Chapter 130: Lake Island

Bao Zheng knew that he had no powerful helpers in Bianjing City at this time, and even if the prince wanted to reward him for the Tianhui incident, he would at most be the official position of the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture. If he wanted to gain a foothold in the officialdom in the future, he had to win over some capable people.

Cui Wei is so amazing that she is a princess, and now she is named the guardian. Although this position has no rank, it is also a virtual position that can be big or small. You can treat the guardian as a first-class official or a peddler, but no one can deny Cui Wei's talent and knowledge. With the achievements of Cui Wei formation, no one in the court dares to offend Cui Weiju.

Bao Zheng wanted to share some of the thoughts in his heart so that Cuiwei could know. As a special relationship between Cuiwei, as long as it is harmful to Zhao Zhen, Cuiwei would definitely not really stand by and watch.

Bao Zheng immediately said, "Fairy, what Bao Zheng said is not aimless. Empress Liu's identity is extremely suspicious. Before she was accepted as a concubine by the current emperor, she was just a Sichuan girl who whispered the drum songs in the street in Bianjing City. Liu Mei was known as Empress Liu's brother back then, and they were all poor people. But when Liu E had hope of being a concubine, in order to prevent the royal family from checking, Liu Mei changed her name to Liu E's cousin. As we all know, how can her cousin have the same surname? This is one of the doubts! The second doubt is why Liu Mei, as a down-and-out man in the world, could she practice such profound martial arts?

If you can be the leader of Longhu Hall, you will not be able to do it without the guidance of a famous teacher and practice hard since childhood. The third suspicion is that Liu E has been favored since she became a concubine, but she has not improved her pregnancy. However, it was only after Empress Guo died one after another, and she suddenly became pregnant. The fourth suspicion is also the most important point. Bao found that Liu Mei had been staying in the Queen's bedroom for a long time recently and never left all night. As the leader of Longhu Hall, Liu Mei is not an eunuch, so how could she stay in the Queen's bedroom?"

Cui Wei frowned for a moment and said, "Bao Zheng, many people know these suspicious points you said, but these are all secrets of the royal family. If you know, you can only turn a blind eye. If there is no real evidence, it is difficult to make the prince believe that the queen is not his biological mother."

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "The queen lives in the palace, and we have no choice but to do anything to him. However, Liu Mei often walks outside the palace. If you want to find evidence, you still need to do it by this person. However, Liu Mei is a very skilled martial arts person, which is difficult for ordinary people to track down. I hope,,,,,,"

Before Bao Zheng finished speaking, Cui Wei waved his hand and said, "Bao Zheng, it seems that you are here today for my Cui Weiju!"

Bao Zheng smiled embarrassedly and said, "I heard from Lord Kou that the fairy is the lord of the emperor, and can also be called the prince's closest person. If Liu Mei and Empress Liu really have any evil to the Song Dynasty and the prince, the one who has suffered the most will definitely be His Highness. Bao knew that the fairy was a person with the most affectionate nature, and would definitely be willing to help Bao find out the truth."

Cui Wei said slowly at this time: "Bao Zheng! I know you are a person with a strong sense of justice and hate evil. If you find a bad person, you want to use all means to bring him down. I have always liked your personality, so don't worry. I will send Fang Qing to secretly monitor Liu Mei, and if there is any information, I will notify you as soon as possible."

Cui Wei said this, and there seemed to be fatigue in her expression, but there seemed to be a hint of loneliness. She slowly closed her eyes and turned to Cui Wei Lake, without saying anything. Bao Zheng was a sensible person. He knew that Cui Wei must be unwilling to say anything more to her at this time. After saying goodbye to Cui Wei, he went down the stairs of Jingtang, found Bao Yi in the distance, and decided to leave the bamboo sea first and continue looking for Hu Yanqing.

Cui Wei waited for Bao Zheng to leave before she stood up and stood by the window. She looked at Bao Zheng's gradually moving away and sighed: "Although a person dies, his heart is bright, his mind is distinguished by yin and yang, and his mind is clear. He is obviously a dead person, but he can control the universe of living people. It seems that he is what his master calls a living dead person. If the living dead person comes out, the world will change! I wonder if this person appears in the Song Dynasty, is it a blessing or a disaster?"

