When Zhao Pu left the palace, it was already evening.
The sky was dark and gloomy, and the Nine Princes lowered their heads, their eyebrows furrowed slightly, and walked unhurriedly.
Several secret guards who followed Zhao Pu could see that Zhao Pu had something on his mind and was not in a good mood.
Zhao Pu's mind was full of the thing that Zhao Zhen told him just now, this is probably the most troublesome case he has encountered so far, he really doesn't want to care about it but can't help it.
Just as he was worried, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and he got closer and closer.
Zhao Pu felt that the sound of horses' hooves was somewhat familiar, so when he looked up, he saw that a beautiful black horse had walked to his side, and it was a black owl.
The black owl slipped over at some point, and on the black owl's back, Gongsun was sitting with a few books.
Zhao Pu was surprised, the black owl's temper, even Ouyang Shaozheng wanted to ride, he actually let Gongsun go up and Gongsun sat sideways like a donkey, obviously not climbing up on the saddle, probably standing at some height, the black owl went over to let him sit, and then kept here.
Don't look at this horse is usually wild and presumptuous, when carrying the grandson or the fourth son, it is very gentle.
Gongsun sat on the back of the black owl, but remembered what the little fourth son often said, the owl is most like Jiujiu, fierce and gentle.
Zhao Pu was in a bad mood, but when he looked up at this time, the sturdy black horse and the slender scholar in white clothes on horseback were placed together, but they were unexpectedly pleasing to the eye.
Why is Gongsun here, in fact, Gongsun made a special trip to find Zhao Pu.
After returning to Kaifeng Mansion, everyone knew that Zhao Pu went to the palace to ask Zhao Zhen for clues, so everyone was waiting.
But after waiting for a while, Zhao Pu still didn't come back.
The little fourth son, who had slept for an afternoon, got up and said to Gongsun, "Daddy, Jiujiu seems to be in a bad mood." ” Gongsun looked at the little fourth son suspiciously, the little fourth son has become more and more nervous recently, and even Zhao Pu is in a bad mood said that he didn't care, but Gongsun waited a little anxiously, so he took a few books and went to the palace to find Zhao Pu.
When Gongsun arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw that the black owl was there, Zhao Pu was not there, and he didn't want to enter the palace to wait, so he sat and read a book while sitting in the pergola where the black owl was resting at the gate of the palace.
The guards knew Gongsun, so they brought him a clean mat and put it on the platform by the pergola, and let him sit and watch slowly.
Gongsun was looking at the book, when he felt someone tugging on his trouser leg, and when he looked down, he saw that it was a black owl.
Gongsun saw the black owl bite his trouser leg, and then shook his head at him, Gongsun looked up and saw Zhao Pu walking out of the main gate of the palace with a heavy heart, and walked back with his head down.
The black owl snorted very dissatisfied, and forgot about it.
Gongsun sighed again, the little fourth son is really accurate, and he knows from the back that Zhao Pu has something on his mind.
So, Gongsun wanted to come down, and when he jumped down the platform, the black owl took two steps forward, let Gongsun sit on his back, and then slipped around and chased Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun.
Gongsun stretched out his hand and patted him on the door of the head, "What do you want, you don't even want a black owl" Zhao Pu remembered that he had just come on horseback, so he scratched his head. turned over and got on the horse, Zhao Pu and Gongsun returned to Kaifeng together.
Gongsun asked him, "How is it?"
Zhao Pu sighed, "Self-inflicted." ” Gongsun wondered, "What do you mean?"
Zhao Pu leaned closer and whispered a few words in Gongsun's ear.
The two of them bit their ears as if there was no one around, and many passers-by were watching, wondering what they meant The shadow guards gossiped about their faces, but they were not curious about what these two people were talking about, but curious that the prince was so close, and Mr. didn't beat anyone When the two returned to Kaifeng Mansion, Gongsun probably understood the matter, and also knew why Zhao Pu was unhappy, and he should indeed be unhappy.
When the two of them entered the door, they saw that the courtyard was bustling.
In the middle of the compound, Ye Zhiqiu was carrying a string of children behind him, and he was playing eagles and chickens with Pang Yubaoyan.
Luo Ying and Luo Kite finally had some children, Min Xiuxiu and Mrs.
Bao were watching from the side, and the courtyard of Kaifeng Mansion was inexplicably happy.
Zhao Pu said hello to Gongsun and the others, and went to the back study.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were in Lord Bao's study, and everyone was obviously waiting for Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu and Gongsun entered the house and closed the door with solemn expressions.
