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Chapter 529(1/2)

The birth of the little foal brought a hint of vitality to the entire Kaifeng Prefecture. For a time, there were endless people visiting Kaifeng Prefecture.

Grand Master Pang came with his stomach, and the Eighth Prince also brought the princess. Nangong Ji took advantage of the rest and came with Duoluo. The generals of Zhao Pu’s military camp also came to see him. In the end, even Zhao Zhen couldn’t help but take Concubine Pang quietly out of the palace to Kaifeng Mansion. When he saw Xiaoma, he was so excited that he wanted to give him a title, but later he was driven away by Lord Bao.

The foal was also extremely lively, as active as Duoduo and very close to people, but also like Bai Yunfan, a little picky. In addition, an interesting thing happened. I wonder if it was because Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao's clothes were close to Bai Yunfan Zaoduo's fur color, or there was some connection between the owner and the horse? The foal was sometimes jumping with Bai Yunfan. Bai Yutang walked by the side, and it followed Bai Yutang. If there was something to do, he followed Zhan Zhao, and ran away with Zhan Zhao. Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao had to carry the horribly like a bug back several times a day.

Lin Yehuo was also red, but Xiaoma didn't follow him. That day he didn't believe in evil, so he found a white cloak to put it on, and shook it in front of Xiaoma's eyes. Xiaoma tilted his head and looked at him, but he didn't follow him.

The two children, Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liangzi, get along better with the foal, often rubbing into a ball, while Xiao Wu is almost becoming a foal's straw mat, turning his soft belly every day and rolling in front of the foal's eyes.

The pony was about three days old and became more and more cute. Perhaps because Duoduo was well-raised, the foal's hair grew a little longer, fluffy and chubby, and looked chubby, and he was hiking around in various horse sheds all day.

The black owls and their group of horses followed behind the foals, one of them was both happy, and the horse shed was very lively every day.

Zhan Zhao has wanted to live in the stable these days except for investigating the case. As long as he walks around and finds that the person is not there, he will go to the stable to find it. One is Zhan Zhao and the other is the four sons, one big and one small, looking at the little foal with his chin, looking at the little foal with his chin, looking happy.

The little fourth son has not been clingy for a while and he calls his brother and brother to the little foal every day.

Maybe it was because I saw everyone in Kaifeng at first sight, or I inherited Zao Duoduo's cheerful personality. The little foal loved everyone in Kaifeng Mansion, and each one was very sticky. Even the Grand Master would come and rub his stomach. But at the same time, it was probably because I inherited Bai Yunfan's awkward temperament. Sometimes when you touch it, it would run to hide, and when you walk away, it would run to chase you... In short, everyone in Kaifeng Mansion was so heart-wrenching that even Lord Bao ran to see it at least three or four times a day.

But now there is another problem. What name should I give the foal a foal?

This problem caused Zhan Zhao to have a great headache, of course... what made Zhan Zhao even more headache was the case.

Early that morning, Zhan Zhao got up early and said hello to Xiaoma, and then returned to the yard, where everyone else in the yard was there.

Zhao Pu yawned, Zou Liang and Long Qiaoguang led the Shadow Guards, and they all took shovels and shovels to dig things. The blue fox also came, carrying Zhan Zhao's favorite roasted wheat, Bai Yutang was also there, and Yaoyao was behind him and teasing Xiaowu.

What are everyone going to do? Dig up the Jin family's cellar!

That day, Lord Bao gathered the servants of the former Jin family and asked questions one by one.

They don’t know much about murders, because they are not close servants. Most of them have helped a little or hired for a short period of time. After asking, they found that most of them were spreading rumors. They really saw ghosts or learned more about the details, but none of them were.

Lord Bao scolded them harshly, telling them not to be slandered in the future, so he let them go.

However, although there was no clue about the internal relationship between the Jin family, I asked about another clue.

The Jin family is dead, but the Jin family's money should still be there.

