In the blink of an eye, it was early in the morning, Yin Tiancheng couldn't rest assured about the case, and came to the Sifang Pavilion early. He saw www.biquge.info many soldiers standing outside the door, and knew that they were elite soldiers carefully selected from the Nine Gates by the Lin Governor's Mansion, ostensibly to protect guests from various countries from thieves, but in fact to monitor every move of the Goryeo Mission. Yin Tiancheng still agrees with his father-in-law's arrangement, after all, there are too many mysteries in the Goryeo mission, and they can't relax their vigilance.

"What's the matter?" Yin Tiancheng asked the soldiers guarding the door.

"Lord Yin, everything is as usual, and I haven't noticed any misdeeds from the Goryeo Mission for the time being."

Yin Tiancheng was talking to the soldiers when he heard a commotion in the hall, as if coming from the post office of the Goryeo Mission. It seemed that something was wrong inside, and Yin Tiancheng hurriedly called a few soldiers to go and check with him.

"Master Li, what's going on?"

Li Yongxian replied to him: "Lord Yin, you came just in time, we just caught a thief who stole something. ”

"Who dares to be so bold and come to the Sifang Pavilion to do things like chickens and dogs?" Yin Tiancheng looked over and saw that several subordinates behind Li Yongxian were holding a young man in his twenties.

"Lord Yin, the villain is confused for a while, so you can spare the villain." When the young man saw Yin Tiancheng, he quickly knelt on the ground and pleaded.

Yin Tiancheng took a closer look and couldn't help but be stunned, "Voldemort Tiger Zhou Qing, how could it be you?" "This person has always had a friendship with him, and he is the dart master of Weiyuan Dart Bureau. Zhou Qingping was loyal and honest in his life, he was a filial son, he had never done anything illegal before, and Yin Tiancheng never thought that he would be a thief today.

"Lord Yin, you should read for the villain's first offense, save the villain." After speaking, Zhou Qing raised his hand and slapped himself in the face.

It seems that he is really a thief today, Yin Tiancheng frowned, and saw that he looked down, and he couldn't bear to excuse him, so he asked him: "You recruited me from the truth, if it is indeed extenuating, I can be lightly punished." ”

Zhou Qing said: "Because of the poor management of the dart bureau, the last friend closed down, the villain had no livelihood, and the old mother was seriously ill and had no money for treatment, so he wanted to do a business, so he went to the Sifang Pavilion to steal some silver taels to treat his mother. ”

"There are many ways to make a living, how can you steal!" Yin Tiancheng asked Li Yongxian: "I don't know what your group lost?" ”

"Fortunately, it was discovered early, and this thief was arrested on the spot by several of my subordinates before he could get his hands on it."

"If the adults are frightened, then I will escort this prisoner back to the government and severely punish him according to the law." After listening to Li Yongxian's words, Yin Tiancheng also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, Zhou Qing is not guilty of attempted theft. He turned around and beckoned a few soldiers who were following him, and prepared to escort Zhou Qing back to the mansion to be handed over to Governor Lin for interrogation.

"Wait!" Li Yongxian said: "Lord Yin has a relationship with this thief, you won't take the opportunity to show favoritism, right?" I think it's better to leave him at our disposal. ”

"How dare you, Yin Mou will not dare to violate the law of the country, and he should act according to the law to set an example. If you are not at ease, you can send a few cronies to accompany me to the government office to observe and see if there is any injustice in our trial. ”

"That's not necessary." Li Yongxian thought to himself, but he was just a thief, and Yin Tiancheng couldn't cover for him. Besides, this is not my own territory, and if I dispose of people and criminals casually, I am afraid that I will give others a handle and damage the prestige of our Goryeo country. So Li Yongxian said to Yin Tiancheng: "Lord Yin is serious, I was joking just now." But I hope that Lord Yin will severely punish this thief, and I don't want anything like this to happen again. ”

The sudden occurrence of such a thing disrupted Yin Tiancheng's plan to investigate the case, and he had no choice but to escort Zhou Qing back to his house and hand him over to Governor Lin for interrogation.

