Master Bao came to the city gate and roared, breaking the original stalemate situation, and also giving Fang Ba a step down, lest the old man anger Zhao Pu and really make a sword revenant.

On the city tower, Xiao Bao Fu tugged on Bao Yan's sleeve, "Young master, young master, the master is so domineering!" ”

Bao Yan also nodded, and then subconsciously touched his face - black is good! How domineering it is black, if his father's face is as white as his, no one will be afraid of him.

Bao Yan was super depressed, and suddenly clenched his fists and said dissatisfiedly, "I'm so angry!" ”

Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang were holding hands and preparing to go down the city tower, when they heard Bao Yan's words and looked back at him.

"Nasty!" Bao Yan kicked the city wall hard, "I can't tan for anything!" ”

……

Bai Yutang and the others, who were walking in front, heard it and looked back with complicated expressions......

At this time, Bao Yan was holding his feet and jumping, "It hurts!" It hurts! ”

The eighth king shook his head with a smile, Bao Zheng's son, what a funny birth!

Although Bao Yan hadn't seen Bao Zheng for a long time, he knew that he had serious business at this time, so he didn't interrupt, followed behind Bai Yutang and them, and followed Bao Zheng into the palace.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, there were not hundreds of civil and military officials gathered in the court, and even Zhao Zhen was not there, so a little father-in-law came out to ask, and when he heard that Master Bao was back, he said that he would go in and report to the emperor. After a while, Gonggong Chen ran out and said hard work to Bao Zheng, saying that the emperor must not be idle, and he will talk about it later.

Bao Zheng knew in his heart - the emperor was in a bad mood.

Gongsun led the little fourth son and walked beside Zhao Pu, Zhao Pu suddenly dragged him and asked, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Gongsun was puzzled, "What to eat?" ”

"We've been on the road for a few days, and we haven't eaten for a day today, aren't you hungry? I'll get it for you in the imperial dining room. ”

Gongsun couldn't cry or laugh, "You still have the heart to eat...... Besides, how to eat when entering the palace? ”

Zhao Pu hehe, "Let's wait." ”

"What are you waiting for?" Gongsun was puzzled.

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows at him, "Believe it or not, Zhao Zhen asked these people to wait for at least two hours!" ”

Gongsun's eyes widened, "Isn't it......?" 100,000 urgent......"

"Huh." Zhao Pu smiled faintly, "Wait and see." “

Sure enough, it turned out that no one knew Zhao Zhen better than Zhao Pu...... Everyone waited in the court for more than two hours, from dawn until dark.

Zhao Pu had foresight, the chef of the imperial dining room prepared a table of banquets for the Nine Princes, and Zhao Pu took the grandsons, the shadow guards, as well as the little fourth son and Xiao Liang and others who arrived one after another, to sacrifice the Five Organs Temple together.

Bai Yutang waited less than a cup of tea, and then left with Yin Hou and Tianzun, who shouted "boring" and "hungry".

Walking out of the palace, he met Zhan Zhao and Pang Yu from Dali Temple, and took Fang Jun's corpse.

Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang with Tianzun and Yin Hou, so he guessed that it was estimated that Zhao Zhen wanted them to wait, and he had to be with Master Bao, so he patted Bai Yutang on the shoulder and asked him to help take care of Yin Hou.

Before Bai Yutang left, Zhanzhao leaned into his ear and whispered, "It's rare to be so idle, it's better to make good use of it." ”

Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao's eyes smiling into two crescent moons, and probably guessed...... Zhan Zhao asked him to take advantage of Tianzun and Yin Hou to have dinner and explore Yao Ji's paper shop

Bai Yutang happily agreed, and took Tianzun Yin Hou to Taibai Ju for dinner first.

After ordering the food, and waiting for Tianzun and Yin Hou to eat, Bai Yutang also went out for a trip...... Where to? I didn't go anywhere, so I went back and sent Zhan Zhao something to eat, so that the cat wouldn't spoil its belly.

It's just that when Bai Yutang arrived, he saw Chen Gonggong holding a food box to Zhanzhao, it can be seen that Zhao Zhen was angry and didn't generalize, Zhanzhao was considered to have affected the pond fish, so he treated it differently.

