The turmoil in the Ghost Gate Pass has subsided for a few days, Xiao Yao has lived in the Sanshan Dart Bureau for more than a month, originally after he saw the Kaifeng Mansion book brought by the ghost hand Ling Han, he wanted to say goodbye to the head of the Divine Fist and did not want to bother here.

At this time, Fang Ziyu's injuries gradually healed, and when he heard that Xiao Yao was going to go straight, he was not allowed to stay in every possible way, Xiao Yao did not refute his kindness as the first friend after coming out of the mountain, and he was not really in a hurry, so he agreed to stay for a few more days, Fang Ziyu was happy, and Fang Changqi of the Divine Fist was also sincerely welcomed.

As soon as the thieves went to the ghost gate, they saw that the business of the three mountain dart bureaus was booming again, after all, the world is now restless, and there are bandits everywhere. Although the power of the Three Mountains Dart Bureau cannot resist such big thieves as the Ghost Gate, its reputation in the Central Plains Dart World is also well-known.

After all, it is rare to see a strong thief Liang like this ghost gate, the Sanshan Dart Bureau has a wide hand and a wide face, and even if the little thief who does not open his eyes does not use the Divine Fist Fang Changqi to open the horse, the gun king Li Zhengqing and the dart master of the Sanshan Dart Bureau are enough to send it away.

Although the main family is hospitable to guests, Xiao Yao is embarrassed to always eat and live here for nothing, in name he is not the dart master or executioner of the Sanshan Dart Bureau, but with the escort business with a short distance on the left, he is happy to make a contribution to accompany the escort all the way over.

After a long time, Xiao Yao also escorted a lot of darts with Fang Ziyu, the young master of the Sanshan Dart Bureau, and never missed a hand every time he delivered on time, and the friendship between the two gradually became stronger, and he saw a wide range of knowledge on the dart road, and even the experience of the rivers and lakes has increased a lot, and he is no longer a fledgling child who does not understand the world.

On this day, the two of them had just finished a trip to Huai'an Mansion, and along the way, Fang Ziyu, the young master, was full of interest and discussed with Xiao Yao that when he met the small group of bandits, which of the two had more neat kung fu.

Xiao Yao's internal cultivation was carefully trained by two grandfathers in his early years, and he was one year older than Fang Ziyu at this time, and his martial arts were no longer comparable to Fang Ziyu, and he didn't care about his little brother, and he listened to him brag about his skills. Behind him, the dart masters of the Sanshan Dart Bureau handed over the darts, and they were relaxed on the side, chatting in a low voice about men and women.

The group saw that they had arrived at the General Bureau of the Sanshan Dart Bureau in Kaifeng Mansion, but they saw a team of fully equipped officials waiting in line on the bluestone avenue outside the courtyard gate outside their own courtyard, and they were all shocked and thought that something had happened in the dart bureau.

Before everyone rushed to the door, they saw Ling Han, a famous ghost catcher in Kaifeng, striding out of the courtyard all the way, and flew on his horse with a diseasy rush to the courtyard, and left with his servants in a hurry.

I don't know what a big deal happened, even Ling Han, who was known for his calmness in the past, seemed to be panicked now, and galloped past in a panic, even Xiao Yao and Fang Ziyu, who were waving to him on the left, didn't even see it.

Xiao Yao and Fang Ziyu knew that something was going on, and instructed the miscellaneous servants of the Sanshan Dart Bureau to collect everyone's horses and vehicles into storage, and then went to the inner courtyard together to find the head of the dart, Fang Changqi, and wanted to ask what was going on.

Fang Changqi was also sitting alone in the study at this time, and when he saw the two of them coming back, he reluctantly smiled and said, "Ziyu, Xiao Yao, you are back, is this journey to Huai'an still smooth." ”

Xiao Yao briefly said everything he had encountered along the way, and Fang Changqi nodded approvingly when he saw everything.

