Dali Temple in the prison.

Bao Yan and Bao Fu, one holding a string of sugar gourds, sat in the haystack.

This was sent by Concubine Pang just now.

Before, Bao Yan and Pang Yu were quite commotional, so Concubine Pang sent a girl to ask what was wrong, and Pang Yu told her that Bao Yan was the son of Lord Bao. So, Concubine Pang asked Yahuan to bring two strings of sugar gourds over to him to eat, saying that it was still young to hear the movement, so that Pang Yu was not allowed to bully him.

Pang Yu lay on the ground and laughed and pounded the straw, Bao Yan held the sugar gourd to support his forehead, ashamed!

It's a small bag of blessings, and I'm very happy to eat, this is sweet and sour, and the hawthorn is full, it's delicious!

At this time, there was an entourage of Dali Siqing outside, leading two people in.

Pang Yu looked up with the sugar gourd, surprised and delighted, "Ah! Brother Zhan! ”

It was Zhanzhao and Hakuyudo who came in.

Xiao Baofu was also happy, and jumped up, "Master Zhan, you are here, we thought we were going to eat in prison." ”

Zhan Zhao looked at the sugar gourd in the hands of the two of them, "Isn't it very good." ”

Bao Yan was embarrassed, stuffed the sugar gourd to Bao Fu, and asked him to eat enough, while asking Zhan Zhao, "Brother Zhan, are you here to investigate Pang Yu's case?" ”

Zhan Zhao was surprised, Bao Yan didn't remember to release Lu Yan, but asked Pang Yu about the case, and it seemed that he had asked something.

Pang Yu scratched his head on the side.

Zhan Zhao smiled at him, "Little Marquis, don't come to harm." ”

The corners of Pang Yu's mouth twitched, and he nodded to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who was leaning against the cell door with a knife not far away to watch the situation.

Zhan Zhao saw that he was quite honest, and he probably suffered a little.

Bao Yan looked at Bai Yutang on the side curiously, Zhan Zhao introduced him, Bao Yan nodded again and again, and said in his heart...... Oops, sure enough, Brother Zhan's friends are all dragons and phoenixes among people, so handsome!

Bai Yutang looked at Bao Yan with complicated eyes, and at this time he only had one doubt - why is it so white?!

Xiao Baofu held two strings of sugar gourds and didn't know which one to see, oops, the people of the rivers and lakes are good!

At this time, a voice came from the cell behind him, "Zhan Guard, it's been hard all the way." ”

Zhan Zhao looked back, knowing that Concubine Pang was worried about Pang Yu's case, so he said, "Concubine Pang take care of her body, don't worry too much." ”

Concubine Pang breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhan Zhao tilted his head at Bao Yan, which means that it can come out.

Bao Yan looked back at Pang Yu.

Pang Yu also looked at him, a little helpless...... It's not that the two of them get along, it's just that Pang Yu is a person who likes to be lively, he squatted in the cell alone and was lonely, and it was impossible for his pig friends and dog friends to come to see him. It's quite interesting to finally come to Bao Yan, I can chat with me for a while, and I'm going to leave again now.

Bao Yan saw that Pang Yu seemed a little lost, so he asked Zhanzhao, "I'll stay for two days first, my father hasn't come back anyway." ”

Zhan Zhao was a little surprised, and Pang Yu was also surprised.

On the side, the corners of Bai Yutang's mouth moved slightly.

In the opposite cell, Concubine Pang smiled slightly, sure enough, it was Bao Zheng's son, who was willing to lend a helping hand when people were in danger.

Zhan Zhao smiled, "You do me a favor first, and then come back after helping, it will only take half a day." ”

Bao Yan wondered, "What help?" ”

"Naturally, I helped investigate the case." Zhan Zhao lowered his voice and roughly told Bao Yan what happened in the barracks last night.

Bao Yan touched his chin after hearing this, "Oh, I see! I understand, Brother Zhan, you want me to go to the paper shop to help you find out the truth, right? ”

"Yes, you can't startle the snake yet."

"It's easy to do!" Bao Yan straightened his clothes, "This is going?" ”

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Bao Yan ran to get the salute placed in the haystack, and when he saw Pang Yu's sad face, he said, "I'll be back in a while!" ”

Pang Yu blinked.