Bai Yutang reached out and took the food box in Chen's father-in-law's hand, replaced it with the one he stuffed into Jin Zhao's hand, and stuffed all the food given by the emperor to Xiao Wu, who came to join in the fun. After Bai Yutang finished his errand, he turned around and swaggered away, seeing that Chen Gonggong wiped his sweat. Zhan Zhao glanced at the roast duck made in the imperial dining room where Xiao Wu was nibbling, and then glanced at the lychee fried lobster, chilled oysters and crab roe stuffed with fresh orange that Bai Yutang bought for him...... Raised eyebrows - sure enough, Bai Yutang knew his preferences the most.

Back in Taibaiju, Bai Yutang held a wine glass, thinking about it while drinking.

"What do you think?" Tianzun held an oyster and counted Bai Yutang while eating, "You have a good meal, and you don't know how you grew up drinking all day long." ”

Bai Yutang suddenly stared at Tianzun's hair, and then, he reached out and gently grabbed some, leaned in front of him to take a closer look, frowned, and looked at Tianzun in confusion.

"What?" Tianzun aimed at him.

"Discolored?" Bai Yutang looked at the sun outside, it didn't seem like an illusion, he remembered that Tianzun's hair was white before, and he hadn't seen it for a few days and suddenly turned silver.

Tianzun raised the corners of his mouth slightly, leaned over and asked, "Is it good-looking?" More than a white spirit! ”

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun speechlessly, "It doesn't matter if it's good or not...... Does it matter? Let Gongsun show it? ”

"Huh." Yin Hou laughed dryly twice, and said to Bai Yutang, "You listen to him because he is too white and not good-looking, so Gongsun gave him some bluegrass to wash for a few days, and it turned silver." ”

Bai Yutang is relieved, not to mention, silver is indeed better looking than white, and it looks younger.

"You two haven't heard of the legend of the ghost general?" Bai Yutang wiped his mouth with a handkerchief to Tianzun, who had eaten a hot mouthful, and asked Yin Hou.

Yin Hou touched his chin, "Ghost general...... I haven't heard of the ghost general, but I've heard of the ghost flag. ”

"Ghost flag?" Bai Yutang felt that it didn't seem to be very relevant.

"The ghost flag is a little bit like the ghost you said." After Tianzun wiped his mouth, he asked his guy for two servings of soybean noodles and sesame stuffed mochi to eat, while chatting with Bai Yutang.

"Where?" Bai Yutang raised some interest.

"The ghost flag is the ghost order flag, and I heard the story that there was a general in the previous dynasty who was besieged in a valley by rebel soldiers, and he was about to be wiped out." Marquis Yin told Bai Yutang a story with great interest, "The general left his soldiers and horses and fled alone. ”

The corners of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched, "So useless?" ”

Yin Hou raised his eyebrows, "That's not the point, the general fled in a panic, and fell into a ravine...... But he found a large white bone in the ravine, the bones of horses and the bones of men...... He got up and looked at it, and the long ravine, with no end in sight, was covered with white bones! ”

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, "Is that a burial pit?" ”

"This place is an ancient battlefield." Yin Hou said, "In the past, there was an invincible general who was plotted by the powerful ministers of his own country, and was ambushed and trapped here. The general committed suicide with 100,000 soldiers and horses and died in a ditch. ”

The corners of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched, "100,000 people, stupid or not...... Rather than kill yourself, it is better to fight out. ”

"Alas!" Yin Hou waved his hand slightly, "There's a big difference here!" ”

"What's the difference?"

Yin Hou snatched a mochi from Tianzun to eat, and motioned for him to continue, rest for a while.

Tianzun continued, "If you commit suicide in the valley with resentment, your soul will not be able to be released!" ”

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, obviously not believing.

