The speed of this case is so fast that Zhanzhao and others can't take care of it, a Liang Youdao's body was just found in the morning, Xu Ziyan almost died at noon, and Wang Yueming died at this time, and Master Bao had so many classmates back then, and three died in one go, it was really impossible not to link the death of these people with the disappearance of Qu Zhongyuan back then.

Zhan Zhao first asked Lord Bao and the Eighth Prince, is this Wang Yueming familiar with Qu Zhongyuan?

Master Bao was a little embarrassed, "Brother Qu likes to make friends, he has a very cheerful personality, I was more introverted back then, and I ......"

"And because the grades are too good and the people are careful, they are often caught by the masters who are too learned to sort out the files or write things." On the side, the eighth prince interjected without waiting for Master Bao to finish, "Xiren Niantaixue has been a famous talent in Kaifeng for less than a year, and even the emperor knows him." Because the emperor liked his handwriting, many ministers asked Xiren to copy it before the table or after writing the excerpts, and then presented them to the emperor. The emperor will be in a much better mood when he watches it, and the possibility of playing on track is higher than usual! ”

Zhan Zhao and the others couldn't help but raise their eyebrows - oh!

Zhao Pu also touched his chin, in fact, many people ignore the identity of Master Bao's great talent, mainly because his complexion is too dark, and there is a big gap between him and a white-faced scholar like Gongsun in the traditional sense!

"Hey...... Therefore, the relationship between Taixue students was not particularly clear in this province. Mr. Bao seemed a little ashamed, "I don't even know some of my classmates." ”

"So ......" Bai Yutang frowned and pointed to the list in Zhanzhao's hand, "Which ones Qu Zhongyuan has a good relationship with, and the adults don't know?" ”

Master Bao spread his hands helplessly.

Everyone looked at the Eighth Lord again.

The eighth king was even more helpless, "I don't even live in Xueliao, at that time, the ninth brother and the emperor were still young, and I spent most of my time taking care of the children." ”

Everyone looked at the Eighth Prince a little speechlessly, think about it, the Eighth Prince should have only been ten J □ J when he read Taixue, according to his current appearance, I don't know what Lu Dao was handsome more than 20 years ago. Such a handsome and young prince takes two children with him every day...... And Zhao Pu estimated that he was two or three years old at that time, and Zhao Zhen was still in infancy......

Everyone looked up and imagined the scene at that time, and inexplicably felt that the picture was so joyful......

"Hey......" The eighth king also seemed to fall into the memory, holding his arms and shaking his head, "Speaking of which, the ninth brother was really not ordinary when he was a child!" The emperor has been so well-behaved since he was a child, sit obediently and listen to his sister-in-law's storytelling, you are so ......" said, the eighth king patted Zhao Pu's head, "At the age of three and a half, more than a dozen family members can't stand it!" All day long, you either go to the house to uncover the tiles or dig a pit in the ground, especially if you can't take it out, it's just a no-go! ”

The corners of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart, "Brother Starling, are you sure you want to talk about me?" How does it sound like a description of some kind of animal.

On the side, Gongsun and Xiao Sizi covered their mouths and smiled sullenly.

"The most annoying thing is that once I climbed the tree and fell asleep, we thought it was lost, the people of the whole palace looked for him for a day, and then the old general Ouyang also sent five thousand elite soldiers to search the Kaifeng Mansion, and the most reluctantly was still Shaozheng to find it, and slept on the tree, only to know that they fought crickets all night before the road......

Zhao Pu hurriedly tugged on the sleeve of the eighth king, and almost went up to cover his mouth, what does that mean-brother, you save me some face!

The eighth prince couldn't stop talking about the naughty things when Zhao Pu was a child, "It's even more difficult to manage when he is over four years old!" As soon as the emperor could walk, he told him to take it with him, and he would follow him to ......"

"Ahem." Zhao Pu hurriedly opened the topic, "You two are not too familiar with Taixue's classmates, so what about that one over there?" ”

As he spoke, Zhao Pu pouted at Xu Ziyan in the distance.

At this time, Xu Ziyan had just been detoxified and was discussing the return trip with a few accompanying colleagues.

"Your Excellency." Zhan Zhao asked in a low voice, "What is the relationship between Xu Ziyan and Qu Zhongyuan?" If it hadn't been met by Tianzun on the road, he would have died by this time! ”

Master Bao nodded and called Xu Ziyan over.

