"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Yue was a little puzzled.

Haitang just smiled slightly, and did not answer, Xiao Yue was about to continue to ask, only to hear a loud voice from a distance outside the courtyard:

"You've been waiting, you've been waiting!"

Duan Qi hurried over, sweating profusely on his forehead.

"Master Duan." Begonia nodded.

"Why did you two arrive so early?" Duan Qi asked, "I also arrived in Panyu this morning. ”

"It should be that we came faster than you, we solved a little chorre in our hands, and we left two days later than you," Xiao Yue replied with a smile, "Isn't it a good thing for you that we arrived early?" ”

Duan Qi smiled, and he couldn't see the shelf of the head of the family at all: "That's natural, the two of you will live in this yard in the future, I hope you two will worry a lot about my baby's affairs, whether it is manpower or material resources, I have it here!" By the way, do you need me to keep your identities a secret? ”

"No, even if the entire Panyu people know that we are here to find Qiankun Ding for you, it doesn't matter." Haitang groaned slightly, he was a little surprised to find that in just a few days, Duan Qi's figure seemed to be swollen again.

"Uh......" Duan Qi was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "Okay...... Can you tell me how you can help me find Qiankun Ding? Duan Qi stood there, his bloated body leaning forward slightly, his face full of smiles.

"Speaking of Qiankun Ding, I don't understand one thing - Duan Family Master, you said before that you lost the tripod so you sealed the city, but when we came here today, we heard that the reason for the closure of the city was that the city lord lost something, so did you lose this tripod or the city lord?" Haitang did not answer Duan Qi's question, but asked Duan Qi a question.

"I lost the tripod...... My eldest brother just helped me seal the city in his name. Duan Qi immediately replied.

Haitang nodded: "You take us to your bedroom to have a look, I also want to see the appearance of the fake ding." ”

Duan Qi was not verbose when he heard this, and took the two of them to his bedroom. His bedroom was almost a one-story pavilion compound built separately in the middle of the Duan Mansion, and there were many guards outside. When I entered the courtyard, there were several flower beds with many different flowers, and the pavilion was roughly divided into two parts, and in this part by the door was placed a sandalwood table, and beside it stood a number of wooden shelves, and the shelves were full of items. The back part was a large bed and a large locked box.

"I usually put the Qiankun Ding in here," Duan Qi said, pointing to the box, "It has several layers of locks, and only I can unlock it." ”

Haitang and Xiao Yue glanced at each other, Xiao Yue understood, and walked into the courtyard to explore around.

"Can I see the fake ding?" Haitang turned to Duan Qi and asked.

Duan Qi nodded again and again, skillfully unlocked the lock, and took out a small tripod from the box with considerable effort.

This tripod is made of copper, the tripod body is round, its surface is engraved with many rare beasts, even the inner wall of the tripod is also engraved with many patterns, the strange thing is that there is nothing carved on the tripod lug, smooth to make people suspicious.

Haitang stroked the smooth tripod ears, looked at the inside and outside of the tripod, and asked Duan Qi, "Why is the actual space inside this tripod smaller than it looks from the outside?" ”

"This should be that the bottom of this tripod is too thick," Duan Qi replied, twisting his body on the stool, "I think the tripod ear is actually the most peculiar, I don't know why the tripod ear has no carving traces." ”

"Yes, this Ding Er is incompatible with the whole Ding body, and it doesn't look like a thing on the same item at all." Begonia agreed.

"I've been thinking, maybe the power of Qiankun Ding comes from this peculiar Ding'er."

"Master Duan, the appearance of your true tripod is exactly the same as this tripod?"

"Yes, it's exactly right."

Hearing this, Haitang frowned slightly.

Obviously, Duan Qi owned the Qiankun Ding, and he hid it from everyone, but this real Ding and fake Ding were exactly the same, proving that the thieves not only knew that Duan Qi owned the Qiankun Ding, but also that this person was also very familiar with the structure of the Qiankun Ding - so familiar that he could already make a fake Ding that looked exactly the same as the real Ding.

"Have you ever shown the Qiankun Ding to others?" Begonia asked.

"How can I show it to others, I have a Qiankun Ding, and I haven't told anyone." Duan Qi twisted his body again and said like this.

"Then there is only one explanation," Haitang said, "You think that only you know about Qiankun Ding, but in fact, there must be someone who is extremely familiar with Qiankun Ding besides you—even this person knows more than you know about Qiankun Ding," Haitang paused, he remembered some of what Duan Li had said, "Have you ever thought about it, maybe your eldest brother also knows about Qiankun Ding?" ”

"Are you suspicious of my big brother?" Duan Qi was stunned, "Impossible, it can't be his." ”

"Oh?" Haitang was a little surprised, "You trust your eldest brother so much?" ”

"It can't be him anyway, it's definitely not him!" Duan Qi said a little forcefully.

Haitang nodded thoughtfully, and said to Duan Qi: "The things I want to see have been finished, I will go back with my sister first, and in three days at the latest, we will definitely find the real Ding." ”

"Ah...... Yes? Duan Qi was a little stunned, "Just look at the fake tripod to get the real tripod back?" ”

Haitang shook his head with a smile and didn't answer the question, he just said goodbye to Duan Qi again, and then took Xiaoyue back to the courtyard that Duan Qi had arranged for the two of them.

