50. Huashan Pleasant Goat XII
In the middle of the night, the full moon hangs high in the air, the whole Kaifeng is quiet, at this time the lightning and thunder, the wind is strong, the leaves are falling in a flutter, the full moon is also covered by fog, the street of Kaifeng is shrouded in a strange feeling, in the haze, a huge unknown object appeared in the air, flying straight forward along the street, straight to Kaifeng Mansion, the object hit the guard of Kaifeng Mansion and suddenly knocked the gate of Kaifeng Mansion and flew towards the public hall, and suddenly fell to the center of the public hall.
It was a giant stone turtle, the stone turtle fell to the ground, and the entire Kaifeng Mansion was shaken, and Lord Bao, who was discussing things in the study, was shaken his head, and Mr. Gongsun almost didn't stand firm and fell to the ground.
The first to arrive was the four pillars of Zhanzhao and Kaifeng Mansion, they looked at this strange stone turtle, they felt strange, but they were afraid that there was a problem, so a few people slowly moved over, and breathed a sigh of relief in front of the stone turtle, at this time Lord Bao and Mr. Gongsun also came, Lord Bao twisted his beard and frowned and sighed: "Such a huge stone turtle was blown up by the wind, it is really incredible, it can afford to blow such a giant turtle, the vision of the heavenly city, there must be an omen." ”
Mr. Gongsun nodded in agreement, and Zhanzhao moved to Lord Bao's side, and Lord Bao carefully observed the stone turtle and said, "Déjà vu, it seems to be the dragon turtle under the stone tablet in the imperial garden." ”
Mr. Gongsun thought about it and a cold sweat broke out on his body: "The holy thing, the thunder sends the dragon turtle, I am afraid it is not a good omen." ”
It was about the saint, Lord Bao did not hesitate, and immediately sent Zhanzhao to find the Eight Sages King, the Prime Minister, and the Taishi to discuss the matter, and the Eight Sages King recognized that this was indeed the stone turtle in the imperial garden, because he had played on it since he was a child, and it was impossible to misidentify it, so they decided to leave for the palace, and the prime minister shook his head and said, "No need, the emperor has gone out on patrol." ”
The Taishi was anxious and reproached: "Why don't you stop it? ”
The prime minister flicked his sleeves and bowed: "The emperor's temper, can I stop it?" ”
The prince asked the prime minister again if he knew where the emperor went, the prime minister didn't know, the two of you and I said a word, and then opened his mouth, at this time there was a lightning bolt in the sky, and there was a muffled thunder, Zhan Zhao was shocked, pointing to the stone turtle, everyone looked at the stone turtle, and the stone turtle's eyes left blood and tears.
"It's not good, the emperor is in trouble." Master Bao said worriedly.
It's just that I don't know if the saint has left the capital at this time, so he sent people to search the whole city with a hint of hope, but unfortunately there was no trace.
Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion speculated and concluded that Yizhou was called Turtle City in ancient times, and the surname of Shi Guozhu who was slightly appeased happened to be the word Stone Turtle, so they decided to leave immediately.
Zhan Zhao originally wanted to apologize to Bai Yutang tomorrow, but it seemed that it would not work, and it would not be too late to go after this matter, I just hoped that Bai Yutang could understand him.
After waking up in the morning and washing up, he immediately went to Kaifeng Mansion, and the guards of Kaifeng Mansion saw Wuyin and said: "Uncle Zhan, you are here to find Zhan Guard, you are really unlucky, Zhan Guard and Master Bao have something to go out, and it is estimated that it will take ten days and a half to come back." ”
Wuyin secretly said in his heart that it was not good, yesterday's hexagram showed Zhao'er's great omen, and it must be a dangerous situation, he asked: "Do you know where Zhao'er went with Master Bao?" ”
The guard shook his head helplessly: "I don't know, they went in a hurry, but something strange happened yesterday." ”
"What's the matter?"
