After the case of the three-headed Jintuo was concluded, it ushered in the busiest period. m. Mobile network

The New Year is over soon, and Lord Bao and Zhao Pu have a lot of official business to deal with.

And Taixue is about to have a winter vacation, and there is a big exam before the holiday, and Bao Yan and Pang Yu and a group of students are busy warming up classes.

Before the fifth master finished counting the money, the new one arrived again, and he was so busy with a lot of accounts that he couldn't care about feeding the cats.

Everyone in the Demon Palace was busy preparing things for Wu Yicao and Jiuniang to get married, and Tianzun and Yin Hou were busy buying "New Year's goods".

Gongsun and his little fourth son were busy treating people.

Two days before the night fire, because the weather was cold and dry, a pimple grew on the door of the brain...... So Huo Feng was busy with skin care.

Zhao Zhen, the emperor, was busy reading the documents sent from all over the country, and this winter was cold, so he had to prepare for the winter before the year.

Ouyang Shaozheng was busy training the soldiers and horses of the Imperial City, Long Qiaoguang was busy practicing archery and serving the master and his wife as twenty-four filial piety apprentices, Zou Liang was busy raising dogs, and it was the New Year, and it was time for the dogs to give birth again.

Xiao Liangzi was busy practicing, and the four guards and the officials were busy checking whether the roofs of the major shops along the street in Kaifeng were firm so as not to be crushed by the snow.

The maids are busy preparing ingredients for the New Year, and the maids are busy sweeping the dust...... In short, everyone is busy in their own way, and the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger.

The streets of Kaifeng are full of lights, shops have begun to sell New Year's goods, and the people from the surrounding counties have also entered Beijing, and the streets are crowded with people...... Kaifeng City is more lively than ever.

And at a time when almost everyone is busy, there is one person who is very idle...... Don't guess, it's the town house cat demon of Kaifeng City, Zhanzhao, Zhan Guard.

Once the case in Kaifeng Mansion is over, it will be too peaceful, and Zhanzhao can't find anything to do after going around. Master Bao was busy approving official documents, and took Zhanzhao out of the study so that he could rest and rest. Zhan's guards ran to Shantang, and felt that they were in the way of Gongsun and Xiao Sizi's medical treatment. Do you want to go out shopping with Yin Hou...... Yin Hou, Tianzun, Master Wusha and Master Weichen either gathered in Nan'an Temple to play horses or ran to drink, and they didn't take him to play. His mother and Lu Xue'er were busy shopping for clothes and let him play by himself...... Go out on the streets and check if there are any thieves, pickpockets, traffickers...... There wasn't even a ruffian on the street, or the ruffians were too busy to do bad things during the New Year, so the guards had nothing to do all day.

However, the key reason why the director is so idle is ...... I've been too busy feeding the cat these days to stay with him. Zhan Guard's body is alone, and he always feels empty, lonely and cold.

On this day, at the door of the stable in Kaifeng Mansion, Zhanzhao sat on an upside-down wooden barrel, and behind him were a large group of horses eating apples, including Zao Duoduo and Bai Yunfan.

In front of him is a pony who is being groomed by Zhanzhao, and on either side are Mi and Xiao Wu, who are also eating apples.

Zhan Zhao tilted his head to look at Xiao Wu while combing the pony, "I said, what are you making a fuss about?" They eat apples, do you eat them too? ”

Xiao Wu gnawed an apple full of tooth marks, and looked at Zhanzhao, which means - because the master is as idle as you!

Zhan Zhao sighed, rubbed the pony and said to himself, "I will take you to the Demon Palace for the New Year!" ”

Speaking of this pony, it finally has a name.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were really entangled for a while in order to name the foal, and the two couldn't make up their minds, but then a series of things happened, especially after Wu Yiwu and Jiu Niang got married, Zhan Zhao felt that this pony was actually quite good! In addition, the foal's fur gradually grows, and the coat color is pure white with a red outline on the outside, and when combing, it feels like a lotus flower with red edges on a white background. So, Zhanzhao simply named it Red Lotus, which happened to be a girl, and everyone thought that this name was quite appropriate.

