Chapter Twenty-Four: The Orb of Fortune

At this moment, a woman wearing filial piety clothes came to the hall, Yin Tiancheng saw this person coming to the hall and hurried to greet her, it turned out that she was Ding Ming's widow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Mrs. Ding said to the two of them after saying a thousand blessings: "The husband died unexpectedly, Lord Cheng Menglin and Brother Yin helped to build a mourning hall, and invited the monks to be excessive, and the slave family was grateful." ”

"It's a trivial matter, so why worry about it. I was supposed to keep vigil to accompany my brother, but I was entangled in official business, and it was inconvenient, so I hope my sister-in-law will not blame me. Yin Tiancheng said.

Governor Lin asked: "Why don't you keep the spirit, but come to the yamen alone, is it because you have something to ask for?" ”

"Exactly." Mrs. Ding said: "After hearing the news of my brother's death, my uncle came to the funeral in the starry night, and I was very sad to see my husband's tragic death at the hands of thieves. begged me to intercede on behalf of Lord Lin, and take him in the mansion as a servant, so that I could arrest the real culprit with my own hands and avenge my brother. I hope that the Lord will be gracious. ”

Yin Tiancheng saw a young man standing behind Mrs. Ding, wearing a square scarf and lowering his head, making it difficult for people to see his appearance. I only heard him say in a mournful voice: "Villain Ding Wu, I heard that my brother was poisoned, so I rushed from Yanzhou overnight, and I was willing to be a servant under the adult, so that the murderer could be brought to justice to comfort my brother's spirit in the sky." ”

Governor Lin said: "The state has national laws, the family has family rules, and thieves have their own royal laws to deal with." If you are bent on seeking revenge, how can I keep you in the house? ”

"The villain is willing to abide by the law and never vent his personal anger. As long as the murderer can be caught, the villain is willing to die. ”

"Okay, then you will temporarily take over Ding Ming's position as the head catcher, if you are incompetent, I will dismiss you, what do you think?"

"Thank you, sir."

"Wait!" Yin Tiancheng heard the trick from the mouth of this young man who claimed to be Ding Wu, and he interjected: "May I ask Brother Ding, Yanzhou is four hundred miles away from here, how did you come to Beijing at night?" ”

Ding Wu is dressed as a cropper and is not a rich man, so naturally he can't afford to rent a thousand horses, how did he come to the capital? After Yin Tiancheng's reminder, Governor Lin also came to his senses, and couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.

"This ......" Ding Wu was clumsy for a while, so he raised his head and looked at Yin Tiancheng angrily, his expression was a little funny.

Yin Tiancheng was stunned for an instant, and he found that this Ding Wu in front of him was actually Lu Wu in disguise. His mind quickly turned, ready to find an excuse for Lu Wu to make it easier for him to go down the steps.

"Could it be that the little brother will be able to shrink the land for a thousand miles?"

Governor Lin was originally unintentional, and the speaker had no intention of listening to it, but this reminded Lu Wu, and he quickly lied and said: "Yes, yes!" When the villain was young, he met the immortal family to teach the magic method, and he could do eight hundred times a day. ”

"I didn't expect you to have this ability, there is a shortage of wizards like you in the mansion. You will accompany your sister-in-law to watch the spirit for the time being, and after the first seven days, you will come to the yamen to order the spirit. Governor Lin was overjoyed and agreed on the spot that Lu Wu should be the head.

"The family has its own sister-in-law to support, and the villain is willing to be on an errand now and accompany Lord Yin to handle the case."

Yin Tiancheng was in a hurry, for fear that Lu Wu would be unruly and exposed, so he hurriedly said to Governor Lin: "I'll go to track down the whereabouts of the Nine Dragons Orb first, and I just happen to take this Brother Ding to familiarize himself with the environment." After speaking, he didn't have time to say goodbye to everyone, so he pulled Lu Wu out of the yamen.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"It's not for personal protection."

There were whispers between the two of them all the way, and Yin Tiancheng strode out, for fear that if something happened again, it would not end well.

After walking for less than an hour, the two of them arrived at Gion-ji Temple. The temple used to be very prosperous, but it suddenly fell 60 years ago. As for the reason, Yin Tiancheng is not very clear, he heard that it was because the host of the temple at that time committed the crime of murder and robbery, and was punished by the official residence on the spot, sealed the temple gate, and chased the monks to return to their hometowns. The monks dispersed, and the temple was naturally left unattended, so it became a deserted temple. But there are also rumors that the temple was haunted in the past, and those terrible ghosts ate up all the monks in the temple. However, no one has ever found the remains of a monk in the temple, and this has become a headless mystery. Whatever the reason, since the disappearance of the monks, Gion-ji Temple has been left in the cold and has become a rare place for people, and the temple gate has collapsed and the temple is in ruins.

