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At the moment when the feast was held in the palace, the night market had just dispersed on the street, and the pedestrians on the street were already very sparse. The shops along the street were preparing to remove the door panels and close them. There were several barkings from the deep bluestone road from time to time.

At this moment, a man in gray was holding a brocade box in his hand and quietly came to the door of a pawn shop called Yongshengji. This Yongshengji is the most luxurious shop in most cities. Everyone knows that this pawn shop dares to collect any valuable treasures, and does not ask where they come from. It can be seen that the back is very big. The man in gray entered the shop, and several Chaofeng was talking at the counter. Yao Chaofeng looked up and saw that it was not too early and was about to ask his friend to close the door. But suddenly saw the man in gray enter the door. He was shocked and raised his neck and said, "You are still here to be a thing, we are all going to rest!"

The man in gray turned his eyes and looked at Yao Chaofeng, and smiled and said, "This is a good thing, just look at it, I'm sure I can't bear it!"

People often say "I've been fooled, I've been fooled." The "wanted" here means going to a pawn shop. Most people go to a pawn shop to pawn items, which is a helpless move. If you can't redeem it, you will be a dead end. As the saying goes, it's because of this, the ones who can be sent to a pawn shop are not ragged clothes, and they are somewhat valuable. Especially when you see the person in front of you is very mysterious, Yao Chaofeng gave a wink to the rest of the people, opened the door and walked out, and saw the man in gray holding a brocade box in his hand, carefully looking very precious. Yao Chaofeng smiled: "We don't collect everything in this pawn shop. If you don't have any good things, leave, don't make fun of brothers!"

The man in gray couldn't help but glared, "Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll take a look!" Yao Chaofeng said, while unveiling the brocade box. He saw a dazzling light in his eyes. After a closer look, the treasure in the box was actually wrapped in a handkerchief woven with gold silk. The dazzling one was actually not a treasure, but a handkerchief woven with gold silk. There was only a snow-white bead in the middle, and there was a red air hole the size of rice grains was embedded on it. Yao Chaofeng's eyes suddenly lit up! But then something suddenly flashed in his mind, and he was shocked. Yao Chaofeng suppressed the suspicion in his heart, and sweat had already oozed out of his head: "This handkerchief is good, but the things inside are probably worthless."

The man in gray smiled and said, "This is the relics of a monk. If ordinary people see them, of course they are not worth a lot of money, but for those who believe in them, it is a treasure worth a thousand gold, but it is a rare good treasure that has been obtained in a thousand years! My friend finally got it. He is not short of money, but he is not at ease with these things. Find a safe place to store them. In this way, you can offer a price!"

The shapes of Buddha's relics are ever-changing, including round, oval, lotus, Buddha or Bodhisattva; the colors are white, black, green, red, some are like pearls, some are like agate, crystal, some are transparent, and some are illuminated by light... The pearl in front of you looks ordinary at first glance, but it is indeed a relics.

Yao Chaofeng took a breath. Jingzhao Yin had already greeted the pawnshops before, but the Guo family lost the relics and were searching the streets. Lord Jingzhao Yin was now crazy. The person in front of him came to deliver the relics carelessly. This was really strange! He turned his mind, but he smiled and said, "How many are there in total?"

The man in gray smiled, compared four, and then turned his hands again, nine.

It was indeed forty-nine. Yao Chaofeng became more and more sure, and he kept silent: "This thing is too valuable. How can I get so much cash in the store? Let me think about it!"

The man in gray smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that your family is rich in this pawn shop? If I hadn't, I wouldn't have come to the door. In this way, one piece will be regarded as one hundred taels of silver!"

"One hundred taels?" Yao Chaofeng's heart was thrilled. Forty-nine pieces were 4,900 taels of silver. He hesitated for a moment and said, "We can only pay one thousand taels."

The man in gray sneered, snatched the brocade box and was about to leave, "I won't sell these treasures so easily. What a thousand taels is just a joke!"

Yao Chaofeng thought that everyone had come to the door and must not let him leave so easily, otherwise others would suspect that they colluded with bandits when they saw it. They should report the matter to the master first and see how to solve it. He quickly stopped him and said, "Wait, you can discuss it! In this way, one thousand five hundred taels!"

The man in gray shook his head, "Nine thousand taels."

Both of them bargained in a false way, and the other Chaofeng next to him were already stunned.

