The Phantom Thief Manju brought back by Kurotan slumped on a chair in the hall like a dead fish. He was in rags, his eyes were black, and he looked as miserable as a beggar.

"Miss Mu is back."

Xia Yan happily ran to Mu Nanjin and said, "Miss Mu, you've worked hard on this business trip."

When the Phantom Thief Wanshou heard that Mu Nanjin had returned, he immediately perked up and ran to Mu Nanjin: "Are you the master of the dark horse?"

Mu Nanjin nodded.

The Phantom Thief Wanshou looked at her. Apart from her official position, she was not much different from a girl from an ordinary family. How could she raise such a precious and difficult horse at such a young age? He asked, "Do you know? Your horse has become a spirit."

Mu Nanjin raised his eyebrows.

Si Yuhuan chuckled: "Young Master, you really love to joke. When a horse spends a long time with humans, it will naturally understand human nature. It will use its actions to express its love for its master."

"You don't know that it is more than just human nature, it..."

The Phantom Thief Wanshou didn't know how much he had suffered these days: "Forget it, I won't say more. It's all tears. Anyway, I apologize to the girl. I was wrong before. I shouldn't have been tempted by your horse and stole it. I was wrong, I was really wrong. I will return the horse to you now. I won't hold it against you for eating my gold, spending my silver on food and drink, and buying horse ornaments with my silver. But there is one thing I hope you can do, that is, please take good care of it in the future, and never let it come out to harm the world again. That's it, I'm leaving."

Just as he was about to walk out, Heitan bit the back of his collar.

"Brother, I have already sent you back to the master, what else do you want?"

The Phantom Thief Wan Shou was about to kneel down to Heitan: "Miss Mu, can you let your horse let me go?"

Mu Nanjin walked into the hall and sat down: "You didn't think you could just steal my horse and return it and get away with it?"

Lin Zishu snorted, "If it were anyone else, they would have sent you to the authorities long ago."

Xia Yan said: "Miss Mu is an official, she can just put you in jail."

The Phantom Thief Wan Shou was particularly helpless: "Girls, what do you want?"

Mu Nanjin murmured, "I can't think of it for now. Give me three days to figure it out and then I'll ask you for it. During this time, you can't leave the capital."

"No problem. Come find me at Pingle Inn if you figure it out."

The Phantom Thief Manju didn't want to stay here for a moment, so he jumped onto the roof as quickly as possible and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Lin Zishu asked worriedly, "Girl, aren't you afraid that he will run away?"

"He can't run away." Mu Nanjin changed the subject: "Did anything happen while I was away?"

Xia Yan ran to Mu Nanjin with a big smile on her face and said, "Miss, we have rented the shop opposite the Imperial Academy. In a few days, we will be able to open for business."

Mu Nanjin asked: "Have you bought the book? Have you copied it?"

"They are all copied. There are ten rare books and five unique books in total. Sister Si praised the young lady for being able to find so many rare and unique books at once."

Mu Nanjin nodded: "I can return them and borrow some books for you to copy. Are the other items ready? For example, have you bought tea leaves and tea sets?"

"I bought them all. I spent a lot of money." Xia Yan said with a pained look on his face: "Sister Si said that the girls who can study in the Imperial College are all noble ladies, and the tea sets and tea leaves cannot be too shabby. Therefore, Sister Si bought expensive tea leaves and tea sets."

"She's right. If it's too shabby, the ladies will look down on our teahouse and won't come in to taste tea, and our business will go out of business." Mu Nanjin said to Si Yuhuan, "Since you have arranged everything, remember to tell me when the day comes for the opening."

Si Yu happily asked, "Will the girl be free to come that day?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"It would be great if you could come, young lady. Not to mention that you are the owner, just saying that you are a female official would attract many people to the store."

Mu Nanjin shook her head slightly: "I didn't pass the exam to become a female official. I'm afraid many people will not accept me."

Zhong Yu and his team are the best examples.

"This..." Si Yuhuan paused.

"If you don't have anything else, I'll go back to my room and rest."

Mu Nanjin got up and went back to his room.

Heitan followed in and complained, "Mu Nanjin, you don't want your old love anymore since you have a new one."

Mu Nanjin was puzzled: "Who is the new love? Who is the old love?"

"My new love is the tree monster named Huaiying. How could you bring her home when my old love is not around? Humph."

Heitan turned his head away angrily.

Mu Nanjin looked at him speechlessly: "Instead of blaming me, why don't you tell me why it took you so long to return to the capital?"

