After Wang Feng's case came to an end, Zhanzhao began to pack his bags and prepare to go to Hongying Village.

Originally, Zhan Zhao wanted to ask Lord Bao for a leave, and he and Bai Yutang took Yin Hou and Tianzun on a trip, but Master Bao asked him to wait for two days and said that he would go with him.

Mrs. Bao also said that Zhanzhao Kaifeng Mansion has been taking care of Bao Yan and helping Master Bao a lot during this time, and she wants to go to Hongying Village to visit his parents.

So, when Master Bao went to court, he told Zhao Zhen that he wanted to continue the tour, Zhao Zhen readily agreed, and prepared some gifts for Bao Zheng to take to Hongying Village to Zhanzhao's parents.

Originally, Zhao Zhen was afraid that the Taishi would miss Xiangxiang, and after all, he was old, so he always let him run around, and Concubine Pang was also worried, so she wanted not to let him go this time.

Unexpectedly, the Taishi took the initiative to say that he wanted to go.

Zhao Zhen was slightly puzzled, but he didn't stop it, so he let everyone get ready, and then the sunrise patrol. This time the patrol time is three months, Zhao Zhen asked everyone to come back before the New Year, so that after the New Year, Bao Yan can catch up with the spring exam, and he also told Bao Yan by the way, he must study hard while investigating the case, and Master Lin Xiao has great expectations for him.

When he retreated from the dynasty, Master Bao glanced at Master Pang beside him and asked, "I said ......?"

Taishi looked up at Bao Zheng, "What are you doing?" ”

Bao Zheng hugged his arms and looked Taishi up and down, puzzled, "You actually took the initiative to follow?" ”

Taishi coughed, "Oops, no nonsense. ”

Mr. Bao raised his eyebrows - how weird?

got on the sedan chair, and Lord Bao ordered to go back to Kaifeng Mansion, and I heard the Taishi also say, "Go to Kaifeng Mansion." ”

Bao Zheng opened the sedan curtain and looked at him, and wondered in his heart, I don't know when the road began, Pang Ji and Pang Yu, the two fathers and sons, went to Kaifeng Mansion more than home.

……

And at this time, Kaifeng Fu.

In the courtyard at the entrance of Zhanzhao, Gongsun took a large number of dragon patterns and put them on the stone table, this is an unsolved case in the prefecture and county near Hongying Village, since this time it is going out in that direction, you can check these cases by the way.

"Cats." The little fourth son held a piece of osmanthus cake, and was looking through the file Zhanzhao's knees, "Do cats, fathers, and mothers live in the village?" ”

Zhan Zhao pinched a handful of little four peach-like cheeks and nodded, "Yes." ”

"Is it the King of the Mountain?" The little fourth son was very curious, "Is there a tiger skin gold chair?" ”

Zhanzhao amused him, and the little fourth son had been looking forward to taking a look at the Tiger Skin Golden Chair of the Mountain King, and he had also asked when he went to Zhao Pu's military camp before.

"There is no tiger skin gold chair, but there is a waterfall." Zhan Zhao said with a smile.

"Are there a lot of cherry blossoms in the red cherry blossom village?" The little fourth son asked curiously, "Aren't all cherry blossoms blooming in spring?" My father and I have seen white cherry blossoms in Wuxi, is the cat home red? ”

Zhan Zhao simply picked up the little fourth son and put it on his lap, and said to him, "Red cherry blossom village is actually not planted with red cherry blossoms, just because the pool under the waterfall is full of red water plants, and the trees in the forest near the waterfall are red leaves all year round, so coincidentally, the stone wall behind the waterfall is smooth white rock, so it is like a mirror, look at it from a distance, the whole waterfall is like gently swaying with the wind, overgrown with red cherry trees, hence the name." ”

"Oh......" Xiao Sizi nodded, "It turned out to be sauce purple." ”

"Actually, it was originally called Hongyin Village, because my mother's surname is Yin." Zhan Zhao shook the little fourth son and said unhurriedly, "There are some people who don't know much about the rivers and lakes, thinking that the village is full of red cherry blossoms, so they spread the word, and then they will be wrong." ”

"What does the cat look like?" The little fourth son was curious.

Zhan Zhao thought about it, how to describe it, "My mother......"

