Yun Sheng knew that a letter would definitely not let Master Yun enter the palace, and sure enough, followed by another letter, Ping'er came to send a message to herself that Taishi had entered the palace.

This time, I was a little relieved and instructed Ping'er to wait for the master to come back and hurry up.

Gu Bei and Leng Lie heard that something had happened to the tribute, so they hurriedly finished handling the matter and returned to the Shenhou Mansion.

came to Yun Sheng to ask about the situation as soon as possible, and Yun Sheng told everything he knew.

Gu Bei and Leng Lie's faces were heavy, if the tribute was lost, it would be normal for the adults to enter the palace to investigate the situation, but it would not be right if they did not return after entering the palace.

Yun Sheng naturally thought of this, or he would not let Master Yun enter the palace to inquire about the news, at least Master Yun's official position was there, and it was convenient to enter the palace.

"Senior brother, don't worry too much, I have already asked my father to go into the palace to find out the news, and it should not be long before there is news."

The two nodded, and Gu Bei spoke: "Senior sister, don't worry, my lord, it will be fine." ”

The relationship between Yun Sheng and Dongbi was tacitly acquiesced, although they were worried about the adults, but seeing the little girl waiting in the Shenhou Mansion worriedly, they felt even more uncomfortable when they looked at it, Leng Lie couldn't speak, and they could only watch dryly, so Gu Bei opened his mouth to comfort him.

Yun Sheng asked, "By the way, senior brothers, were you drugged when you guarded the thieves in the Spring Tower before?" ”

Gu Bei shook his head: "I was guarding the outer gate, and when I was about to arrive, a group of troublemakers suddenly appeared, and they have been dealing with these things." ”

Yun Sheng turned his head to look at Leng Lie, and Leng Lie spoke: "I stay by the side of adults, and there are indeed times when I am delirious. ”

"Then Senior Brother Leng Lie, do you think the difference in the Chinese medicine felt that time?"

Leng Lie thought about it, and suddenly thought that he seemed to see Yun Sheng's figure before he fell unconscious, but it was difficult to speak.

He blushed a little and said, "It's really different, it seems that I vaguely saw someone coming before I fell unconscious." ”

Yun Sheng: "Is it someone you know?" Leng Lie nodded.

Gu Bei asked, "What did Senior Sister think of?" ”

Yun Sheng was silent, suddenly something flashed in his mind, and he hurriedly ran into the study.

Gu Bei and Leng Lie also ran in.

Yun Sheng quickly took out a medical book from the bookshelf and looked at it according to his memory. Flipping back and forth, I finally found what I was looking for on a page.

Gu Bei asked, "What did Senior Sister find?" ”

Yun Sheng showed the page to Gu Bei and Leng Lie, and the two said in unison: "Western Regions Mandala? ”

"Yes, this medicine comes from the Western Regions, and usually doctors will use it as an anesthetic, but because of its rare materials and difficult to cultivate, it has never appeared in the Central Plains.

"I saw adults before I fell unconscious, so I wanted to ask you if you were feeling."

"I think it's also because of this that those victims can't remember the appearance of the thief, but this mandala is worth a lot of money even in the Western Regions, and it really doesn't look like a flower thief can get it."

After catching the flower thief, Leng Lie rescued the two surviving victims from the firewood room on the side, and when they recorded it afterwards, both of them said that they couldn't remember the appearance of the thief, but fortunately the thief had been caught, or they would have been carried out to no avail.

Gu Bei pondered: "Senior sister is saying that there is someone behind the thief to help?" ”

Before Yun Sheng could answer, he heard Ping'er's voice.

"Miss, Master Taishi is back!"

Gu Bei and Leng Lie stood aside, Ping'er gave the letter to Yun Sheng, and Yun Sheng hurriedly opened it to take a look.

Gu Bei asked, "How is it?" ”

Yun Sheng nodded and said, "My father said that the adults are fine, and they should return soon, and the situation in the palace is almost investigated." ”

Turned his head to Ping'er again: "Thank you, Ping'er, you go back first, and help me persuade my father not to be angry." ”

Ping'er naturally also knew about Master Dong Sima and Miss, but Ping'er always felt that if Miss liked it, she nodded yes, and left after telling Miss to take care of herself.

