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On this day, in the grass by the Peacock Lake on the west side of the Imperial Garden of the Imperial Palace, there were three squatting people, one large and two small.

The big one is wearing a yellow dragon robe, the small one is one left and one right, the little girl on the left looks like she is three years old, and the little boy on the right is five or six years old, both of them are round and chubby, with big eyes and white skin.

The three of them were hiding behind a few potted plants, staring intently at the lake ahead.

Who are the three? The one in the yellow robe is naturally Emperor Zhao Zhen, and the two children around him are his family's Xiangxiang and the fourth son of the Gongsun family.

How could these two get together and hide behind a potted plant? Let's start with an incident that happened a few days ago.

Mid-April is Zhao Zhen's birthday, after all, it is the emperor's birthday, and it is always to be celebrated, so since last month, the palace has undergone some renovations.

Peacock Lake is actually a small lake in the imperial garden, because the peacocks raised by Zhao Zhen live by the lake, and they can often be seen holding their long tails and skimming around the lake, so Zhao Zhen inscribed the words "Peacock Lake" on the stone tablet by the lake.

During the renovation of the palace, it seems that a few dead trees were cut down, and on one of the trees, a skua made a nest.

This skua eats fish and catches mice on weekdays, very fierce, gray-black feathers all over the body, quite big, a brown beak with sharp hooks, and the palace maids who come in and out on weekdays are often frightened by this bird.

Because the nest was demolished when the tree was cut, the skua didn't know if it was dissatisfied, so it ran to grab the nest with the peacocks, and recently pecked several peacocks.

Zhao Zhen was very distressed and asked Nangong to find someone to catch the bird.

The reason why it is called a skua is because this bird thief is bad.

Nangong arranged some guards nearby, but he couldn't catch it, and he wanted to pull a net, but he was afraid of hurting the peacock.

In the end, Nangong thought about it, and ran to Kaifeng Mansion to tell Zhan Zhao, everyone knows that Zhan Zhao is good, this bird is flying around on the lake, and ordinary people can't catch it, so they can only ask Zhan Zhao to come out.

Zhan's guards easily agreed and ran to the lake to squat.

But this bird is not only a thief, but also looks at people, it doesn't come out when Zhanzhao is there, Zhanzhao goes to have a meal, it immediately flies out and pecks two peacocks.

Zhan's guards squatted by the lake for two days, squatting to grow mushrooms, and didn't catch the bird, and finally Zhan Zhao ran away, anyway, cats are for catching rats, not birds.

The skua saw that no one had to get it, so it became more and more arrogant, and every morning before dawn, it "quacked" on the roof, and Xiangxiang was woken up by it several times, and the queen mother listened to it.

Zhao Zhen didn't do it anymore, and said in his heart that I, a true dragon emperor, can I still be stumped by your thief bird?

Thinking of the "True Dragon Son", Zhao Zhen really came up with an idea, and he asked Nangong to go to Kaifeng Mansion to borrow something...... A trap was laid.

In addition to Zhao Zhenxian, the fourth son is also very idle.

In the past few days, Xiao Liangzi ran back to the Wolf King Castle to celebrate his mother's birthday, and he would not come back until a few days, so the little four sons had no one to play, and I heard that Zhao Zhen had set a trap to catch birds, so he came to observe, this is not ...... The three of them had been squatting behind the tree for almost half an hour, and their legs were numb.

A group of shadow guards in the distance asked Nangong Ji, who was holding his arms and shaking his head helplessly, "What plan did the emperor prepare?" ”

As soon as Nangong spread his hands, he had never seen such an idle emperor.

At this moment, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also came, followed by Zhao Pu, who was yawning.

Gongsun went to give Taixue a lesson, and Zhao Pu had nothing to do, so he came to the palace to pick up the fourth son to eat together.

As soon as the three of them walked to the Nangong at the gate of the courtyard, they heard two bird calls of "quack", and looked up...... I saw a big gray bird spinning on the lake in the distance, and as soon as it called, several peacocks by the lake were looking for a place to hide, obviously afraid of it.