Before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, Yin Hou came over and muttered to the little fourth son, "It's fierce." ”

The little fourth son was taken aback - fierce?! The cat has such a good temper, how can it be that the mother is very fierce?

Zhan Zhao glanced at Yin Hou and rubbed the face of the little fourth son, "My mother is not fierce." ”

Yin Hou twisted his face, obviously embarrassed because he was brought to Kaifeng by Yin Lanci before.

Tianzun leaned over, "Yin Lanci is grumpy, don't mess with her, it's a hundred times more grumpy than Lu Xue'er's strange girl." ”

Yin Hou nodded on the side.

Everyone opened their mouths and looked at Tianzun - true or false?

"Yes?" Zhan Zhao thinks no, his mother is very good, although he is not gentle and graceful, but in terms of temper, he is not much different from Lu Xueer, right?

"Your mother loves you so much, naturally she hasn't lost her temper in front of you." Yin Hou muttered.

"Yin Lan porcelain was also famous on the rivers and lakes back then." Zhao Pu held his chin, as if he had heard of it, "I heard that she has infinite strength and deep internal strength, but isn't she a heroine?" The reputation on the rivers and lakes is very good. ”

Yin Hou concluded, "That's because no one dares to mess with her...... Hiss. ”

Before Yin Hou finished speaking, Zhan Zhao grabbed his arm, what does that mean-why do you say that about your daughter!

"Yin Lanci, that girl doesn't know who Lu Dao looks like, she didn't inherit Yin Hou Qinggong, but she conjured up a strange power, and when that internal force leaked out, it was terrifying!" Tianzun helped add fuel and vinegar on the side, "Lu Xue'er's brutal girl is gentle compared to her." ”

Everyone subconsciously glanced at Bai Yutang, as if expressing sympathy.

Bai Yutang was lying down leisurely reading the file, like that, not nervous at all.

"But all in all, Lanci is still very reasonable." Yin Hou felt that it was not good to portray her daughter as a big demon king, so she went back around, "Whoever provokes her will be mad, and if she doesn't mess with her, she won't take the initiative to provoke others." ”

Zhan Zhao also leaned over and said to Bai Yutang, "Don't worry, my mother is easy to communicate!" ”

Bai Yutang nodded, "Yes." ”

Zhan Zhao was slightly stunned and looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang smiled.

Zhan Zhaohu looked at Bai Yutang's expression suspiciously, how did he think - this mouse looked confident.

While chatting, Bai Fu ran in, "Young Master, can you see this?" ”

Bai Yutang took a look, and saw that Bai Fu brought in a box of dried snow clams.

Gongsun leaned over to take a look, picked one up and sniffed it, admiring, "Hmm! It's the best. ”

Bai Yutang nodded, "Just want this, bring a few more boxes." ”

"Okay." Bai Fu took the box and ran away.

Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled, "What are you doing with so many snow clams?" ”

Bai Yutang said, "Oh, my aunt seems to have a cough recently, and the weather is getting colder, it just so happens that my mother also said two days ago that her skin is dry, so bring them some snow clams." ”

"Oh......" Zhanzhao nodded, then thought about it and asked Bai Yutang, "Who is Auntie?" ”

Bai Yutang smiled, "Naturally, it's your mother." ”

Zhanzhao opened his mouth wide, "My mother coughs?" ”

"It's not a cough, maybe it's a little hot." Bai Yutang held the teacup and said indifferently, "Uncle said that she was a little angry. ”

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a long time and asked, "Who is uncle?" ”

Bai Yutang smiled, reached out and touched his head, "Naturally, it's your father." ”

Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "When have you seen my father?" ”

"I haven't seen it, but it was mentioned in the letter."

"Which letter?" Zhanzhao tilted his head, and he received a few letters from his father and mother in total, and he didn't mention his mother's cough.

"Just a few days ago." Bai Yutang thought for a moment, "I don't remember which one." ”

Zhan Zhao stared at Bai Yutang with round eyes, and then asked uncertainly, "You guys, should there be any correspondence?" ”

Bai Yutang nodded, "Yes." ”

Zhanzhao opened his mouth wide again, "When will it start?" ”

Bai Yutang looked up and thought for a while, "Well, it's been a year......"

Zhanzhao stood up with a "sigh", "You have been communicating with my father and mother for a year?" ”

Bai Yutang nodded and smiled, "Uncle and aunt are very easy to communicate. ”

Everyone else silently turned their faces and busied themselves, feeling that there was an estimated fight here for a while, but Zhanzhao opened his mouth wide for a long time, twisting his face and glaring at Yin.