Before everyone could ask, Zhao Pu took out a scroll and put it on the table.
Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to take it and opened it, Bai Yutang also took a look, and saw that the names on the scroll were densely packed with names Anonymous 1, Anonymous 2, and Anonymous 3 In this way, in the end, there are a total of 1308 anonymous names.
Everyone raised their heads to look at Zhao Pu, not understanding what it meant.
Zhao Pu took out a pin cloth bag from behind him and threw it on the table.
Lin Yehuo opened the cloth bag and took out a white mask from inside.
Everyone looked at each other.
"Mask" Zhanzhao was surprised, the audience described and looked at the portrait, but still did not see the real thing, shocking this simple mask, revealing a sense of evil.
Especially the smile on the pale mask, with a sense of irony, is a mask that makes people have nightmares.
Master Bao frowned tightly and asked Zhao Pu, "Lord Wang, what is this list?"
"Death row inmates or homeless people who have been traded for their lives."
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Zhao Pu said lightly.
Bai Yutang looked at him, "Who used it to exchange life for life" Zhao Pu was silent for a while and then spoke, "First Emperor." ” "Which one?"
asked Master Bao.
Zhao Pu spoke, "The one who reigned sixty years ago. ” Everyone frowned, knowing it.
"Wait a minute, sixty years ago," Zhan Zhao asked, "Wouldn't that be the time Shi Jin escaped?"
"The key issue is not stone gold."
Zhao Pu sighed, picked up the mask, and said, "Do you know where this mask came from?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"A total of 1,308 of these masks were made that year, and one of them was useless, it was escaped stone gold."
Zhao Pudao, "But it's not that this one is useless, and it was destroyed on the spot." ” Everyone frowned.
Bai Yutang looked at the mask and asked, "Then what's going on with this one?"
"Thirty years ago, at night, this mask was placed next to the emperor's pillow."
Zhao Pu said lightly, "At that time, there were so many internal guards, and every one of them knew what was going on."
The crowd's mouths opened wide in surprise.
"There are a few words in the mask."
Zhao Pu said, pointing to the mask.
Everyone turned the mask on the inside of the pale mask and saw that there were four dark red blood characters for the father and the son to pay the debt.
There is also a small line of unnamed people on the edge of the mask.
After a long time, Bai Yutang spoke, "With all due respect" Zhao Pu nodded, "Do you deserve it?"
Bai Yutang didn't say anything, but it was obvious that Zhao Pu was not wrong.
Zhan Zhao looked at the mask with disgust, "Just like the previous dynasty, believe in the words of the wizard, exchange lives for lives, exchange more than a thousand death row prisoners for the lives of more than a thousand people" "Haikou."
Zhao Pu replied.
"Then did all the pirates die," Lin Yehuo couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Pu shook his head slightly, signaling that he didn't know.
Master Bao felt that this list was similar to a repetition was simply shocking, put down the scroll, and said, "Xingyue Tower originally belonged to the Huang clan, but later broke up, and those people in the rivers and lakes could not guarantee that they did not work for the imperial court back then.
This mask indicates that someone survived and came to take revenge.
And the people on Evil Pot Island were slaughtered by those Jianghu people back then, and the Taishi found out that the person behind the scenes might be in the palace. ” Master Bao looked at the clues of everyone's case and saw that the clues of the case had come out, and there should be progress in careful investigation.
However, Zhanzhao had been looking at the mask with disgust, Lin Yehuo ran to find someone to have dinner, Bai Yutang had already emptied, obviously he didn't want to give any effort, and he didn't even speak to Gongsun.
Master Bao opened his mouth, and before he could speak, he heard someone outside the window say, "Tut, sure enough, the day when the emperor didn't learn well." “ When everyone looked up, they saw Tianzun lying outside the window listening, and behind them, Yin Hou and Master Wusha walked in with a stack of books.
"Amitabha."
The great monk chanted the Buddha, shook his head, reached out and picked up the scroll on the table and went out.
Everyone looked at each other, and Zhao Pu asked, "Where did the great monk take the scroll?"
"Let's go over the time."
Yin Hou put the scroll on the table and said to Zhan Zhao, "I found it in the annex of Nan'an Temple, and you want the old monk's handwriting." ” Yin Hou put down his things and dragged Tianzun to eat, not wanting to care about this matter anymore.
The old monk set up a spiritual platform in the backyard, took a wooden fish and meditated on the souls of the dead who had no place to be buried, leaving only an "anonymous name".
