Chapter 96: Encountering a thief at home

Li Qingan was in a particularly good mood. Although there was no substantial progress today, at least Wuyi was willing to go with him to burn incense, which was a good start. Moreover, she also agreed to teach Rusi and Liu Liu to play the pipa. Of course, she actually wanted to listen to her playing guitar. The more Li Qingan thought about it, the more beautiful she became, and she couldn't help laughing.

"Brother, look at you being so beautiful. When I went to Guanyinyuan to burn incense today, did I take advantage of me?" Ruhua said in the car.

Xiaolian couldn't help but say, "Brother, this girl in dance clothes is good. She is not only beautiful but also gentle. She is a good match for her brother."

Xiaolian was also very amazed. When she saw Wuyi today, she realized that women could be so beautiful. In comparison, Wu Niang was far behind. Although Wu Niang asked her to watch over her elder brother, she now felt that if she didn't help her get Wuyi, she wouldn't forgive herself.

"You performed well today, and said a lot of good things to me. I helped my elder brother. I will reward you well. Tell me! You can buy you whatever you want, jewelry, dresses, fragrant powder, and whatever you want."

"Brother, I want a few pieces of jewelry. I have wanted to have a green feather hairpin since I was a child." Ruhua said hurriedly.

"No problem, brother bought it for you, what does Xiaolian want?"

"Brother, I want to buy a good set of saucers! My favorite is beautiful porcelain."

"A small thing is like a poem?"

Li Qingan suddenly found that Rushi didn't say a word after coming back. He couldn't help but ask with concern: "Rushi, what's wrong with you?"

"Brother, I feel a little uncomfortable and dizzy." Rushi said in a low voice.

"Okay, I'll send you back to rest first."

Li Qing'an speeded up and soon arrived at the residence. He opened the car door, Ruhua and Xiaolian jumped down, and Li Qing'an handed Rushi, "Come on! I'll help you down."

"Brother, I may be sick." Rushi's face was a little pale.

"I know, you're tired today."

Li Qingan held her hand and helped her out of the carriage. When he saw Ruhua and Xiaolian go to the mansion first, he whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, brother has you in his heart,

Rushi was shocked all over and raised her head with complicated eyes. She knew that her thoughts had been seen through by her elder brother. She felt a little embarrassed, so she lowered her head and said, "Brother, I don't."

"Rushi, you have a love for your elder brother. My elder brother knows in his heart that he will definitely give you a name. In two days, my elder brother will rebuild your household registration."

Rushi's heart was sweet and grateful. Women with humble status were always toys for the powerful and gifts they gave, but they were lucky enough to meet a man who treated them sincerely. They cared about them, loved them, and gave them a home. Rushi suddenly felt like she wanted to cry. She restrained her inner excitement and whispered: "Brother, I was wrong just now, I shouldn't be willful."

Li Qingan smiled and kissed her in the face, "You only like it if you are angry."

Rushi lowered her head shyly, "Brother, someone will see it outside."

"Then we go back and kiss you, no one will see you."

Li Qing'an hugged Rushi's waist and walked into the mansion, laughing as he walked, "My brother will take you to buy things in the evening. Rushi, what do you want?"

"Well! Brother, I want to buy some fragrant powder."

"No problem, I will take you to Dongshi tomorrow."

As soon as they walked to the gate of the yard, Xiaolian's scream suddenly came from the yard. Li Qingan was shocked and rushed into the yard quickly.

"What happened?"

Xiaolian and Ruhua ran out of the room. Xiaolian pointed to the room in panic and said, "Brother, there are thieves, and some thieves have come."

"Come here!"

Li Qingan picked up a stick on the wall and walked into the room quickly. The door lock in the inner room had been pried open, the room was in a mess, the tent was torn open, the bedding and pillow were also broken by the knife, the two nanmu boxes beside the bed were pried open, and the clothes were thrown all over the floor.

Li Qingan lay down and glanced at the bed. The hundreds of stagnant coins under the bed did not move at all, and the twenty-five cakes covered by copper coins were also a lot of cakes.

It was not a thief who came to steal money. He understood a little in his heart, and then opened the box closest to the bed, and his clothes were all messed up. The sandalwood box containing rubies disappeared.

At this time, the three little ladies ran in and said, "Brother, the east wing is fine, the thief didn't go to our place."

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "I know this thief."

The three little girls looked at each other, and they met each other. If they met, they would not be thieves.

"Brother, what did he steal?"

"He stole a piece of ruby ​​from his elder brother."

"Oh! That's worth a lot of money."

Ruhua screamed in surprise, and Li Qingan smiled and patted her face and said, "Don't worry! The elder brother's valuable gems were not stolen."

He picked up a vase on the windowsill, pulled out the wintersweet from the bottle, and slowly poured out the water. He shook again, and with a 'clang!', a ruby ​​rolled out of the vase. Li Qing'an picked up the fire gem and smiled, "See, the ruby ​​they want is here."

As night fell, most of the shops in the East City closed. On the 29th day of the 12th lunar month, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, they usually closed for three days. The doors were officially opened on the second day of the first lunar month. The streets were deserted, but many shops still faintly showed lights. This is the guys preparing tomorrow's goods. However, the lights in the Hushang jewelry store "Tuozhi Township" were completely gone, and it seemed that there was no one in the store.

At this time, a carriage came, and two black shadows jumped out of the carriage and rushed towards the jewelry store. The two black shadows went around to the side door and knocked on the door. The door opened with a squeak. They flashed and entered the door.