The guard leaned into the silent ear and whispered, "Last night, a stone turtle landed in Kaifeng Mansion. ”
Silent thoughts, stone turtle? Maybe he can go back and take a look, and then he thanked him and left and returned home.
After divining the hexagram, the location indicated by the hexagram was Yizhou, and he frowned slightly: "It's Yizhou." "I think the original Tang Gate was located in Yizhou, although it was not called Yizhou at that time.
Wuyin was worried about Zhao'er's safety, the matter of the medicine hall was directly handed over to Ah Xue and them, and he set off immediately, to go to Yizhou, the waterway is the most convenient, and it can be reached in a few days, he immediately came to the dock and rented a boat, heading in the direction of Yizhou.
The waterway is unblocked, and he arrived in Yizhou in a few days, people come and go in Yizhou City, it is very lively, Wuyin praised in his heart, it is worthy of being the country of abundance, but now he came to Zhao'er's safety, but he is not here to play, walking on the road, he saw a notice posted on it, on which a person named Su Tong was drawn, Wuyin suddenly remembered something, this person he seems to have seen, he patted his head and remembered.
Soon he thought that when he was found by Zhanzhao and solved the matter of the true and false champions, the saint sent someone to send a gift, and the person who gave the gift seemed to be called Su Tong, and he looked very similar to the portrait.
Now there is no sound to be puzzled, this Su Tong is the father-in-law in the palace, how can he be a Jiangyang thief, there must be something strange about this matter, this notice should be issued by the government of Yizhou, maybe there will be some clues when you go there now.
However, this is not a good time to explore during the day, so Wuyin found an inn to stay temporarily, and he has been busy on the road before he has not even eaten well, but now he still recuperates first, and goes out to explore at night.
Eating the dishes Wuyin still misses the days in Tangmen before, these dishes have not been eaten for a long time, he ate a lot at once, and after he was full, he came to the house and began to prepare some things needed for the night, if he was a night detective, he still didn't wear this robe, it was too conspicuous, or Tangmen's clothes were suitable for the night.
At night, Wuyin changed his clothes, quietly went out of the window and came to the county king's mansion with light work, he hid on the beam, and suddenly saw a person wearing the official uniform of the big man pulling a man out of the dodge, Wuyin felt strange and followed behind, to the door, the fake bag Lord poked his head out and retracted and said to the person next to him: "I just saw a person, who really looks like me." ”
The man also poked his head out and looked: "Is that the real Lord Bao?" ”
Master Fake Bao shook his body and was a little anxious: "Then won't I be an impostor." ”
The man ran out and came to Lord Bao to shout grievances, and before he could explain, a man with a pattern on his face who looked demonic chased up with a group of people and caught the man, the demonic man waved his hand, and his men dragged the man away, and the man kept shouting, with a sad and angry face: "Lord Bao, wronged." ”
Master Bao said, "Wait. ”
The man was still saying, "The students didn't kill anyone. ”
The demonic man stretched out his hand and stopped in front of Lord Bao: "Lord Bao, this is a case tried by Lord Shi, and Kaifeng Mansion has no right to interrogate." ”
Mr. Bao ate a turtle, and could only watch the people being taken away, Mr. Bao looked at the person who had been taken away, and said, "Chuang." ”
Wuyin was relieved to see Zhan Zhao safely following Master Bao beside him, at this moment he thought of the person with the pattern on his face just now, and there was always a sense of disgust in his heart, his intuition told him that person must be wronged, and the person who was demonic was definitely not a good thing.
Thinking of this, Wuyin followed, hid in a secret place, and saw the demon put the man in prison and gave the man a drink of talisman water.
Listening to what the demon said just now, I will let you see Master Bao, I know you are innocent, you haven't eaten for a day, drink this bowl of water, this is obviously a lie, that person still believes, Wuyin can't help but feel that person is stupid, or not stupid but too honest.
