There are not many people on the streets of Qingyang City. For some unknown reason, many willow trees have been planted on the streets. Only a few spring buds have sprouted on the willow branches. When the cold wind blows, the willow branches sway, and pedestrians walking on the road are often hit by those dry weeping willows.
Zander Zhan was holding a sword, walking slowly in front, followed by Gongsun, holding the fourth child in his arms.
Little Sizi was quite heavy, but he was very attached to Gongsun, hugging his neck and refusing to let go. He was frightened just now and refused to ride on the donkey. Gongsun originally chose a donkey because he was afraid that a horse that was too tall would scare Little Sizi. Now, he couldn't even ride on a donkey. Although Gongsun's arms were a little sore, he was reluctant to put him down. Zane Zhao was watching from the side. If he was just joking with him just now, he really wanted to help Gongsun hold Little Sizi. But Zane Zhao also had an idea in his mind...so scholars are useless, they can't even hold a baby.
Although he thought so in his head, Zane Zhao said, "Are you hungry? Why don't you eat first before you leave?"
Zander Zhan turned around, smiled, and said, "Okay."
Gongsun frowned slightly and asked, "Can the patient wait?"
Zander Zhan waved his hand and said indifferently, "He has been ill for more than a day or two anyway, so it should be okay to wait for another hour or so."
As he spoke, he pointed to a small restaurant not far away and said, "The dishes there are delicious. I had stir-fried liver and tripe slices yesterday, as well as sweet soup." As he spoke, he reached out and hugged Little Sizi, "Little Sizi, let your uncle hold you for a while?"
Ethan Xiao liked Zander Zhan very much. This man had just saved him and his smile was also very nice. So he looked at Gongsun.
Gongsun is a strong-willed person. If you tell him that you are afraid that he can't hold the child and ask him to hold him for you, he will definitely roll his eyes at you and try to hold it for you. But if you say that you think little Sizi is really cute and want to hold him for a while, he will let you hold him.
Zander Zhan took Ethan Xiao from him, walked forward happily with him, and asked, "Ethan Xiao, do you like sweet-scented osmanthus cake?"
"Yeah." Ethan Xiao nodded.
"What about the sweet-scented osmanthus pearl ball soup?" Zander Zhan asked, rocking him gently in his arms, making the little boy giggle and nod, "I like it."
Zane Zhao was watching from behind and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, this Zander Zhan is really good at dealing with people, with this kind of personality he must have a lot of friends.
Gongsun couldn't help but rub his arm gently, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ethan Xiao was happy.
The little donkey behind him was still following, and the wound on its B*tt had been treated, but it would probably take some effort to get Little Sizi to sit on it again.
Zane Zhao's Black Owl also followed behind him. This horse was almost twice as big as the donkey. It followed beside with its tail wagging, looking quite proud. When it saw other horses passing by, it would snort in provocation. If it was a mare passing by, it would go up and sniff the horse.
Gongsun shook his head in disgust, thinking, a horse takes the shape of its master, and if the master is a hooligan, the horse cannot be a gentleman either.
Zane Zhao was walking around and saw Gongsun Zong looking at him with his eyes rolled up. He felt a little uncomfortable and said, "Sir, please stop rolling your eyes. If you roll your eyes any more, you won't be able to see the black."
Gongsun glared at him fiercely, and suddenly noticed... Zane Zhao's two eyes seemed to be different colors... One of them, the left one, was slightly lighter in color... similar to gray.
When Zane Zhao saw Gongsun staring at his eyes, he turned his head and looked away.
"Wait." Gongsun grabbed his arm, moved closer, and stared into Zane Zhao's eyes.
"Hey." Zane Zhao looked at Gongsun who was very close to him and complained, "I'm not used to being so close to a man."
"Is your eye diseased?" Gongsun asked, "Can you see clearly?"
Zane Zhao waved his hand and said, "It's natural."
