Zhan Zhao stuffed a chopstick dish into his mouth, and felt that it was not a loss to be touched, and he also touched him, which was flat.

So, Zhan Daxia, who has always been informal, quickly forgot about this stubble, picked and chose with chopsticks, and tried the taste of the dish. Knife and Axe Town is a small place, but there is also food in the small area, especially some local dishes.

Bai Yutang observed, this cheerful Zhan Daxia is still a veritable foodie, and he even knows what special snacks are available in a secluded place like Knife and Axe Town, and his mouth is smooth when he orders.

In fact, Zhanzhao had already inquired with the old man in the yamen before going out, and he knew what was delicious.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang while eating vegetables, and when he saw that he only drank wine and didn't eat vegetables, he frowned, "Not to taste?" Whatever you want to eat, then order. ”

Bai Yutang seemed to be in a good mood, reached out and grabbed the chopsticks and took a bite of food, but he felt that it tasted good, and Zhanzhao was quite good at ordering.

Zhan Zhao wondered why Bai Yutang's posture of picking up vegetables was so childish, and he couldn't help but hand over a spoon, and said in his heart, I don't believe that you will continue to drink soup and continue to be a child.

However, Bai Yutang put the soup spoon aside and did not move, put down the chopsticks and continued to drink.

Zhan Zhao put away his playful thoughts, looked at the square box on the table, and asked Bai Yutang, "You rushed all the way to Knife and Axe Town, not for the case of breaking the knife door and destroying the door?" ”

"I just learned about the Broken Knife Gate." Bai Yutang saw that Zhanzhao was very curious about the box, so he reached out and pulled out the white silk that wrapped the box.

Zhan Zhao saw that there was a black wooden box in the cloth bag, so he looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "Open it and take a look." ”

Zhan Zhao frowned, "It can't really be a human head, right?" ”

Bai Yutang drinks.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to open the box and glanced inside, stunned, and saw that there was a white skull in the wooden box.

Zhan Zhao didn't quite understand, and closed the lid to look at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang spoke, "You take a closer look." ”

Zhan Zhao opened the box and took a closer look, there were a lot of people here, and he didn't want to take out the skeleton, so he leaned back slightly and glanced at it...... Zhan Zhao saw a special thing about this skeleton - that is, on the cheekbone of the skeleton Bai Sensen, there was a black mark, which seemed to be a tattoo.

The word "sin" is stabbed when a felony is assigned to the border, because the thorn is deep and the cheek flesh is small, and it is often pierced on the cheek bone.

Zhan Zhao covered the box and began to be in a daze......

There are many disciples and grandchildren of the Tianshan faction, but everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that the Tianshan faction is very chaotic, and the head Lu Feng can't control those young and vigorous apprentices with strong martial arts.

Heavenly Venerable is the supreme martial arts, and Yin Hou, the palace master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, can be called the first in the world.

But his personality is very childish, and he is amazingly talented, so he likes to find some talented apprentices.

Tianzun has picked many apprentices in his life, but most of them feel that they have no talent after teaching one and a half moves, so they are handed over to the head of the Tianshan faction to continue teaching. Among so many apprentices, only Bai Yutang was Tianzun's sincere and true religion from beginning to end, and he was the only one who admitted that he was his own descendant.

In addition to Bai Yutang, there were at least twelve or thirteen nameless apprentices who Tianzun had pointed out before and after. Although these apprentices are not as talented as Bai Yutang, they all have outstanding points. The Tianshan faction is a holy place of martial arts, and there are a large number of martial arts books in the library pavilion, and these dozen or so apprentices have become a family when they grow up, and their martial arts are strong. Although Lu Feng is the head of the Tianshan faction, because of the confusion of generations, he can't control these "disciples". Therefore, the Tianshan faction is divided into many factions.

Some of the apprentices who were responsible for managing the daily affairs of the Tianshan Sect followed Lu Feng. The other apprentices, each followed a "senior brother", some became independent sects, and some coveted the position of the head of the Tianshan faction, fighting to the death.

