Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 28 Yingzhou map (2)
One, act as a peacemaker to eliminate a dispute invisible.

Two, actively participate and escalate a two-person dispute into a three-person fight—if the number of third parties allows—to a gang fight.

The possibility of group fights happening in Kaifeng Mansion is basically zero.

Therefore, the situation did not intensify further. Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Ma Han and Gongsun Ce were automatically divided into two factions. The Gatekeeper faction began to persuade Zhan Zhao, while Gongsun Ce, who was good at persuading and educating, focused on launching an ideological offensive against Xiao Qinghua.

"Brother Zhan, Xiao Qinghua made a slip of the tongue for a while, why are you angry with it?" - Zhang Long

"Little Qinghua, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, don't delay things just because of momentary anger." ——Gongsun Ce
"Brother Zhan, you are always a customer when you come to the door." - Zhao Hu

"Little Qinghua, what is the purpose of your visit to Kaifeng Mansion in the middle of the night?" ——Gongsun Ce
"Brother Zhan, don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face. If you are angry with Xiao Qinghua, my sister Duanmu will not look good." - Ma Han

In the end, everyone was happy - to put it bluntly, Zhan Zhao already had the intention of easing up, and as for Xiao Qinghua, like most people who were furious, the subtext of his gesture of leaving was "actually I don't want to leave, but I actually want to stay".

Compared to just now, Xiao Qinghua finally provided some valuable information.

"I know they didn't get the map because I heard the woman say, 'We're only missing the map of Yingzhou'.

"The man said, 'Then divide the troops into two groups. I'll go find the man surnamed Wen, and you go to the Grand Master's Mansion to get the "Yingzhou Map"."

"The man also said, 'The higher-ups have ordered that now is not the time to make troubles. The Grand Master's Mansion is heavily guarded, so don't make troubles'."

"You didn't see what those two people looked like?" Zhao Hu couldn't help it.

Little Qinghua burst into flames: "At that time, the situation was critical, and I huddled under the bed. It was not easy to tell a man from a woman. Besides, don't you all look like that? You all have two eyes and one nose. Can it still grow flowers?"

"I'm troubled." Zhao Hu didn't expect Xiao Qinghua to react so violently, so he quickly kept quiet.

Gongsun Ce looked at Zhan Zhao: "Guard Zhan, what do you think?"

"There are two suspects in Jiao Villa, and a third person surnamed Wen is involved. After Jiao Villa, their next target is Grand Master's Mansion. There are many Grand Master's mansions in central Beijing, but when it comes to strict security, it is not Grand Master Pang. The government is none other than."

"Pang Taishi's residence hasn't changed in the past two days. It seems that the murderer hasn't attacked yet." Gongsun Ce thought for a moment, "In this case, we might as well..."

"Wait for the rabbit."

Zhan Zhao, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, and Ma Han spoke out almost at the same time.

Only Xiao Qinghua looked up at this and then at that, and muttered: "I don't care if you are going to guard pigs or catch rabbits, anyway, I'm looking for pictures..."

According to Xiao Qinghua, the risk is greater if it is delayed a moment later, if someone else gets the picture first... I feel shuddering when I think about it, so I urge Zhan Zhao to leave as soon as possible.

In fact, Zhan Zhao's movements were not slow, he went back to his room, took out his sword, and changed his clothes.

"Master Zhan, there is no need to delay." When Zhan Zhao put on his clothes and belts, Xiao Qinghua circled around Zhan Zhao in place, pulling at the hem of Zhan Zhao's skirt from time to time, "There is no need to delay, you should hurry up."

"Little Qinghua, you are simply a housekeeper." Zhan Zhao had no choice but to ask Xiao Qinghua to wait in Mr. Gongsun's room when he returned to his room, but Xiao Qinghua refused to listen and followed him back to his room step by step, urging him countless times along the way.

"However, it's really rare for you to have such a heart for Duanmu."

A casual sentence elicited endless sighs from Xiao Qinghua.

"Actually, my master isn't that kind to me." Xiao Qinghua sighed, "Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about my love life, I don't know how many times she has ruined it, every time I go out with Xiaodie to see the scenery, She will definitely tell Wan'er the next day... She usually bullies me when she catches me..." The more Xiao Qinghua said, the more she felt wronged, "It's me who is so loyal to her, alas, how should I put it, it's really evil Fate."