"Brother, I looked at the surrounding situation, Duan Qi's compound should be protected by guards all the time, it stands to reason that no matter when or where someone wants to sneak into the yard, they will be found - not to mention people, even a flexible mouse will be discovered, in this case, things have been stolen and transferred, it's incredible." Xiao Yue frowned.

"I also looked at the fake tripod, the workmanship is very exquisite, according to Duan Qi, the fake tripod and the real tripod look the same," Haitang also said, but the brows he had been frowning began to loosen little by little, "The fake tripod is also made of all copper, very bulky, it is a fantasy for thieves to want to enter the courtyard, not to mention that he also carries a copper tripod...... I have an idea...... Girl! Haitang suddenly raised his voice, "While it's still early, you can go to a few more markets to see, we were with Duan Li yesterday, and it is estimated that those vendors will not dare to say anything in front of Duan Li, this time you will go alone, maybe you can inquire about those vendors' opinions on the Duan family...... Moreover, Duan Qi said that he once asked his subordinates to buy things with the gold conjured by Qiankun Ding, and it would be better if he could find these merchants. ”

Xiao Yue nodded after hearing this, and didn't talk nonsense, leaving only one sentence, "I'll come back, you will compensate me for my hard work" and left.

Haitang paced back and forth in the courtyard, he already had an idea about how Duan Qi's Qiankun Ding was stolen and by whom, he already had an idea, a bold and subversive idea.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the sun is already setting.

Duan Qi specially asked the cook to make a lot of dishes, and summoned many people from Duan's mansion to set up a reception banquet for Begonia and Xiaoyue.

In the lobby of the Duan Mansion, Duan Qi sat on the main seat, and on both sides of him sat Haitang and Xiaoyue, followed by the rest of the Duan Mansion. These people in the Duan Mansion were naturally very curious about the two people who appeared out of thin air next to their family master, and the one with the most wonderful expression among them was naturally Duan Li.

Seeing Duan Li's gaze at them, Haitang also secretly exclaimed, "Not good", and then glanced at Duan Li and shook his head slightly. Duan Li seemed to comprehend, and suppressed the doubts that rolled into her mouth again.

"Everyone, let me introduce you to my two friends," Duan Qi saw that everyone had come, so he stood up from the main seat and introduced to the crowd, "This is Begonia, this is his sister Xiaoyue, the two of them were invited by me from Hangzhou," Speaking of this, he looked at Begonia, and after seeing Begonia, he nodded lightly and continued, "They are here to help me retrieve the treasure I stole a few months ago." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and then they whispered.

Duan Qi didn't stop everyone immediately, he waited for a while, and then said to Haitang: "I'll introduce you to the others......"

Descending from the begonia, sitting here were several elders of Duan Qi, his two brothers, and the wives and concubines who served them on the side. , and Xiao Yue sitting down opposite was a group of juniors from the Duan Mansion.

The atmosphere during the banquet was quite lively, but everyone seemed to have deliberately avoided the topic of Begonia and Xiaoyue, only Duan Li still glanced over here from time to time.

By the time the banquet was over, everyone had already begun to leave in twos and threes, and Haitang and Xiaoyue also declined Duan Qi's offer to send them back to the courtyard, and after saying goodbye to everyone present, they left the lobby. just walked out of the lobby, only to find that Duan Li had been waiting here for a long time.

Haitang glanced at her again, did not speak, but pretended not to know, and walked in the direction of the courtyard with Xiaoyue.

"Who the hell are you?"

Duan Li followed the two of them from a distance, and when she saw that there was no one else in the forest, she hurriedly ran up.

"I forgot that you are also from the Duan family......" Haitang was a little embarrassed, "As your family master said, we are the helpers he found, and the purpose is to help him find his treasure." ”

Duan Li looked at the two people in front of him vigilantly: "But your second uncle has to arrive first, and you didn't say that yesterday." ”

"Do you want to," Xiao Yue replied on the side, "If we come back with your second uncle, with his position today, tomorrow I'm afraid that not the whole of Panyu will know that he has found a helper, and the thief will definitely know about it—and we can find out more information if we come earlier, and we can find out more information by concealing our identity, right?" ”

Duan Li looked at the two of them suspiciously, tilted her head, put her fingers to her lips, as if thinking about something, and after a while, she said again: "No! You gave me a look to keep me quiet, but if it's really as you said, I came here in advance to be able to find out a little more information, and you can already check it, even if I said that I met you yesterday, it would be fine. ”

"Do you hate your second uncle?" Begonia asked in a low voice.

"......" Duan Li didn't speak, just looked at the two of them with a wary expression.

"Don't worry, we are not your second uncle's friends, he takes the money, we do things, that's all."

"I ...... Hate him. Duan Li whispered, I don't know why, as long as she thought of the scene when Begonia bought her something yesterday, she generally had a feeling that maybe the two people in front of her were more reliable.

"We suspect that there is something else wrong with the theft of your second uncle's things, so we have to hide from him and come to Panyu in advance."

Begonia said.

When Duan Li heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then her tone suddenly rose a little, and she exclaimed with surprise on her face:

"You think he's a thief?!"