And among so many apprentices, there is a very special one, named Yang Caisheng.

Yang Caisheng was one of Tianzun's early apprentices, and he can't be said to be an apprentice, anyway, Tianzun didn't admit it, he can only say that he is a disciple.

This person has a casual personality, and he is said to be suave and suave, and he doesn't like to fight for power and profit, so he loves to travel in the mountains and rivers.

After Yang Caisheng became a martial artist, he walked the rivers and lakes alone and lived freely. But during this period, I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, he fell in love with a foreign woman, and the two loved each other vigorously. But this woman was an assassin, and she was arrested for assassinating the court officials, Yang Caisheng rescued her from escaping without knowing the inside story, violated national law, and was betrayed by the woman and seriously injured.

After the most lucrative Yang Caisheng was framed, the tattoo was distributed, and he disappeared since then, and it is said that he is dead.

This matter has been going on for more than ten years, and it has been widely spread in the rivers and lakes. Therefore, many martial artists in the Central Plains martial arts have avoided foreign women, for fear of becoming the second Yang Caisheng.

Zhan Zhao stared at the dry bones for a long time, and asked Bai Yutang, "Is this Yang Caisheng?" ”

Bai Yutang put down the wine glass, "A few days ago, my master sent someone to call me to go to the Tianshan Mountains, and there was this box on the table. ”

Zhanzhao listened attentively with a wine glass.

"A few days ago, a foreign woman sent this box to the Tianshan Mountain, saying that she wanted to see my master." Bai Yutang said unhurriedly, "After handing over the box to my master, he said that it was Yang Caisheng's head inside, and there was actually a hidden meaning in what happened back then. Yang Caisheng died to save her, and she was neither an assassin nor betrayed, and the two were framed together. ”

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Is there a secret in it?" Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

"She was very sick and died before she could finish speaking." Bai Yutang frowned and said, "Before she died, she said that Yang Caisheng's body was in Sword and Axe Town, and he left a letter before he died, asking her to take it to my master when she couldn't do it, which can be regarded as fulfilling her last wish." ”

As he spoke, Bai Yutang took out a letter from his waist and handed it to Zhanzhao.

Zhan Zhao was a little surprised when he took the letter, "Are you sure I can read it?" ”

Bai Yutang didn't care, "Did you kill Yang Caisheng?" ”

Zhan Zhao blinked, "Of course not. ”

"Then what can't you see?" Bai Yutang reached out and poured wine.

Zhan Zhao took the letter and felt that Bai Yutang's temperament was likable! A gentleman is frank and, and he must say anything to others!

When he opened the letter, Yang Caisheng wrote crookedly...... But Zhan Zhao could see that he should have written very well, but it was possible that because of his weak body, he couldn't hold the pen, so his handwriting was a little shaky. Looking at Xin Zhanzhao's sadness, a good generation of famous knights, why did he end up like this?

The content of the letter, first of all, is to greet Tianzun's body, and said that he insulted the master and did not dare to go back to Tianshan to send to see the master, this letter is a unique letter, and when Tianzun sees it, he should no longer be in the world. Yang Caisheng seems to have great respect for filial piety to Tianzun, and he writes very sincerely and pious at the beginning, which is moving.

Later in the letter, Yang Caisheng said what happened back then.

It turned out that he fell in love with that alien woman, not a spy, she was a descendant of a disappeared tribe outside the Saiwai, and she came to the Central Plains to find a lost treasure of the tribe - a guillotine knife.

Yang Caisheng said in the letter that neither he nor the woman knew what was special about this ordinary short knife, but it was just a memorial of a clan. However, in the process of searching for the short knife, he encountered some mysterious people chasing him, and he was later wanted. And the court official they "assassinated" was an important member of the military department, named Tan Jin. Back then, Yang Caisheng and the others found out that the guillotine was in Tan Jin's hands, and they just went to ask him for the knife, but they didn't expect to be ambushed and suffer from unjustified disasters. Yang Caisheng has been chasing Tan Jin's whereabouts since then, but he is very cunning, and he has been incognito since he resigned.

