In April, the city is full of peach blossoms.

Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, conducted a small spring test, and the test papers were handed over to Longtu Pavilion. This paper test is not to choose any talented and good ministers, but to choose a capable person who is proficient in ancient and modern writing, patient and careful, and can sort out and repair scattered ancient books.

The two old ministers who marked the test papers, two people who have been very busy recently.

It is said that this Kaifeng City, from the royal family to the common people, all know that there are two incompatible people in the Lu Dao Dynasty, one is the famous corrupt official Taishi Pang Ji, and the other is the famous Qing official Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji have been officials in the same dynasty for 20 years, the two are similar in age and have similar ranks, but their personalities are conflicting and they don't match.

One is the emperor's father-in-law, and the other is the emperor of the dynasty, and no one will let anyone.

Speaking of which, the two of them have something to do with Renzong to some extent.

Zhao Zhen, the seemingly benevolent young emperor, actually has some bad taste. For example, once the DPRK and China are at peace, they like to make fun of the two old ministers. No, the border has been smooth recently, there is nothing to do in the DPRK, and there are no disasters and grievances, so Renzong had a whim, saying that he would sort out the unsolved case files in Longtu Pavilion for the past three years, and he would study it.

So, Bao Zheng, who was a scholar of Longtu Pavilion, was sweating in his swarthy head at that time, and he took a step forward and started, "Your Majesty, there are many files in Longtu Pavilion, why don't you choose some students who are too learned to sort it out?" ”

"Alas!" Taishi Pang stretched out a long tune, and also went out of the class to play, "Your Majesty, where can the students of Taixue distinguish what unsolved cases are not unsolved, and Bao Xiangye needs to come out in person!" ”

Bao Zheng squinted at Master Pang, and said in his heart, you fat man, take the opportunity to coax!

Pang Taishi looked at him and squinted his eyes, his whole face was like an inkstone, and he was also a little cautious, but when he saw Bao Zheng fall into the well, if he Pang Ji didn't throw stones down, he wouldn't be Pang Ji.

Zhao Zhen touched his chin leisurely and spoke, "The Taishi is reasonable, it is better for Bao Qing to sort it out himself." ”

Taishi Pang curled the corners of his mouth and grinned, and before the smile could be completely formed on his face, he heard Bao Zheng say, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Weichen alone is not enough, and I want to ask Taishi to help share half of it." ”

The corners of Taishi's mouth froze, and he heard Zhao Zhen's brisk voice, "Quasi." After that, it completely collapsed.

The little eunuch said "retreat"

The ministers watched from behind Bao Zheng and Pang Ji as they walked outside the palace gate, pinching each other's arms.

"Kuroko, why are you dragging me into the water?"

"Thanks to you, I still don't want you to back your back?"

After being trapped in Longtu Pavilion for three days and three nights, and being bitten all over by bookworms, the two adults decided to stop fighting and actively save themselves, so there was this spring test.

In the end, all the students who were admitted were Taixue, and it took ten students half a month, and there were a lot of unsolved cases in the past three years alone, and the others had to continue to be sorted out.

On this day, Zhao Zhen came to Longtu Pavilion with his hands behind his back and wandered around, stretched out his hand and pulled out a roll, and asked Bao Zheng while looking at it, "Bao Qing, are the guards idle?" ”

Bao Zheng raised his face and thought about it......

Zhanzhao, who was eating wontons in Taibaiju, suddenly sneezed.

"Idle." Master Pang came over and interjected again, "I said Lao Bao, you are really capable, where did you find such a capable Zhanzhao, as soon as he arrived in Kaifeng, those old cases and unsolved cases were solved, especially the cases about the people of the rivers and lakes, in the past, a small sect made you feel like you were worried about something, but now it's okay......"

Master Pang didn't see Master Bao squeezing his eyebrows tightly to make him look at him, but unfortunately Master Bao's facial expressions were submerged in darkness, and Old Pang was old and a little dazzled, and he couldn't see clearly.

"Have Bao Qing and Taishi been idle lately?" Zhao Zhen said a word, Master Pang can be regarded as honest, in exchange for Lord Bao's vicious white eyes - that white......

"Is this cabinet unsolved...... Zhao Zhen pointed from the first row to the back row, stretched out his hand and patted Bao Zhengyou and patted Pang Ji, "Two, go on a patrol, how about it?" ”

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji opened their mouths wide.

