The thief fled more than a hundred paces, and suddenly found himself surrounded by the palace guards, and more and more guards were coming with torches, which made him feel the danger.

However, the thief was not afraid of these guards, but immediately drew the weapons he carried with him, and fought with the guards, trying to do the same as the last time, wounding the guards and fleeing, but unexpectedly, among the guards, there were many excellent martial arts masters, and these masters trapped him, so that it was difficult for him to escape.

And these masters of martial arts were specially transferred by Hua'an from the pro-guard army, in order to better surround the palace and ensure the absolute safety of the palace.

"Bold thieves, don't be caught immediately." One of the guards shouted.

However, the thief was clearly unwilling to surrender, and he tried with all his strength to try to fight to the death.

Seeing that the thief refused to surrender, the guards naturally did not show mercy, and they immediately attacked the thief with all their strength, killing the thief and wounding the thief.

Seeing that he was already in danger, the thief immediately put his weapon on his neck and swung it hard, ending his own life.

The thief was already dead, but the fight in the palace made a lot of noise, and even Hua An was alarmed, and when he saw the thief break into the palace again, Hua An was furious, and immediately ran in the direction of the fight, accompanied by the guards and soldiers.

At this moment, the guards were holding their weapons and slowly pressing towards the thieves to prevent the thieves from cheating to death, seeing that the thieves were already dead, the guards took off the thieves' black masks, and found that the thieves had vomited blood from their mouths and were completely dead.

"Did the thieves catch it?" Hua An walked over and asked loudly.

"Your Majesty, the thieves have killed themselves." A guard reported to the box.

Hua An raised his eyes and saw that the thief was indeed dead. However, from the thief's nightwear outfit, his identity is not visible at all.

"How the hell did the thieves get into the palace?" Hua An asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, the last general has been checking around the palace for the past two days, and in the opinion of the last general, the gates of the palace are heavily guarded. There were also guards on the walls of the palace, and most of the thieves crawled in through the dog holes under the cover of night. One of the guards clenched his fists and analyzed.

When Hua An heard this, he immediately remembered that he had also climbed the dog hole when he was a child, so he nodded and ordered: "Immediately block all the dog holes in the palace, and." The palace walls should also be guarded, and thieves must not be allowed to break in again. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The leader of the guards clenched his fists and commanded.

Hua An approached the side of the thief who was already dead, looked at the guards, and asked, "This king remembers that the last time the thief was discovered, it was also in this position, and it is no accident that the thief was found in the same location twice. What did he sneak into the palace for? ”

"Your Majesty, the thieves escaped from the room of the Queen Mother and the King of the Emperor both times. It was only when the bottle was broken in the room that it was discovered by the guards. One of the guards shouted.

Hua An was shocked when he heard this, with the martial arts of a thief, it was easy to take the life of his father and mother, so. He immediately led the guards to his father's room.

After some greetings, Hua An found that there was nothing wrong with his father, and he didn't even understand what was going on, which made him feel a lot more relieved.

But. In this way, Hua An was very puzzled, since the thief did not intend to take the life of his father, what was the purpose of the thief?

"Your Majesty, the Admiral has just seen that there are signs of a massive upheaval in the house, and the thieves seem to be looking for something." The leader of the guards said with his fists clenched.

When Hua An heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Is there anything missing in the house?" ”

"When I returned to the king, none of the gold or silver items in the house were lost, but all of them were moved." The head of the guard said truthfully.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Since the gold and jade items have only been moved, it seems that the thieves are not here for money, but to find something important!" ”

"Yes! The king, but I don't know what treasures the queen mother and the king have are actually remembered by thieves. The leader of the guards hurriedly asked.

Hua An shook his head slightly, he obviously didn't know what important items his father and mother had, and they could be remembered by such a powerful thief, according to him, his parents had just arrived in Luoyang City from Jiankang City, so they shouldn't have any important items, how could they be remembered by thieves?

In order to find out what happened, Hua An asked his father and mother carefully, but the two elders didn't seem to know anything, so naturally they didn't know what important treasures they had that could make the thieves remember.

Hua An knew that he couldn't ask anything from his father, but he was already sure that this bold thief was coming for his father, otherwise, it would be impossible to be found in the same location twice in a row, and judging from the mess in the house, the thief was looking for very important items.

