46 [Peach Peach Curse](2/2)
This time, Bao Zheng and his team went on a tour and cracked several major cases. After returning to Kaifeng, there were no accumulated cases, so everyone was very relaxed.
However, Lord Bao seemed to have something to do and did not go to dinner with Zhan Zhao and the others. He hurriedly ate two bites, made an appointment with Grand Master Pang, went to the Eighth Prince, and brought Tong Dabao with him. It was probably related to the case of the Peach Blossom Empress.
Zhan Zhao felt that the case was unreasonable and did not want to ask more about it.
When they arrived at the gate of the Emperor's House, Zhan Zhao swept around first - there was no white horse!
Everyone went upstairs, and in the private room on the third floor, Zhao Pu held his face and yawned listlessly.
Zhan Zhaohe Gongsun and the fourth son came in and were puzzled when they saw this scene.
The little fourth son climbed onto the stool and asked Zhao Pu, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhao Pu looked at the sky, "It's better to be outside, it's so pure..." While saying that, he asked Zhan Zhao, "Do you have any beds in Kaifeng Mansion? I'll go to spend the night tonight."
Zhan Zhao frowned when he heard this. Why not live in Kaifeng Mansion?
Ouyang Shaozheng blinked at Zhan Zhao and whispered - I was remembered by the Imperial Concubine!
Zhan Zhao knew that no matter how old a hero has been afraid of his mother since ancient times.
The little fourth son was curious and asked Zhao Pu, "Jiujiu, why do your mother miss you?"
Ouyang smiled wickedly, "Isn't it just those words? Get married and have a baby as soon as possible."
The little Sizi was puzzled, "Isn't anyone like this now?"
Zhao Pu curled his lips and shook his head and said to Xiao Sizi, "There is an enemy in this world that can never be defeated!"
The little four son opened his eyes wide.
"Mom!" Zhao Pu said seriously, "I can't beat you and hide!"
Gongsun was funny, "You are so old, it's the right thing to do to get married. What should I hide from you? I'm not filial!"
Zhao Pu's mouth twitched.
The little Sizi blinked, "Jiujiu wants to get married?"
"puff……"
Ouyang Shaozheng sprayed out a sip of tea. Zhan Zhao carefully studied the recipe on the wall, and looked at the main road outside the window from time to time - Bai Yutang is not here yet?
Zhao Pu looked at Xiao Sizi with a funny look.
Gongsun reached out to pinch the face of the little Sizi, "You are here again. The man is marrying, and the woman is marrying!"
"Oh." Xiao Sizi thought for a while and asked Zhao Pu very much, "Who are Jiujiu going to marry?"
Zhao Put held his chin and curled his lips, "No one can admire you."
"Hey." Ouyang Shaozheng hit Zhao Pu with his elbow, "I will definitely propose marriages when I have dinner tomorrow. How can you deal with it?"
Zhao Pu's face was elongated, "Can you not go?"
"Where will you go to have dinner tomorrow?" Gongsun was curious.
"By the way, the emperor will invite all civil and military officials to have a banquet tomorrow, and receive the envoys by the way. Everyone will go." Ouyang explained to Gongsun.
Gongsun nodded, thinking that he should have nothing to do, but Zhao Pu was forced to get married should be quite interesting. Zhao Pu picked up the cup and wanted to drink a sip of water, but saw the little four son beside Gongsun, looking at him with his eyes slanted, and a small bump was frowning between his eyebrows, as if he was dissatisfied.
Zhao Pu thought it was interesting, so he lowered his head and wanted to ask him, but the little Sizi turned his face and ignored Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu wondered and stared at him.
The little Sizi pouted, obviously angry with Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu scratched his head - why did he offend him?
What's the little Sizi angry about? The words that angry about Zhao Pu - none of them can be admired!
Ouyang held his chin and said, "I'm so hungry, can't I have dinner yet?"
Zhan Zhao looked out, "Bai Yutang hasn't come yet? Has no one notified him?"
"I sent the letter early in the morning." Ziying jumped off the roof, followed by Zhuying. The two of them seemed to have been looking at the roof for a while, "Is there something delayed?"
Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, "No, if he doesn't come, he will send someone to send a letter, no..."
"What's wrong?" Zhao Pu saw Zhan Zhao suddenly become serious and thought to himself that something was wrong.
Who knew that Zhan Zhao was silent for a while and said, "Will you get lost?"
Everyone held their foreheads...
Just as he was puzzled, he heard the slight footsteps at the door, and then the door of the sect was pushed open and Bai Yutang walked in.
As soon as he entered the door, everyone in the room looked back at him with a "swipe".
Bai Yutang was stunned and looked back at everyone in confusion. Realizing that it might be that he was late, he spoke, "Sorry."
Zhan Zhao held a chopstick in one hand and stared at Bai Yutang up and down. Finally, his eyes fell on his shoulder, "There is a petal on his shoulder."
Bai Yutang frowned, reached out and patted, and fell a light pink petal.
