The case has made progress. The ghost car case more than fifty years ago and the Oiran case more than ten years ago are connected through wells and bats. Everyone initially infers that someone has raised a group of people underground in Kaifeng Imperial City.

Mandrill. Let alone raising large vampire bats, these bats may be fed with human blood. This may be the real reason why some people disappeared and were killed in the two cases.

There are still many aspects of the case that remain unclear.

The context of the Oiran case is relatively clear, since it happened relatively recently, while the ghost car case was so far apart that it is a bit more blurry.

So Zhan Zhao planned to start with the Oiran case.

Now that you have found the house, the easiest way is to start with the owner.

Zhan Zhaoda started to toss in the evening and took out all the head books in that area of ​​​​Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the middle of the night, everyone was asleep, and Zhan Zhao sat in the warehouse and rummaged through it, so much so that Bai Yutang came to look for him with lanterns.

The fifth master had just gone to take a bath, and when he came back he found that Zhan Zhao was not in the house.

At first, I thought he went to see the tiger cub again, but the fifth master didn’t pay attention... After waiting for a while, he still hasn’t come back.

When Fifth Master went out, he searched all around the stables of the tiger house and even the kitchen, but still there was nothing there.

Later, Fifth Master walked around Kaifeng Mansion with a lantern, and found that the lights in the warehouse were on.

"Cat." Bai Yutang pushed the door open and came in. He saw books all over the floor. Zhan Zhao turned over and dusted them off.

Fifth Master sighed, stretched out his hand, put the lantern next to Zhan Zhao's head, compared it, and nodded.

Zhan Zhao raised his head and blinked at him.

Fifth Master pointed to the lantern and said, "Your brother."

Zhan Zhao turned around and looked at the round lantern - this brother looked more like the fourth son.

Bai Yutang suggested, "Why don't you go to bed first and then continue to be a beacon tomorrow morning?"

Zhan Zhao picked up the lantern, put it on the lantern stand nearby, pointed to the book in front of him, and said, "No!"

Bai Yutang came to him and sat down next to him, turning his head several times.

There are many people coming and going in the imperial city of Kaifeng. Household registration will be registered every two or three years, and it will be repeated every five or ten years, and the checks will be more detailed... But whether it is a big check or a small check, that trip to the street

, there is no information about that house. It’s okay to say that the remote villages outside the city are not recorded, but this is in the city.

When it comes to buying land, Master Wu is quite experienced. He helped Zhan Zhao collect all the books and put them back on the bookshelf. He said, "Usually there are only two possibilities for this kind of thing that is not recorded in the records."

"Which two types?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"A kind of place in the palace." Bai Yutang said.

Zhan Zhao actually thought about it, and then thought about the mark left by the Ouchi guards on the big roof, "It's so annoying..."

"Actually, there is another one." Mr. Wu poked Zhan Zhao, who was haggard. "It will not be recorded in the record, and it may also be marked by the imperial guards."

Zhan Zhao raised his head immediately, his eyes sparkling - is it true?

Bai Yutang smiled slightly and said, "A foreigner's house."

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, "An outsider?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Aren't there many envoys from other countries living at Jintingguanyi? Some of them live here all year round."

Zhan Zhao thought about it and felt it made sense, "The Imperial City Army is always monitoring Guanyi. Whatever they want to do can be easily leaked inside, so it is for safety's sake to come out and do it. But if you rent an ordinary private house, it will be easy to be discovered...

…”

Zhan Zhao scratched his neck, "Where did you get the house?"

"There was something before." Bai Yutang said, grabbing Zhan Zhao's hand that scratched his neck...his neck was red from scratching.

"Is there a bug in the book?" Mr. Wu went over and blew it twice for him.

Zhan Zhao felt that being blown twice made it more itchy, so he reached out to cover his neck.

Fifth Master asked him if he had crawled under his clothes, and grabbed his collar to help him blow.

As soon as he noticed that Zhan Zhao's neck was very red, Bai Yutang suddenly felt that there seemed to be bugs on his body, so he dragged Zhan Zhao to the hot spring.

…

He jumped into the hot spring pool with a wine jar, Zhan Zhao poured two glasses of wine, and chatted with Bai Yutang while drinking.

"What did you say happened before?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Oh." Bai Yutang continued the topic, "Almost a year ago, when I was in Black Wind City, Zhao Pu asked me if there was any unused land in Kaifeng City, and he wanted to buy a piece of it. I said how many pieces there were,

Ask him what he wants to do."

Zhan Zhao was also curious - why did Zhao Pu ask Xiao Baitang to find the land he wanted? As a prince, he should have a lot of land...