Zhan Zhao's expression seemed to be choked by something, and he said after a while: "Little Qinghua, the relationship between master and servant is not easy to use evil fate to talk about."

"What is that evil fate used for?" Xiao Qinghua was dubious.

"Nie Yuan is mostly used to talk about marriage or the relationship between a man and a woman." Zhan Zhao was slightly embarrassed.

"Oh..." Xiao Qinghua glanced at Zhan Zhao suspiciously, "Hurry up, I'll wait for you at the door."

Zhan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and was leaning over to fasten his official boots, when he suddenly heard Xiao Qinghua's intermittent murmurs.

"Nie Yuan, I'm not allowed to use such a beautiful word... Mostly I want to keep it for myself... Don't think I can't see it..."

Grand Master Pang's house is gorgeous and magnificent.

Zhan Zhao stood in the shadow of the tall courtyard wall, when he looked up, the eaves of the wall seemed to blend into the boundless night.

"You all are afraid of death, right?" Little Qinghua lay on Zhan Zhao's shoulders, put her cheeks on her hands, and looked up vigorously, "The walls are built to be taller than each other, and the richer and more powerful, the better. The higher the wall, the bigger it is... I guess where your emperor lives, the wall has to be taller, right?"

Zhan Zhao was not in a good mood, and deliberately choked on it, but after thinking about it, it really made sense, so he hummed reluctantly.

"Tsk tsk," Xiao Qinghua smacked her lips, paused, then poked Zhan Zhao with her finger, "Are you able to go in?"

"The thief hasn't arrived, what are we going in for?" Zhan Zhao glanced at Xiao Qinghua, "It's not that you said that the three pictures have a relationship with each other, you have to use the "Penglai Picture" and "Abbot Picture" to find the "Yingzhou Picture" Otherwise? Otherwise, there are so many courtyard houses in the Grand Master’s Mansion, where can I find them?”

Xiao Qinghua supported Zhan Zhao's shoulders with both hands and stood up, stood on tiptoe and looked around, with a look of disappointment on her face, she sat down on her buttocks, and muttered: "What are these two talking about, come to grab a picture Not in a hurry..."

"It's better to send a letter telling you when to arrive, so that you don't have to wait in vain, right?" Zhan Zhao said seriously.

Xiao Qinghua hummed very naturally.

Zhan Zhao smiled wryly, and suddenly remembered something: "According to you, why did those gods leave the picture in Jiao Mountain Villa?"

Xiao Qinghua looked at Zhan Zhao with contempt: "What do you think is a family heirloom, and you have to select a family to pass it down from generation to generation? These three pictures are actually the most common, and they are nothing like those sold in bookstores and painting shops. On the other hand, the brushwork is also very ordinary, you may not like it after looking at it.”

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao asked with great interest, "Why are the things of gods so common—shouldn't they be very rare?"

"This is what makes the gods so extraordinary." Xiao Qinghua expressed admiration and longing for the gods on her face, "If something is made too rare, it becomes a treasure. You have this level of awareness, and you will fight for it. Seeing the treasure map, don’t you go crazy?”

"Broken copper and iron?"

"It's copper coins, silver taels, or something." Xiao Qinghua waved her hand grandly, explaining precisely what it means to treat money like dung, "The gods left this picture in the world, and they may not want people to go to the fairy mountain. ...It's like when you meet someone on the street and pull you to dinner, they don't necessarily want to invite you, they might just be polite to you, do you understand?"

In order to emphasize, Xiao Qinghua also deliberately used the speaking style of Dongying Fusang Renshi.

"I probably understand what you said. The purpose of the gods to keep the pictures is not to really want mortals to go to the fairy mountains, but maybe just to let the pictures be lost in the world. Just like the yamen in many places, the doors are wide open, and the people may not really be welcome. Coming here to file a complaint is just a hypocritical pretense of justice. It seems that even gods have a view of their family status." Seeing Xiao Qinghua's expression of approval, Zhan Zhao changed the subject, "However, on the street Those who grab Zhan to eat are all sincere."