Bao Yanhuang walked out, "Is the food in Dali Temple not bad?" After speaking, he said to the attendant, "I want to eat drunk chicken for dinner!" ”

The guard looked at the sky - this son of the Bao family is quite good at eating.

Zhan Zhao nodded on the side, "Taibaiju's drunken chicken is good, and it will be served with fried noodles!" ”

The guards were speechless - sure enough, it wasn't a family that didn't enter the door.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang secretly followed Bao Yan and Bao Fu to Yao Ji Paper Shop.

Paper shops are naturally not as lively as restaurants and the like, Bao Yan and Bao Fu pretended to be here to order a coffin, picking and choosing.

There is no big problem with the façade of this Yao Ji paper shop, there is only one guy in the shop. Bao Yan asked for a Nanmu coffin for a while, and then said that it was not good, it was better to ask for Jin Sinan.

The guy was helpless, "I said little boy, you can't have a foot in the sky and a foot on the ground, there are ordinary nanmu coffins, where can I find this golden silk nanmu for you." ”

Bao Yan wanted to take a look in the courtyard, so he said, "What kind of wood is the best coffin in your store?" ”

The guy thought about it and looked Bao Yan up and down.

This little boy looks really good, with fine skin and tender meat, he looks like a child of a good family, and I don't know how much silver there is.

"This little master, how much silver can you give?" The guy asked.

Bao Yan smiled, "Young Master, I helped a friend's deceased father choose a coffin, it is inconvenient for him to come out, as for the silver, how much is not a problem at all." ”

Seeing Bao Yan breathing so loudly, the guy said, "In my backyard, there is a coffin of Lao Huali." As he spoke, he stretched out a finger, "One thousand taels!" ”

Bao Yan scolded his mother in his stomach, and said in his heart that it would cost 1,000 taels to buy a coffin, and you will die! It's just that it's not good to show it on the face, so he said, "Lao Huali? Huanghuali? ”

"Yes, it's more than 600 years old!"

"Are you fooling me?" Bao Yan still didn't believe it, "Six hundred years of Huanghuali will be sold for a thousand taels?" Do you sell coffins or urns? ”

The corner of the man's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart...... It's even less!

"So, do you want to see it?"

"Look!" Bao Yan nodded and followed the guy to the backyard.

In the alley not far away, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other - don't look at Bao Yan like a nerd on weekdays, in fact, he is also quite clever, that is...... Occasionally clever, occasionally stunned.

This backyard is not in Yao's mansion, and there is a courtyard wall, and the coffins are parked in the middle of the courtyard.

The man pointed to the coffin that was placed on the stone table not far away, covered with a piece of oilcloth, and said, "You have seen it! Superior Huanghuali! ”

Bao Yan walked over and took a look.

Don't look at his young age, because he has read a lot of books and has a wide range of knowledge, so he knows a lot of strange things. Between Bao Yan and his hand lightly tapped on the wooden board, his ear was attached to listen to the sound, and nodded, "Well, it's dry goods, and there is no one with eye decay, but if there are six hundred years, you have to look at it again." ”

The guy was a little more relieved, no wonder people looked for this young man to pick the coffin, and he was really an expert.

The man opened the coffin board, and Bao Yan looked inside...... I was slightly stunned.

He didn't move, leaned over and pretended to look inside carefully, and quietly sniffed while the guy wasn't paying attention...... He frowned.

Keep your head up.

Bao Yan asked, "Is one thousand taels really enough?" ”

"Enough!" The guy nodded vigorously.

Bao Yan raised his eyebrows, "I want it today." ”

"Are you going to give the money?" The guy asked.

Bao Yan looked him up and down, "Is this silver paid to you, or is it paid to the shopkeeper?" ”

"Hehe, just give it to me!" The guy rubbed his hands, "Our paper shop is opened by the Yao family next door, and Yao Yuan is in charge of me." ”

Bao Yan nodded and raised an eyebrow at Bao Fu.

Bao Fu took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels and gave it to the man.

"Pay you half first, you take a few people, and send the coffin to the Jiangjia Hutong in the south of the city, the largest Xu Mansion in it." Bao Yan said slowly, "When you get there, someone will naturally give you the other half and give you a reward." ”

"Okay!" The guy nodded repeatedly, "Send it now?" ”

"Naturally, now! Hurry up and find someone! Bao Yan pretended to be in a hurry.