After all, Fang Ziyu was young and couldn't hide things in his heart, so he had already opened his mouth to ask: "Dad, I just saw Uncle Ling at the door and left in a hurry with many officials in Kaifeng Mansion, is there something wrong in the dart game?" ”

Although the ghost hand Ling Han was not much older than Fang Ziyu, he was commensurate with his father Divine Fist Fang Changqi as a brother, so Fang Ziyu was used to calling Uncle Ling Han.

Fang Changqi said: "It's nothing important, it's just that Lord Liu, the prefect of the Mansion, sent someone to summon him, so Brother Ling left in a hurry." ”

Xiao Yao saw that Fang Changqi looked restless, as if he couldn't say anything, and he and Fang Ziyu went out of the study silently, and just after walking a short distance, he casually found a reason to leave Fang Ziyu and go back to the study alone.

Pushing the door in, he saw Fang Changqi's sword eyebrows locked, as if he was worried about something.

Fang Changqi was stunned when he saw Xiao Yao go, and asked, "Xiao Yao, why are you back again, what about that kid Ziyu?"

Xiao Yao said: "Uncle Fang, don't worry, Brother Ziyu went back to the backyard to visit Aunt Fang, I saw that Uncle Fang, you are so soulless, it's not that something happened to Brother Ling." ”

Fang Changqi sighed and said, "I know that Xiao Yao is the most meticulous and clever, this matter will need to be hidden from you sooner or later, but this matter is very important, Ziyu's kid is young and knowledgeable, but he can't talk to him." ”

Xiao Yao hurriedly agreed, Fang Changqi got up and carefully checked the left side of the study, and saw that there were no 'ears', so he came back to the study and gently closed the door and whispered: "Kaifeng Mansion Yin Liu Anshan Lord Liu's state capital gold seal is missing......

Xiao Yao lost his voice and said, "What!"

It turned out that when one of the Ming Dynasty officials took office, they would receive a seal from the imperial court, which was the certificate of the official party, and the documents and decrees that came and went could be stamped with the seal of this golden seal.

Regarding the matter of the ghost gate and bandits, Yin Liu Anshan of Kaifeng Mansion has been active for a long time, and he has given up a lot of property, which can barely be covered up and not held accountable by the above. But this golden seal is extraordinary, and once lost, it is a sin to kill the head.

In the past few days, Yin Liu Anshan of the Mansion was almost crazy for the theft of the golden seal, and reprimanded all the big and small head catchers on duty in Kaifeng Mansion, and strictly ordered Ling Han and others to recover the lost gold seals within ten days, otherwise he Liu Anshan's head could not be saved, and Ling Han and these officials did not want to live.

How dare the public slack off on such things, and hurriedly disperse to various places in the city of Kaifeng Mansion to investigate and secretly visit, and the thieves and thieves recorded in the city do not know how many have been arrested for several days, and the prison of Kaifeng Mansion has long been overcrowded.

However, such a major matter cannot be leaked in the slightest, so it is very difficult to carry out interrogation and interrogation, and now the only way to coerce and intimidate the prisoner to admit his guilt is a way, otherwise if the news leaks and even if the golden seal is recovered, everyone will lose their positions at least, and at worst, they will suffer from the prison, and they may not even be able to save their heads.

Ling Han came to the Sanshan Dart Bureau before to hope for Fang Changqi of the Divine Fist, after all, Fang Changqi has a wide range of people, and he is very good at black and white in Henan, so he may be able to find out which 'great immortals' have come to Kaifeng in the recent days and made such a big 'joke' with Lord Liu.

Xiao Yao only then knew why Fang Changqi refused to tell the two of them, you must know that this kind of news is really a blessing for ordinary people.

It's just that the ghost hand Ling Han is kind and a friend of him, others can hide from this matter, but he is far away and reasonable, but he should do his part.

At that moment, he asked Fang Changqi about the whereabouts of the ghost hand Ling Han, Xiao Yao said goodbye to the Divine Fist Fang Changqi, left the Three Mountains Dart Bureau and set off to find the ghost hand Ling Han.

Sure enough, the ghost hand Ling Han, as the Divine Fist Fang Changqi said, was interrogating the soldiers and soldiers who were responsible for entering and exiting the city gate in the past few days at the east gate of Kaifeng Mansion.

