The next morning, everyone got up in high spirits.

In the yard, Zhao Zhen was doing exercises with his fourth child. Liangchenmei's three children had just returned from practicing with Zhao Pu and were fetching water from the well to wash their faces.

After breakfast, the housekeeper came back and said that he had gone to the inn to make an appointment with Mr. Xiong. We would meet him at Yutang Tower at noon.

Bai Yutang nodded, indicating that he understood.

Everyone was sitting together and were discussing Mr. Xiong when they heard someone coming in humming a tune from outside the yard. The voice sounded like it was Ouyang.

He raised his head and looked at the door, and sure enough, Ouyang Shaozheng had red hair combed up and his face was shining brightly. He was humming a little tune and walked in slowly. When he saw the crowd, he raised his chin.

He said hello and sat down to eat.

Everyone looked at him, like a radiant red hedgehog, a little puzzled - he was so desperate last night, why was he so energetic this morning?

Zhao Zhen quietly poked Zhao Pu and winked - Uncle Jiu! I heard that there are some signs before people go crazy!

Nangong gave him a bun and asked him to eat it first and not think too much.

The fourth son raised his head and looked at Ouyang and asked him, "Zhengzheng, did you pick up the money?"

Ouyang Shaozheng smiled and pinched his fat face, "No."

Ouyang's voice was inexplicably sweet, and Zou Liang across from him was so surprised that he even raised his head to look at him - had this red hair taken the wrong medicine?

The fourth son asked again, "Have you encountered anything good?"

"Hey hey hey." Ouyang's eyebrows were full of joy as he gnawed on the steamed bun, with an indescribable look on his face.

Everyone is looking at Zhao Pu - what's going on?

Zhao Pu was also not sure. Could it be that Little Peach Blossom really came last night?

Tianzun and Yin Hou shook their heads and shook their heads - it was impossible, no one came last night, but the red-haired man humming a tune on the roof was quite annoying.

"By the way, where is the letter from yesterday?" Zhan Zhao and Ouyang Tao came to see if they had missed something last night.

Ouyang reached out and touched it, took out the letter and card, and handed them to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao took it, and Zhao Pu asked Ouyang with some confusion, "Where is the envelope?"

Ouyang blinked, "What envelope?"

Everyone looked at him - where was the envelope with the letter?

Ouyang spread his hands, reached out and took another bun, gnawed it and walked out of the yard.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally asked Zhao Zhen, he was the only one who saw the envelope clearly yesterday, what was on it?

Zhao Zhen thought about it and said, "I drew a little peach blossom."

"anything else?"

Zhao Zhen thought for a long time and finally shook his head - no more!

Everyone said "tsk" - mysterious, what's going on?

…

There was still some time before noon. Zhan Zhao and the others were planning to go to the Yamen. Zhao Zhen also said that he was going. Gongsun wanted to teach the four children of Liangchen Meijing. Zhao Pu also refused to go and wanted to stay and steal Ouyang's envelope.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang took Zhao Zhennangong Ji out and went to the Yamen first.

There are more people wearing "fancy clothes" on the street today than yesterday, and they seem to be gathering here in waves.

Zhao Zhen found it quite interesting, since everything he saw was new.

When they arrived at the yamen gate, several yamen servants saw Zhan Zhao and the others and said, "Sir Zhan, you have to wait for a while. The lord is ascending to the throne."

Zhan Zhao was quite curious, "Sent to court so early? Is there a case?"

Several government officials suppressed their laughter and nodded.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were a little confused - is there anything funny?

"Sir Zhan, this is all new!" Several government servants were familiar with Zhan Zhao, and they led them to the living room, talking as they walked.

"There were people playing drums at the door early this morning. When we came out to take a look, we found a young man playing the drums."

"The young man was short and chubby, he looked about twenty-five or six, with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes. He said he had seen a god."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both stunned.

Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up, "Did you see a fairy? What kind of fairy?"

"It was on the official road near Kuaiji Mountain. It was said that the day before yesterday, he and his friends were traveling all night. When it was dawn, they arrived near Kuaiji Mountain. As they were walking, they saw a huge bright light above their head, which seemed to be a luminous person flying towards

In the woods."

"They were curious and ran into the woods after the light...and then they saw a man with a whole body of light and no clothes on standing in the woods."

"They also said that the man looked different from ordinary people. He had two big eyes like two glass balls and the size of a copper bell, staring straight at them."

"The short fat man said he saw the god walking towards them. He suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, and then he became drowsy and passed out."

"When he woke up, all his belongings were gone. Even his robe was stolen. The companion who was with him was also missing."

"He ran down the mountain in a daze, thinking that he might have been robbed by gods, so he came to report it to the authorities."

Zhan Zhao asked, "He said he was robbed the day before yesterday? Does that mean he lay in the mountains for a day and a night?"