On the high hall, Governor Lin patted the hall and asked: "Bold Zhou Qing, sneaking into the Sifang Pavilion in broad daylight to plot misdeeds, why don't you quickly recruit from the truth." ”

Zhou Qing said: "The villain was drinking in the hotel at noon yesterday and accidentally clashed with a few Koreans. The Goryeo people beat up the villains with the help of the crowd, and the villains were angry and found out that they were envoys from the Goryeo Kingdom, so they decided to go to the post house to steal their belongings, first, to export bird spirit, and secondly, to steal some property to treat their mother's illness. ”

Governor Lin scolded: "You are so confused! The Sifang Pavilion is a gathering place for envoys from all over the world, and if you do this thief, if it is spread by everyone, won't it be a loss of face for my Heavenly Empire. ”

"The villain should die, I hope the adult will think of it for my mother's sake, and it will be light."

Yin Tiancheng asked him on the side: "The Sifang Pavilion is heavily guarded, and since last night, my father-in-law has sent troops to guard outside, how can you easily sneak into the museum?" ”

Zhou Qing replied: "Yesterday I followed one of the Koreans who beat me, and found that he went to Mingyue Tower to drink flower wine, but he was so drunk that he stayed in the hook fence at night. I took advantage of his unpreparedness to steal his clothes and waist tags, and swaggered into the Sifang Pavilion early this morning. ”

So that's the case, Zhou Qing is fortunate that the crime is not heavy, not to mention that he made this decision because of his mother's treatment, so I still helped him. Seeing that he was in rags, Yin Tiancheng couldn't help but feel compassion, took out twenty taels of silver from his arms and said to him: "Zhou Qing, you take these silver taels first, find a proper occupation in the future, and don't do these things like stealing chickens and dogs anymore." ”

"Thank you, Lord Yin!" Zhou Qing hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Governor Lin said: "Zhou Qing, you have violated the king's law, and the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped." Thinking that you are a filial son, I will give you a lenient sentence according to the law and be imprisoned for three months, do you have any complaints? ”

"Thank you for your extrajudicial kindness, the villain will change his mind and be a new person in the future."

Yin Tiancheng said to him again: "Zhou Qing, don't worry, while you are in prison, I will arrange for people in the house to take care of your mother." In a few days, I will ask a famous doctor to treat her, and you will be able to serve your sentence with peace of mind and go home as soon as possible to reunite with mother and child. ”

"My lord, you repay your grievances with virtue and make the villain admire. In the future, wherever I can be useful, please do not hesitate to command. Zhou Qing's heart was hot, and tears rolled in his eyes.

Several officials were about to escort Zhou Qing down, but Yin Tiancheng saw Zhou Qing and knelt down again and said, "There is something, I don't know if I should talk about it?" ”

"What's the matter, you might as well tell me."

"I heard that the Nine Dragons Orb of the Goryeo Mission was stolen."

"What?" Yin Tiancheng and Lin Zhifu were shocked, the Nine Dragons Orb was a treasure that Goryeo paid tribute to the emperor, if it was really stolen, it would be a big crime!

Yin Tiancheng hurriedly asked, "How do you know about the theft of the Nine Dragons Orb?" ”

Zhou Qing took a breath and said, "Don't be anxious, adults, and listen to the villains one by one." ”

"Today, the villain sneaked into the room of the Goryeo Mission, and was rummaging through things to find money, when he suddenly heard footsteps outside. The villain was afraid of being discovered, so he restored his things to their original state, and then jumped on the beam of the house and hid. I saw a middle-aged Taoist priest and a Korean man walk in, close the door, and start talking. The villain wanted to slip away from the window while they were unprepared, but found that both of them were covered with black scarves, and the words they spoke were not in Goryeo, but in pure Central Plains language. ”

Hearing this, Yin Tiancheng remembered his raw Chinese when he was talking to Li Yongxian, and Zhou Qing was still very vigilant, but he didn't know what problems Zhou Qing found from it. So he asked him, "What did these two men say?" ”

