Guo Tian is worthy of being the god of cooking, this bowl of ordinary fried noodles is so delicious that Bai Yutang couldn't help but praise two sentences, Tianzun said on the side, "Guo Da cooked delicious before." ”

Anxious Guo Er jumped straight to his feet.

After eating, it was time for everyone to get down to business, and according to the clues given by Guo Tian's apprentice, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang found the vicinity of the dock.

Tianzun and Yin Hou also followed with Xiao Wu. However, Xiao Wu is a little conspicuous, and there are people everywhere near the dock during the day, so it is not easy to approach.

Yin Hou and Tianzun helped to drag Xiao Wu, and Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao quietly slipped to the densely berthed area of the ship.

Bai Yutang counted, pointed to a very dilapidated and inconspicuous fishing boat not far away, and asked Zhanzhao, "Is that one?" ”

Zhan Zhao thought for a moment, "It's a bit like." ”

"Sneak up there and take a look." Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao arrived next to the boat, looked left and right and found that there was no one guarding this area, so the two quietly slipped onto the boat, but as soon as they got on the boat, they saw someone carrying fishing tools up, and the two quickly hid under a canopy nearby.

Behind the rain cloth, several big men dried their fishing nets, discussing when the wind was strong these days, when they could go to sea, and so on.

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, looking at Bai Yutang - as if he was a real fisherman.

Bai Yutang also nodded, looking into the distance - there are too many boats here, and it feels like everyone is about the same......

was entangled, Zhan Zhao suddenly tugged at him and pointed to his nose.

Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, leaned over to look at Zhanzhao's nose, and by the way, stretched out his finger and poked it, very tall and straight.

Zhan Zhao was speechless, grabbed Bai Yutang's sleeve with one hand, and flashed...... Got to the other and put it on.

Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao touch his nose, discern the direction in the wind, and then arrived at another ship.

Bai Yutang watched Zhanzhao patiently use his nose to identify the direction, and he couldn't laugh or cry, so he asked, "Cat, what can you smell?" The smell of salted fish is everywhere.

"It's not." Zhan Zhao's fingers shook slightly, "Just now Guo Er invited us to eat that fried noodles, I seem to smell a little taste, and I am a little close to that." ”

"Can you smell it?" Bai Yutang felt incredible.

"This way!" Zhan Zhao seemed to have finally found the ship he was looking for, and boarded the deck with Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang looked around and found that there was no one on the ship, but the cabin was locked with multiple chains, and the board was a little worn, as if he hadn't been out to sea for a long time.

The two looked at each other, searched for a while, and did not go into the place.

So, Zhan Zhao reached out and pinched the chain and looked at it, Yun Neili gently broke it, and with a click, the chain was unscrewed.

Zhan Zhao broke the chains, and Bai Yutang reached out and pushed the hatch door behind him, pushing it open to the side.

Bai Yutang turned around and went in, Zhan Zhao also followed, and by the way, he hooked the broken chain again, closed the door, and if he didn't look carefully, he shouldn't be able to find it.

The cabin was dimly lit, with only a few glimmers of light coming through the cracks in the planks.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked into the cabin, and saw the first floor leading to the stairs below, and there was a human breath downstairs, there should be only one person.

The two of them walked downstairs, and when they saw it, it turned out to be a cell, and there was a person curled up in the cell, looking at the clothes very familiar.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other - this is the Taixue robe!

The two walked to the door of the cell, and Zhanzhao gently tapped the cell door.

The man in the door moved, as if awake. Then, the man slowly glanced back...... This man was unkempt and had messy hair, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't see his appearance clearly, but after the man looked back at the cell door for a while, he suddenly turned over, probably because he was in too much of a hurry, he rolled directly off the stone bed, rolled into the straw pile and struggled to get up, threw himself at the cell door, grabbed the door and shouted, "Lord Zhan!" Lord Zhan, save me! ”

Zhan Zhao squatted down, looked at it carefully, and got rid of some dirty appearance, this should be a teenager, looking about the same age as Bao Yan, dressed in a Taixue robe...... Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't help but think of someone, "You are ......"

"I'm Shiba!" The young man said excitedly, "Lord Zhan, help!" ”

Although Zhan Zhao didn't know Shi Ye, most of the people in Kaifeng Mansion knew Zhan Zhao, and it was not surprising that Shi Ye knew him.

