VII. Theft

Seven thefts

When Ding Si opened his eyes the next day, the sky was already slightly bright, and Hu Runze was still sleeping soundly, Ding Si knew that he had drunk a lot of rice wine last night, and now he was sleeping sweetly, so he got up lightly, pushed the door and walked out of the house. Last night, Zhang Hansheng placed Wu Hai and others in the idle house of a wealthy local businessman, Wu Hai was already drunk and unconscious, Ding Si asked two attendants to accompany him to live in the upper room, and now the doors of the house are still closed, and the doors of the other rooms are also firmly closed, obviously they are all sleeping soundly. Ding Si saw that this courtyard was a three-entry house, so he touched the back garden, and made a fist, half an hour later, Ding Si only felt sweaty and full of Tai, so he stopped his fists and feet, and gently wiped the sweat on his forehead.

At this moment, Hu Runze hurriedly ran over, saw Ding Si and said embarrassedly: "Lord Ding, I didn't expect this wine to have such a strong stamina, and I will never dare to drink such wine in the future." ”

Ding Si saw that he knew the measure, but he didn't say anything, and guided Hu Runze to practice his fists and kicks for a while, Hu Runze was not lazy, his young body was very flexible, and a set of punches was also vigorous, which made Ding Si feel his head. When it was already bright, Hu Runze's clothes were already wet, clinging to his sturdy body, and the bulging bulging flesh was faintly visible.

Ding Si opened the door and saw that the doors were wide open, knowing that Wu Hai had gotten up, so he took Hu Runze to the upper room to see Wu Hai. Wu Hai drank very happily last night, and when he saw Ding Si, he smiled and said: "Governor Zhang is also polite, and I look at him as a person, which shows that most of the rumors in the capital are untrue." He patted his head again and said, "I didn't explain your identity to him last night, but he thought you were an ordinary attendant, so he was disrespectful, and if he knew your identity as a golden knife catcher later, I don't know how surprised he was." ”

Ding Si hurriedly stopped him and said, "My lord, I don't need to mention my duty to Lord Zhang, lest he think wildly and guess the emperor's thoughts." ”

Wu Hai thought for a while and said, "That's right, but it's a mistake for you." ”

Ding Si hurriedly said that it was okay, and as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud voice outside the house: "Lord Wu, have you ever gotten up?" ”

Before the attendant outside the house could answer, Wu Hai had already stepped out of the door and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Zhang, yesterday was kind, Wu is grateful, if you have the opportunity to go to the capital, the younger brother must be the host, and you will get drunk with Lord Zhang." ”

Ding Si watched Wu Hai behave like this, and knew that he should definitely feel that the rumors spread in the capital must be nonsense, so he was very polite to Zhang Hansheng, and so on, they would not be too long in Quanzhou, maybe in two or three days, they would leave for Beijing. However, for the sake of safety, Ding Si was still ready to visit all over Quanzhou again to see if the rumors in the capital were really groundless. He made up his mind next to him, and saw that Wu Hai was hugged by Zhang Hansheng and others to go to the mountains and rivers, but Wu Hai was very enthusiastic, so he had to respond to their invitation, turned around and secretly glanced at Ding Si, Ding Si quietly made a gesture, so that Wu Hai didn't have to worry about himself, and Wu Hai left with confidence. After Wu Hai left, the history of Fuzhou Mansion came over, and saw that Ding Si was the oldest in it, thinking that Ding Si was the leader of the guards, so he asked Ding Si to take all the guards to Gushan to play, and tried his best to praise Gushan, Ding Si arranged a few guards to go with him, but he refused the other party's invitation with a smile, leaving only Hu Runze to go with him.

After the guards followed Chengdian Shi, Ding Si took Hu Runze out of the courtyard gate, and stumbled up on the streets of Quanzhou, about half a day of shopping, Ding Si and Hu Runze only felt that everything in Quanzhou was in order, and there was no abnormality, and they were also a lot more relaxed at the moment, and they couldn't help but think to themselves: This time I'm afraid it's really Zhu Youzhi who is chasing the wind.

Back at the residence, Wu Hai and the guards had returned from the Drum Mountain, saw Ding Si, and couldn't care about being tired, so he described to Ding Si how beautiful the scenery of the Drum Mountain was, how the temple inside was outstanding, and how the Bodhisattva was offered, Ding Si finally listened to him chatter, and whispered something in his ear, Wu Hai frowned and listened, obviously not understanding Ding Si's intentions, but after thinking about it, he still nodded and said: "Okay, this is also a good explanation for the emperor." Wait a while, Governor Zhang will personally pick us up and go to dinner, and I will do what you say. ”

Not long after that, Zhang Hansheng really brought people to invite Wu Hai to the banquet. When Wu Hai saw Zhang Hansheng, he was really not in a hurry to leave, he invited Zhang Hansheng to sit down first, and then said slowly: "Lord Zhang, I have been entertained for many days in the past two days, and the officials are full of thanks, although you didn't say it, I guess you must wonder why I came to Fuzhou at this time?" ”

As soon as he spoke, Zhang Hansheng immediately stared at Wu Hai, and when he continued, it was obvious that Wu Hai had said what he was thinking.

Wu Hai smiled slightly and said: "Lord Zhang, we don't talk secretly here, the reason why I traveled a long distance is that I was entrusted by the emperor to do something." He mysteriously lowered his throat and whispered: "Half a month ago, the emperor had a dream, dreamed that there was water gushing out under his feet, and he was trapped on an island, the emperor was anxious, woke up from the dream, and the next day he found a Taoist priest to occupy a hexagram, saying that the emperor will have some trouble in the near future, if you want to crack it, you need to find a blessed land near the water to press it, calculate it, we Quanzhou is near the water, and occupy a spring word, so I specially sent me to ask the adults to invite the big seal out, stamp a seal on a yellow mounted paper, and then send it to the capital, and the emperor's trouble will naturally be solved." ”

After hearing Wu Hai's words, Zhang Hansheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then quickly smiled and said: "It's not a difficult thing, wait until tomorrow I will do things properly and hand over the things to the adults with my own hands." ”

Wu Hai shook his head: "The emperor has made it clear that he wants to invite the big seal out at the time of the unitary, and I have to stamp this seal with my own hands." ”

Zhang Hansheng coughed and said, "Okay, let's go to the official office now and handle this matter." ”

The group went directly to the Fuzhou prefect's yamen, and when they arrived at the yamen, Zhang Hansheng didn't have time to order his subordinates to take out the big seal, and a person ran out of it, he was full of panic and looked at a loss, and saw Zhang Hansheng plop down and knelt down, crying and saying with a sad face: "My lord, the big thing is not good, the yamen is stolen, and the prefect's big seal is stolen." ”

Zhang Hansheng suddenly got up from his chair and said in disbelief: "Ruan Yuan, what did you say?" It turned out that this was Zhang Hansheng's henchman, Quanzhou Mansion Siyin Ruan Yuan.

Ruan Yuan trembled and said: "Today I went to the lobby and felt that something was wrong, as if I had been touched by someone, but I didn't find anything missing, and then I went to the secret room again, and the result was ...... It turned out that the Great Seal was missing. By the time he had spoken, he was on the verge of crying.

Zhang Hansheng sat on the chair and muttered, "Who is so bold as to dare to sneak into the mansion to steal the Great Seal?" ”

Wu Hai also knew the seriousness of the matter at this time, and couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: Could it be that the rumors spread in the capital are true?