Mr. Jin was a gold shop business. He was one of the most wealthy families in Kaifeng City back then, and his family's property was countless! However, after the Jin family was destroyed, most of the money disappeared. It is said that there was a vault under the ground of the old Jin family house, which was very solid in structure and contained a large amount of gold.

Two days ago, after ordering a thorough investigation of the Jin family's old house, Lord Bao sent troops to surround the old house, and then the yamen runners entered the search.

The old Jin family house was burned once, but the remaining houses were well preserved.

The four major guards searched carefully with hundreds of yamen runners, but they almost didn't find much valuable things, nor did they find any account books, which was almost impossible for a person who was doing big business.

Finally, the yamen runners dug out several skeletons in the backyard of the Jin family.

This seems to echo the legendary saying that the granddaughter-in-law of the Jin family was eating people in the backyard, so the yamen runners dug up all the soil in the backyard, sifted out all the bones and put them in one place according to Gongsun's instructions.

But while digging, an unexpected discovery was made.

After digging up almost the entire backyard, a hard stone roof appeared on the ground. I don’t know what kind of stone was poured, which was harder than iron. The yamen runners dug up several shovels but didn’t even dig a single hole.

Finally, the yamen runners cleared out all the soil, and a cellar roof as big as two yards appeared underground, which was extremely hard.

Therefore, everyone suspected that this underground mezzanine without an entrance was the legendary cellar. The entrance to the cellar might be under a certain mechanism. Anyway, the yamen runners did not find it, so... instead of trying hard to find the entrance, it would be better to dig the stone wall directly.

Today, Zhan Zhao and the others were going to dig the stone wall, and how to smash the stone top that was harder than the black iron? Zhan Zhao said that it would be enough to bring Aunt Lan with him, so the blue fox also came.

Tianzun and Yin Hou were also curiously joining in the fun. Anyway, they were the ones who were the most idle.

Gongsun took Xiao Liang and Xiao Sizi, Bao Yan, Pang Yu, Chunhua and Wang Qi to go for the autopsy. It was said that the number of skeletons dug out was very large, and there were more than a dozen bald skulls. Therefore, it was a big project to form a complete corpse.

Everyone left Kaifeng Prefecture and went out to the streets, but found that there were many people on the streets today, and there were still some young people.

"So many people?" Zhan Zhao wondered.

"All the new students of major academies," said Pang Yu. "The new school season will begin tomorrow. Classes will be held one after another in major academies. The Imperial College will start classes the day after tomorrow."

"How many people did the Taixue recruit this year?" Zhao Pu asked Bao Yan.

"Well... I ordered it that day and there were more than 230."

"So many?" Zhao Pu was surprised, "Didn't you recruit a hundred people every time?"

"Well, has the Taixue expanded this year? Two new academies were built to install all the freshmen, and then there are about 30 new girls. Lanhui Academy has expanded a lot, so it just so happens that Yi Yi is among these girls." Bao Yan said.

"These two hundred are the best people in various places for autumn tests this year." Wang Qi said, "The teachers of the test paper have all passed one by one, and there are many talented people."

"Is that..." Everyone nodded.

"By the way, there are many students from Jiangnan this year." Chunhua said.

"It's not uncommon for talented people in Jiangnan to come out." Zhao Pu said, "There are a lot of people coming from Jiangnan in that year."

"Xiao Mantou went to Kaifeng for the exam, otherwise it would be a test in Jiangnan." Pang Yu said.

Bao Yan nodded.

Wang Qi leaned over and said, "Did you look at the Jiangnan candidates' papers? They are different from what we did."

Bao Yan shook his head, "I haven't seen it yet. After I send it, I'll give it to the Grand Secretary first? My father has seen it and said that the quality of freshmen this year is very high."

"My grandfather saw it yesterday." Wang Qi said, "Do you know who is the first place in the Jiangnan Qiu Examination this year?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang and other people in the world couldn't get into it. Listening to a few young scholars chatting about some things like studying and exams, it was quite new.

