One.

The end of the spring of the twentieth year of King Chenfang is a season when the history books of the Chen Kingdom will definitely be written.

Two.

The Cold Food Festival is approaching, He Yunsheng came to my house to spend the cold food, and I, my wife and him sat at the same table to eat and drink, joking and joking, and soon half an hour passed. After three rounds of drinking, I saw that his eyes were squinted when he was drunk, and his mouth began to pull some things that he didn't have. Qiu Ming sent a freshly scalded pear blossom wine, Mrs. got up to pour the wine, He Yunsheng glanced at her, and said, "Let me tell you, Dong Kui, Zhou Yulan was so fun when she was a child..."

I said in my heart that He Yunsheng grew up with me, and knew that I had a lot of troubles when I was a child, so I quickly covered my wife's ears: "Don't listen to indecent things, don't listen to indecent things!" After thinking about it, He Yunsheng probably had something to tell me, so he said to Qiu Ming, "Be more deeply exposed and send Mrs. back to rest." ”

"It's only been a while, where can I sleep?" the lady frowned.

"You said yesterday that you liked the rouge of the Osmanthus Pavilion, all the colors you like, I will buy you a copy, and the forehead yellow, I will buy it for you... Twenty pieces, you go back and rest, okay? I laughed.

Madame looked reluctant, but because my offer was too tempting, she reluctantly went back. Since Chen Lixia saved her, she has been in better health, full of energy, shopping during the day, and pulling me, six sisters and eight sisters to play mahjong at night.

He Yunsheng saw his wife and Qiu Ming walking away, and came to my side and said, "Yulan, I'll tell you something big." ”

In the past, whenever He Yunsheng had a "big event", he spent no money in the midnight building or casino, and wanted to go out to spend all day drinking, asked me to borrow money, I had experience, took a sip of wine, and simply said, "If you want money, you have to die." ”

"It's unbearable, you're really unbearable." He Yunsheng looked like "I am too lazy to talk to you like you vulgar person", completely forgetting that he asked me how much money I borrowed before, "Have you heard that something strange has happened in Wucheng recently." The Tang family's bank, which is known as the strongest and safest in Wucheng, has been stolen. ”

"Tang's Money? Is it the money village of the family of the head of the household book? Isn't the Tang Money Village a money village that has a trade relationship with the imperial court? Why didn't the military department send people to guard it well? … Wait, are you letting me keep my money there?! What if I have less money?! I slapped the table and got up.

"Don't worry, rest assured," He Yunsheng pressed his hand on my shoulder and asked me to sit down, "The money is not less, but Wu Mo's painting that the shopkeeper Tang bought at a high price was lost." He Yunsheng narrowed his eyes and said, "And the most amazing thing is that it is said that in the place where it was stolen, the thief wrote the word "Bliss" very chicly, you say it's fun." ”

"It's not fun." I flattened my mouth, but when I heard that the money was not lost, I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't jump to conclusions, there's more." He Yunsheng raised his eyebrows, "This thief has committed crimes in Wucheng continuously, many adults have been recruited, and the most bizarre thing is that even King Yuwen has been recruited, King Yuwen is very angry, and he went to His Majesty, and His Majesty ordered Lord Li to solve the case within seven days." ”

"Dare to steal King Yuwen!" I was surprised, "That's amazing!" To be a thief is to have a little ambition, otherwise what kind of good thief is it? I immediately became interested in this person, adjusted my posture, looked at He Yunsheng with great interest, and waited for him to continue.

He Yunsheng cleared his throat, changed his posture, and looked at me with a serious face, "Yu Lan." ”

"Say!" I looked at him with wide eyes and excited me.

He suddenly smiled and asked cautiously, "My house was actually stolen, can you lend me some more money?" ”

I was stunned for a moment and scolded, "Get out! Drop-off! ”

After blasting He Yunsheng out, I thought, Lord Li helped me last time, why don't I help him this time? And the national teacher will definitely ask me to participate in this matter, rather than being left behind to explain after the early dynasty tomorrow, it is better to take the initiative to go.

With that in mind, I went out.

Before I reached the gate of the palace, I saw the chariot of King Gowen coming.