Waiting for the sky.

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Grandpa, do you also know the Dao?" ”

Yin Hou scratched his chin, "Before I came, Lan Ci gave me a box of safflower tea for me to bring to Yutang." ”

Bai Yutang nodded, "Well, it's the first time I've drunk this kind of tea." ”

Zhan Zhao gasped and grabbed Bai Yutang, "What do you usually communicate with when you write letters?" ”

Bai Yutang thought for a while and said, "It's mostly about your recent situation and some interesting things." ”

Zhanzhao narrowed his eyes slightly, "What's interesting?" ”

"Hmm...... It's just the little things. Bai Yutang reached for the teacup.

Zhan Zhao pressed his teacup and squinted, "Little things? Like what? ”

Bai Yutang was helpless, looked at Zhanzhao pressing the cup hand, and said with a smile, "For example, a certain cat was a foodie when he was a child, and when he was three years old, he actually learned what light skills in order to pick fruits from the treetops......

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth wide.

Everyone touched their chins - Zhan Zhao's light skills turned out to be self-taught, and he was really a character!

Bai Yutang said seriously, "But cat, you actually did light work for the sake of eating persimmons, it's really ...... Talented! ”

Zhan Zhao's eyes narrowed, staring at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang felt that Zhanzhao was about to blow up, so he was ready to slip away, "I'll go and see if there's anything else to prepare......

As soon as he turned around and wanted to leave, he felt a flutter behind him......

When Master Bao and Master Pang walked in, they saw Zhan Zhao pinching Bai Yutang's back and pinching his neck.

Taishi was taken aback, "Oh, the young man is really ...... now."

Bao Zheng glanced at him, "What are you doing here?" ”

Mrs. Bao came out to take Bao Zhengguan's hat, and asked the Taishi to stay for dinner.

Taishi smiled cheekily and agreed.

Pang Yu was flipping through the file with Bao Yan, raised his face and asked his father, "Dad, why are you here?" Don't you go back to the Taishi's Mansion? ”

Taishi glanced at him, and went over to poke him in the head, "You still know the Taishi Mansion!" Tonight, you give me home to eat with your mother, you unfilial son! ”

Pang Yu rubbed his head and asked Bao Yan, "Hey, steamed buns, do you want to go to my house for dinner at night?" ”

Bao Yan thought for a moment and asked, "What dish?" ”

"I'll let my fifth mother make plum cabbage and pork!" Pang Yu said, "My fifth mother is from Shaoxing, and she is better at making plum vegetables and meat than Taibaiju!" “

Bao Yan nodded and decided to go for dinner.

On the side, he was pinching Bai Yutang Zhanzhao and turned around to look at the plum cabbage button meat?

Bai Yutang turned around, "Mao'er, your mother's letter also said that when you were a child, you ranked all the restaurants in Changzhou Mansion, and said that when you went out to travel the rivers and lakes, you would rank the restaurants in the world......

The corners of Zhanzhao's mouth twitched.

"So the real purpose of you staying in Kaifeng Mansion should be because of ......" Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "Kaifeng Pavilion is at the top of the ranking?!" ”

Zhan Zhao's face was pierced with resentment, and he continued to "torture" Bai Yutang.

Taishi watched from the sidelines, laughing with everyone, there was not a word, and he seemed to be distracted.

Zhao Pu and Gongsun glanced at each other, and Zheng Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also glanced at each other.

Pang Yu put down the file in his hand and asked curiously, "Dad, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Master Pang was stunned.

On the side, Master Bao was taking Mrs. Bao's hand over to participate in the tea, took a sip, and shook his head, "You said that you still have a face known as the first traitor of the Great Song Dynasty, and you can't hide any worries." ”

Taishi was stunned and opened his mouth wide, "The first traitor of the Great Song Dynasty?!" ”

"Ahem." Pang Yu waved his hand, "Dad, that was before, and now it's much better." ”

"Oh?" Taishi was curious, "What is that now?" ”

Master Bao leaned over with a ginseng teacup, "The first straw bag in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Taishi's eyes widened - straw bales? It's not as good as the traitor's feeling......

