In the afternoon, Zhao Zhen was sitting in the pavilion, Xiangxiang was sitting on a stone table beside him, holding a piece of colored paper. Eunuch Chen sat beside her and studied with her a blue kite folded by the Queen Mother before.

Zhao Zhen leaned against the pillars of the pavilion and looked at the several koi swimming around the lake.

At this time, Nangong walked in and whispered a few words in Zhao Zhen's ear.

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly, looking a little surprised, "Is there such a thing?"

Nangong nodded.

"Does Uncle Jiu understand?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"General He has sent someone to notify the prince, and he probably will be here today." Nangong replied.

"Well..." Zhao Zhen touched his chin, "It's quite interesting."

Nangong looked at Zhao Zhen in confusion.

Zhao Zhen raised his face and looked at the sky above the garden, "I haven't been to Heifeng City yet... I heard it has been well built."

Nangong felt his eyelids twitched, and he looked at Zhao Zhen carefully, "Maybe the emperor wants to..."

Zhao Zhen asked with a smile, "Would we go to the north to have fun?"

Nangong gasped and said to himself - No, what's fun...

Zhao Zhen touched his chin and said to himself, "It's so convenient to let the emperor send it to him and then send it back..."

While talking, Xiangxiang came to Zhao Zhen with the folded kite, and climbed up to his knee and asked, "Father, where are you going to play?"

Zhao Zhen held Xiangxiang's face and said, "My baby princess hasn't seen heavy snow yet, have you?"

Xiangxiang opened her eyes wide, "High snow?"

Zhao Zhen rubbed his daughter and told her how spectacular the heavy snow in the northwest was. Xiangxiang, who had never even come out of the palace gate, opened her mouth wide and looked at Zhao Zhen with anticipation.

Nangong and Eunuch Chen looked at each other and sighed helplessly.

...

At this time, a few people came from a small teahouse at the inn not far from Kaifeng City Gate.

These people were all wearing Gaohe Village clothes with black veil wrapped around their arms. The two leaders were not young and were the four disciples of Gaohe Village who had just lost their junior brother, the eldest brother Chen Mo and the second brother Yue Mingtian.

The two of them looked sad and bleak. Qian Tongqian died suddenly, and the body was taken away by Kaifeng Mansion in the name of investigating the case, so even the mourning hall could not be set up.

"Kaifeng Mansion is also domineering!" Yue Mingtian found a chair to sit down, poured himself a glass of wine, and said dissatisfiedly.

Chen Mo looked at him and reminded, "After all, this place is under the feet of the emperor. Kaifeng Prefecture has Tianzun and Yin Hou in charge. It is not easy to offend. Even the emperor saw it that day, which was considered an eye-opener."

"The emperor felt quite thoughtful at such a young age." Yue Mingtian was unhappy. "In addition, the Tianzun and Yin Hou had never met... Besides, is it that powerful? They are all over 100 years old..."

"Tsk!" Chen Mo glared at him, "I don't know the sky is high and the earth is thick."

Yue Mingtian holds his breath.

"It would be better to have Kaifeng Prefecture to investigate the death of the third brother. No matter who killed the third brother, he could not escape the blame." Chen Mo picked up the teacup, "Isn't it better for us to wait for the result? Is it related to killing someone and killing us?"

"Then you can't say that..." Yue Mingtian muttered, but felt that what the elder brother said made sense, so he didn't say much.

"Master doesn't know where he is going." Chen Mo was worried.

Yue Mingtian looked at the left and right sides and found that except for the Gaohezhai at the entrance, there was only one guest in the entire inn. He was a young scholar who looked thin and was sitting at the table drinking tea without a weapon. He was drinking tea with his back to them, and he probably couldn't hear what they were saying.

Yue Tianming lowered his voice and asked Chen Mo, "Brother, do you think... Master will already..."

"Oh!" Chen Mo shook his head, "It's impossible. How could something happen if Master has such a high level of martial arts skills?"

"No matter how high a master is, he can't resist the person he trusts to secretly attack him, right?" Before Yue Tianming finished speaking, he saw Chen Mo wave his hand and glared at him fiercely.

Yue Tianming curled his lips dissatisfiedly, "Gaohe Village has been monopolized by Bian Fangrui and his group for so many years. I thought the position of the camp leader was his, but who knew that he would compete for martial arts elections. There have been so many chaos recently, but his side is unscathed. I don't believe it because it has nothing to do with them."

Chen Mo held the teacup, "Bian Fangrui is just a brave and unscrupulous second-generation ancestor. What he really needs to worry about is Bai Mutian."

Yue Mingtian frowned, "Bai Mutian asked the emperor to expose his intention to be the leader of the village. For someone as petty as Bian Fangrui, he will keep him by his side with a ghost."

"He is actually a talent." Chen Mo said, "If you leave Bian Fangrui, it would be a good thing to help us."

"Do you believe him?" Yue Mingtian shook his head, "This person is unpredictable, brother, you should be careful..."

While he was talking, a follower came over to Chen Mo and said, "Senior Brother, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are coming here."

Chen Mo and Yue Mingtian looked at each other - why are they here?

At this time... Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang did leave the city gate and head towards the direction of the official road.

What are they doing when they leave the city?

After Qian Tongqian's murder occurred, there were no clues. They had been in Kaifeng Mansion for a few nights, and the female ghost did not come out again. So they changed the situation outside the city to see if they could meet the old lady who was trying their luck. Of course, it was impossible to rely on Zhan Zhao to take the chance to pick up the corpse by relying on him, so they also brought Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liangzi.