Lord Bao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the minister is busy with things in Kaifeng Mansion......

"Haven't you been idle lately, I have sent someone to pick you up." After Zhao Zhen blocked Master Bao and was speechless, he glanced at Master Pang again.

The Taishi could only swallow his saliva—he had no excuses, because his fingers were idle.

"Let's start with this volume." Zhao Zhen stuffed the file he had just pulled out into Bao Zheng's hand, turned around and drove, and returned to the palace satisfied.

Leaving Master Bao and Master Pang staring at each other, with black faces to white faces, sighing together.

……

When I returned to the palace, I saw that the officials had packed their luggage, and there was a long queue of people going out on patrol at the door, and the fair and honest sign held high was very magnificent.

Facing him, he saw Bao Zheng and Pang Ji walking out side by side.

Master Pang saw the red figure in front of him at a glance.

Zhanzhao only recently entered Kaifeng, and I don't know how he was fooled by Bao Zheng, but this famous young man came to help investigate the case.

Pang Ji had a very good and bad impression of this tall and handsome young man.

is excellent, because he feels good inherently, and it is difficult for anyone not to like such a person, and the word "likable" occupies the first impression he makes.

Extremely bad, because Pang Ji has lived so long and seen so much, and knows best that this mild non-pool thing is much more difficult than the non-gentle pool thing.

Usually, the more humble a person is, the more arrogant he is in his bones; The more people who love to laugh, the less they will turn their faces back.

Zhanzhao is young and can be famous all over the world on the rivers and lakes, it must not be a good stubble...... Besides, there was a casualness in this young man that seemed to accommodate both good and evil, and it was unclear whether he was a potted plant in the greenhouse or a vine beyond the mountain wall, and of course, the trickiest thing was that he was on the side of Bao Zheng.

"Zhan Guard." Pang Ji was very polite to Zhanzhao.

Zhan Zhao slightly curled the corners of his mouth, a pair of big eyes that could be bent into a crescent moon, giving the Taishi a smile that he used most often.

Taishi covered his heart, no one had smiled so sincerely at him for a long time, at least it did seem sincere to him.

"My lord, you want to go out?" Zhan Zhao asked Bao Zheng, and his eyes were looking at the file in Bao Zheng's hand.

"That's right, Zhan Guard, you also prepare, let's leave at night to inspect the unsolved case."

When Zhan Zhao heard about the "unsolved case", he seemed to be very interested, raised his hand to take the file, and raised it gently......

The dossier brush opened with a sound, and the scroll at the other end fell to the other hand, and with a shake of both hands, the volume was opened!

Zhanzhao made a move, Bao Zheng heard a commotion behind him, and glanced back, all kinds of maids of all sizes in Kaifeng Fuli were crowded together, just looking at the mouth shape, he knew that he was saying the word "handsome".

Bao Zheng coughed, and when he turned around, he saw that Master Pang also opened his mouth wide.

Bao Zheng pushed him - you are endless! Don't stare at my innocent boy!

Master Pang waved his hand, he was not the little girl's family who felt that Zhan Zhao was handsome, but was surprised by the change in his expression.

Zhan Zhao was very serious, silently read the file, and looked up, "The guillotine case? The broken knives are all destroyed, like a vendetta in the rivers and lakes......"

"Zhan Guard, clues?" Pang Ji leaned in and said, "This case is quite bloody." ”

"One knife cuts multiple heads, this is the practice of fighting in the rivers and lakes, the people who died were all people who broke the knife door, and even the head of the door was cut down, and the one who killed was definitely a master with a knife." Zhan Zhao put away the scroll and tapped his chin gently, "There are many swordsmen on the rivers and lakes, but there are not many who can have such sword skills, they can be counted on one hand, and they are almost all famous knights, so they shouldn't do this kind of thing." ”

"Who are they?" Bao Zheng didn't know much about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

"If you talk about using a knife, the most powerful one should be Tianzun, but he is a martial arts saint, and he has retired to the rivers and lakes for many years, so it shouldn't be him. In addition, the suspicion of one person should be ruled out. ”

"Who?" Bao Zheng and Pang Ji asked together.

"Nine Princes, Zhao Pu." Zhan Zhao made a head-cutting action, "He did a lot of work on the battlefield, but Zhao Pu's knife technique has certain characteristics, the demon knife he uses Xintinghou is huge, it is impossible to operate so dexterously, and he slashes several knives at close range...... While saying, Zhan Zhao Juque, the Taishi didn't understand what was going on, and he saw the sword spike in front of him...... Behind him, the brim of the hat of the stone lamp fell with a click.