Yao Chaofeng gritted his teeth and said, "There are only two thousand taels in the store, and the rest can be moved out elsewhere. You wait inside first. I have to report to the shopkeeper, and wait until I plan it slowly!" As he said that, he raised his hand and asked someone to invite the man in gray, and then gave a look to his confidant, "Serve this master, I'll go to see the shopkeeper." Then he had already walked into the inner room quickly. Manager Qiao was taking stock of the secret letters sent from various places. Yao Chaofeng lowered his head and said a few words beside him.

When Manager Qiao heard this, he was shocked and said, "Do you take what you said seriously?"

Yao Chaofeng nodded quickly and said, "Young Master said that you should beware of someone coming to find trouble at this time? I think this is what the young master means. I just kept the person, but it is better to report it to you quickly!"

Manager Qiao nodded: "Young Master did instruct us to pay attention to the recent sale of relics in most capitals. He said that this matter was vaguely strange, but I don't know what was going on! Okay, I'll inform the young master myself!" As he said that he left through the back door, he did not forget to turn around and said: "You should keep the person steady, and never let him go."

Manager Qiao rushed to Pei's mansion, but heard that Pei Bi went to the palace to attend a banquet. Manager Qiao was embarrassed and stood up and thought about it, and wanted to notify Pei Bi through other channels. Outsiders only thought that they were running an ordinary pawn shop, but they would never have expected that the owner behind the pawn shop was the Pei family. With such a backer, he even stood firm in most of the people, and no one dared to offend him easily. He thought about it and wrote a note, and sent it to the palace through a specific channel to hand it over to Pei Bi. He then returned to the store. As soon as he entered the shop, he saw the man in gray hurriedly leaving. He quickly stopped the person and comforted him again. He forced the person into the house and ordered the person to close the store door to prevent the news from leaking.

At this moment, a alley three hundred meters away from the pawnshop was two people gathered together. Jing Zhaoyi was about to scold the other party, but he saw that it was Guo Dun. He was shocked and bowed and smiled, "So it's Lord Guo, why are you here at this time?" At this time, the palace was holding a banquet. Guo Dun also had an official position and was the prince of the Duke's Mansion. Why didn't he attend? He was suspicious, but saw Guo Dun smiled slightly and said, "I heard that something happened to the pawnshop in front of him, which was a major concern, so he brought the guard to catch the thief!"

Jing Zhaoyi's heart was thunderous: "Thieves? I don't know what Lord Guo said is-"

Guo Dun's eyes sank, his face was so sinister: "It's the one who stole my relics!"

Jingzhaoyi originally only went out to inspect according to the convention, but she didn't expect that she would gain such a harvest. She immediately said happily: "Did Lord Guo say that those people took the treasures to pawn shops?"

Guo Dun nodded and said solemnly: "Of course, I won't say much to you. I have to rush over immediately, otherwise I will delay the matter, and I am afraid that you and I will not be able to afford to be guilty!"

Jing Zhaoyi quickly stopped him and said, "This is my jurisdiction, and I will naturally be fully responsible if something happens! This time I have already said that I will assist the Guo family in capturing these rebels who steal relics. I would also ask Lord Guo to give me a chance!" In fact, it is right for Guo Dun to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Jingwei, but I can't control this jurisdiction!

When Guo Dun heard this, he knew that Jingzhaoyi was trying to steal the credit. He thought that it was indeed not as expected by his sister. As long as he explained to Jingzhaoyi that the traces of these people were found, Jingzhaoyi would definitely be the first to rush to the scene. That would be fine! He was secretly happy in his heart, and pretended to be calm on his face: "Then please guard the intersections around the pawnshop. No one is allowed to enter or exit! I heard that there is a secret passage in this pawnshop. You must rush in while they are not careful. If they are asked to run away, we will be in vain!"

Jing Zhaoyi frowned: "This - let me catch it. Please ask Lord Guo to do the guarding matter!"

It is a very simple job to guard the road. Although it may be possible to catch fish that escapes the net if Guo Dun doesn't let anyone out at all, wouldn't his credit be lost? So he volunteered to go into the pawnshop to catch people.

Guo Dun was just in his heart and just smiled slightly on his face: "Since that's the case, I'll bother Lord Jingzhaoyi."

Jing Zhaoyi smiled and thought that offering relics was a great achievement. A cold grin flashed across the corner of her mouth. She pointed to the pawnshop and said, "Round into the store and take it whenever you see everyone!" The yamen next to him wanted to remind him that everyone has protective umbrellas in most shops, but then he thought that this matter was of great importance, so he stopped.

