24【Lion Grove】(1/2)
Zhan Zhao turned around and saw Bai Yutang standing behind him with his hands behind his back, without a knife, wearing a white casual outfit, followed by a white and round-faced girl with a very clever round face, holding a basket in her hand, looking at Zhan Zhao curiously.
Zhan Zhao was a little embarrassed in an instant and grabbed his head.
Fortunately, the little four sons rushed out from behind the window, "Baibai!"
The little Sizi is short and chubby, so he is already head-heavy. He rushed out of the car window and fell out of the car window.
Zhan Zhao quickly reached out and grabbed his clothes.
At the same time, I saw the chubby round-faced girl behind Bai Yutang had arrived and caught Xiao Sizi.
Zhan Zhao was slightly stunned and praised secretly - this girl's body movement is so fast.
After looking up and down, this girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old, so why did she have such a high internal strength?
The little Sizi was startled and looked up, seeing that the next one was a chubby girl, who looked really blessed!
The girl looked at him for a while, hugging her face, "So cute!"
The little fourth son was embarrassed to be rubbed, but this sister was chubby and soft.
Gongsun and others came out to greet Bai Yutang. Lord Bao and Pang Ji did not get off the car and nodded to Bai Yutang. Anyway, everyone was familiar with each other.
Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang curiously, "How did you know we would come?"
Bai Yutang was a little amused and laughed. He pointed to the long patrol team in front and the many onlookers, "The news has been here long ago."
Bao Zheng nodded and asked everyone to go to the yamen.
Zhao Pu didn't want to go to the yamen. Anyway, he was here to stroll, so Ouyang asked Bai Yutang, "Is there any good inn introduction?"
Before Bai Yutang could speak, the little girl said, "What are you doing when staying in the inn? The young master's guests naturally live at home."
Zhan Zhao was slightly stunned, "Isn't your house on the Sunkong Island?"
"Young Master has houses in many places." The little girl smiled and returned the little fourth son who had been rubbing for a long time to Zhan Zhao, while saying to Bai Yutang, "I'll go prepare the guest room."
Bai Yutang nodded, and the little girl ran away and disappeared.
Zhan Zhao wondered, "The skill is good enough."
Bai Yutang smiled, "Her name is Chen Xing'er, and there is also a lot of money. Both of them are my mother's apprentices. They are very capable and can help, so they bring them."
"Oh..." Zhan Zhao knew in his heart that Bai Yutang was the palace master of Yingxue Palace, a generation of female heroes! But he married and retired very early, and the people in the martial arts world didn't know much about her.
At this time, Zhao Pu, Gongsun and others had already gotten off the car.
Bao Zheng told Zhan Zhao not to follow him, but to go to the villa with Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang said to Bao Zheng, "Sir, please stay with me later, you may not be able to stay in the yamen."
Bao Zheng was slightly stunned. Xizhou Prefecture is so big, are there not many guest rooms in the prefect's office?
Bai Yutang smiled helplessly, and didn't say much, just said, "You'll know after watching it." As he said that, he pointed to the east far away and said to Bao Zheng, "I live in the Lion Forest in the suburbs, Bai Mansion."
Bao Zheng still nodded, wondering, is the yamen so small?
Zhan Zhao seemed a little hesitant and asked Bai Yutang, "You come back to resolve the dispute between the Tianshan faction. We are here to investigate the case. If you live there, will the Tianshan faction think that you have brought the government officials to solve internal affairs?"
Bai Yutang shook his head, "Lu Feng reported to the official when the murder case happened on the first day. It was originally the government that was investigating it. All the yamen runners and constables in the prefecture yamen may not be able to beat Yue Chengxi, so I invited Lord Bao, who was on patrol, to come over. What's the problem?"
Zhan Zhao nodded, "This is true, but there are so many people in the world, they will inevitably talk about you."
Bai Yutang smiled, "If you live or not, they will say, please let them go." After that, he turned his head to everyone and signaled - Let's go.
Zhan Zhao is also an open-minded person, just worried about Bai Yutang... But since he doesn't care, it means it doesn't matter.
The happiest person was the little Sizi, who was carried on his shoulder by Zhuying and looked around. Xizhou Prefecture is much more lively than Daofu Town. Moreover, they came out so quickly that they could meet Baiyutang, and everyone could be together again.
Bai Yutang led Zhan Zhao and others to the suburbs and saw a quiet bamboo forest. This bamboo forest was different from ordinary bamboos. The bamboo poles and bamboo leaves were golden yellow.
"Wow..." Xiao Sizi was surprised when she saw bamboo of this color for the first time.
"Is this a lion bamboo?" Gongsun reached out to touch a piece of bamboo leaf.
Bai Yutang nodded.
Zhao Pu wondered, "What's the matter with Lion Bamboo?"
"Lion bamboo is actually an ordinary bamboo, but due to the soil and water source where the bamboo is located, the bamboo leaves and bamboo poles will turn golden yellow. Moreover, the bamboo leaves are lush and often grow into balls." Gongsun Boxue began to drop his book bags again. "There were such bamboos in the palace of the Tang Dynasty, and they were never named until one day, the Persian envoy sent two mighty lions. The Tang Dynasty remembered the balls of bamboo leaves at a glance, so he named this bamboo Lion bamboo."