"Ziyan, just to do business in Kaifeng?" Mr. Bao asked, "Come often?" ”

Xu Ziyan shook his head and said, "It's not frequent, I come once a year when the new tea is served, and it's about this time every year." ”

"Oh......" Master Bao nodded.

The eighth prince asked, "Is there still a connection with Taixue's classmates?" ”

Xu Ziyan was stunned, then smiled, shook his head, and said, "Hey...... My grades were not good that year, I was always scolded by my master, and I fell to Sun Shan in the last exam, and I went home to do business, where do I still have the face to find my classmates back then. ”

Everyone touched their chins, Xu Ziyan's words were a bit far-fetched, there are only a few titles on the gold list of the annual exam, and there are many people who fall behind Sun Shan, as long as they enter Taixue, even if they fail to take the palace exam, it will not affect their careers. He is a son who inherits his father's business and becomes a big businessman, and when you look at his bright clothes, you can know that he is still good...... As for saying it, it looks like it's faceless.

"Do you know who wants to harm you?" Master Bao asked.

"Tsk." Xu Ziyan sighed, "We just pondered, do you think it could be someone who wants to kill someone for money?!" ”

The eighth prince frowned, "Ziyan, the security in Kaifeng Mansion has always been very good, it shouldn't be, think about it again." ”

"Hmm......" Xu Ziyan thought with a raised face, and shook his head after the most reluctance, "I really can't think of any enemies." ”

Master Bao looked at him.

After all, it is Kaifeng Mansion Yin, Lord Bao has a serious face on weekdays, to be precise, it is the face of a judge, ordinary people dare not look at him, and even more so those who have ghosts in their hearts.

Xu Ziyan smiled awkwardly when he saw Master Bao looking at him, and intentionally or unintentionally avoided the eye contact.

This detail was captured by everyone, and everyone felt that Xu Ziyan should have something to hide.

"Ziyan, have you ever heard of the Yin Yang Palace?" Master Bao spoke.

When Xu Ziyan heard the words "Yin Yang Palace", his body was obviously stiff, but then he shook his head, "What? ”

Bao Zheng has a temperament that can't rub sand in his eyes, he has interrogated so many prisoners, who lies can be seen at a glance!

On the side, the eighth prince knew that Lord Lu Daobao was going to turn his face, but it was useless to ask at this time, it was better to test and tempt again! It may be better than saying it all at once.

Master Bao received the expression of the Eighth Prince's eyes, suppressed his anger slightly, and asked, "Ziyan, can you go to the room to see it?" ”

Xu Ziyan couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Xiren don't scare me, what should I go to see in the house?" You also know that I have been timid since I was a child. ”

Master Bao nodded, "Does Ziyan remember Liang Youdao?" ”

"Uh......" Xu Ziyan was stunned, then touched his chin, "Hmm...... There is a way! A little impressed. ”

"He's lying in the room at this time." Mr. Bao pointed to the room.

Xu Ziyan was startled, his face changed color, and then he waved his hand, "Xiren don't want to scare me." “

"It's not to scare you." The eighth prince said, "Do you want Ziyan to go and see?" And Wang Yueming......"

"Wang Yueming?!" Xu Ziyan opened his mouth wide, and then seemed to realize that he had reacted a little big, so he shook his head, "Oh...... How could it be ......"

Everyone is a little anxious, and they really want to give him a twenty board to tell him to explain honestly, which is a lot of money.

At this moment, Bai Yutang, who was watching the excitement on the side, suddenly spoke, and said, "The tea in Yuelai Inn is all good in Longjing before the rain, and the shopkeeper Wang often says that his tea is sent from Hangzhou by his classmates back then, and even the water for making tea is the Hupao spring water thousands of miles away, and Kaifeng Mansion is the only one." ”

Everyone looked at Xu Ziyan - could it be, you sold him all his tea?

Xu Ziyan's face turned white, "Uh, this ......"

"In your silver bag." Seeing that he still wanted to conceal it, Bai Yutang smiled faintly, "There is a silver ingot. ”

Everyone looked at Xu Ziyan together, what does that mean-you still want to hide it?

"Hey......" Xu Ziyan couldn't hide it, so he had to be honest, "I won't tell you, I just met Mingyue yesterday, that's right, I sold him all the tea in his shop." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally spoke.

"He was fine yesterday, how could he suddenly die?" Xu Ziyan frowned, "Strange! ”

But he just kept expressing sadness and regret, but didn't go into details.