Zhan Zhao squatted for two days and didn't see the bird, but today he can be regarded as seeing it, looking at it from afar, "Huh! It's not small! ”

Bai Yutang was also puzzled and asked Nangong Ji, "What trap was set up......?"

Before Bai Yutang finished speaking, suddenly, he heard a "bang", and the water suddenly exploded...... A huge white figure sprang out of the lake.

It was the Mi Mi who rushed out with the splash, and I saw it jump into the air and open its mouth to say "ahh......h

Then, with a "bang", he jumped down into the water, and the lake caused a huge splash, and the skua and the "quack" sound were gone.

Moment...... There was silence all around......

Zhan Zhao and the others opened their mouths wide, followed by a "bang", and they jumped out of the water, spread their wings and flew into the air to hover, and the water droplets brought out of their bodies fell down.

When she heard "wow", Xiao Xiangxiang raised her face and began to cry.

Zhao Zhen hurriedly went to hug his daughter.

The little fourth son also turned around in place, "Ahhhh It's been eaten! Poor birds! ”

Nangong Ji supported the forehead.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were speechless - this meeting was indeed a little too cruel.

Xiao Xiangxiang cried and said, "Father is a bad person. ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head vigorously, he thought about hiding at the bottom of the lake and sneaking up on the bird, but he didn't expect to swallow it directly, it was terrifying just now, no wonder he was scared of Xiangxiang.

The peacocks on the side were so frightened that they scattered and fled, saying what kind of white thing is this! Do you eat peacocks?

After circling twice on the surface of the lake, he saw Bai Yutang walking to the lake and beckoning to it.

When it fell beside him and just wanted to rub him, Bai Yutang pressed its head and pointed to the ground, "Spit it out." ”

Blinked, a mouth...... Let's click.

Look again, a wet stupid bird on the ground is still alive.

The skua was also frightened, and now it was not arrogant, and it was lying on the ground and shivering like a quail. Nangong took a cage and loaded the bird, and asked people to take it out of the palace to find a forest to let it go, it is estimated that it will not dare to come to the palace again in this life to make trouble.

Xiangxiang saw that the bird was not eaten, so she stopped crying.

But now turn around and think about the scene when you jumped out of the water just now, don't be too domineering!

Zhao Pu hugged his arms and nodded, "This is exciting enough!" ”

At this time, he shook his head and burped.

Zhan Zhao glanced at his bulging belly, and estimated that it had eaten a lot of fish at the bottom of the lake just now.

Bai Yutang also glanced at it, and saw that a bag bulged out of its belly, and frowned slightly, "What did you eat?" ”

Zhan Zhao also felt that something was wrong, why did he puff up that bag was a little close to the square?

The little fourth son tiptoed, reached out and touched it, and knocked again, "Oh, hard bang, did you swallow the brick?" ”

After a period of churning in his stomach, he saw that the "hard" thing was gone, and then he opened his mouth......

Everyone heard a "snap", and a rectangular object fell out and fell on the grass by the river.

Nangong took a cloth and wiped it, picked it up and looked at it...... I saw that it was a dark green jade, shaped like a pillow, exquisitely made, two days in the shape of a fishtail, carved with some Buddha patterns, should be the guardian of the temple of the Buddha Buddha.

Bai Yutang had studied jade, took a look, and said, "It's an antique." ”

"Good stuff." Zhao Zhen also nodded.

Zhan Zhao stared at the little fourth son and asked curiously, "What is this?" Pillows? ”

Bai Yutang nodded, "It should be a jade pillow." ”

"Take jade as a pillow?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

Nangong shook it, "But jade is so light ......"

With the shaking of Nangong's hand, they heard a "click" sound from inside, and everyone was stunned...... There's something in there?!

"Is it hollow?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Nangong fumbled for a while, but didn't know how to open it.

Bai Yutang took it and said, "Ice cubes are usually put in it. ”

"Ice?" The crowd was amazed.

