In winter, the weather starts to get colder......

There have been no cases in Kaifeng Mansion recently, although there are still many unsolved cases in the dragon pattern scroll that have not been investigated, but Zhao Zhen did not bring a large team of people to go out on patrol, but let them spend the New Year in Kaifeng Mansion.

On the one hand, because Mrs. Bao came from afar, Lord Bao and Mrs. Bao gathered less and left more, and it was rare that Mrs. and Mrs. were in Kaifeng Mansion, so Zhao Zhen wanted to let this minister of the Great Song Dynasty take a break, accompany his family, and enjoy the joy of family.

On the other hand, Xiangxiang has begun to learn to speak, and she especially likes her grandfather, Master Pang. This period is very critical for children, if the teacher is away for a while, then Xiangxiang may not remember him if he hasn't seen him for too long, and he should not be close to him in the future. Seeing that the Taishi was worried all day long, Zhao Zhen couldn't bear it, so he let him stay and enjoy his family......

Taishi is actually quite successful this time, as soon as his son Pang Yu is obedient, he follows Bao Yan to make up classes every day to prepare for entering Taixue in the coming year. Second, Concubine Pang and Zhao Zhen are very affectionate, fragrant and healthy and well-behaved. Taishi didn't have anything to do with Yin Hou Tianzun to play chess and drink tea, chat about antiques, it was a deed, and even the people of Kaifeng had changed a lot of views of him, which can be described as a spring breeze.

Because there is no case, everyone is very idle, Ouyang Shaozheng will take care of the affairs of the military camp, Zhao Pu teaches Xiao Liang to practice every day, and there is nothing to tease the fourth son and grandson. In addition to training soldiers and horses every day, Zou Liang is left to provoke Lin's night fire. He Yihang and Long Qiaoguang were in Black Wind City, and nothing big happened, just training soldiers and horses and preparing for winter.

In addition to pinching each other with Zou Liang, Lin Yehuo did not return to Huofeng Hall, anyway, he, the hall master, went back to make trouble, and he was at ease when he stayed in Kaifeng Mansion. There are many talented people in this Kaifeng Mansion, and Huofeng is a little too busy, for example, he studied beauty with Hong Jiuniang today, went to Xishan to soak in the hot springs tomorrow, and went to Tianxiang Pavilion to study incense with a group of elegant guests the day after tomorrow, and he can also chat with Mrs. Bao about medicinal food the day after tomorrow...... In short, in Zou Liang's words, every day is stinky and beautiful!

Shu Qing is considered to be a hard worker, mainly because the hall master is too unreliable, so this deputy hall master has a job in his eyes, so he has been helping Zou Liang deal with military affairs, and Zou Liang is so capable that he wants to find Zhao Pufeng as his deputy general. For this reason, Lin Yehuo often grabbed Su Qing, saying that he had rebelled, and he did not distinguish between friend and foe, and took refuge in mute.

Su Qing said, "Zou Liang has paid me wages, otherwise where do you think the money you used for stinky beauty came from?" It's all given by Zou Liang! ”

Lin Yehuo squinted at him for a long time, and kicked out, "You hurry up and work as a coolie for that dumb man, and make more money!" Uncle, I still have a lot of things I want to buy! ”

Su Qing supports his forehead, how hard he lives to lose every guess, and he has to stay and serve this unreliable hall master?!

Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang are naturally also very idle. In comparison, Zhanzhao is still idle in Baiyutang.

In addition to going shopping every day...... No, it's outside of patrolling the streets, and there's nothing to do. Lord Bao has always protected him and did not arrange anything for him to do, all of which were done by Zhang Long, Zhao Hu Dynasty, Ma Han and other officials.

However, Zhan Zhao is not completely out of business, originally he thought that there was no food to develop in Kaifeng Mansion, and he had tried everything he could eat, but the appearance of Guo Tian, the god of cooking, made Zhan Zhao find a new goal, that is, to taste Guo Tian's craftsmanship.