"The villain heard the Taoist priest ask the Koreans, 'Have you found the Nine Dragons Orb?' The Koreans replied that they had been looking for a day yesterday, but they still hadn't found it. The Taoist priest was very angry after hearing this, and scolded him for a long time. Then he said that if this matter is publicized, you and I will lose our heads, and I want him to get it back at any cost. Then the Goryeo man said, 'It's all the villains who don't discipline their subordinates strictly, and let the thieves steal the treasures.' The Taoist priest then told him to send someone to find out in secret, and not to alarm the government. When I heard this, I laughed in my heart, and thought to myself that I didn't know that the master had taken the lead and did something like a chicken and a dog thief in front of me. The villain tried to listen to what they were talking about, but the more they spoke, the quieter they spoke, and I didn't hear a word clearly. In the end, they sneaked out, and the villain was afraid of revealing his whereabouts, so he lay on the beam for half an hour before coming down to steal, who knew that when he was rummaging things, he accidentally knocked over the vase on the table, and was found by the Koreans and held it on the spot. ”

Yin Tiancheng and Lin Zhifu looked at each other, they really didn't expect such a thing to happen. After the officials escorted Zhou Qing out of the court, Governor Lin said to Yin Tiancheng: "These Koreans are too face-loving, and they don't report the theft of national treasures." ”

Yin Tiancheng said worriedly: "The national treasure has been stolen, if it can't be recovered, I'm afraid it will be a capital crime for the Goryeo envoy to return to China, and we will also be punished by the emperor for solving the case." But I think this matter is strange, and there must be a hidden secret. ”

"Tiancheng, do you think there's a problem here?" Governor Lin asked

"The box containing the orb has a seal inscribed by the King of Goryeo himself, and it is customary that the box can only be opened when he sees the Holy Lord. But according to what Zhou Qing said, the orb should have been stolen before yesterday, but when I saw the treasure box yesterday, the seal on it was intact, don't you think it's strange? ”

"Yes!" Governor Lin also remembered the situation in the Sifang Pavilion yesterday, "Why is this happening?" I think there is only one possibility, and that is that the Nine Dragons Orb is not in the box at all. ”

That's what the kids think the same way. If there is no Nine Dragons Orb in the treasure box, what is there in it? ”

"yes, there's no way they don't put the orb in the box. Why did the Goryeo envoys do this? Governor Lin's brows furrowed.

"Don't care what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds, the top priority is to help the Koreans find the Nine Dragons Orb, otherwise you won't be able to hand over to the emperor."

"But how can we catch this thief?"

Yin Tiancheng chuckled: "If he doesn't have the luck of Zhou Qing to sneak into the Sifang Pavilion, I can roughly guess who he is." ”

Governor Lin hurriedly asked, "Who is this person?" ”

"The Sifang Pavilion is guarded by elite soldiers, and there are many martial arts masters in the Goryeo Mission, and there are no more than three thieves in the world who can successfully steal things in such a place without being discovered, and one of them stays in the capital."

"Oh, it was him." After listening to Yin Tiancheng's description, Governor Lin also guessed who stole the things of the Goryeo Mission.

While the two were talking, they saw Master Zhang coming in a hurry.

Yin Tiancheng said: "Mr. Zhang, did something happen again?" ”

"Kim Tae's body is gone."

"What?" Yin Tiancheng and Lin Zhifu were shocked when they heard this.

He had already surveyed Jin Tai's body and found no useful clues, so Lin Governor was going to bury Jin Tai's body in a mass grave recently, so as to give him a place to return. Why would anyone still be interested in Kim Tae's corpse? Yin Tiancheng's heart felt more and more that this so-called Goryeo mission was far more mysterious than he imagined.

Governor Lin asked, "Tiancheng, do you want to check it out?" ”

"No need, I'd better visit the thief first." In fact, Yin Tiancheng knew clearly in his heart that even if he went to check the scene, there would be no new discoveries. This person was able to steal a body in broad daylight without being noticed, and the scene would never leave him with any useful clues.