Bao Zheng had already staggered out of the bamboo forest at this time, and he could not have heard Fairy Cuiwei's sigh. If he really heard it, he would have been frightened and sweated. Since Bao Zheng came to the Song Dynasty, he had never felt that he was different from ordinary people except for the few times he felt strange in his body. Several of them made him a little confused. The first time was when he was chasing Zhang Li, Zhang Yan's mansion on the Motianhui, witnessing the many servants killed in the Zhang Mansion. At that time, he could clearly hear the ghost crying. The second time was when Princess Lan stabbed him, and he actually saw a wonderful space in his dream. The space was so real, as if it was really like an underworld. The third time was Princess Lan grabbed him and told him that he had fed him a lot of poisons, but at this time there seemed to be no sign of poisoning except the poisonous insect of the love poison.

Whenever he thinks of these experiences, Bao Zheng feels incredible. At this time, Bao Zheng is in a good mood and naturally will not think about these unpleasant things. These are already buried in his heart. Now Bao Zheng has a family, a house and a concern, and only wants to be his own Bao Qingtian, hoping to draw a rich and colorful stroke in history.

Bao Zheng and Bao Yi unknowingly found the carriage they were riding. Bao Yi drove Bao Zheng back to wander around Cuiwei Lake. After hearing Cuiwei's words just now, he knew that there was hope for detoxification, so now he wanted to find Hu Yanqing, not because he wanted to know Princess Lan's whereabouts, but because he was worried that Hu Yanqing would cause something to mess with.

The five brothers Hu Yanqing's deep hatred with the current saints have always been a heart-wrenching problem with Bao Zheng. Hu Yanqing's personality is very consistent with Bao Zheng, but because of his different positions, it is difficult to stand on the same road. Hu Yanqing's hatred is endless, and Bao Zheng is worried that they will really assassinate Zhao Heng. If these people really assassinate Zhao Heng, then it would be a pity that five strong men would die.

Bao Zheng's carriage walked around the lake shore, but he followed the way he came. The scenery was still the same. Before he knew it, he saw the boat full of children and teenagers playing again. Bao Zheng looked at the group of teenagers with smiles on his face again, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Bao Zheng's eyes hurriedly swept across the group of teenagers, and some of them were twelve or thirteen years old, and some were innocent. The carriage was passing by quickly, and after a moment, the children could no longer see clearly. Bao Zheng was about to lean in the carriage and rest well, but his eyes closed, but a strange picture appeared in his mind, and countless intertwined pictures pointed directly at the group of children he had just witnessed.

Bao Zheng suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "Bao Yi, turn around and go back! Go to the group of fishing children!"

Bao Yi heard Bao Zheng's slightly anxious words, and immediately waved his whip and the carriage turned around and walked back. After a while, the carriage stopped in front of the boat that had already landed. Bao Zheng got off the carriage and walked to the side of the boat. At this time, there were three or four children standing on the boat. After Bao Zheng looked carefully, he did not see the person he was looking for.

Bao Zheng immediately said to the group of children: "Dear brothers, there was a 12 or 3-year-old boy on the boat just now. Where is he now?"

A child about ten years old said, "You are talking about Aqi! He just took him home. If you want to find him, we will take you there. But it will be paid."

Seeing that the child was young, Bao Zheng was very good at calculating, and immediately smiled and said, "Little brother, what's your name? If you take me to find the boy I just now, all the money in my hand will be yours." After Bao Zheng finished speaking, he took out a string of copper coins from his hand.