The corners of Master Pang's mouth twitched.

Zhan Zhao nodded and muttered to himself, "It should be a knife about the size of a sword." ”

"So skinny?" Master Pang was surprised, the knives in his mind were all the kind of golden silk big ring knife, the Qinglong Yanyue knife, and Zhao Pu's new pavilion marquis, which was so big that it could shoot dead bears.

"There are two kinds of knives that are very thin but also amazingly powerful." Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose, "One is a Fusang knife." ”

"So it's possible that the Fuso people committed the crime?" Taishi remembered that he had seen some Fuso samurai use similar swords before, and they were very fierce.

"Not really." Zhan Zhao shook his head, raised his hand and shook Juque......

Master Pang didn't see what was going on clearly, he only saw something flashing in front of his eyes, and the poor stone lamp behind him just now was cut in half, and the upper half slipped down.

On the other side, Zhan Zhao still knocked it down with the scroll, "Usually Fusang knives are cut up and down, and the knife method is fast and brutal...... To know the way, the most difficult knife is the horizontal knife, that is, you can't rely on the upper and lower borrowing force, and it is not easy to handle, and then the knife is faster, and the internal force needs to be very deep. ”

"Zhan Guard." Bao Zheng saw that Zhanzhao evaluated the murderer as a master, so he asked, "Do you have any suspects who you think may be?" ”

Zhan Zhao thought about it, and shook his head after the most reluctance, "It's unlikely that it's him." ”

"Then even if he is not a suspect, is he very good at swordsmanship, maybe he can know who the murderer is?" Master Pang asked tentatively.

"It's possible, I'm really not familiar with using knives." Zhan Zhao nodded, and said slowly, "The second type of knife that is so slender and powerful is the nemesis of the Fusang knife, the Miao knife. ”

"Miao Dao?" Bao Zheng was stunned, "Could it be that it is the Miao people who committed the crime." ”

"Tsk." Zhan Zhao stretched out a slender finger and shook it gently, and turned around in a dashing manner, Bao Zheng heard a commotion behind him again, and helplessly held his forehead, since Zhan Zhao came to Kaifeng, those girls were like eating the elixir one by one, and the dragon spirit and tiger were fierce like wolves and tigers.

Pang Taishi suddenly thought of the feat of Zhan Zhao who had entered the palace and laid down a group of internal guards, and by the way, he captured the palace from the queen mother to the little maid's heart...... Could it be that this is the real reason why Zhao Zhen drove them out of the palace to handle the case?

Thinking of this, Pang Ji and Bao Zheng silently glanced at each other - this time they were really wronged!

"Miao knife is the most fierce and ruthless thing in the knife, produced in the seedling field, the shape is similar to the grass seedling and gets the name, the knife is three feet eight inches long, the knife handle is one foot two inches, the total length is five feet, sharpening iron like mud, one-handed, two-handed, hands-off can be, and the knife technique is varied." Zhan Zhao looked at the knife wounds depicted on the corpse in the file, and nodded to Bao Zheng, "It's very similar to Miao Dao's doing." ”

"After talking for a long ......time," Pang Ji couldn't help but ask, "Who is the suspect of Zhan's guard?" ”

"Well, it's not a suspect, this person can't afford to offend." Zhan Zhao waved his hand again and again, his head shook like a rattle, "This person is a well-known ghost in the rivers and lakes, evil is hidden, and the monster turns around and runs when he sees it, don't provoke it if it's not necessary!" ”

Bao Zheng looked at Zhan Zhao suspiciously, Zhan Zhao has always been very angry, I haven't seen who he is afraid of, how can he talk about this seems to be tricky?

"Zhan Guard, it's okay to hear it, maybe it's not him." The more Master Pang listened, the more curious he became.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while and said, "Because the Miao Knife is too difficult to control, it is very easy for people who play with the knife to injure or even kill themselves, so there are fewer and fewer people who use the Miao Knife." The Miao knife is too long and easy to break, it is difficult to cast, and after the death of several famous knife casting masters, there is basically no good Miao knife coming out...... The only remaining best and strongest Miao knife in this world is the one in that man's hand - the knife in the clouds. ”

"Knife in the clouds?" Master Pang touched his chin, he likes to collect antique things, and he hasn't heard much of it.