"If you have a fever and need ice, put ice in it as a pillow." Bai Yutang said, "Ordinary people don't know how to use it, most of them are royal." ”

As he spoke, the fifth master found a hidden buckle, and with a light press, a gap appeared on the pillow.

"Oh......" Everyone nodded, and Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang curiously, "How do you know?" ”

Bai Yutang said, "My sister-in-law has one, although the style is different, but the basic structure is almost the same, it seems that her father, the King of Medicine, cured a royal family back then, and the royal family gave it to him." ”

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhen again.

Zhao Zhen scratched his head, "I haven't seen it, where did I eat it?" ”

Xiao Sizi said, "I didn't have it when I came just now, I swallowed it when I was eating fish in Peacock Lake, right?" ”

Everyone subconsciously went to see Peacock Lake.

"Maybe it's left by the previous dynasty, right?" Nangong Ji said, "This lake has never been drained. ”

Zhao Zhen also nodded, "Maybe it was a concubine from the previous dynasty who accidentally fell into the lake." As he spoke, he asked curiously, "What's in there?" ”

When I opened the pillow, I saw a small cloth roll inside.

Zhanzhao reached out and took out the cloth roll and opened it...... It was a piece of white silk with some lines drawn with charcoal, which looked like a map, and in one of them, a circle was drawn.

Everyone stared at the picture for a long time, and Zhao Zhen clapped his hands, "Treasure map!" ”

Everyone looked at the sky, this emperor is really idle!

"It looks like a topographical map of the Imperial Palace!" Nangong Ji took it and looked at it, and quickly distinguished, "It's the road map of the area around the side hall on the west side of the palace." ”

Nangong arranged the guards in the palace, and he was quite familiar with the topography of the palace, and pointed to the circle, "This should be the location of the southwest side hall of the abandoned Shaohua Palace." ”

"Shaohua Palace?" Zhan Zhao thought for a moment, "Just the palace that was flooded a few years ago?" ”

Nangong nodded, "The terrain of Shaohua Palace is very low, and there was a heavy rain that year, and the wooden pillars were soaked and turned into a dilapidated house, which has been abandoned for a while. ”

Zhao Zhen hugged Xiangxiang, "Maybe there's a treasure hidden in it, let's go!" Go on a treasure hunt with me! ”

After speaking, Zhao Zhen went to the direction of Shaohua Palace with great interest.

The little fourth son is also happy to keep up.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang spread his hands and expressed helplessness.

Zhao Pu yawned, "What kind of treasure is hiding, maybe it is a concubine who buried some private money." ”

Zhan Zhao looked at the pillow and asked Bai Yutang, "Is this pillow very valuable?" ”

Bai Yutang looked at it and said, "The workmanship is indeed very good, it's worth a thousand eight hundred taels, the key is to see who has used it, if it was Yang Guifei's pillow back then, it would be worth it." ”

……

Everyone came to Shaohua Palace.

This Shaohua Palace was originally splendid, but it is a pity that it has been abandoned for too long, and now it is close to half of the ruins. And it's very far from the main hall of the palace, so there are not many people walking around here.

Nangong found a few older palace maids and asked.

The palace maids all said that there were a lot of muddy roads in Shaohua Palace, and the stone slabs were damaged because of soaking in water, and no one would enter them on weekdays.

"Haunted?" Zhan Zhao kept a heart and asked more.

The palace maids covered their mouths and shook their heads and said, "Of course not, Shaohua Palace used to be a place to enjoy flowers and listen to operas, and there was no grievance." ”

Zhanzhao was relieved.

Bai Yutang didn't want to go in when he heard the "rotten mud" all over the ground just now, but Zhao Zhen was very interested, and rushed in with his daughter in his arms.

Nangong also went in, and Zhao Pu followed the little fourth son in.

And Zhanzhao has recently developed a habit of pulling Bai Yutang's sleeve or wrist wherever he goes, so the fifth master had no choice but to follow in.

Walking through the dusty palace, nothing was found.