"There are several talented men in Jiangnan!" Bao Yan knew the situation there, "It should be possible for the three talented men?"

Everyone was curious, "Three Talents?"

The little Sizi raised her face and asked, "Little Mantou, are you one of the three great talents?"

Bao Yan shook his head, "The three talents are all from Hangzhou, and they are known as the three masters of poetry, calligraphy and painting. Poetry is Xie Yan, calligraphy is Lai Tianqing, and painting is Yue Ziming."

"Lai Tianqing's calligraphy and Yue Ziming's paintings are indeed very famous." Tianzun nodded.

"Xie Yan's collection of poems is also sold in Kaifeng." Chunhua curled his lips, "That girl Zhao Lan is crazy about holding other people's collections of poems all day long, and she is said to have a good appearance."

"The best among these three people is Xie Yan, who is the best in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It is said that he is still a handsome scholar in Jiangnan. Is he the number one in the first place this year?" Bao Yan asked.

Wang Qi shook her head, "He is second!"

"Someone did better than him?" Bao Yan felt unbelievable.

Wang Qi poked Bao Yan, "My father said that the number one in the Jiangnan Qiu exam is the only test paper in the country that can be as good as you."

Everyone raised their eyebrows, and Gongsun also went to the gossip, "Who is it?"

Wang Qi shook her fingers, "We all know each other."

Everyone was stunned.

"Lin Xiao."

"Lin Xiao?" Pang Yu opened his mouth wide, "This guy is actually a talented man? I thought he was with me..."

Everyone was amused and crying, and Lin Xiao did not look like a scholar.

"Who is Lin Xiao?" Zhao Pu was curious.

Gongsun reminded him, "The young man Lin took with him that day."

Zhao Pu thought for a while and opened his eyes wide, "Isn't that kid hired by Master Lin?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - this young man's martial arts skills are also very good, so he is both civil and military.

Bao Yan sighed, "Then he is much better than me, he has a good kung fu."

Pang Yu looked at Bao Yan speechlessly, "Little Mantou, why do you have no fighting spirit at all? You are giving up now? Kill him!"

Bao Yan looked at Pang Yu with his eyes squinted, "Fuck you! No matter how first in literature or martial arts, no second in martial arts!"

"Lin Xiao..." Yin Hou suddenly asked, "What's the surname Lin? Who is from?"

"I heard that he is from Hangzhou." Wang Qi said, "It really popped up suddenly! It is said that the person who recommended him was Grand Secretary Chen Ming. My grandfather said that Bachelor Chen Ming has always been above the top, and only Lord Bao has ever been attracted by him."

Pang Yu tilted his head and couldn't figure it out, "The love scholar has this style... he looks like a slut."

"Lin Xiao..." Tianzun thought about it, where had he heard of this name?

"Lin Xiao..." Yin Hou also frowned slightly. The same surname was Lin, for some reason, and he thought of someone. Is it a coincidence?

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Yin Hou and Tianzun's posture and were puzzled, "Do you two know him?"

Tianzun scratched his head, and everyone nodded when they saw his actions - probably they couldn't remember it.

Bai Yutang reminded, "The painting you bought a few days ago has a signature."

"Oh!" Tianzun clapped his hands, "Yes!"

Bai Yutang also nodded, "If that painting was really painted by Lin Xiao, he would be far behind Tian Qing and Yue Ziming in calligraphy and painting alone."

"So powerful?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

Bai Yutang is an expert and nodded, "In the future, it will definitely become a great person. No wonder you can exchange for such valuable wine by making an umbrella. My master has bought so many paintings, and this one is the most cost-effective."

As soon as the fifth master finished speaking, Tianzun came over to choke his neck, "Stupid brat!"

Look at Mr. Yin again.

Mr. Yin asked, "What does he look like? Are you following Master Lin? I saw a back that day."
To be continued...
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