"It's all said to be a legend." Tianzun continued, "The general had a certain study of witchcraft, he made each soldier cut his finger, drop a drop of blood in the altar, collected the blood of all the soldiers, soaked his own command flag in the blood, sealed the mouth of the altar, pasted a soul locking spell written in his own blood, and buried it deep in the ground. Everyone then committed suicide, flooding the valley with blood...... In this way, the resentful souls of these 100,000 armies will not be able to ascend to heaven, be reincarnated, or transcend, and become lonely souls and wild ghosts floating around in the valley. ”

Bai Yutang frowned, "What is his purpose in doing this?" ”

"Because I'm unwilling!" Yin Hou blew with a teacup and said slowly, "He didn't let go of his soldiers and horses even when he died, as long as someone opens this altar one day, his resentful spirit will attach to that person's body, and at the same time, with that command flag, he can wake up those 100,000 ghost soldiers again!" When the time comes, those 100,000 skeleton soldiers will be the soldiers and horses with the strongest combat effectiveness, because they are not afraid of swords and guns! ”

"And what about later? The runaway general found the jar with the command flag? Bai Yutang asked.

Tianzun nodded, "He originally wanted to find out if he had any property, and he also wanted to dig a pit, in case the pursuers came, he could hide under the bones and pretend to be dead." ”

Bai Yutang couldn't cry or laugh, "How did this person become a general with such a small heart?" ”

"It's all said and that's not the point." Tianzun waved his hand, "The general dug and found a few pieces of gold and silver." ”

Bai Yutang nodded, "The decoy deliberately left by the dead general wanted to lure people to dig it up, right?" ”

Yin Hou nodded, "No, the timid general thought he had made a fortune, and when he dug it, he dug out an altar, and there was a long seal on it, and he didn't know what was messy, he didn't even think about it, and tore the seal." ”

Bai Yutang smiled bitterly, "So ......"

"And immediately the spirit of the general possessed his body......"

Bai Yutang could probably guess the result, "Then the bloody wind and blood will dominate the world?" ”

"Hehe, the so-called planning is in the sky, far from it!" Tianzun shook his head, and continued with some profoundness, "The possessed general is about to take out the command banner to summon his skeleton soldiers...... Suddenly, the head fell to the ground! ”

"What?" Bai Yutang was surprised.

"Because the general's lieutenant has thought of a better way!" Tianzun said, "His lieutenant decided to surrender to save his life and the lives of his generals, so when he saw the general fleeing, he quietly followed, and while he was engrossed in staring at the altar without paying attention, he attacked from behind and cut off his head." ”

Bai Yutang is funny, this is really a twist and turn.

"The lieutenant took the general's head, and when he saw that there was gold and silver in the jar, he thought it was a treasure he had dug up, so he took it and prepared to present it to the enemy."

"And the result?" Bai Yutang asked.

"As a result, the enemy accepted the surrender of the adjutant general, only took the head of the general and buried it on the spot, rewarded the 'gold and silver' to the adjutant, and everyone withdrew, and the war ended." Yin Hou smiled faintly, "Leaving that possessed general alone in the valley, it is said that the headless corpse walked from one end of the valley to the other end all day long, and then from that end to this end, looking for his head, looking for his ghost flag." ”

Bai Yutang was stunned for a long time after hearing this, this ghost general's luck was too low, and he asked curiously, "Then where did the deputy general and the ghost flag go?" ”

The lieutenant later returned to the barracks, opened the jar and found that there was no treasure, only a black broken flag, and threw it away. It was such a coincidence that there was an entourage by his side, who was originally a Taoist priest who was a fortune teller and a ghost, and secretly picked it up. Tianzun ate and drank to his heart's content, and told Bai Yutang the result of the story, "There is a legend that he later went back and dug up the head of the general who was buried outside the mountain, as for what he was going to do, no one knew what he was going to do, and no one mentioned this matter again." ”

After hearing this, Bai Yutang felt incredible, and he was also a little suspicious, so he asked Tianzun and Yin Hou, "According to what you say, the ghost flag has never been used?" ”

"It's because someone used it once, otherwise we wouldn't know the legend of the Dao!" Yin Hou said, as if reminiscing about the past, "When we were children, we fought with the Silver Demon King and saw skeleton soldiers. ”

Bai Yutang was surprised, "You two are joking, right?" ”

"Really!" Tianzun said, "We were still young at the time, and when we saw from a distance that there were skeleton soldiers riding skeleton horses in front of us, the Silver Demon King hid us and told us about the ghost flag. ”

"I still remember seeing the leader of the general riding a white horse with a ghost-headed Daguan knife, but he didn't have a head! The figure is burly. ”

Tianzun nodded, "I saw it too." ”

"Then it shouldn't be the same thing." Bai Yutang took out the picture of the previous ghost general and showed it to Tianzun and Yin Hou.

