After talking for a long night, Liu Zhong stood up the next day and found that Bai Pu was no longer there. His belongings had been packed away and he didn't know where he had gone.
"Where are the people?"
"Mr. Bai seems to have left last night."
"You idiot, why don't you follow?"
"This... experience has taught me that we must respect Mr. Bai. At that time, the villain thought he was just going for a walk."
"Idiot. Is there anyone who takes a walk in the middle of the night?"
Although he was unhappy, Liu Zhong thought about it and understood that Bai Pu left only after achieving his goal.
Found the Zhang family's handle, forced the Zhang family to hand over Li Xia, escorted Li Xia to Kaifeng, and interrogated Shi Zhang's whereabouts... Isn't this what Bai Pu wanted?
Moreover, Yuan Haowen has a friendship with Zhang Rou, and Bai Pu obviously does not want to offend the Zhang family by showing up, so leaving at this time is a good choice.
"Ha, scholar... I still want to cover everything. When I get Li Xia, it's not up to me to decide what I want to examine."
With this in mind, Liu Zhongzhi sent someone to send a letter of greeting to Zhang Hongdao and asked him to meet at Xiangyang Tower by the Songtang River.
He decided to listen to Bai Pu's suggestion and make a deal with the Zhang family, each getting what he needed and having fun.
The reason why he didn't ask Zhang Rou out was because Liu Zhongzhi, a low-ranking official, was not good enough for her, and he was also afraid of Zhang Rou, a general who had fought many battles; and the reason why he didn't go to Zhang's house was also because he was afraid...
Thinking about it this way, it would be good to make a deal, which can achieve merit without offending the Zhang family to death.
Zhang Rou has prepared to go out of the city to order troops first, and then he can break camp and follow Tachaer to attack the Song Dynasty tomorrow.
The Zhang family was busy. In the lobby, the children and daughters of the Zhang family paid their respects and farewells to Zhang Rou one after another.
"Get out of here! I'm very busy."
Zhang Rou cursed, put on her armor, and turned around to see the young girl Zhang Wenwan standing there pitifully.
"What happened to the second sister?"
"It's so annoying." Zhang Wenwan puffed up her cheeks and said, "Day by day, the whole house is blocked. I can't even get Tao'er to go out and buy things for me.":.
Zhang Rou put away her majestic look and said with a smile, "Isn't this going to be a war? The battle will be over."
"Then how can Fifth Brother go out every day?"
Zhang Wenwan's name is gentle, but her person is not gentle at all. She talks endlessly.
"My hand stove is broken. The hand stoves in the house are so ugly that I don't like to use them. It's cold again, and Fifth Brother obviously wants to freeze me to death. And more, don't you want me to learn to be a female celebrity?
?The styles are all too ugly. I want to go out and find beautiful styles..."
"Okay, okay. Wulang, you are too lenient. Whatever the second sister wants, you go and choose it for her yourself."
Zhang Rou just likes family happiness when she gets old and wants to talk more with her daughter and grandchildren, but in fact she has no time to care about these trivial matters, so she just said casually and strode out.
After walking a few steps, he turned back and looked at Zhang Wenjing, who was standing there quietly.
"Eldest sister?"
"Huh? Father?"
"You have nothing to say to your father?"
"The daughter wishes her father success."
"Be happy and talk about it when you come back."
Zhang Rou paused and walked out of the lobby.
As he walked through the courtyard, he muttered something to himself.
"It's so easy to win. Tacha'er dared to attack the Song Dynasty just after he had seized the military power of King Monan. What a fool..."
Over there in the lobby, Zhang Wenwan was very proud. She made a face at Zhang Hongdao and said, "Humph, fifth brother, you heard it. Father asked you to pick things for me personally. I will send five maids out today, five.
"
"You are so annoying."
Zhang Hongdao cursed lightly and casually asked his wife to arrange this trivial matter. He also asked that even if he only lets a few maids out of the back house, he must send guards to watch over them...
Halfway through the conversation, a servant came to the front yard to report: "Wu Lang, there is a greeting card."
"Wow." Zhang Wenwan said: "Fifth brother, you are really... there are so many adult brothers, but you don't have an official position, but you are busier than your father all day long."
"Shut up, the little girl is making a lot of noise."
"I won't shut up. If you can keep me locked up, I will go back to my old house in Baozhou to find Brother Six..."
Zhang Hongdao had a slightly disgusted smile on his face. He had already taken the greeting card in his hand, but he frowned.
"I'm going out for a trip."
"Hey, Fifth Brother, you..."
"I want to see your sister-in-law if I have something to do."
Zhang Hongdao had turned around and walked out. When he came out of the hall, he turned his head and glanced at Zhang Wenjing.
I saw Zhang Wenjing still standing there calmly, calmly, as if not thinking about anything...
"Goro, what's wrong?"
When Shen Kai saw Zhang Hongdao coming out, he quickly stepped forward to greet him.
Zhang Hongdao threw away the invitation in his hand and said, "Liu Zhong directly invited me to Xiangyang Tower. What did he find out?"
Shen Kai said: "I didn't find out that his people went to any key places."
"Then what did you find out about him?"
Shen Kai lowered his voice and said: "I bribed a close confidant around Liu Zhongzhi and spent..."
"It doesn't matter how much you spend, that's all."