According to the map, the "circle" is in a mansion directly west of the palace of Shaohua Palace.

Everyone walked through the corridor and a round stone door, came to the side courtyard, and found the "circle" very smoothly!

What lap? A dry well!

Zhan Zhao and the others looked at the well and nodded, isn't it just a "circle"!

Nangong went over and glanced down from the well, and saw that it was indeed a dry well, with a lot of leaves underneath.

Zhao Zhen put Xiangxiang down, as if he was about to climb in, Nangong hurriedly stopped him and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Father, is there a treasure in the well?" Xiao Xiangxiang grabbed the hem of Zhao Zhen's clothes and asked.

"Hmm......" Zhao Zhen touched his chin quite profoundly, "According to my speculation, □□ is not far from ten." ”

The crowd looked at him with raised eyebrows.

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and said. "I'll tell you a legend I heard when I was a child!"

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen put his hands behind his back and dangled by the well, "My father married a concubine surnamed Ye back then, and he was very fond of him. ”

Zhao Pu Wangtian thought about it, surnamed Ye? Does his imperial brother have a "Concubine Ye"? Why hadn't he heard of it?

"At that time, my father was still the crown prince, and Concubine Ye was his crown princess!" Zhao Zhen continued to wander, "But this Concubine Ye is actually a snitch!" ”

Everyone raised their eyebrows - wow!

"The identity she married in is indeed a famous family, but she is actually an impostor." Zhao Zhen shook his head, "There was a theft case in the palace back then, and it is said that countless gold and silver treasures were lost!" ”

Zhao Pu touched his chin, "I did hear about a palace theft case that has been unsolved, and a lot of treasures have been stolen. ”

Nangong nodded, "The entrance and exit of the imperial city is heavily guarded, and it is difficult to enter and exit freely with so many treasures, so I have always suspected that the people in the palace committed the crime, and the stolen property was also hidden in the palace." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Concubine Ye died in childbirth, she had a deep relationship with her father, until she died, she confessed her identity to her father, originally she planned to run away when she had collected enough money, but in the end she was reluctant to let her father go, so she stayed in the palace until she died." She has been with her father when he was the crown prince and was in a very difficult situation, but she passed away when her father got the throne, so her father didn't mind her identity at all, and he missed her all his life. ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, that is......

Zhao Zhen pointed to the well and said very firmly, "No need to ask, after Concubine Ye stole her property back then, she must have hidden it in this well!" Then she had a deep affection for my father and didn't want to leave, so she left this drawing, waiting for the descendants of the royal family to come and find these treasures! ”

Xiao Xiangxiang clapped her hands, "Oh! ”

The little fourth son also looked up, "The emperor is so smart!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and nodded, and said to Nangong, "Find someone to move a ladder, I will go down to find it myself!" ”

Nangong was speechless, looking at Zhanzhao.

Zhan Zhao was also a little interested, and asked Bai Yutang, "Do you want to go and have a look?" ”

Bai Yutang doesn't care, there's nothing to lose by going and seeing.

Zhan Zhao jumped down the dry well, Bai Yutang also followed, and when the two of them went down, they found that the well was still spacious, so they waved to everyone above.

Zhao Zhen hugged Xiangxiang, Nangong jumped down with Zhao Zhen, Zhao Pu shook his head, and jumped down with his little fourth son.

When everyone went to the well, they looked around, and there was about the size of a hut under the well, and the space was more than two people high, and there were many vines growing around it, and a layer of leaves was piled up.

Nangong groped around the walls, pulled open a few vines, and saw that on the side of the bottom of the well, a black hole appeared, about half a person high, and there seemed to be something inside.

"It must be hidden inside!" Zhao Zhen pointed out.

Nangong was helpless, there were a lot of vines below, so Nangong reached in and touched it, and then, he saw that Nangong didn't move.

Zhan Zhao asked him curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

Nangong said very calmly, "I touched it." ”

"Take it out!" Zhao Zhen was excited.

Nangong looked at Zhao Zhen, sighed, and withdrew his hand.