Tianzun and Yin Hou glanced at it, and suddenly became stupid.

"It's him!" Tianzun patted the Marquis of Yin.

Yin Hou also nodded, "Yes!" ”

"Don't you two say it's headless!" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"It's headless, but wearing a ghosthead mask and helmet!" Tianzun and Yin Hou pointed to the ghost head in the picture with certainty, "Just this mask, it's the same!" ”

"It's also a human body?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I don't see it too clearly." As he spoke, Tianzun asked Marquis Yin, "Have you seen clearly?" ”

Marquis Yin pouted, "What are you looking at, I was dragged into the carriage by Lao Yin just after I took a look!" ”

Bai Yutang looked at the picture again, and fell into some kind of contemplation...... Does it have anything to do with Fang Ba's weird behavior? And the ghost......

After eating, Bai Yutang took Tianzun and Yin Hou to a trip to Yao Ji Paper Shop.

At this time, a carriage was parked in front of the paper shop, and several coffins were placed on the cart, and the guys were unloading and moving them to the shop.

Bai Yutang saw an old man in black with loose hair standing in front of the carriage, and wanted to take a look at the nearby rooftop...... Unexpectedly, Tianzun suddenly tugged at the back of his neck and pulled him by the collar, grabbed him and hid behind the roof.

Marquis Yin frowned, "Why is he here?" ”

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun who was holding the collar on the back of his neck with dissatisfaction, and said in his heart that he would save some face for a hero! Thankfully, the cat wasn't here.

However, after listening to Yin Hou's words, Bai Yutang asked, "Acquaintance?" ”

Yin Hou and Tianzun glanced at each other and asked Bai Yutang, "Have you and Zhan Zhao ever entered this shop?" ”

Bai Yutang shook his head, "After telling me about how Bao Yan sneaked in to buy the coffin before, he and Zhanzhao haven't had a chance to sneak in yet." ”

"If you go in, you will be scared!" Yin Hou pointed to the old man at the door of the shop in the distance, who was lowering his head and closing his eyes, and said, "He's not dozing off, he's listening!" ”

"Listen?" Bai Yutang frowned.

"This old man's name is Stork Ear, have you heard of it?" Tianzun asked.

Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment and frowned, "The stork ears in the three elders of the Ghost Court? ”

Yin Hou nodded, "The Ghost Court is a sect on Dongting Lake more than sixty years ago, and it is within the Dongting Immortal Mountain. There are three masters in the Ghost Garden, stork ears, catfish claws, and qi tails. These three brothers are all masters of masters, and they are all villains. ”

"The stork's ears are deep and the ears are excellent, and with him, it is almost impossible to sneak into the paper shop quietly."

"You can't do it either?" Bai Yutang asked.

Tianzun shook his head, "It doesn't matter whether the kung fu is good or bad or the depth of the internal force, even if you walk quietly, you can't stop the wind!" ”

Yin Hou also nodded, "No matter how light it is, it can't stand people's ears and are naturally good, the ears of the stork ears are so good that they can be heard by a grain of dust, and the words of the spy are still considered in the long run!" ”

Bai Yutang was helpless, and it was not easy to act rashly, this small paper shop actually had such a big master in charge, it seemed that it was ...... There's a great secret hidden in there.

After that, Bai Yutang took Yin Hou and Tianzun to walk around Kaifeng Mansion. After successfully preventing Tianzun from almost getting lost twenty times, two hours finally passed, and Bai Yutang took people to the palace.

……

At this time, in the palace, everyone was waiting for mold.