"You just blow it..." Xiao Qinghua rolled her eyes, "The biggest difference between these three pictures is that they will not be wet by water or destroyed by fire, so this picture will remain in the world forever, whether it is at the bottom of a lake, a mountain stream, People, even if they are folded and used as table legs, it will definitely be there."

"You mean, it's just a coincidence that this picture appeared in Jiao Mountain Villa and Taishi's Mansion?"

Xiao Qinghua nodded: "The picture is in the Grand Master's Mansion, do you think it is hung high in the middle of the hall? It may be placed on the bottom of a servant's box to make paper, so I have to wait for the two people who have the picture to come. Only the induction between the three pictures can find the "Yingzhou Picture"."

"Then, how did you find Jiao Mountain Villa?"

Xiao Qinghua proudly: "Didn't I tell you that I read a lot of ancient books, especially the ones left by my master. It is said in the book that sincerity leads to spirit, you have to burn incense non-stop for nine days, and on the ninth night, put a pillow on your pillow I fell asleep with a thing from Xianshan—my master left in a hurry, and there were one or two things left behind—and then I could see some clues in my dream. In my dream, I saw "Penglai Tu" in the mail Aoshanzhuang, so I rushed there, who knew it was a step too late. Those two people should have obtained the "Abbot's Picture" first, and found the "Penglai Picture" through the "Abbot's Picture"..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Qinghua scratched her head suddenly: "However, there is one thing I can't figure out no matter how much I think about it. Zhan Zhao, the book says that this is the only way to find the picture, and those two people should also use this method to find " "Abbot's Picture". 'You should fall asleep with things from the fairy mountain', in your words, they kill and set fire, so they are naturally bad guys, how can the bad guys have things from the fairy mountain?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer.

Xiao Qinghua felt a little strange, and couldn't help pulling Zhan Zhao's hair hanging down her shoulders: "Zhan Zhao?"

Zhan Zhao still didn't answer.

Under the moonlight, his brows were deeply frowned, and his gaze slowly wandered underground.

Xiao Qinghua was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head subconsciously.

The surrounding area was strangely quiet, and there was a huge black shadow, which was passing Zhan Zhao's feet extremely slowly.

"Zhan Zhao," Xiao Qinghua chattered her teeth, "Then...then...what is that?"

"Shadow." Zhan Zhao's voice was very low.

"Then...then...what kind of shadow is that?"

"Hurry up!"

"Ah? Ah..."

The former "ah" is inexplicable and puzzled, and the latter "ah" is full of deep despair.

Because at the first "ah", Xiao Qinghua was still standing on Zhan Zhao's shoulders, and at the second "ah", Xiao Qinghua had already fallen rapidly.

Of course, it didn't want to fall by itself.The moment it fell, it finally understood that Zhan Zhao was asking him to hold on to everything that could be held on hand, that is to say——the time has come.

In the first cooperation, it is inevitable that the communication will be poor.

The two sleeve arrows pierced through the air, accompanied by the whistling wind, and by the way, two tears of bitterness from Xiao Qinghua.

"It's over." Xiao Qinghua closed her eyes, not forgetting to chant a poem about her ending in a polite manner, "Die before leaving the teacher..." Before the poem was finished, a mournful meowing sound suddenly rang out in her ears .At the same time, Xiao Qinghua was firmly supported by one hand.

If the little blue and white hadn't closed its eyes just now, it would definitely not have missed Zhan Zhao's unrestrained and unrestrained movements in one go - raising hands, throwing arrows, retreating steps, and saving people.

Uh...wrong, it's the rescue bowl.

For the next one-eighth of the incense stick, Xiao Qinghua stared straight ahead, her eyes lost focus.Obviously, it is still immersed in the disbelief of being reborn as a bowl after the catastrophe.

After one-eighth of the incense burning time, Xiao Qinghua began to have normal physiological reactions, such as two twitches, such as teeth chattering, such as asking a stupid question: "Zhan Zhao, why did you meow when you rescued me?" ?”

Zhan Zhao was speechless.

Xiao Qinghua continued to go further and further down the wrong path: "When you save someone, you will meow. Is this the origin of 'Royal Cat'?"