Master Bao didn't ask anymore, and asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to go to the Yuelai Inn to have a look, and when they came back, they went to the vicinity of the pier in the west of the city to find out what was going on with the fried squid, and let Gongsun follow to find out the source of the poison.

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Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang left Kaifeng Mansion and went to Yuelai Inn. accompanied by Gongsun who was going to the autopsy and find the source of the drug, Zhao Pu who helped Gongsun "take care of the child", and of course the little fourth son in Zhao Pu's arms and the little Liangzi who followed the little fourth son closely. In addition, Pang Yu knew that the tea shed was there, and he also went together, and Bao Yan and Pang Yu were used to going in and out together, so they also followed.

While walking, Zhanzhao also asked Bai Yutang, "Yuelai Inn is near the wharf in the west of the city, right?" ”

Bai Yutang shrugged, "Probably." ”

"You haven't been?" Gongsun and Zhao Pu wondered.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "The wharf on the west side of the city is all freight, either briquettes or fish and shrimp, fishy and messy, I rarely go." ”

"Then how do you know that the tea in the Lu Dao Yuelai Inn is all Longjing ......" Pang Yuxin said that Bai Yutang is really good, and he doesn't know it.

Bai Yutang didn't care about the authenticity, "I haven't been there, I'm dumbfounded." ”

The corners of everyone's mouths couldn't help twitching.

Zhan Zhao thought for a moment and said, "Oh...... You saw the seal on the silver, so you slandered him? ”

Bai Yutang shook his head, "There is no stamp on the silver, I just slandered him." ”

Everyone looked at Bai Yutang with admiration.

Bai Yutang was also quite speechless, "It's not a silver building, how can a restaurant emboss an ingot?!" ”

Everyone thought about it—and so it was.

But no matter what, Xu Ziyan's tightly closed mouth was still pried open a little bit by Bai Yutang.

"That Xu Ziyan is spitting, there must be an article!" Zhao Pu frowned, "Those students didn't do anything shady behind their backs, right?" ”

Everyone nodded and felt reasonable, and decided to speed up their pace, but as soon as they passed by the gate of Taibaiju, Xiao Liuzi rushed out, "Fifth master." ”

Bai Yutang saw Xiao Liuzi running in front of him and handed over a bill.

Bai Yutang took the bill and looked at it, raising his eyebrows and looking at Xiao Liuzi.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun also glanced at it curiously, and then stuck out their tongues - what a lot!

Xiao Liuzi scratched his head in embarrassment, pointed to the second floor of Taibaiju, and said to Bai Yutang, "What, Tianzun came just now, saying that he was not in a good mood and wanted to drink to relieve his boredom, and also said that he wanted to drink the best wine in Taibaiju." It happened that the boss was there, and as soon as he heard it, he dug out a few jars of aging wine that hurt well...... Then ......"

Everyone raised their faces together and looked at the second floor, and saw that by the railing on the second floor, Tianzun was holding a white jade wine jug in one hand, beckoning to them. The ruddy face looks like he is ten □ years old, and his smile doesn't look like he's in a bad mood.

Bai Yutang stared at him for a while, and generously threw the silver.

Zhanzhao asked in a low voice, "You're so refreshing." ”

Bai Yutang spread his hands indifferently, "Anyway, you don't need me to make money." ”

Everyone looked at him with disgust - a loser!

Tianzun saw that Bai Yutang had given the silver, so he jumped down from upstairs, stretched out his hand to hang on Zhanzhao's shoulder, and handed over half a pot of wine, "Kitten, taste it!" ”

Everyone looked at Tianzun in horror.

Bai Yutang grabbed him by the collar, "Aren't you drunk?" ”

"Where?!"

Tianzun straightened his face, "Your master and I have a good amount of alcohol!" ”

Bai Yutang stretched out two fingers in front of his eyes, "How many?" ”

"Three!" Tianzun smiled.

The crowd gasped again.

Bai Yutang snatched the wine jug and stuffed it to Zhanzhao, and asked Tianzun, "How much have you drunk?" ”

"Just a little." Tianzun twisted his face, and after speaking, he was going to go to the calligraphy and painting shop on the side, where did Bai Yutang dare to let him go, and pulled his sleeve and handed him over to Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang, which meant, "Look close!" This grandpa is drunk! ”

Xiao Sizi sat on Zhao Pu's arm, holding a piece of osmanthus cake with one hand and Tianzun's shoulder with the other, Xiao Liang grabbed Tianzun's hand while jumping, and asked curiously, "Tianzun, what does that wine taste like?" ”

Tianzun pointed to the front, that means - ask Zhan Zhao, it's delicious.