In the Song Dynasty, gold and silver were not hard currency, and the common currency was copper coins. However, the Song Dynasty's currency system was chaotic, and local governments had the right to mint coins, which caused copper coins in various places to be inconsistent. In some places, there was even a lack of copper and iron coins were used as coins. Copper coins were depreciated seriously due to a large amount of abuse. Although the court stipulated that a consistent currency, 1,000 copper coins were equivalent to one tael of silver, in fact, even if you exchanged 1,600 copper coins for one tael of white shadows, no one would exchange it for you. Not only did copper coins depreciate seriously, but it was also inconvenient to carry. If the dignitaries did not buy daily items, they usually rarely used copper coins. When the dignitaries gave gifts, yellow and white items were often used as the first choice. However, gold and silver were generally made into handicrafts and gave each other. On the one hand, it seemed face-saving, but on the other hand, there would be no such exaggerated copper coins as giving gifts.

There were at least a hundred copper coins in Bao Zheng's hand. For a child who was not well-versed in the world, this was not a small amount of money. The ten-year-old boy jumped ashore and wanted to grab the copper coins in his hand, but Bao Zheng shook the copper coins and made him catch them empty. Bao Zheng smiled and said, "You haven't taken me to find them yet, don't think you can get the money so soon."

The child immediately showed a bad smile and said, "It turns out that he is not a nerd! My name is A Guang, I will take you to find A Qi now. But you have to keep your word, otherwise we will make you look good." After A Guang finished speaking, he pointed his finger at his forehead, indicating that he was the one who spoke loudly among the children. As long as he gave the order, the children would repair Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng looked at the boy named A Guang, and heard the threat that was not intimidating to him, and immediately smiled and said, "Brother A Guang, if you take me to find A Qi, the money in my hand will be yours, and I will give the other little brothers an extra fifty money each."

The other children were a little excited after hearing Bao Zheng's words. Immediately, a group of children hugged Bao Zheng on board.

Bao Zheng didn't expect that these children would let him get on the boat, but he was not aquatic. If these bad children were careful on the water, he would be done.

Bao Yi was anxious when he saw him on the shore and immediately said, "Young Master, you can't go! Let's go!"

Bao Zheng thought about it carefully, turned his mind and said to Bao Yi: "Bao Yi, wait for me on the shore first. I will have no trouble. Come when you go."

Bao Zheng immediately got on the boat. The children untied the rope, supported the bamboo pole, and paddled it, and the boat was already heading into the lake.

Bao Zheng was sitting on such a small boat, swaying under him, but his face turned pale. Bao Zheng said angrily: "A Guang, where are you going to take me? Could it be that Aqi's home is in Cuiwei Lake?"

At this time, A Guang rode a bamboo pole and said, "Don't worry, no one can find Aqi's home except us, and no one dares to go. Close your eyes and sleep, maybe when you open your eyes, you will see Aqi."

Bao Zheng does not have this leisure to sleep, but looking at A Guang and those children, although they look bad on the surface, they are kind and simple by nature and should not lie.

The boat kept heading towards the center of Cuiwei Lake. The originally calm lake surface began to rise and fall. The fog on the lake surface was very heavy, and the visibility was very low under the smoke. Bao Zheng had been sitting on the boat for half an hour, and his swaying hull made Bao Zheng's head dizzy. It was obviously seasick.

While swaying, a small island suddenly appeared in front of me. The island was not large in size, but the trees on the island were lush. When Bao Zheng saw the island, he knew that he had come to the right place. He never expected that there would be such a paradise island in Cuiwei Lake in Bianjing City.

After the boat docked, Bao Zhengxin kept his promise and gave the children coins before boarding the shore. After A Guang took the copper coins, he smiled and said to Bao Zheng: "We only send you to this island. Aqi's home is in the middle of the island, just walk over by yourself. However, there are many fierce people on the island, and we dare not go up. You should be careful, otherwise they will probably catch you and throw them into the lake to feed the fish."

After A Guang finished speaking, there was a stone on the shore of the bamboo pole. The boat instantly rowed a long distance. At this time, A Guang grimaced on the boat. He shouted, "If you want to leave the island, come here. Let's wait for you for two hours. If you give you five times the money just now, we will take you away."

Bao Zheng did not expect that these little ghosts and quirky actually raised the price. Bao Zheng brushed his sleeves and ignored them. At this time, Bao Zheng had countless questions in his heart and wanted to go to the island to ask for solutions, so he was too lazy to leave so soon. Even if the island was a dragon and tiger den, he had to make a good start.