"Zhao Pu said that he wants to build a house on a piece of land that cannot be found and house a person secretly." Fifth Master continued.

Zhan Zhao's eyes narrowed, and his spirit of gossip arose. He asked in a low voice, "What's Zhao Pu doing? Who are you trying to resettle?"

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "I asked the same question at first, but that's not the case. Didn't Tubo mutiny before?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"After the internal struggle for power, the defeated prince defected and went to Black Wind City to find Zhao Pu." The Fifth Master said, "Zhao Pu thought this man was still useful and wrote to Zhao Zhen. The emperor said that he should find a safe and secure place.

Place him in a secret place. The place must be in the imperial city, so that the palace can send guards to protect him secretly. You cannot use the housekeeper's land, because you are afraid that the spies of the imperial city will find out, and Tubo will definitely send someone to assassinate him."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin after listening and felt that this possibility was greater than the possibility that relatives of the emperor were involved in the crime.

"This bat came from Dali... and the vines came from there..." Zhan Zhao asked, "Add to this a house and the mark of the Ouchi guards on the house, could it be from the time of the late empress?

, who came from Dali and was placed in the imperial city? He raised the bat, and he was also responsible for the Oiran case... Later, after the emperor ascended the throne, he no longer needed this person and sent him back or placed him elsewhere.

, so that’s why the Oiran case was stopped?”

"In other words, maybe Zhao Zhen knows who the murderer is." Bai Yutang felt that the Oiran case can be explained. "But there are two cases at the moment. In addition to the Oiran case, there is also the Ghost Car case, which also involves raising bats.

Do they all come from the same place?"

"Maybe the two of them are related in some way!" Zhan Zhao thought it was reasonable. "As long as we know who the murderer of the Oiran case is and investigate it, we might be able to solve the ghost car case!"

"It seems that Zhao Pu doesn't even know about this..." Bai Yutang smiled, "Maybe the murderer has returned to Dali and is in a high position."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "How can that be done?!"

"But our relationship with Dali has always been good." Bai Yutang reminded Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao felt a little depressed and a little angry. He sank into the water, revealing a pair of eyes on the water and blowing bubbles in the water.

Bai Yutang was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "If it were in the past... I might not think as much as I do today."

Zhan Zhao looked at him - what did he think?

Bai Yutang tilted his head, "I'm quite confident in Zhao Zhen..."

Zhan Zhao sat up, "Do you think the emperor didn't let that person go?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "In the past, I would have thought that the emperor was ruthless, and an important official from another country would definitely choose the former over the lives of several brothel girls. But after getting to know each other over the years, I feel that no matter who the murderer is,

There are many high-ranking foreigners, and as long as he kills my people of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen will never let him go."

Seeing Zhan Zhao looking at him, Bai Yutang asked, "What do you think?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and nodded, "That's necessary!"

While the two were chatting, they heard the sound of footsteps outside the stone screen, which sounded very familiar.

As soon as the two of them turned around, they saw the fourth child looking towards the direction of the hot spring, "Ah! It is indeed here!"

The fourth child rushed around the screen, but when he reached the edge of the pool, no one stopped, "Ahhhh..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both reached out and held the dumplings.

"Huh..." The fourth child breathed a sigh of relief.

"Aren't you asleep yet?" Zhan Zhao picked up the fourth son and put him back to the shore.

"Jiujiu just came back. He said he was looking for you two. Isn't there one in Miaomiao Building? Let's bet where you two are." Xiao Sizi said with a smile, "Dad said Mao Mao might be hungry and have a midnight snack.

, Xiao Liangzi said that you two were in the kitchen, Jiujiu said to go to Taibai Residence to look..."

The more Zhan Zhao listened, the more strange he became, "Why is it all related to food?"

"I said no!" Xiao Sizi patted himself, "I said you two might have come to take a bath in the hot spring! Didn't you just get chased by a bat? You had to take a bath for nothing!"

The fifth master raised his eyebrows slightly.

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and looked at Bai Yutang, "Speaking of which, you seem to have had two baths since you came back! It's time to wash your bald skin!"

The two of them went ashore, put on their bathrobes, and took the fourth son back with them.

Zhan Zhao asked the fourth son, "Where has Zhao Pu gone?"

The fourth son said, "Xiao Qingqing came here just now and asked Jiujiu to leave."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other in tacit understanding - Zhao Zhen must have called him.

Back at Miaomiao Tower, Zhao Pu was sitting in the tiger room waiting for them.

The Ninth Prince sat cross-legged, leaning against Xiaowu with his arms folded, watching the three tiger cubs suck milk.
To be continued...