Guo Tian really took Zhanzhao as the world's number one foodie, and felt that this baby had a special "taste"! So, every time he researched something new, he brought it to him, plus Bai Yutang searched for all kinds of rare ingredients everywhere, so the food of everyone in Kaifeng Mansion was so good that Zhao Zhen wanted to come to eat, and Concubine Pang looked forward to her brother Pang Yu bringing her all kinds of delicious food every day.

For this reason, Xiao Sizi often rubbed his round belly and sighed, feeling that losing weight in Kaifeng Mansion was an impossible task!

Bai Yutang is a little busier than Zhan Zhao, and there are mainly three things in the life of the fifth master, the first thing is to feed the cat. The second thing is to prevent Tianzun from getting into trouble. The third thing is to help his brothers take care of Kaifeng's business. In fact, there are still a lot of transactions in Kaifeng on the Trap Island, of course, the fifth master is only responsible for counting the money, and others take care of the rest.

Speaking of counting money, there is also a funny thing that happened.

One day not long ago, Zhanzhao couldn't find Bai Yutang when he was eating, so he asked Bai Fu, and Baifu said that the day of payment for the rice shop and the cloth shop had arrived, and the fifth master estimated that it would be dark before he could come back.

Zhan Zhao was afraid that Bai Yutang would be hungry, so he took the food box and went to Bai Mansion to find him.

Entering the door, Chen Xing'er and Crescent Moon told Zhan Zhao, "The young master is in the big warehouse in the West Cross Courtyard." ”

Zhan Zhao was curious, "What is he doing?" ”

The crescent moon stuck out her tongue, "Count the money." ”

Zhanzhao is quite puzzled, counting money should be in the account room or study, why go to the warehouse to count?

So, the Zhan guard pushed open the door of the warehouse with the food box on his shoulder, and he heard a "bang".

When the Zhan guards understood, they saw a hand stretched out in the mountain of silver ingots in front of them.

Zhan Zhao was startled, and after a while, he saw Bai Yutang struggling to get out of the silver mountain, panting, "Crush me!" ”

Zhan Zhao was startled, and pulled away the silver to rescue Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang glanced back at the collapsed silver mountain and sighed, "I have to weigh it again......

Zhan Zhao crossed his arms and raised his face, looked at the granary that was originally used to stack rice, and saw that the granary that was originally used to stack rice was full of silver mountains and gold mountains, so he asked Bai Yutang, "Is this the income of Trap Island this year?" ”

Bai Yutang shook his head, "This is the income of Kaifeng's rice shop and cloth mill, which is about thirty percent of all the trading income in Kaifeng, and I will be busy these days." However, the main income of Trap Island still comes from the Jiangnan area, and the Suhu Lake side is much more than here. ”

"Oh...... Thirty percent. The Zhan guard calmly touched his chin and nodded, then turned his face and grabbed Bai Yutang's collar with both hands and shook it vigorously, "Damn! Tyrants! ”

From then on, Zhan Zhao felt that Bai Yutang was actually not a loser at all, or that he should lose a little more, which was conducive to the circulation of silver.

However, whether there are cases or no cases in Kaifeng Mansion, there is one person who is always busy, and that is Gongsun Ce, Mr. Gongsun.

"Miracle doctor" is another way of saying "can't rest", Kaifeng can be no one to commit a crime but no one is sick, Kaifeng Mansion opened a pharmacy every day to receive a lot of people, this pharmacy is a good hall nature, originally specialized in diagnosis and treatment of people who can't afford to pay for the diagnosis and can't afford to buy medicine, but since Gongsun came, whether there is money or no money, everyone has come here to see a doctor.

Gongsun works quickly and moves quickly, every morning, he usually dispenses medicine, teaches the little four sons medical skills, plus occasionally goes to Taixue to take a class, or enters the palace to □check the body of Zhao Zhen and the harem mothers. I go to see a doctor every afternoon......

Originally, Gongsun went to the pharmacy every day, but a few days ago, Gongsun suddenly told Bao Zheng that he wanted to ask the two Lang Zhong to take shifts, and he would not go to the pharmacy for a while.

