Chapter Eighty-Six: Treasures

Qian Hongzuo said: "This is not possible. Xie Aiqing is not a criminal in the Criminal Department, if he comes back in the future and finds that King Gu actually asked people to search his residence, I am afraid that he will be sad and sad, and hurt the feelings of our monarchs and ministers. Besides, since these gems have been given to him, it is possible for him to transfer them to Princess Ruyi or his master Qu Liuzhen. Even if these gems are gone, it doesn't mean anything. ”

Li Jishen was speechless.

Qian Hongzuo stood up, Wu Dezhang immediately supported him, Qian Hongzuo was always used to pacing back and forth whenever he was pondering, he was unwilling to let Li Jishen search Xie Xiangcun's residence, but he wanted to know if Li Jishen guessed it was true.

Qian Hongzuo, supported by Wu Dezhang, walked a few steps, and finally made up his mind: "Li Jishen, you immediately go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War with King Gu, Xie Aiqing has lived in the Yamen of the Ministry of War since he moved out of the forbidden army, and he has not purchased a mansion. If those gems are still there, they must be in the place where he lives in the Yamen of the Ministry of War. When you go, it is searching; I went, just to miss him, to see where he lived. ”

Wu Dezhang persuaded: "Holy Lord, your holy body is not in harmony and should not be moved. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "You go and prepare an ordinary carriage, I don't want to be too public, go quickly, instead of thinking nonsense in the palace, it is better to go and see what is going on." ”

After a while, Li Jishen and his entourage arrived at the gate of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and the people who arrived with him, although they were sitting in the carriage where ministers often sit, were wearing bright yellow coiled dragon shirts and gold crowns. When the squire of the military department remained unmoved and recognized that it was the saint who arrived, the soldiers and others fell to the ground in a panic.

Qian Hongzuo only said in a low voice: "Flat." ”

Li Jishen gave another special advice: "Don't make a noise. ”

Ju Buyi accompanied Qian Hongzuo and Li Jishen, and came to the door of Xie Xiangcun's residence in the yamen of the Ministry of War. Li Jishen signaled to open the door, and three officials hurriedly ran up to unlock the lock. It turns out that the place where Xie Xiang lives is a highly confidential place, not only is it heavily guarded, but even the door lock is specially made, although it is only a lock, but it must be opened with three keys, and these three keys are kept by different people.

Ju Buyi took the official to accompany Qian Hongzuo and Li Jishen into the room, because the doors and windows had not been opened for many days, there was a damp smell, and the official hurriedly opened the window to change the air in the room. There are three rooms in the residence, one is the study, one is the living room, and the other is the bedroom, the decoration is different from other officials who are mainly calligraphy and painting, Xie Xiangcun's room is decorated with musical instruments such as guqin, pipa, zheng, flute, flute, flute, etc., or can not be called decoration, but commonly used objects.

Li Jishen asked Ju Buyi: "Where does Lord Xie usually put his valuables?" ”

Ju Buyi said: "It's all in the bookcase in the study." As he spoke, he led Qian Hongzuo and Li Jishen into the study.

As soon as he saw the bookcase, Li Jishen immediately understood why valuables were placed here. The bookcase is a wall-tall iron cabinet closed by four iron doors that make it impossible to see what is inside, and there are six locks on top of the iron door. Ju Buyi instructed the other three people in charge of the key to open the iron lock, and after the wooden shelves in the bookcase were exposed, Qian Hongzuo saw at a glance the brocade box rewarded by the Empress Dowager Xu in a prominent position, and motioned Wu Dezhang to take it out in person. Wu Dezhang knew that the gem was valuable, so he carefully took it down and put it on the desk.

There was a layer of ash on the brocade box, it seemed that it had not been touched for a long time, Qian Hongzuo gently opened the brocade box, and immediately the room was brightened by the light of gemstones. The first layer of six grids, one with a lot of six gems. After Qian Hongzuo took out the first layer, the six gems of the second layer were presented in front of him, Qian Hongzuo's hands trembled a little, and he couldn't take out the second layer. Wu Dezhang hurriedly stepped forward and helped Qian Hongzuo take out the second layer, and the third layer was also a lot of six gems. When he saw the six gems on the fourth layer, Qian Hongzuo burst into tears.