Leng Lie and the others knew that Dongbi was fine, so they put their hearts in their stomachs.

Gu Bei asked, "What's wrong with Master Yun?" ”

Yun Sheng's face was slightly red: "The adult planned to tell my father about asking to marry me, but before he could say it, he was summoned to the palace by the emperor. ”

Gu Bei's body was obviously stiff when he heard this, and even Leng Lie was stagnant, and Yun Sheng could keenly feel the change in the atmosphere in the room.

But now I can only pretend not to know, these two people are good people, and they know their intentions for themselves, so it's better to cut through the mess as soon as possible.

The three's study was filled with an awkward atmosphere, and Leng Lie spoke up first: "Since the adults are fine, I'll go back first." With that, he picked up his sword and left.

Gu Bei then pretended to be fine, and said with such a heartless smile: "I also have to relax, I heard that there is a new little peach in Huajie, I have to go and take a look, junior sister, I'll go first." Without waiting for Yun Sheng to reply, he had already gone out.

Closing the door, the smile on Gu Bei's face disappeared instantly, his eyes showed loss, and he leaned on the door for a long time and couldn't move.

Finally, he took a deep breath, blinked the wetness in his eyes, and lifted his legs to leave.

Yun Sheng sighed: Alas, sometimes it's a sin to be too good~

109 originally wanted to comfort the master when he saw him like this, but when he heard the master sigh with emotion, his face was instantly full of black lines, and sure enough, the master would not be sad because of his feelings at all.

In the evening, Dongbi walked out of the palace gate, thinking of the news investigated in the palace in the past few days, his face was heavy.

When I returned to the yard and saw the warm candlelight in the study, I suddenly realized that I was not alone now, no matter what, there was always a little girl waiting for me at home!

Thinking of Yun Sheng, Dongbi's sadness finally disappeared a lot, but there was still some worry between his eyebrows, after all, the disappearance of the tribute was not a trivial matter, and because of this, I am afraid that my marriage with Sheng'er will also be delayed.

Dongbi slowly pushed the door of the study open.

Yun Sheng raised his eyes when he heard the voice, and there was instant surprise in his eyes, and he ran over to greet Dongbi: "My lord! You're finally back! ”

Dongbi held the little girl who flew over like a little swallow in his arms, and said in a gentle voice: "It's okay, are you worried about it?" ”

Yun Sheng said sweetly in his arms: "When you see an adult, you are not afraid of anything." ”

Dongbi tightened his arms again, why did Master Yun enter the palace today because he could naturally guess, it must be the little girl in his arms who was worried about herself, so she could only ask her father.

Originally, this kind of thing should have been said by himself as a man, but now the little girl brought it up, thinking of seeing Master Yun's eyes in the palace, full of dissatisfaction and disgust, she could only smile helplessly.

Who let himself really do something too much, after all, Sheng'er is still young, and he is already in his prime, although he became famous at a young age, but Sheng'er is not bad, not to mention that he is more than enough to match himself, even marrying the prince should be.

can only say how fortunate he is to be able to make such a beautiful Sheng'er admire him, and the only thing he can be worthy of Yun Taishi and Sheng'er is to spend his whole life to be good to her and not let her suffer the slightest grievance.

After the two of them hugged enough, Yun Sheng came out of Dongbi's arms with a red face and asked, "My lord, I don't know what happened this time?" Why has it been delayed for so long? ”

Dongbi closed the door of the study, sat in front of the desk with Yun Sheng's hand, and explained carefully: "This tribute is the Peilan elixir sent by the Western Regions, which is said to have the effect of prolonging life and resurrecting the dead. ”

"The lord of the Western Regions was furious, feeling that they had given the best treasures but the emperor didn't cherish them at all, otherwise how could they lose the tribute so quickly, it was clear that they didn't pay attention to their tribute."

"It's too coincidental, it was stolen just after crossing the boundary of the Western Regions, and the emperor ordered that the case must be solved as soon as possible, if it can't be solved, it will have a big impact on our dynasty."

Yun Sheng understood the meaning, the tribute from the Western Regions was stolen so easily, this is not a disguised statement that our dynasty is not strong, and the loss of the tribute has not been able to catch the thief, which is equivalent to admitting that there is no one in our dynasty.