Bai Yutang tugged on the chain of the prison door, and with a "bang", the chain was broken by him with internal force, Zhanzhao opened the prison door, went in and helped Shi Ye up, "We are looking for you everywhere, why are you here?" ”

"I'm being caught!" Shi Ye was finally saved, and he was so excited that he cried, "It's all me who is stupid, in order to save Yue'er, what kind of Yin and Yang Hall I tried, after I found the place where Yin and Yang Feng Shui gathered, I used the Yin Yang Hall formula." When I entered the gate, I didn't find any way to enter the Yin Yang Palace, but two black-clothed people suddenly appeared, and brought me here. I was locked up here for a long time, and every night someone brought me food, but no one else came, and I told the heavens and the earth to be incompetent, and my voice was hoarse, but no one came.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked around, the walls of the ship here are very thick, and the interior is hollow, and the outside environment is noisy, Shi Ye's call for help here is not enough for no one to hear.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang will definitely startle the snake if they take Shi Ye away, but they can't leave him here, look at him like this, he is probably fed up, and he really has important things to ask him.

Outside the boat, Zhanzhao looked left and right, then stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao with some puzzlement, what does that mean-cat, what are you doing?

Zhan Zhao snapped his fingers twice in a row and touched his chin, "Oh, sure enough, only Zhao Pu is effective." “

Bai Yutang was speechless and thought for a while, "Cat, do you want to find a shadow guard to pretend to be Shi Ye?" ”

"Well, it's good to have a few more shadow guards, ambush nearby, and then let the black shadow make up as a stone leaf, what is the use of the other party leaving the stone leaf. And there is always no evidence against Wang Feng, this may be the only chance for someone to get stolen goods. ”

Bai Yutang nodded, "Then you take him back first, I'll watch here, if someone comes, I will think of luring people away." ”

"Uh......" Zhan Zhao was a little worried, and thought for a while, "You just wait far away......"

Seeing Zhan Zhao's hesitation, Bai Yutang patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry. ”

"Oh......" Zhan Zhao thought for a moment and said again, "Then you be careful, don't take risks." ”

Bai Yutang nodded.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly returned to Kaifeng with Shi Ye, and when he saw Tianzun and Yin Houdu at the intersection, he was a little relieved, and hurried to find the black shadow.

……

put down Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to act separately, and said that they went to the Criminal Department to investigate Zhao Pu and Pang Taishi.

Zhao Pusi Tong looked at the file in the study, and after a while, the Taishi ran in, "Lord Wang." ”

Zhao Pu smiled and asked, "Got it?" ”

"I heard." Taishi nodded, "It's probably two years ago that some people have been lost one after another, and of course, the more frequent ones are from this year. ”

Zhao Pu calculated the time, "...... two years ago"

"Two years ago, the imperial court strengthened patrols around Kaifeng, especially some homeless people and beggars, and also made some statistics." Master Pang said, "Because two years ago, a beggar disappeared, and his companion went to Kaifeng Mansion to report the case, and Zhanzhao had just arrived in Kaifeng Mansion at that time. He turned over the entire Kaifeng Mansion, but he didn't find anyone or the body, so he began to inquire if there was any other beggar missing. ”

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows slightly, "It really seems to be Zhanzhao's style." ”

Taishi nodded, "He inquired, and found that most of the beggars and homeless people were not cared about, and even if they were lost, no one knew what to do, so Lord Bao thought of a way, on the one hand, to strengthen the number and frequency of patrols in the imperial city, on the other hand, the homeless people can go to the porridge shop to register after they arrive in Kaifeng, because they can often get free food and clothes, so most homeless people will go, and they will know more people and take care of each other. ”

Zhao Pu frowned, "You suspect that the other party was originally a homeless person, but then the Kaifeng Mansion was too tightly controlled, so he turned to the Criminal Department." The prisoners of the Criminal Department are out of the control of Kaifeng Prefecture, and most of them are repeat offenders without relatives, or even death row prisoners, so the other party is quite careful. ”

"I've got a rough count." Taishi didn't look at the straw bales, but he was still unambiguous, "So far, all the lost prisoners have added up to more than forty. ”

Zhao Pu couldn't help frowning, "So much? ”

Taishi nodded, "It's not counting the death row prisoners who have been transferred, that's not good to count." And the corpses that were flattened by Yin Hou that day happened to be more than 30 corpses! ”

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Coupled with the loss of beggars before, are there still some people whose whereabouts are unknown?" ”

Taishi nodded, "Hmm! At least twenty more! ”

Zhao Pu touched his chin, "Where did so many living people go?" ”

Taishi lowered his voice and said, "I asked the people of Haotianlou to investigate, and it was fake that Yan Feng'er liked someone who was forced to die, and that woman was missing!" ”

Zhao Pu admired Taishi a little, "Can this be checked?" ”

Taishi smiled, "Money can make ghosts grind." ”

Zhao Pu smiled, nodded, and waited for him to continue.