As soon as everyone looked at it, they saw Nangong take out a white, round thing, and take a closer look - a skull.

Everyone stared at the skull and was silent for a long time, and the little fourth son clapped his hands, "It's here!" ”

As he spoke, everyone collectively turned their faces to look at Zhanzhao, "Possessed by the god of decay!" ”

Zhanzhao opened his mouth wide and pointed at himself, "This is also my fault?!" ”

Zhao Zhen sighed, patted Zhanzhao's shoulder and said seriously, "Zhan Guard, the Nan'an Temple that the Queen Mother often goes to is still very spiritual, you can go and worship when you have time!" ”

Zhan Zhao looks to the sky.

Zhao Zhen hugged his daughter and went out of the dry well with Nangong, Zhao Pu hugged the little fourth son and looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "This morning, the nerd is still talking, Zhan Zhao hasn't picked up the corpse for a long time, you said you can't fight for ......"

The little fourth son also nodded sympathetically.

Zhan Zhao grinds his teeth and looks at Bai Yutang - this corpse should be counted on Zhao Zhen's head!

Bai Yutang was helpless - all the corpses found in Kaifeng City were counted on your head......

Show your spirit.

Zhao Zhen made a mess and ran away, but Zhanzhao still had to investigate the case, he tore off the vines and looked at the situation inside.

Gongsun was also called from Taixue, and said to Zhao Pu with a small medicine box at the mouth of the well, "What am I talking about this morning!" ”

Zhao Pu and the little fourth son looked at Zhanzhao with disdain.

Zhan Zhao squatted at the entrance of the cave, holding his chin, looking at the corpse inside and sighing.

Bai Yutang stood aside with his arms crossed and looked at the fishtail jade pillow, shaking his head, this cat is a little back......

……

In the half-man-high hole, there was a skeleton, which was bent and placed in it, and it felt like the corpse was sitting in that hole. There are still tattered clothes on the bones, looking like a cloth shirt, they are all rotten, but they can still be vaguely distinguished, it is a scholar's robe.

Gongsun jumped directly from the well, and Zhao Pu caught him and put him on the ground.

walked over and squatted beside Zhan Zhao to look at the skeleton, and Zhan Zhao handed the skull to Gongsun.

Gongsun took the skull and looked at it for a while, and then looked at the bones, "Man, probably in his twenties." ”

"How long have you been dead?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It's hard to say." Gongsun said, "This place has been flooded, and it is very damp, and there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants, as short as three or four years, and as long as six or seven years." ”

"Not ten years?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Gongsun shook his head, "Hmm! Not that long. ”

"Can you tell the cause of death?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Gongsun groped for the bones of the corpse and picked out a rib, and when he saw an obvious gap on it, he pointed and said, "Someone has been poked or a sword here, and the wound is very deep, and it should have died of blood loss." ”

"How could you die in a remote dry well in the palace at such a young age?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "And this picture in the fishtail pillow is where the corpse is recorded?" ”

"Looking at the clothes are just ordinary people, it is indeed a bit strange to be able to enter the palace and die in the palace." Gongsun searched the bones and found nothing to prove the identity of the deceased.

After sending Zhao Zhen back to the imperial study, Nangong You turned back, looked at the remaining clothes, and shook his head, indicating that no one in the palace should wear clothes of this texture, and it was estimated that they were people outside the palace.

……

Not long after, the well was full of onlookers, and Master Pang and the Eighth Prince happened to enter the palace, and when they heard that the body had been found, they all came to watch.

Master Pang crossed his arms and shook his head by the well, "Oops! It's really as declining as the legend says! ”

Master Bao sighed, "Blame me!" ”

The eighth prince also nodded, "I have time to take that child to worship!" ”

Zhan Zhao raised his face, and saw a circle of people by the well, looking at him sympathetically, and Zhan Zhao's guards rubbed their chests and were slightly congested.

……

In the evening, the bones were brought back to the chamber in Kaifeng Mansion.

