A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 799
Eunuch Huang couldn't help but solemnly said: "Last night there were a lot of people at the banquet. Your Majesty Long En allowed all the officials and ministers to watch it. Could it be that time that you accidentally knocked off a corner of the lotus petal?"

The emperor looked at him uncertainly for a moment.

Eunuch Huang immediately said again: "This old slave made a slip of the tongue."

The emperor ordered: "Call all the people who attended the banquet last night into the palace."

Eunuch Huang not only called all the ministers into the palace to inquire, but also checked all the court ladies and eunuchs, dancers and musicians who had entered the palace last night.

The queen checked the few concubines who went to the banquet in the harem, and searched all the concubines' residences, but found nothing.

Now, the news spread, that someone openly took advantage of the crowds in the hall to steal a corner of the golden lotus.

The emperor also issued an order that anyone who reported clues would be rewarded heavily, and those who committed theft would be executed without mercy.

But for several days, the missing corner of the golden lotus has not been found, and the exact thief has not been found yet.

***
Tang Lei's luck in the casino has been bad since the past few years, and he has hardly won a few games.

When he asked Mr. Nie to borrow money again, Mr. Nie also seemed very embarrassed, saying: "Brother Tang, you have borrowed more than 500 taels from me in total. I really don't have any extra money to give you. You still don't want it." Let's gamble again."

Tang Lei has always regarded Young Master Nie as someone with a lot of money and a fool. Hearing what he said now, he felt a little impatient, and said: "You can lend me first, and it's not that I won't pay you back. When I win these two, I will pay you back." Pay you back!"

Mr. Nie sighed and said, "It's not that I don't lend you, but that you have borrowed all my money. My father found out that I spend a lot recently, and my source of income has been cut off."

When Tang Lei heard this, he snorted coldly, and turned his face when he said that he would turn his back on him, saying: "If you don't want to borrow money, just say so, why make so many excuses, I still treat you as a good brother and good friend!"

Seeing him turn around and leave, Mr. Nie hurriedly grabbed him by the corner of his clothes, as if he was really afraid of losing him as a friend, and said anxiously: "Brother Tang, do you have something to say, I have always regarded you as a good friend... If you I really need it, then, then I'll go home and try to see if I can steal some spare money and lend it to you."

Tang Lei half-believingly said: "Really?"

Mr. Nie nodded heavily and said: "Really, you are waiting for me nearby, I will go home first, and then I will come to you."

Tang Lei also nodded, and Mr. Nie left in a hurry.

Tang Lei spent two cups of tea sitting in a tea shed by the street, and he saw Mr. Nie leave and come back.He got up quickly, went over and dragged Mr. Nie to a place where no one was around, and asked with glowing eyes, "How many are there?"

Although there was no one around, Mr. Nie couldn't help but look around, as if very mysterious and nervous, and said, "I didn't steal the silver." Tang Lei's face turned cold for a moment, but Mr. Nie said again, "But I stole the money." Here it is."

After speaking, Mr. Nie turned sideways, took out something from his sleeve and secretly stuffed it into Tang Lei's hand.

Tang Lei only felt that his hands were heavy and cold.

He looked down and saw something golden lying in the palm of his hand, his heart skipped a beat, he hurriedly brought it to his mouth and bit it, yes, it was indeed gold!
Tang Lei saw that the gold was in the shape of a leaf, no, it was like half a leaf to be precise, with a rounded tip and a beautiful arc, but there were obvious broken marks in the middle, but he obviously didn't care about the broken marks, as long as it was gold, it would be fine. It is worth more than silver.

Tang Lei asked excitedly, "Where did you get this?"

Mr. Nie said: "It was stolen from my father's study, don't tell it. If my father finds us later, neither of us will admit it!"

Tang Lei patted Mr. Nie on the shoulder and said: "I misunderstood you earlier, I didn't expect you to be so righteous, Tang Mou recognizes you as a brother!"

Tang Lei didn't delay much, and wanted to return to the casino to win another round with the money in his pocket.

Mr. Nie didn't go with him, he just said: "Brother Tang, you go first, I have to hide from my father, lest he go to the gambling shop and get you in trouble for nothing."

Tang Lei readily agreed.

This Mr. Nie watched his back enter the gambling house, then shook his robe and left in another direction.

There is a mixed bag of fish and dragons in the gambling house, all the three religions and nine streams are crazily crowded around the gaming tables. At the beginning of each game, you can see the expressions of fanaticism or nervousness on their faces. My eyes are red.

Tang Lei is also one of them.

He took out the half-broken thick gold leaf, and threw it on the gaming table with pride, and the gamblers around fell silent for a moment.Seeing this, the dealer couldn't help but take a second look.

However, after placing the bets, a lot of officers and soldiers suddenly poured in from outside before a round had started.

Seeing this, the gamblers fled in all directions.Tang Lei hurriedly stuffed the gold leaf into his sleeve, but before he could get it firmly, the officers and soldiers of the team strode over and snatched it out.

Seeing that the other party robbed him of his hard-earned gambling funds, Tang Lei repeatedly said: "That's mine...that's mine!"

The leader of the officers and soldiers compared the gold leaf with the image on the drawing paper, then looked sharply at Tang Lei, and said, "Come on, arrest this daring thief!"

***
Eunuch Huang hurried into the imperial study from the outside, and said: "Your Majesty, I found the corner of the stolen lotus petal."

The emperor raised his head and asked, "Where did you find it?"

Eunuch Huang replied: "I heard from the people below that they received a report from the common people, and they seem to have seen the corner of the lotus petal appear in the gambling house. When the officials went there, they happened to catch it on the spot."

As he spoke, he asked the eunuch behind him to come forward and presented the tray in his hand.

It is the corner of the lotus petal that is placed in the tray.

The emperor picked it up, got up and went to the display stand, stood in front of the golden lotus, looked at the remaining petals in his hand, and then moved to the incomplete part of the golden lotus, which happened to be completely aligned.

The emperor turned back and asked, "Who did it?"

Eunuch Huang responded: "The person who caught carrying it is none other than Duke Qing's son, Tang Lei."

***
Tang Lei was in a daze, and he didn't know why he was caught in the prison.

When he was brought up for interrogation, he didn't know what to ask.Later, when he learned that he was arrested because of the gold leaf corner, he continued to defend himself, saying that Mr. Nie had stolen the gold leaf corner and gave it to him.

But when the judge asked, who is Mr. Nie, what is his name, and where does he live, Tang Lei was dumbfounded again.

He only knew that his surname was Nie. From the very beginning, he treated people like money pots, only valued other people's money, and never asked a word about this person's background; No idea, let alone where he lived.

In the past two years, he has been addicted to casinos, and he has basically ruined people from gambling.

Only then did he learn that the golden leaf horn that Mr. Nie gave him turned out to be the horn of a golden lotus tribute sent by Lang Guo.

(End of this chapter)