Now the ghost hand Ling Han is also sick and rushed to the doctor, and all the people in Kaifeng Mansion who have some friendship with him have been mobilized, but it is necessary to screen out all the strangers who have arrived in Kaifeng Mansion in the past few days.

The soldiers guarding the city gate are responsible for checking the passers-by every day to verify their identities, of course, they can't let it go, Kaifeng City is different from ordinary small cities, the thick and sturdy city walls are as high as ten zhang, unless it is a top master in the martial arts, the internal strength is slightly worse, and if you want to enter the city, there is only one way to enter the city, so the ghost hand Ling Han has high hopes for the four city gates.

It's just that the current imperial court is corrupt and the military affairs are lax, and many of the original rules and regulations are in vain, and non-locals entering the city originally needed to issue documents to register in the register, but now they only need to stuff some benefits for the soldiers who are checking to easily get through.

When Xiao Yao found Ling Han, this brother was furious at a city gate official on duty, but there was a blank on the registration of the entry documents into the city in the past ten days, if it was said that there was no one to go to Kaifeng Mansion for ten consecutive days, but anyone who has a brain knows that there is no such reason, but the city gate official on duty is already an old oilman, and he has received the city gate for many years, of course, he knows that the entry and exit records are not caught on it, so he doesn't even bother to cheat.

In fact, how could Ling Han not wake up in the officialdom for such things, but now he can't think of it, and he always holds the hope of what happens, but he doesn't have the slightest success when he turns down the Sifang City Gate, so he can't help but be angry.

At this time, I happened to catch a glimpse of Xiao Yao coming, and his angry face was a little misty, so he temporarily let go of the Jiupin City gate official on duty, and stepped forward to ask why Xiao Yao came.

Xiao Yao then pulled the ghost hand Ling Han to the side of the alley and said truthfully, Ling Han has no way now, everyone who can ask has begged, and everything that should be arrested has been arrested, but after seeing it for nearly a day, there is not even the slightest clue.

He himself and Xiao Yao became friends at first sight, and he knew Xiao Yao's roots, but he didn't blame his brother Fang Changqi for revealing this matter to Xiao Yao, after all, Fang Changqi did this out of good intentions, and now that Xiao Yao knew about it, he no longer concealed it, so he simply told the whole story.

After all, it is no secret that the Emperor Wanli himself is lazy with the government, and even the Son of Heaven himself is still like this, and the officials of the various ministries naturally do not pick the emperor's eyebrows, and even the documents that need to be sent up and down in various places are also reduced month by month.

The last time Liu Anshan reported to the chief secretary was sent five days ago, that is to say, if the golden seal is found within ten days, it is just a matter of returning, if it is not recovered within the time limit and therefore the report is mistakenly reported, once it is found out that Liu Anshan lost the golden seal of the imperial official letter, he will not have ten heads enough to cut off.

However, this gold seal is of little use to others, although the gold seal itself is worth a lot of money, but it is not much worse than the treasury silver in the treasury. Why did the thief give up the treasury, but turned to steal the more closely guarded state capital seal, it should not be just for fun.

To say that the people who pirated the seal hated corrupt officials and wanted to use this method to punish corrupt officials, but although Liu Anshan couldn't say that he was honest and honest as an official, but only the word 'greedy', I am afraid that it is far inferior to Tongji, even if it is Lord Zhang who is adjacent to Runing Mansion, he has more silver than him, even if this thief asks for the people's life to rectify corrupt officials, it will be his turn to count down from the top.

It's just that this Liu Anshan has an advantage, if it is such an important thing as the seal letter of other state capitals, although people will also be sent to guard it day and night, but after all, it is only used once in half a month, and it will not be checked every day, even if it is really lost, it will be difficult to protect it before it will be found after a few days.

This Kaifeng Mansion Yin Liu Anshan regards power as his life, and it is easy to climb to the position of Mansion Yin, and he is very tight about the golden seal given by the emperor, and he has to play it every day when he is free.