After the autopsy, Gongsun said that he was a man, in his early twenties, and died of trauma through his chest, and he had been dead for about four or five years, and there were no other clues.

Looking at the bones of an nameless male corpse and an intricately carved fishtail jade pillow, everyone was in trouble - where to start!

……

That night, Gongsun drew a portrait in the shape of a skeleton.

Zhan Zhao took the portrait and looked at it, looking very ordinary as a scholar.

Zhao Pu shook his head, "Isn't this kind of all over the street, it's not recognizable." ”

Gongsun was also helpless, "There is no way to speculate on the skin of the face, moles, or fat and thin, I can only guess, I can at most determine this feeling, his eye sockets, chin and the bridge of his nose are considered to have certain characteristics, if it is a familiar person, he may be able to recognize it." ”

"But what if he's not from Kaifeng?" Bai Yutang asked.

Gongsun stretched out his hands, "Then it's really a needle in a haystack, it's better to check from the jade pillow." ”

The next day, pictures were posted inside and outside Kaifeng City to seek clues.

But three days have passed since the image was posted, and no one came to identify the body. As for the fishtail pillow, Zhanzhao went to all the major jade stores, but he didn't find anyone he had seen, and everyone had a bad premonition that this case might have to hang.

……

At noon that day, I went back to Bai Yutang in Baifu and went back to Kaifeng to find Zhan Zhao, but Zhan Zhao was not there, saying that he accompanied Lord Bao into the palace, Gongsun went to the pharmacy, Zhao Pu Ouyang and they went to the barracks, Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang went to the northwest with Xiao Liangzi and did not come back.

Bai Yutang searched around the courtyard and found Xiao Sizi who was playing with empty bamboo, and Xiao Wu who was napping next to Xiao Sizi.

Xiao Sizi pouted and looked at Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang knew that he estimated that he was bored alone, so he went over and asked, "What about my master?" Don't accompany you? ”

Xiao Sizi muttered, "Zunzun and Yin Yin went to drink, and no one accompanied me to Yaojia Village." ”

Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, "What are you doing in Yaojia Village?" ”

Xiao Sizi said, "Yaojia Village is competing in the empty bamboo these days, Sister Xiaocui's hometown is Yaojia Village, she said that these three days every year can be lively!" The largest bamboo is the size of a cow! ”

Yaojia Village is in the western suburbs of Kaifeng, not far from the city, there are indeed some empty bamboo, kite and other competitions every year, and there are many acrobatic teams will come, very lively.

Bai Yutang saw that there was nothing to do, so he went to the stables to lead Bai Yunfan out, and pulled the little fourth son, "Go, I'll accompany you!" ”

The little fourth son cheered and followed Bai Yutang out.

Bai Yutang asked Chen Xing'er to bring a message to Gongsun and Zhanzhao, saying that he took the fourth son to Yaojia Village to play and come back in the evening.

……

Yaojia Village is really lively, Bai Yutang took the little four sons to watch the empty bamboo competition and went to order a pair of small empty bamboos, and then went to have dinner with him, and then took him to the market to buy something, and waited until the evening after watching the fireworks, the two rode horses and returned to Kaifeng slowly.

The little fourth son had a good day of fun, and he was also tired, holding the empty bamboo, sitting on the back of the Baiyunfan horse, leaning on the white jade hall and dozing off.

Bai Yutang rode into Kaifeng City unhurriedly, and at the gate of the city, Bai Yutang saw a picture attached to a conspicuous place at a glance.

One of the corners of the portrait was probably blown off by the wind, swaying gently in the wind, and on the portrait was the humble scholar...... Plus today, it's the fourth day, and no one has gone to Kaifeng Mansion to identify the body.

Bai Yutang remembered that the day before yesterday, Bao Yan and Pang Yu had gone through all the case files of missing persons in the past five years, and they did not find a single person similar to the deceased. The fifth master has walked the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has seen a lot of dead people, but the scholar has been curled up in a dry well for many years, but no one is looking for him, which can't help but make people sigh.