Zhan Zhao was bored, and when he saw outside, the little fourth son ran in with a small wooden barrel.

Zhanzhao's eyes lit up, "Little fourth, aren't you busy?" ”

"Uh-huh." There were a lot of medicinal powder in the small wooden barrel of the little fourth son, he took it to the stable and sprinkled it, and said to Zhanzhao, "There are not many patients this morning, and Daddy Shantang will go to Longtu Pavilion to help Xiao Baozi sort out the dossier." ”

"Oh......" Zhan Zhao leaned over to see the little fourth son sprinkling a lot of medicinal powder into the stable, puzzled, "What kind of powder is this?" ”

"Insect repellent Oh!" Xiao Sizi said, "When it's cold, it's warm in the stable, and insects are easy to hide in for the winter, and it's not good to bite the lotus." ”

Zhan Zhao nodded and touched the head of the little four, "Are you idle for a while?" Shall we have dinner? ”

Xiao Sizi looked up at Zhanzhao and squinted, "Haven't you finished counting the silver in vain?" ”

Zhan Zhao sighed, he went to Baifu this morning as before, not only did he not count the silver, but there were also a lot of cloths or something, it seemed that he was going to load the goods or transfer them, Bai Yutang was not in Baifu, and he went to the dock. Originally, these things should have been done a long time ago, but Bai Yutang had been helping to investigate the case before, so he piled them up at the end of the year. Zhanzhao can't even touch a mouse hair, and he can't help, so he's afraid of making trouble for him. Not for cats yet?

After the fourth son finished sprinkling the medicinal powder, he ran to the side to wash his hands, while discussing with Zhanzhao where to eat for a while and how to spend the afternoon.

While the two were chatting, the crescent moon ran in outside, holding a large stack of lists and large bags of things.

"Zhan-sama." The crescent moon came in and put down the things and gasped first, and it seemed that she had run over.

The fourth son poured her a cup of tea, and Zhanzhao looked at the crescent moon who was drinking tea and was a little puzzled. Crescent Moon and Chen Xing'er are going to help Bai Yutang collect the accounts today, those lists should be bills, this girl should be very busy, why did she come here?

"Are you going to dinner with your sister?" The little fourth son asked with a raised face.

Yue'er put down the cup and waved her hand, "I can't eat, I'm still busy, so I'll come and pass a message for the young master." ”

Zhan Zhao blinked, "Passing the word? ”

"Just now, a little brother went to find Bai Fu, who seems to be the little apprentice of Master Chen's family in Jinpu, and made an appointment to have dinner with you." Crescent Moon said, "The young master said that he met him in Taibaiju at noon and asked you if you want to go?" ”

"Go!" Zhan Zhao remembered that this little apprentice was the one who helped the sick scholar get the pair of gold bracelets before, and he did say that there was a case to ask them, and they agreed to meet him at that time. Bai Yutang made the heaviest promise, since he agreed, he should be busy and take the time to make efforts. Zhanzhao was naturally willing to go, on the one hand, he was very curious about what the case was, and on the other hand, he finally caught the mouse and had a meal together, and he hadn't met it for several days.

Chen Xing'er ran away after speaking, Zhan Zhaole picked up the little fourth son and rushed to Taibaiju.

It was still early when Zhanzhao arrived at Taibaiju.

Xiao Liuzi said that the fifth master hadn't come yet, but just now the people from Baifu did come to book a seat.

As soon as Zhan Zhao went upstairs and sat down in the private room, Xiao Liuzi led a young man in.

The young man looked seventeen or eighteen years old, about the same age as Bao Yan, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a good sense of kung fu, wearing an off-white robe.

The young man entered the door and saluted Zhan Zhao, "Lord Zhan." ”

Zhan Zhao nodded.

The little fourth child's eyes widened and he was curious - who?

The young man behaved very decently, and introduced himself after saluting Zhanzhao...... He is Master Chen's apprentice, named Tan Shaoyan.

The two sat down and chatted, and they even had some relationship.

