Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 27 Yingzhou map (1)
The beginning of the story happened on a moonlit and windy night.

what? What?The moon is white and the wind is clear, such a beautiful day?
No, no, what is mentioned here is that there is a moon and there is wind, which refers to "the dark moon kills the night, and the high wind sets fire to the sky".

The wind was so strong that the moonlight was blurred and scattered.

The fire first started from the firewood house of Jiao Villa, and the wind helped the fire, and the flames froze, and it raged across the entire villa in an instant.Black smoke billowed and filled the air, and the surrounding area was filled with the sound of burning wood.

Generally speaking, in such a scene, heart-piercing shouts and horrified cries for help are indispensable, and there are usually people in charge who look like organizing servants to fight for the rescue.

But not here.

The bigger the fire and the fiercer the wind, the more it brings out the strange silence here.

Therefore, people can't help but assert: there is no one here.

At this moment, in the depths of the fire scene, the figures of two people suddenly appeared vaguely.

One is thick-backed and the other is slender and enchanting.

The man stomped on the corpse on the ground and asked, "Have you got it?"

The woman was leaning over with her arms on the ground, leaning over to lick the pool of blood that had formed on the ground. Hearing the man's question, she slowly raised her head, her long and seductive blue eyes shone brightly. The spilled blood was licked clean.

"I got it, "Penglai Map" and "Abbot Map". Now, we only need "Yingzhou Map"."

A rare sunny winter day.

Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, and what he saw was a clean and distant light blue.

Looking back slightly, the light brown dry grass swaying with the wind, the swaying posture does not seem to be as agile as a spring day, and the whiteness is covered with a layer of sluggish oldness.

And if you turn your eyes back a little bit, you will see Jiao Mountain Villa.

The scorched black ruins suddenly appeared in sight, against the light blue sky, so shocking.

Zhan Zhao frowned imperceptibly.

"Master Zhan." The Yacha who was guarding the gate of Ji'ao Villa saluted Zhan Zhao from a long distance away.

Zhan Zhao nodded slightly, but his eyes fell on Wu Zuo who was sitting aside.The man's face was pale, with one hand clutching his neckline and the other around his knees, he couldn't stop shivering all over his body.

Following Zhan Zhao's gaze, the Yacha took a sympathetic look at Wu Zuo: "I vomited once during the autopsy, and just went in again. When I came out, my legs were like chaff, and I couldn't stand up."

Hearing what the yacha said, Wu Zuo was still terrified, but his face still showed displeasure, and he couldn't help saying: "It's not you who did the autopsy."

The yamen servant snorted, and was about to choke him a few words, but in the end he was concerned that Zhan Zhao was by his side, so he didn't continue the quarrel.Zhan Zhao asked the assistant, "Can I go in?"

Wu Zuo got up quickly: "I have met Mr. Zhan, Mr. Zhan please."

Bao Zheng stared intently at the half-opened window. In the courtyard, a few plum trees were sparsely planted, and their curving branches stood like bones—although it was cold in this season, it was not yet the time for the plum blossoms to bloom.

In the study room, the candlelight was about to go out, Gongsun Ce took a step forward, twisted the wick again, and the room became much brighter.

"Guard Zhan, according to what Wuzuo said, all the people in Jiao Villa died under the claws of ferocious beasts?"

"Exactly." Standing beside him, Zhan Zhao nodded.

"It doesn't make sense." Bao Zheng frowned and shook his head slowly, "Jiao Mountain Villa is not far from the capital, and the capital is far and near. I have never heard of a beast causing trouble."

"My subordinates didn't believe it at first, but the scratches on the corpses were indeed beyond the reach of human beings, and..." Zhan Zhao paused, "Despite the fire, it didn't burn all the corpses. There are a few good ones left There are traces of being eaten on the body, and the belly is broken, and its appearance is horrible."

"Even if it is really a beast that caused disaster, what kind of beast is it?" Bao Zheng was puzzled, "Wolf? Tiger? Or leopard?"

"From the student's point of view, it still doesn't make sense." Gongsun Ce shook his head, "Guard Zhan, you just said that the scratches are extremely hard?"

"That's right." Thinking of what he saw during the day, Zhan Zhao felt a little palpitating, "At first, my subordinate thought that even if there were scratches, they were just skin injuries. A few deep scratches, like a knife carving."

"The meaning of Zhanwei is—" Gongsun Ce couldn't help stretching out his five fingers as claws, and drew a line in the air, "The sharp claws not only penetrated the flesh, but also penetrated into the bones?"

