When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived at Taibai Residence, they saw many people already waiting in the tea shed downstairs.

Zhan Zhao wrinkled his nose and looked at Bai Yutang - there were no seats left.

The Fifth Master had no idea. Taibaiju's business has been so good these days, so he probably has to make a reservation first to get a seat.

Just when they were thinking about changing places, they heard someone upstairs calling them, "Mao Mao Bai Bai~"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked up and saw a chubby little hand stretching out the window on the second floor, waving at them.

The two nodded happily - dumplings!

The lobby was so full that there were no more seats. After entering, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang scanned around and found no one they knew, so they quickly went up to the second floor.

The private seats on the second floor are slightly emptier than those downstairs, but they are also full.

The students from Taixue had reserved their seats first, and there was a screen separating one room from the window. Xiao Liangzi was standing next to the screen. When he saw them, he waved to them.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked that way, their eyes unconsciously sliding to the side... As the saying goes, there was a table near the stairway on the third floor, which happened to belong to Cheng Yun Escort Agency.

Lu Chengyun looked good, was drinking with his brothers, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were not familiar with Lu Chengyun. After taking a look, they turned around and went to have dinner with their families.

Taixue had indeed made a reservation long ago, but the roast duck chef was said to have to stay in bed for another ten days and a half before he could cook, so we had hot pot today.

Because there are many customers from Sichuan and Sichuan, every restaurant sells Sichuan cuisine.

The fourth child was holding a cup of herbal tea, and while drinking it, he stuck out his tongue and fanned the wind with his little hands. It looked very spicy.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sat down. The fourth son was quite worried about the candy master whom Manji had lost, and asked them if they had any clues.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both shook their heads helplessly - they haven't found it yet.

Yin Hou looked at his grandson.

Zhan Zhao straightened his chest, stretched out his hands to cook the meat and ate it. He looked quite steady.

Both Yin Hou and Bai Yutang wanted to laugh - the cat didn't pick up the body today, and it feels like their fortunes have indeed changed a bit recently.

The fourth son was also drinking herbal tea beside him, staring at Zhan Zhao with his face raised.

Zhan Zhao had just finished rinsing the meat, and when he turned around and saw him, he blew the meat to cool down with a smile, then held the little fourth son's round chin and put a chopstick into his mouth.

The little boy chewed and chewed, his big eyes still staring at Zhan Zhao.

Just when Zhan Zhao wanted to ask him what was wrong, Xiao Liuzi brought someone a large plate of ice-cold oysters. Zhan Zhao's attention was immediately attracted by the oysters.

Little Liangzi didn't seem to have any thoughts about eating. He took half a piece of corn and looked out the window while chewing it, as if he was waiting for someone.

Bai Yutang pulled him over and handed him an oyster.

Xiao Liangzi didn't want to eat either, so he looked out the window.

Fifth Master asked him, "Are you waiting for the Bamboo Bear?"

Xiao Liangzi blinked and looked back at Bai Yutang, "The turkey has been gone for a long time and it hasn't come yet! Did you miss it?"

Bai Yutang smiled, pointed to a few relatively hidden corners outside, and said, "Did you see it?"

Xiao Liangzi took a closer look at the window, then shrank back and asked, "Are you from the Tang Clan?"

"If the Tang Sect loses its bamboo bear, it will be searched all over the city. There are informants all over the city. There are not many people who can steal the bamboo bear from the Tang Sect compound with many agencies. We must be the focus of suspicion here." Bai Yutang said.

Xiao Liangzi pulled him back and asked him to eat peacefully, "The meeting in Taibaiju was all put there by that idiot. He might be squinting somewhere right now, waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to hide the bamboo bear and let Tangmen find it.

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Did Lin Yehuo steal the little bamboo bear? He did.

The other courtyard where Tang Clan currently lives originally belonged to Zou Liang. Zou Liang basically lived with his father, so this manor has never been used. It was renovated and lent to Tang Clan.

So when Zou Liang learned that Tang Clan had sent a little bamboo bear, he gave Lin Yehuo a topographic map.

People in the Tang Sect don't know that this courtyard actually has a mechanism, and there are two underground tunnels.

Lin Yehuo caused trouble and stole the little bamboo bear, then handed it over to Zou Liang in the tunnel and led Tang Laosan around the city.

Tang Clan had never calculated that the little bamboo bear would have been brought back to Zou Yue's backyard by Zou Liang and raised. The basket Lin Yehuo was carrying was just stolen from Tang Clan to feed the bamboo bear.

A big basket of tender bamboo shoots.