"The knife in the cloud is huge." Zhan Zhao said, "According to legend, it is forged by the ghost forger Ye Zhi with a thousand ghost head knives plus thousands of years of black iron and dragon blood, and it is extremely tough and evil, it is an evil thing, and the murderous spirit is not inferior to Zhao Pu's new Tinghou, compared to the birth of the new Tinghou's Jiangmen, it is more evil." ”

"What is a Devil's Head Knife?" Pang Ji and Bao Zheng asked together.

Zhan Zhao looked at the two of them and shook his head, "It's the kind of big knife that the executioner uses to kill the head, and the one that is thrown away when it is killed is the ghost head knife." ”

Master Pang unconsciously felt a cold neck, and even Bao Zheng couldn't help touching his neck.

Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao opened the file again, "This is what happened a month ago, the entire Broken Knife Gate was almost killed, the Broken Knife Gate is a branch of the Knife Alliance, and it will be destroyed like this, and the leader of the Alliance will definitely not give up, and it is estimated that there will be a big trouble." After saying that, Zhanzhao ran into the house to pack his luggage, ready to see the excitement.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji looked at each other, and after a long time, Zhanzhao still didn't say who the owner of the cloud knife was.

When it was time to set off in the evening, Zhan Zhao carried a burden and held Juque, and stood in the night wind on his beautiful jujube red horse. The small evening breeze in April, coupled with the half-moon on the horizon, outlines this red-horse, red-shirted and black-haired man, with a little starlight in his eyes, and no blood is seen in killing......

When Bao Zheng turned around when he got into the sedan chair, he couldn't help but tear bitter tears for the girls who bit the handkerchief in the house and waved goodbye to Zhanzhao.

The long patrol team went out of Kaifeng City in the middle of the night under the opening of the road of 500 elite soldiers, and in order not to disturb the people, Bao Zheng specially went out of the city in the middle of the night, quietly.

In the dark night, Zhanzhao rode a horse and followed unhurriedly behind the bottom of the group, as if he was thinking about something.

At this time, Pang Taishi's carriage slowed down, and it was not until it was about level with Zhanzhao that the curtain was raised, and Pang Taishi probed out.

Zhanzhao glanced at him and smiled.

Under the moonlight, Master Pang unexpectedly found that Zhanzhao's smile was the same as the one just now, if it wasn't old and dizzy, he was very sure that this smile was full of something called sincerity, so he asked curiously, "Who does Zhan Huwei smile at on weekdays and who he doesn't smile at, is there any boundary?" ”

Zhan Zhao blinked, didn't think about it, just spoke, "Don't harm me, just don't hurt people." ”

Master Pang smiled and nodded, is this the bottom limit of Zhanzhao? Seeing that he yawned and seemed to be about to squint on his horse for a while, the Taishi hurriedly seized the opportunity and asked the last sentence, "What is the name of the master with the cloud knife you just said?" ”

The corners of Zhanzhao's mouth curled up a little more, "The name is very nice." ”

The Taishi waited.

"The sword in the clouds, the knife in the clouds, the peerless white jade hall." Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows at the Taishi, "I remember hearing these three words and taking a detour, he specializes in killing corrupt officials and ministers......"

Taishi shrank his neck, grabbed Bao Zheng, who was napping on the soft couch at the other end of the carriage, and shook and swayed, "Heizi, you have to let the Zhan guards take care of me!" ”

Master Bao yawned, carefully explained what it means to have fangs without eyes, and by the way, he turned over and chased Pang Ji like a fly, "How did you teach me to prevent mosquitoes two days ago?" ”

Pang Ji was stunned and scratched his head, "Don't put on your clothes and keep your mouth shut, mosquitoes won't be able to see you at night." ”

Bao Zheng glanced back at him with some resentment, "So, don't be a corrupt official, change your evil and return to righteousness, the world will be safe everywhere, and you will pretend to be me with ink...... Come! ”

After speaking, he handed him a piece of ink.

……

Zhanzhao was outside, he heard the carriage pinching again, and touched his nose helplessly, he has had this problem since he was a child, every time something big happens, his nose will always itch.

Shaking his head, the horse ran forward for a while, Zhan Zhao was a little anxious, one is the leader of the Sword Alliance, the most famous swordsman at present, and the other is the most famous and controversial among the younger generation, and Bai Yutang, who was praised by Tianzun as the first knife in the world, is really a good show to watch.