chivalrous cat and righteous mouse

Chapter 20

He listened to all the words without leaving a trace, and was very surprised when Zhan Zhao told Bao Zheng that he was good at strange skills, and he didn't know how he knew.

Immediately afterwards, he felt Zhan Zhao's gaze fall on him, neither light nor serious, but it made him completely unable to concentrate on finding the mechanism.He suddenly felt restless in his chest, knowing that he couldn't continue to look for the trap, he simply put down his percussion hands, straightened his waist, leaned half on the big Buddha beside him, his eyelids were lazily raised slightly , the line of sight happened to meet Shang Zhan Zhao's.

Zhan Zhao was startled, wondering why he looked at him suddenly, coughed twice guiltily, and thought, didn't he hear what he was thinking just now?After thinking about it, he felt that his guilty conscience was unreasonable, and he didn't think of anything bad!So what if Bai Yutang guessed it?

Bai Yutang saw the unpredictable expression on Zhan Zhao's face, as if he was fighting someone, and felt amused in his heart.He put one arm around Hanyue, raised the other hand, hooked his fingers at Zhan Zhao, and signaled him to go over.Zhan Zhao scratched his head, blinked his eyes and looked at Bai Yutang, wondering what his intention was.Bai Yutang waited for a long time, and saw that he was just standing there blankly, but he didn't seem to move at all, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows at him—you cat, are you afraid of Grandpa Bai?

Zhan Zhao usually has a gentle personality, and he didn't care about this kind of provocation at first, but he seemed to be a different person when facing this mouse.Hearing that Bai Yutang said that he was afraid of him, Zhan Zhao naturally refused to admit it. He gave him a hard look, then took a few steps forward, and asked, "I don't know what brother Bai can teach you?"

Bai Yutang's eyelids twitched, and he thought to himself, you stinky cat is talking about officialdom with Grandpa Bai, right?OK!Then let's see whose official accent is right!After thinking about it, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he replied, "Bai has repeatedly heard that Master Yumao is extremely intelligent and has helped Master Bao solve many cases. I wonder what Master Yumao thinks this time?"

Hearing that Bai Yutang had changed his address, Zhan Zhao felt slightly annoyed, wondering how he had offended this difficult master.He also asked himself what insights he had, since Zhan Zhao didn't know the art of magic, so where could he gain insights?After pondering for a while, Zhan Zhao finally replied, "Zhan followed your lord and sir to visit and handle the case, mainly relying on your lord's deliberation and your master's erudition. The word "extraordinary intelligence" is really unworthy of me. I'm afraid I will disappoint Brother Bai." gone."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao but didn't answer, which made Zhan Zhao feel a little uneasy.Zhan Zhao lowered his eyes, and thought to himself, it seems that this white mouse has to watch his own jokes today.Thinking about this Bai Yutang's temperament is already arrogant and arrogant, and his reputation as a cat and mouse has caused him a disadvantage. Now if he can lose to him and let him taste the sweetness, maybe he can restrain himself and save his days. Thinking about making trouble for myself.

Thinking of this, he suddenly raised his head, and said, "But since Zhan works in Kaifeng, he should serve the Lord." Then, he looked around the walls of the ruined temple, looked at the Buddha statue in thought for a long time, and then glanced sideways at the quiet The Buddhist altar standing upright, he thought, in the overall situation, the altar is more suspicious, but it seems too obvious to be true.

After pondering for a long time, he had secretly made up his mind, so he hugged Bai Yutang's wrists, and then held the giant que in his hand and tapped lightly every two steps along the waist of the giant Buddha.It didn't matter if he knocked, he knocked along the way, and he found that the sound from the Buddha was hollow. He thought that the inside of the Buddha's body was hollow, and not only was it hollow, but the thickness of the walls was also different. Only then did I know why Bai Yutang put his ear close to the Buddha statue, knocked once and listened three times.

Zhan Zhao subconsciously glanced at Bai Yutang, secretly admired in his heart, why didn't he guess that there would be something wrong with the inside of the Buddha statue when he came here for the first time, he found the Wuling Pearl at the foot of the giant Buddha at that time, thinking so Whether this Wuling was thrown there intentionally for him to discover or dropped there unintentionally is a thought-provoking question.

Zhan Zhao knocked to the end, was silent for a while and finally put away the giant que.He turned his head, looked at Bai Yutang, and smiled, "Zhan is stupid and doesn't understand the formation of organs, but speaking from his intuition, Zhan doesn't think that the mechanism to be cracked will be set up on the body of the Buddha." superior."

Bai Yutang carefully looked at the Buddha statue up and down, and then said calmly, "That's it, Lord Yumao, tell me, where exactly is this mechanism located?"

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, stepped back and stopped in front of the altar beside him.He moved the giant que from his right hand to his left, and gently stroked the side of the Buddhist altar with his free right hand, "If Zhan Mou, the organ will be installed at..." He deliberately made a long sound, and at the same time, he made a small hollow on the front of the altar with his right hand. He pokes around the domed handle on the door.