Gongsun heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I thought it was a cataract. It needs to be treated soon, or you won't be able to see in the future."
Zane Zhao asked with great interest, "Can this be cured?"
Gongsun nodded and said, "It can be done by removing the cataract, but the process is quite scary. Although I have told many people that it is effective, most people still dare not try it. They would rather endure the loss of sight little by little."
"Can my disease be cured?" Zane Zhao asked.
"You are different." Gongsun waved his hands and said, "You are just different because your parents' clans are different. It's not a disease."
"Oh?" Zane Zhao was curious, "How do you say that?"
"Is one of your parents a foreigner? Or is one of your parents' parents a foreigner?"
"Yes." Zane Zhao nodded and said, "My mother is from a foreign ethnic group."
"Our eyeballs are all different colors." Gongsun said, "It's mainly determined by the color of the film inside the pupil. People of different ethnic groups have different colors. For example, most Han people have brown eyes, but some are black and similar to dark brown, some are yellow and similar to amber, and some are light and close to flesh color. The eyeball colors of foreign ethnic groups are even more peculiar. In Persia, there are blue eyes, and green... It's very common. If the parents are from far away clans, it's easy for the remaining children to have two different eyeball colors, but this doesn't affect anything at all, and they can still see things clearly."
Zane Zhao listened to Gongsun quietly and laughed softly, "But don't people say that gray eyes are demon pupils and will bring war?"
"That's bullSh!t." Gongsun waved his hand and said, "The color of the pupils will lead to war? That's all rumors, or people with ulterior motives are here to shirk responsibility."
Zane Zhao smiled slightly and said, "Sir, aren't you a scholar? Gray Eyes and Demonic Pupils are recorded in history books. Don't scholars worship books as gods?" Gongsun rolled his eyes at Zane Zhao and laughed, saying, "You are so funny. Aren't books written by people? People are influenced by the outside world, just like the people of the Song Dynasty and the Liao people, their ideas and living habits are different. For example, the Song people think that cattle and sheep are just animals, but for herders, cattle and sheep are more important than life. Scholars are not memorizers. Who says what is written in the book is true? People who write about Gray Eyes and Demonic Pupils to invite war are ignorant and uninformed."
"Haha..." Zane Zhao suddenly laughed and said, "Sir, these few words are very refreshing, and it's worth a toast."
Gongsun looked at Zane Zhao with dissatisfaction and thought to himself, who wants to drink with you?
Just as he was thinking, the little boy in front of him had already gone up to the second floor of the inn. He leaned over the railing and waved to Gongsun and Zane Zhao, "Daddy, Jiujiu, come quickly, Zhanzhan wants to order food."
Gongsun smiled and ran over. Zane Zhao walked slowly behind him with his hands behind his back. He saw Gongsun running into the inn in two or three steps and going upstairs... For the first time, he felt that not all nerds are annoying.
After going up to the second floor, Gongsun came to Ethan Xiao, who had already poured tea for him and Zane Zhao. Zander Zhan ordered the dishes and said to Gongsun and Zane Zhao, "The taste in Qingyang City tends to be sweet, so the fish is not delicious. However, the meat dishes are okay, and the soup and sweet snacks are especially delicious." As he said that, he reached out and pinched Ethan Xiao's cheek.
Little Sizi was carried by Zander Zhan all the way and has become a good friend of him. He is smiling and seems to be very close to him.
Zane Zhao watched from the side, thinking to himself, it is not easy to be like Zander Zhan, some people are born to be likable. This person is not only good at kung fu and good-tempered, but also thoughtful. He can tell other people's preferences at a glance, and he doesn't talk much. He says what he should say and ignores what he shouldn't say... What an interesting person.
When the dishes came, Gongsun casually asked Zander Zhan, "Who was that Wade Wan just now?"
"A habitual thief." Zander Zhan shook his head and said, "He was originally a bodyguard and was doing well in the martial arts world, but he was unlucky. His wife cheated on him and he later discovered the affair, so he killed the adulterer and the adulteress."