Master Bao naturally agreed.

Everyone thought, Gongsun may be too tired and want to take a break, or accompany the little fourth son?

But when Zhao Pu was about to take advantage of Gongsun's rest and take the two of them out for an outing, he found that Gongsun was still very busy...... Not only is he busy, but even the little four sons have begun to prepare, and this big and small don't know what they are busy with.

That night, the weather seemed to be warming up a little.

Gongsun and Xiao Sizi took out a lot of wooden boxes and put them in the yard, and also took several buckets of potions that Gongsun had just prepared, and took small brushes to brush the wooden boxes with medicinal solutions.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came back from eating, they saw Xiao Wu sitting at the gate of the courtyard, tilting his head to look at the situation inside.

"What does it smell like?" Zhan Zhao felt that the smell of medicine was fragrant and smelly, so he looked into the courtyard.

"Gongsun?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "What are you doing?" ”

Gongsun smiled and said, "Oh...... Prepare the house for the winter. ”

Zhan Zhao blinked, and Bai Yutang looked at the box in Xiao Sizi's hand, which was only the size of a palm—whose house is this?

"Nerd!"

At this time, I saw Zhao Pu walk in, followed by several shadow guards, each holding a bucket, a shovel, and a net bag to catch butterflies.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other - what kind of costume is this?

Gongsun looked everyone up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and took out a stack of drawings for Ochre Shadow, who took the lead.

Ochre Shadow took the drawings and gave one to the rest of the shadow guards, and then, everyone took their things and went out.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had already run to the courtyard and went to Gongsun's side, looking curiously at the drawings he had given.

I saw that on the drawing, there were some symbols drawn, and there were a few insects.

As soon as Bai Yutang saw the insect, he silently decided to turn around and leave, but as soon as he turned around, his arm was grabbed by Zhanzhao.

Zhanzhao dragged Bai Yutang and asked Gongsun curiously, "Gongsun, do you let them catch insects?" ”

Gongsun smiled and said, "This year, the weather is cold, hot and cold, and the amount of rain is sufficient, I went to the forest in the morning to look for it, and many insects have grown!" ”

"Oh......" Zhan Zhao nodded, and continued to drag Bai Yutang who was about to leave, and then asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Gongsun and Xiao Sizi continued to prepare the box, while saying, "At this time of year, the insect eggs have just come down, I just made marks in the forest, and asked the shadow guards to dig up the mud in the place where I made the mark, and I want to raise Gu." ”

"Kind of Gu?!" Everyone around was shocked.

Zhao Pu was curious about what Gongsun was asking Yingwei to dig in the mud and catch insects just now, but now when he heard it, he was also shocked.

At this moment, Pang Yu Baoyan, Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang had just come back, and they all came over and asked, "What kind of Gu raising?" ”

Pang Yu was taken aback, "Wow, Gongsun, aren't all Gu worms poisonous?" ”

Gongsun waved his hand, "Who said that!" Look at who raises Gu worms, I can cure diseases and save people! And there is a lot of use. ”

"In the forest near Kaifeng, are there any Gu worms?" Bao Yan was one of the more common sense, and asked Gongsun curiously, "I thought that Gu worms all grew in the southwest of Yunnan and Guizhou." ”

Gongsun smiled and shook his head, "Gu worms are actually not born monsters, they are all nurtured, raising bugs is very fun, and it is much more interesting than raising cats and dogs." Do you think, no matter how you are with a cat or a dog, it only has one head and four legs, right? But the bugs are different! You can raise several heads! ”

When everyone heard this, the corners of their mouths twitched, Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, and sure enough, the fifth master's face was so ugly! It's so interesting!

As soon as Gongsun talked about Gu worms, the interested smile on his face made everyone feel a little cold in their necks, but the divine doctor naturally had the intention of a divine doctor, didn't the previous Niangniang Gu save the life of the eldest princess! The key depends on whose hands the Gu worm is.

