Zhan Zhao's disappearance disappeared overnight after Bao Zheng's death.
Zhan Zhao is known as "Nanxia", strong in martial arts, and quite brainy, after following "Bao Qingtian" Bao Zheng, he saved Bao Zheng from danger many times, once, he was willing to die for Bao Zheng who went to the execution site, and Bao Zhao was able to kill Every time he was able to kill Ji, it was inseparable from Zhan Zhao's merits.
Zhan Zhao, the character Xiong Fei, is highly skilled in martial arts, especially in light skills, and has a good sword technique, not only good character, but also righteous and thin, loyal and courageous, quite respected in the martial arts, is the "Southern Hero" in the "Three Heroes".
Zhan Zhao and Bao Zheng met on the way to Bao Zheng's examination, first saved Bao Zheng at the hands of the evil monks of the Golden Dragon Temple, then repelled the robbers at Tulonggang, saved Bao Zheng once again, and then beheaded the assassin Pang Ji who assassinated Bao Zheng at the Taishi Mansion, and several times saved his life, so that Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao formed a deep friendship.
After Bao Zheng took the meritorious title, he was obsessed with this "Southern Hero" who was highly skilled in martial arts and righteous and cloudy, so he recommended Zhan Zhao to Emperor Renzong of Song, and with the emperor's permission, Zhan Zhao was named the imperial four-pin sword guard, serving in Kaifeng Province, and was named "Royal Cat".
When Zhan Zhao first met Bao Zheng, he sacrificed his life four times to save each other, not to climb Bao Zheng and seek glory and wealth, but because of his consistent spirit of doing chivalry and righteousness, after Bao Zheng recommended him, he had no intention of being an official, and in order not to make Bao Zheng difficult to do, he decided to stay with Bao Zheng, and at the same time, more importantly, it was a kind of friendship that "a soldier dies for a confidant".
After bao zheng and Zhan Zhao supported them all the way for decades, Bao Zheng, before his death, confessed a word to Zhan Zhao, an old friend of his life, and after Zhan Zhao listened, he disappeared, and there was no trace of "Nanxia" on the rivers and lakes.
After Zhan Zhao disappeared, many people in the jianghu searched for him, but there was no result, and people speculated about where this "royal cat" had gone. Some people once speculated that it was probably Zhan Zhao's martial arts and loyalty, and that he may have been summoned into the palace by the emperor and went as a personal guard, but it was quickly denied, because the palace guards did not have Zhan Zhao as a person at all.
So, where did the exhibition guard go? What did Lord Bao say to him before he died?
"After I die, I want you to leave overnight and not walk on the rivers and lakes again in this life!"
This is what Lord Bao said to Zhan Zhao before he died, but why did Bao Zheng arrange Zhan Zhao like this? In fact, this arrangement of Lord Bao is also for the safety of Zhan Zhao, and Lord Bao has been an official all his life, has seen through many things, and has also thought of a lot, so he arranged for Zhan Zhao to disappear.
First of all, Zhan Zhao's age no longer allowed him to walk the rivers and lakes safely.
When Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao met, Zhan Zhao already had the title of "Southern Hero", that is to say, Zhan Zhao had been walking on the rivers and lakes for several years, and Bao Zheng at that time, according to the introduction of the third time in "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", was about sixteen years old, and Zhan Zhao should be at least twenty years old.
Bao Gong saw that this person was about twenty years old and was very angry." --The third time of "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness"
Bao Zheng was born in 999 AD and died of illness in 1062 at the age of 63, according to this calculation, Zhan Zhao should have been over 67 years old when Bao Zheng died.
A 67-year-old man is already a rare year, even ordinary people, it is also the time to raise the heavens, let alone Zhan Zhao?