Manager Qiao was having a chat with the man in gray in the private room, wanting to find out, thinking that the young master would come back early to catch the person and ask clearly. He might suddenly hear the horse hooves outside. Before he could react, he only saw a row of shop doors falling down, and the room was filled with dust and the whole house became smoky. Dozens of yamen servants flocked in, almost smashing whatever they saw, and were full of momentum. Manager Qiao was very angry, but suppressed the fire and turned to Yao Chaofeng next to him. Yao Chaofeng immediately went into the inner room. Manager Qiao then came up and said angrily: "What is this place, let you be arrogant!" Before he finished speaking, he was slapped by Jing Zhaoyin on the face.

Manager Qiao was beaten to the point of being star-stirring, and hurriedly said, "Sir, what are you doing?"

"No matter who it is, take it down!" Jing Zhaoyin shouted.

The yamen rushed into the pawnshop, no matter who they were, they were tied up like rice dumplings in an instant. Then they caught the man in gray and forced his box to open it in public, revealing the things inside. When Manager Qiao saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat. He vaguely understood something, and he shouted: "Sir, we are the businessmen of duty, we are the victims! This person sent things to be used as a product, and we have not inspected the goods yet, so he didn't know what he was doing!" Before he finished speaking, Jing Zhaoyi raised his hand and gave him a big ear: "Fart! Don't you see when this is, I didn't ask, who asked you to answer?"

Soon they confirmed that the thing in the brocade box was a relic, but only one, and the other forty-eight were gone. Jingzhao Yin's eyelids twitched and he sneered twice, it doesn't matter, one is one, there are two!

When Manager Qiao saw this scene, his face was unstable. The government had always known that everyone had a backer on this street, especially their pawn shops were not simple. The other party would never move easily. How could he rush in for no reason? Is there any reason for this?

At this time, Jingzhaoyi had already turned around and said, "You are the shopkeeper of this store, why are there another forty-eight relics missing?"

Manager Qiao's face turned blue and white, and his whole body shivered: "Sir, I am a businessman. This thing is used as a thief. I don't know anything. If you want to ask, you have to ask him!"

Jingzhaoyi raised her head and looked at the man in gray, but saw that he bit his tongue and turned his eyes and fell to the ground. The Yamashi hurriedly stepped forward to check his breath, but found that he had died of anger. Jingzhao Yin said furiously: "You useless wastes, under your nose, can even make him die!"

Not long after, Guo Dun walked in leisurely from outside the door. He saw the scene in front of him and smiled faintly: "Mr. Jingzhao Yin, what should you do when you see this situation? Your Majesty is still waiting to reply!"

Jingzhao Yin smiled bitterly and said, "Now I have only found this relic. Lord Guo, don't make things difficult for me."

Guo Dun looked embarrassed: "I didn't mean to make things difficult for the Lord, but today's feast was on a whim and had already issued an order to see the relics of the forty-nine monks with his own eyes. Now it seems... His Majesty is probably going to be disappointed."

Jingzhao Yin's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he knew that this matter was of great importance. If the emperor asked about it, neither the Guo family nor the Jingzhao Yin could do anything. He pondered for a moment and his eyes were wandering around the face of Manager Qiao. Manager Qiao looked at the other party and had a slurred mind. Fortunately, he had already ordered Yao Chaofeng to go to the secret room to deal with it, otherwise if he was searched by the other party, he would have no good results.

After weighing the pros and cons, Jingzhao Yin Lue pondered and a word burst out from his mouth: "Flip the entire shop and search it!"

Manager Qiao was anxious and shouted: "Who dares to search!"

Guo Dun turned his head and looked at him with a smile and said, "Oh? Why can't you search?"

Manager Qiao said even more angrily: "What is your purpose? You actually oppress the ordinary people at the feet of the emperor!"

Ordinary people?! Guo Dun smiled indifferently, and then slapped Zhangguan Qiao hard. He was extremely powerful, but he was much more ruthless than Jingzhao Yin. Zhangguan Qiao was beaten to the ground by him. His mouth was suddenly blew up and bloody. He immediately got up, but he still wanted to block it. Guo Dun started work in a row and slapped more than ten times. Zhangguan Qiao's mouth was swollen like a sausage, and his face was like a pig's head. He hesitated, but his teeth were broken several times, and he couldn't say a word. Chaofeng next to him hurriedly came to support him. He guessed that it was almost done, and Yao Chaofeng had already dealt with it completely, so he stopped stopping it and retreated aside as if he was afraid.

Guo Dun pretended not to know, smiled slightly, and said to Jingzhao Yin: "Sir, you can search now."