"Guillotine ......" Zhanzhao read the letter and asked Bai Yutang with some puzzlement, "What kind of knife is it?" Is it famous? ”

"I asked some friends outside the plug to inquire, and no one has heard of the rumors of a guillotine." Bai Yutang received the letter, "My master didn't let me find a knife, only asked me to find Yang Caisheng's body and send it back to Tianshan to be buried with that girl." ”

Zhan Zhao nodded, Tianzun is quite humane, the world is said to be Tianzun, this person is beyond the world, there is no emotion, it seems that this is not the case.

After Zhanzhao was full, he felt that it was still important to do serious things, so it was better to find the ethereal black-clothed masked man, so he paid for the meal and asked Bai Yutang, "Are you going to find Yang Caisheng's corpse?" Then I'm going to investigate the case, I've been in the county office for the past few days, if you want to drink, come to me. ”

Zhan Zhao got up to leave, Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and pointed to the seat, "Aren't you going to help find the corpse?" ”

Zhan Zhao was stunned and puzzled, "Huh? ”

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, "You read the letter." ”

Zhan Zhao thought for a moment, "You let me see it." ”

"You can't see it in vain." Bai Yutang lazily stretched out his hand to support the side face, looking at Zhanzhao, his good-looking eyes were not energetic, and he seemed to be sleepy, "You don't sincerely help, what are you doing reading the letter?" ”

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth wide and was falsely accused.

Bai Yutang smiled faintly, "The yamen should have a head book in Sword and Axe Town, and it must not be difficult to find Tan Jin." ”

Zhan Zhao understood this time, he said that Bai Yutang was so happy to show him the letter and show him the head, so he used him as a coolie.

Bai Yutang looked at Tianguang, "Then there is Brother Lao Zhan, I live in the inn opposite the yamen, and I have a clue to come to me." With that, he stood up and wanted to leave.

Zhan Zhao's eyes were quick, and he grabbed Bai Yutang's sleeve.

Bai Yutang looked back at him.

"That's it, Brother Bai, I'll help you find Tan Jin, and you help me catch a man in black." Zhanzhao smiled, that bright, "Probably a little taller than you, dressed in black, masked with black cloth, sneaky." ”

Bai Yutang was puzzled, "It's your yamen's business to arrest people......

Zhan Zhao poked the dishes and chopsticks on the table, "But you just eat, you can't eat in vain!" ”

……

Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao looked at each other.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of peanuts and stuffed them into Bai Yutang's hand, "I'll go back to the yamen to turn over the file for you and take a nap by the way, after you catch the man in black, remember to come to me." ”

Bai Yutang saw that Zhanzhao was smiling toothless, a cunning cat.

After that, Zhanzhao ran away without a trace, and helped him take the head back, saying that he would test it for Mr. Gongsun.

Bai Yutang looked at the handful of peanuts in his hand, and for the first time he had the feeling that stealing chickens and rice would not make a loss...... This Zhanzhao is quite clever.

On second thought, who are you looking for? Men in Black?

Zhan Zhao returned to the yamen with a skeleton, Gongsun and Bao Zheng and Pang Ji were talking about the case in the study, and they seemed to be quite in love, and they could hear the laughter of Bao Zheng and Pang Ji from time to time.

As soon as I walked to the backyard, I heard a little donkey's milky cry.

Zhanzhao took a look in the yard and saw that the little fourth son took a wooden basin and knocked on the ground, and sat on the basin by himself, holding two carrots in his hands, one for the little donkey to gnaw and one for himself.

