Pei Yan stood in the courtyard with an ugly face, and next to him stood the same ugly-looking prince washing horse Liu Neyan.

This is the east Henan post of Luoyang City.

Countless guards inside and outside stood solemnly with a lance, waving the flag, and the flag was embroidered with the words Cao and Yue.

The sound of horses' hooves galloped from a distance, and finally walked briskly into the inn.

Zuo Shilang Zhong Dou Sitai entered from the outside expressionlessly, looked at Pei Yan and Liu Neyan and arched his hands: "I have seen Pei Shangshu, Liu Xima." ”

"Why is Dou Lang here?" Pei Yan returned the salute.

"The crown prince's birthday gift to His Majesty is lost, and the Zuo Xiang and the princes of the Political Affairs Hall are quite concerned, so you'd better get the things back before Your Majesty knows." Dou Sitai bowed his hand slightly in the direction of the Qianyang Palace, and Pei Yan's face suddenly became solemn.

"So, what's going on today?" Dou Sitai's eyes were erected, and he looked around, there were at least hundreds of Wu Yue guards here, why would he let the prince's birthday gift be lost.

Liu Neyan opened his mouth and said: "Last night, Wu Yue's delegation arrived at Henan Station, because it was late and the city gate was closed, so he rested here for a while. But I didn't expect that at dawn the next day, the undersea tree sent from Yangzhou had already dissipated without a trace, and Xia Guan was discussing with Pei Shangshu how to check? ”

Dou Sitai nodded, then turned to look at Pei Yan, turned his head sideways and asked, "Pei Shangshu came quickly, and the people from Dali Temple haven't arrived yet?" ”

"Your Majesty has a decree to let the Criminal Department cooperate with Jin Wuwei, Luoyang County, Henan, to 'protect' the safety of the Chang'an Foreign Envoy and the Zhuzhou Advance Mission, Pei happened to inspect the vicinity, and he really didn't expect that the birthday gift given to His Majesty by the East Palace was stolen in front of everyone, which is really a miracle." After Pei Yan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Liu Neyan.

Liu Neyan's face was ugly and he didn't speak, but Pei Yan's face was not much better.

Yesterday, Yuan Wanqing asked him to help and stared at the prince's birthday gift, but he didn't expect to have something to do today.

Fortunately, he didn't agree yesterday, otherwise he would be the one who carried the black pot today.

Pei Yan felt a burst of anger in his heart, Yuan Wanqing acted far less than Ming Chongyan, such a conspiracy and sneakiness.

Ming Chongyan is everyone who does things together and benefits together, but Yuan Wanqing is someone else's work, and he benefits himself.

And all the time they kept everyone in the dark.

Such a person, who will rest assured to cooperate with him.

Thinking further, Yuan Wanqing's means are obviously insufficient, and there is already a problem with Pei Yan, who knows if he will have an accident one day in the future.

For example, today's events, who knows who will be implicated in it one day.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how should this case be investigated next?" Dou Sitai said very directly: "Things must be retrieved before His Majesty knows, if the two of you are afraid of insufficient manpower, Dali Temple, Qianniuwei, Yushitai, and Xia Guan can all be found." ”

Dou Sitai's appearance here now is equivalent to the appearance of the prime ministers here.

With the order, he can command all the yamen in the entire Luoyang.

"With Dou Lang's words, Pei is relieved." Pei Yan nodded, looked at the entire post station, and said in a deep voice: "Those who can quietly steal things in the post station, surrounded by hundreds of guards, are definitely not ordinary people, but unfortunately, now that Your Majesty is on his birthday, there are too many capable people in Luoyang." ”

Dou Sitai and Liu Neyan sighed lightly in their hearts.

It is precisely because the things in Luoyang City are too complicated that so many people care about this matter.