Bao Zheng walked towards the dense forest on the island. Not long after walking, he found a stone path. It turned out that the place where he had just landed was not the pier of the island. Looking back at A Guang's words just now, Bao Zheng decided not to walk on the small path, but to return to the dense forest and move in the direction of the path. There were many vines and weeds in the dense forest, which was quite troublesome to walk. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, a row of house walls had appeared in front of him. Bao Zheng approached the wall and hid his body behind a big tree.

The yard in front looks very stylish, with red paint and glass, and it doesn't look like an ordinary house. A two-tall wall standing in front of Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng has no way of knowing what the situation in the yard is.

Bao Zheng hid behind the tree for a long time, but found nothing unusual. The yard was surprisingly quiet, as if no one lived there.

Bao Zheng decided to climb over the wall and take a look. Bao Zheng was a good player in the wall. He climbed up the wall in a few seconds and glanced at him. He didn't see anyone. He immediately jumped into the yard. Fortunately, there was a flowerbed in the yard, and the soil was soft and did not cause much noise.

The yard is fresh and elegant, with flowers planted everywhere. It is late autumn, but there are many rare varieties of chrysanthemums blooming, making them gorgeous and spectacular.

Bao Zheng was not interested in watching the flowers at this time, so he trotted two steps to approach the base of the house wall in front of him, and found a relatively hidden corner to stand still. He looked around and saw that no one noticed it, so he walked forward against the wall.

At this time, Bao Zheng was like a thief, holding his breath and tiptoing. He unknowingly shook to the front of the house. At this moment, he could finally hear someone talking vaguely.

Bao Zheng approached the windowsill with a cat-like body, and the sound became clearer and clearer. Bao Zheng finally hid under the windowsill.

At this time, a man's scolding came from the window: "Boy, if you dare to go out to play secretly next time, I will break your legs. Don't think that I really don't dare to do anything to your mother. If Lord Liu hadn't been trying to save your life, I would have wanted to kill you all long ago, which would have caused me to be a fifth-rank guard in the inner court, but I have been staying here for so many years with a few monkey soldiers. I would have been furious."

Immediately afterwards, Bao Zheng heard a crackling sound, and immediately a boy's cry came. It was obvious that the boy was slapped by a man.

A woman's voice came: "How did you hit someone? We mothers and sisters have obeyed their orders. What else do you want?"

"What do you want? You mother and son will never be able to see each other. I will do whatever you like! I am the biggest one in this small island. Today your son sneaked out and according to Lord Liu's instructions, at least twenty boards should be hit. If you don't want us to crippled your son, wash it tonight and wait for me in my room." The man's arrogant and domineering voice came. After the words came, there was only a burst of rapid footsteps. The door was kicked open heavily, and the footsteps gradually drifted away.

Only the crying of a mother and son remained in the window.

Bao Zhengcao's feet were numb after so long, but he still couldn't get the momentum at this time, for fear that the man would return, so he could only bear it.

After a while, I heard the boy in the room crying, "Mom, why do we always have to be bullied by that guy? Why don't we run away? Mom, I recently met a group of companions. They have a boat and can take us out of this island. Let's go tonight,,,,"

A woman's sigh came from the window, and the mother obviously did not answer her son's words.

Bao Zheng could no longer bear it when he heard this and immediately stood up.

As soon as Bao Zheng's figure appeared on the windowsill, the mother and son who were hugging each other in the room were filled with astonishment.

Bao Zheng quickly made a gesture of not making a sound. Seeing that although Bao Zheng had dark skin, he was still pretty and looked upright and not like a bad person, he did not shout loudly. In fact, even if they shouted, the one who was calling was a bad person they hated.

Bao Zheng was holding the windowsill and jumping into the room. The mother and son in the room looked at Bao Zheng curiously.

Bao Zheng saw that the woman was about 30 years old, with white skin and beautiful appearance, while the boy's appearance made Bao Zheng even more dumbfounded.

Originally, it was just a glance, but after such a close observation, Bao Zheng said in surprise: "It looks like! It's so similar!"

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