Li Qing'an is in a particularly good mood, although there is no progress in the real surname today, but at least Wuyi is willing to go with him to incense, this is a good start, and she also promised to teach the picturesque pipa, of course, she actually wants to listen to herself play the guitar, the more Li Qingan thinks about it, the more beautiful it becomes, and she can't help laughing.

"Big brother, look at your beauty, when you went to Guanyin Temple to burn incense today, did you take advantage of others?" Picturesque laughed in the car.

Xiaolian couldn't help but say: "Big brother, this girl in dancing clothes is good, not only is she beautiful, but also has a gentle surname, and she is a good match for the eldest brother." ”

Xiaolian was also amazed in her heart, today she saw the dance clothes, only to know that women can be so beautiful, in contrast, Wu Niang is too far behind, although Wu Niang is to let her watch the eldest brother, but now she feels that if she doesn't help the eldest brother get the dance clothes, she will not forgive herself.

"You did a good job today, you said a lot of good things to me, and helped my eldest brother, and my eldest brother wants to reward you well, say it! Whatever you want, jewelry, dresses, incense powder, whatever you want, big brother will buy it for you. ”

"Big brother, I want a few pieces of jewelry, I've wanted a green feather hairpin since I was a child." Picturesque hurriedly laughed.

"No problem, big brother bought it for you, what does Xiaolian want?"

"Big brother, I want to buy a good set of cups and saucers! I like beautiful porcelain the most. ”

"What about a small thing, like a poem?"

Li Qingan suddenly found that Rushi didn't say a word after he came back, and he couldn't help but ask with concern: "Rushi, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Big brother, I'm a little unwell and dizzy." Rushi whispered.

"Okay, I'll send you back to rest first."

Li Qingan sped up, and soon came to the residence, he opened the car door, Ruhua and Xiaolian jumped down, Li Qingan handed his hand to Rushi, "Come!" I'll help you down. ”

"Big brother, I may be sick." Rushi's face was a little pale.

"I know, you're tired today."

Li Qingan took her hand and helped her out of the carriage, and when he saw that Ruhua and Xiaolian had gone to the mansion first, he whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, big brother has you in his heart,

Rushi was shocked, her eyes raised her head complicatedly, she knew that her mind had been seen through by her eldest brother, and she was a little embarrassed in her heart, so she lowered her head and said, "Big brother, I don't have ......"

"Rushi, your affection for the eldest brother, the eldest brother understands in his heart, the eldest brother will definitely give you a name, and the eldest brother will rebuild your household registration in two days."

Rushi's heart is sweet and grateful, women of humble status like them have always been the playthings of the powerful, and they are gifts they give out casually, but they are fortunate to meet a man who treats them sincerely, cares about them, loves them, and gives them a home, Rushi suddenly has a feeling of wanting to cry, she restrained the excitement in her heart, and whispered: "Big brother, I was wrong just now, I shouldn't have a surname." ”

Li Qingan smiled and kissed her face, "You have a little temper and big brother likes it." ”

Rushi lowered her head shyly, "Big brother, someone will see it outside." ”

"Then let's go back and kiss, and no one will see it."

Li Qingan walked into the house with his arms around Rushi's waist, and said with a smile as he walked: "Big brother will take you to buy things at night, Rushi, what do you want?" ”

"Hmmm! Big brother, I want to buy some incense powder. ”

"No problem, I'll take you to East City tomorrow."

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As soon as they walked to the gate of the courtyard, Xiaolian's scream suddenly came from the courtyard, and Li Qingan was startled and rushed into the courtyard.

"What's wrong?"

Xiaolian and Ruhua rushed out of the room, Xiaolian pointed to the room in horror and said, "Big brother, there are thieves, there are thieves who have come." ”

"Come here!"

Li Qingan picked up a stick on the wall and walked into the room quickly, the lock of the inner room had been pried open, the room was in chaos, the tent was torn, the bedding and pillow were also broken by a knife, the two Nanmu boxes next to the bed were pried open, and the clothes were thrown to the ground.

Li Qingan lay down and glanced at the bed, the hundreds of dollars under the bed did not move at all, and the twenty-five cakes of silver that were covered by the copper coins were also a lot of cakes.

It wasn't a thief who had come to steal money, he understood a little in his heart, and opened the box next to the bed, and his clothes were all turned upside down, and his sandalwood box containing the ruby was gone.

At this time, the three little ladies ran in and said, "Big brother, the east wing is fine, the thief didn't go to us." ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "I know this thief." ”

The three little ladies looked at each other, acquaintance? If you know, you're not a thief.

"Big brother, what did he steal?"

"He stole one of his eldest brother's rubies."

"Yikes! That's a lot of money. ”

Ruhua exclaimed, Li Qingan smiled and patted her face and said, "Don't worry!" They didn't steal the big brother's valuable gems. ”

He casually picked up a vase on the windowsill, plucked the plum in the bottle, and poured the water away slowly. With a sound, a ruby rolled out of the vase, Li Qingan picked up the flame gem and smiled: "See, the ruby they want is here." ”

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At the beginning of night, most of the shops in the East Market are closed, the 29th of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve and Yuan Yue, generally closed for three days, the second day of the first lunar month officially opened, the street is deserted, but many shops are still faintly illuminated, this is the guys are preparing tomorrow's goods, but the lights in the Hushang jewelry store 'Tuozhi Township' are all out, it seems that there is no one in the store.

At this moment, a carriage came, and two black shadows jumped out of the carriage and galloped towards the jewelry store, and the two black shadows went around the side door and knocked on the door, and the door 'creaked' open, and they flashed and entered the door.

"Did you get it?"

"It's already done."

