Late at night, Kaifeng City was silent.

In the meow building, in Bai Yutang's light sleep, he heard a sound of "Xi Xi Suosuo", opened his eyes and looked, in the big nest in the middle of the room, Mi Mi and Xiao Wu snuggled together and fell asleep quietly, Xi Suosuo's voice was not from the two of them...... Is it a rat?

Bai Yutang felt that it was impossible, there was a place for Zhanzhao, except for the fifth master, he had never seen anything else that was related to the word "rat".

Sitting up slightly, he found that the sound was coming from Zhanzhao's bed.

The fifth master frowned - which mouse ate the leopard's gall and climbed onto the cat's bed?

Anyway, the two of them fell asleep with their heads together, so the fifth master simply turned over......

Turning over to Zhanzhao's bed on the other side, he found that Zhanzhao's eyes were open, and a pair of big eyes were looking at him, the two looked at each other for a moment, and Zhanzhao blinked.

Bai Yutang was a little confused.

Zhanzhao stretched out a finger and said to Bai Yutang, "Shhhh ”

The fifth master looked down and saw Zhanzhao pointing to the little fourth son in his arms.

Xiao Sizi's head was pillowed on Zhanzhao's arm, his face was buried in his chest, and the quilt was covered to the position of his mouth, but his little face was not as red as usual, and a pimple was wrinkled between his eyebrows.

Bai Yutang noticed that under the quilt, the little fourth son seemed to be kicking his legs or kicking the quilt, and he was in a hurry.

The two glanced at each other again, Bai Yutang understood that the little fourth son had a nightmare, right?

Zhan Zhao hugged the little fourth son and didn't dare to move, I heard that people who had nightmares would be frightened when they woke up suddenly, but the little fourth son kicked his legs and hurt, which seemed to be running for his life in a dream.

Bai Yutang looks at Zhanzhao - what to do?

Zhanzhao is also embarrassed - why don't you go and call Gongsun?

Bai Yutang thought it was a solution, but as soon as the fifth master got out of bed, he heard the little fourth son, "Ah! "A throat.

Zhan Zhao jumped in fright.

The nest and Xiao Wu also jumped.

Xiao Sizi sat up suddenly, sweating profusely and patting his chest with his eyes wide open.

Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang heard the sound of "bang" next door kicking the door, followed by the second sound, "bang", which was particularly clear...... for it was their door that was trodden.

Xiao Wu and Mi Mi jumped up and hid behind the screen, poked their heads out and looked out, and saw Gongsun wearing underwear and barefoot and killing in.

Threw himself on the bed and picked up the little four sons, "Have a nightmare?" ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang moved to the side - when did Gongsun learn kung fu? So fast!

Followed by Gongsun almost at the same time, there was also Xiao Liangzi, who rushed to the side of the bed and looked at Xiao Sizi, "Jin'er! ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang instantly felt very guilty...... It's easy for the little four sons to sleep for one night, and they even have nightmares.

Outside the door, Zhao Pu also walked in with a yawn, followed by a group of curious shadow guards.

"Jin'er, what kind of nightmare are you doing?" Xiao Liang asked the little fourth son.

The little fourth son finally came back to his soul, looked at the adults around him, frowned and said, "There are many, many people." ”

"People?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "What is so terrible about people?" ”

Xiao Sizi's small hand waved in front of him, "All wearing masks, terrible masks!" ”

"Masks?" Zhao Pu frowned, "What kind of mask?" ”

Xiao Sizi's face was wrinkled into a bun, as if he didn't want to think about it at all, and reached out to gesture at the position of his chin, "The mouth is so big, it's big, it's big!" ”

Everyone imagined what the concept of the three "big ones" were.

"Look at the mask of evil,......" Xiao Sizi continued to pat his chest.

"What are those people doing with masks?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"Lined up into the valley, long, long valley, and they still had things in their hands." Xiao Sizi frowned and touched his chin and thought, "Stone?" Or wood...... It feels so hard and heavy. ”

Everyone frowned - what kind of dream is this? The scene felt a little weird.

"And then?" Bai Yutang asked, "What have you been running for?" ”

"Oh!" Xiao Sizi clapped his hands, "They walked into a cave together and never came out, I ran to the front of the cave and took a look...... Then something terrible seemed to come out of the cave, so I didn't see it well and ran away......"

Everyone understood, and nodded.

Xiao Sizi poked his finger and looked at Gongsun, "Daddy, did I see something again...... It doesn't matter if I haven't finished reading it? ”

Gongsun patted him, "Of course it doesn't matter. ”

"If I'm bold enough to read it, you'll know what's in the cave of Ludao." The little fourth son has a flat mouth.