Everyone nodded, "Oh... So that's it!"
Baiyutang walked along a path paved with white stone slabs in the bamboo forest. Everyone walked along the way, enjoying the beautiful scenery among the bamboo forest.
There seemed to be many birds living in the bamboo forest, and I could hear crisp sounds.
The black shadow walked at the end, heard the screams, suddenly pouted, and imitated the birds to make fun of the birds... When he screamed, the birds in the forest seemed to wake up and responded. After a while, the birds in the forest were screaming one after another, full of vitality.
The little Sizi clapped her hands, "It sounds nice."
The black shadow stretched out his hand, changed his voice and cried a few times, and saw a blue yellow-bellied long-tailed bird flying out and landing on his fingers. The bird walked two steps left and right before standing still, raised one foot, lowered its head and pecked at its toes with its beak.
When the black shadow saw that Xiao Sizi had two eyes shiny, he said, "Do you want to touch it?"
The little fourth son was nervous, "Will he run away?"
"Won't."
The little Sizi reached out and touched the bird's head.
The bird seemed to care at all.
The little fourth son touched him several times and clapped his hands happily.
"Or?" the black shadow asked the little fourth son, "Make a bird cage and raise it?"
The little Sizi kept shook his head and let the black shadow release it.
The black shadow smiled slightly, raised his hand... the bird flew away with its wings.
At this time, everyone had already seen a large mansion in the distance.
The house is quite big, but it looks quite simple and not that luxurious style.
There are two strangely shaped stone-carved gatekeepers in front of the door. There is a plaque on the top of the door, which says "Baifu".
Gongsun touched his chin and looked at the two stone beasts in front of the door, scratching his head, "What kind of beast is this? It doesn't look like a stone lion or a Pixiu."
Bai Yutang shrugged slightly, "I had this house when I bought it. It was very beautiful and I never moved it away."
While talking, someone came to open the door.
The one who ran out to open the door was a housekeeper in his thirties. She was very gentle and capable. She was wearing a white coat and had a few servants behind her.
"Young Master, you're back." While saying that, he saluted everyone politely, "I am the butler Bai Fu."
Everyone nodded and gave a gift.
Bai Fu invited everyone inside and took them to the place to celebrate the ceremony, and recognized the guest room. He was a very decent butler. He didn't talk much and was not cold. He knew that he was a smart person as soon as he got along.
After putting down the things, Xiao Sizi couldn't wait to appreciate the house.
Gongsun was puzzled. This was an ancient house. The architectural styles of the houses were all Tang styles. Although they were simple, they were luxurious. Moreover, the furniture was made of cork... Baiyutang was worth a lot of money. This house must be expensive and very low-key.
The yard is very quiet, with a few ancient stone tables and stone benches, which are very comfortable.
Zhan Zhao found a stone stool to sit down, and asked Bai Yutang, "Is the Tianzun in the Tianshan Sect?"
Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "Want to see him?"
Zhan Zhao touched his chin, "A little bit."
"He went to Yunnan to have a drink with an old friend, and I don't know when he will come back." Bai Yutang thought for a while, "You really want to see him. Next time I take him to Kaifeng, you will meet him by chance."
Zhan Zhao made Bai Yutang laugh. Although to outsiders, this sentence is not funny at all. I really don’t know what the clear smile of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang is. What is the secret that only the two of them understand?
Ouyang raised his eyebrows at Zhao Pu - seeing, it will be a secret after a few days of knowing people.
Zhao Pu yawned. He was not very concerned about the secret between Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. He was more interested in the Qilin that can eat people. He didn't know whether it was difficult to raise it. If there were any, he would catch it and raise one, so he would be very powerful when fighting.
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Let’s talk about Bao Zheng and Pang Ji.
Following the vast patrol team arrived at the yamen gate.
Bao Zheng lifted the curtain and saw it, and was stunned. The yamen was quite big. Although it was not very generous, it was enough to accommodate them in this place.
Pang Ji didn't seem to understand very well.
Everyone got out of the car and saw the Xizhou prefect coming out eagerly.
Bao Zheng and Pang Ji were stunned when they saw the prefect of Xizhou. What a good guy... How old is this old man? Why do they look older than both of them together?
I saw that the prefect of Xizhou was not as thin as a few taels. He was covered with bones and scalp. He was so old... his head was covered with white hair. His government was probably the smallest, but he was still swaying in his clothes... like a sack wrapped around a bamboo pole. Master Pang subconsciously looked at his belly, inhale, and tighten his abdomen...
"Sir, please... see Master Bao, Pang... Master Pang!"
Don’t misunderstand me, it’s not that the prefect stuttered, but that he ran a little harder just now and couldn’t breathe.
Master Pang counted the number of three steps behind him... Will this old man die suddenly with breath?
Lord Bao thought about it and brought a list of local officials from various prefectures, cities, prefectures and counties when he went out. Before, he saw that the prefect of Xizhou should be called Mao Dingsheng. He seems to be 79 years old this year, and it seems that he is the oldest among the officials in office.
To be continued...