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At this time, Director Guo had already taken the account book and studied it carefully. He saw that he could only read the account book in just a cup of tea. In a flash, Director Guo's eyes suddenly stopped on a fly-headed small calligraphy. Then he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "Fourth Brother, come and see!" It's not worth it that he just climbed over the wall from behind and checked it first. If that person burned the account book, they would have come in vain!

Guo Dun looked at the dense numbers on it, his face was already as dark as the ground. He thought to himself that what I was asking me to see, but I couldn't understand it! He couldn't help but smile and said, "Just look, you can see!"

Director Guo didn't force himself, he didn't even look at other accounts, but he put away this one and got involved in his arms.

The shopkeeper Qiao was about to rush up to stop him, but was suddenly pressed to the ground by the yamen next to him and punched and kicked him. At this time, the yamen procured and robbed the store, which was a lot of trouble. There was already a sound of noise around him, so someone quietly left the secret passage in the opposite shop, headed straight to Pei's mansion, and went to inform him.

Jingzhao Yin searched for a long time, but he found nothing except the relic. He knew that the matter was very bad, and he decided to bring the shopkeeper and the man in gray who had committed suicide to come to the king to face the saint. Even if he could not eliminate his crime, he would be better than nothing. What's more, he had to copy the shop and didn't know who was behind him. Of course, he had to make a lawsuit first so that the person behind him had no time to take care of it.

Thinking of this, he immediately said, "I'm going to go into the palace now. I wonder if the two young men are going to meet you together?" He had a wishful thinking. No matter what, the Guo family came to the door of the pawnshop first. If something happened, it would be better to drag them into the water together than to be alone.

Guo Dun's eyes turned, but he looked at Director Guo. Director Guo smiled and said, "Since the lord is going to go in person, we brothers will naturally be accompanied. However, it is not that easy to meet His Majesty at this time, because a banquet is being held in the palace."

Jingzhao Yin smiled and said, "I was ordered to inspect the entire capital. If there is an urgent matter, you can face you directly. You don't have to worry, the two young masters, please come with me to meet the saint."

Director Guo patted the account book on his chest and said with a smile: "It's so great, sir, please."

At this time, Pei Bi was having a banquet. A palace maid was pouring wine for him and said quietly: "Young Master Pei, there was news outside the palace just now that something happened to the pawnshop."

Pei Bi's face turned pale, and he frowned and said, "What's wrong?

The palace maid whispered: "It was said that she was copied by Jingzhao Yin, who led someone to do it."

Pei Bi's face was shocked. He was about to ask clearly, but before he could speak, he was suddenly shocked. His hair was counting down. It turned out that Jingzhao Yin had already entered the hall with great strides. He came with him, including Manager Qiao, who was tied up in many ways, and the two young masters of the Guo family.

The atmosphere in the hall has changed drastically, and the women who are singing and dancing quietly retreated aside, and the sound of drums and music has stopped.

The emperor looked at him and raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down: "Jingzhao Yin, why did you suddenly enter the palace for no reason?"

Jingzhao Yin Gong saluted: "Your Majesty, the carriage from the Duke of Qi's mansion encountered a thief on the East Street the day before yesterday. It was taken away and the relics to be presented to Your Majesty were forty-nine. The lower officials searched in the capital. Now they have recovered a relics and found out the thieves involved in the theft. Please ask Your Majesty to cut off."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on the tying manager Qiao, who was tied up, and said with a smile: "Oh? Is there any such thing?"

The Duke of Qi stood up and said loudly: "Yes, I am searching everywhere and finally collected the relics of the forty-nine monks, but they were stolen by the thief for no reason. Yesterday, I am already writing a memorial and cannot present it in time, so I ask Your Majesty to forgive me."

The emperor smiled slightly: "Your love is pitiful, why is it guilty? As for this thief, where did he catch this thief?"

Pei Bi looked at this scene and his face was covered with frost. However, he suddenly stared at Li Weiyang with a look of hatred. Li Weiyang had a gentle smile, like a spring breeze, as if he had not noticed the pair of hatred eyes opposite him.

Jingzhao Yin searched him everywhere, and finally found the thief and exaggerated his deeds. Until the emperor frowned impatiently, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, this thief was found in a pawnshop. However, the pawnshop owner had just told everything that the pawnshop had returned to Pei's family. The minister was very afraid that the empress was furious, so he had to take the thief to face the king first, please forgive me." I didn't know what method Director Guo used on the road, so he forced the shopkeeper Qiao to speak and immediately told the owner of the pawnshop that the Pei family was. Jingzhao Yin was frightened and was already in a difficult situation.