Several adults glanced at each other and touched their chins - oh, it turned out that they wanted to help, it seems that this special ability has caused a lot of burden to the little fourth son.

Zhan Zhao asked Xiao Sizi, "Is the cave you mentioned the one you saw during the day?" ”

The little fourth son nodded.

Zhan Zhao suddenly understood, "You don't want to help us see what's in the cave before you go to bed, do you?" ”

The little fourth son scratched his head, "It's a little bit ...... want to"

"Didn't you say scared?" Bai Yutang was helpless, "I'm afraid you still want to?" ”

Xiao Sizi pouted, "Then do I want to find clues for you......"

Gongsun Wangtian, this baby, at the age of milk, the heart of meat......

Zhan Zhao was also a little reluctant and patted the head of the little fourth son.

Gongsun took the little fourth son back to the room and coaxed him to sleep, leaving Zhao Puzhan and Bai Yutang in the meow building.

Zhan Zhao felt that he had to find a chance to let Xiao Sizi stop worrying about the case, otherwise, with his special talent, he might have nightmares and watch some horror scenes every day, wouldn't he be crazy?

Zhao Pu sighed lightly, sat down at the table, poured himself a glass of water, and said with a frown, "Actually, I didn't sleep well at night." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their eyebrows, "Are you dreaming too?" ”

Zhao Pu held his chin, "I always think that Evil Kettle Island is a little weird." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't sleep either, so they simply went to the table and sat down to drink tea with Zhao Pu, while asking, "What's weird?" ”

Zhao Pu talked about the case with Zhao Zhen before, and Zhao Zhen suddenly changed his conversation after the last moment, and it was obvious that he had something to hide.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also felt that there was something strange in it.

"The mask that Xiao Sizi said ......" Bai Yutang frowned, "Is it the totem of the water monster?" ”

"What kind of monster is so disgusting?" Zhanzhao frowned.

"People who used to go to sea were most afraid of encountering wind and waves." Bai Yutang explained, "There was a time when it seemed to be a sacrifice on Trap Island, when I was still young, and I saw a few people wearing strange masks. One of the masks was a white face, and the huge mouth took up almost half of the face, and the mask was indeed a bit scary. I asked my second brother what it was, and he said it was a monster mask. ”

"Does the water monster look like this?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"It is said to be some kind of symbol, which means that it can swallow everything like the sea, so the only feature of the whole face is the large mouth, this kind of activity flourished in the previous dynasty, and now few people use it, my second brother and they found an ancient ship to fish out, so they used the ancient method of sacrifice." Bai Yutang recalled what Han Chang told him about the water monster, "In addition, the big mouth on that mask also means that he is insatiable and vicious, in short, it is not a good thing. ”

"Is the scene that the little fourth son saw actually a sacrifice?" Zhan Zhao asked, "The scale is so magnificent, this is the custom of the previous dynasty, could it be the previous one?" ”

"Maybe it's some kind of large-scale sacrifice from the previous dynasty, right?" Bai Yutang said, "Or like the situation of the Trap Island, the sacrificial activities before the old shipwreck. But this custom has been lost for a long time, and only some good boatmen know about it. ”

"Sacrificial ......" Zhao Pu scratched his head, "Speaking of which...... I seem to have seen sacrifices when I was a child. “

"Any clues?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at him.

"I remember that time a few warships sank, and it seemed that they had encountered a typhoon." Zhao Pu said, went to support his chin again, frowning as if he remembered something.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "In the past few decades, there have been no trouble, there are only a few warships in total, and there are no naval battles and no pirates, why are you sending Lu on a typhoon day?" ”

Bai Yutang also nodded.

"Uh......" Zhao Pu suddenly held his chin, as if he suddenly realized, "Zhao Zhen shouldn't want me to check because of this matter, right?" ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at Zhao Pu with wide eyes - details!

Zhao Pu said, "I came back from the northwest for three days for the festival, but the palace is very busy, it is said that there is a ship going to sea, so I want to pray for blessings and the like, it looks very grand." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at Zhao Pu - why are you so "like, like, like", and you are really unsure if you fall to the ground?

Zhao Pu was also very helpless, "It happened more than ten years ago, it should have been the year before Zhao Zhen ascended the throne." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang did the math, Zhao Zhen ascended the throne at the age of fourteen, so he was thirteen years old?

