"Of course you can, but sooner or later you'll have to trade it. Lone immediately took Mr. to the National Treasure House to have a look. Gongjin, Zijing, come too. After Sun Quan finished speaking, he went to the study to get the key, and prepared to take Kong Ming to open his eyes.

The National Treasury can be described as heavily guarded, and Sun Quan led them through one defense line after another, and finally came to a large iron gate. He said mysteriously, "The crystal ball is inside." ”

"Why is there no one to guard here?" Kong Ming was puzzled.

"This iron door is so strong that there is only one key, and no one can open it. Sun Quan inserted the strange-shaped key in his hand into the key hole, turned three times to the right, and opened the iron door.

Excited Sun Quan was about to show off his collection to everyone, when he suddenly found that the sky above Ginza was empty - the holy ball was missing!

He was so shocked that he hurriedly called someone in and asked, "Where's the crystal ball?"

The guards were dumbfounded and shook their heads, and the captain of the guard was even more pale as dirt, and it was a grave sin to cause the loss of the national treasure due to poor care.

Sun Quan was furious: "Rice bucket, can't you even look at a ball?!"

The captain of the guard said, "Tell you, my lord, we are on guard day and night, and no outsiders have come in. ”

The guards all nodded their heads to prove that the confessions were unanimous. Zhou Yu asked, "Are you sure no one has ever come in?"

The captain of the guard tried to recall for a while, and said: "By the way, I remember one thing, Lord Lu Ji came once half a month ago, and he also brought a soldier to do a monthly inspection, saying that he was ordered by the lord to do a monthly inspection. When I saw that he had the key, I let them in. ”

Sun Quan heard this, and immediately collapsed to the ground. He thought it was impregnable.

The crowd hurriedly lifted him up. Sun Quan said: "It was Lu Ji who did it, and Gu never gave him the key here." ”

Kong Ming asked the guards, "Did you follow them when they came in?" Did you carry something in your hands when you went out?"

"No, because Lord Lu is a close confidant of the lord, we don't dare to follow casually, but I can guarantee that both of them are empty-handed, and all the guards here can testify!"

Lu Su asked, "Except for Lu Ji and the others, has anyone else been here?"

The Captain of the Guard replied, "Absolutely not, I'm sure!"

Kong Ming asked, "When was the last time General Sun was here?"

Sun Quan said: "Gu came once last month, and he hasn't been here since. ”

"Does anyone else have the key here?"

"This key is a special version, the only one in the world, and it is impossible to carry it alone. ”

"Who designed this iron door?"

"It's Lu Ji!" Sun Quan patted his head, "Lone remembered." Two years ago, Lu Ji found someone to design this iron door for Lone. He said that the door was so strong that it would never be opened without a key. This key was given to Gu by him, and he said that this is the only one, and there is no selfish match. Lone trusted him too much at the time to be aware of his conspiracy. He must have pre-allocated two identical keys, one for Gu and one for himself. This traitor is so bold that he dares to blatantly steal a national treasure!"

"It seems that the crystal ball was indeed stolen by Lu Ji, but what is his motive?" Kong Ming touched his chin with a feather fan and entered a state of thought, "General Sun, forgive me for daring to ask, how long has Lu Ji been in politics in your state?

Although Sun Quan didn't quite understand why he asked this, he still responded: "Lu Ji entered the palace in the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), when his deceased brother Sun Ce had just died, and not long after Gu Gang took the throne, he recommended himself to join. However, he was indeed very talented and outstanding, and he was deeply valued at the time. As for the number of Yulu, this lonely person is really not very clear, and he needs to send Taicang official Gu Cheng to ask. ”

"No need, since he is deeply valued by General Sun, Yu Lu is naturally not low. Does he usually have any bad habits, such as gambling, prostitution, and the like?" Kong Ming asked Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su at the same time.

The three of them thought about it, and they all shook their heads to indicate that they didn't understand. Sun Quan was puzzled: "Lu Ji has always been a very upright person in the eyes of everyone, and I have never heard of him having these bad habits; Why is this question asked, sir?"

Kong Ming explained: "I just wanted to confirm whether he stole the ball for money. According to General Sun, he is not in it for money, so why is it? Since he is an upright person, it is not easy to prompt such an "upright" person to take such a big risk to steal a ball. ”

Kong Ming frowned, and several key factors quickly formed a network of relationships in his mind, and the core pointed to two words - stealing the ball. He used all his brain cells to go into battle, vowing to analyze all the truth in a short time. The others were also very cooperative, quietly waiting for the results of his analysis.