When Bai Yutang, Tianzun, and Yin Hou entered the Imperial Garden, they saw a wonderful scene......

Nearby, Zhanzhao sat cross-legged on the stone table in a daze, a few beautiful peacocks on the side were trimming their hair on the rockery, Xiao Wu was lying next to Zhanzhao to watch the peacocks, and a beautiful blue phoenix butterfly stopped on his nose.

Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang drew a grid on the stone path of the Imperial Garden, and were playing and dancing the grid.

Lin Yehuo leaned against a swing on the side, shaking and yawning.

There was a soft couch not far away, and Gongsun was asleep covered with a sheepskin blanket, and it was estimated that he was really tired from the journey.

In the gazebo in the distance, Zhao Pu and the Eighth Prince were playing chess, and Xiao Baofu was pouring tea for the two.

Master Bao sat aside and drank tea, but Bao Yan was very well-behaved, sitting next to Bao Zheng and peeling oranges for his father. Lord Bao was asking him something, it could be some family situation, it could be seen that the father was kind and filial, and Lord Bao's big black face was also a lot gentler when he was facing Bao Yan.

The most subtle is at the end of the Jiuqu Bridge, where Pang Jidai sits in the pavilion on the west side with Pang Yu and Liu Gonggong. Fang Ba took Fang Wen and sat in the gazebo on the east side.

Ouyang Shaozheng was lying on the roof and napping, Zou Liang was sitting on a rockery, feeding the carp in the lotus pond with steamed bun crumbs, with two balls of cotton stuffed in his ears, Long Qiaoguang sat next to him and didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about, so he saw that his mouth kept moving.

Of course, the worst thing is the shadow guards, who take turns guarding the two corpses in the ice coffin in the Golden Palace.

Purple Shadow yawned sleepily.

Ochre asked Doro, who was also yawning, "What about the people of Nangong?" ”

Doro spread his hands, "I can't find it anywhere, I guess I'm busy investigating the person who poisoned Concubine Pang." ”

Finally, in the middle of the moon, Gonggong Chen ran and said, "The emperor is free." ”

The crowd entered the Golden Hall in embarrassment.

Above the golden hall, Zhao Zhen was standing in the middle of two ice coffins, looking left and looking.

Master Bao took Pang Ji and Fang Ba to see that Zhao Zhen wanted to salute, Zhao Zhen waved his hand lightly, "Excuse me, anyway, you didn't put me in your eyes." ”

The corners of Bao Zheng's mouth twitched, and he turned his head to glare at Pang Ji and Fang Ba.

Pang Ji felt quite wronged, look at Bao Zheng - why are you staring at me?

Bao Zheng had a contemptuous expression on his dark face - you have a lot of family affairs!

Pang Ji had no choice but to glare at Pang Yu - he was not allowed to go to Taibaiju in the future! No eating, no drinking!

Pang Yu's innocent face, anyway, he was unlucky, and fortunately his sister didn't have anything to do, otherwise he would have been a big sin.

Zhao Zhen nodded to Gongsun, "Mr. Lao Fu's autopsy." ”

"Minister...... There's a request! ”

At this time, Fang Ba took a step forward and spoke in a hurry.

Zhao Zhen looked at him, and that meant - to say.

"The autopsy is okay, but it can't destroy my son's body...... Not at all! Fang Ba's face was serious, "Not even the silver needles of acupuncture!" ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other silently, if Fang Ba knew that he had stabbed Fang Jun a long time ago, would the old man be angry?

Gongsun frowned.

Pang Ji was dissatisfied, "King Jun, aren't you a strong man?" Acupuncture doesn't leave a scar, and it doesn't count your son's body, so how can you even do an autopsy? Your son was given acupuncture when he was alive, why can't he do it when he dies? ”

"In short, you can't destroy the corpse!" Fang Ba's old stubborn tone came up again.

Everyone looked back at Gongsun, what does that mean-is there a way?

Gongsun was really embarrassed, and gently touched his chin to see the two corpses.

Before, Zhan Zhao had quietly shown the discolored silver needle to Gongsun, and Gongsun clearly knew that Lu Dao Fang Jun was poisoned, how to prove it?