Gongsun frowned, shook his head, and said, "As the saying goes, wealth attracts thieves, and treachery attracts murder... When you are hot-tempered, it is easy to make big mistakes on impulse."
"He was originally quite sympathetic, but later he simply became a bandit, specializing in robbery, murder and looting. I happened to pass by Qingyang to investigate a case, and I met a local yamen runner who said that Wade Wan was in this area and had committed several murders. Today they received news that he was going to enter the city to do business, and the yamen runners imposed martial law to investigate, so I came here to help." Zander Zhan smiled, "So good people are rewarded, I met a few of you today, if you can cure my friend, it will be a great help."
At this time, the waiter brought everyone a bowl of sweet soup, saying that this was the signature dish of the restaurant.
When Gongsun opened the soup bowl, he smelled the fragrance of osmanthus. It was a bowl of sweet soup cooked with osmanthus and various pearl meatballs. Gongsun picked up the spoon and scooped up a mouthful to taste it. He found it sweet and delicious. It looked beautiful and tasted good.
Little Sizi loves to eat this kind of sweet and soft food and eats it with great relish.
While eating, Gongsun asked the waiter beside him about the recipe, preparing to make it for Ethan Xiao later.
Zander Zhan asked curiously, "Sir, you look so young, how come you have such a big child?"
Zane Zhao was surprised. He never expected Zander Zhan to ask such a direct question. But when he thought about it, it made sense. People in the martial arts world, why bother about these things? If you tell the truth, others will be your friends. He couldn't help but admire him a little more.
"I'm not Daddy's biological child." Little Sizi said casually while eating, "Daddy hasn't married yet, I want to find a mother for Daddy."
Gongsun pinched Ethan Xiao's cheek, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said with a smile, "What do you mean by finding a mother for Daddy? It means finding a mother for yourself and a wife for Daddy."
"That's right." Little Sizi laughed foolishly and said, "Yes, find a wife for Daddy."
Zane Zhao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Gongsun was not married. He was wondering how he could have a child at such a young age. Wouldn't this scholar have become a father at the age of fifteen or sixteen?
"Little Fourth was adopted by a relative," said Gongsun. "I raised him from childhood, just like he was my own son."
"Yeah." Little Four nodded, not seeming unhappy at all for not being Gongsun's biological son.
Zander Zhan smiled slightly and said, "Little Fourth Son, you must be filial to your father in the future."
"That's right." Ethan Xiao said, "Ethan Xiao will take care of Daddy when he grows up."
After finishing the pearl sweet soup, the dishes were served and everyone started to eat. Zane Zhao asked Zander Zhan, "Brother Zhan, are you here to investigate the case?"
"Alas." Zander Zhan was helpless, and stopped holding the chopsticks. He said, "I just came to Kaifeng not long ago. A few days ago, Mr. Bao asked me to investigate this case... I am almost dying of worry. There are so many things to think about."
Zane Zhao asked with great interest, "What case? Mr. Bao is so good at solving cases, and yet there are still cases that are beyond your comprehension."
"The clues in this case are always broken." Zander Zhan shook his head helplessly, and said, "The case is actually not complicated, it's just a theft case, but when I tracked it down here, it involved a murder case. Unfortunately, the clues were broken when they reached the injured person."
"You just said that the person who was beaten...had all his tendons and veins broken and was unconscious...it didn't look like he was beaten by someone." Gongsun suddenly said.
Zander Zhan was slightly stunned, and Zane Zhao also felt strange and asked, "If the tendons and veins are broken, it's not a beating, then what is it?"
Ethan Xiao put a piece of fried liver into his mouth, chewed it, and asked Gongsun, "Dad, is that poisonous?"
"Yeah." Gongsun nodded, patted Ethan Xiao's head, and said, "Right."
