Spring is warm in April.

On this day, three people were squatting in the grass beside the Peacock Lake on the west side of the Imperial Garden of the Palace, one big and two small.

The big one was wearing a yellow dragon robe, the small one was on the left and right, the little girl on the left looked only three years old, and the little boy on the right, five or six years old, both of them were round and chubby, with big eyes and white skin.

The three of them were hiding behind several potted plants at this time, staring at the lake in front of them with concentration.

Who are the three? The one wearing yellow robe is naturally Emperor Zhao Zhen. The two children are his family’s Xiangxiang and the fourth son of the Gongsun family.

How could these three people gather together and hide behind the potted plants? It has to start with something that happened a few days ago.

Mid-April is Zhao Zhen’s birthday. After all, it is the emperor’s birthday and it is always a celebration. Therefore, starting from last month, the palace has undergone some renovations.

Peacock Lake is actually a small lake in the imperial garden. Because the peacocks raised by Zhao Zhen live by the lake, you can often see them rushing around the lake with their long tails. Therefore, Zhao Zhen wrote the three words "Peacock Lake" on the stone tablet by the lake.

When repairing the palace, it seemed that several dead trees were cut down, and one of them had a skua made a nest.

This skua is very fierce when eating fish and catching mice. He is gray-black and has a large body. It has a sharp beak with a hook. The palace maids who come in and out of the week are often frightened by this bird.

Because the nest was demolished when cutting trees, the skua was not satisfied and came to compete with the peacocks for the nest. Recently, it has peacocks injured several peacocks.

Zhao Zhen felt very distressed and asked Nangong to find someone to catch birds.

The reason why he was called a skua is because this thief is bad.

Nangong arranged some guards nearby, but could not catch them. He originally wanted to open the net, but was afraid of hurting the peacock.

Finally, Nangong thought about it and ran to Kaifeng Prefecture to talk to Zhan Zhao. Everyone knew that Zhan Zhao was good at light skills. The bird flew around the lake. Most people couldn't catch it, so they could only ask Zhan Zhao to take the horse.

The guard Zhan easily agreed and ran to the lake to squat.

But this bird is not only a thief, but also a thief. When Zhan Zhao is there, it doesn't come out. Zhan Zhao goes to have a meal and it immediately flew out and pecks two peacocks.

Guard Zhan squatted by the lake for two days, and almost grew mushrooms, but he didn't catch the bird. In the end, Zhan Zhao stumbled and ran away. Anyway, cats are used to catch rats, not birds.

Seeing that no one could do anything to it, the skua became more and more arrogant. Every morning before dawn, she kept shouting on the roof. Xiangxiang was woken up several times by it, and the queen mother was upset when she heard it.

Zhao Zhen stopped doing it, thinking that I, the True Dragon Emperor, can still be stumped by your thief?

Thinking of the "True Dragon Emperor", Zhao Zhen really came up with an idea. He asked Nangong to go to Kaifeng Mansion to borrow something... and set up a trap.

In addition to Zhao Zhenxian, Xiao Sizi is also very leisurely.

These days, Xiao Liangzi ran back to the Wolf King Castle and celebrated his mother's birthday. It would take a few days to come back, so no one played with Xiao Sizi. He heard that Zhao Zhen set up a trap to catch birds, so he came to observe. What... the three of them had been squatting behind the tree for almost half an hour, and their legs were numb.

A group of shadow guards in the distance asked Nangong Ji, who was holding his arms and shook his head helplessly, "What plan did the emperor prepare?"

Nangong spread his hands and had never seen such an idle emperor.

Just then, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also came, followed by Zhao Pu who was yawning.

Gongsun went to teach the Imperial Academy, and Zhao Pu had nothing to do, so he came to the palace to pick up Xiao Sizi and have dinner together.

As soon as the three of them walked to Nangong and the others at the gate of the courtyard, they heard two "gagging" birds crying. When they looked up, they saw a big gray bird spinning on the lake in the distance. When they screamed, several peacocks by the lake looked for a place to hide, obviously they were afraid of it.

Zhan Zhao squatted for two days but didn't see the bird. Today he saw it. He looked at it from a distance, "Wow! It's not small!"

Bai Yutang also wondered and asked Nangong Ji, "What trap has been set..."

Before Bai Yutang finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "slam" sound, and the water surface suddenly exploded... A huge white figure rushed out of the lake.

Yaoyao rushed out with the splash, and he jumped into the air and opened his mouth and said, "ah woo" to the skuo...

Then, with a "bang", Yaoyao jumped down and rushed into the water. The lake surface stirred up huge splashes, and the skua and the "rattle" sound were gone.

In an instant...there was silence around...

Zhan Zhao and others opened their mouths wide, and then another "slam" sound, Yaoyao jumped out of the water, spread her wings and flew into the air, and the water droplets brought out of her body fell down.

When he heard a "wow" sound, Xiao Xiangxiang raised her face and started crying.

Zhao Zhen hurriedly went to hug his daughter.

The little Sizi also wandered around the place, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Nangong Ji helped his forehead.

Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang was speechless - this scene was indeed a bit too cruel.

Xiao Xiangxiang cried and said, "Father, Emperor, is a bad person."

Zhao Zhen kept shook his head, and he thought that Yaoyao was hiding at the bottom of the lake and sneaked into the bird. Unexpectedly, he swallowed it in one bite. That moment just now was so terrifying, no wonder she scared Xiangxiang.

The peacock on the side was so scared that she fled everywhere, thinking to herself that what white thing is this? Do you eat peacocks?

Yaoyao circled two times on the lake, and saw Bai Yutang walking to the lake and wave to it.

Yaoyao fell to him and was about to rub him, but Bai Yutang pressed its head and pointed to the ground, "spouted it."

Yaoyao blinked, opened her mouth... and clicked.

Look again, a wet silly bird on the ground is still alive.

The skua was also frightened. He couldn't be arrogant anymore and lay on the ground like a quail and shivered. Nangong took a cage and put the bird in it, and asked someone to take it out of the palace to find a forest to let it go. It probably wouldn't dare to come to the palace again to make trouble in this life.

Xiangxiang stopped crying when she saw that the bird was not eaten.

But now I look back and think about the scene when Yaoyao jumped out of the water just now, don’t be too domineering!

Zhao Pu nodded with his arms in his arms, "This is exciting enough!"

At this time, Yaoyao shook her head and burped.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Yaoyao's bulging belly. It was estimated that it had eaten a lot of fish at the bottom of the lake just now.

Bai Yutang also glanced at Yaoyao and saw a bag bulging on its belly, frowned slightly, "What have you eaten?"

Zhan Zhao also felt something was wrong. Why did the bag bulge a little closer to square?

Xiao Sizi stood on tiptoe, reached out to touch her, and knocked her again, "It's hard, Yaoyao, have you swallowed the brick?"

Yaoyao probably was too full of force. After a rumbling stomach, she saw that the "hard" thing disappeared, and then Yaoyao opened her mouth...

Everyone heard a "click" sound, and a rectangular thing fell out and fell on the grass by the river.

Nangong took a piece of cloth and wiped it, picked it up and looked at it... It was a dark green jade, which looked a bit like a pillow, with exquisite workmanship, and it was fishtail shape for two days. There were some Buddha statue patterns carved in it, which should be the gods and Buddhas guarding the temple.

Bai Yutang had a study of jade, took a look and said, "It's an antique."

"Good thing." Zhao Zhen also nodded.

Zhan Zhao hugged Xiao Sizi and stared at him, asking curiously, "What is this? Is it a pillow?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "It should be a jade pillow."

"Use jade as a pillow?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

Nangong shook, "But the jade is so light..."

As Nangong's hand swayed, he heard a "click" sound coming from inside, and everyone was stunned... Is there something inside?!

"Is it hollow?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Nangong fumbled for a while, but didn't know how to open it.

Bai Yutang took it and said, "I usually have ice cubes inside."

"Ice?" Everyone was surprised.

"If you need ice for a fever, put ice in it as a pillow." Bai Yutang said, "Ordinary people don't know how to use it, they are mostly royal."

As he said that, the fifth master found a secret button and pressed it lightly, and a gap appeared on the pillow.

"Oh..." Everyone nodded, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang curiously, "How do you know?"

Bai Yutang said, "My sister-in-law has one. Although the styles are different, the basic structure is similar. It seems that her father, the Medicine King, cured a royal family back then, and the royal family gave it to him."

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhen again.

Zhao Zhen scratched his head, "I have never seen it before, where did Yaoyao eat it?"

The little Sizi said, "I haven't arrived yet. Yaoyao swallowed it while eating fish in Peacock Lake?"

Everyone subconsciously went to see Peacock Lake.

"Maybe it was left by the previous dynasty?" Nangong Ji said, "This lake has never been drained."

Zhao Zhen also nodded, "Maybe some concubine from the previous dynasty accidentally fell into the lake." As he said, he asked curiously, "What's inside?"

After opening the pillow, I saw a small cloth roll inside.

Zhan Zhao reached out and took out the cloth roll and opened it... and saw a piece of white silk with some lines drawn with charcoal brushes on it. It looked like a map, and it drew a circle in one of them.

Everyone stared at the picture for a long time, and Zhao Zhen clapped his hands, "Treasure Map!"

Everyone looked at the sky, and the emperor was indeed idle!

"It seems to be the topographic map of the palace!" Nangong Ji took it and looked at it, and soon realized that it was "the road map of the area on the side hall on the west side of the palace."

The Nangong arranged the guards in the palace and had a good understanding of the terrain of the palace. He pointed to the circle and said, "This should be the location of the side hall on the southwest side of the abandoned Shaohua Palace."

"Shaohua Palace?" Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "It's the palace that was flooded a few years ago?"

Nangong nodded, "The terrain of Shaohua Palace is very low. That year, a heavy rain accumulated water. After the wooden pillars were soaked, they turned into dangerous houses and have been abandoned for some time."
To be continued...