No wonder Dongbi came back with a sad look between his eyebrows, such a high-pressure case did not happen around him, and he could only rely on the accompanying attendants to understand the situation, so it was naturally difficult to catch the thief.

Worried, he asked, "What information do you have?" ”

Dongbi frowned: "I visited the entourage in charge of escorting the tribute in the past few days, and they all said that they were all stunned before the tribute disappeared, and then asked about the appearance of the thief, everyone said differently. ”

"There are also envoys who came from the Western Regions, and the mysterious gods told me at the end that the method of this theft is very similar to the 'thief with a thousand faces' in their legend in the Western Regions."

Yun Sheng was puzzled: "A thief with a thousand faces? ”

Dongbi: "Because this person has always been very interested in rare treasures, as long as the treasures he is eyeing will be stolen, but the great thing is that no one has ever seen his true face, and all the people who were stolen described this person as having different behaviors, as if he had thousands of forms, and since then some people have said that 'the thief with a thousand faces'." ”

Yun Sheng felt that his thoughts were chaotic and couldn't make sense of it, so he suddenly shook his head, and then looked at the book on the desk.

Dongbi: "What's wrong?" ”

Yun Sheng turned to the page of the mandala and showed it to Dongbi: "My lord, do you see, does this symptom look like what the person described?" ”

Dongbi looked at it and said, "It's very similar." ”

Yun Sheng then asked, "Did you see someone passing by before you fell unconscious that night?" ”

Dongbi nodded: "I saw your figure that day, and then I fainted." ”

Yun Sheng: "Then I can be sure that one of us that day was this Western Regions mandala, but the dosage was still small, so the hallucination that appeared was someone I knew." ”

"As for the results of the adult's investigation, perhaps because of the large amount of mandala, people mistakenly thought that the phantom they saw was a thief, and the reputation of the 'thief with a thousand faces' was also spread."

Dongbi still carefully looked at the contents of the medical book, and it did say that the side effect of this herb being made into a drug is hallucination.

Yun Sheng continued: "If it is really confirmed that it is the efficacy of this medicine, then it can greatly reduce the scope of thieves, this medicine can only grow in the Western Regions, and the yield is scarce, and ordinary people will not obtain it." ”

"The adults didn't come back before, and my senior brothers and I both thought that there should be someone behind the flower thief, otherwise they wouldn't have used such valuable medicinal materials to make incense."

"But I don't know if the person behind the flower thief has anything to do with this 'thief with a thousand faces'."

Dongbi nodded: "Whether it has anything to do with it or not, this person must be caught." "I haven't forgotten that person almost took advantage of Sheng'er last time, last time I took care of Sheng'er and didn't catch him, this time I must not let him go!

The night passed.

Dongbi went back to find the envoys of the Western Regions in the palace.

"I wonder where the 'Thief with a Thousand Faces' haunts the most?"

Envoy: "Could it be that Lord Dong Sima is looking for that person?" What you can't find, the Lord of the Western Regions has been searching for years without any success. ”

Dongbi's face was pale: "It's my problem whether I can find it, the envoy just needs to tell the official where the person often haunts." ”

The envoy quietly glanced at Dongbi, kindly regarded it as a donkey's liver and lungs, and opened his mouth to say a road: "The 'thief with a thousand faces' often appears on this road, because many wealthy merchants in the Western Regions will transport treasures to various territories from this road. ”

Dongbi nodded: "Thank you, don't worry, the official will definitely recover the tribute and give an explanation to the lord of the Western Regions." ”

The envoy returned the salute and watched Dongbi leave.

Yun Sheng waited at the Shenhou Mansion for Dongbi to come back, studied with each other on how to find the "thief with a thousand faces", and prepared to set off for that road early tomorrow morning.

Gu Bei and Leng Lie heard that the adult was going to take Yun Sheng to pursue the "thief with a thousand faces", so they also came to ask for orders to go together.