Zhan Zhao is silent.

"How can there be such a beast in the whole world?" Gongsun Ce murmured.

"Yes, indeed there are. In the early years, my subordinate traveled the rivers and lakes and went north to the mountains and dense forests of the Liao border. According to the local people, there are bears in the forest. The bears are huge, with sharp claws like knives. Claw strikes, can crush the back of a bison... just..."

"It's just the people and bears in the mountains of the Liao border. How could they haunt the capital of our Great Song Dynasty?" Gongsun Ce interjected, "Besides, Jiao Villa was destroyed by fire in the end. It's easy for people and bears to kill people, but they are animals. To avoid arson? And even if there are indeed people who are angry, people from Jiao Mountain Villa should be able to escape one or two..."

Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of something: "My lord, could it be that some people are playing tricks, killing people in the rivers and lakes, killing people all over the house, but pretending to be a beast to hurt people to cover their eyes and ears?"

"It's possible!" Bao Zheng trembled in his heart, "Guard Zhan, tomorrow you will take Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to the vicinity of Ji'ao Villa to inquire about news—has the owner of the villa ever had any grudges or disputes with others? There are suspicious people coming in and out... Any clues must be carefully investigated!"

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and Zhan Zhao, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu's trip to Jiao Mountain Villa on the second day came to an end that night.

It's all because an unexpected character was killed halfway. This kind of character has a unified name and surname, which is called "Cheng Yaojin".

It means that Cheng Yaojin was killed halfway.

The situation at that time was like this.

Child time has passed, and there is silence inside and outside Kaifeng. Even Mr. Gongsun, who has a habit of reading at night with the lamp on, has gradually entered the land of darkness and sweetness.The sound of watchmen beating bangs is heard in the distance, reminding that "the sky is dry and things are dry", and we must "be careful with candles". For more than a hundred years, society has been developing and technology has been advancing, but the watchman's slogan on duty has never been in line with the times. advance.

Closer to home.

However, at this moment when everything is quiet, on the road in front of the main gate of the Kaifeng mansion, suddenly appeared a black scarf masked, black clothes covering the body, a long sword hanging from the waist, bright eyes, cautious... bowl!

But I saw it hiding behind the horse tethering stone, sticking out its head, looking back, forth, left, and right, and then moved its two small legs left and right, crossing the avenue with lightning speed, and came to the root of the Kaifeng mansion wall in one fell swoop. under.

Although no one noticed it during the whole process, the bowl held its breath under the wall for a period of time in line with the strategy of sailing carefully for thousands of years.After making sure that no one was following and no one was peeping, this bowl gathered his mind, rolled up the sleeves on both arms to the crook of his arms, then spat twice into his palms and rubbed them hard.

After rubbing, the bowl raised its head and looked at the walls of Kaifeng Mansion.

"Master Bao is really afraid of death." Zi Wan gasped, "Building such a high wall clearly makes it difficult for me."

Bao Zheng knew it in his dream, and he was afraid that he would complain to Tiansan.Not to mention that Bao Zheng is only a resident of Kaifeng Mansion and not the builder, even if Kaifeng Mansion was really built by Bao Zheng—I dare to swear to God on my behalf—Master Bao never meant to make things difficult for you, Brother Wan, let alone " Make it clear" means I can't get through with you.

However, compared to the size of a bowl, the wall is indeed too high.

After a long time, the black-clothed masked Nightwalker finally made a decision.

"For my master, let's fight."

"Brother Zhan, Brother Zhan," Wang Chaopiyi stood at Zhan Zhao's door, slapping the door leaf, "A guest is here, Xiao Qinghua is here."

In fact, Zhan Zhao had already woken up with the commotion in the front yard—but he quickly discerned that it was not the panic of the assassin approaching the door or the noise of the victim complaining, so he still hugged the quilt quietly and remained calm.When he heard Dynasty's voice at first, he was even a little puzzled: little frog?It's the season, and there are little frogs?What is the little frog doing in Kaifeng Mansion?
In the next moment, Zhan Zhao realized that the "little frog" that Wang Chao spoke of was referring to the small blue and white porcelain bowl in Duanmu Caolu.

"Brother Zhan..." Wang Chao continued to reach out to knock on the door, but it was in vain.

The door opened from the inside, and Zhan Zhao came out in his clothes: "Where is Xiao Qinghua?"