"Poisoned?" Zander Zhan touched his chin and said, "Yes... I have always wondered, what kind of person with such high martial arts skills can break a person's tendons and veins but is unknown in the martial arts world, and among all the suspects, there is no such powerful person. But now I think... if someone poisoned someone, it would be easy to investigate."
"Whether it's poisoning or not, we can only tell after we check the man's injuries." Gongsun said, "We'll know after dinner, go check it out."
Everyone nodded and lowered their heads to eat.
At this time, the waiter brought a pot of braised water fish.
Zander Zhan said to Ethan Xiao, "Ethan Xiao, eat water fish. This is a male water fish. It can calm you down."
Ethan Xiao looked up, and Gongsun picked up the fish cover and gave it to Ethan Xiao, saying, "Bite the edge. It's good for your health."
"Hmm." Little Sizi bit the fish's lid with chopsticks and asked, "Daddy, will I grow taller and be braver if I eat this?"
Gongsun shook his head helplessly, thinking that he knew he was timid.
Zane Zhao was using chopsticks to stir the water fish in the pot, thinking to himself, a good turtle is a turtle, why is it called a water fish? When he heard what Ethan Xiao said, he picked up a white egg-shaped ball and put it in Ethan Xiao's bowl, saying, "Ethan Xiao, if you want to become a hero quickly, eat this, it will replenish your vitality."
Zander Zhan tried to hold back his laughter. Gongsun's mouth twitched when he saw it. Ethan Xiao poked at the white ball. Zane Zhao picked up another one for him and put it in the bowl. "Both are for you."
Little Sizi looked up at Gongsun in confusion and asked, "Daddy, what is this? An egg?"
"Heh..." Gongsun laughed dryly twice.
Zane Zhao laughed and said, "That is, a B@[email protected]..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt Gongsun kick him hard under the table.
Zane Zhao looked up in confusion, and saw Gongsun glaring at him with gritted teeth. The look in his eyes seemed to be cursing - obscene!
Zane Zhao thought to himself, what's wrong with me? Does that thing really replenish my vitality?
"Daddy." Little Sizi asked Gongsun in confusion, "Isn't this water fish a male? Why does a male have testicles?"
Zane Zhao was amused and said with a smile, "Little Fourth Son, it is because it is a male that it has eggs... Oh..."
Before he could finish his words, Gongsun stepped hard on him.
Zander Zhan, who was sitting opposite him, just drank his soup, pretending not to see anything.
Zane Zhao stared at Gongsun with an innocent and confused look on his face.
"Dad, can males lay eggs?" Little Four asked again, "Aren't females the ones that lay eggs like chickens and ducks? Could it be that males lay eggs like fish?"
Gongsun's mouth twitched, and he picked up a piece of turtle leg for Ethan Xiao and put it in the bowl, saying, "Don't guess blindly, that's not from the fish, it's the dirt that got mixed in."
Ethan Xiao blinked and asked, "Dirty things?"
"Hey...you are corrupting the children." Zane Zhao reminded Gongsun, "tell the truth."
Gongsun rolled his eyes at him, picked up the two white things from Ethan Xiao's bowl with chopsticks, and threw them on the ground. Then, Gongsun raised his foot and stomped the two things into white pancakes with two loud "slaps"...
Zane Zhao swallowed subconsciously.
Zander Zhan asked the waiter to serve him a second bowl of rice.
Gongsun looked back at Ethan Xiao, served him soup and vegetables, and said, "Eat more vegetables." He peeled the egg whites of two tea eggs and gave them to Ethan Xiao, saying, "These are real eggs. The two just now were deformed bad guys and B@st@ards. Only B@st@ards would eat them!"
Little Sizi blinked and said, "Daddy has so many eggs."
Gongsun raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, saying, "That's right. This is called, too many chickens don't lay eggs, and too many people will make trouble." After saying that, he glared at Zane Zhao fiercely.
Zane Zhao lowered his head to eat, thinking to himself---this scholar is really unreasonable!
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