Gongsun stared at the petals on the ground and touched his chin, "It was estimated that it was a peach blossom."
"There is mud on the shoes..." Ouyang shook his head, "Is it a hurry to go?"
"Yes." Zhao Pu nodded, "The mud is plaster, there is almost no in Kaifeng City. You live in the east, but there are on the mountain in the eastern suburbs... have you gone up the mountain?"
Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes, "The mountains in the eastern suburbs have orchards on the east side, and the wild forests on the west side are no people. It seems that it has not rained these days, and only the soft sludge is in the east. Have you run to someone else's orchard?"
"Since you are touching the peach blossom petals, you should be going to the Peach Blossom Forest." Zhao Put held his chin and smiled, "Is it because you, Mr. Bai Wu, want to meet the Peach Blossom Empress?"
"You also want peach blossoms?" Ouyang was surprised.
"Isn't that a single move?" Zhan Zhao blew with a cup of tea, "If you want peach blossoms, you don't have to ask for it. Peach blossoms will bloom when you show your face."
Bai Yutang walked to the table speechlessly and sat down, looked at everyone, "I really met the Peach Blossom Empress."
Everyone was stunned and stared at Bai Yutang with a slight sound.
Bai Yutang was silent for a moment and spoke, "Just joking."
...
With a faint smile on Bai Yutang's face, Zhan Zhao took a breath - Bai Yutang was actually joking!
Ziying pulls the zheying - Did Bai Yutang encounter something good? Thousand-year-old facial paralysis is actually joking!
"After that being said, why did you go to the orchard for?" Zhan Zhao wondered.
"I encountered something strange." Bai Yutang said, "There is a maid in my village who seems to be named Tao or Xing. I can't make a difference and the person is gone."
"Are you missing?" Zhan Zhao frowned, "Are you lost or something wrong?"
"I didn't know at first. When I was about to come out for dinner, I saw a few maids crying at the door of my house, so I went to ask." Bai Yutang frowned, "The girl seemed to have been abandoned by a unfaithful man a month ago, and then she became depressed. The unfaithful man married a rich girl and even said that the girl was not, which made her jump into the river and commit suicide. Fortunately, she was discovered and rescued by the people in the village in time."
Gongsun shook his head, "There are so many unfaithful people these days."
Zhao Pu nodded, "I'm a little unethical."
"Three days ago, the maid suddenly took candles and paper money and went out in the middle of the night."
"More midnight?" Gongsun was surprised, "What are you doing with candles and paper money?"
"A maid who is familiar with her said that she hated that man very much and always wanted to take revenge. Before going out that day, she seemed to say that there was a way to deal with the man." Bai Yutang shrugged, "The maid thought she might have gone to some temple to burn incense and curse, but she didn't stop her, but she had been away for three days and had not come back."
"Don't have something happened." Ouyang said, "I can't figure out if I find that man to die together, but I was killed first."
Everyone also found it suspicious, but why did they take revenge with money from incense and wax paper?
"The servant at the door said that the maid was heading towards the orchard." Bai Yutang said, "I went to the orchard before coming and met an old man looking at the orchard. He said that he did see a girl entering the orchard that night. He was shocked at first and thought it was a female ghost, but the girl asked him how to get to the Peach Blossom Forest."
"It's peach blossom again?" Zhan Zhao frowned. Why is it so unrelated to peach blossoms when he comes back?
"I went to the Peach Blossom Forest and didn't see anyone, but I picked up something." Bai Yutang took it out and put it on the table, and saw a bracelet with peach kernels.
The peach pits are carved into exquisite flower shapes, and there are no flowers that can be seen. There are seven in total, worn with a red cotton rope.
"Is it very exquisite?" Gongsun took it and looked at it.
"There are also words." Bai Yutang pointed to the back of the peach blossoms.
Gongsun turned over the peach blossoms one by one, and saw that there were indeed words on the back of each peach blossom, totaling seven. Gongsun read it for a while and read it smoothly - Cao Jianhuo burned his entire body.
"Who is Cao Jian?" Zhan Zhao was curious.
"I went back and asked, it was said that it was the unfaithful person." Bai Yutang replied.
"Is that maid carved it himself?" Zhan Zhao looked at the chain, and always felt full of resentment, "There is no complete corpse..."
Zhao Pu said to Ziying and Zheying, "Go and check what the details of this Cao Jian are."
"Yes." Ziying and Zheying left.
Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, Zhao Pu said, "Oh, it's normal for women these days to turn against each other and put multiple curses. I guess there won't be any major trouble. Let's have a meal first."
Bai Yutang nodded and felt that it was the same, so everyone gave up their minds to have a meal first.
But after just half of the meal, Ziying and Zheying ran back and brought shocking news - it was said that last night, a fire broke out in a family in the south of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the study collapsed. The new son-in-law of this family was burned to death by the fire, and was hit by the hot beams, and his body was completely killed. That person was called Cao Jian!
After hearing this, everyone didn't know how to reply for a while.
Chapter completed!