The emperor glanced at Pei Hou and smiled even more gently, "Queen, what do you think?"

Empress Pei smiled faintly and looked calm: "The business of pawnshops is originally intended to welcome and send. No matter what the origin of the things they are, they can be kept as long as they are valuable. This is the rule since ancient times. What is the crime of the shopkeeper? Lord Jingzhao Yin is really confused."

As soon as Empress Pei said this, Jingzhao Yin's vest couldn't help but feel cold. He lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word. For some reason, under the gaze of Empress Pei's eyes, it always makes people feel panic, as if they fell into an ice cave.

The emperor laughed, and with a three-point smile, he mocked: "The queen is right. The pawnshop is such a place. Where did Jingzhao Yin come from? Prove that this pawnshop is related to thieves?"

At this time, Director Guo had already bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, we were not sure that this pawn shop must have colluded with thieves, so we searched the pawn shop and found an account book."

When Pei Bi heard this, his face was as cold as Ice, and his eyes were not paused. He stared at the other party, almost as if he wanted to eat people. Pei Baoer was shocked when he saw it on the side. She had always known that her elder brother was very calm and had never shown such a look. It was too terrifying. But what she was even more afraid of was that she had originally bribed the people of Yanxue Alliance, hoping that they could kill Li Weiyang for her. Who would have thought that not only could they not kill her, but even Li Minzhi did not even get a kidnapped. Instead, he heard that the Guo family had lost some relics. How could she steal the relics for no reason? What's the use of that thing? But Pei Baoer was not sure whether the people of Yanxue Alliance had the intention to steal the relics when they saw money. That's why Pei Bi ordered people to pay attention everywhere, hoping to find this thing first and make an article.

At this moment, when she saw the other party taking this thing to pawn the pawn shop at the Pei family, Pei Baoer couldn't help but feel a little suspicious in her heart. For some reason, she always felt that this matter was strange, but she couldn't tell where it was strange. Pei Bi next to her was already shaking.

Director Guo said loudly: "In the book of this pawn shop, we found a very strange record. Five years ago, this small pawn shop actually had a total of 13 million taels of silver. I wonder if the pawn shop is so good that it can actually achieve the annual income of the national treasury. Such income is probably rare in the world!"

The emperor looked at Pei Fan with a frightened face and said, "Mr. Pei, your pawnshop is really a daily stake in gold. The small pawnshop actually earns 13 million taels!"

Pei Fan quickly stood up and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this..."

At this time, Director Guo had already sent the account book to the emperor through the eunuch's hand. The emperor flipped it gently and noticed the account of 13 million taels. He smiled coldly, and suddenly his eyes were full of coldness and said angrily: "Pei Fan, what are you going to explain!"

Pei Fan suddenly felt cold sweat wet his back. He suddenly remembered the origin of this 13 million taels. Five years ago, His Majesty had made a southern tour. At that time, the Pei family took charge of the whole thing, building the palace all the way to gather money for the southern tour. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pei Fan made a fortune and collected a total of 13 million taels of silver, which became a property of the Pei family. But the money was too huge, and he was afraid that he would be known, so he secretly transferred it underground and laundered money through pawnshops. Some of them were used to buy officials, and the other part was used to expand the Pei family's army... How could anyone break everything out?

The emperor raised his eyebrows and sneered: "For the years you have been secretly selling official positions and titles and transportation rights. I have known these very well. It is not up to the merits of your Pei family! But you can't escape the 13 million taels if you accept bribes and accumulate 13 million taels! Okay, very good, let's talk about it, who is the envoy of the entrusting of this 13 million taels and what great things you are planning to do with these silver. I have read all history books, but I have never seen such a traitor and a giant traitor. It is really shocking. 13 million taels - comparable to the annual income of the national treasury. You are too greedy!"

Empress Pei lowered her eyes. At this moment, she had already understood everything. Li Weiyang first deliberately set up a trap to lure the Pei family to intercept her. Pei Bi was not deceived, but for some reason, the Guo family's carriage was still kidnapped. Li Weiyang framed the loss of the relics on the Pei family, and secretly put pressure on the Jingzhao Yin to search everywhere. I am afraid that the fact is that Li Weiyang knew that the pawnshop was the secret stronghold of the Pei family in Dadu early in the morning. Now the so-called 13 million taels of silver is just the beginning. If you search carefully in the pawnshop, you will definitely find other important evidence.
To be continued...