"In Mr. Gongsun's room..." Before he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao had gone far away.

A few steps away from the gate of Gongsun Ce, I heard the sound of "Ah Chirp Ah Chirp" sneezing, mixed with Xiao Qinghua's nagging complaints: "I didn't criticize you," Xiao Qinghua said heartbroken, "Your Kaifeng Mansion's vigilance The sex is also a little bit bad, I hung it on the wall for half a night, but no one noticed. It's also fortunate that I am a visiting guest, if I were an assassin, this would be fine... ah chirp..."

"Yes, yes." This is Zhang Long.

"Indeed." This is Zhao Hu.

"Trouble and trouble." This is Mahan.

Gongsun Ce is in the black line.

Which assassin would hang on top of a wall for half a night and be frozen half to death?If you are really an assassin, the guest who bought the murderer must have burnt out his brain.

"That..." Gongsun Ce cleared his throat, "This...little brother seems to be suffering from a cold, do you want me to order the kitchen...to cook a bowl of ginger soup?"

The more Gongsun Ce talked, the more he felt uncertain: It’s not difficult to cook a bowl of ginger soup, but the key is: should I pass it to Xiao Qinghua’s body shape, or pour it directly?

Seeing the chaos in front of him, Zhan Zhao unconsciously smiled.

"Brother Zhan." Seeing Zhan Zhao enter the door, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, who were circling around the little blue flower, all raised their heads.

Xiao Qinghua immediately changed the object of her complaints: "Guard Zhan, I just hung on the wall for half a night, is this the way Kaifeng Mansion treats guests?"

"The guests in Kaifeng Mansion seldom climb the walls, and even if they do, there are very few who can't get off the wall..." Zhan Zhao was about to say a few more words, and saw Xiao Qinghua blushing with anger at a glance, and stopped immediately Not to mention, looking at everyone, "Who discovered it?"

Zhao Hu stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said with a chuckle, "I drank a few more at night, and when I got up at night, I saw a dark mass on the wall..."

It turned out to be the case.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Qinghua, thanks to Zhao Hu this time, otherwise, you would have hung on the wall for a whole night."

As soon as these words came out, the people beside them couldn't help laughing.Xiao Qinghua rolled her eyes and said angrily: "Guard Zhan, I have something important to ask you, do you want to listen or not?"

important?

Zhan Zhao's smile gradually faded away, let alone Zhan Zhao, everyone around him also became quiet.

"Important things" have different contents for different people.Wen Sheng's important job is studying, and the official job's important job is handling cases, but the important job of Xiao Qinghua is absolutely inseparable from one person.

Zhan Zhao weighed that question over and over in his mind for a long time, but he couldn't open it.

It was Zhang Long who hesitated and said, "Is it about... my sister Duanmu?"

Xiao Qinghua was very dissatisfied with everyone's sluggish response: "You don't even look at who I hang out with, not for my master, why am I working so hard?"

"Okay." Zhan Zhao interrupted Xiao Qinghua softly, "Tell me, what is it for?"

"It's a long story to talk about. It goes back to the beginning of the universe, when people and gods were mixed together in the ancient times." Xiao Qinghua suddenly became energetic, "For example, Dayu is a god, but he controls the water in the world. ..."

Zhan Zhao seems to have heard these remarks somewhere.

Xiao Qinghua continued to eloquently: "Although the three worlds of humans, ghosts, and gods were separated later, there is still a passage between them. The most common one is the Yellow Spring Road. What is the Yellow Spring Road? It is the passage between the human world and the underworld."

As the audience, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others cooperated exceptionally, and they all let out a sound of amazement.

Seeing that her rhetoric aroused everyone's response, Xiao Qinghua became more and more elated: "So, is there a passage between the human world and the fairy world? Of course there is, and that is the well-known three fairy mountains above the East China Sea..."

"The Picture of Yingzhou, Xiao Qinghua, are you looking for the Picture of Yingzhou?" Zhan Zhao who had been silent for a long time suddenly asked.

Xiao Qinghua was dumbfounded.

"You, you, you..." Xiao Qinghua stammered, "I don't know how many ancient books I checked, how did you know?"

Zhan Zhao's eyes were downcast, and he didn't seem to care, but his voice trembled slightly: "It was Hong Luan who told me."

"Who is Hongluan?" Xiao Qinghua continued to enlighten.

"It's a girl from Xihualiu's sect." Zhang Longdao, "Brother Zhan was investigating the case with her a few days ago."

