In the Changle Palace, the Son of Heaven Li Biao was angrily scolding the imperial doctor who was kneeling on the ground.

It turned out that on the birthday of the Queen Mother, the envoys of various countries brought congratulatory gifts into Beijing, among which the envoy of Goguryi paid tribute to a night pearl, which was ordinary during the day, and at night it could emit an emerald green light, which was rumored to have the effect of prolonging the life of the dead and prolonging the life of the living.

The Queen Mother is very old, and she is very happy to see this pearl, and she puts the beads on the head of the bed when she sleeps at night, so for several days, not only sleeps comfortably, but even the loose skin is tightened a little. Unexpectedly, a few nights ago, two black-clothed thieves stole it under the strict lockdown of the imperial city. Since then, the Queen Mother has fallen ill, day and night tea and dinner do not think, the mental state is getting worse, the imperial doctor can not find out the reason, and prescribed three days of qi nourishing and blood medicine, all of which are ineffective, "Your Majesty, forgive Weichen for being stupid, the only way to do this is to find the lost night pearl, otherwise the Queen Mother is afraid that she will not be able to resist her birthday." ”

The emperor died early, and the son of heaven Li Biao grew up under the pull of the queen mother since he was a child, because he had a deep affection for the queen mother. Subsequently, all the 12 guards on duty in the Changle Palace that night were punished for dereliction of duty.

On the special night of the end of the next morning, His Majesty was furious at the court meeting, which was caused by the theft of the imperial city that night.

After the end of the court meeting, many officials left one by one, outside the Weiyang Palace, there was a clear distinction, one side was headed by General Huo, and there was hearty laughter from time to time, all because today Li Jingrui was officially canonized as the post of head of the household department. On the other side, led by the national teacher Zhang Heng, they all looked suspicious and depressed with each other.

Outside the Imperial Study.

Ge Qingyun, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Yin Song Huaijin of Kyoto Prefecture traveled together, and His Majesty summoned the two to the imperial study to inquire about the progress of the theft of the night pearl, pointed to the nose of the two and scolded, and issued an order that the case must be solved within ten days, and the night pearl must be recovered to save the queen mother, otherwise it will be punished for dereliction of duty.

Ge Qingyun, as the secretary of Dali Temple, although he and Kyoto Prefecture do not like each other on weekdays, but at this moment, the two of them are already grasshoppers on a rope, and they asked with a sad face: "Lord Song, have you heard, last night the imperial doctor Li Fu and the twelve guards of Changle Palace were all ......?"

Kyoto Prefecture Yin Song Huaijin looked around, and saw that the surrounding guards were more professional and diligent than before, and obviously received the news, "Lord Ge, be cautious." ”

Ge Qingyun looked back at the imperial study and heard the angry reprimands coming from inside from time to time, "Lord Song, I don't know how the Criminal Investigation Department investigated this case?" ”

Song Huaijin hugged his official uniform, thought of the strange corpse, and said with some surprise: "At present, I only suspect that the person who escaped that day is a famous person a hundred years ago, and after Qin Yueming, the rain sword, there is no other trace to be found." With that, she told him the details of the night's chase.

Ge Qingyun was also stunned for a while after hearing this, "After the rain sword Qin Yueming is clear, in this way, it must be related to the remnants of the previous dynasty. ”

Qin Yueming became famous a hundred years ago, a seven-grade martial artist, with one hand covering rain and unfathomable swordsmanship, once a person bloodied Liangzhou Shahe Gang hundreds of people and resounded through the rivers and lakes, until the Han Dynasty invaded the capital of the former Qin, and then disappeared.

Kyoto Prefecture Yin Song Huaijin pondered for a while and said: "Maybe it's possible, the Criminal Prosecutor's Department is currently investigating the rest of the Jianghu masters lurking in Kyoto, do you know who the corpse in the yakin is?" Without waiting for Ge Qingyun to guess, Song Huaijin said to himself, "The corpse of another black-clothed man that night was also a famous person a hundred years ago, after Yan Zhaofei in front of the hall. ”

Yan Zhao Fei in front of the hall, a famous figure a hundred years ago, the leader of the Swallow Gate, a six-grade martial artist, although the martial arts talent is not high, but its light skills are really good, the most legendary thing is that it crosses the Wei River with a reed.

Ge Qingyuan was a little enlightened after hearing this, "No wonder you can sneak into the palace quietly and steal treasures, Lord Song, this matter is serious, don't make it up in order to shirk responsibility!" ”

Song Huaijin glanced at him, his face was a little angry, "Master Ge, I think I, Song Mou, have been an official for decades, how can you see that Mou has cheated on the case, if you don't believe it, you can let people come to investigate." ”

Ge Qingyun already regretted it a little when he said this, this news was too weird, because he didn't think too much when he spoke, so it was inevitable that something was wrong, so he hurriedly gave a salute, "Lord Song, this is not Ge's, I hope your lord will not blame it, this case involves a lot, Ge did not investigate it for a while, and what Shicai said was not to question Lord Song." ”

Song Huaijin also accepted it when he saw it, knowing that he was also in a hurry, and said, "It's okay, Master Ge's case is very strange, since Your Majesty asked me to wait for ten days to solve the case, you and I must let go of the past and work together to solve the case, otherwise when the ten-day period comes, you and I may follow in the footsteps of the imperial doctor." ”

Ge Qingyun pondered for a while, "What Lord Song said is reasonable, when a certain person goes back to the Yanei, he will gather manpower to investigate the case with all his might, if there is anything that needs to be cooperated, he can put it forward, and the treasure must be recovered as soon as possible!" ”

At midnight, in the cell of Dali Temple, several guards were taking a sip at the table, and I drank the up-to-the-minute urine and wine, chirping, which seemed to vent the summer unhappiness.