The guy hurried to find someone to move the coffin.

Bao Yan and Bao Fu glanced at each other again.

Bao Yan suddenly covered his stomach, "Oops...... Hiss. ”

"Young Master, what's wrong with you?" Bao Fu hurriedly helped him.

"Oops, stomach ache! Isn't the fruit you just ate unclean? Bao Yan pretended to have unbearable abdominal pain.

"Yo, young master, you're fine, right?" The guy hurried over.

"There's nothing to do, there's nothing to do, do you have a thatched house here? I'm going to be complimentary! "Bao Yan is round and round.

The men were to lead him to the hut.

"Alas!" Bao Fu hurriedly stopped, "My young master is expensive, don't lead us to the thatched house used by the next people!" ”

"Uh, this ......"

"Oops, I can't help it, it hurts!" Bao Yan stomped his feet.

"Well, go to the main house, there are unused ones." The man asked his subordinates to continue to carry the coffin, and he took Bao Yan through the doorway of the courtyard wall to the backyard of the main house.

So, Bao Yan and Bao Fu successfully blended into the Yao family's compound.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who were squatting on the wall not far away and looking in, both nodded—they were quite clever.

"You don't think the Yao family is too quiet?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang nodded, "To be exact, it's lifeless. ”

……

As soon as he entered the yard, Bao Yan pretended to have a stomachache and couldn't walk too fast.

The man led him to the more remote west.

Bao Yan's eyes were not idle all the way, looking around.

I found that the compound was lifeless, and the trees and flowers had obviously not been watered for a long time, and they were almost dead.

The guy took his bag and went to the front of a thatched hut in the backyard.

Bao Yan went in and took a look...... Brand new, no one has used it, which is weird!

When Bao Yan came out, he asked the guy, "You Yao Mansion people are thin enough?" Why is there no one? ”

The guy laughed dryly, "My lord is far away, the yard is basically empty, and a few friends are living." Those friends don't see people much during the day, so they come to sleep at night and don't need us to cook. ”

"Hey, hey!" Bao Yan suddenly straightened his face, "Are you guys a serious shop?" ”

"Yes, yes!" The guy nodded vigorously.

"Your coffin is clean, isn't it?" Bao Yan was suspicious, "Listening to your boss's friend, he doesn't look like a serious person!" ”

"Seriously! They are all timber merchants! On weekdays, we collect wood everywhere, and the coffins we have here are all supplied by them! The man said, "Young master, you put one hundred and twenty hearts!" ”

Bao Yan nodded.

The two of them didn't ask anymore, for fear of startling the snake if they asked again, so they went out of the paper shop and went to Zhanzhao and them.

The guy carried the coffin and left.

Bao Yan found the waiting Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang in the alley around the corner.

"How?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"This shop is not reliable!" Saying that, Bao Yan asked Bai Yutang, "Fifth Master, I have paid the deposit for the five hundred taels of silver you gave, what can I do?" ”

"How much does the coffin cost?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"A thousand taels!"

Zhanzhao opened his mouth and looked at Bai Yutang seriously, "I have to take it back!" How many crabs can you buy! ”

Bai Yutang couldn't cry or laugh, "It's okay, they moved to Xu Mansion first, naturally someone gave them silver, and it would be easier to keep the coffin in the future." and the money will always be brought back, so let it be kept. ”

"Speaking of the coffin!" Bao Yan suddenly said, "That coffin is not a new coffin, it is used!" ”

"Really?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

Bao Yan nodded, "The coffin of Huanghuahuayuan is very valuable, and rosewood has a characteristic, that is, it has a fragrance itself, and the corpse does not smell when it is placed." But the original fragrance of rosewood is a grassy smell, not particularly fragrant. But if the body is spared and buried deep in the ground for many years, the coffin board will smell of sandalwood. I just smelled it, and the coffin smells! So it must be dug up in the ground and then sold! ”

Zhan Zhao frowned, "This is a shop that digs graves and sells dead people's coffins......"

"That's just right to keep that coffin!" Bai Yutang said to Zhan Zhao, "When the time comes, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, copy his shop!" ”

Zhan Zhao nodded, and at this moment, someone fell to the wall.

"It's hard to find here and there."

Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang looked up, it was Qingying.