Yin Tiancheng sighed as he looked at the dead tree on the eaves of Gion Temple, which was more than half a foot high, and said to Lu Wu: "No wonder Golden Swallow Nangong Yu chose this broken temple as a habitat, this is really a good place to hide." ”

Lu Wu asked, "Who is Nangong Yu?" ”

Yin Tiancheng said: "Nangong Yu is a famous thief in the rivers and lakes, he went to the rich man's house to steal things, never showed a trace, but when he left, he wrote on the wall 'Nangong Yu came here to visit' seven big characters. The next day, when they saw the words, they realized that there was a thief in the house last night. If he hadn't left his handwriting, the owner wouldn't know when or what month he would have been able to find out. This man was not greedy for money, and every time he stole two taels of silver, most of it was given to poor families, and only a small part was kept for himself. Therefore, although Nangong Yu is a thief, he is quite famous in the rivers and lakes. ”

"It seems that he is much better than those so-called righteous gentlemen."

"yes." Yin Tiancheng replied: "Although Nangong Yu has repeatedly committed crimes in the capital, his father-in-law has turned a blind eye and will not be held accountable, also because he is respected as a man." After speaking, Yin Tiancheng bypassed the dilapidated mountain gate that fell to the ground and walked in with Lu Wu.

In the dilapidated Daxiong Palace, the painting walls on both sides are covered with moss, and there are weeds all over the ground, and there is no sign of living people. Yin Tiancheng looked at the desk in front of the Buddha statue and laughed. The desk was spotless, and it was obvious that someone had just been lying on it.

"Okay Nangong Yu, come out, we're not here to arrest you." Yin Tiancheng said loudly.

A bright and crisp voice floated down from the roof beam above their heads, "Since ancient times, officials and thieves have not been separated, and I don't want to deal with you. ”

"Then I have to offend." Yin Tiancheng jumped towards the place where the roof sounded, but he pounced. When he landed, he found that Nangong Yu had swept down, riding on the rotten pillars and snickering at him.

"Yin Zhutou, your light skills are too far behind me!"

After Nangong Yu's words were finished, Yin Tiancheng heard the pillar she was lying on began to make a "creaking" sound. "Not good!" Yin Tiancheng stepped in front of him, and quickly pulled Nangong Yu off the pillar. As soon as his feet landed, the pillar fell to the ground with a "boom".

"Do you believe we're not here to get you?" Yin Tiancheng said.

Nangong Yu wiped the cold sweat on his head and shook them in shock: "Thank you, thank you, the grace of saving your life will be repaid another day." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to slip away. Yin Tiancheng saw through his tricks and had already turned around to block his retreat.

Yin Tiancheng asked him with a smile: "Did you do a big case a few days ago?" ”

"Big case? No, no, I've been drinking in Mingyue Tower for the past few days, and I haven't patronized other people's houses at all. A trace of panic in Nangong Yu's eyes disappeared in an instant, but Yin Tiancheng saw it clearly.

Yin Tiancheng asked: "It's good if you don't have it!" Then let me ask you, the Sifang Pavilion is heavily guarded, how did you lose the treasure of the Goryeo Mission? ”

"How do I know, there are hundreds of thieves in the capital, you go and check." After speaking, he subconsciously looked at the statue of the Buddha in front of him.

Yin Tiancheng saw it in his eyes, his heart was like a mirror, and he walked sideways to the Buddha statue to take a closer look. Nangong Yu saw that the situation was not good, and was about to make a move, Lu Wu had already stretched out a pair of big hands to hold him tightly and couldn't move.

After watching it for a while, Yin Tiancheng finally saw the fame. Although the broken Buddha statue was covered in cobwebs and dust, the right hand was as clean as new, as if someone had touched it regularly.

Yin Tiancheng smiled and pointed to the right hand of the Buddha statue and said to Nangong Yu: "Do you want me to do it myself?" ”

Nangong Yu saw that Yin Tiancheng had seen through the mechanism, his face turned pale, and he sighed and said, "That's it, how can I hide this little trick from Lord Yin's eyes, I'll give you the treasure." After speaking, he walked over and turned the right hand of the Buddha statue to the left, and a square appeared on the forearm of the Buddha statue, and Nangong Yu took out an object from it and handed it to Yin Tiancheng's hand.

In an instant, the entire Daxiong Treasure Hall emitted a bright light, a five-colored light emitted from the thing in Yin Tiancheng's hand. It was a bead the size of a wine cup, and several thin dragons were faintly swimming in the bead.

"One, two...... Seven, eight, nine! Yin Tiancheng's face changed greatly after counting the number of dragons, because the treasure in his hand was the stolen Nine Dragon Pearl.

"Nangong Yu, you are so bold, you dare to steal a national treasure!" Yin Tiancheng shouted loudly.

"Alas, don't mention it, I would have known it was this thing, and I wouldn't have stolen anything, this bead is too conspicuous to be stolen."

Yin Tiancheng said: "Tell me quickly, how did you steal the Nine Dragon Pearls?" ”