"Have you succeeded?"

"It's already successful."

The faint light lit up, and a pair of excited eyes appeared in the darkness, "Take it to me!"

"Shopkeeper, then our other half will be rewarded"

"Don't worry! You won't be missing a single piece."

A sandalwood box was gently placed on the table, "The gem is inside the box, please see the shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper of Tuozhi Township carefully opened the box, and a ruby ​​as big as an egg appeared under the light.

He glanced at the two of them and said, "You guys go back first! Come here tomorrow morning to receive the bounty of the other half."

The two black shadows bowed and left quickly. The shopkeeper carefully closed the door and lit the light again. He slowly held the gem in his hand, squinted his eyes for a moment, and exclaimed: "Is this the Eye of Light?"

Suddenly, he frowned again, "It's strange, why is there no flame?"

He focused for a moment, then suddenly slapped his head and said, "I understand, you have to see it in the sun, it must be like this!"

The shopkeeper did not dare to stay for a long time, so he quickly put away the gems, got on the carriage, and hurried towards Shengpingfang. Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a small house.

He walked up the steps and knocked on the door. The door opened a crack. He whispered a few times and flashed into the house. He walked to a door. The guard at the door immediately said, "Your Highness, the shopkeeper Mita is here."

The door suddenly opened, and the stone prince Yuanen came out of the room and immediately asked, "Have you succeeded in the gem?"

"Report to your Highness, you have succeeded."

Yuanen was overjoyed, “Give it to me!”

He took the box and returned to the room impatiently. There were two other people in the room. A middle-aged man was his master, Huo Yanbai, a Turkic man. The other was Suning, who wanted to acquire Li Qing'an's gem for ten thousand yuan. After Duluo Xian died at the hands of Li Qing'an, his father Dumozhi was furious and wanted to hold Suning responsible for causing trouble. Suning was so scared that he hid in Talas City. Finally, he was found by the prince of far-loving love and brought to the Tang Dynasty to find the Eye of Light.

Yuanen put the box on the table, and the other two surrounded him together, with excitement on his face, especially Suning. When he found the gem, he could clear his guilt of losing his treasure back then.

Yuanen stroked his chest and prayed, "Master God Ahuramaz! Let me see your miracle!"

He trembled his hands and opened the sandalwood box. A ruby ​​as big as an egg was lying quietly inside the box. Yuan'en was about to pick it up, but Suning was shocked and said, "No! It's not this gem."

Yuanen was shocked, "You, what did you say?"

"This is not the Eye of Light, the shape is wrong. The Eye of Light looks exactly the same as an egg, smooth and crystal-clear, while this gem has edges and corners."

"What?"

Yuanen picked up the gem and looked at the light for a long time. No flames rose. He couldn't help but get furious, grabbed the shopkeeper's neck, and shouted: "You said! What's going on?"

The shopkeeper was so scared that his face was pale and he stammered: "I, I don't know."

"How dare you cheat me with fake gems!"

Yuanen threw him to the ground fiercely, pulled out his knife and pressed against his throat, "Speak quickly, where did you hide the real gem?"

"Your Highness! I didn't embezzle the gems! All I got was it, I just got it."

"Nonsense! If you don't tell the truth, I will kill you."

At this time, Huo Yanbai came over and advised: "Your Highness, please calm down and let me ask him."

Yuanen snorted and said coldly: "You answer honestly, otherwise I will kill you tonight."

Huo Yanbai squatted down and asked, "I'll ask you first, how did you find this gem?"

"Mr. Huo, I said last time that the Tang Dynasty officer came to my store to buy gems a month ago. He accidentally mentioned the Eye of Light, so I sent someone to stare at him. Later you also confirmed that the gems were in his hands."

"The gem is good in his hands. Did he find you?"

"No! Impossible." The shopkeeper quickly denied, "I was just afraid that he would be alert, so it took more than a month to start. He couldn't know that we were coming to steal gems."

"Then who was you sent to steal gems?"

"The two thieves I hired for a lot of money. I offered them two hundred taels of gold."

"Did they pay the gold?"

"They will come to receive the reward tomorrow morning."

Huo Yanbai snorted in his heart. This idiot actually gave out two hundred taels of gold. He thought about it and asked again: "When will these two people bring you gems?"

"It was just now, less than half an hour."

Huo Yanbai shook his head and said, "You gave them too much, so they could guess the value of that gem."

He sighed and stood up and said, "There are three possibilities now. One is that the gem is still in the hands of the officer. He prepared a fake gem in advance, but this possibility is not big. The shopkeeper is very cautious and waited for a month before he started. He should not be so vigilant. Secondly, the shopkeeper secretly hid the gem, but this may be even smaller. If that is the case, we will not see him tonight. The third possibility is that the two thieves, the reward of two hundred taels of gold made them realize the preciousness of the gem. If I was not wrong, they should have succeeded during the day, and then bought a similar gem to hand over, hoping to take away the other half of the reward."

Yuanen grabbed the shopkeeper's neck and said viciously: "Tell me quickly, where are the two thieves living?"

"I don't know, it was introduced to me by the shopkeeper of Wenhua Restaurant."

Huo Yanbai quickly advised: "Your Highness, don't worry, these two thieves will not know the value of the Eye of Light. I think they will come again tomorrow morning. After all, one hundred taels of gold is not a small amount."
Chapter completed!