Xiaowu carried Xiaosizi and followed the two of them. Xiaoliangzi walked beside Xiaowu, followed by Lin Yehuo who was yawning behind him.

These people did not intend to enter the post station, but when they walked near the post station, they were first attracted by a horse tied to the post station.

It was a white horse with a uniform body, with a medium body all white and a red saddle, which was very particular. It was just such a beautiful white horse, with three long scars on the horse's neck and chest. Although the wound had been healed long ago, it was still shocking.

Everyone looked at the energetic horse and looked at the three scars again, guessing that the horse might have been attacked by wild animals when he was a child, and survived the disaster and left scars.

The horse was drinking water, looked up at everyone, blinking his big eyes, looking a little curious, shook his tail, and continued to lower his head to drink water.

From the eyes of this horse, everyone could see that it was not only a good horse, but also a smart horse.

Zhan Zhao saw a silver stick hanging on the saddle, and was a little confused... The stick was about five feet long, just a little shorter than Bai Yutang's long knife, but it had no blade or sharpness. It was just a long pole as thick as a thumb. The silver pole had fish scales and hollow patterns of waves, and it hovered down the pole. One end of the pole was slightly thicker, which should be a grip, and the other end was very thin, with chopsticks as small as a bit.

Zhan Zhao was studying the pole while walking, thinking about what is its purpose? A fishing rod? Someone used a metal rod to make a fishing rod? How tired it is to hold it...

Zhan Zhao kept looking towards the post station, so he saw Chen Mo and Yue Mingtian in the post station at a glance.

With his arm gently hit Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao said, "Drink a cup of tea before leaving."

Bai Yutang and Lin Yehuo, who was yawning, looked into the station and walked in.

When the guy saw a guest arrive, he packed the table. Zhan Zhao first bowed to Chen Mo and Yue Mingtian, "Sincere and mourn the changes."

The two old men stood up and returned the greeting and asked about the progress of Zhan Zhao's case.

Zhan Zhao said that the investigation was still under investigation, the autopsy was over, and Gongsun did not destroy the body. If necessary, he could send the body to a villa and ask them to set up a mourning hall to commemorate.

The two old men nodded and thanked them, and asked their subordinates to go to Kaifeng Mansion to pick up the bodies of their third senior brothers immediately.

The station was not big, there were only four tables, three of which were already present, so Zhan Zhao and the others had to sit on the table opposite the scholar drinking tea with their backs facing the door.

The little fourth son climbed onto the table and was attracted by the scholar opposite him.

The scholar looked twenty-five or six years old, with some light-colored moles on his fair skin, and his appearance was elegant and elegant, which was very pleasing to the eye.

The little Sizi tilted his head and looked at the scholar. However, the scholar did not look at him, but held the teacup and looked in the direction on the other side, as if he was in a daze.

The little Sizi tilted his head and looked at the person's eyes... The man's eyes were dark brown, similar to most people's, except that his pupils seemed larger than others, so the color of his eyes also seemed darker.

The little fourth son was watching attentively, and the man turned his face and looked at the little fourth son.

Xiao Sizi blinked, Xiao Liangzi gently pulled his sleeve and whispered, "Jin'er, do you know that person?"

The little fourth son shook his head.

Xiao Liang said, "Then don't stare at others like this."

The little fourth son scratched his head, sat down obediently, and glanced at the scholar again.

Zhan Zhao also glanced at the scholar. The horse at the door should not belong to Gaohezhai, so the "fishing rod" belongs to this scholar?

Lin Yehuo held the teacup and asked Chen Mo, "Have you found your village leader?"

Chen Mo shook his head.

Lin Yehuo asked, "How many days have it been, there is no news at all?"

Chen Mo and Yue Mingtian sighed.

Bai Yutang didn't say anything, but he looked at the scholar.

Zhan Zhao was also like Bai Yutang, caring a little about the scholar - because he found that the scholar was listening to them.

"Sir Zhan."

At this time, Chen Mo spoke and asked, "Have you ever thought that the murderer who killed my third brother might be inside Gaohe Village."

As soon as Chen Mo said this, Zhan Zhao was a little surprised, "Does senior have any object of doubt?"

Chen Mo shook his head, "My third brother doesn't have any enemies, I really can't think of any outsider who wants to kill him. But the fight within Gaohe Village is considered to be a life-and-death battle... I'm not afraid of family sacking the crime. If you really want to investigate the case in Kaifeng Prefecture, you can go to Gaohe Village to find clues."

"Talk about Gaohe Village." Zhan Zhao suddenly asked, "Do you know why your village leader likes Kapok so much?"

Chen Mo was slightly stunned, obviously surprised by Zhan Zhao's question. After all, he was the apprentice who had been with Bian Sheng for the longest time, so he nodded and said, "When I followed my master, he already liked kapok. He must plant kapok in all places where he lives, saying that this flower can keep you safe."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang shook his head - although he was a little knowledgeable about flowers, he had never heard of the saying that kapok can still keep safe.

"Where are you two going?" Lin Yehuo asked.

Yue Mingtian said, "We go out of the city to find clues about whether there are any masters."

While chatting here, a scream came from outside.

The guy who was standing at the door to add fodder to Mama seemed to have seen something terrible and shouted inside, "Mr. Zhan!"

Without him shouting, Zhan Zhao had already rushed out in a flash.

There are many tea sheds on this official road, and there are many people coming and going. Now the carriages and horses in front are running here like they are escaping.
Chapter completed!