"It's not my meow," Zhan Zhao was finally defeated, and gestured to the courtyard wall, "It's it."

Xiao Qinghua finally realized that there was a third party at the scene. She raised her head and looked up. As if she didn't believe what she saw, she stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyes, trying to widen her eyes to the maximum.

"Zhan Zhao, is that... a cat?"

It was indeed a cat.

Its whole body is dark and shiny, as if it has been coated with ointment, its eyes glow green in the darkness, greedy, cunning and sinister, and it exudes a gossamer-like murderous aura.Both sides of the needle-like beard suddenly rose up, shaking slightly up and down, and the front paws scratched back and forth on the courtyard wall, as if they were fiddled with something.Finally, with a bit of mockery and sarcasm, it flicked its claws outwards—the two bent copper sleeve arrows fell to the corner of the wall one after the other, making a clanging sound.

Zhan Zhao's gaze lightly swept over the sleeve arrow, and landed on the black cat again.

However, it seemed that the black cat had no intention of accompanying him anymore.

It arched its back, shook its whole body, and leaped lightly into the vast night of the inner courtyard.

A black cat who visited Taishi's mansion late at night and bent Zhan Zhaoxiujian...

Little Qinghua was speechless, and stretched out her hand to pull Zhan Zhao's sleeve: "Zhan Zhao, is that... a monster?"

"Could it be possible? Do you think they are gods?" Zhan Zhao replied lightly, leaning over to pick up the two sleeve arrows.

Just as Zhan Zhao leaned over, Xiao Qinghua crawled off the ground with hands and feet, and looked up at Zhan Zhao eagerly: "Then shall we follow in, or not?"

Before Zhan Zhao could answer, the sound of soft footsteps suddenly came from behind.

"Exhibition... my lord?"

Zhan Zhao straightened up, with a smile on his face: "I was just wondering who's lightness kung fu is so good, and I didn't notice it when I was so close... I think it must be someone who is fine and smooth."

When he turned around to look, Hongluan's face as clear as water was reflected in his eyes.

Xiao Qinghua kicked the pebbles boredly, walked for a while, kicked for a while, then turned around, kicked for a while, walked for a while.

Not far away, Zhan Zhao and Hong Luan were talking under the tree.

"Is there a mistake?" Xiao Qinghua was angrily, "I can't walk when I see the girl's house..."

So he continued kicking pebbles, imagining that it was Zhan Zhao...

"Miss Hongluan, according to what you said, you came all the way from Jiao Villa following the evil spirit?"

Hongluan nodded: "The murder case at Jiao Villa was strange. When I went to see the scene, I clearly noticed that there was a demonic aura left behind. I searched for it all the way, but the demonic aura split into two paths, one entered the city and the other exited the city. I order The other Xihualiumen followed the way out of the city, and followed the way into the city by themselves, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and looked at Xiao Qinghua who was kicking stones vigorously in the distance: "You're right with Xiao Qinghua. When Xiao Qinghua was in Jiao Mountain Villa, he once heard the murderer say, 'then the soldiers will divide into two groups, and I will go Look for Wen, you go to the Grand Master's Mansion to get the "Yingzhou Map", so it seems that the cat demon just now is one of the two demons."

"What kind of place is Yingzhou?" Hongluan sneered, "These monsters think that they can climb the fairy mountain after getting the "Yingzhou Map"? Don't even think about the fact that the master of Duanmu Sect lives in Yingzhou—they go to Yingzhou Zhou, don’t you go and never return?”

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly: "According to the usual practice, the Kaifeng Mansion should no longer intervene in this investigation, but Xiao Qinghua wants to find "Yingzhou Map"..."

Following Zhan Zhao's gaze, Xiao Qinghua has stopped playing the game of kicking stones, squatting on the ground and scratching something with stones, chanting words.

Hongluan chuckled and said: "I recognize it, but it may not recognize me——Xihualiu respects the Duanmu Sect Master very much, but it quarrels with the Sect Master whenever he has time, and is bullied by the Sect Master every time. Crying, but I don't have a long memory, and every few days, I will follow behind the door master with a shameless face, and I can't drive him away..."

(End of this chapter)