From this, Hua An can conclude that this thief is not a thief in the traditional sense at all, but someone's minions, who came on a special order, and who this thief is ordered by, Hua An has not been able to know for a while.

However, as long as the thief came by order, then he must have an organization, and as long as he finds the organization of the thieves, he can find out who is behind the scenes.

After thinking about it carefully, Hua An looked at the leader of the guards, and said: "Hang the body of this thief on the street to show the public, in addition, send some more capable masters to ambush around the street, once someone tries to take the body, do not act rashly, you must closely follow the people who want to take the body, and see who they are." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The leader of the guards clenched his fists and immediately led several of his subordinates to carry the thief's body out of the palace and in the direction of the street.

Seeing these subordinates go forward to prepare, Hua An was still a little uneasy, so he immediately secretly summoned the smart man Hu Hou, and asked Hu Hou to lead an excellent smart man dressed as a beggar to ambush around the street, pay close attention to every move around the street, and report the situation at any time.

Seeing the guards and Congshi go to deal with this matter at the same time, Hua An was a lot relieved, he believed that the thieves' accomplices would not completely abandon their companions, and in this way, the two groups of people he sent out could find clues, so as to lock the mastermind behind the thieves.

Hua'an's guess is naturally not wrong, the thieves are indeed organized, they are the detailed work arranged by Yan Guo in Luoyang City, this time, they are ordered to investigate Hua'an's identity.

Since there were no other clues to check, they had to send one of the best martial arts to sneak into the North Palace under the cover of night, and collect valuable clues from Hua'an's father's residence, but they underestimated the ability of the palace guards too much, so they not only suffered defeat, but also lost an excellent companion.

When the companions who had been receiving them outside the palace saw that there had been a fight in the palace and that the companions who had entered the palace had not come out for a long time, they had a premonition that the situation was not good, so they immediately fled back.

Early in the morning of the second day, the people of Luoyang City began to enter the market one after another, and the guards and wise men also entered the ambush position and closely monitored every move of the market.

Several learned scholars began to read aloud the notices posted by the guards, and through their readings, all the people of Luoyang City learned that the body that was hung in the market was a thief who had the audacity to break into the palace and steal, so they pointed fingers at the thief's body.

Of course, the thief's accomplices were hidden among the people of Luoyang City, and they were all very sad when they saw the corpse of their companion, but at this time, after all, it was broad daylight, and they had no way to collect the corpse of their companion, so they had to leave for the time being, preparing to do it at night.

Due to the large number of people who came to see the excitement of Luoyang City, the guards and wise men could not identify the thieves' accomplices at all, and they had to take care of the thieves' corpses carefully and wait for the night to come.

They believed that at night, the thieves' accomplices would come to collect their companion's body.

After leaving the street, the thieves' accomplices consulted in a secluded position, and they felt that they must not let their companions be violently corpsed in the streets, and they knew from the contents of the notice that their companions were mistaken for thieves who had stolen property, so they felt that Hua'an would not doubt their intentions, so they decided to take a bold risk.

However, the gates of Luoyang City were closed at night, so even if they could collect the corpses of their companions, they would definitely not be able to transport them out of Luoyang City, and even they would be unable to protect themselves.

After careful deliberation, several Yan Guo decided to cremate their companions to avoid them being further violently corpsed.

After discussing the details of the operation, they split up and began to prepare fire oil and other items, and as soon as the night came, they immediately began to operate.

After nightfall, Hua An's guards and wise men had already laid an ambush within a three-mile radius around the street, waiting for the gang's accomplices to come and collect the body.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the thieves' accomplices to appear, and they cautiously approached their companion's corpse, and when they saw that there was no one on the street, they immediately poured flammable materials such as fire oil on their companion's corpse and immediately set it on fire, plunging their companion's corpse into flames.

After lighting the fire, the group of Yan Guoshi immediately evacuated the street and ran towards their hiding place.

Yan Guo's actions were naturally seen by the guards and smart people, who quietly followed them and successfully discovered Yan Guo's hideout.

After discovering the hiding place of Yan Guo's fine work, they did not act rashly, but closely monitored it according to Hua'an's orders, and immediately returned to the palace to report the specific situation to Hua'an. (To be continued......)