Zhao Pu knew that everyone didn't want to take care of this case, if there were really people who survived back then, or if there were family members of those anonymous clans, it was normal to want revenge.
So, the Nine Princes had no choice but to look at Bao Zheng.
Master Bao sighed and said, "It is the Father who is guilty of unforgivable sins, and now we have to investigate the case for the sake of the Son who wants to pay his debts." “ Everyone glanced at each other at Zhao Zhen Zhao Pu pointed to himself, what does that mean me, don't forget that my surname is also Zhao, and it is not certain who that "son" is.
Zhan Zhao adjusted his mood a little and said, "Do those residents on Evil Pot Island have anything to do with the royal family back then?"
"Shi Jin saw that there were children on the island at that time, but I don't know if there were adults or not."
Bai Yutang thought for a while, "If someone really escaped back then, would they have escaped to the island?"
"You mean, the villagers saved him," Zhan Zhao asked.
"It's not impossible."
Zhao Pu nodded, "The people who sent people to the island went to Tu Village back then, maybe they also wanted to find that live news."
"But one thing doesn't make sense."
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Master Bao frowned slightly, "The mask was sent to the emperor's pillow thirty years ago, and the slaughter of the village should have happened thirty years ago, why is it now?"
"And."
Zhanzhao frowned, "According to legend, it was a wizard who presided over the ritual of exchanging lives for lives, right?"
Everyone nodded.
"There are other people who come up with ideas and command the people of the rivers and lakes, the emperor just nods, although he is the culprit, but he is definitely not the only murderer."
Zhan Zhao said, "If you want to take revenge, you won't just look for the royal family, there must be other people" "That is, the people of Xingyue Tower, as well as the people involved in those cases back then" Bai Yutang touched his chin, "Those people involved in the case should have died almost all back then, leaving a few sporadic ones at most, so the current generation should also be the debt of the father and the son."
"Why do you have to pay the debt of your father and son?"
Zhan Zhao didn't understand, "I didn't take revenge directly back then" Bai Yutang shook his head, he also felt strange.
"Which group of people are going to kill me and Zhao Zhen," Zhao Pu was puzzled.
"This case has indeed been investigated."
Zhan Zhao said, "If there were really survivors back then, the first thing to see if people really took revenge, and there are many kinds of revenge, putting the mask next to the emperor's pillow made him panic all day long, which can only be said to be a beautiful job."
Bai Yutang nodded to the side.
Zhao Pu held his chin helplessly, he did a good job.
"What is happening in front of me is the massacre of the village."
Zhan Zhao continued, "If it is to prevent revenge, then the gang that did this is not to pay the debt of their fathers, but they must make them pay for being worse than their fathers."
Bai Yutang then nodded.
Master Bao also feels that it is very important to find out the truth, whether it is the anonymous person back then or the villagers who are dying on the island now, there should be a fair explanation.
Sixty years later, many of the people involved may have died, but there is still one way to say it.
"I'm a little bit more concerned about it now."
Zhao Pudao, "Whether the emperor controlled the people in the rivers and lakes back then, or Xingyue Tower, there should be a contact person, and that person was in the palace."
But after the death of the first emperor, the other party did not continue, or rather, those people were still in his hands, but Zhao Zhen didn't know. ” Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao both nodded, and finding that person was the key.
"And Tianbaotang and the Four Rivers Gang may not be able to get rid of the relationship, as well as that eldest grandson Qi."
Zhanzhao frowned, "I'll go to dinner tomorrow, maybe I'll be able to find some clues." ” Zhao Pu was stunned, "Go to dinner" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang remembered, and before they could tell Zhao Pu about the "Hongmen Banquet", they were about to give him an invitation, when they heard a series of footsteps outside.
Everyone looked up, only to see that outside the door, Pang Yu stumbled in, tripped over the threshold when he entered the house, rolled in and hit the corner of the table.
Zhao Pu reached out and grabbed him by the collar, so that he didn't hit his head and broke the blood.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both curious, "What's wrong?"
Behind Pang Yu, Bao Yan, who didn't know why, also followed.
Just now I was playing eagle and catching chickens, Pang Yu suddenly slapped his head, and ran over, rolling and crawling.
"I remember" The little marquis picked up the corner of the table and said a sentence on his head and face.
Everyone frowned, "Remember, something" "Ye Zhiqiu asked me to find the picture of the woman, the oiran, I have seen the woman's life" Pang Yu's two eyes lit up, and he sighed, "Lao Tzu finally knows why someone wants to kill me":