Bai Yutang watched his movements, and for some reason, felt a chill in his heart.He glanced sideways at the Buddha statue beside him, and then shifted his gaze to the small door of the altar which was getting closer and closer to Zhan Zhao's hand. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and unconsciously blurted out in surprise. Huh, "Beware!"

A carrot head fell from the sky

When Zhan Zhao heard the "Beware", he stretched out his hand and couldn't stop.When his fingertips touched the protrusion, a cold sensation immediately spread throughout his body.He couldn't help shivering, but it was too late when he realized something was wrong.

Bai Yutang's heart tightened when he saw Zhan Zhao stretching his hand towards the Buddhist altar just now, and then he suddenly realized that the location of the mechanism had misled the cat, but the reason why it was called a mechanism was not that it would be quiet and honest Lay there and let you open it. He remembered that his master once told him that there is a kind of mechanism that is set in two pairs. To open the mechanism, two people who have a good understanding must touch it at the same time and at the same speed. Turning in the same direction, he couldn't remember how to turn it for a while, but all the tricks are set according to a certain arrangement in Qimenshu, so it is not impossible to find a solution.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to touch one of the mechanism, he knew that it would be fine to touch it, as long as it didn't turn, the trap wouldn't activate, but the moment Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand, he clearly felt a An evil spirit hit from the top of his head.Bai Yutang screamed in his heart that it was not good, but exclaimed in his mouth to be careful, hoping to remind Zhan Zhao and buy himself some time.He breathed a sigh of relief, kicked off, flew up, and ran in the direction of Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao's proud kung fu is naturally not just for display. When he realized that there was something wrong with the mechanism he touched, he first got lucky and protected his heart.

In fact, before he entered the ruined temple, he already sensed that someone was watching them secretly. He guessed that this person was probably the one who poisoned the yamen servant and left a letter saying that he would ask Xiaotian to exchange Wuling for the antidote in three days, so he also He didn't say anything, and went straight into the ruined temple, pretending he didn't find anything.After he came in, he always kept an eye on the mysterious person's movements. Although the other person deliberately suppressed his breath, Zhan Zhao was a cat!He is best at catching prey.He guessed the setting of the opening mechanism based on the position of the mysterious man's aura. When he approached the altar, he obviously felt the mysterious man's aura was disturbed. I'm going to lose my temper.

He was thinking wildly in his mind, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a silver light from the corner of his eye, Zhan Zhao subconsciously slapped the altar, raised his left hand holding the sword, as if he was about to block it.It's just that before he lifted his hand to the position, he felt his shoulders sinking, he raised his head suddenly, and found that Bai Yutang had rushed in front of him at this time, and just now he pressed his palm on his shoulder, pushing himself down forcefully.Zhan Zhao fell down according to inertia, but his eyes were fixed on the white figure.

Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes slightly, the originally charming pair of phoenix eyes shot out a compelling cold light at this moment.He swept it with the blade, and heard three "Dang Dang Dang" sounds, and three very thin silver needles were neatly nailed to the edge of the altar in a straight line.Bai Yutang flicked his wrist, holding Hanyue and danced a flower in the air, bursts of overwhelming hostility emanated from him, hovering in the air, and then something seemed to collide with each other.

Zhan Zhao knew that Bai Yutang used his own internal strength to fight against the enemy, and his own internal strength was equal to Bai Yutang's, so naturally he didn't feel that much, but Bao Zheng and Gongsun were not martial arts practitioners, so they couldn't bear this all of a sudden. .Zhan Zhao realized this in his heart, and quickly flew in front of Bao Zheng and Gongsun, using his body to defend them.But even though he wanted to protect the lord, he was still worried about Bai Yutang, wondering if Bai Yutang could settle things down by himself.

Bai Yutang radiated his inner strength to resist, while paying attention to the other side with the corner of his eyes, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two people who didn't understand martial arts had Zhan Zhao's protection, and seeing Zhan Zhao's worried expression again, he couldn't help but tickle. The corner of his mouth curled up, but he said, "Stupid cat, you actually caused trouble for Grandpa Bai."

Zhan Zhao didn't argue with him either, but seeing that he was still in the mood to tease himself at this time, he must have seen through the other party's ability, so he slowly dropped his heart that was hanging in midair.Zhan Zhao let out a sigh of relief, then turned to Bao Zheng and said, "Don't be alarmed, my lord, the situation is probably under the control of Brother Bai, please stand still and don't move, my lord and sir, to prevent injury."

Seeing that Zhan Zhao was relieved, Bai Yutang turned his attention back.He frowned, secretly suspicious in his heart, he didn't know where this person hiding in the dark came from, it seemed that his inner strength was not weak, but why was he evasive and refused to show his true colors?In fact, he had already noticed the existence of this breath just before entering the door, no