Shock! This man actually stole gold in this way!

The young eunuchs grunted as they carried the boxes, their arms stiff and sore, crying and complaining all the way.

It's true that they are servants, but generally no one would let eunuchs carry heavy objects!

"Call, call, call! What

are you shouting for!" The eldest eunuch left angrily: "I didn't even shout!"

Isn't he tired! He is almost dead from exhaustion!

Looking up at the road that seems to never end, the eldest eunuch carried the box, and it seemed that he could hear the arms and legs that had been maintained for many years, as well as the spine, groaning in pain and dullness.

My lord, instead of copper coins and cloth, why don't you reward me with a house at the end of the smoke!

*

The knock on the door sounded again, Xu Yanmiao: "..."

[Who is it this time? Can you let me have a hot pot in peace? ]

The clerk of the Ministry of War was quick and snatched the remaining fish balls from the red soup. The action was faster than lightning, and the air was still filled with the tempting fish aroma.

"From the sound of footsteps, it seems that there are a lot of people. Xu Lang, since you don't remember making an appointment with anyone, is it your enemy? Did he send thugs to your house?" "

How is it possible! I have always been cautious! I have never had an argument with anyone, how could I have an enemy!"

Xu Yanmiao thought about it, as if his original body had never provoked anyone. Then... who is outside the door?

When Xu Yanmiao said that she was cautious, she did not notice the expression of the clerk of the Ministry of War.

——Hurry up and eat some beef to calm your nerves!

The clerk of the Ministry of War stuffed beef into his mouth, his eyes still on the situation at the door. He saw something was wrong, so he picked up the small pot and poured the boiling red soup over.

Xu Yanmiao opened the door.

He saw a man dressed as an eunuch standing at the door, with a circle of mud and dirty water on his shoes, probably from stepping on the ground with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The other party called him affectionately: "Xu Lang."

and said: "His Majesty has ordered, please accept the order."

"Oh oh!"

Xu Yanmiao hurriedly followed the etiquette he remembered and awkwardly accepted the order. The clerk of the Ministry of War also hurried out of the house to pay his respects. The eldest eunuch read the imperial edict very quickly. After he finished reading, Xu Yanmiao had just taken the imperial eunuch with both hands, and the young eunuchs could not wait to carry the box into the house: "Excuse me, clerk, where should we put these rewards!"

Xu Yanmiao: "Just find any corner."

The box soon collided with the floor with a "bang bang". For some reason, the sound revealed a sense of joy of "finally being relieved".

The eldest eunuch suddenly said: "Xu Lang... This order was written by the emperor himself."

"Ah, OK!" Xu Yanmiao answered quickly, and felt that the other party's expression seemed a little surprised, and hesitantly said: "Thank you, emperor... Thank you, Zhongguiren?"

Zhongguiren is a respectful title for eunuchs favored by the emperor.

The eldest eunuch smiled friendly: "Thank you, Xu Lang, I will present it to the emperor."

Then he led the young eunuch away.

*

The clerk of the Ministry of War stretched his neck until they could no longer see his back, then he got up quickly and stretched his waist: "Finally leaving!"

Xu Yanmiao had already jumped into the house like a rabbit, and his voice was cheerful: "Wuhu! I have money!"

Then came the voice of joy and excitement.

[Is the old emperor rewarding me because I helped him to confront that consort named Liu? ]

[Sorry, I will never say you are a stingy person again! ]

Three hundred thousand dollars!!!

I can rent a better house!

The clerk of the Ministry of War looked at Xu Yanmiao's back thoughtfully. With the emperor's character, it is impossible for him to take out so much money from his private treasury as a reward for such a small matter. There must be other reasons.

It must be that Xu Yanmiao's voice solved some problem for His Majesty.

Moreover, His Majesty's personal eunuch actually treated Xu Yanmiao so courteously, calling him Xu Lang and calling himself a slave. It was obvious that the eunuch was so intimate with him. It seemed that...

The clerk of the Ministry of War narrowed his eyes and smiled, and he seemed a little relieved.

Xu Yanmiao is trying to please the emperor.

Xu Yanmiao picked up the chopsticks for the third time, and the end of the chopsticks that was used to pick up the dish had just not entered the red oil...

"Duk-duk-duk."

The door was knocked for the third time.

The clerk of the Ministry of War: "..."

Xu Yanmiao: "..."

Xu Yanmiao threw the chopsticks.

[Damn it! Too bullying! ]

[Can't you just let me have a good meal! ]

But he still had to open the door.

Xu Yanmiao faced the sympathetic gaze of the clerk of the Ministry of War and opened the door for the third time. This time it was a stranger, who was covered in the last bit of glory of the sunset and looked humble: "Xu Yanmiao, I am the steward of the Dou Mansion. The owner of the family specially invited Xu Yanmiao to the banquet. Please come and enjoy it."

Xu Yanmiao was confused: "Dou Mansion?"

Prime Minister Dou?

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"Have you found it?"

"My Lord, no!"

"Have you confessed everything?"

"My Lord! The servants in the house are all shouting that they are innocent. No one admits that they stole the betrothal gift from the eldest master."

Prime Minister Dou stared at the door of the storehouse silently and covered his ears with his hands.

The door was painted with gold and animal masks, and decorated with tin rings. There was also a huge fish head in the middle. There were three layers of doors and three locks.

The first lock was a maze lock. The lock was shaped like a fish head, and the lock hole was hidden in the fish eye. Because everyone in the world believed that fish did not close their eyes at night, it meant to be alert.