Qingying made a color to the two of them, "Ouyang and Zou Liang are still a few miles away, I saw Ziying following with Xintinghou on his back, and it is estimated that the prince will arrive later." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their eyebrows.

"Speaking of which, you two are really idle, you don't care if you are like that at the door!" Qingying asked, tilting her head.

"Who's fighting whom?" Zhan Zhao patronized and Bai Yutang to check the coffin shop, and did not leave an accident in the border barracks.

"Mrs. Huyan and Fang Ba!" Qingying said, "I see that the two families outside the capital have opened up the fight, and even the drum has been lifted out!" ”

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth wide, "This is preparing to fight the three lilies at the city gate?" ”

Qingying spread her hands, "It's enough to choke, it seems that Mrs. Huyan has suffered a little bit over there!" After all, they are all female generals. ”

"Go and see the excitement...... No, go help! Zhan Zhao ran away, and Bai Yutang followed.

Bao Yan and Bao Fu looked at each other - a fight? The two of them were not in a hurry to go back to Dali Temple to squat in prison, so they hurried to see the excitement.

Qingying still wonders, who is this scholar? The skin is so white and the baby is so standard!

Zhan Zhao rushed to the city gate to take a look, isn't it lively!

∩ is a little four-son short, and if he puts it on the ground, he can't see the situation under the city tower, and he can't be like Xiao Liang, standing on the fence of the city wall, he won't work lightly, and his center of gravity is as unstable as a watermelon.

So, Bai Yutang handed him to Bao Yan.

Bao Yan hugged and looked at everyone blankly.

"By the way, let me introduce, this is the son of Master Bao's family, called Bao Yan, and this is his scholar Bao Fu." After speaking, Zhan Zhao pointed to Bao Yan and pointed to the fourth son, and said, "This is the fourth son, the son of Mr. Gongsun, Mr. Gongsun is the master of Kaifeng Mansion, and I will introduce you when he comes." ”

Bao Yan nodded vigorously, his father's letter to him mentioned the new master Gongsun Ce, and Bao Yan admired him so much.

"Who do you say he is?"

Lin Yehuo plucked out his ears and asked Zhanzhao.

"Bao Yan." Zhan Zhao added, "The son of Lord Bao's family." ”

Zhan Zhao's words, not only the night fire, but everyone on the city tower, including Yin Hou Tianzun, Xiao Sizi Xiaoliang, as well as dozens of soldiers and a few shadow guards who arrived early, brushed Bao Yan together, opened their mouths wide, and their faces were incredible!

Bao Yan felt his eyelids jump, ashamed!

"It's a white ......" After a long time, Yin Hou was the first to speak.

"Yes, it's so white!" Tianzun also nodded, "It's whiter than Yutang." ”

Bai Yutang supported his forehead.

"White!"

"So white!"

"Why are you so white?"

"What's white for you?"

"Oops, white!"

Bao Yan's ears were buzzing all over the place, and it had always been—in vain......

Bao Fu saw that Bao Yan was excited again, and hurriedly covered his ears, the young master was about to blow up! Sure enough, Bao Yan jumped up and roared, "What's wrong with Bai!" You can't be white! Who said that Bao Zheng's son can't be in vain! I'm like my mother! ”

After Yan finished this roar, the originally noisy city tower, and the thousands of people on both sides who were watching the excitement, suddenly quieted down......

Bai Yutang shook his head.

Zhanzhao touched his chin.

The little fourth son who was being held by Bao Yan blinked, suddenly stretched out his chubby little hand and wiped it on Bao Yan's face, looked at his fingers, and said, "Wow, I really didn't rub the powder!" ”

Xiao Sizi broke the silence with a voice, and the people who listened to the whole city to see the excitement exploded instantly......

"Wow! It's the son of Lord Bao! “

"Oops, why is it so white?"

"yes, it's so white!"

"Dead in vain!"

"White!"

……

Bao Yan shrank to the side of the city wall and squatted unhappily.

Xiao Sizi stood next to him and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically to express comfort.

At this time, the focus of the people in the city is on Bao Yan, and people are spreading the word of mouth - there is the son of Lord Bao on the city tower! It looks very symbolic, it's white! Extraordinarily Special, White!

The two people who were facing each other under the city tower heard a commotion inside the city gate, and said in their hearts - What's the matter?