Everyone nodded, and decided to go back to the room to soak their feet and go to bed early, but they heard Gongsun muttering to himself, "There were some Gu worms that couldn't be raised before, but now they should be able to raise them." ”

Xiao Sizi also nodded, "Well! ”

The people who had originally walked out of Lu couldn't help but be curious, stopped and turned back and asked, "Why can't you raise Lu before?" ”

Gongsun Shen smiled mysteriously and said, "Oh, the conditions were not enough before, but now, the resources are relatively rich." ”

As he spoke, I saw him pursing his lips and smiling at the little fourth son, this smile looked very connotative.

Everyone looked at each other - a bad premonition......

……

In the dead of night, the shadow guards returned.

Several shadow guards are very capable, and they dug up all the mud that Gongsun wanted and put it in the yard, in addition, they also caught the insects that Gongsun explained to catch and put them in a few glass jars.

That night, the little fourth son got into Zhao Pu's quilt with a pillow.

Zhao Pu was puzzled, "What about your father?" ”

Xiao Sizi yawned and said, "Daddy wants to raise Gu at night, and Gu worms should be raised at night, it shouldn't be good when it's dawn." ”

After speaking, he patted the pillow and lay down to sleep.

Zhao Pu also lay down, looking at the little fourth son who was holding his arm and looking for an angle to lean on, "Why did you get into my bed?" I'm going to teach Xiao Liangzi kung fu tomorrow morning, and I'm going to get up early, why don't you go there? ”

Xiao Sizi waved his hand, "I have to get up early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhao Pu looked at him, it has been cold recently, and the fourth son is afraid of the cold and likes to lie in bed, "Why do you get up early?" ”

"I'm going to take Daddy's class." Xiao Sizi said, "Daddy is busy until tomorrow morning, I want to make up for sleep, I have to feed the insects tomorrow morning, so I have to get up early." ”

The corners of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched, "Feed the bugs?" How to feed? ”

The little fourth son covered Zhao Pu's mouth with his little hand, which means - go to sleep quickly!

Zhao Pu was helpless, adjusted his posture, and let Xiao Sizian sleep with his arms in his arms. That night, Zhao Pu had a dream in which Gongsun turned into a chubby worm and twisted in front of him.

Tianzun and Yin Hou were invited by Zhao Zhen to the palace to taste tea when they entered the night, there happened to be rare tea products from the south, and a few ancient paintings were sent, Zhao Zhen knew that Tianzun and Yin Hou both liked tea and paintings, so after they were busy with the government, they made an appointment with the two of them to taste tea and appreciate the paintings under the moon. It just so happened that a few white plums in the garden were also blooming, and the three of them also studied the plum blossoms, Tianzun painted for a while, and Yin Hou also played a game of chess with Zhao Zhen, and the two old men played until midnight before returning to Kaifeng Mansion.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, the two saw a small dimly lit lamp in the dark courtyard. Gongsun sat in the courtyard, with several stoves around him, and a large number of things, boxes, boxes, glass bottles, wooden barrels, iron barrels, bronze tripods, and ...... The whole nine yards.

I saw Gongsun holding a box and didn't know what to do, as if he was playing with mud, laughing while playing.

The corners of Tianzun's mouth ducked behind Yin Hou and asked, "What's the situation with Gongsun Boy?" ”

Yin Hou has seen a lot of strange people in the Demon Palace, but how to describe Gongsun's expression at this time...... In short, it's better not to be close to him.

Yin Hou dragged Tianzun and detoured back to the room.

When they arrived in their courtyard, they saw that the lights were on in the rooms of Zhan Showa and Bai Yutang on the other side, and the two glanced at each other - haven't you slept yet?

When I walked over, I saw that the door was not closed tightly, and I gently pushed it open, only to see Bai Yutang making the bed, and Zhan Zhao was lying on Xiao Wu's back and yawning.

"Still not sleeping?" Yin Hou asked.

