial city also broadcast the food payment to the local people, and the Yingchang Mansion was also exempted from paying taxes for a year to recuperate.

For a time, the people all called the emperor Shengming Rende.

After avoiding the disaster and eradicating the Snake Eagle Sect, Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, ordered a small celebration, and rewarded everyone in Kaifeng Mansion who made great contributions this time.As for Bai Yutang, Zhao Zhen naturally knew his temperament, and when he became an official, he would definitely refuse to give him a reward. He had a lot of silver and it was not rare, so he simply gave him the same rare thing - the emperor wore it since he was a child. An ancient hundred locks.This hundred locks is made of sterling silver, inlaid with several emeralds, it is very beautiful, and there are a few words carved by the late emperor himself - Fuyou Ankang.Zhao Zhen gave the Baisuo to Bai Yutang, saying that it was for Lu Zhen, and it was considered as a gift when he was born.

For the first time, Bai Yutang saluted Zhao Zhen and thanked him, so shocked that Zhao Zhen almost went out to see where the sun came out from.

Xiao Yuan was named the son of the Song Dynasty by the emperor, and he was given the surname Zhao, so that Bao Zheng took him in as a godson, educated him well, and he will be a pillar of talent in the future, so he will stop suffering outside. The sixth young master is also very happy about this , what to do is not better than Xiaowan?

Although Xiao Yuan didn't want to give up on Liu Shao and the others, he got along very happily with Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi, so there were three more chattering dolls in Kaifeng Mansion, as well as a little monkey, a fur ball, a little Baer cat and a dog, not to mention how lively it was.

Pang Tong continued to stay in the Kaifeng Mansion to work with Bao Zheng, and the emperor allocated [-] forbidden troops to him, and asked him to slowly bring them up.

There are so many people, but Zhan Zhao is the happiest. Naturally, the imperial court will increase the salary when rewarding meritorious deeds. However, Zhan Zhao's family background is good. Tossing a Persian cat with green eyes from the Western Regions and giving it to him... named Miao Miao, Kaifeng Mansion has another cat.

That night, Bai Yutang pushed Zhan Zhao's door with a jug of good wine stolen from the imperial dining room, and saw Zhan Zhao sitting on the bed reading the files, with Miao Miao, Mao Qiu and the little monkey beside him fighting, Xiao Ba calmed down, Lying on Zhan Zhao's lap, licking his fingers.

Bai Yutang looked at the litter of four cats and one dog dumbfounded, shook his head, and dragged Zhan Zhao up to the roof to drink.

The two of them got drunk and fell asleep on the roof of Kaifeng Mansion.

The next morning, when Zhan Zhao woke up, he saw that the sky was bright. Looking around, the mice were gone, so he jumped off the roof, went into the house to wash his face, and found a note on the table.

Pick it up and look at it, and there are a few words like flying and dancing - cat, I will go back to the island.

There is no signature below, but a big fat mouse is drawn, pressing a fat cat.

Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he put the note away, and felt that the room was much quieter...that rat.

At this moment, I heard something calling in my bed, meowing.

Zhan Zhao walked over following the sound, and saw that on the bed, the fur ball, the little monkey, and Miaomiao's hind legs were all bound together, and none of them were struggling to get away. With another note, write a letter-three-legged cat!

Zhan Zhao was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and quickly untied the three kittens from their ropes, complaining, "Damn mouse, how old are you!"

Just as he was talking, his eyes fell on the jade pendant on the side, he picked it up and looked at it, and saw a jade pendant of a white jade mouse... This was picked up by him before, Bai Yutang fell on his bed, it should be hidden under the pillow ah?Thinking about it, I reached out and touched it under the pillow... the little mouse jade pendant was gone.Zhan Zhao thought for a while, picked up the jade pendant, and originally wanted to return it to the mouse, but in this way, it belongs to him, right?After thinking about it, Zhan Zhao took his Ju Que, found a new white sword tassel, strung a little white mouse onto the sword tassel, and tied it to Ju Que's hilt.

Looking left and right, Zhan Zhao nodded in satisfaction. At this moment, Wang Chao Ma Han shouted at the door, "Master Zhan, do you want to go while we are patrolling the streets? I heard that there is a rice cake shop in the east of the city, and the baked rice cakes are delicious!" "

"Go!" Zhan Zhao picked up the kitten and put it at the door. Xiao Liu and the others were holding a food bowl to greet the cat. The little ones divided the tasks, one for each of them was just right, and Xiao Ba went to the kitchen lady.

Zhan Zhao carried the giant que, and went to the streets to eat rice cakes with Wang Chao and the others... No, they went to patrol the streets.

On the streets of Kaifeng Mansion, the sun was shining brightly, Zhan Zhao held a large piece of baked rice cake in one hand, and gnawed happily.Walking swayingly with a giant que in one hand and behind his back, an airy little white mouse on Jiansui swayed and swayed after him.

On the official road leading to Songjiang Mansion in the distance, Bai Yutang, a white horse and white clothes, gallops wildly, but mutters, "Sister-in-law, you have to hold back, wait for me to come back and be reborn!"

In the hand holding the rein is the long knife with golden silk and white jade scabbard, the dragon-scale tempered blade, and on the red sword tassel, hangs a black chubby kitten, squinting and smiling.

Volume Two: The Curious Case of the Mad Knife