Soon his brain cells finally had the fruits of his collective labor, but he deliberately did not show it at first, but just asked, "How did he get the ball out? Could it be invisible?"

Kong Ming asked the captain of the guard to carefully recall the situation at that time. The guard commander thought for a while and said, "It's strange to say, I think that the soldier who came with Lord Lu came out with his belly seemed to be a little bigger, but it was not very obvious. I didn't think about it at the time. ”

"Could it be that the man hid the ball in his clothes?" Zhou Yu felt that this kind of theft method was too clumsy and not feasible at all.

"The crystal ball is so big, hidden in the clothes like a pregnant woman, who can't see it?" Lu Su didn't believe it.

"It seems that the secret lies in the soldier. Kong Ming knocked his head after speaking, "Hey, we're so confused, why don't we just catch Lu Ji and interrogate him?"

A sentence reminded Sun Quan, and he immediately sent someone to catch Lu Ji.

Soon, Lu Ji was tied up and taken into the National Treasure Vault. Sun Quan ordered him to kneel.

Lu Ji panicked. Sun Quan pointed to the empty Ginza and said angrily: "Lu Ji, I ask you, where is the crystal ball?"

"What? The crystal ball is gone?! It's none of my business, please be aware of it!" Lu Ji pretended to be wronged, but his eyes couldn't hide it from everyone present.

"You still dare to quibble! This iron door was designed by someone you found, you have the secret key here, and you collaborated with someone to steal the crystal ball half a month ago, and you dare not admit it!" Sun Quan shouted sharply.

The captain of the guard said: "Lord Lu, you said half a month ago that you came to do a monthly inspection on the order of the lord, and all the soldiers here can testify, and there are inspection records as evidence. ”

Sun Quan said angrily: "Lu Ji, in vain Gu usually trusts you so much, you dare to steal the national treasure privately!

"......" In the face of ironclad evidence, Lu Ji was speechless.

Sun Quan was furious and wanted to draw his sword. Kong Ming stopped him, walked up to Lu Ji, and said, "You are from the Yue tribe. ”

"!!" Everyone present was taken aback.

"You... What are you talking about?

"Lu Ji, you have deceived everyone in the palace and made everyone mistakenly think that you are a Wu person, but in fact you are Shanyue! You are a spy sent to Wu by the Yue clan!" Kong Ming said a word.

Lu Ji looked at Kong Ming and didn't say a word. In less than ten seconds, he was impressed by Kong Ming's eyes that could see through people's hearts, and lowered his head. Everyone present knew that this was tantamount to acquiescence, but the most surprising thing was Sun Quan, who kept being speechless.

Kong Ming shouted: "Lu Ji, since you have admitted that you are Shanyue, why don't you confess quickly!"

Lu Ji was silent. Sun Quan ordered: "Come on, put him in the dungeon, torture him, see if he recruits!"

"Yes!" ordered the captain of the guard, "put him in the dungeon!"

"Don't... Don't, I'll move, I'll move!" As soon as Lu Ji heard that he was going to enter the dungeon, he immediately surrendered.

Here's what he had to say:

Eight years ago, Sun Ce was tragically attacked and died during a hunting trip, and at the age of eighteen, Sun Quan became the top administrator of Soochow. The news soon reached the ears of King Yue, who thought that the newcomer was inexperienced and must seize this golden opportunity, so he appointed Lu Ji to infiltrate the Wu Palace as a long-term undercover agent. Lu Ji was ordered by the King of Yue to disguise himself as a Wu person and go to Sun Quan, who had just inherited the position of his brother, in order to find out the inside news of Wu and report to his clan. Relying on his own skills, Lu Ji was quickly reused by Sun Quan, and quickly rose from an ordinary official to the post of inspector. Two years ago, seeing that Sun Quan bought the crystal ball, Lu Ji suddenly had a conspiracy to steal the crystal ball and give it to King Yue. So, he took the initiative to ask Ying to design and build a first-class anti-theft iron door for Sun Quan. Sun Quan didn't think much about it, so he gave him this task. So, while building the door, Lu Ji privately prepared two identical keys, one for Sun Quan and one for himself. In this way, he made everyone in the palace mistakenly believe that only Sun Quan had the key to the national treasure, and invisibly made the key in his hand replace Sun Quan's token, so that he could freely enter and enter the national treasure house, as long as Sun Quan did not know. Stealing the ball requires the right timing, and he's been waiting for an opportunity for two years. Finally, half a month ago, he made up his mind and secretly contacted another clansman and asked him to infiltrate the Wu Palace and disguise himself as a palace guard. After the two worked together to steal the crystal ball, the man transferred the ball to King Yue. The operation was completed without a hitch.