Everyone looked up together, and saw Zhanzhao drinking "Gudu Gudu".

"Ha~" Zhanzhao sighed comfortably after taking a big sip, "Good wine!" ”

Bai Yutang supported his forehead.

On the side, Gongsun Zhao Pu and they all tasted the taste of the wine.

"Taibaiju is still serious, there are a few jars of good wine." Zhao Pu nodded and praised, "I'll have a drink after a while." ”

Xiao Sizi continued to nibble on osmanthus cakes, he hadn't tasted the wine so far, it was all spicy and bitter, and the wine was more delicious.

So, everyone appeared at the door of Yuelai Inn with a "smell of wine".

The officials who arrived first all shook their heads, and they felt that when Zhanzhao came over and asked, "How did Wang Yueming die", a smell of wine came to their faces. The officials sighed one after another, "Hey...... Lord Zhan called the world-famous Bai Wuye to be broken! ”

Bai Yutang stood aside with his arms crossed, managing Tianzun, who was in a very good mood with many hands and feet, and always felt that he was at a loss!

Wang Yueming's body was not in the Yuelai Inn, but at the back of the inn, next to the lotus pond in the house where he lived.

Wang Yueming's wife Dou Shi cried so that her eyes were red and swollen, and she said, my lord got up before dawn this morning, he tossed and turned all night last night and had nightmares...... Unexpectedly, by the time the guy found out, he was already sinking in the lotus pond.

"He had a nightmare last night?" Zhanzhao's focus seems to be a little biased.

Dou nodded, "He was fine the day before yesterday, but he went out yesterday, saying that he was going to meet a few friends and got some goods, and he was worried when he came back." I asked him if the tea was expensive or bad, and why he was in a bad mood...... He annoyed me and asked me to be less verbose. But last night he suddenly started having nightmares in the middle of the night, waking up in the dream and shouting 'none of my business'...... It's scary to break out in a cold sweat! Then I listened to him sigh at dawn, but I didn't dare ask. ”

After Dou finished speaking, he continued to cry again.

Gongsun inspected Wang Yueming's body, frowned and stood up, and whispered, "It is indeed drowned." ”

"No reason!" Dou Shi was still muttering to himself, "The old man is very watery!" ”

Everyone looked at the waist-deep lotus pond, and couldn't help frowning—it was so strange to die.

Gongsun asked the body to be carried back, and he carefully examined the body for a while.

Bai Yutang asked Dou, "You said that he bought the goods yesterday, did he buy tea?" ”

"Yes." Dou nodded, "The tea leaves in the inn are all sent by his classmates in Hangzhou, and they often reminisce about the past, and the person's surname is Xu, called Xu Ziyan." ”

"He only saw Wang Yueming yesterday?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Is there anyone else?" ”

"Yes, several of their classmates get together every year, and there should be Master Li." Dou Shi thought for a while, "Master Xuanning also went to the estimation. ”

"Which Lord Lee?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"Cao Yun is in charge of Li Xing, Lord Li." Dou replied.

"Li Xing?" Zhan Zhao frowned and took out the list that Master Bao gave him and looked at it - sure enough, Li Xing's name was also on it, it turned out that he was now in charge of Caoyun, and he had contact with Wang Yueming and Xu Ziyan. “

Zhao Pu wondered, "Why did you ask Xu Ziyan just now that he didn't have any contact with his classmates?" ”

Everyone felt that there was something wrong with Xu Ziyan.

"Who is Master Xuanning?" Zhan Zhao thought about it, there are many monks in Kaifeng Mansion, but I haven't heard of Master Xuanning, and why do you bring a monk with your classmates?

"Master Xuanning is a monk of the Temple of Bitter Sorrow."

"Temple of Bitter Sorrow?" Zhao Pu thought for a moment, "The small temple near the wharf in the west of the city? ”

"yes!" Dou nodded.

"How many of them are reminiscing about the old days, and they also bring a monk?" Bai Yutang had the same doubts as Zhanzhao.

"Xuanning is the Dharma name, and the master was also their classmate before he became a monk." Dou's words made Zhanzhao and the others stunned.