After the demon left, he fell to the ground lightly, the man drank the water and fell to the ground, and the sound investigated, he had just started with divination, charms and something, so he always had a pure yang book on his body, he turned up the book and probed it, his eyes were sharp, hum, he actually used this kind of evil spell to control this person's mind, but it also depends on everyone's mind, people with a firm mind This spell is not very useful, and people with a firm mind will be like this person.
Knowing the source, Wuyin continued to look through to see if there was a solution, but he couldn't find it for a while, and there was a sound outside, and Wuyin immediately dodged and hid.
At this time, the people who came in turned out to be Zhanzhao, Lord Bao, and Mr. Gongsun.
The man lay on the pillar of the cell, his hands hanging casually, and his mouth muttered, "I deserve to die." ”
Master Bao was puzzled: "What did you say?" ”
The man's eyes were blank and he continued: "I have seen that I have become rich, and I have sought to kill me and let me die." ”
When Mr. Gongsun came to the front of the man, Master Bao was puzzled, and just now he kept shouting injustice, but at this time he kept saying that he deserved to die, could it be that he was tortured to extract a confession, so he asked: "Have you ever been tortured to extract a confession?" ”
The man replied: "Lord Shi convinces people with virtue, and Lao Tzu is convinced, kill, kill, kill." As he spoke, his face became fierce.
Master Bao could only leave with a disgraced face, this man kept saying this, even if he had the heart to wash away his grievances, he couldn't do anything.
Wuyin, who was hiding, thought in his heart that it would be time to go to Lord Bao after he went out.
Lord Bao returned to the place where he lives now, no matter how he thinks about it, he keeps pacing at the door of the room, Zhan Zhao looks at it like this but can't do anything, Lord Bao shakes his head: "This is not like Xiucai's tone, in this short period of time, his tone is completely different." ”
As he spoke, he paced back into the room, Mr. Gongsun and Zhanzhao also followed, and Master Bao said: "Could it be that Shi Guozhu has something to do with the emperor's disappearance, if he wants to rebel, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Wuyin squatted on the roof and listened, hearing this, he thought that this thing was a big deal, no wonder the Jiangyang thief painted the father-in-law in the palace, so Wuyin jumped down, Zhanzhao heard the sound and held the sword with a look of waiting and said, "Who?" ”
Wuyin walked in: "Zhao'er, it's me." ”
Zhan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and he felt strange in his heart, how could his father be here, still wearing clothes like night clothes: "Dad, you." ”
Silent sigh: "I know you must be confused in your hearts, in fact, I am worried that Zhao'er will come, before I divined the fortune to Zhao'er recently a big omen, worried so I went to Kaifeng Mansion, learned that you went out, so continue to divinate the place where you are going to come, in the city I found the posted notice, my heart doubted, I came out to investigate at night, and then I saw Lord Bao, I saw you safe, I was relieved, But the demonic man gave me a very bad feeling, so I quietly followed, and found that he poured the man in the prison with rune water, which has a charming mind, and has the effect of controlling other people's thoughts, and just wanted to turn the book to find a solution, I heard that someone was coming, so I hid, and then I saw you asking that person's question, and it ended in vain. ”
Mr. Gongsun smiled: "Wuyin, you have solved our doubts." ”
Master Bao was worried: "It seems that there is definitely something wrong with this Shi Guozhu, and the emperor's disappearance is definitely related to Shi Guozhu." ”
After talking again, there was nothing to gain, Wuyin and Mr. Gongsun studied how to remove the effect of the spell, Lord Bao didn't sleep and kept thinking, they kept keeping that person up but not killing it proves that Shu Xiucai must have use value, Shu Xiucai may know the whereabouts of the saint, but now it seems that Shu Xiucai does not know, and his words may be of threatening value to those who know the whereabouts of the saint, thinking of this, Lord Bao immediately sent Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to quietly guard the side of the county king's mansion.