Chapter 310: The Thief's Nemesis
After the pot-bellied man left, a figure came to the alley.
Li Nuo glanced at the triangular mark and continued to follow the leader of the Zhao State Thieves.
According to the confessions of the leaders of the thieves' sects in Daxia, the triangular mark was the sign used by the leaders to contact the guardians.
The two capitals are thousands of miles apart, but the thieves' organizations here have the same organizational structure and the same theft methods. Li Nuo has reason to suspect that the leader of the Daxia thieves' organization is also the leader of the Zhao thieves' organization.
Although the Chang'an Thieves' Gang has been destroyed, the whereabouts of its leader is still unknown.
According to their guardians and messengers, the leader of the Thieves' Sect rarely appears, and whenever he does, he does not show his true face.
This is indeed in line with the thieves' style of doing things.
They confirmed the identity of the sect leader by stealing items from a distance.
It seems that the leader of the Thieves' Sect is also a person who truly masters the power of the Thieves.
Li Nuo followed the fat abbot to a cloth shop.
When he heard the clerk of the cloth shop calling the other party the shopkeeper, few people would have thought that the shopkeeper of a small cloth shop would be a big shot in the thieves' sect.
Now that we have locked on to a chief, as long as we keep an eye on him, we can follow the clues and find the higher-level protectors and messengers.
He went back to find Yiren first and checked out of the original inn.
Afterwards, the two came to the cloth shop and booked a room facing the street on the second floor of another inn diagonally opposite the cloth shop.
Here, you can observe the movements of the cloth dealer below at any time.
Inside the inn room, Song Yiren supported her chin with one hand, thinking about a problem.
She thought he was going to go undercover again like last time.
But in the past two days, all they did was surveillance and tracking.
Just like this...
It seems like there is no need to pretend to be a couple?
Then why should he follow his own will?
Song Yiren glanced at Li Nuo secretly.
Of course she wouldn't be stupid enough to ask him this question. If they stopped pretending to be a couple, he would stop calling her wife.
In the past two days, she has gotten used to him calling her wife.
When going out, she can also hold his arm like Song Jiaren and Li Anning.
However, the closer she was to him, the sadder she felt.
If Dad and Mom hadn't quarreled, if Mom hadn't taken her away, this should have been a very normal thing for them, instead of just holding his hand, which could only be done in the name of pretending...
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Qi's cloth shop.
A chubby figure was fiddling with an abacus at the counter. A clerk came over, handed him an envelope, and said, "Boss, someone outside has sent you a letter."
Shopkeeper Qi paused in his abacus work, waited for the clerk to leave, then opened the envelope. There were only two short lines of words on it.
Three quarters past You hour.
Yongsheng Building.
On the second floor of the inn, diagonally opposite the cloth shop, Li Nuo was waiting bored. At a certain moment, he looked out the window and suddenly stood up.
After two whole days, the guy finally made a move.
There must be a reason why the two countries' thieves' sect has existed for so long.
If one does not have extremely good knowledge of the thieves' sect and does not possess extraordinary tracking and anti-tracking abilities, it would be difficult to even contact the chief, let alone follow the clues all the way to their destination.
If he were a thief, he would be the most skilled thief.
If he were not a thief, he would be the nemesis of all thieves in the world.
Li Nuo and Yiren pretended to be a couple and came to a restaurant not far from here.
The two did not enter the restaurant because Li Nuo discovered that the area around the restaurant was full of secret sentries. The beggars resting in the corners, the customers drinking tea at the tea stalls, and the street vendors were always on guard around.
The reason why Li Nuo was able to discover them was not due to his Legalist observation ability, but his sensitivity to his peers.
That day on the street, he did not see but rather sensed that someone was stealing.
Unable to get close to investigate, Li Nuo naturally had no idea what they were talking about.
After a while, the fat shopkeeper left first.
It was dinner time and there were many guests in the restaurant, with people coming in and out from time to time.
About a quarter of an hour later, Li Nuo's eyes were fixed on an old man.
The old man was dressed in a Confucian robe, with white beard and eyebrows. He looked like a kind elder, but the aura that was familiar to Li Nuo could not be concealed in any way.
The aura of a thief on him was much stronger than that of the fat shopkeeper.
This person should be a protector of the Thieves' Sect.
By capturing this guardian, they could also capture the chief under him and the manager under him, but this was not enough for Li Nuo.
After keeping watch on this man for two days, Li Nuo finally waited for his action.
In the capital of Zhao State, in a dilapidated courtyard.
A figure covered in a black robe asked in shock: "What did you say, the Sect Master is back?"