"Yan Feng'er really fell in love with a rich man, that kid got along with her very well, and she didn't want to be someone else's house, but she really gave it to others. But after the prince left Haotianlou one day, he never came again. Later, Yan Fenger happened to meet him on the road and stepped forward to talk to him, but the boy didn't know her. Taishi raised her eyebrows, "Yan Feng'er thought that the man was afraid that she would ruin his reputation, so she pretended not to know, and sighed for a while after going back. Many people persuaded her, saying that these rich sons could really take them seriously these fireworks girls these days. However, Yan Feng'er always seemed to be obsessed with this matter, and she always felt that the boy seemed to really don't remember her and changed as a different person. Two days after this happened, Yan Feng'er disappeared. ”

Zhao Pu frowned, "So weird? ”

"And then." Taishi continued, "A few cleaners in Haotianlou said that the princess seems to like to chant scriptures and burn incense, and every time she comes from the east courtyard where the princess lives, she has to send a lot of incense ashes. That day, the incense collector sent back a hairpin, saying that it was in the incense ash, which looked very precious, and I don't know if the princess lost it. The next person looked at it and found that the hairpin was Yan Feng'er, thinking of Yan Feng'er's disappearance, the next person was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, for fear that he would lose his life if he didn't know what he didn't know, so he sold the hairpin. The old man inquired about the jade shop, and the hosta was the same as the hairpin that Lao Bao later found from the temple. The shopkeeper said that the hairpin was later stolen. ”

Zhao Pu touched his chin when he heard this, "Incense ash? ”

Taishi nodded and touched his beard, "I heard that it's a lot!" “

Zhao Pu was a little puzzled, "Can a person burn incense have so much incense ash?" ”

"Those incense ashes are really about the same as a temple." Taishi patted his belly lightly, "I let those incense ashes toss some out, they said that Haotianlou incense ashes were mixed with a lot of charcoal ash and bone meal, and they were directly sprinkled on the ground to make fertilizer." ”

The corners of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched, "Could it be the slag of alchemy?" ”

"The old man also thought so, so he asked someone to go to the old farmer's house to collect incense ash and make fatten." Taishi smiled, "It has been sent to Mr. Gongsun for inspection." ”

Zhao Pu smiled, patted Taishi Pang's belly, and nodded in praise, "Taishi is really capable!" ”

Taishi, hey, hey, straight.

……

In Taixue, Zou Liang and Lin were dizzy from listening to the lectures of several masters at night, and finally stayed up until the end of class, rubbing their groggy heads and walking out.

Lin Yehuo patted his legs, "No, you must skip class in the afternoon!" ”

Zou Liang also rubbed his eyebrows and slept well.

Bao Yan was in good spirits, and he turned around and wanted to ask Pang Yu where he was eating, but he couldn't find him, the three of them looked left and right, and saw that behind them, Pang Yu was chatting with Lan Shaotian.

Lan Shaotian is usually weird, so there are very few students who will get close to him, and Pang Yu doesn't know what Lu Dao said to him at this time.

Bao Yan and the others came up to listen, and heard Lan Shaotian say, "That black shadow has been refusing to leave." ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Bao Yan asked, "What dark shadow?" ”

Lan Shaotian suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the attic where the black-clothed man had haunted the front in the distance, "In that small building, there is a ghost who has always refused to leave. ”

Everyone subconsciously looked at the small building.

Lan Shaotian stretched out a finger to a few people and shook it, "He has made up his mind, he won't stop until he reaches his goal, don't provoke him easily, remember, remember!" ”

After speaking, Lan Shaotian staggered away.

Leave everyone in a daze at the attic.

Bao Yan asked Pang Yu, "How did you talk about that attic?" ”

Pang Yu felt a chill on his back, "I'll try it, ask him where he is haunted, and he said a bunch of strange things, saying that the ghost has been wandering for twenty years and refuses to leave." ”

"Wow...... This blue sky and white sun. Lin Yehuo shook his head and decided to go to dinner.

At this time, Wang Qi and Chunhua also ran out, and everyone was about to discuss where to go, when they saw a shadow guard fall, and Zou Liang said something in his ear.

Zou Liang was slightly stunned, turned around and beckoned to the four teenagers.

The four of them came up, and Zou Liang whispered, "Shi Ye has found it!" ”

Wang Qi and Chunhua opened their mouths wide, "Really? How is he? ”

"I'm still alive, let's go back to Kaifeng Mansion first!" Zou Liang took Wang Qi and Chunhua back first, although Bao Yan and Pang Yu were also very curious and wanted to go back and take a look, but the task assigned by Master Bao to them had not yet been completed.

Lin Yehuo wanted to follow Zou Liang, Zou Liang asked him to stay with Bao Yan and them, Lin Yehuo came back again, yawning, "By the way, is there a lot of books in the Taixue Library?" ”

The two nodded, and Bao Yan asked, "What book are you looking for?" ”

"Hey, hey." Lin Yehuo turned around, "Just take a look." With that, he walked away.

Bao Yan and Pang Yu glanced at each other - Lin Yehuo won't cause trouble, right? Don't burn down the Taixue Library, it's more reliable to follow.