Tan Shaoyan's craftsmanship in casting gold is excellent, on the one hand, the master is good, on the other hand, the talent is high, his ancestors are all gold casting masters, his grandfather is called Liang Zhudao, known as Jin Shouliang, the world's first gold caster, but also Master Chen's master, but also a member of the Demon Palace. However, Liang Zhudao passed away when Zhanzhao was five years old, and Tan Shaoyan never saw his grandfather, because his grandfather taught his master all his crafts, so Lao Chen did everything possible to find Tan Shaoyan and accept him as an apprentice.

The two of them talked, one was behind the Demon Palace, and the other was the young palace master of the Demon Palace, their own people!

Zhanzhao still has some memories of Liang Zhudao, Tan Shaoyan is very similar to his grandfather, with similar personality and appearance. Zhanzhao specially told him some things about his grandfather, and the two chatted very speculatively.

While chatting, Bai Yutang finally arrived, followed by two people, a grandson and a Zhao Pu.

Gongsun came out of Longtu Pavilion and met Zhao Pu who was returning from the palace, and the two went to Kaifeng Mansion to take the little fourth son to eat together, but they didn't find anyone.

The two met Bai Yutang on the way to Taibaiju, so as soon as the fifth master told him about the matter, the two of them also came to join in the fun.

Zhan Zhao first took a closer look at Bai Yutang, and thought that his rat was busy and thin? I look at the feeling of losing at least a couple of pounds!

Bai Yutang has not seen Zhanzhao in the past few days, and he always feels restless, but today he saw that his own cat did not seem to lose weight after two days of feeding, but he was relieved.

After everyone arrived, Zhao Pu asked Xiao Liuzi to serve the food and chat while eating.

Zhan Zhao asked Tan Shaoyan, "What case is it about?" ”

Tan Shaoyan took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it to everyone.

Zhan Zhao took it and looked at it, and saw that it was a piece of drawing paper, on the drawing paper, ten circles were drawn, it looked like a ring, there were complex patterns on it, and on each one, there was a small hook, and next to it was a detailed size. Extrapolating from the size of the size, it seems that these rings are rings......

"What is this?" Zhao Pu was curious, "Ring?" ”

Xiao Sizi sat on Zhao Pu's lap, also looked at the picture curiously, and asked, "Is there still a hook on the ring?" ”

"This is about half a year ago, someone came to ask my master to build, it is ten rings." Tan Shaoyan Road.

Everyone looked at Tan Shaoyan in puzzlement - is there anything wrong with these ten rings?

"My master hasn't taken care of business for a long time, and I'm basically taking care of the shop." Tan Shaoyan said, "The day that man came, it was evening, thunder and lightning rained heavily, he was wearing a green coat, wearing a hat with a veil, and he didn't say his name or surname, just let my master make something, whatever the price is." ”

And they all listened attentively.

"I think he looks a little sneaky and doesn't seem to want people to see his face, so I said that the master is not there, and his old man has not been in good health for many years, and his eyes are not good, and some jobs may not be able to be accepted, so ask for him." Tan Shaoyan continued, "He left a drawing for me, saying that he wanted to build ten rings, not pure gold, but mixed with gold." ”

"Don't want pure gold?" Zhao Pu was curious, "There is such a gold weapon?" ”

"There are some of them!" Tan Shaoyan nodded, "People who make jewelry basically want pure gold, but those who make utensils are not necessarily, because gold is soft, for example, if it is a golden rice bowl, if it is pure gold, it will be deformed, and it may be broken, in case the golden rice bowl is damaged, it is not a good sign, so it will be mixed with things, this skill is called gold doping, in order to make the good gold ware hard and firm." But the smaller the thing, the harder it is, and the hook under his thing is too small, who knows what he's going to hook? If it is a heavy object, it will be broken or straightened as soon as it is hung. In addition, after the gold is mixed with things, it is difficult to hollow out and do carving, and it is also difficult to polish, and the patterns on his ring are quite complicated, even if it is made of pure gold, I dare to say that there are no more than ten people in the world who can do it well, not to mention that it is also mixed with gold, it is estimated that only my grandfather has the ability to do it. ”

Zhan Zhao looked at the drawings, and Bai Yutang also nodded, it was indeed quite strange to ask.