Gently pulling the reins of Bai Yunfan, Bai Yutang wanted to take a shortcut and hurry back to Kaifeng Mansion, passing through a narrow alley, and in front of him was a very secluded street in Kaifeng.

At the intersection, Bai Yutang saw an old woman standing in front of a wall in the distance, looking up at the portrait posted on the wall.

The old lady's look at the portrait attracted Bai Yutang's attention.

It was a cold night, and a little windy at night, and the old lady wore a gray-black robe and a burlap shawl, and held a wooden cane in her hand. She was thin, slightly hunchbacked, wrinkled and tired, with gray hair coiled and a few strands fluttering gently in the night breeze. The old woman remained motionless, her face tilted, staring at the portrait with great concentration.

When Bai Yutang rode out on a horse, he saw her stretch out her hand, as if she wanted to tear off the portrait, but when she noticed the sound of horses' hooves, she quietly took her hand back.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly, this old woman doesn't look old, but she should have some kung fu, but unfortunately she can't guess her identity.

The old lady turned around, lowered her head and walked forward, and when she passed Bai Yutang's horse, Bai Yutang grabbed the reins of the horse, looked back at her, and asked, "Old man." ”

The old lady stopped, turned her head, and looked at Bai Yutang.

After looking at it for a while, the old lady smiled slightly, "This son, called Lao Sheng?" ”

At this time, the little fourth son also woke up from sleep, rubbed his eyes and looked at the old lady in front of him, and looked up at Bai Yutang with some puzzlement.

Bai Yutang pointed to the portrait and asked, "Do you know the person on the painting?" ”

The old lady smiled slightly and shook her head.

Bai Yutang was originally nosy, but this time it was not so much that he wanted to help Zhanzhao investigate the case, but that the fifth master really wanted to find out the identity of the nameless skeleton, so he asked more, "Like someone you have seen?" ”

The old lady stared at Bai Yutang and smiled faintly, "I really don't know the old student." ”

Bai Yutang didn't speak, but he was obviously a little suspicious.

The old lady seemed to see Bai Yutang's doubts, so she said, "Lao Sheng just thinks that God is really unfair, an old bone like me is still alive and well, and the person in the portrait is so young, but he is dead." ”

Bai Yutang couldn't tell whether the old woman was telling the truth, or just looking for an excuse to prevaricate.

After the old lady finished speaking, she turned around, walked away unhurriedly with her cane.

Bai Yutang still looked back at her, at this time, on the empty street, he could only hear the sound of the old lady's crutches hitting the ground, but he couldn't hear the old lady's footsteps.

Bai Yutang frowned - the kung fu is really good! What is the origin?

"In vain."

The little fourth son woke up Bai Yutang, who was in deep thought.

Bai Yutang looked down at him.

Xiao Sizi raised his face and said to Bai Yutang, "That grandmother looks a little like the person in the portrait." ”

Bai Yutang was slightly stunned, "Like?" ”

Xiao Sizi nodded, "Hmm! This person is very special in the eye sockets and chin, and that grandmother has the same characteristics as him, so she may be a relative. ”

Bai Yutang hurriedly pulled Bai Yunfan's horse reins and chased after him.

But just now, the old lady had already turned into an alley, and Bai Yutang would look for it again...... It's long gone.

Bai Yutang felt that things didn't seem to be simple, so he quickly went back to Kaifeng Mansion to find Zhanzhao.

……

And at this time, where is Zhanzhao?

Zhan's guards are not in Kaifeng Mansion. He did come back when he was in charge of the lamp just now, and wanted to wait for Bai Yutang to come back and go to have a supper or something with him, but just now, Nangong Ji sent a guard to find him, saying that something was wrong in the palace.

Zhan Zhao and Zhao Pu rushed to the palace and were taken to the dry well where they found the bones.

"What does it smell like?" Gongsun smelled a smell of burning.

Nangong pointed to the bottom of the well.