Zhao Pu was happy on the side, "Outsiders don't know about Taishi." ”

Xiao Sizi stretched out his hand and rubbed Taishi's round belly, "Little chubby is good for weight loss, it just so happens that I also want to lose weight and we have a partner, right?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun grabbed him and stuffed another piece of osmanthus cake into his mouth, and the little fourth son held his cheeks and chewed - his face seemed to be rounded again.

The Taishi couldn't cry or laugh.

Master Bao went in and changed into civilian clothes and came out, sat down and asked the master, "What are you doing with you?" Aren't you good not to go out on patrol and keep the fragrance in Kaifeng? ”

When everyone heard this, they were also curious, Taishi, this is indeed a bit abnormal.

Master Pang sat down and thought about it, and asked, "What's that...... Red Cherry Village, is it near Yingtianfu? ”

Yin Hou nodded, "Well, it's more than ten miles away from Ying Tianfu." Because there are many mountain trails, it adds up to about an hour of walking for ordinary people. ”

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Taishi, do you want to go to Ying Tianfu?" ”

"Uh......" Taishi Pang hesitated, "Near Yingtianfu, there is a Xu County. ”

Zhan Zhao and Yin Hou were both familiar with the fields around the Red Cherry Village and nodded.

"Xu County is a very small county." Zhan Zhao said, "But because it is the intersection of many official roads, there are a lot of businessmen coming and going. ”

Taishi nodded, "When I was in my twenties, I was once sent to Ying Tianfu to investigate a case. ”

Everyone remembers that it was indeed mentioned before that Pang Taishi had been a guard in the court for a period of time, and then seemed to have transferred to the Third Division and stayed in Dali Temple for a while.

"Sent you to investigate?" Master Bao thought for a while, "When did you serve in Dali Temple?" ”

"Hmm." Taishi nodded, "It's been almost twenty years. ”

Although Kaifeng Mansion is in charge of various criminal investigations, the Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty is not the only one in Kaifeng Mansion, but also Sansi and Dali Temple.

Among them, there are many arrests in the three divisions, patrolling all over the year round, chasing down some court criminals and Jiangyang thieves. And Dali Temple is basically in charge of cases related to officials, so it ......

"Which official are you looking for?" Lord Bao also shook his head, Taishi used to be a member of Dali Temple, so he had a very accurate grasp of the bottom line of officials doing bad things, and so far, he has stepped on the boundary but never crossed the line, so he has nothing to do with him.

"Do you still remember that the prefect of Tianfu was corrupt and bent the law to kill many disaster victims?" The Taishi asked Bao Zheng, "This is the first major case of the emperor at that time, right?" ”

Lord Bao nodded, this case was a sensation back then. The prefect of Yingtianfu is a second-grade Dayuan, he is high and powerful, and there is also a part of the military power, and the Qinhuai area was originally rich, and it can be regarded as peaceful. However, once there was a big flood in the Huai River, and the relief money distributed by the imperial court was robbed by thieves, which led to the obstruction of disaster relief and the death of tens of thousands of victims. At that time, this robbery shocked the government and the opposition, and the emperor was furious and ordered General Ouyang to lead his troops and horses to clear all the thieves in the Qinhuai area. But after General Ouyang's secret visit, he learned that the bandits in the Qinhuai area not only did not rob this batch of disaster relief funds, but instead used their own money for disaster relief. And at that time, it was rumored in the rivers and lakes that this matter was stolen by the people in the yamen. The thieves dare to rob everything, but no one dares to rob the disaster relief money, except for the fear of thunder and thunder, so that people will not be able to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future. So, after some investigation, it was basically determined that it was Liu Tian, the prefect of Tianfu at that time, who was a ghost.

"Everyone has heard of the fact that the big corrupt official Liu Tian was rectified." Zhao Pu asked, "What does it have to do with Xu County?" ”

"I was sent by Dali Temple to investigate officials from other prefectures and counties around Tianfu...... The so-called pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, the big backers have fallen, and those monkeys naturally can't let go. Taishi continued, "But after pouring Xu County, after investigation, the county order was very clean, so I prepared to go back to Kaifeng and ...... that night When I was drinking in the courtyard of the county magistrate, the magistrate told me something. ”

Everyone looked at the Taishi with some curiosity.

Taishi frowned and said, "That county order may have drunk too much, and he told me that in the mountains near Yingtianfu, there is a red cherry valley. ”

When everyone heard this, they all subconsciously looked at Zhan Zhao and waited.