"What's his real name?" Zhan Zhao frowned and asked, while subconsciously looking at the list.

"Well, it seems to be surnamed Wan ......" Dou pondered and meditated.

And Zhan Zhao and the others had already found a person surnamed Wan from that list, and asked Dou in unison, "Wan Fang'an?" ”

"Well, that's right!" Dou nodded, "It seems to be the name." ”

Everyone looked at each other.

"Anything else?" Zhao Pu asked again, "Your father-in-law often interacts with his classmates back then?" “

"yes!" Dou nodded, "There is also Shopkeeper Liu of the Rejuvenation Hall in the west of the city." ”

"Rejuvenation Hall......" Gongsun thought about it, there are several Rejuvenation Halls in Kaifeng, it seems that every pharmacy likes to call it Rejuvenation Hall, "Which shopkeeper Liu?" ”

"Liu Kun, Liu is the shopkeeper." Dou replied, "Back then, they also studied together...... My father-in-law always said that the people who studied Taixue with them in the New Year also had the Eighth Prince and Master Bao......"

As he spoke, Dou began to cry again.

Everyone was panicked by her crying, and Zhanzhao asked her to send her to Kaifeng Mansion and asked Master Bao to inquire in detail.

After that, everyone investigated the scene, but did not find any suspicious clues, so they had to leave Wang Dynasty Mahan and they continued to search, they left for the time being, and went to the west of the city to continue the investigation.

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"What kind of official position is Caoyun Duguan?" Out of the inn, Bai Yutang asked Zhanzhao.

"It's a pretty small official, right?" Zhan Zhao didn't understand very much, so he asked Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu nodded, "It's probably about the entry and exit of ships near the dock and the issuance of some official documents." ”

Everyone nodded.

"Don't you think it's weird?" Gongsun asked, "Yuelai Inn, Kubei Temple, Wharf and Rejuvenation Hall are all in the west of the city!" ”

Everyone frowned—was it some kind of coincidence, or was there another reason?

Zhao Pu asked Zhanzhao to give the list to the accompanying shadow guards, and asked them to investigate in detail, it is estimated that there are not many in Kaifeng Mansion, according to this trend, the remaining few may lose their lives at any time, right?

Zhao Puzheng ordered, Bai Yutang reached out and took the list, "cough" twice, "I'll go, you go to the west of the city......"

"Hold on!" Zhan Zhao and Tianzun grabbed his sleeve and looked at Bai Yutang with a suspicious expression—want to slip away?

Bai Yutang had a serious face, "Split up and act faster." ”

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes, and on the side, Tianzun asked Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "Is there anything in the west of the city that he is afraid of?" ”

Zhanzhao replied in a low voice, "There is garlic leaves to fry squid." ”

"Speaking of which." Pang Yu said, "I did smell that smell yesterday, although it was weird, but it was still quite fragrant!" Why don't you try it today? ”

"Okay." Zhan Zhao nodded, and the others also felt that they could try it, Xu Ziyan and they also said just now that although it smelled very weird, it was very delicious, but Bai Yutang's face turned white.

Seeing that he wanted to run, Tianzun dragged Zhanzhao alone and didn't let him slip away.

Everyone looked at Bai Yutang with some sympathy, and at this time, they heard the little fourth son suddenly hold his face and say, "Daddy, that day I heard them say that raw squid can be eaten raw with squid ink." ”

Everyone was stunned, and then, they saw Zhan Zhao and Tianzun squinting their eyes and looking at Bai Yutang with a smile.

Bai Yutang's face turned white, originally Zhanzhao grabbed him alone, he still had a way to run, but Tianzun also intervened, so he couldn't run, so he had to be dragged to the west of the city.

Bao Yan and Pang Yu shook their heads and followed, while Zhao Pu and Gongsun tilted their heads and looked at the little fourth son, what does that mean-you are considered an accomplice?

The little fourth son smiled sweetly, "I really want to watch it eat for nothing...... I heard that squid will move when you put it in your mouth alive. ”

Everyone inexplicably felt that Bai Yutang was startled, and his hairs stood up.

Xiao Liang on the side answered, "I heard that the streets in the west of the city are full of fried stinky tofu." ”

Zhan Zhao and Tianzun looked at Bai Yutang's expression at this time, and sighed together - it's so interesting!

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The author has something to say: I have time to write about the eighth prince with a child ~ 23333