In addition to the national teacher, King Yuwen is the most elusive person, I don't dare to slack off, get out of the car and salute him, King Yuwen saw me and sneered: "It turned out to be Zhongmou." ”

Last year's New Year's banquet, King Chen's order to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites - that is, my third brother Zhou Yuqing asked questions to test the officials, when I was examined, the third brother deliberately lowered the difficulty for me, and asked "what is the word of Confucius", everyone knows that it is Zhong Ni, and I and Confucius are committed, I answered a "Zhong Mou", and later Ye Shuluo, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, played a round for me, saying that as a prime minister, he had to be as brave and resourceful as Sun Quan, so I said so, it was just a slip of the tongue. However, this mistake was caught by King Yuwen, and he simply didn't call me by my name, and called me Sun Zhongmou all day long.

However, the first article of the travel instructions of Chenguo, no matter how King Yuwen scolds you, never refute it. Because once you refute it, King Gobun will continue to refute you, and then say that you are embarrassed, and even doubt your own life.

I kowtowed: "Yes, I don't know why King Yuwen came." ”

King Yuwen didn't answer me, sneered again, and left.

When he was gone, I got up and muttered, "It's really strange, doesn't he have to come to the palace on weekdays, and the sun is rising in the South China Sea today?" … Yes, King Yuwen's house was stolen, and I don't know what I stole it, so King Yuwen is so angry. ”

Thinking about it, I also hurriedly walked into the Taiyi Palace, and sure enough, King Yuwen came for this. Master Li, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was already kneeling there, and the national teacher was not there. It is rumored that King Yuwen and the national teacher can't get along, and this happened to the king of Yuwen, and the national teacher is estimated to be gloating in the Zijin Pavilion.

"Hmph, what kind of bliss to write, I don't read much books, and the words are still so ugly." King Yuwen sneered, "Does he want to imitate 'Killer Wu Song'?" Uncultured, vulgar, vulgar, sketchy. ”

Presumably, King Ping had heard King Yuwen complain many times before, and he was also very tired at this time, so he leaned on the dragon chair, waved his hand and said, "In short, Li Aiqing, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

"Commandment."

After retreating, I went to find Lord Li, Lord Li frowned, I smiled: "Lord Li was very busy with the matter of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains before, and he didn't rest for long and there was a thief. ”

"I haven't had a good night's sleep since I took office, and I'm used to it." Master Li laughed, and the dark circles under his eyes deepened.

"All the big and small things in the territory of Chen Kingdom are within my jurisdiction, and I owe you a favor last time I was in the incident of the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, and this time I naturally want to help Lord Li." I said, "My carriage is outside, so Master Li might as well take the carriage with me to the judicial yamen of the Criminal Department." ”

Master Li thought for a while, and arched his hand at me: "Then it's hard work." ”

Penal Department.

Master Li told the waiter of the Criminal Department about the matter, and the waiter of the Criminal Department began to assign tasks and search in different urban areas. I noticed that the captain of the first squad was Ni Yuyi, who I saw last time, and after a few words with the team, he jumped out of the window and disappeared.

Ni Yujiu was admitted to the Criminal Department the year before last, and I heard that he did average in the written test of Zhen Ying's exam, but his light skills are very good, and it is said that he is on par with the current number one thief in Chenguo. So he entered the Criminal Department unusually, and in the past few years, he has been diligent and diligent with Lord Li, and his fame has also spread among hundreds of officials.

Master Li saw that I was looking at the direction in which Ni Yuyi left, so he said: "Ni Yuyi, Chenguo, who came from the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms, is alone, down-to-earth and hardworking, and it has not been easy these years. ”

I heard a few polite words, and said yes, even the Cold Food Festival doesn't make people have a good time, do you know that Chenguo civil servants are very tired from work?

In the next few days, the homes of major officials in Wucheng continued to be stolen. Every time the men from the Ministry of Punishment arrived, the thief had already left his dashing Bliss and fled. This game of chasing back and forth, he played with the criminal department for half a month.

And Master Li almost became a little old man.

