Song of Peach Blossoms: Alluring Princess

Chapter 68 The Pearl Stolen
The room where the treasures were stored was very large, and the surrounding walls were covered with black curtains, only a huge glazed lamp above the head was lit.There are many counters made of crystal placed around the ground, inside which are placed various colored silk cloths, and on the silk cloths are round pearls, shining brightly under the illumination of the glazed cups.

From the first to the last, Su Tiange really came to see Pearl.Chen Xunfang on the side seemed preoccupied, giving people a feeling of anticipation and fear.

She is also waiting for someone?
"Why don't you let us in, you can even let thieves in, why stop us. I know Concubine Li in the First Prince's mansion, stop me again, be careful of your head. Get out of the way!" Fang Qiyu said sharply The voice came in from outside the door, and the two nuns were about to go out to check, but Princess Xiyan stopped them.

She wants to see who else can cross her in this Pearl Tower?
Princess Xiyan went out, and after a crack of the whip, the high-pitched voice disappeared, and then several people seemed to chat at the door.After a while, Princess Xiyan came in with two people, Fang Qiyu and Fang Qilan.

"Xiyan, what happened? Do you know them?"

"I don't know him, but someone does. Right, Miss Su."

"Ah, we do know each other. We are from the same town." Su Tiange looked at Fang Qiyu and smiled. This smile made Fang Qiyu's fur blew up. She snorted from her nose and was about to speak.

Bang, the glazed lamp above the head exploded, the lights flickered twice and went out completely, and the room suddenly fell into darkness, ah, someone screamed.

Su Tiange squatted down holding the counter, a gust of air surged, and someone shook her twice.

Wow, the curtain near the door was ripped off, the light from outside shone in, and the people in the room breathed a sigh of relief.Su Tiange was about to get up when he realized that there was a heavy money bag in his arms.She quickly rubbed her legs and put the bag into her arms, only to find that all the pearls in the crystal counter were gone when she stood up.

Huh, Su Tiange let out a long breath and suddenly felt a headache, maybe the bag just now contained pearls.Who is so wicked?

"Ah, where are those pearls? Where did the pearls go?" Chen Xunfang shouted, and everyone found that the pearls were gone.Immediately afterwards, shouts of stolen and caught thieves floated from the storage room into the hall.All the guests in the Pearl Tower were startled.

The shopkeeper of Mingzhu Tower and the eldest prince Xiao Yan led the people to block the corridor on the second floor, "Block Mingzhu Tower and prohibit anyone from going out."

As soon as the gate was closed, many guards gathered on the side of the road, so the little thief could not escape even if he had wings.

When Xiao Yan stopped at the door, he first saw the nanny in his mansion, then Princess Xiyan and several other girls.

"Tell me what happened?"

"Returning to the master, the two old slaves got the imperial concubine's order to take a few girls to see the treasures of the Pearl Tower. Just after entering for a cup of tea, the glazed cup on the top exploded, and then there was darkness. Wait. The old slave tore down the curtain, only to find that all the pearls inside were gone."

"Has anyone found anything that can do it?"

The two nuns looked at Fang Qiyu and Fang Qilan, "These two girls were arguing to come in from behind, and something happened right after they came in."

"What do you mean, we didn't see anything when we came in?"

Xiao Yan frowned, "Don't move any of them, I will find out who the thief is."

Xiao Yan waved his hand, and the guard closed the door.

"Eldest Prince, you must catch the thieves. The Mingzhu Building depends on these pearls to gain a foothold in the capital. If it is lost, the little old man will have no face to see his owner!"

"Dare to steal at my banquet, I think this daring thief doesn't want to live anymore." Gritting his teeth, Xiao Yan turned around and met Xiao Xuan, Xiao Rui and Xiao Quan head-on, followed by Shen Yu and Lian Qiuming.

"Brother, why are you so angry?"

"The treasure in Mingzhu Tower was stolen. Just now, I was going to ask your sister-in-law to search it."

"Since the emperor's wife is used, it means that there are girls in it. Which family's girls are so bold."

"Xi Yan also has Chen Ge's granddaughter, and there are three others."

After hearing this, Xiao Quan turned to look at Xiao Xuan, "A cousin, a cousin, no matter how you look at it, she is closer to you."

"One is the princess, and the other is from Chen Ge's hometown. These are all respectable girls in the capital. If this news gets out, these girls may have no face to gain a foothold in the capital." Xiao Rui thought for a while and said.

"Isn't Shen Yu here?" Xiao Xuan stepped aside and clicked on Shen Yu's general, "Master Shen's ability to handle cases is unmatched in the capital, so he probably doesn't need to be searched. Find out who is the thief."

"Weichen is only in charge of murder cases. If it gets out, it will hurt the girls' reputation even more."

"Ah!" The scream came from the house again, and everyone turned and walked back.

"Open the door!"

The guards hurriedly opened the door, and a smell of blood came out, only to see a nun leaning against the wall, blood flowed from the palm of her hand covering her stomach to the ground, there was no sign of life.Su Tiange on the side was squatting on the ground and looking at Mammy's eyelids, and the others, except Princess Xiyan, curled up and hid in the corner.

"Find the imperial physician!"

"It's useless!" Su Tiange stood up and shook her head, blood dripped down her palm to the ground.

A guard came over to check Mammy's breath and the pulse of her neck, and shook her head.

"Go back to the eldest prince, he is already dead."

"Check it out! Check it out for me!" Xiao Yan roared angrily, stealing things and killing people, right under his nose, how could he bear it.

"Master Shen can take care of it now, right?" Lian Qiuming said so plainly, and Shen Yu looked at the blood dripping from Su Tiange's fingertips with a cold face.

"Let everyone else leave. All the people in the house are taken to the reception room next door. All the curtains are torn off in the treasure room, and the doors and windows are nailed down. No one is allowed to approach the treasure room or the reception room without my order."

"Brother Huang, since the Ministry of Criminal Justice has accepted the case, shouldn't we leave?"

After Xiao Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and left, and the people who were blocking the corridor to watch the fun also left.

Except for a few people in the reception room and the official servant of the Ministry of Punishment brought by Shen Yu, there was no one else in the Pearl Tower.For a while, the whole building became quiet. Listening carefully, you could even hear the sound of the river washing against the river bank outside the window.

Su Tiange sat in a corner of the reception room, and looked at the other five people. Except for Princess Xiyan who had a tense face and said nothing, the others still shrank with fear.

Su Tiange twirled her fingers and carefully recalled what happened just now. First, someone blew up the glass cup and put all the pearls into her arms.Then Xiao Yan appeared and closed the door, and then a sweet smell wafted from the room, and then the nun was killed right under the noses of the few of them.

She was sure now that they had been stupefied, and that during that time someone had killed the nun.Just where does that sweetness come from?What is it?It can even temporarily make people lose their minds.

Now that bag of pearls is still in her arms, if the other party really came after her, wouldn't it be easy to kill her just now and then be accused of committing suicide in fear of crime.This person has laid out ring after ring, what exactly is he trying to do?
"You! It was you who stole things and killed people, it was you!"

(End of this chapter)