"The confidant said that there was a middle-aged man next to Liu Zhongzhi, called 'Mr. Bai', who came to Bozhou from Kaifeng with Liu Zhongzhi. He and Liu Zhongzhi murmured every day. Could it be that he had been reminding Liu Zhongzhi? ?”
"Mr. Bai?" Zhang Hongdao said in surprise: "I didn't see any staff around Liu Zhongzhi yesterday."
"Mr. Bai went out early yesterday, but I don't know where he went and I couldn't find him."
Zhang Hongdao frowned and asked, "What does this man look like?"
"He has a long beard and a handsome appearance. He looks like a famous person at first glance."
"Celebrity? Have you seen him?"
"I didn't see him. He disappeared last night."
Zhang Hongdao frowned deeper and murmured to himself: "Bai Pu? Follow Liu Zhongzhi and go south? Li Xia contacted Bai Pu through the relationship with the Han family? That shouldn't be the case. With Bai Pu's personality, he would never be willing to participate. Is there anyone else involved in this kind of intrigue?"
"Goro?"
"Let's make some arrangements. I'll go see Liu Zhongzhi."
"yes……"
Along the Songtang River, Danhua Tower.
Zhou Nan and Lin Xu held wine glasses.
"I'll give Brother Bai a drink later."
"Excuse me for your expense. There are too many dishes. Can you share a few dishes with those people?" Bai Pu did not raise his glass, but raised his finger to point to a few refugees on the street.
Zhou Nan and Lin Xu looked at each other, feeling a little ashamed. They quickly called the store owner, removed a few dishes, and paid people to steam more steamed buns for distribution.
"It's because Brother Bai is here and it's rare to have a banquet. Normally, Yuanjiang and I won't be extravagant."
Bai Pu nodded and said, "That's good. It's difficult for the people to survive. There's so much fish and meat. I can't bear it."
It's also because there are too many dishes, otherwise he wouldn't want to be pretentious in front of his friends.
"Brother Bai has great talent and a heart to help the people. Why don't you serve as an official?"
Faced with this question, Bai Pu just shook his head and murmured: "In the ancient China, once Lu Chen fell, how many times did he swallow his hatred and cry?"
There was no straightforward answer, but Zhou Nan and Lin Xu already understood that Bai Pu did not want to be an official, but only wanted to be a survivor of the Jin Kingdom, so they sighed.
The root cause is that when Bai Pu was young, he saw his mother and family members tragically killed in war, and he hated the Mongolian army deeply. In this regard, he was different from his father Bai Hua.
"But I heard that Shi Shuai recommended Brother Bai a few years ago."
Bai Pu said: "I ignored Shi Shuai's love. At that time, I didn't have the courage to live in Zhen. In recent years, I didn't dare to go to Kaifeng to see my father, so I had to live with my uncle."
"Well, now the disaster of Gou Kao is getting worse..."
"How about we not talk about political affairs?" Bai Pu waved his hand and said, "If we talk about songs, articles, and beautiful mountains and rivers, we can have a happy gathering. If you want to persuade me to become an official, you two don't have to spend money on a banquet."
"Haha, okay, don't talk about political affairs, don't talk about..."
In Xiangyang Tower, not far from Danhua Tower, Zhang Hongdao and Liu Zhongzhi were sitting across from each other and talking.
There were only two side dishes on the table, and neither of them used their chopsticks to pick them up, and neither of them even poured wine.
"...So, after Chi Na's death, the Zhang family and Eri Dunbari formed a blood feud, right?"
When Liu Zhongzhi said this, he looked like he had pearls of wisdom in his hand.
Zhang Hongdao's face turned completely gloomy and he said, "How did you make these assumptions?"
Liu Zhong said straightly: "If you want others to not know, you have to do nothing unless you do it yourself."
"Have you ever thought that it was Li Xia who was misleading you?"
"Huh? Wulang is so ridiculous. You think I'm a fool. Can you fool me easily?" Liu Zhong stared directly into Zhang Hongdao's eyes and asked slowly: "Wulang only needs to answer me, did you kill Eri Dunbari?"
"
"Who is setting me up?!"
"Wu Lang, don't be angry, and stay calm." Liu Zhong said straightly, "Don't worry, what you and I say today will leave your mouth and enter my ears, and no one else will know."
"I'm telling you, you were deceived by Li Xia, who is trying to sow discord between the Zhang family and the Khan's court."
"No, I found this out myself. Wulang still refuses to admit it?"
"I haven't done it, how do you want me to recognize it?"
"Huh? You haven't done it?" Liu Zhong said straightly: "It's not Li Xia who is misleading me at all... Let's put it this way, Wu Lang met Bai Pu yesterday?"
"Bai Pu?"
"Yes, even your old friends of the Zhang family have made such speculations."
Liu Zhongzhi didn't care that Bai Pu had told him not to betray him. As long as he could force Zhang Hongdao to admit it, what else would he care about?
"Goro, you think you did it perfectly, but smart people have already seen it."
Zhang Hongdao was sluggish and fell into deep thought. He was really surprised.
Bai Pu?
Did Bai Pu really come with Liu Zhongzhi? Was he bribed by Li Xia?
"Liu experience, Bai Pu must have been entrusted by the historian or Li Xia to frame my Zhang family..."
"Goro, Goro, don't explain, it's not important. What's important is whether you really did it."
Liu Zhong spoke bluntly and asked word for word: "Answer me, did you kill Eri Dunbari?" To provide you with the fastest update of the end of the Song Dynasty, Chapter 378 Transactions are free to read.:.