In the cell, there were bursts of snoring from time to time, like a bull's nose humming, like a toad whispering, one after another, endlessly.

Xu Jianping was sitting upright in the pickled grass pile to rest, the Haoran Qi in his body was incompatible with the gloomy environment around him, in a trance, the Haoran Qi operated on its own, and a wall of qi was built on his body, and the black mole between his eyebrows became brighter and brighter.

suddenly

"Meow",

A black cat jumped onto the roof, and above the skylight of the cell, a pair of shiny eyes made people shudder.

The people in the house seemed to have sensed it, and slowly opened their eyes, the third eye, looking at the skylight, it was pitch black outside, and the gusts of wind blew, showing a trace of horror, as if even the stars were afraid to hide tonight, "Something happened again!" ”

In Mannian Prefecture, on the left side of Suzaku Street in Chang'an, Kyoto, it is a chaotic place far from the imperial city, and most of the people living here are street vendors, and few squires and nobles pass through this place.

Yongle Fang near the city wall, silent, a cool breeze blowing, the candle flame in the lantern next to the street flickered and dimmed, Zhou Boxing is a more than fifty years old Xu old man, because he is the eldest son in the family, so his father took his name Bozi, born in the year of the Han Dynasty to recuperate, all industries are waiting to be prosperous, his father hopes that the Han Dynasty will prosper and prosper, is to take the name: Zhou Boxing.

When he was a child, Zhou Boxing was also a person with great ambitions, determined to be angry and strong, and to serve the court.

Zhou Boxing held the gong in one hand and the mallet in the other, and there were three muffled sounds of "knock, knock, knock", "The weather is dry, be careful of the candle!" At the third watch, the people in the city had fallen asleep, Zhou Boxing looked around, saw that there was no one around, and walked to the corner of a courtyard wall, carefully hung the gong in his hand on the branch next to the courtyard, stretched his hands into his waist, and quickly untied his trouser belt, and there was a sparse sound of water, so comfortable......

"The cool breeze has letters, the autumn moon is boundless, and my emotions are like living like a year......"

"Comfort ......"

Zhou Boxing lifted his pants and hummed in his mouth, "It's all three watches, why is Old Man Yang still lighting a candle!" ”

Zhou Boxing held his trousers in one hand, tilted his head and walked to the fence outside the courtyard, and glanced at the courtyard, "Old man Yang, are you awake?" Seeing that the person inside did not answer, "Old man Yang, old man Yang!" ”

Zhou Boxing tidied up his trousers, put on his trouser belt, boldly pushed open the courtyard door, and walked to the door of the house, "knock, knock, knock", half a sound, no one answered.

The gust of wind blew, whistling the bell on the eaves "jingle bell, jingle bell", the slightly old house windows creaked, the yin wind blew along the dilapidated windows to the house, and the candle flame inside was blown to a flat shape along the direction of the wind, Zhou Boxing leaned down and put his ear on the old door panel, and there was a "tick, tick" water drop sound in the house, everything seemed so weird.

Zhou Boxing is very bold, because he has lived for most of his life, except for secretly climbing to other people's walls and urinating when he was a child, and peeking at the uncles and aunts next door fighting each other on the bed, he has never done anything that hurts the heavens and reason, "I don't do bad things in my life, and I am willing to be a watchman in the middle of the night!" ”

Zhou Boxing, the watchman, walked to the dilapidated window on the side of the house, the window position was quite high, in a half-open state, he poked his head and wanted to reach in to see what it was, but the window itself was slightly smaller, and he tried several times but failed to do so, it was Zhou Xingbo who tried to open the half-open wooden pane, the sound of "creaking" was particularly crisp in this silent night, the wooden pane was obviously not repaired for a long time, and the card nitrate on the side was already necrotic, Zhou Boxing did not use force when he first pushed, "Dead strain, and I don't know how to repair and repair." ”

Zhou Boxing walked to the outer courtyard, found a wooden bench and placed it under the window, Zhou Boxing stepped on it, and said to himself, "It's convenient now." Then he pushed hard, and the wooden pane "banged", which was directly inferred by it and fell into the house.

"Uh, drop a mother, but you can fall to death old bones!"

Zhou Boxing muttered, supported the ground with both hands, bent over and got up, and patted the dust on his body, "Is the ground wet?" Could it be that Lao Yang's head is urinating in the house! Well, it's a little slimy...... Old Yang Tou, Old Yang Tou? ”

With the help of the faint candlelight in the house, Zhou Boxing shouted and walked inside, and suddenly was knocked down by something under his feet halfway through, "Oops", Zhou Boxing stretched out his hand and touched it, like a round object, soft, fluffy, slimy, holding it in his hand, looking at it, a pair of big eyes were facing Zhou Boxing, "My mother...... Old Yang head! ”