When Zhan Zhao saw this scene, a smile came on his face, and he walked up quickly and squatted beside Xiao Sizi, "Little Sizi, how did you steal and eat the little donkey's radishes?" ”

The little fourth son was squeaky and chewing on the carrot, and when he saw Zhan Zhao, he was also smiling, "Zhan Zhan, why are you coming back soon?" ”

"Uh-huh." Zhan Zhao held the wooden box, "I changed to an easier errand." As he spoke, he looked around, "Speaking of which, where is the county master?" ”

"Over there, I just saw it." The little fourth son stuffed the two remaining carrots to the little donkey, stood up and patted his buttocks, took Zhanzhao's hand, and took him to the county master.

Zhan Zhao followed the little fourth son to the other courtyard, where the county master was holding a teacup and sighing under a locust tree.

"Lord Wang." Zhan Zhao stepped forward.

"Oh, it's Zhan-sama." The county magistrate put down the teacup and quickly got up to salute Zhanzhao.

Zhan Zhao asked him about the location of the file room.

The county magistrate was so nervous that he sweated, "Roll ...... Dossier ......"

Zhanzhao was also a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

"Zhan Daren...... Is it to investigate past cases? "The county master broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, sure enough, did Lord Bao want to check him? In the past, many cases were unresolved, and there may be misjudgments and misjudgments.

Zhan Zhao felt funny when he saw that he was nervous, "I want to ask you for a head book, I want to find someone." ”

"Oh......" The county master breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly instructed the master to find the head book and show it to Lord Zhan.

Zhan Zhao then took the little fourth son to sit and wait in the side courtyard, there were three thick volumes in the head book, Zhan Zhao looked through them one by one, and the little fourth son also helped him rummage.

But the strange thing is that Zhanzhao spent about an hour carefully going through the entire three head books, but he didn't find a person named Tan Jin.

Zhan Zhao called his master and asked him, "In the locality, there is a former high-ranking official of the military department, named Tan Jin?" ”

Master shook his head, "Not really." ”

"Are you sure?"

Master Zhan smiled, "Lord Zhan, what a big rank a high-ranking official in the Ministry of War, how can he go to the poor countryside of Sword and Axe Town to retire." Besides, we haven't had any big officials in Sword and Axe Town, if there is really a retired important member of the Ministry of War, everyone in the city must know about it, anyway, I was born and raised in Sword and Axe Town, and I haven't heard of a Tan Jin. ”

Zhan Zhao felt strange - without Tan Jin, could it be that he had changed his name?

If you change your name, it will be troublesome, there is a vast sea of people, how to find it?

"Master Zhan, do you know the characteristics of that person?" The master asked, "There are not many people in Sword and Axe Town, if you know the physiognomy characteristics of the Dao, you should be able to find it." ”

"Well, what's this......" Zhan Zhao wanted otherwise, Bai Yutang would come after a while, ask him?

As soon as he thought of this, he saw Zhang Long hurriedly running in, "Lord Zhan, Bai Yutang is here." ”

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao just asked him about his characteristics when he heard this, so he ran out.

As soon as the fourth son heard that Bai Yutang was coming, he also followed.

Zhan Zhao didn't forget to hold the box in Bai Yutang where Yang Caisheng's head was placed, but he ran outside to take a look...... Zhan Zhao regretted it a little, should he avoid it first?

At this time, at the door of the yamen, there were at least four or five hundred people standing, and from a distance, they were all tall people in black clothes.

There was a lot of noise outside, which alarmed Bao Zheng and others inside, and everyone came out to see.

Bao Zheng was a little dumbfounded when he saw that there were people in black at the door.

Zhan Zhao saw that the situation was not good, turned around and wanted to slip away first, a white shadow fell beside him and patted him on the shoulder, "All the tall black-clothed people in Sword and Axe Town are here, you go and pick one." ”

Everyone at the door complained, Bao Zheng squinted, there were two white slits left on a big black face plate, and he looked at Zhanzhao, what does that mean-what's going on?

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and tugged at Bai Yutang's sleeve, "Why did you arrest so many people back?" I want one, just one! ”

"So let you pick one and let the others go for a while." Bai Yutang's serious face didn't look like a joke, and asked, "I arrested the person, did you find Tan Jin for me?" ”

"Uh......"