The old man stood respectfully in the courtyard and said, "I'm not sure if it was the sect master, but according to the thief, that person stole his belongings out of thin air. The messenger once said that only the sect master could steal things from a distance..."
The black-robed man murmured, "The Sect Master hasn't appeared for two years. Why didn't he show up this time?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from behind the two of them.
"Do I need to explain to you what I do?"
The two men turned around abruptly, their expressions changed. As the protectors and messengers of the Thieves' Sect, they didn't even notice someone approaching them from behind. There were still people on duty outside. How did that person get in?
The man was also wearing a black robe with a hood, which covered his entire body tightly, and his face was also covered with a black cloth.
He stretched out his hand, and two purses appeared out of thin air in his hand.
The old man was stunned when he saw this, then he immediately knelt on one knee and said respectfully: "Greetings, Sect Master!"
Another envoy of the Thieves Sect was stunned for a moment, touched his arms, and then immediately knelt down and said, "Greetings, Sect Master."
This skill of stealing things from a distance is something that only the sect leader can do.
The man in black robe looked at them and said, "Get up."
The two men slowly stood up and stood aside respectfully.
The thief's messenger asked carefully, "I wonder what orders the sect master has for you?"
The black-robed man said, "The Great Xia Thieves Sect was destroyed last year. I have received news that the Zhao court will take action against you in the near future. Pass on my order to immediately gather all the sect members above the chief. I have something important to announce..."
Although they were far away in Zhao State, they had heard about the incident of the Daxia thieves.
The guardian had no doubt at all and said respectfully, "As you command."
The black-robed messenger looked at the 'master' opposite him and suddenly asked, "Master, may I ask what are the names of the two envoys on the left and right of the Thief Sect?"
The Dharma Protector looked at the messenger with a stunned expression. Was the Dharma Protector doubting the Sect Master?
The man in black robe was silent for a moment, took off the black cloth on his face, put down his hat, revealing a young face, and said: "This is not fun anymore..."
Li Nuo originally thought that after finding out the identity of the envoys, he would be able to force them to reveal the identity of the protectors, and then from top to bottom, make them give out all the chiefs and managers, and then the ordinary thieves.
If we can successfully impersonate the leader of the thieves' sect and make them fall into our trap, we can save ourselves a lot of trouble.
I didn't expect these people to be so hard to fool.
In this case, we can only continue with the original plan.
The envoy of the Dao Sect looked at Li Nuo, curled his lips and said, "You still want to pretend to be the Sect Master, do you think we are fools?"
Then he immediately said, "Come here, catch him for me!"
Li Nuo took off his black robe and threw it on the ground.
Since the original plan had to be carried out, it didn't matter whether they were stupid or smart.
As soon as the Thief's messenger finished speaking, he knelt down again.
His whole body was restrained, and it was difficult for him to even move a finger.
Li Nuo looked down at him and said, "Take me to find another messenger from the Thief Sect."
This person didn't believe that he was the leader of the Thieves' Sect, so Li Nuo had to change his identity to talk to him.
The thief gritted his teeth and said with difficulty: "Dream on!"
Among thieves, the higher your status, the more secrets you know.
In the absence of the sect leader, two messengers are in charge of the entire sect, managing half of the senior leaders and half of the thieves respectively. If both messengers fall into his hands, the entire sect may be wiped out from top to bottom.
Li Nuo didn't say much to him.
He stretched out two fingers and pressed several times on different acupoints on the man's body.
An extreme pain spread from those acupuncture points to the whole body.
The black-robed man's eyes suddenly widened, veins popped out on his forehead, and he squirmed ferociously like an earthworm.
A moment later, the soaked black-robed messenger was supported by the guardian and walked out of the courtyard gate. He said in a trembling voice: "Here, this way, please..."
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Zhao State, Embassy.
Not long after Li Nuo and Yi Ren returned to the embassy, a figure hurried in.
Zhao Zhiyi finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them and asked, "Master Li, where have you been these days? I've been looking for you for a long time..."
Li Nuo said, "Your Highness is here just in time. I have something that I need your help with."
Zhao Zhiyi said, "Master Li, you don't have to be polite. If you have anything to say, just speak up."
Li Nuo said: "We found a den of thieves and need the authorities to come and arrest them..."
They disappeared for a few days just to catch a few thieves. Zhao Zhiyi didn't know what to say. Thinking that Li Nuo was a law-reformer, he could only say helplessly: "Where are those people? I'll send two people to send them to the county government office."
Li Nuo shook his head and said, "Two people may not be enough. We need at least two thousand..."
Zhao Zhiyi was slightly stunned and asked unsurely: "How much?"
(End of this chapter)
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