Chapter 86: Find a way to lure someone into a trap
Qi Yanzhou knew that the emperor had two private vaults.
One is obvious.
Although the things inside are good, they are not rare treasures and are mainly used as rewards.
One is in secret.
Everything inside is a rare treasure that is hard to come by once in a century, and is mainly used for royal inheritance.
It is said that the secret vault is as strong as a solid wall and only the emperor can enter.
Qi Yanzhou looked at Shuangxi suspiciously, "Is the news reliable?"
"We will soon reach the Emperor's chambers. The Prince will know the truth at a glance."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Yanzhou knew that Shuangxi was not lying.
He quickened his pace and soon reached the bedroom.
Not only were there palace guards guarding outside the bedroom, but there were also a lot of imperial guards, at least two hundred people.
The situation inside the bedroom was even more exaggerated, with palace guards crowded around, and even the dragon guards showed up.
Qi Yanzhou knew that the emperor was afraid that the "ghost thief" would steal his life as well!
Shuangxi stood at the door of the bedroom and shouted loudly: "Prince Chen, please come and see me!"
Eunuch De's voice came from the bedroom.
"Xuan!"
Qi Yanzhou entered the bedroom and found that only the emperor and Eunuch De were inside.
This is in stark contrast to the outside world which is on high alert.
But he knew that this was not about being tight on the outside and loose on the inside.
The royal shadow guards must be hiding in the dark, protecting the emperor tightly.
The emperor was lying on the dragon couch with an ugly look on his face.
Seeing Qi Yanzhou coming over, he grabbed the jade pillow and smashed it hard.
"idiot!"
Qi Yanzhou did not take the blow head-on, nor did he avoid it, but instead caught the jade pillow.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. This jade pillow was left by the previous emperor. You cannot smash it."
After saying this, he handed the jade pillow to Eunuch De.
The emperor was already angry, and his face turned even darker when he saw that Qi Yanzhou dared to disobey him.
"You've been investigating 'Ghost Thief' for so many days, but you don't have any clues?"
Qi Yanzhou knelt on one knee.
"I am incompetent. Your Majesty, please find someone else who can do it."
The emperor knew very well that no matter who it was, it would be impossible for them to find out more than Qi Yanzhou.
"Eunuch De, take Prince Chen to my underground private vault for a look."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Eunuch De took Qi Yanzhou to the private vault, he told him the ins and outs of how the emperor discovered that the underground private vault had been stolen.
Not long ago, the emperor summoned his ministers to discuss disaster relief in the south of the Yangtze River.
Food is easy to deal with. Just distribute relief grain from the granary.
The disaster relief money was not a small amount, and Ye Jingchuan suggested that the emperor pay the money.
One reason was that the treasury was empty, and the other was to win the hearts of the people for the emperor.
The emperor thought that two hundred thousand taels of silver was not too much, so he agreed.
There were many good things in his private treasury, but only more than 200,000 taels of silver.
If you take out 200,000 taels, there won't be much silver left for rewards in the future.
The emperor took some jewels from his private treasury and gave them to Ye Jingchuan, asking him to exchange them for silver at the pawnshop.
After Ye Jingchuan left, he went to take a look at the underground private vault.
It turned out that the private vault, which should have been filled with priceless treasures, was completely looted.
All that was left by the "ghost thief" was a "visit" and a sarcastic smiley face.
After listening to this, Ye Jingchuan asked Eunuch De.
"This time is the same as before, there are no clues, but the things are missing?"
"This time it's different. King Chen will understand after seeing it."
As they were talking, the two of them had already entered the side hall.
There were people guarding inside and outside the side hall, with more than a hundred of them.
Eunuch De brought Qi Yanzhou to the entrance of the underground private vault.
The entrance is obvious, it is a heavy iron door.
Eunuch De explained: "This door can only be opened with a password and a key, and these two things, one is memorized in the emperor's mind, and the other is kept by the emperor."
Only after the underground vault was empty did the emperor give the password and key to Eunuch De.
Triple passwords and three keys opened the iron door.
With the sound of the chain being pulled, the iron door was opened.
The downward passage was lit with torches, and it was as bright as day.
Eunuch De reminded, "Prince Chen, follow my steps."
What this means is that there is a mechanism on the stairs going down.
The two soon arrived at the underground private vault.
It's completely empty inside.
About two feet away from the stairs, a circular incision was cut into the one-foot-thick iron plate.
Inside the incision, the cut iron blocks are arranged into one.
Written on the wall in pungent red dye were the words: A GHOST THIEVEMENT HAS BEEN HERE!
Qi Yanzhou said: "The 'Ghost Thief' is provoking the emperor."
Eunuch De nodded, "So the emperor was worried that the 'ghost thief' would attack him, so he arranged enough people inside and outside the palace to protect him non-stop for 24 hours."
After saying that, he stared at Qi Yanzhou.
"Lord Chen is knowledgeable and experienced. Did you see the intention of the 'ghost thief'?"
He still felt that there was some connection between Qi Yanzhou and the "Ghost Thief"!
In fact, he was the one who found the "Ghost Thief"!
Qi Yanzhou met Eunuch De's eyes calmly and said, "No."
Even if Qi saw that the "ghost thief" was targeting the emperor, he would not say it out loud.
"I don't mind telling King Chen one more thing. On the night when Zhang Tianshi got into trouble, the 'ghost thief' also stole the jade seal."
"Didn't the Emperor issue two imperial edicts? How could the imperial seal be stolen?"
Qi Yanzhou did not go to the city gate to carefully read the imperial edict, so naturally he did not know that the seal on the jade seal was a counterfeit.
The common people had never seen the seal under the jade seal, so they could not tell whether it was real or fake.
"It's fake. The emperor asked a craftsman to make a replica."
At first glance, the seal of the jade seal is no different, but it cannot be examined in detail.
Qi Yanzhou frowned slightly, "Why did the 'ghost thief' steal the jade seal?"
Eunuch De smiled and said, "This is something that Prince Chen wants to investigate. I don't know about it."
"Also, the Emperor said that since we can't find any clues about the 'ghost thief', we shouldn't waste time. Let Prince Chen find a way to lure him into a trap!"
Doesn’t the “ghost thief” like money? Then use money as bait!
Qi Yanzhou could tell that Eunuch De was suspicious of him.
No, it should be said that the emperor is doubting him!
"I will do my best to help the emperor."
Eunuch De nodded with satisfaction, "Prince Chen, please take your time to read it. I will go and serve the emperor now."
After he left, Qi Yanzhou stared at the ground, feeling that it was more than just sarcasm.
You can just draw it on the wall, why cut such thick iron and put it out?
Is there a mystery behind this?
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