"I accompanied Wanshou back to his hometown to visit his old mother. I made sure that his mother was in good health before dragging him to the capital. Don't change the subject. Tell me how you brought the tree monster home."

Heitan angrily hit Mu Nanjin's head with his head.

Mu Nanjin lied to him and said, "When you were away, no one protected me, so I asked her to protect me. Now that you are back, I will let her protect Miss Si and the others."

Heitan felt relieved: "That's more like it. By the way, I brought Wanshou back. What do you plan to do with him?"

"I'll think it over first." Mu Nanjin stroked the mane on his back and said, "From tomorrow on, you will go in and out of the Duwei Mansion with me in human form. Well, you are tired too, go and have a rest."

"oh."

Heitan left the room.

That night, Mu Nanjin returned the books to the emperor and the dignitaries, and then took away some new books.

The next morning, Eunuch Yuan excitedly said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the rare copy you lost a few days ago has returned."

The emperor looked at the empty bedside without a trace of joy: "The only copy I was reading last night is lost."

Eunuch Yuan: “Ah?”

The emperor was absolutely certain that Mu Nanjin had been there.

The silent operation really gave him a headache.

Fortunately, they were not here to kill him, otherwise a hundred lives would not be enough for him to die.

"I will go find Commander Gu and have them investigate this matter thoroughly."

Eunuch Yuan was anxious to leave the palace, but the emperor stopped him: "No need, they will come back on their own."

Eunuch Yuan: “…”

Why did he feel that the emperor seemed to know who stole his book?

The emperor stood up and said, "Change your clothes."

"yes."

When the emperor was changing his clothes, Mu Nanjin brought Heitan to find Captain Liu.

Captain Liu was very happy to see Mu Nanjin, because she had accomplished a great feat with his son. If nothing unexpected happened, promotion to the ninth rank would not be a problem.

Mu Nanjin didn't beat around the bush when she saw Captain Liu. She patted Heitan's shoulder and said, "I want to recruit him into the Imperial Guard."

Captain Liu looked at Heitan and asked, "Do I have to work under you as well?"

Mu Nanjin nodded: "Yes."

"Where did you find this person?"

"You don't need to know this."

[I'm afraid that telling you will scare you to death.]

Captain Liu: “…”

Haven’t I been scared by you enough times?

Captain Liu took out the book and asked, "What's his name?"

"Charcoal."

Captain Liu: “!!!”

That horse demon turned into a human!? Can a horse really turn into a human!? Captain Liu couldn't help but look at Heitan a few more times, and he gasped in his heart.

Oh my god!

His appearance is exactly the same as others.

If Mu Nanjin hadn't said that Heitan was a monster, no one would have known that Heitan was a monster.

Seeing that Liu Qianhu was looking at Heitan without saying anything, Mu Nanjin was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Captain Liu took a deep breath and said, "I'm just wondering why the young man in front of me has the same name as your Ma."

"Because he has the same name as my Ma, I felt that we were destined to be together, so I let him join the Imperial Guard."

Captain Liu looked at Heitan again and said, "This young man is really handsome."

Heitan raised his chin proudly: "I think I'm handsome too."

“…”

Captain Liu put the contract in front of him and said, "Can you write? If you can't, just put your fingerprint on it."

Heitan could only recognize words but not write, so he pressed his fingerprints on it.

"That's enough." Captain Liu blew on the handprint above and said, "You just finished your mission yesterday, so I won't assign you any difficult missions today. You can guard the Taijin Palace until the end of the court, then go home and rest."

In fact, people usually rest at home the day after returning from a business trip, unless the leader needs to report to his superiors before going on duty.

Mu Nanjin was an exception. Firstly, the emperor had not heard her voice for some time and missed her very much. He sent people to the Duwei Mansion many times to urge them to arrange for Mu Nanjin to serve in the Taijin Palace. Secondly, he had selfish motives and wanted his son to show his face in the Taijin Palace.

Mu Nanjin had no objection and took Heitan to get the Jinyiwei's flying fish uniform.

Since the flying fish suit cannot be worn immediately, Heitan can only go home and find someone to modify the clothes before officially going on duty tomorrow.

When Mu Nanjin brought Liu Qian and others into the palace, Captain Liu hurriedly ran to find Kan Chaoyan.

"Master Kan—Master Kan—"

He ran into Kan Chaoyan's office, where other thousand households were reporting their work to Kan Chaoyan.