Several government officials nodded and said that when the man came this morning, he thought it was yesterday and was confused when he heard the date.

Zhao Zhen was amused, "Does this god still rob mortals? Is that person carrying some kind of elixir?"

"He said he was just an ordinary person who came to see relatives. He and his companion met on the way. After chatting, they found out that they were from the northwest and both wanted to go to Jinhua Mansion, so they came together."

Zhao Zhen thought it was interesting, so he took Nangong Ji and went to the trial with Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang.

When they arrived, Yao Tingyuan had already finished asking. The master was holding a petition and two portraits, and was signing for a young man with messy hair wearing underwear and a blanket.

Judging from his appearance, he is indeed short and fat, similar to what the yamen described.

Zhan Zhao noticed that in addition to some dust on this man's white lining, there was a palm print on his left arm... This palm print seemed to have been ironed out. On the sleeves of the cotton white lining, there were

There is a burning feeling.

By chance, the yamen's assistant asked the man to take off his outer robe. He had many scars on his body, bruised and bruised, and there was a clear fingerprint of burns on his left arm.

Yao Tingyuan carefully observed his injuries, touched his chin thoughtfully, turned his face, saw Zhan Zhao and the others standing behind the screen, and quickly waved.

Although Yao Tingyuan was good at martial arts, he came from a military camp and was not familiar with the world. He asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang what internal force caused this person's injuries?

Zhan Zhao looked at the scars, while Bai Yutang took the trial transcript recorded by his master and read it carefully.

This man's name was Wu Damao, who was from the northwest and was in the antique business. There was an uncle in Jinhua Mansion who was old and had no children. He happened to have several antique shops at home, so he was asked to come over and inherit the family business.

The Wu family's antique shop rented a house from the Bai Mansion. The fifth master had a good memory, and there was indeed such an antique dealer named Wu in his memory. He might be Wu Damao's uncle.

On the road, Wu Damao met a northwest man named Lu Yaotian who also came to Jinhua Mansion to join his relatives. The two met at the inn and had a good conversation, so they went together.

The subsequent confession was similar to what several government officials said, but it was a little more detailed and included Wu Damao's feelings. For example, when he saw the light and chased it into the forest, he felt a burning heat coming towards his face, as if it was very hot.

.And the glowing person is a man. He feels very young, has a very fit figure, is tall, has very white skin, and is shrouded in a ball of white light. His body is exactly the same as a human, but his face is completely different, but he is not sure about that either.

The person looked so strange, and he was still wearing a mask, because it was too bright at the time. In addition, the fragrance he smelled was a woody fragrance, like pine and cypress wood. He didn't see fire, but he felt hot...especially the person facing towards him.

When they come.

And the reason why he thought that person was a god was because Lu Yaotian, who saw the person with him, suddenly shouted to the person, "Mountain God! It's a mountain god!"

After that, he fainted. When he woke up, he found that everything had been robbed and Lu Yaotian was missing.

After observing his injuries, Zhan Zhao asked him if it hurt.

Wu Damao nodded and said that his whole body hurt, as if he had been beaten, especially his arm.

Wu Zuo took some scalding medicine and applied it to him, while telling Zhan Zhao, "There are still signs of being pulled on his shoulder, and there are many scratches on his body. Someone must have pulled him up by one arm and took it off roughly."

It was caused when he was wearing his outer robe. The person who took off his clothes probably threw him to the ground casually. The place where he fell was a slope, and he must have rolled several times, so there were so many scratches and bruises.

"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also felt that what they speculated was consistent with Wu Damao's injuries.

"So which one of these two is the mountain god?" At this time, Zhao Zhen, holding two portraits, asked Wu Damao while shaking the pictures.

These two portraits were drawn by an artist hired by the Yamen based on Wu Damao's description. One is a man with big eyes who is naked and shining, and the other is a young man wearing black clothes and carrying a baggage.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stared at the portrait and were stunned.

Interestingly, what they were staring at was not the exaggerated "god" portrait, but the portrait of the man in black.

This should be Lu Yaotian, a fellow countryman who was traveling with Wu Damao. What caught Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's attention was the man's clothes...

In the previous murder case beside the official road, the broken body that was stolen by Wang Shao and the fake government officials seemed to be wearing this suit. But because the broken body had no head, it was difficult to accurately judge whether it was

the same person.

Yao Tingyuan stared at Zhao Zhen who was holding the portrait. The prefect was a little confused - isn't this the emperor? Why are you here?

Zhan Zhao asked Wu Damao about Lu Yaotian's situation in detail.

Wu Damao said that they had only known each other for a few days, and Lu Yaotian looked very knowledgeable, and he should be a well-informed person. The two of them were chatting about eating, drinking and having fun all the way, which was relatively normal...
To be continued...