……

Near the dock, Tianzun asked Yin Hou with a tea bowl, "Why is it so slow?" ”

Yin Hou didn't answer, just looked at Xiao Wu on the side, beckoned to Tianzun, and asked, "Is there something wrong with this tiger?" ”

Tianzun also leaned over to look, and saw that Xiao Wu didn't know what Lu Dao was about, as if he was a little uncomfortable, looking at a few children who were gnawing on buns on the side, and let out a low roar.

A few children originally ate steamed buns very well, but when they raised their eyes and saw Xiao Wu, they were scared, "Mother!" With a bang, he threw the bun and ran away.

Xiao Wu didn't chase after those children, but stared at the buns on the ground, and his expression was like looking at some cockroach and bedbug.

Tianzun and Yin Hou glanced at each other.

The shopkeeper on the side came out and wanted to pick up the buns and throw them to feed the dogs, but when Xiao Wu's hand touched the buns, he roared again, and the shopkeeper was so frightened that he sat on the ground, "Mom, isn't this Xiaowu of Kaifeng Mansion?" Don't you say you don't eat people? ”

Yin Hou patted Xiao Wu, "It's true that it doesn't bite, but where did you get this bun from?" ”

The shopkeeper didn't know what to say, "Throw down those little babies just now." ”

"I know it." The daughter-in-law of the shopkeeper who was boiling water on the side said, "Today, Haotianlou sent dishes, a lot of delicious food was sent for free, and the doll just came to tell me that it was Haotianlou who sent buns, and I still have them here." ”

As she spoke, the aunt handed two to Yin Hou and Tianzun, and stuffed another one into her master's mouth, "Do you two taste it?" Haotianlou's chef is an imperial chef! ”

When the bun was put on the table, Yin Hou and Tianzun saw Xiao Wu staring at the bun with hatred.

Tianzun touched its head, reached out to pick up a bun, and sniffed it.

Tianzun frowned slightly, stared at the bun for a while, broke it, and sniffed the meat filling inside.

Yin Hou saw Tianzun squint, reached out and took a pair of chopsticks, took out the meat filling and put it in the bowl, and began to poke.

Several people watched Tianzun's actions curiously, and Tianzun didn't know what to pick, so he was busy for a long time, and then took out a piece of meat skin with chopsticks and showed it to the shopkeeper who was gnawing on the bun and his daughter-in-law.

"What's this?" The shopkeeper looked at a piece of pale yellow meat like pigskin, and there seemed to be a faint rib pattern on it.

Tianzun stretched out a finger, compared it with the piece of meat, and said, "Whoever fingers it." ”

After speaking, he saw that the shopkeeper was stunned, and then put down the bun, "vomit", hugged the pillar to the side and vomited, and his daughter-in-law exclaimed, "Mom! Human flesh! ”

"What human flesh?" Several people on the side came over to ask.

The daughter-in-law pointed to the meat bun and shouted, "Haotianlou is a human meat bun!" ”

The shopkeeper's daughter-in-law also has a very high voice, and now, the whole street exploded.

……

On the fishing boat, Bai Yutang heard a sudden commotion near the pier, why was he surprised?

He was wondering, and suddenly, he felt a faint aura behind him.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, this internal strength was somewhat familiar, he stood without moving, and felt a hand gently pressing his shoulder.

Looking at the gray hand on his shoulder, Bai Yutang frowned slightly, "You have practiced until you have gone mad, so your internal strength will loom." ”

The person behind him didn't answer, but just said, "Hello come with me." Bai Yutang glanced back, and a white ghost face came into view.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, "It's true that you went to Kaifeng Mansion with me to surrender." “

The ghost-faced man smiled "hehe", "I'll come, I'm not afraid of you arresting me, let me remind you first, if you don't go with me, I'm afraid you'll regret it." ”

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "What do you regret?" ”

"The entire Kaifeng people will die!" Ghostface's voice was eerie, "You make your own decisions. ”

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "Wait for Zhanzhao to come over......"

"Zhanzhao can't participate!"

Bai Yutang frowned, "For what?" ”

"Because he's an official!" Ghostface was brief.

"What's wrong with the official errand?" Bai Yutang asked rhetorically.

"I hate all the officials." The ghost-faced man said coldly.

Bai Yutang frowned.

The ghost-faced man put his hand on his shoulder and tightened slightly, "Hurry up and decide!" ”

Bai Yutang thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay." ”

As soon as the ghost-faced man turned around and left, Bai Yutang had no choice but to chase after him.

Tianzun held the tea bowl and looked at the people of Kaifeng who were vomiting in the dark, and asked Yin Hou, "How do I feel a strange internal energy sweeping by?" ”

Yin Hou, who was sitting in front of him, nodded, and pointed to the direction of the dock behind Tianzun, "Just now Yutang followed a man wearing a white mask away. ”