"How did you get the ball out?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Our Yue people have a soft body technique, called 'belly shrinking gong', which is similar to the 'bone shrinking gong' in the Central Plains. The person who works with me to steal the ball will shrink his belly, and when he flattens his belly, he can suck the crystal ball so that it doesn't fall off, and when he covers his clothes, it will not be noticed. That's how we stole the crystal ball. "Lu Ji tells the truth and the inventory.

"You stole the ball, why did you stay in the Wu Palace? I knew that I would soon find out. Kong Ming was puzzled.

Lu Ji sighed and said, "The lord comes to the National Treasure House every other month, and I took advantage of this gap to act. Originally, I planned to submit my resignation to the lord in the next two days, and leave the Wu Palace under the pretext of saying goodbye to my hometown and return to the Shanyue headquarters, but I didn't expect the lord to come early, which was beyond my expectations. ”

"Why didn't you go with your accomplices at that time?" Lu Su asked.

"It was my mistake and I should have planned it early in the morning. My wife and children are still in the palace, and I can't leave them behind. It's only a few days away, alas!"

"In order to curry favor with King Yue, you can give up your career in the Wu Kingdom?" Kong Ming stared into the other party's eyes tightly.

"I'm just a pawn of the Yue clan, not to mention that I'm about to enter the age of knowing my fate (50 years old), and I've been an undercover agent in Wu for almost ten years, so it's time to go back. It's just that I didn't think about it carefully enough at the time, but since I did it, I can only take the best policy, anyway, if I stay in the Wu Palace for too long, the secret will be exposed one day. ”

"Are there any of your accomplices in the palace now?" Zhou Yu asked.

Lu Ji shook his head and said nothing, not daring to make eye contact with him. Zhou Yu suddenly picked him up excitedly and asked sharply, "Did you do Xiao Qiao's thing?"

"No, no, no, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me, I swear!"

"You still dare to deny it!

"I really didn't do it, it was purely accidental! Zhou Lang, you are mistaken!" Lu Ji looked innocent.

Kong Ming persuaded: "Forget it, Dudu, he has recruited all the things about stealing national treasures, and if Mrs. Ruozun's matter is done by him, there is no need for him to deny it." ”

"Then tell me, where is Xiao Qiao now?" Zhou Yu was anxious to know the whereabouts of his lover.

"I really don't know this, I can swear to God!" Lu Ji swore an oath, and it seemed that he did not know.

Sun Quan's vocal cords finally returned to work, and he said to Lu Ji: "The Lone Grain Transport Team has been attacked repeatedly in recent years, and it must be you who are secretly making trouble! Even if Xiao Qiao's matter is not your doing, you have already committed the crime of stealing national treasures and leaking state secrets, both of which are capital crimes! If I don't kill you today, Lone can serve the people!"

Lu Ji was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Come, put him in the dungeon, and behead him after the trial on a later day!" Sun Quan ordered the soldiers.

The soldiers escorted Lu Ji out, and Lu Ji begged for mercy all the way, but to no avail. The captain of the guard was even more glad that he had escaped, if he couldn't find out the truth, Sun Quan would definitely take him for questioning.

"This kind of person deserves to be killed, and he has deceived us for eight years!" Zhou Yu said indignantly.

He said that there was no accomplice in the palace, and he didn't know if it was true or not. Lu Su was skeptical.

"He's supposed to be lying. Kong Ming made an in-depth analysis, "Do you think that he can leave the Wu Palace and give up his identity just to steal the ball and curry favor with the King of Yue? This is unreasonable." You must know that if you choose one of the 'treasures' and 'internal responses', King Yue will definitely choose the internal response, which is beyond doubt. So I bet that there must be other internal responses in the palace, it is estimated that there is one, and the official position is not low, because only those who meet this condition can obtain some accurate and important information for the Yue people. Therefore, King Yue will allow him to leave the Wu Palace, or rather, he will allow himself to leave the Wu Palace. However, there is one thing I am convinced of, the kidnapping of Mrs. Xiao Qiao really has nothing to do with him, because to a certain extent, the occurrence of such a thing is not very beneficial to a long-term undercover agent, and may lead to the accelerated exposure of his identity. ”