Before Zhan Zhao could speak, Taishi Pang, who was watching the excitement on the side, suddenly asked, "Tan Jin?" ”

Zhan Zhao looked at Taishi Pang, and had an idea, "That's right, Taishi must know, Tan Jin, an important member of the military department!" ”

Master Pang nodded, "Sure enough, it's him, of course I know, and the military department is under my control." ”

Bao Zheng also came over and asked Pang Ji, "You said that Tan Jin?" ”

Taishi nodded, and a faint doubt flashed on both of their faces, as if this name touched something they didn't want to mention.

Gongsun took the little fourth son to the door and looked around, saying that there was no person just now, and the little fourth son was dizzy and couldn't recognize who it was.

Sent away the man in black at the door, Bao Zheng didn't pursue Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao for messing around, just looked at Pang Ji, "If you want to find Tan Jin, you should say it." ”

Pang Ji touched his beard and beckoned to the two, "This Tan Jin, ......"

"Ahh

Before Master Pang could speak, he heard the little fourth son who was standing at the door watching the man in black leave suddenly screamed.

Everyone looked out the door.

I saw Xiao Sizi stretch out his hand and point to a black shadow running away in the distance, "It's him!" ”

Zhan Zhao chased him out.

Bai Yutang stood behind and watched, frowning slightly, "It's not bad......

"That's that, it's said that the light skill of guarding is the best in the world." Ponjitau almost.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "I know that Zhanzhao ran so far and didn't catch up, and the man in black did it lightly." ”

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji glanced at each other, and then looked at Zhan Zhao and the man in black were gone.

Bai Yutang also chased after him.

Gongsun hugged the little fourth son and asked, "Little fourth son, are you right?" ”

"No, it must be him!" The little fourth son nodded.

Gongsun also chased after him with his arms.

Bao Zheng wanted to take someone to chase him.

"Ahem." Pang Ji coughed and waved his hand at Bao Zheng, "Old Bao, you are busy with you, I can do this!" ”

Bao Zheng laughed dryly, "You fat man, I saw that the suspect had Zhan Guards and Bai Shaoxia chasing you again, so you want to sit back and enjoy the success, don't you?" ”

"Phew!" Ponji pouted, "Who do you think I am?" I think I'm also doing my best for the country and the people......"

"Come on." Bao Zhengyi waved his hand and didn't bother to listen to his nonsense, "You bring elite soldiers to chase after him, this person's identity is unknown, check it out, don't make any trouble at that time." ”

"You don't care." Pang Jile got into the carriage and ordered, "Give me chase!" ”

Sitting in the carriage, Taishi Pang is quite proud, you sunspot, you usually show off your might, today my Taishi is out of the horse, do something powerful for you to see! “

When everyone left, Bao Zheng also went back to the study to continue the case.

In the restaurant opposite the yamen, on the second floor, by the window, a young man in a yellow robe held his chin and looked into the distance, "Oh, isn't that road idiot lost again?" How do you run to a dead end......"

A young man in ochre-clad pushed him aside, "Why are you still talking about the wind." ”

"What are you afraid of?" The man in yellow grinned, "What if you catch it?" Are you still afraid that Pang Ji will not be able to beat him? ”

"Zhan Zhao plus Bai Yutang! Can the prince handle it? A young man in purple clothes peeked out from the roof, "Speaking of which, the prince doesn't seem to know Zhanzhao, right?" ”

"Isn't that better." The man in yellow hehe Le, "It doesn't matter if he Zhanzhao Baiyutang or Zhanzhao Baiyutang, as long as I can see him Zhao Pu being beaten in my lifetime, I will be blinded to death." ”

The three of them raised their faces and imagined the scene for a moment—really, really!

But after all, the three of them jumped on the roof and hurried to follow, making sure they saw the good scene that followed.