Seeing that he was so anxious, Kan Chaoyan asked the other thousand households to pause and asked, "Why are you so anxious?"

Captain Liu panted and said, "There is a demon..."

Kan Chaoyan frowned: "Do you have medicine? What medicine?"

"It's not medicine." Captain Liu said after catching his breath, "It's a monster. Mu Nanjin brought a monster to join our Jinyiwei."

Everyone was shocked.

"monster?"

"Can monsters really turn into humans?"

Liu Qianhu said: "More than just turning into a human, the human he transformed into is no different from us humans. If I hadn't heard Mu Nanjin's inner voice, I wouldn't have known that he was a demon."

Kan Chaoyan frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"

"That's what Mu Nanjin said in her heart, it shouldn't be false. And that demon is her horse, and after it turns into a human, it's also called Black Charcoal. You can see his handprint on the deed."

Captain Liu handed him Heitan's deed.

It was impossible to tell from the written contract whether Heitan was a human or a demon. Kan Chaoyan took a look and then looked away. He exhaled and said, "I will report to the governor. Where is Mu Nanjin now?"

"She's on duty at the Taijin Palace."

At this time, outside the Taijin Palace, people who had not seen Mu Nanjin for a long time suddenly felt their anus tighten, and they felt more nervous than when meeting the emperor.

Xu Cheng noticed the looks of the ministers, walked up to Yang Bo and whispered, "Do you feel that these ministers seem to be afraid of the girl?"

Yang Bo nodded: "I feel the same way."

"Isn't this too weird? As far as I know, the high officials who can attend the court are all above the fifth rank. There is no need for them to be afraid of a small official of the seventh rank, right?"

Yang Bo thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because we were arresting people everywhere a few days ago that the ministers are afraid of her."

This is the only explanation that makes sense.

Xu Cheng thought so too, so he returned to his original position to stand guard.

At this time, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites came over with a smile and said hello: "Guard Mu, long time no see, I hope you are well."

"I hope you are doing well." Mu Nanjin saw that the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites had gained weight and said, "I have been living a comfortable life recently."

"Thanks to you." The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites also noticed that the Mu Nan brocade official uniform had turned dark blue with white flying fish embroidered on it, and smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations, Guard Mu has been promoted. From now on, I will call Guard Mu Xiaoqi."

"Master Zhou——"

The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue came over and first greeted the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and then greeted Mu Nanjin with a smile: "Congratulations, congratulations to Mu Xiaoqi on your promotion."

Mu Nanjin returned the greeting: "Thank you."

[Who is he? Do we know each other well? ]

Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue: “…”

The Right Vice Minister of Rites almost burst out laughing.

The Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue continued to greet Mu Nanjin shamelessly: "Mu Xiaoqi, long time no see, what have you been busy with recently?"

Mu Nanjin: "He was sent out of Beijing on a business trip."

"On a business trip. I heard that it's very hard for the Jinyiwei to be on a business trip. It must be very tiring for a little girl like you to be on a business trip with a group of grown men, right? Little girl, you must take good care of yourself and don't let yourself get tired."

“Not very tired.”

[This gentleman cares about me so much, could it be that he likes me and wants me to be his daughter-in-law? ]

Everyone: “…”

The Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue sighed, "Although our Ministry of Revenue is very busy, we rarely go on business trips, and we don't have much chance to see the scenery outside the capital."

[Ministry of Revenue? ]

[Is this the head of the Ministry of Revenue? Then why does he still have the leisure to chat with me? ]

[May I ask if the person who stole the property has been found? ]

Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue: “…”

Isn't it because I haven't found anything that I'm trying to get close to you? Why don't you tell me who that person is?

After investigating for so many days, they finally found out that there was a problem in the accounts, but they didn't know who it was. If they couldn't find that person, their entire Ministry of Revenue would be finished, and the emperor would kill them all.

They were really anxious.

The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites coughed lightly and said, "Master Shi, it's almost time to go to court. We should go in."

The Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said anxiously to Mu Nanjin: "Mu Xiaoqi, after the court session, I will treat you to lunch."

Mu Nanjin refused directly: "Your Excellency is too polite. I have things to do after I get off duty, so I won't have dinner with you."

[I am not interested in your son, so there is no need to introduce him to me.]

The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was so angry that he vomited blood.

It seems that he never said from the beginning to the end that he would introduce his son to her? Why did she think wrongly? (End of this chapter)