Thinking of this, Gongsun suddenly stretched his eyebrows, and Fang Ba nodded, "Is it okay to comb the hair of the two sons?" ”

Everyone wondered - combing their hair?

"Comb my brother's hair?" Fang Wen looked at Gongsun, "Can you find out the cause of death by combing your hair?" ”

Gongsun took out some potions from the small medicine box carried by the fourth son, and asked someone to bring a few white porcelain and two wooden combs.

He asked Fang Wen to comb Fang Jun and Fang Wu's hair separately, and took one hair from the hair that fell down the comb.

"The hair falls naturally, and it has fallen before death, so it is not considered to destroy the body." Gongsun asked Fang Ba.

Fang Ba thought for a moment and nodded.

Gongsun put the two hairs in the bowl, asked the little fourth son for another hair, and pulled off one of his own and put it in the other two bowls.

He first filled all four bowls with water, and then Gongsun picked up a bottle of potion and dripped two drops into the bowl containing the hair of himself and Xiao Sizi, and the color of the water in the bowl did not change. Then, he poured two more drops of potion into the bowl where Fang Jun and Fang Wu's hair were kept...... After a while, the two bowls of water turned an eerie green.

Everyone looked at Fang Ba - this poisoning was still very obvious.

Fang Ba frowned, "This ...... Nor does that prove ......"

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched, and they looked at him - old man, are you sorry?

"Don't worry, I can prove it to you!" Gongsun said, and asked Gonggong Chen to help catch two crickets.

Gonggong Chen went out for a while, and really found two crickets.

Gongsun looked at it, and sure enough, according to his request, one was big and small. I saw that the big cricket cricket screamed loudly and had great strength, and the little cricket was chased by it and ran around the jar.

Gongsun used a bamboo skewer to dip a drop of green water soaked in Fang Jun's hair, and dripped it on the back of the big cricket.

After a while, I saw that the big guy who had been bullying the little cricket was cornered, suddenly seemed to have no strength...... After a while, the big cricket died.

Everyone looked at Fang Ba again - isn't it obvious?!

Fang Ba opened his mouth and looked at the two corpses in the coffin, "This...... It cannot be ruled out that it was Pang Yu's poison! ”

Pang Ji's beard flew up, "I said the king of the county, are you unreasonable?!" When Fang Wu was fighting, my son was in the prison of Dali Temple, who gave him exactly the same poison? ”

"This poison is not from Pang Yu at all." Gongsun said, "This is a chronic poison, and the poisoned person needs to meet two conditions before the poison can die." ”

The people listened to Gongsun.

"First, take poison for at least three days in a row." Gongsun pointed to the dead cricket, "This cricket is too small, so a drop of poison has an obvious effect on it, but not on people!" My potion is a poison-detecting elixir, and if it turns blue-green-yellow, then it must be a chronic poison. If it turns black, red, brown, it is highly poisonous and kills you on the spot. ”

"And the second?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"The second is to do the work!" Gongsun said, "Or strenuous exercise, which will cause the poison in the blood to attack quickly." ”

Everyone knows, no wonder! Fang Jun and Fang Wu both died suddenly when they were fighting.

"In other words, Pang Yu is not a murderer at all." Zhan Zhao looked at Fang Ba and suddenly asked, "Old man, I don't know if your son's corpse can't be pricked, and you have two remaining sons, let you not get a needle?" ”

Fang Ba was stunned for a moment and frowned, "Zhanzhao, what do you mean?" ”

"Brother Zhan thinks the same way as me." Gongsun took out a silver needle, walked over to Fang Cai, gently pierced it into the middle of his nose, and then pulled out the needle...... The silver needle has a yellowish-green color. In the same way, the square text was pricked, and the silver needle was green.

Gongsun nodded, "Old prince, it's fortunate that your two sons didn't go to the battlefield just now, otherwise it is estimated that you will be dead at this time." ”

Fang Ba's face turned white, and Leng Buding's grandson pricked him again, but it didn't change color.

"It seems that some people only want the lives of the four princes, not the prince." Gongsun packed his things, and his task was completed.