The light came on faintly, and a pair of excited eyes appeared in the darkness, "Show it to me!" ”

"Shopkeeper, then our other half of the remuneration ....."

"Don't worry! I won't miss you. ”

A sandalwood box was gently placed on the table, "The gem is inside the box, shopkeeper, please see." ”

The shopkeeper of Tuozhi Township carefully opened the box, and an egg-sized ruby appeared in the light.

He glanced at the two of them and said, "You guys go back first!" Come and get your other half of the bounty tomorrow morning. ”

The two black shadows saluted and left quickly, the shopkeeper carefully closed the door, and turned on the lamp again, he slowly held the gem in his hand, squinted for a moment, and exclaimed, "Is this the Eye of Light?" ”

Suddenly, his brow furrowed again, "Strange, why is there no flame?" ”

He stared for a moment, and suddenly patted his head and said, "I understand, you can only see it in the sun, it must be like this!" ”

The shopkeeper didn't dare to stay long, he hurriedly put away the gems, got into the carriage, and hurried in the direction of Shengpingfang, and after a while, the carriage stopped in front of a small mansion.

He went up the steps and knocked on the door, and the door opened a crack, and he whispered a few words, and then he flashed into the house, and he came to a door, and the guard at the door immediately said, "Your Royal Highness, the treasurer of Mita is here." ”

The door suddenly opened, and Yuan En, the prince of the stone king, came out of the room and immediately asked, "Have you got the gem?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, you have already succeeded."

Yuan En was overjoyed, "Give it to me!" ”

He took the box and returned to the room impatiently, there were two other people in the room, a middle-aged man was his master, the Turkic Huo Yanbai, and the other person was the Suning who wanted to buy Li Qing'an's gem with Wanguan, after Du Luoxian died in the hands of Li Qing'an, his father Du Mozhi was like thunder, and wanted to investigate the responsibility of Suning for causing trouble, Na Suning was so frightened that he kept hiding in Talas City, and was finally found by Prince Yuan'en, and he took it to Datang to find the Eye of Light.

Yuan En put the box on the table, and the other two gathered around, their faces showing excitement, especially Na Suning, if he found the gem, his sin of losing the treasure back then could be washed away.

Yuan En touched his chest and prayed, "O Lord God Ahuramazi! Let me see your miracles! ”

He trembled his hands and opened the sandalwood box, an egg-sized ruby was lying quietly in the box, Yuan En was just about to pick it up, but Suning was shocked: "No! Not this gem. ”

Yuan En was taken aback, "You—What did you say?" ”

"It's not the Eye of Light, it's not the right shape, the Eye of Light is exactly the same shape as an egg, smooth and crystalline, but this gem is angular."

"What?"

Yuan En picked up the gem and looked at the light for a long time, where there was any flame, he couldn't help but be furious, grabbed the shopkeeper's neck, and shouted: "You say! What's going on? ”

The shopkeeper's face turned pale with fright, and he stammered, "I—I don't know." ”

"How dare you lie to me with fake gems!"

Yuan En threw him to the ground fiercely, pulled out a knife and put it against his throat and said, "Tell me quickly, where did you hide the real gem?" ”

"Your Highness! I didn't steal the gems! That's what I got, and I just got it. ”

"Nonsense! If you don't tell the truth, I'll kill you. ”

At this time, Huo Yanbai came over and persuaded: "Your Highness will calm your anger first, let me ask him." ”

Yuan En snorted and said coldly: "You answer honestly, otherwise, I will have to kill you tonight." ”

Huo Yanbai squatted down and asked, "Let me ask you first, how did you find this gem?" ”

"Mr. Huo, I said it last time, that Tang officer came to my store to buy gems a month, and accidentally mentioned the Eye of Light, so I sent someone to keep an eye on him, and then you also confirmed that the gem was in his hand."

"The gem is in his hand, have you been discovered by him?"

"Nope! No way. The shopkeeper hurriedly denied it, "I was just afraid that he would be vigilant, so it took more than a month to start, and he couldn't know that we were coming to steal the gems." ”

"And who did you send to steal the gem?"

"It's two thieves hired by me for a lot of money, and I'll give them two hundred taels of gold."

"Did the gold pay them?"

"Half of it was paid in advance, and the other half will come tomorrow morning for their reward."

Huo Yanbai snorted in his heart, this stupid guy actually gave out two hundred taels of gold, he thought about it for a while, and then asked, "Then when did these two people send you gems?" ”

"Just now, less than half an hour."

Huo Yanbai shook his head and said, "You gave them too much, so they guessed the value of that gem." ”

He sighed, stood up and said: "Now there are three possibilities, one is that the gem is still in the officer's hand, he prepared a fake gem in advance, but this possibility is not big, the shopkeeper is very cautious, he waited for a month to start, he should not have such a high vigilance; The second is that the shopkeeper has kept the gem private, but this one may be smaller, and if that were the case, we would not see him to-night; The third may be the two thieves, who were paid two hundred taels of gold to make them realize the preciousness of the precious stone, and if I am not mistaken, they must have succeeded in the daytime, and then went to buy a similar gem to pay for, and wanted to take the other half of the reward. ”

Yuan En grabbed the shopkeeper's neck and said viciously: "Tell me quickly, where do those two thieves live?" ”

"I don't know, it was introduced to me by the shopkeeper of the Mandarin Wine Store."

Huo Yanbai hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, don't worry, these two thieves won't know the value of the Eye of Light, I think they will come again tomorrow morning, after all, one hundred taels of gold is not a small amount." ”

Yuan En gritted his teeth and said, "No! If they leave with the gems, our chances are over, and I can't take that risk. ”

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(To be continued)