"Grandpa, Tianzun, you're back." Zhan Zhao yawned and called people, pointing to Bai Yutang and said, "I was asleep, but he suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, not to mention that insects crawled up on the bed, and he changed the bedding in the middle of the night." ”

Tianzun couldn't cry or laugh, his apprentice's cleanliness habit was committed again, remembering that when Bai Yutang was a child, once in the middle of the night, he suddenly got up and said that a bat flew into the house and wanted to clean it up...... So, Tianzun was dragged out of the bed by his apprentice in the middle of the night and cleaned up with him.

"There won't be bugs, will there?" Yin Hou asked, "Didn't Gongsun stuff a pill into each of your rooms, saying that you have raised some Gu worms, can you repel worms?" ”

Before Yin Hou finished speaking, he saw Zhan Zhao holding up his fingers and "Shhh!" ”

looked at Bai Yutang again, and turned back silently - sure enough, there were worms!

Bai Yutang grabbed Zhanzhao, "Cat, clean up!" ”

Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, hugged Xiao Wu and rubbed, "I'm a sister!" I'm so sleepy! ”

Tianzun and Yin Hou glanced at each other and quickly slipped away.

So, that night, everyone heard the sound of "bang bang bang" coming from the room of Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang.

Zhanzhao's yard was adjacent to Bao Zheng's room, so Mrs. Bao was lying on the bed and heard that the next door was very busy, so she asked Bao Zheng next to her curiously, "Xianggong, what is this for?" ”

Master Bao smiled, pressed the corner of the quilt on his shoulder, and said, "Young man, he is more energetic, Ho Ho." ”

But in fact, at this time, Bai Yutang was holding a paddle and patting the quilt, and Zhanzhao was lying on Xiao Wu's back and refused to get up, refusing to participate in the cleaning!

……

Early the next morning, Zhao Pu, who had had a dream of a big bug all night, dreamed that he was hit by a soft bug and woke up suddenly.

I opened my eyes and looked at ...... Zhao Pu looked at the sky, and saw the little fourth son who slept on his arm yesterday, I don't know when Lu Dao crawled on his stomach, and he was yawning on his chest, looking like he had just woken up.

"Awake?" Zhao Pu pinched the cheeks of the little fourth son.

Xiao Sizi got up in a daze, sat on Zhao Pu's stomach and continued to yawn with his face up, obviously still very sleepy.

"If you're sleepy, sleep a little longer." Zhao Pu poked him in the stomach.

"Hmm...... the fourth son stretched, "I'm going to pick up my father's shift, and I'll sleep at night." ”

Zhao Pu was helpless, got up to change the clothes of the little fourth son, in fact, he was also a little curious - that nerd wouldn't really play with bugs all night, right? I don't know what the road has become.

……

In the courtyard of Zhanzhao and Baiyutang, Yin Hou and Tianzun are old and sleep less, they slept late last night, and they got up very early this morning and went to the courtyard to move their muscles and bones.

Tianzun was stretching his waist, and as soon as the door of the opposite room opened, Zhanzhao came out with two big black circles under his eyes, followed by Xiao Wu, who also didn't wake up, yawning and pouting his ass and stretching his waist.

Tianzun looked at Zhan Zhao and was startled, "Oops, what's wrong?" ”

Zhan Zhao's eyes were so sleepy that he couldn't open them, and he sat on a stone bench in the courtyard in a daze.

When Yin Hou came out, he also felt a little funny, and when he walked to the door of Zhanzhao's room, he was also startled, and saw that Zhanzhao's room was clean as if it had just been covered with a layer of light, the bedding, blankets, and bed curtains were all snow-white, and even the table was covered with a snow-white tablecloth.

Looking at it again, on the snow-white bed, Bai Yutang was obviously tired and paralyzed, leaning on the bed and sleeping.

Yin Hou was helpless, and came out and poked Zhanzhao, "Good grandson, if you are sleepy, go to sleep for a while, anyway, there is no case to investigate." ”

Zhan Zhao looked at Yin Hou helplessly, "I want to sleep too, but I'm hungry......"