"Putting aside all external factors, first grasp a little, this thief, after he got something, where is he now." Pei Yan turned his head, looked at the Jianchun Gate in the west, and said calmly: "There are only two possibilities for this person, one is to enter Luoyang City, and the other is to leave Luoyang City. ”

After a slight pause, Pei Yan said: "There are two kinds of leaving Luoyang City, one is to escape far away, to escape to the world, now the Criminal Department will send a letter to a checkpoint, strictly inspect, do not seek to catch people, at least don't let him run too far; The second is that people are still in Luoyang, but they have not entered the city, and they are still around Luoyang, waiting for the wind to subside before entering the city. ”

"It must still be in Luoyang." Dou Sitai and Liu Neyan nodded at the same time, those who can target the prince are definitely not ordinary people.

"Very good, then please Qianniu Wei lead the right guards, and strictly inspect the people around the entire Luoyang City, Taoist temples, temples, and school palaces, if he is there, force people out, if he is not there, it can be regarded as His Majesty's birthday, and clean up the local security first." Pei Yan said sentence by sentence very methodically.

"Yes." Dou Sitai nodded, then looked to the side.

One of his subordinates immediately surrendered, and then ran quickly to the city, hurrying back to Shangshu Province.

Pei Yan looked at Luoyang City and said, "The biggest possibility is that that person has already entered Luoyang, and there are two situations.

One is to enter the palace directly from the Jianchun Gate, and the other is to enter the city from other city gates around the city, but in any case, such a big thing must not be sent into the city at will.

Whether it is Jianchun Gate or other city gates, you should be able to find something on the way from here to other city gates.

Inquire about the prison guards in detail, and at the same time inspect the inside of the prison guards, it is inevitable that there will be thieves and cover up at the same time. ”

Anyone who enters the city, no matter who it is, needs to register at the city gates.

Even the prime minister of the dynasty and the prince of the clan are no exception, at most they just ask and send them away politely, but what should be recorded still has to be recorded.

"An eight-foot-tall box is not something that can be easily delivered." Liu Neyan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the situation was finally better.

Pei Yan shook his head and said, "If he has someone outside the city, I'm afraid that he will immediately cut that thing into several pieces and put it into a carriage and transport it in." ”

Liu Neyan's face instantly became extremely ugly.

Pei Yan looked at Dou Sitai and said: "Find all the carriages with boxes, even if they are coffins, you must check them carefully, now that the city gate has not been open for a long time, even if there are such people, there should not be many." ”

"Check!" Dou Sitai immediately turned to look at his side, a subordinate had already surrendered his hand, and then quickly went to the city gate to inspect in detail.

"At this point, we can at least know how many people there are on the other side and which direction they went into the city, and the next thing to be careful about is that the other party changes their identities and changes carriages halfway." As soon as Pei Yan's words landed, Liu Neyan's face that had just relaxed was difficult to look at again.

"But no matter how the other party changes, the general number of people and the general number of vehicles will not change, let the watchtower guard check, it should be able to find out." Pei Yan looked sideways, and without Dou Sitai's signal, someone had already turned around immediately to check.

Pei Yan's face instantly became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Now I have only reached the most difficult step. ”

"Pei Gong, please speak." Dou Sitai seriously bowed his hand to Pei Yan.

Undoubtedly, the current Pei Yan has made him admire him very much.

Pei Zilong was able to become the secretary of the Criminal Department, which has never been easy.

Pei Yan sneered slightly, and said: "This thing, in the end, is either related to the big tribes outside the territory, or the powerful power in the court, after all, it can know that the birthday gift of the East Palace arrived in Kyoto today, explore the layout of the post station in advance, get ready, and act blatantly, even in the entire city, not many people can do it,"

Dou Sitai and Liu Neyan's faces were very ugly, this matter really needs to be thoroughly investigated, and the result is unknown.

"Let's check." Liu Neyan's face turned cold.

Dou Sitai immediately nodded and said, "Check it, Your Majesty's birthday, someone is doing such nonsense, Your Majesty knows about it, and you will be angry." ”

On the emperor's birthday, someone touched the prince's congratulatory gift, which was not only slapping the prince's face, but also slapping the emperor's face.