Li Jishen's guess is completely wrong. For a while, Qian Hongzuo didn't know whether he was happy or sad in his heart, he was afraid that Li Jishen's guess was true, he was afraid that Xie Xiangcun didn't care about his relationship with Zhen Jinshu, deliberately deceived them, and laid out to escape; But no matter how bad this guess is, there is one thing that Qian Hongzuo hopes, that is, if Xie Xiangcun himself is arranging, he will be safe and sound.

Wu Dezhang gently wiped away the tears on Qian Hongzuo's face and said, "Holy Lord, this queen mother's imperial gift is so valuable, why don't we take it back to the palace for the time being." When Lord Xie came back, he would naturally return it to him in good condition, if there was a new head of the military department, it would be very inappropriate to put these things here. ”

Qian Hongzuo nodded.

Wu Dezhang hurriedly put away the brocade box, went out and handed it over to a special person to hold, and prepared to take it back to the palace.

Only Qian Hongzuo, Li Jishen and Ju Buyi were left in the house. Qian Hongzuo looked at these two officials from the Leopard Army, but he was thinking about Xie Xiangcun in his heart. At this time, Qian Hongzuo had doubts about Xie Xiangcun's true identity, a disciple of Liyuan, but it was so coincidental that there were two martial arts masters who taught martial arts since childhood. At the time of his assassination, he was summoned to the palace by such a coincidence, and the assassin was discovered in such a timely manner. Qian Hongzuo remembered what Empress Dowager Xu said when she introduced the Leopard Army: They all have unique skills, are invisible in all walks of life, and will never reveal their identities until they have to. Xie Xiangcun came to him to complete a special mission; Leaving him is also to eliminate the notoriety caused by his cutting off of Dai Yun's party. Xie Xiangcun was originally the guess of the Leopard Army, as if it was like a line, stringing together all the doubts to form a complete circle that could explain Tongyiqiē.

Qian Hongzuo stared at Li Jishen and Ju unswervingly, and said sternly: "Two Aiqing, the lonely king has something to ask you, if you don't answer truthfully, it will be regarded as a big crime of bullying the king, if I verify it in the future, I will be severely punished." ”

Li Jishen and Ju Buyi bowed at the same time and said, "Holy Lord, please ask, we will answer truthfully." ”

Qian Hongzuo asked: "Is Xie Xiangcun a soldier of the Leopard Army?" ”

Li Jishen replied: "Back to the saint, the Leopard Army is a secret organization, and the soldiers don't know each other except for those who have a liaison relationship. Among the Leopard soldiers I know, there is no Xie Xiangcun. ”

Ju Buyi said: "When I met Master Xie for the first time, he did have a ring on his hand to contact me, and this ring is owned by the owner of the Leopard Army, and the soldiers of the Leopard Army must obey the owner of this ring. Lord Xie said that in order to complete the assassination mission, the Queen Mother deliberately handed him over as a token. Whether he is a soldier of the Leopard Army or not, I really don't know if he is lowly. ”

Qian Hongzuo knew about this ring because he was the owner of this ring right now.

Coming out of the yamen of the military department, Qian Hongzuo asked Li Jishen to go back to the house by himself, but he did not go back to the palace, but went around to the Golden Thread Nunnery. When arriving at the entrance of Jinxiao Lane, Xie Xiangcun pretended to be himself and fought to the death with Dai Yun in Jinxuan Lane, resurfaced in front of him, although it was extremely dangerous at that time, but their monarchs and ministers were united in life and death, Qian Hongzuo's mood at that time had a special sweetness, which was born because of fighting side by side.

Entering the Golden Wisp Nunnery, Qian Hongzuo still longed to come here to visit the Empress Dowager Xu, and asked people to inform the Empress Dowager Xu, whose legal name was Mrs. Renhui, and he himself entered the Daxiong Treasure Hall to bow. Although Qian Hongzuo was seriously ill, he was extremely pious. Wu Dezhang was beside him, supporting him step by step.