The second lock is a shrimp tail-shaped silver lock, also known as "Qian Jiangjun". The lock is like a curled-up shrimp, and the lock body is like a long cylinder, fastened with three iron hoops with carved patterns. The

third lock is a Tibetan poem lock, with seven words engraved on it in advance. The lock can only be opened by aligning the words.

There were also guards patrolling the palace day and night. There was a small gap between every two gates that could accommodate five people standing, and he arranged two people to guard each gate. Every morning and evening, servants would go in to count the property, and after coming out, they would be searched...

Prime Minister Dou was puzzled - how come a few items were missing from the betrothal gift!

Upon receiving the news, the relative-in-law, the Minister of Rites, rushed to the Dou residence. Without even taking a sip of water, he asked anxiously: "What's missing!"

"A pair of silver-plated gold-plated bridal veil pendants are missing. A pair of white jade dragon-shaped hairpins. A pair of gold and jade earrings. A pair of jade double-chi chicken heart pendants. Also, the gem-inlaid gold crown originally had fifty-five gems, but twenty are missing, which is very obvious. There are still some miscellaneous missing items that have not been counted yet."

Although there are few things, they are all on the betrothal gift list! And according to etiquette, these betrothal gifts need to be moved outside the woman's door, displayed, and then called out by the woman's housekeeper!

At that time, all the guests, the man's family relatives, and the woman's family relatives will come to watch.

This should have been a face-saving move for the woman, showing how much the man valued her, but now it has become their death warrant. The fact that

the betrothal gifts were found to be short in weight in public was not only embarrassing for the woman's family, but also for the Dou family.

Especially since he was marrying his eldest son again, he couldn't let it appear that the Dou family looked down on the second eldest daughter-in-law.

Prime Minister Dou had accumulated a lot of wrinkles on his face because of his age, and now every wrinkle revealed distress and fatigue: "There is only half an hour left before the auspicious time for the roll call, and it's too late to make up for it now. It's also too late to rewrite a gift list."

The thief was very careful, stealing small items, and didn't touch any of the big items, otherwise they wouldn't have been discovered until now. But it is hard to make up for the fragments. Who knows where one piece is missing or a piece of jewelry is poked out.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple roared angrily: "If I know who did this, I will skin him alive!"

It's okay for Prime Minister Dou's family, because they are marrying a wife. But his family is marrying a daughter! Marrying a daughter!!!

The two looked at each other and turned their heads away considerately, so as not to let the other see the sadness on their faces and become more worried.

"Or, the patrol officer..."

"It's only half an hour, it's too late."

"That's right, although the patrol officer is responsible for the investigation and arrest of cases in the capital, even if he is a divine judge, he can't close the case in just one hour."

"I'm afraid only gods can do this..."

Huh? !

The two looked at each other suddenly, and each could see the determination and surprise in the other's eyes.

They said in unison: "Xu Yanmiao!!!"

*

"Ah-chiu!"

Xu Yanmiao rubbed his nose and stared at the warehouse door with deep hatred.

[Damn it, they said it was a banquet! But why didn't they say that I had to work before the banquet! ]

[But! Who would ask the Ministry of Personnel to handle the case! ! ! ]

When he arrived at the place, Xu Yanmiao realized that Prime Minister Dou had invited more than just him. The Dou Mansion directly sent a letter to every official in the Ministry of Personnel, inviting them to the banquet.

However, before that, they had to help Prime Minister Dou find the lost betrothal gift. Only half an hour...

Of course, the entire Ministry of Personnel knew that they were just running for the job.

One by one, they pretended to investigate, but in fact they were all secretly looking at Xu Yanmiao.

Xu Yanmiao was slacking off while complaining crazily.

[Why do you have to ask the Ministry of Personnel for help? What do the patrol officers do for a living? If that doesn’t work, ask the Ministry of Works to investigate if anyone has used the secret passage to sneak in!]

[The Ministry of Personnel is here to solve the case? Ridiculous!]

[And they are working overtime after work, which is too much. They don’t even give overtime pay!]

[However, with such a strict anti-theft mechanism, how did they steal things?]

Xu ​​Yanmiao glanced left and right and found that everyone’s attention didn’t seem to be on him. He immediately changed his posture quietly, leaned against the pillar, and stared at the system interface with his eyes flickering.

The melon is coming! ! !

*

It’s coming!

The patrol officers even lowered their breathing for fear of disturbing the smoke. Many of them stretched their necks to look over there.

Damn, I really want to know which thief is this! How unscrupulous he is, he even stole the betrothal gifts. I heard that it was lost overnight. No problem was found when the property was counted in the previous six months. He

is finally going to be caught.

Prime Minister Dou was bending over to check the keyhole. At this time, he stood up and stepped on the copper coins scattered on the warehouse floor. His angry foot made a crackling sound.

The Minister of Honglu Temple took a deep breath and exhaled with relaxation. The breath turned into white smoke in the winter.

The torture prepared before can be put to use.

[Found it!]

Xu Yanmiao excitedly opened a page interface with his mind.

[Wait...]

He was stunned.

His eyes widened in shock.

[This, this, this——]

Others: What's wrong, what's wrong!

One by one, their necks stretched longer.

And Xu Yanmiao, with a shocked, amazed, and admiring voice, exclaimed——

[How can you still steal like this? ! ]

[Use that place to clamp those small jewels and take them out of the warehouse... But that night pearl is not small either, doesn't it hurt him? ]

Everyone pricked up their ears and stopped moving their hands in a hurry.

What what? Who clamped it? Where did you clamp it? What hurts? What hurts? Tell me quickly!