Yin Hou and Tianzun were about to ask Zhan Zhao what he wanted to eat in the morning, when they heard a scream from Chen Xing'er outside.

Everyone was stunned, Zhanzhao's drowsiness also woke up, Pang Yu, who was washing his face, choked on his nose, and Mrs. Bao, who was combing Master Bao's hair, took a comb and looked out, "What's wrong?" ”

When everyone followed the sound, they saw Chen Xing'er standing at the gate of the courtyard with a cup of ginseng tea, looking at the courtyard with his mouth wide open.

Everyone walked behind her and looked inside, and they all gasped.

I saw that in the courtyard, Gongsun was dozing off on the soft couch, judging from the state of the candlestick next to him, Gongsun was obviously busy all night.

Looking at the courtyard again, I saw that there were at least five or six hundred wooden boxes, two or three hundred copper boxes, more than 100 glass bottles, and a few extraordinarily large jars and medicine pods in a row all over the courtyard.

Bai Yutang, who was woken up by the screams and came to take a look, subconsciously took a step back, "This can't be all bugs, right?!" ”

Zhan Zhao touched his chin, "Are there a thousand here?" ”

"Exactly a thousand."

At this time, from behind everyone, the little fourth son who was gnawing on a zongzi came in.

Chen Xing'er trembled and gave him the ginseng tea, and said, "Serve it to your father, he stayed up all night last night, look at the dark circles under his eyes!" ”

The fourth son smiled and thanked him for holding the ginseng tea, and then walked to Gongsun's side.

Chen Xing'er felt someone poke her shoulder, and when she turned around, she saw Tianzun pointing at Zhanzhao's dark circles under her eyes, and then pointing at Bai Yutang's.

Chen Xing'er covered her mouth and hurriedly ran to make ginseng tea for the two of them.

The fourth son shook Gongsun awake, and after Gongsun drank ginseng tea, he ran to sleep, and the next thing was ...... It will be left to the little fourth son.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were holding ginseng tea, and the others were eating breakfast, and they looked at the substitute for Gongsun, sitting on the soft couch and shaking his legs while eating zongzi, looking at the little fourth son of those boxes, curious - what is he going to do next?

"Jin'er."

At this time, Xiao Liangzi came, carrying a small wooden bucket with a bucket of sugar cubes. These candy cubes are usually fed to the horses in the stables, and the horses like to eat sugar, so there are many of them in the stables.

Xiao Sizi just finished eating the zongzi, wiped his hands, picked up a jar and poured some water, and melted the sugar into the jar piece by piece, which made everyone feel sweet and their throats were itchy.

Xiao Sizi stirred the slimy syrup with a chopstick, and opened the boxes and jars one by one, putting a spoonful of syrup into each one.

Everyone saw it clearly this time, and they saw that the box was full of fluffy and fluffy mud, but there were no insects.

"Little fourth." Zhan Zhao was curious, "What is this for?" ”

"Feed the bugs." Xiao Sizi said, "Insects like to eat sugar." ”

Everyone looked at each other silently again—worm ......

Seeing that everyone was still standing at the gate of the courtyard, the little fourth son waved his chubby little hand and said, "Today is feeding and basking in the sun, I won't need you for these two days, and I will use it in a few days......

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Bai Yutang asked, "What are you using us for?" “

"Uh......" The little fourth son was stunned for a moment, as if he had leaked his mouth, and saw the little guy tilting his face, pretending not to say anything, and preparing to fool the past.

Everyone inexplicably had a bad premonition, thinking of yesterday's Gongsun who was secretive, and said "I didn't dare to raise it before, but now I have the conditions and resources, and I can finally raise it"...... Could it be, what terrible thing does Gongsun want to do?

"Cats." Bai Yutang suddenly patted Zhanzhao, "I have to count the silver for the past two days, live in Baifu temporarily, and I will return to Kaifeng Mansion in a few days." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to run.

Zhan Zhao and Tianzun grabbed Bai Yutang with one arm, what does that mean-want to slip away? No way!