Mr. Liu didn't rush to speak, but closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes and said with a bit of a deep voice: "Lang Zhongling, I just thought about it carefully, these thieves may have nothing to do with this." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Cheng Tingzhen glanced at him, with a little question in his eyes: "How can you see it?" ”

Mr. Liu looked left and right, then lowered his voice a little more, and whispered: "Lang Zhongling, please think, if it is only for the purpose of delivering letters, why do you need to stun these many people?" ”

Cheng Tingzhen was slightly stunned, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

That's just as well.

It is not easy to steal things, but it is not difficult to send letters at all, and it is very convenient to send arrows to drop books, or send someone to secretly throw them into a carriage on the way, or throw them into the courtyard while it is dark, there are countless simple and hidden methods. Those thieves were able to fight with the guards in one place, and also ran away with a few people, it can be seen that there are two hands, and it is easy to do this kind of thing by surrendering the letter and fleeing, so why bother to go to great lengths, for this letter, to fascinate the people of the entire post station?

This is too much of a fuss.

"That's true." Cheng Tingzhen bowed slightly, but his expression became more and more solemn.

If this letter had been sent by these thieves, it would have been easy to do, and in his capacity as a lieutenant, even if he could not take people away, it would have been easy to try the first trial.

But the situation is a bit more complicated.

If it wasn't the thief's doing, who stole the secret letter?

How did the man know that what he had given to the wife of Ho Du Wei was a three-volume rare book?

Cheng Tingzhen's heart seemed to be fried in hot oil, but he could only suppress it and cope with the situation in front of him.

Fortunately, the people from the official office soon came, and as soon as they came, they went to the courtyards of the various clans, first to meet the heads of the families or the men in charge, and then to make a long phone call with a sin belt to appease, and finally to ask the stewards of the various provinces to find out what had happened.

Naturally, the statements given by the three families are all similar, they all slept until they were awakened in the middle of the night, only to find that the post station had entered the thief. Because the Cheng and Cui families were fine, the chief officer left quickly, but he was delayed by the Qin family for a while.

The Qin family was the only one that was stolen, so the chief of the Qin family carefully investigated the courtyard where Langjun lived in the Qin family, and then found traces of sharp weapons on the deadbolt, the lanterns were also artificially extinguished, and the rooms of several Langjun were turned into a mess, etc.

All this confirms that the thieves did indeed patronize the courtyard.

The chief clerk sincerely registered the stolen things for the record, and respectfully asked the Qin family's opinion, and learned that they didn't want to make a big fuss, and it would be best if the stolen lost items could be recovered, and if they couldn't be recovered, it would be okay, so he nodded and left.

At this time, the steward of the Cheng family also came back, wiping his sweat and reporting to Cheng Tingzhen: "Yu Shilang, the chief officer went to the firewood room at the back, saying that he couldn't wait to go back to the trial, and now he was going to try the thief, and sent some people to chase the three thieves who escaped, and the city bureau also has a special interrogation official on the way here." I left two clever ones there to wait for news, and I came back to talk first. ”

Cheng Tingzhen said "um", waved him back, and then asked him to close the courtyard door, and ordered the guards to guard the doors everywhere, and he went to the east wing with Mr. Liu.

"If it's a thief, it seems that I'm overthinking." After sitting down, Cheng Tingzhen finally took a long breath and said.

Mr. Liu smiled when he heard this, and said, "What Lang Zhongling said is extremely true, that thief has a good eye, and it is reported that Qin Erlang lost a few pieces of good ancient ink. ”

Cheng Tingzhen's expression was indifferent, and he said calmly: "The Qin family is rich, don't say a few pieces of ancient ink, even if they lose a golden mountain, they can quickly earn it back." ”

This was originally a sour word, but for some reason, after he said this, he was a little sad.

Compared with the Qin family, the Cheng family is almost shabby, that is, it looks beautiful on the surface, but it is becoming more and more empty on the inside, and since Huang Bopi, it has become more and more vigorous.

Mr. Liu's face also darkened, sighed, took out the letter from his sleeve, and handed it to Cheng Tingzhen: "Lang Zhongling should read the letter first." ”

Cheng Tingzhen retracted his thoughts, straightened his face, took the letter in his hand, and took a closer look, but saw that the letter was first a song of seven laws:

Cherish the ice and snow has not disappeared,

roll up the bead curtain to see Qiong Yao;

It's already spring,

Give the east wind to comfort the lonely.

Today, when the wine is dancing in the air,

Come late to drink alone to pour the moon;

Waiting for Tsinghua to become frosty,

You should sing to the nine skies.

After the poem, there is a column of small words: "Wood ghosts, wood ghosts, keep the king without regrets." At the end of the letter, there is no signature or inscription, just this straightforward poem and eight words.

Cheng Tingzhen's eyes were firmly fixed on the letter, and he read it back and forth several times, and his expression suddenly changed.

"This poem ......" he looked up at Mr. Liu, his face was extremely solemn, and the knuckles of his fingers were slightly pale.

Mr. Liu nodded solemnly, pointed to the seven rules on the letter with his index finger, and said in a deep voice: "Lang Zhongling must have also seen that this poem is a hidden poem. ”

"Sure enough." Cheng Tingzhen said, turned his gaze back to the letter, and read word by word: "The rare scroll has been given, and I will wait for you tonight." ”

"Exactly." Mr. Liu bowed his head with a little contemplation on his face.

The matter of the three rare books, they had discussed it before, and they all thought that this matter was strange, maybe someone was secretly helping. Now with this letter, this inference is true, and the ensuing questions follow.

What is the purpose of this person taking such care of the Cheng family?

Why did you come here?

"In any case, the matter of rare books has been settled." Cheng Tingzhen put the letter on the case, got up and took his hand, and sighed, his expression was a little lonely and gloomy: "In this way, we will not send someone to investigate." ”

He smiled self-deprecatingly and said no more.

Just a few days ago, a few more guards of the Cheng family resigned, and now there are fewer and fewer people, Mo said that sending people to find the ins and outs of rare books is the daily caretaker of the home, and these guards are just enough.

Today, the mysterious man sent a secret letter, and if it were a change of the past, he would definitely send someone to investigate it immediately. But now, he no longer has that power.

Escorting the old and young of the Cheng family to Dadu along the road, it takes at least a month and a half to walk on the road, and none of these guards can be missing. When the Cheng family settled down and sent people to investigate the matter, there were no clues.

Cheng Tingzhen frowned, speechless for a long time, and there was dead silence in the room.

Mr. Liu looked at him, waited for a moment, and finally glanced at the moment that was placed on the side of the case.

The omission shows that the time has passed, that is, the "tonight" mentioned in the letter should be before tonight.

"Lang Zhongling, this letter ...... A covenant was made. He reminded and moved the leak to the middle of the case, but the implication was to ask Cheng Tingzhen to make up his mind whether to go to the appointment. (To be continued.) )