"Oh..." Xiao Qinghua looked at Zhan Zhao with jealousy, and muttered in a low voice, "It turns out that you took the route of the opposite sex..."

While speaking, he sneaked another glance at Zhan Zhao. Under the candlelight, Zhan Zhao's eyes were clear, and his facial contours were indescribably soft and handsome, yet determined.

"Are you so handsome..." Xiao Qinghua continued to mutter sourly to herself.

"How much do you know?" Zhan Zhao ignored Xiao Qinghua's words, fixedly looked at Xiao Qinghua and asked, "How much do you know about "Yingzhou Map"?"

"I don't know much." I was about to shake my burden, but when Zhan Zhao pointed out his intentions, Xiao Qinghua immediately lost his energy, "I don't know why I can lead to the fairy mountain with the map... But, first It’s always a good idea to find a picture.”

"So, did you find it?" Zhang Long couldn't help interjecting.

Xiao Qinghua sighed: "I almost found it soon, speaking of it, I have to blame the people in Ji'ao Mountain Villa, if they weren't so helpless, I wouldn't have come to Kaifeng Mansion to rescue soldiers..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt that the room was strangely quiet, Xiao Qinghua looked up and found that everyone's expressions were much weirder than before.

"Jiao Mountain Villa?" Gongsun Ce's heart was beating violently, "The Jiao Mountain Villa you are talking about, could it be the Jiao Mountain Villa that was hit by fire the day before yesterday?"

"Huo'er?" Xiao Qinghua scratched her head, "It seems to be true, after they killed someone, they did set another fire."

"How do you know?" If it wasn't for the small size of the little blue flower, Gongsun Ce would have grabbed it by the shoulder and swayed back and forth, "Could it be that you were there at the time?"

"Yes." Xiao Qinghua didn't understand Gongsun Ce's excitement, "I was going to look for the picture, but who would have thought that two vicious people would suddenly come in, kill people and set fire to them, and finally took them away?" A picture—speaking of it, the nursing home of Jiao Mountain Villa is too bad, if they can hold on for a while..."

"Little Qinghua!" Zhan Zhao suddenly snapped, "You were also there when those two killed each other?"

"Yes." Xiao Qinghua looked at Zhan Zhao very strangely, "Didn't I just say that I was looking for pictures there?"

Zhan Zhao's dark eyes gradually revealed anger: "So many people died, why didn't you mention it at first?"

"Many people die every day in the world, so why should I bring it up?" Xiao Qinghua was a little unhappy, "Zhan Zhao, I came to talk to you about business, so don't keep interrupting, okay?"

"Business?" Zhan Zhaoqiang suppressed the anger in his heart, "Little Qinghua, human life is at stake. Those two criminals, have you ever seen their descriptions clearly? Have you ever heard what they said?"

Xiao Qinghua showed an impatient look: "I'm busy looking for pictures, so I don't have time to pay attention to their appearance."

Seeing Zhan Zhao's face sinking like water, Zhang Long felt uncomfortable, so he hurried out to smooth things over: "Little Qinghua, the person from Jiao Villa died unjustly, Brother Zhan also wanted to catch the murderer as soon as possible, if you have any clues, why not..."

Xiao Qinghua interrupted Zhang Long: "You people in Kaifeng Mansion are really strange. You don't find it troublesome to handle cases all day long. How many times do you want me to tell you? I'm looking for pictures."

Zhan Zhao was furious, and slapped the table heavily with his palm.

Gongsun Ce shook his head and sighed: "Little Qinghua, it is important to find pictures, but... you only see pictures, but you can't see anything else?"

Xiao Qinghua looked at Gongsun Ce, then looked up at Zhan Zhao, got up without saying a word, straightened her clothes, and climbed off the table.

Zhao Hu saw that the more he talked, the more stiff he became, until Xiao Qinghua wanted to leave, ah no, he was in a bowl situation, he hurriedly chattered and said, "Brother Zhan, why bother with Xiao Qinghua about this, it's a bowl, and there are people who are ignorant."

Zhan Zhao sighed very lightly, and was about to say something gentle, when Xiao Qinghua said angrily: "What do you mean 'it's a bowl, and there are people who are ignorant'? I was running around day and night, and I What are you planning? Didn't I just plan to meet my master as soon as possible? Why am I not sensible?"

Basically, if there is a third party present when two people are about to quarrel, then the fate of the third party is nothing more than two.

(End of this chapter)