Zhan Zhao and Zhao Pu glanced at each other, took the lantern in the hand of one of the guards, and jumped into the dry well.

The bottom of the dry well is different from the one they came a few days ago.

In front of the cave where the corpse was kept, there were three piles of ashes, which looked like burnt paper money, and in the middle was an incense burner with burned incense, and two candles, and a white streamer was inserted at the entrance of the cave, and there were yellow paper money around it.

Zhan Zhao was surprised - someone came to worship?

Zhao Pu asked Nangong, "The guards didn't find out who it was?" ”

Nangong shook his head, "The palace is heavily guarded, but no one has noticed that anyone has entered or exited, and the guards patrolled here today and only found out when they smelled the smell of incense and candles." ”

"What's that?"

Gongsun's eyes were sharp, and he saw that there seemed to be something in the pile of fallen leaves, and Zhanzhao squatted down to pick up the fallen leaves, and saw a jade pendant inside.

Picking up the jade pendant, everyone looked at it by the light - and saw that it was a jade pendant the size of a copper coin, and the style of the jade pendant was exactly the same as the fishtail pillow that he found in the Peacock Lake that day.

"Did it last time?" Zhao Pu asked.

Gongsun shook his head, "Impossible, I turned over all the leaves last time, and I definitely didn't have this jade pendant." ”

"It was left by the worshippers?"

Zhanzhao touched, "Why don't you hang it on the vine or put it in a hole, but bury it in the fallen leaves?" ”

"Or......" Nangong looked at the pile of fallen leaves, "as if it was thrown down." ”

Gongsun nodded, "Possibly." ”

Zhan Zhao looked at the jade pendant and couldn't help frowning, no one had been worshipping before, and suddenly someone came...... Is it because the portrait is recognized, and the deceased will come to worship, and it can be seen that it has a lot to do with breaking into the palace at risk, but since there are people who know the deceased, why don't the other party go to Kaifeng Mansion to recognize the corpse, but come to pay tribute themselves?

……

At the same time, inside the palace.

Zhao Zhen walked to the garden and saw Concubine Pang sitting at the table drinking tea with the Queen Mother, and Xiangxiang was sitting on Concubine Pang's lap and dangling her calves.

Zhao Zhen came in and sat down, and Xiao Xiangxiang immediately crawled over, "Did my father have dinner?" ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head, and Concubine Pang asked the maids beside her to bring dinner to Zhao Zhen.

As soon as the palace maid walked out of the courtyard, everyone heard a scream.

Several guards rushed out, and Zhao Zhen also walked out...... I saw that at the end of the imperial garden, on a camphor tree next to Peacock Lake, there was a palace maid hanging.

Xiangxiang was about to run out to see, but Concubine Pang intercepted her, and saw Zhao Zhen turn around and wave her hand.

Concubine Pang hugged Xiangxiang back to the house.

The Queen Mother walked over, glanced up at Zhao Zhen's side, and frowned.

A few guards let the maid go, but she was no longer saved.

There was a knotted hemp rope hanging from the tree, and there was a chair in the ground...... It looks like he hanged himself.

Soon, Zhan Zhao rushed over when he heard the news.

Nangong Ji glanced at the palace maid and couldn't help frowning.

This palace maid is over fifty years old, and many people don't know her, but the eunuch in charge recognized it, saying that she was a palace maid who was in charge of heavy work such as laundry, and basically wouldn't come to the front. This palace maid is called Granny Liang, she is very cheerful, and she is also talkative on weekdays, and the housekeeper can't understand why she came to the imperial garden to hang herself.

Gongsun squatted next to the corpse and examined it, and said, "She did commit suicide!" ”

Zhan Zhao frowned, thinking that he had been killed and hung here, but he really committed suicide? Truth be told, suicide in such a place is more unthinkable than being killed.

In addition, there is nothing to check for suicide in the first place, there are many reasons for suicide, but at least there is no murderer to catch...... But a few days ago, the nameless skeleton was found again, and the fishtail pillow was also found in the Peacock Lake, is there a connection between the two?

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