From the beginning of the spirited twenties, following Bao Zheng to the dying old man of the ancient rarity, Zhan Zhao's life, and Bao Zheng and Kaifeng Province have a great relationship, if the earliest four rescues of Bao Zheng is out of righteousness and thin clouds, then in the long years that followed, guarding Lord Bao is the mission of Zhan Zhao's life.
In these decades, I can't remember how many dangers I have encountered, nor how many strong enemies I have fought, and the years of fighting have made Zhan Zhao must also have a lot of dark wounds, especially as he grows older, he has long ceased to be heroic.
Because of this, before his death, Bao Dacai let Zhan Zhao disappear, let this loyal guard retire and take a vacation, and be able to easily live in this world after his death.
Second, in order to prevent the enemy from retaliating and pursuing.
As we all know, Bao Zheng was jealous of evil all his life, broke off a lifetime of cases, and did all the things that punished evil and promoted good, for this reason, he offended many powerful people, but because Bao Zheng was deeply favored by the emperor, coupled with the fact that the people were very fond of him, even if someone wanted to plot against Bao Zheng, he did not dare to act rashly.
But Zhan Zhao was different, although he was a four-pin guard with a sword, but for those powerful people, it was not a matter at all, and he could crush him with a finger.
What about martial arts? Find a bunch of outlaws, take advantage of the dark wind at night, take turns to fight, plus Zhan Zhao is also older, two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands, it will definitely make him die.
When Bao Zheng was alive, those who had bad intentions did not dare to do anything, but when Bao Zheng died, no one could support Zhan Zhao, and the people who had hated Bao Zheng would definitely vent their anger on Zhan Zhao, and when the time came, Zhan Zhao would be secretly calculated or even intercepted.
It is precisely because of this aspect, for the sake of Zhan Zhao's safety, and for Zhan Zhao to be able to escape the darkness of this official field, so Bao Zheng told Zhan Zhao before his death that he must leave, and he should leave that night and must not stay.
Lord Bao was meticulous in his thoughts, that is, he was afraid that the enemy who could not hold back would soon move, so he focused on explaining that Zhan Zhao would leave overnight.
Zhan Zhao also understood this, on the night of Lord Bao's death, he left Kaifeng Province overnight and disappeared into the rivers and lakes, and no one knew his whereabouts anyway, no matter what, Zhan Zhao was indeed safe.
Finally, Lord Bao also needs to show his skills.
Zhan Zhao can be said to have dedicated his life to Bao Zheng and Kaifeng Province, and before his death, he confessed to Zhan Zhao's Bao Zheng, in fact, he still wanted his old friend to continue to serve himself.
How does it work? It is to secretly protect Bao Zheng's descendants.
Throughout his life, Bao Zheng has offended many powerful people, and if these powerful people take revenge, it is very likely that they will retaliate against Bao Zheng's descendants.
And how to ensure the safety of their descendants, this matter must be revealed.
But protection is not overt protection, but secret protection, so that not only can you know who is retaliating against Bao Zheng, but also save Bao Zheng's descendants at the first time.
As mentioned earlier, Bao Zheng considered Zhan Zhao's age and fear of being retaliated against, so he let Zhan Zhao retire and disappear, and the biggest advantage of retreating and disappearing is that I am in the dark and the enemy is in the light, so that no matter what the situation, I can turn passive into active, and protect Bao Zheng's descendants thoroughly.
Zhan Zhao's life is closely linked to Bao Zheng, in Zhan Zhao's body, not only is it both literary and martial arts, good conduct, but more importantly, the valuable qualities of righteousness and thin clouds and keeping promises, Zhan Zhao's image is basically a nearly perfect image of the jianghu people in the martial arts world, moral character or ethics, all of which are convincing, whether in the "Three Heroes" or "Five Righteousness", can be compared to Zhan Zhao, almost none.
And Bao Zheng let Zhan Zhao retire before his death, out of a kind of protection for Zhan Zhao, who was nearly in his twilight years, hoping that Zhan Zhao would be able to spend the rest of the years in peace after his death.