Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 168

Mr. Liu was not in a hurry to speak, but closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then opened his eyes, and said with a bit of deep thought: "Lang Zhongling, I just thought about it carefully, these little thieves may also be with you That's irrelevant."

Cheng Tingzhen glanced at him, with some doubts in his eyes: "Why do you see it?"

Mr. Liu looked left and right, then lowered his voice a bit, and said softly, "Lang Zhongling, please think about it, if it's just for sending letters, why should you stun so many people?"

Cheng Tingzhen was slightly startled, and then raised his eyebrows.

This is true.

Stealing things is not easy, but sending letters is not difficult at all. It is very convenient to throw an arrow into a book, or send someone to secretly throw it into the carriage on the way, or throw it into the courtyard while it is dark. There are countless simple and concealed methods.Those little thieves were able to fight with the guards, and ran away several people, which shows that they have two skills. It is easy to do such a thing as sending a letter to Yuandun, so why bother, for this letter Letter, the person who fascinated the whole station?
This would be too much of a fuss.

"Indeed." Cheng Tingzhen nodded slightly, but his expression became more and more serious.

If this letter was sent by these thieves, it would be easy to deal with. With his status as Lang Zhongling, even if he can't take people away, it is still easy to have a trial.

But the current situation is a bit complicated.

If it wasn't for the little thief, then who stole the secret letter?
How did that person know that the things he gave to He Duwei's wife were three rare books?

Cheng Tingzhen's heart seemed to be frying hot, but he could only suppress it with all his strength, coping with the situation in front of him.

Fortunately, the people from the official office came soon, and as soon as they arrived, they went to the courtyards of the noble families. First, they met with the heads of the various families or the men who were in charge, and then they made a long conversation with pleading guilty and consoling. The stewards of each government understood what happened.

Naturally, the statements given by the three families are similar. They all woke up in the middle of the night and found out that the inn had broken into the thief.Since Cheng and Cui's families were fine, the chief official left quickly, but stayed with Qin's for a while.

The Qin family was the only one that was stolen, so the chief official searched carefully in the courtyard where the Qin family's lord lived, and then found traces of a sharp weapon on the door bolt, and the lantern was also artificially extinguished. The rooms of several gentlemen were turned into a mess and so on.

All this proved that those thieves had indeed visited this courtyard.

The chief official registered the stolen property in trepidation, and asked the Qin family's opinion respectfully. He learned that they didn't want to make the matter too big. After nothing happened, he nodded and left.

At this time, the steward of the Cheng family also came back, wiped his sweat and reported to Cheng Tingzhen: "To the servant, the chief official went to the firewood room at the back and said that he couldn't wait to go back for trial, and now the little thief is going to be tried. They also sent some men to chase after the escaped three thieves, and the city bureau also has interrogating officials on their way. I left two smart ones there waiting for news, and I will come and answer first."

Cheng Tingzhen gave a "hmm" and waved him to retreat, and then ordered the gates of the courtyard to be closed, and ordered the guards to guard the gates, and he and Mr. Liu went to the East Wing.

"If it's a thief, it seems that I was worrying too much." After sitting down, Cheng Tingzhen finally let out a long breath and said.

Mr. Liu smiled when he heard the words, and said: "What Lang Zhongling said is very true. That little thief has a good eye. It is said that Qin Erlang lost a few pieces of high-quality ancient ink."

Cheng Tingzhen looked indifferent, and said plainly: "The Qin family is rich, not to mention a few pieces of ancient ink, even if they lose a golden mountain, they can earn it back quickly."

These words were originally sour words, but I don't know why, after he said this, there is a bit of sadness.

Compared with the Qin family, the Cheng family is almost shabby, that is to say, it looks beautiful on the surface, but inside it is getting more and more empty. After Huang Bopi, it has become more and more vital.

Mr. Liu's complexion also darkened, and with a sigh, he took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to Cheng Tingzhen: "Lang Zhongling, let's read the letter first."

Cheng Tingzhen withdrew his thoughts, straightened his expression, took the letter in his hand, and opened it for a closer look, only to find that there was a poem called Qilu in the letter:
Cherish the ice posture and the snow has not disappeared,
Roll up the bead curtain to see Qiong Yao;
It's already springtime,
Give the east wind to comfort the loneliness.

Today, I hold wine and dance in the air,
Come late and drink alone to water the moon;
Waiting for Tsinghua to turn into frost,
You should step on the song and go to the sky.

After the poem is another series of small characters: "Wood ghosts, wood ghosts, protect the king without regrets".There is no signature or sign at the end of the letter, only this straight-through poem and eight characters.

Cheng Tingzhen's eyes were fixed on the letter, and after reading it back and forth several times, his expression suddenly changed.

"This poem..." He raised his head and stared at Mr. Liu, his complexion was extremely solemn, and the knuckles of Zhixin's fingers were slightly white.

Mr. Liu nodded solemnly, pointed at the Qilu poem on the letter with his index finger, and said in a deep voice, "Lang Zhongling must have noticed that this poem is a Tibetan acrostic poem."

"Sure enough." Cheng Tingzhen said, turned his eyes back to the letter, and read word by word: "The precious scroll has been presented, waiting for you tonight."

"Exactly." Mr. Liu nodded, with a little thought on his face.

They had discussed the matter of the three rare volumes before, and they all thought it was strange, maybe someone secretly helped them.Now with this letter, this inference is established, and the subsequent problems follow one after another.

What is the purpose of this person taking such good care of the Cheng family?

Kuiye put in the letter, so why did you come?
"In any case, the matter of the rare book has been settled." Cheng Tingzhen put the letter on the case, stood up and put his hands behind his back, and sighed with a sense of loneliness and sadness in his expression: "In this way, it will prevent us from sending the letter again." people to check."

He smiled self-deprecatingly, and said no more.

Just a few days ago, several guards of the Cheng family resigned, and now there are fewer and fewer people. Not to mention sending people to find out the ins and outs of rare books, but even the daily care of the house, these guards are just enough .

The mysterious person sent a secret letter today, if it had changed in the past, he would definitely send people to investigate immediately.But now, he no longer has such power.

Escorting the Cheng family's young and old along the way to Dadu, the journey will take at least one and a half months, and there must be none of these guards.When the Cheng family settled down and he sent someone out to investigate the matter, there were no clues.

Cheng Tingzhen frowned, and was speechless for a long time, and the room was also dead silent.

Mr. Liu looked at him, waited for a while, and finally glanced at the moment beside the desk.

The engraved omission shows that Haizheng is just passing by at this time, that is to say, the "tonight" mentioned in the letter should be before tonight's midnight.

"Lang Zhongling, this letter...concludes an appointment." He reminded, and moved the engraving to the middle of the case, implying that he asked Cheng Tingzhen to make up his mind whether to go to the appointment.

(End of this chapter)