This is not yesterday before nightfall, Liu Anshan put the golden seal in the treasure box and locked it, and told the guards a few words. I went to the back hall study early this morning to see, the lock of the treasure box was good, but the gold seal inside seemed to have evaporated and disappeared without a trace.

Liu Anshan carefully searched the study up and down, left and right, and still didn't see it, summoned and questioned the guards who were responsible for guarding the study, and said that it was no different from usual, but he didn't know anything.

After Xiao Yao listened, he asked Ling Han if he could take him to the study of the mansion to see, Ling Han was also out of the way, and the dead horse was used as a live horse doctor, and instructed his subordinates to continue to interrogate the city gate These days, after not a single soldier on duty did not miss it, he led Xiao Yao and the two of them to ride all the way to the Kaifeng Mansion and the government.

This Kaifeng Mansion is in the center of Kaifeng City, and it feels very magnificent, but the soldiers on duty in the Mansion at this time are more than twice as many as in the past.

Fortunately, the ghost hand Ling Han was known as a prestige among the soldiers of Kaifeng Mansion, and he took Xiao Yao smoothly all the way to the study where the gold seal was stored.

Xiao Yao walked around the study, only to see that this study was a separate room in the courtyard, and there was only one entrance to the main entrance of the study.

There will be two guards on duty at the main entrance all day and night, and there will be guards patrolling every incense stick in the courtyard where the study is located.

If it is said that there is a martial arts master who repels the guards and snatches the golden seal, it is still possible, if it is said that without alarming the guards, it is even more difficult to steal the golden seal than to ascend to the sky.

At this time, Ling Han had already brought Xiao Yao into the study, and the neat furnishings of the study had been a mess because of the loss of the gold seal by Lord Liu, and the chaos on the scene couldn't help but make Xiao Yao sigh secretly A pity, suddenly a light above his head attracted Xiao Yao's attention, and when he looked up, he saw a light that was about half a foot square.

Ling Han saw Xiao Yao looking up, and also looked up, and said, "That is the air window of this study, the only place that connects to the outside except for the main entrance. ”

Although this air window seemed to be only half a foot square, it happened to be directly above the desk where the gold seal treasure box was placed, which made Xiao Yao pay attention to it.

Ghost Hand Ling Han seemed to know Xiao Yao's thoughts, and said, "I also considered whether the thief stole the golden seal from the air window with a flying claw or something, but Xiao Yao, look. ”

Ghost Hand Ling Han walked to the desk as he spoke, pointed to the seam between the treasure box and the desktop and said: "This desk is made of stainless steel, and the link between the treasure box and the desktop has long been poured with molten iron to die, in other words, this treasure box is inseparable from the desktop, and the treasure box was locked by Lord Liu himself that night." ”

Xiao Yao leaned forward to look, and sure enough, he saw that the treasure box seemed to grow on the table, and he reached out to push the treasure box but it didn't move, he suddenly saw that the treasure box was not locked at this time, and he lifted the lid of the treasure box at the moment, but what was revealed after lifting the lid made Ling Han and Xiao Yao who were present shocked......

I saw Xiao Yao lift the lid of the treasure box with his hand, and the treasure box was not empty, but the thing contained in it was a gold-inlaid seal.

The ghost hand Ling Han has been on an errand in Kaifeng Mansion for a long time, and he is used to seeing Lord Yin Liu of the Mansion use this gold seal to stamp the official document, and at this time, it turned out to be the stolen gold seal, although for some reason, he still couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Xiao Yao took the golden seal from the ghost hand Ling Han, looked at it over and over again, and couldn't help but let out a soft sigh when he saw the bottom of the golden seal.

Ghost hand Ling Han saw that the golden seal was returned intact at this time, and was about to go out of the study to inform the guards to inform Lord Yin Liu, but he didn't expect to be pulled by Xiao Yao's hand, and asked for some reason: "Brother Xiao Yao, who are you?"

Xiao Yao said calmly: "Brother Ling, listen to me, this golden seal is fake. ”

"What did you say?" Ling Han was shocked.