Gongsun tilted his head to look at the rings, wondering, "What is this ring for?" I don't look like jewelry......"

"No one wears ten gold rings out at once, right?" Zhao Pu was also puzzled.

Xiao Sizi tilted his head, stared at the ten rings, held his chin and said, "Have I seen it somewhere?" ”

Zhan Zhao and the others all looked at him.

Zhao Pu poked his head, "So godly? Have you seen this? ”

Tan Shaoyan smiled slightly, "Only he can guess what this is for, to be honest, I couldn't think of what it was used for, but later thanks to the reminder of the neighbor's children, I remembered!" ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Zhanzhao asked, "What the hell is this for......

Before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, the little fourth son clapped his hands, "I know!" ”

And all the people looked at him.

The little fourth son said, "This is the ring worn by the puppet shower!" ”

Tan Shaoyan nodded, "Exactly." ”

was reminded by the little fourth son, everyone is indeed right.

Puppet show is a kind of vaudeville show, usually one person can perform, the artist wears ten rings on both hands, and there are hooks attached to the rings, and ropes are tied to the hooks, and the other end of the rope is a puppet controlled by the line...... With the movement of the fingers, the puppet makes various movements.

Jugglers in puppet shows often set up stalls with candy figures or noodle makers, and many children often gather around. Almost every child in Kaifeng City has seen a puppet show, and the adults don't pay attention, but they recognize these rings.

"But ......," Zhanzhao wondered, "aren't most of these rings made of leather cases or iron, and someone actually made them out of gold?" ”

"It's so elegant!" Zhao Pu also felt strange, "Could it be that the wire control puppet is also golden?" ”

When Bai Yutang heard this, he asked Tan Shaoyan puzzled, "Although this deal is a bit strange, what does it have to do with the case?" ”

Tan Shaoyan said, "That's right, I told him at the time that there is no way to guarantee that it is strong, and it is better to build an iron one and then gild it." ”

Everyone nodded.

"But he must be mixed with gold." Tan Shaoyan spread his hands, "I said that many of the skills of mixing gold have been lost, I don't know the formula and proportion, and I can't mix gold that is stronger than iron!" As a result, he left me a packet of powder, saying that by mixing this with gold, he could make the strongest gold object. ”

"Powder?" Gongsun was curious, "What medicinal powder?" ”

"At first, I thought it was some kind of iron powder or some kind of stone powder mixed with medicine." Tan Shaoyan said, "That pink red pack, there are about three or two heavy, I didn't promise him immediately, I just asked him to leave the things, I asked the master to see if he could build it, and then he left." ”

Everyone held their chins and looked at Tan Shaoyan - after talking for a long time, what about the case? Case?

Tan Shaoyan said, "Actually, I have also heard of the ancient technique of mixing gold, which can indeed make gold extremely strong, and can even be used to make weapons, so I was a little curious about the package of medicinal powder, so I took this list and prepared to try it the next day." But at noon the next day, the drinking buddies came to the door. ”

"Drinking buddies?"

"My neighbor." Tan Shaoyan said, "Chen Tong." ”

"Chen Tong......" Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Chen Sangua? ”

Tan Shaoyan nodded.

Everyone has some impressions of this Chen Sangua, before Zhao Zhen went out on patrol, it was this old man who reminded everyone to be careful of the beam, Zhao Zhen later rewarded him, and he was also a half-immortal, this old man turned out to be a drinking friend with Tan Shaoyan, and he forgot to make friends with the New Year......

"When Lao Chen was drinking with me, he saw this drawing, and he was also very curious about the packet of medicinal powder." Tan Shaoyan said, "I'll take out the packet of medicinal powder and show it to him...... He just glanced at it and said, "This deal can't be accepted!" ”

Everyone frowned and asked, "Why?" ”

"He said it was not auspicious!" Tan Shaoyan shook his head, "Lao Chen pointed to the bag of medicinal powder and said, big murderer!" If you take over this business, your life is in danger! There are countless souls in this bag of medicinal powder! ”

Everyone was surprised, "How can a pack of medicinal powder have countless souls?" ”

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