Dongbi looked at the two people standing below, and was serious: "This time the envoys from the Western Regions came to pay tribute, and our Shenhou Mansion should be responsible for safety, and now that the tribute is missing, it is natural for me to investigate, but the Shenhou Mansion cannot be left unattended, you two have always been my right-hand men, and now I take Sheng'er to investigate the thief, if you still want to follow me, what should I do if there is anything in this Shenhou Mansion and the palace?" ”

Leng Lie was about to say something, and Dongbi's eyes were cold: "Do you remember what the first sentence I said when I included you in the mansion?" Since you have entered the Shenhou Mansion, you must care about the people and not be distracted by your personal feelings. ”

“...... Remember, you must pay attention to safety, go early and return early, if there is any accident, fly the pigeon in time to pass the book. ”

Dongbi nodded.

Yun Sheng stood to the side, turned his head to look at the man beside him, and felt the momentum of Dongbi as Lord Sima, which made people dare not disobey.

In the sandy desert, there is a whole exotic building that should not have appeared.

A man dressed in an alien costume escorted a catcher in a blue official uniform to the center.

Obviously, the outside world is full of flying sand and rocks, but this circular house building does not feel the slightest wind and sand, but reveals the tranquility that it should not have, and the interior is full of alien decorations, especially the most central room is gorgeous.

Directly in front of the room was a chair, on which was a whole white tiger skin, with a shiny fur, and it looked like a high-quality product.

The tiger skin, which others can regard as a family heirloom, is now used as the most ordinary cushion by the evil man.

The man was playing with a scimitar like a fishbone in his hand, and he couldn't see clearly in his eyes.

The interracial man in the official uniform acted respectfully, with a faint fear in his eyes: "Master, people have brought it." ”

The man on the seat spoke in a light tone, didn't care at all, didn't even give a look, and said, "How many are these?" ”

"Five, five."

The man's face that was originally trapped in the shadows moved slightly, and his whole face was exposed to the sun, isn't it Ah Yu that day!

Ah Yu looked at the people under the seat a little bored: "Kill it, it's useless to keep it." ”

Interracial man: "Yes, master. After speaking, he quickly took the man in the official uniform who was full of fear down, and breathed a sigh of relief silently, fortunately, the master was in a good mood today.

When the two of them went down, Ah Yu took out the handkerchief and ring pei from his arms, and rubbed them slowly, with a little cherishment: "Dongbi, you came too slowly." There is a coolness in the words, which makes people listen to it cold to the bone.

Dongbi took Yunsheng and hurried for a few days, and finally arrived on the road that the envoy of the Western Regions said.

This road is an important road for goods in various territories and the Western Regions, so there are government officials at the end of the road who specialize in managing the safety of this road.

Dongbi plans to go here first to find out the news.

In their small post station and big place, there are very few people except for the merchants who pay attention to the passing goods.

Not to mention the harsh environment here, that is, there are no other advantages except for the relatively large oil and water caught by the vendors.

The head who managed this place heard that the master of the imperial court was coming, and immediately broke the teacup in his hand, and hurried out to greet them.

Only this Dong Sima has always been disciplined, I am afraid that they are more than lucky this time, but how can the official position of Lord Dong Sima come to them to check in person? Didn't his subordinates make some big mistake, so they summoned this "evil god"?!

But now is not the time to settle accounts with his subordinates, let's deal with this "evil god" first!

The head of the post station shouted anxiously: "What are you still standing stupidly for!" Why don't you hurry up and prepare a good tea meal! Then call everyone over and hurry to meet Lord Dong Sima! ”

Xiao Yu quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I'll go." ”

Yun Sheng stood at the door of this post station and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect that this kind of place also has a catcher?" ”

Dongbi rearranged the hat on Yun Sheng's head, covered all the exposed skin and said: "The whole world is not the king's land, except for the Western Regions, there are fast catches everywhere, there are no rules, not to mention that this is a key artery of commerce, just because the personnel are mixed, so it is not in the jurisdiction of the Shenhou Mansion, and I am here for the first time." ”

"Obedient, don't move this curtain, the wind and sand are big, your skin is delicate, I will feel distressed if I am blown by it."

Yun Sheng blushed and stopped moving the curtain, I don't know if he accidentally developed Dongbi's hidden attributes, it seems that since he showed his heart, he is always willing to talk about love seriously, but it is true that the wind and sand are too big, he just stretched out his hand casually, but after a while, there were some red spots on his hand.