Zhao Pudao, "Those few military ships are definitely not going to fight, and the navy at that time can't bear to look at them directly, as far as I know, there are many fishing boats that set sail together." ”

"Fishing boats?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "Why did the military ship go to sea with the fishing boat?" Afraid of pirates? ”

"Pull it down, that military ship is not as big as a fishing boat." Zhao Pu pouted, "Can you see the little bit of the water army at that time?" I seem to have heard my royal brother talk about it, saying that he was going to ...... Trapping. ”

"Beasts?" Bai Yutang was even more puzzled, "What do you mean by catching fish?" ”

"Then I don't know what to do." Zhao Pu shook his head, "But three days later, before I returned to the northwest, I heard the news that the ships had sunk and suffered heavy losses. ”

"Even with the fishing boats?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Pu shrugged, "I really didn't ask in detail, the atmosphere in the entire palace was depressing at that time, and it seemed to be very nervous, and my imperial brother was also in a bad mood." Naturally, I didn't stay here, so I hurried back to the northwest, but Zhao Zhen must know about this matter. As he spoke, Zhao Pu touched his neck, "Hiss...... Thinking about the atmosphere at that time and feeling a little similar now, I always felt that something was wrong. ”

"At that time, there were fishing boats that went to sea with the military boats, are you sure?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhao Pu nodded.

"That's easier to look up, isn't it?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Will there be any clues over there for your second brother?" ”

"I've already written to him to tell him about the Xingtian found, and it is estimated that he will be able to come over in the next few days, and he can ask when the time comes." While Bai Yutang was talking, the sound of beating the watch came from outside.

Zhao Pu got up, waved his hand to the two, and signaled - go to bed early.

When Zhao Pu left, Bai Yutang stood up and closed the door, and when he turned around, he saw that Zhanzhao was already sitting on the bed, leaning on the head of the bed and thinking about it.

Bai Yutang once again sighed with emotion, walked back to his bedside, lay down and prepared to sleep.

Zhan Zhao reached over and poked him in the face, "Yutang, Yutang." ”

Bai Yutang raised his eyes to look at him - there is still a difference between calling one Yutang and two Yutang, Zhanzhao called "Yutang" twice in a row, and Bai Yutang listened to it very well, especially that tone.

"When you were a child, did you ever hear about shipwrecks or legends at sea?" Zhan Zhao obviously didn't feel sleepy, and leaned on the pillow and asked Bai Yutang.

"Hmm...... I've heard of one or two, after all, the island is full of fishermen. Bai Yutang was a little sleepy.

"Is there a horror?" Zhanzhao was full of interest, "Tell me about one." ”

Bai Yutang thought about it, and simply held his side face and told Zhanzhao about his thrilling experience of encountering storms and whirlpools when he was a child.

Bai Yutang rarely had the opportunity to tell a story in such a row in his life, and when he felt that he could actually say a lot, he heard Zhanzhao's breathing on the other side evenly.

The fifth master was stunned and looked up...... Zhan Zhao slept so soundly, I don't know if it was because of Bai Yutang's voice, the corners of the cat's lips were slightly raised, and it became more and more like a cat's lips.

Bai Yutang sighed, he said that he was not sleepy in the middle of the night, but he "coaxed" Zhanzhao to sleep.

The fifth master knew that Lu Dao Zhanzhao had a bad intention, so he wanted to reach over and pinch his nose to wake him up.

But his hand was stretched out, and Bai Yutang saw Zhanzhao's sleeping face, and unconsciously took his hand back again.

Sighing, the fifth master covered the quilt, looked up at the spiral beam of the meow tower, and was stunned.

……

At this time, inside the palace.

In the Chuntang Pavilion, Zhao Zhen sat cross-legged on a table, looking at Nangong Ji who was rummaging through the cabinets, "Haven't found it yet?" Slow to die! ”

Nangong was speechless, Zhao Zhen is a model of just talking but not practicing, he is not like the shadow guard, he can also complain about Zhao Pu at will, he has never talked back to Zhao Zhen since he was a child, at most he can't persuade him to take a knife to his neck, but he is the emperor, and there is no way to do it.

Zhao Zhen yawned and continued to urge, "Move fast!" ”

Nangong Ji could only speed up and turn over the camphor wooden boxes one by one...... Finally......

"Ahh Nangong found what he was looking for, reached into the box and pulled it out...... It is a sheepskin scroll.

handed the scroll to Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen opened it with a bang and looked at it.

"This one is here." Over there, Nangong rummaged through the box again, found something, and took it out to show Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen glanced at it, and a disgusted expression immediately appeared on his face, and the tone of his voice was a little lower, "It's this thing again." ”

In Nangong's hand, he was holding a white mask. On an ordinary face, there is a bloody mouth inexplicably, which accounts for almost half of the face. And because of this mouth, the eyebrows and eyes that originally looked very normal became abnormal, and the expression was also subtle and weird, and there was an indescribable, demonic aura.