"Every time, it's a little bit worse, it's just a little bit worse, I really can't figure it out." Master Li frowned and said, "Ni Xuan's light skills are so good, how could he not catch that thief?" Could it be that the thief picks the moon? ”

"Master Li, don't worry." I said, "Picking the moon has always disliked coming to Wucheng, and he usually acts near his hometown of Wasted Hill City, and Picking Moon will not do such a thing. ”

The great thief of Chenguo picks the moon, although it is a thief, but there is a way to steal, and he has done a lot of earth-shattering things, and he will talk about it later.

"Why not rush? The ten days set by His Majesty have been delayed for half a month, and if the case is not solved, I am afraid that this hat on my head will not be saved. "But I asked someone to get the ink samples left at the scene, and Lord Liu of the Hanlin Academy said that it was Yuzhou ink, but although Yuzhou ink is precious, there are not a few people who use it." ”

"This thief also uses Yuzhou ink, which is quite emotional." I came to be interested, I liked antique calligraphy and painting when I was a child, and I felt that Zhen Ying's exam was not as happy as studying gold and stone antiques. When I was a child, He Yunsheng and I stole money to buy paintings in Dongshi, I bought portraits and drama books, he bought everything, and also quietly bought the Spring Palace, and forced me to watch it with him, saying that he would commit a crime together.

"Yuzhou ink has imperial ink, and there is also ink used by ordinary people, and the imperial ink is also differentiated, which I still recognize, so it's better to take a look at it." I thought about it and said. Lord Li looked at me with a suspicious look, but I expected that my name had already spread all over the country, and Lord Li probably had heard of it, and now he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he asked someone to take an ink sample for me.

I took the ink, put it under my nose and smelled it, there was sandalwood, "This is the imperial ink that Qian'er dedicated to Yuzhou as a tribute, His Majesty rewarded King Yuwen with a share, rewarded me with a share, and my share was given to the national teacher." Your Majesty likes sandalwood, so the imperial ink given to Your Majesty is made into a taste with sandalwood, which is exclusive to Your Majesty, and no second person will dare to use it, since this is the case, it is stolen by this thief. I looked at the words of the thief and sighed, "It's a pity to write such ugly words in such good ink." ”

"Smell it and smell it?" Mr. Lee was skeptical.

"I also ate ink when I was a child..."I smiled, when I was a child, there were very few Yuzhou ink for tribute, at that time we all bought the rabbit city ink exported by Mao country, and the rabbit city ink was not a rare object, but later the rabbit city war, the rabbit city no longer produced ink, this is expensive, in order to buy a piece of rabbit city ink, when I was a child, I sold the jade that my father gave me to buy ink, and my father knew, and directly stuffed the ink into my mouth, scolding me for being a loser.

After two days, things still didn't matter, and I finally couldn't sit still, so I went straight to the Zijin Pavilion to find the national teacher. There is medicine boiling in the Zijin Pavilion, and the smoke is filled with the Chinese teacher is eating melon seeds, this scene really surprised me, I didn't expect the national teacher to be so genius, and life is so informal...

The national teacher seemed to know that I would come, and beckoned me to go over to eat melon seeds, I sat down next to the national teacher, picked up the melon seeds, and was absent-minded.

"Doesn't seem to be happy lately?" The national teacher is worthy of being the dragon and phoenix among the people, and he is also the dragon and phoenix among the people when he swallows melon seeds, he is fast and ruthless, his demeanor is elegant, and he has a fairy spirit, "I also wonder, half a month has passed, and the criminal department has not caught anyone, I know Ni Yuyi's light skills, and who else can catch up with him?" You tell me? ”

The national teacher smiled strangely, I subconsciously figured out what the national teacher had just said, and after thinking for a while, I suddenly enlightened: "I know!" ”

"Ouch, you know if you know, what to do so loudly, the old man has a bad heart." The national teacher frowned, "If you know, go ahead, and change Ming'er to come and peel melon seeds for me." ”

"Got it!"

Three.

It was night, just after the hour.

When I opened my eyes and saw that my wife was still asleep, I quietly got up, added another piece of clothing to her quilt, put on my coat and tiptoed out. At night, I didn't want to alarm the people, so I didn't ride a horse, went out through the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and ran to the West Market.