Zhan Zhao scratched his head and looked at Yin Hou.

Yin Hou thought about it, shook his head, and said - unheard of.

Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, "What is the Red Cherry Valley?" Does it have anything to do with Red Cherry Village? ”

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "Do you remember when I told you that there are a lot of red aquatic plants growing in the pools under the waterfall?" ”

Bai Yutang nodded.

"That kind of red aquatic weed, from the surface of the water, it is indeed very similar to the fiery red cherry blossoms under the water, this kind of aquatic grass is a special product of the mountains near the red cherry village, as long as there is water, there is basically this red aquatic grass."

Everyone nodded.

Bai Yutang asked, "In other words, as long as there is water at the bottom of the ravine and this kind of aquatic grass, any valley could be the Red Cherry Blossom Valley?" ”

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Probably, you can ask my mother." ”

"What's wrong with this Red Sakura Valley?" Master Bao asked the Taishi.

Taishi said, "The county order told me that there is a skull pit in the Red Cherry Valley. ”

Everyone was stunned.

"What pit?" Bao Yan asked.

"Looks like a skeleton?" Pang Yu also asked.

Taishi shook his head and said, "In that pit, there are at least hundreds of skulls, and they only have heads, no bodies. ”

Everyone was stunned, and after a long time, Pang Yu said, "That county order is drunk and talking nonsense, right?" ”

Everyone nodded.

Taishi smiled, "When I first heard it, I thought the same way, but later, the county magistrate told me that there is a monster in the Red Cherry Valley!" ”

"Town?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "What does the seal mean?" ”

"Hmm." Taishi nodded, "Once that monster is released, it will cause chaos in the world." ”

The crowd was silent for a long time, and then they all laughed.

Zhao Pu patted Pang Ji, "Taishi, almost every place will have this kind of legend. ”

Bai Yutang also nodded.

Master Bao looked at Pang Ji, "You've seen some of the market, there's no reason to be fooled by this kind of trick, right?" ”

"If it's just a legend, I won't be interested! At first he talked about it, and I laughed when he was drunk. Taishi was helpless and said, "But that night, I had a dream." ”

Everyone was puzzled.

"In the dream, there was a man with feathers, trapped in many chains, trapped in a dark valley, surrounded by blood-like terrifying flowers, and the soles of that man's feet were covered with skulls, which were densely covered with several layers. I guess I've had a terrible dream in my life! ”

"And then?" Although everyone didn't believe it, they were very interested in the dream of Taishi.

"The man struggled, the chains rattled, and he begged me." Taishi slowed down his speech, "He said that his name is Evil Yu, and he has been imprisoned for more than two hundred years, let me let him go, he doesn't want to wait another twenty years to see the light of day again, he is so hungry and wants to eat people." ”

Everyone frowned, and the little fourth son climbed on Bai Yutang's leg nearby and drilled into his arms.

"Thinking about it day and dreaming at night, right?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Taishi nodded, "I thought so too, when I woke up the next morning, I casually asked the county magistrate, when I was drunk last night, what was the name of the monster in the Red Cherry Valley." He told me that he had never seen it, but he had heard a legend that it was a man with feathers, called Evil Feather. ”

The crowd was amazed.

Taishi was helpless, "I also had this expression at the time, but the county order later comforted me and said, "It is said that the monster was sealed in the mountain by a god two hundred years ago, and it can't get out." ”

Everyone tilted their heads to look at Ponji.

After a long time, Bai Yutang asked, "Is that the county order a ghost and a design to deceive you?" ”

Taishi smiled, "I think so too, but ...... Not long after I returned to Kaifeng Mansion, I heard that the county order was gone. ”

"What?" Everyone was surprised, "Gone?" ”

Taishi nodded, "In his wife's room, he found a very long feather, but he never appeared again. But he only disappeared, and there was no body, so the court resigned from the official position, and later sent an official to take over. ”

"Didn't you check it at the time?" Zhao Pu asked.

Taishi smiled bitterly, "It's too late for me to go back to Kaifeng Mansion and climb up, who can control these things, but ......"

"Still." Master Bao helped him take it, "It's been exactly twenty years in a blink of an eye, isn't it?" ”

Taishi nodded.

Everyone looked at each other - the thing, saying that he would come out in twenty years.