Xiao Yao continued: "Little brother is not talented, the grandfather who passed away taught some ways to identify antiques, although this gold seal is the first time I have seen it, but I can still see some clues." ”

Ghost hand Ling Han is still skeptical, after all, Xiao Yao is still young, but antiques often require people with deep experience to be proficient.

Xiao Yao saw that Ling Han seemed to be disbelieving and said: "Brother Ling Han, this golden seal is very good, it must be from the hand of a master, if it is not bad as expected by the junior brother, no matter how big or small, it should be no different from the real thing." ”

Ling Hanqi said: "Then brother, how can you be sure that this golden seal is fake." ”

Xiao Yao said with a smile: "This golden seal was stolen last night, and now it has been replaced with a fake in one day, and it is only less than a day Unless it is an immortal, it is difficult for anyone to imitate it seamlessly, Brother Ling Han, look at the bottom of this golden seal." ”

Ling Han picked up the golden seal and looked at it carefully, but he couldn't see the slightest clue.

Xiao Yao took out a sweat towel from his arms, wiped off the ink at the bottom of the gold seal, and said: "This ink is actually old, but the technique is extremely high and it is not easy to distinguish, Brother Ling Han, you look at the pattern of this gold seal, this gold seal is the official seal of the state government from the time of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang from generation to generation, every government Yin is indispensable to deal with official affairs, and there must be wear marks on the bottom of the seal over the years, but the wear marks under this gold seal are obviously sharpened by someone with a file." ”

Seeing that Ling Han still had some doubts, Xiao Yao spoke: "Brother Ling Han, do you believe in the little brother. ”

Ghost hand Ling Han was puzzled: "It's not my brother's letter brother, but it's just that the matter is big, and I have to be cautious about it." ”

Xiao Yao said: "Little brother is precisely because the matter is serious, so he doesn't dare to ignore it, otherwise, if the thief reveals that this golden seal is fake in the future, and the fake golden seal is discovered by Brother Ling Han, I'm afraid that big brother you will be speechless at that time, if the eldest brother still has doubts, the little brother has another way, big brother, you only need to peel off the golden clothes on one side of this golden seal at this time, and the truth will be revealed." ”

Ghost hand Ling Han also knew that what Xiao Yao said was true, not to mention that his brother really didn't need to lie to him, so he ruthlessly took out a dagger from his waist and scraped off the golden clothes on the side of the golden seal.

I saw that in the blink of an eye, a large piece of gold on the exterior of the gold seal had been hung, revealing a black thing inside, which turned out to be a big stone.

At this time, there is no need for Xiao Yao to say that the ghost hand Ling Han also saw that something was wrong, the imperial court was in a mediocrity, and would never give a broken stone seal wrapped in gold clothes to a government official.

I only heard Xiao Yao speak again: "It is rumored that the gold seals of officials above the state capital are made of pure gold inlaid on the outside of the high-grade jade seal, and the jade seal used is made of a whole piece of Hetian jade cut by chance when Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, and the higher the grade of the official seal, the closer the material is to the heart of the whole piece of jade. ”

As soon as Xiao Yao said this, Ling Han understood, this golden seal of Yin Liu Anshan of Kaifeng Mansion must also be wrapped in a piece of jade, although it cannot be compared with the jade seal of the country, but it must be a rare jade, it must be such a broken stone, thinking of this, I can't help but sweat, if it wasn't for Xiao Yao's presence today, this fake gold seal was found by him Ling Han, if he was framed by that thief in the future, he would have no luck, and hurriedly went out of the study to find the guards outside the door to interrogate the situation in the study during the day.

At this moment, Xiao Yao was left alone in Liu Anshan's study, and he was about to take a closer look at whether there were any clues, when suddenly there was an undetectable snort from the beam of the study.

Xiao Yao was startled and turned back suddenly, but saw a black shadow about the beam and rushed out from the air hole more than half a foot wide, Xiao Yao saw the gloomy face of the person who came, and only felt that it seemed to be a little familiar, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and hurriedly ran towards the courtyard and shouted a warning to the ghost hand Ling Han.

Ling Han was interrogating the guards in the courtyard, and when he heard Xiao Yao's warning, he saw a black shadow flashing.