He Yunsheng was already waiting for me at Xishikou, wearing his coquettish sable robe, so angry that he stomped his feet coldly. Seeing me, He Yunsheng was dissatisfied: "What are you asking me to do in the middle of the night?" ”

"Old Seven, discuss a deal with you, don't you have no money, you help me do something, and I will lend you money." I was afraid that the conditions would not be enough, so I said, "Borrow as much as you want." ”

"Okay, good, it's easy to talk about money." He Yunsheng's eyes lit up when he heard the money.

I gave him an address and whispered a few words into his ear. He was reluctant at first, so I had to ask for money to speak, took out a few gold ingots from my arms and handed them to him, he immediately changed his face, and said with a smile: "Promise to complete the task." ”

So after a quarter of an hour, the two of us hid like thieves in the corner of the house and listened to the movement inside.

"You go up to the roof first, and if I drop the cup, you come down and catch him." I said, "Gotta catch it!" Can't let him escape! ”

"Yes, but you still have to lend me some money." The profiteer, Ho Yun-sheng, confirmed his remuneration with me again.

"No problem, and a girlfriend comes with it." I patted my chest and promised.

He Yunsheng nodded, flew up to the house, and didn't make a sound, he didn't move on the roof, I couldn't see him on it when I looked closely, and said that this martial arts is really very high! He also pretended to be a three-legged cat kung fu to lie to me!

I prepared my emotions and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened, and Ni Yuyi poked her head out of it.

"Xiangye?" He was a little surprised to see me, "More deeply exposed, please please inside the prime minister." ”

He didn't ask me why I came, he just poured me tea. As soon as I sat down and took the tea, he poured himself a cup and sat down to talk to me. I took the tea, didn't take a sip, and fell to the ground.

"Prime Minister..."Before Ni Yunsheng finished speaking, he suddenly bent over vigilantly, He Yunsheng broke through the top and entered, and he deflected in his direction, the speed was not slower than Ni Yuyi, I have never seen He Yunsheng so flexible, but... I could hear him flash.

Ni Yuyi's light skills are really good, but the room is too small, he can't perform light skills, He Yunsheng's master is Fan Chengyu, the leader of the secret guards back then, I believe it is more than enough to deal with Ni Yuyi. Sure enough, He Yunsheng's two fingers poked at Ni Yuyi, Ni Yuji subconsciously dodged, and He Yunsheng's other hand was ready, and he was immediately subdued. Just in case, I asked He Yunsheng to tie him to the pillar and tied his hands. It is said that all thieves have the skill of untying the rope on their own, so I borrowed an iron weapon from the Ministry of Punishment.

"Do you plead guilty or not?" I sat in a chair with Ho Yoon-sung standing behind me, especially like the boss of the underworld interrogating traitors.

"What am I guilty of?" Ni Yujiu leaned against the pillar, his face unfazed.

"Wucheng has been stolen for more than 20 days, and with the ink of King Yuwen, you have committed a capital crime."

Ni Yuyi raised his eyebrows and did not speak.

The silence lasted for a long time, He Yunsheng was a little impatient, and the communiqué kicked him with a personal vendetta and asked, "Do you recognize it?" ”

"I do." He suddenly said, "Indeed, I have done everything in the past twenty days. ”

A stone fell to the ground in my heart, but the question became bigger and bigger: "Master Li values you so much, you follow him steadfastly, and your salary is not low, won't the position of the waiter of the Criminal Department be yours in a few years?" Why are you guilty of such a sin? ”

"I'm not for anything else." Ni Yuyi said lightly, "I just like it." ”

"Like what?"

"I like to steal." Ni Yujiu grinned, "I like to see you being deceived by me." ”

……

I've never seen anyone so bad.

He Yunsheng and I sent him to the Criminal Department overnight and handed him over to Master Li for handling. I only know that Ni Yuyi was sentenced to life imprisonment and locked up in the harshest water prison in Chenguo, but the Criminal Department never asked what Bliss meant, but fortunately, everything came back, and the matter passed like this.

Later, He Yunsheng blackmailed me fiercely, and he also wanted to leave a beautiful maid in my family.

Four.

There will be such a record in the history books of Chenguo, there is such a strange thing, the city of Wu was stolen, and the thief who couldn't be chased for more than half a month was actually the person who pursued him.

Tatsukuni is such a magical place.