This kind of person must not be able to stay in Luoyang easily, and once it is found out, he will be punished immediately.

"If needed, the sixth rate of the East Palace can also be mobilized." Liu Neyan said a word and escalated the matter again.

The prince's congratulatory gift to the emperor was lost, and once the prince invited the emperor, the prince dispatched at six rates, and the matter was absolutely indispensable.

Pei Yan took a deep breath, when Ming Chong was there, the secret guard was bold but cautious, this kind of handle was absolutely impossible for others to grasp, but it fell into the hands of Yuan Wanqing, and these might be over.

You must know that although the secret guards are secretive, they are actually all external, and internally, the location of the headquarters of the secret guards is known to the important ministers of the court.

As long as the emperor allows, there is no need to mobilize much, three hundred armor soldiers, and they can be slaughtered there.

"Check!"

……

"Is it here?" Pei Yan looked up at the Tiangong Temple with red walls and green tiles and quiet bells in front of him, and his face was full of disbelief.

Tiangong Temple, Luoyang Famous Temple.

A few years ago, there was even a ceremony here to honor Emperor Li Hong.

The breadth of the fame is evident.

The most important thing is that it is only two squares away from the end gate of the imperial city.

The prince's congratulatory gift that was stolen in Henan Station was finally found and found here.

Jin Wu Weilang on the side nodded Qin Ming seriously, and said: "It was sent here, and it never came out again, and the last general has sent his men to sneak in to investigate just now, and the car is still inside, but the things inside have been transported to the temple." ”

"Whatever the reason, find the thing first, and then slowly investigate the reason." Liu Neyan made a decisive decision.

Everything starts with finding the prince's congratulatory gift, and other things can be investigated slowly.

"Okay." Pei Yan looked at Xu Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple on the side, and Dou Sitai, all of whom nodded at the same time.

It's not too early now.

The Emperor may issue a decree at any time to summon people to the palace, and it is best for them to take care of everything before then.

"Rush!" Pei Yan waved his hand, and the next moment, countless Jinwu guards were already holding swords and shields, and directly killed Tiangong Temple.

There is no hypocrisy, no intrigue.

At this time, everything is first to find the prince's congratulatory gift.

Listening to the shouts inside, Pei Yan's brows furrowed deeply.

He didn't understand.

What the hell is Yuan Wanqing doing?

stole the prince's congratulatory gift and hid it in a Buddhist temple, what kind of operation is this.

Is it to make Buddhism stand on the opposite side of the prince?

But if this is really the case, then Buddhism will immediately stand on the opposite side of the emperor and the opposite side of the ministers.

Because now they're doing this thing that's completely over the line.

Now that even the prime ministers have not stood on the platform in the battle for the crown prince, the people of Buddhism have already taken the lead.

Especially the emperor, he will think more about what the Buddha is doing, is he already sure that he is going to die?

What if it is said that he will not die, does Buddhism want him to die?

When an emperor hates Buddhism from the bottom of his heart, he has 10,000 ways to make Buddhism uncomfortable.

Not to mention the most straightforward.

There was a commotion, and a voice sounded high: "Found it." ”

Pei Yan's face couldn't help but change immediately.

……

Looking at the undersea tree that was placed in the abbot's meditation room in the backyard, Pei Yan and the others all looked at each other for a while.

Because it was on the wooden couch in the meditation room, a big monk in a yellow monk's robe sat cross-legged in it, his eyes closed, his palms folded, as if chanting in a low voice.

But when you get closer, you can see that he's not actually chanting at all.

Even he didn't have a breath at all, a heartbeat at all.

The abbot of Tiangong Temple, which is famous in the whole of Luoyang, passed away today.

In the center of his meditation room, there are undersea trees collected by the prince from the East China Sea in the hands of King Cao and King Yue.

This scene made everyone not know what to say.

What's going on here?

(End of chapter)