At the moment, Fire Phoenix is ​​peeling bamboo shoots on the roof of Taibai Residence, and is going to feed the bamboo bear at Mute's place later.

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Zhan Zhao and the others were chatting about the disappearance case while eating hot pot.

It was getting dark, and Bao Yan, Pang Yu, and the others were watching the street scene from the window, planning to go to the lake later to watch the lanterns. There were a lot of high-rise boats on the canal, and it would definitely be more lively in the next two days.

At this time, many people came downstairs pushing carts. Xiaoliuzi ran out from the gate of Taibaiju and greeted the convoy to unload the goods.

Zhan Zhao was also full and went to the window to look out, wondering where to look for clues.

"Cat Cat."

While Zhan Zhao was watching, he saw the fourth son approaching, standing with the window open and looking up at him.

Zhan Zhao looked at him for a while, then leaned over and said, "Didn't you say something was going to happen? Am I going to be unlucky?"

The fourth boy pointed at the convoy of vehicles being unloaded downstairs, "What are they moving?"

"Jin'er, they seem to be moving rice." Xiao Liangzi also came to see, "Business in Taibaiju has been very good these days. People come to deliver rice every night."

"Moving rice..." Zhan Zhao touched his chin, seemed to have thought of something, and jumped down from the building.

The talented people from Taixue had also drank some wine and were in a high mood. They felt that Jianghu people were more miserable. If they wanted to go down to the second and third floors, they would jump directly. They would not have to climb the stairs. If they had known better, they would have studied better when they were young.

Time to work.

Bao Yan was very curious and asked Pang Yu, "Brother Zhan, why are you going?"

"These transporters look familiar." Bai Yutang also walked over, "We seem to have seen them at Qiaoji Cloth Factory before."

"There are only a few groups of people doing manual labor in Kaifeng City." Pang Yu knew better. "Recently, all the rice and cloth mills have been overwhelmed. I don't have enough manpower, so I hired a lot of people to move it over at the dock."

Master Wu was leaning against the window and watching, and saw Zhan Zhao jumping down and arriving next to a porter. The foreman looked strong and had a pile of seven or eight rice bags on his shoulders, and he also held two in his hand.

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Zhan Zhao fell next to him and reached out to help him support the pile of slightly crooked rice bags.

"Chen Er."

The foreman also saw Zhan Zhao and quickly replied, "Oh! Mr. Zhan."

Zhan Zhao and the workers at the wharf were naturally very familiar with each other, so he asked, "Have you all come to the city to move things?"

"Yes, we don't have enough manpower. We might have to stay up all night tonight." Chen Er carried the things and walked inside.

Zhan Zhao went with him.

"Master Zhan, what do you want to ask me?" Chen Er put down the rice bag, wiped his sweat and asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "You are quite familiar with the streets and alleys of Kaifeng Mansion, right?"

"That's it." Chen Er opened the water bag and took a drink of water.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "Have you ever heard of Ziwu Lane?"

Chen Er smiled, "Why are so many people asking about Ziwu Lane recently?"

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Has anyone else asked you besides me?"

"I met a few Jianghu people at the dock before. When they got off the boat, they asked me how to get to Ziwu Lane." Chen Er said, noticing a man walking quickly not far away carrying several bags of rice.

"Hey, Lao Wang, please stop carrying it." Chen Er walked over.

Before Zhan Zhao finished asking, he followed him and saw that Lao Wang seemed to be walking with a little difficulty, as if he was injured.

Several workers nearby also went to help him take off the rice bag from his shoulders.

Lao Wang rubbed the area under his ribs.

Zhan Zhao asked him how he was injured. Lao Wang was quite angry and said that when he was moving goods just now, he was hit by a man delivering water with a cart.

Chen Er also complained that he was too busy these days and there were not enough manpower anywhere.

Xiao Liuzi took the goods list to count, and after counting, he pointed to an open rice bag and said, "Oh! Why is this bag open?"

Everyone went over to see it.

Zhan Zhao also followed.

On the second floor, Bai Yutang drank tea by the window and watched Zhan Zhao chatting with a few rice movers.

In the distance, several people were strolling over. They seemed to be coming to Taibaiju for dinner. It was Wu Shanchuan, his sons and his subordinates.

Bai Yutang looked back and saw that the people from Cheng Yun Escort Agency on the other side had just finished their meal, paid the bill and got up to leave.

Fifth Master touched his chin and visually estimated that the probability of bumping into him at the gate was more than 90%.

At this time, Xiao Liuzi and Chen Er had some disputes.

Xiao Liuzi pointed to a bag of rice. There was a big hole in the bag of rice, and the rice was scattered all over the floor.
To be continued...