Lin Yehuo took Zou Liang to go shopping. Huofeng felt that the weather was relatively dry recently, which was not good for the skin, so he planned to buy some lung-clearing and nourishing supplements to make soup. In addition, many shops have recently launched new seasons and new products. In short,

Instead of investigating the case in Kaifeng Mansion, it would be better to go shopping and have fun.

Huofeng bought a can of fruit tea and drank it while walking around from shop to shop. He didn't even take the things he bought, but asked the waiter to take them to Huofengtang.

Zou Liang watched all the way and felt that these idiots had become more and more promiscuous since they bought real estate in Kaifeng City.

After drinking a cup of fruit tea, Huofeng had almost bought everything he needed to buy, so he discussed with Zou Liang whether he should go to the military camp to see the puppies.

Zou Liang naturally had no objection. Puppies born in winter are the cutest at the moment. After looking after the dogs, they went to the General's Mansion to have a meal with their father.

"Will you come back with me for dinner later?" Zou Liang asked Lin Yehuo, "My father said he misses Yiyi."

"It's almost time for Yiyi to finish school." Lin Yehuo looked up at the sun and pulled Zou Liang away, "First pick up Yiyi, then go see the dog, and then buy a bottle of good wine and go to your house to have dinner with the old man."

After saying that, the two of them were going to take a shortcut to Taixue.

Just as he walked onto a stone bridge, Lin Yehuo suddenly stopped and looked into the distance.

Zou Liang turned around and saw him standing on tiptoe, so he took two steps back and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"Did you see..." Lin Yehuo stretched out his hand and Zou Liang saw the stern of a ship in the distance. The boat just turned a corner and disappeared from sight.

Lin Yehuo picked up Zou Liang and ran under the bridge, as if he wanted to chase the ship.

Just now, when they were walking on the bridge, Lin Yehuo caught a glimpse of a ship passing under the bridge. There was a figure on the bow... a woman in red clothes.

The boat looked quite exquisite. The woman was standing on the bow of the boat, with her back to the bridge. Lin Yehuo took a second look, because the woman's hair was very long, and it almost reached the bend of her knees when it was draped behind her.

Dressed in fiery red, she was very eye-catching, and the woman also wore a flower on her head, like a piece of cotton.

Although he is not from the Central Plains, Lin Yehuo also knows that the Central Plains people basically wear white flowers to observe filial piety... Do you still wear red to observe filial piety?

In addition, Lin Yehuo felt that the back figure was a little weird for no reason.

Thinking of the "Mei'er" that Xue An was obsessed with before, the woman in red who lived on the painting boat, Huo Feng wanted to go and have a look.

The waterway in this section of Kaifeng City is quite complicated. Fortunately, Lin Yehuo is not Zhan Zhaotianzun Ye Zhiqiu. He is the best at recognizing the road, and he rushed out of an alley.

But as soon as he rushed out, Zou Liang grabbed him from behind.

"Wow!"

Lin Yehuo stopped suddenly. He didn't expect that when he rushed out of the alley, there was a river in front of him. Fortunately, he stopped quickly, otherwise he would have fallen into the river.

"Why are you Central Plains people like this? It's such a long alley, with a river right out of it, and no wall to block it. How dangerous...

Before Lin Yehuo finished speaking, Zou Liang pointed forward and asked, "Are you looking for that one?"

Huofeng looked in the direction Zou Liang pointed and saw the bow of a ship appearing around the corner.

Lin Yehuo was nodding his head, ready to see what the woman looked like, but found that the boat that turned the corner and appeared in the field of vision was not the painting boat just now. The boatmen on the boat were tall and thick, and they looked like they were moving boats.

Goods.

Zou Liang asked, "Did you follow the wrong one?"

"There's no reason..." Lin Yehuo scratched his head, feeling incredible. It was the first time for him to admit that he was on the wrong track.

Just as I was wondering, I heard a commotion on the shore, and then someone shouted, "There is someone in the water!"

"Help! Someone fell into the river!"

Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang saw a lot of people gathering on the shore in front of them and pointed to the water.

Zou Liang took a few steps forward and took a look, and frowned - there was a piece of red silk floating in the river, and long black hair, undulating.

The big men who came in the boat just now saw someone falling into the water, so they quickly took off their outer robes and jumped into the river.

Soon, everyone worked together to lift a woman in red from the river.

After the woman was put on the shore, several big men driving the boat drove away the pedestrians who gathered around her, "Hurry up and report to the official. She must have been dead for several days. The body is swollen and swollen."

Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang walked over and took a look from a distance, unable to help but frown.

Bodies that have been soaked in water are generally scary, and this one is no exception. The body of the deceased was swollen, his skin was blue-grey, and his appearance was unclear. He was wrapped in bright red clothes, and his wet black hair was spread all over the floor.

, like a spider web.

Zou Liang asked Lin Yehuo if she was the woman he saw just now.

When he asked the question, he thought it was ridiculous... Lin Yehuo saw the woman standing at the bow of the boat just now. How come she had been soaking in the river for several days in the blink of an eye?

But Huofeng was staring at the corpse in a daze without saying a word. Lin Yehuo had a subtle feeling. From the length of his hair and the style of his clothes, he felt that this corpse was the one he saw just now.

Female, how come the person who was standing on the bow of the boat alive just now turned into a floating corpse after turning a corner?

At this time, more and more people gathered on the shore, and some people were heard talking.

"Eh? Is this Qiao Wanwan's daughter-in-law?"

"Yes! That's Grandma Qiao!"

"You've done evil, why did you die here?"

…

Zou Liang and Lin Ye found that more and more people were watching, and they were at a loss. Should they care?

Lin Yehuo bumped Zou Liang with his arm, what does that mean - aren't you General Zuo? Go and maintain order!

Zou Liangyi shrugged - I am not responsible for Kaifeng security.

Fortunately, Ouyang Shaozheng arrived soon with the Imperial City Army.

"Holy shit!" Huo Qilin came over and took a look. He almost vomited out his last night's meal. He asked the soldiers to cordon off the scene and sent people to Kaifeng Mansion to find Zhan Zhao.

Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang took the initiative to step aside and heard several neighbors talking quietly behind them.

"Grandma Qiao must have lost her mind and committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake!"

"I've also heard that even though Qiao Wanwan is rich and powerful, he's very messy and unruly in private, and he's not good to his wife!"

"What an injustice. Grandma has been with him for so many years and yet she died so miserably."

"My grandma was also famous for being a beauty when she was young."

"Beauties age! There are plenty of young and tender ones. I heard that Qiao Wanwan recently found an eighteen-year-old."

"Oh, he is so lacking in virtue. He is almost sixty years old."

"Shameless!"

"They are rich!"

…

The gossips in the market naturally went on endlessly, so Zou Liang dragged Lin Yehuo, who listened carefully to people's opinions, to pick up Yiyi from Taixue.

The two left heartlessly and unintentionally, leaving Ouyang standing next to an edematous corpse and shouting, "Where is Zhan Zhao? Go to Kaifeng Mansion and notify him to pick up the corpse!"

…

But even if the Imperial City Army ran to Kaifeng Mansion, they could not find Zhan Zhao.

At this time, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had arrived at the official road on the outskirts of Kaifeng City.

According to what Bai Fu said, the old Xu family's motorcade was heading east, which means it exited through the East City Gate.

There were two official roads in front of the east gate, one going south and one going north. When Xu Zansheng said he was going back to his hometown in Hangzhou, he must have taken the south road.

Zhan Zhao and the others originally wanted to go south, but as soon as they took a few steps, they saw Mei Tianlin leading someone back.

"Brother!"

The twins shouted.

Mei Tianlin ran closer.

Zhao Pu saw that there were only people from the Mei family behind him, and frowned, "Where are the people?"

"We chased for several miles, but there was no carriage team at all!" Mei Tianlin was also worried.

"Aren't you going to Hangzhou? Could it be that you are going north?"

Everyone was at a loss when a Yaoyao cry came from above their heads.

Bai Yutang raised his head and whistled, then Yaoyao landed, flapped his wings twice and flicked his beautiful tail.

Zhan Zhao got on Yaoyao's back, patted it on the head, and Yaoyao spread its wings and soared into the sky.

Flying to a high place, Zhan Zhao saw several carriages parked on the north-facing official road far away.

Pressing Yaoyao's head, Yaoyao turned over in the air and dived down.

Just when he was about to land, he turned over again, swung his huge phoenix tail, opened his wings, and fluttered. When he saw Bai Yutang's hair being blown up by the wind, Yaoyao seemed very happy and circled around the fifth master.

Zhan Zhao pointed north to the anxious Mei Tianlin, and Mei Tianlin quickly led his men to pursue him north.

Zhan Zhao pulled Gongsun up and flew north with Yaoyao. Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu used Qinggong to jump onto the top of a tree on the side of the official road and followed him north.

…

After running several miles north, sure enough, I found a carriage and some people on the roadside.
To be continued...