At this time, I heard the maid getting up, opening the door, then went downstairs to open the wall door, and went to the kitchen at the back to get some vegetable oil. Shi Qian took advantage of this opportunity, slipped out of the shadows, and sneaked into the room. Under the kitchen table inside.
Not long after, Mei Xiang asked for a light again and came in. She closed the door and went upstairs. She didn't notice Shi Qian's presence at all. Xiangmei went upstairs and lit the lamp, then went to the kitchen to light the fire. He also got up to make charcoal, but after a while, the washing soup was boiling hot. Two maids carried the copper basin and sent it upstairs. Xu Ning just washed up and ordered some hot wine to be brought up.
The maid then arranged the meat cakes for cooking. After Xu Ning finished eating, he asked the maids to bring food to eat with the officers and soldiers on duty outside. When Shi Qian heard this, his heart moved, and he jumped out from under the kitchen table and hung upside down. Under the eaves outside the door, when the two maids were waiting to go out with a bowl of hot soup and cooking cakes, they happened to use a reed pipe to blow the liquid into the hot soup from the eaves. At this time, Xu Ning wore a After getting back to the government office, I went downstairs, carried my official baggage, picked up my golden gun, and strode out as usual.
Shi Qian watched Xu Ning go far away, then quietly dropped down from the eaves, went upstairs quietly, ran straight from the coffer to the beam, found a corner and lay down, and at this time , the two maids lit the lamps and gave the food and wine to the officers and soldiers, then they also packed up the dishes and returned to the room, closed the door, blew out the lights, and then went upstairs one after the other. , he took off his clothes when he got to the outhouse and fell asleep.
When Shi Qian heard that the two maids were asleep, he leaned on the beam and blew the lamp with the reed pipe. The room suddenly fell into darkness. At this time, Shi Qian touched the beam and gently He untied the rope that bound the leather box and was about to tie it to himself, but he didn't expect the armor inside to make a soft clatter as the box turned.
The noise was not loud, but it was particularly noticeable at this night. Xu Ning's wife heard something strange. She slowly woke up from her dream, called Mei Xiang, and said, "You can hear some noise on the beam?"
When Xu Ning's wife said this, Shi Qian was startled. He was about to pop out his hidden sword and go down to kill people. However, this thought was extinguished in a flash, and Shi Jin's instructions suddenly flashed in his mind. In his mind, Shi Qian immediately changed his mind and continued to lean on the beam angrily, not daring to move. He quickly straightened his tongue and imitated a few mouse sounds.
Zhizhi,,zhizhi,,.
The maid was extremely sleepy and said in a half-asleep voice: "Madam, I don't think it's the rat barking, maybe it's the rat fighting on the beam that makes the noise."
When Shi Qian heard this, he immediately imitated the rat fight, took the opportunity to wrap the box in a big sheet, tied it behind his back, and used Qinggong to sneak down.
After hearing this, Xu Ning's wife immediately said: "We need to find a civet cat tomorrow. These hamsters are too noisy. If they bite the official's things, it will be fine."
The maid answered in the outer room and fell asleep again.
Shi Qian took advantage of the darkness in the room and quietly opened the door to the building. He quietly carried the leather box on his back and went down the stairs. He opened the door from the inside to the courtyard. There was no need to climb over the wall. Those, The officers and soldiers guarding both sides of the courtyard gate had already suffered from drug effects and were lying staggering at the door. Shi Qian took out the key from the officer's waist and opened the back door from the inside. Shi Qian took the leather box and walked out. Shi Qian slipped out of the alley behind the courtyard, and there was no one on the street. Shi Qian ran out of three or four streets in one breath, crossed the wall of the inn, and quietly jumped into his guest room through the window. At this time, the sky was dark. Before dawn, Shi Qian placed the trophies of that night in front of his eyes and opened them. Sure enough, it was a pair of treasured armors, stacked neatly and shining brightly under the light. Shi Qian took out the armors intact and kept them intact. I packed it with three layers inside and outside the bag, then closed the box and hid it under the bed. I lay back on the bed and slept with a cup of tea. Although the sky was not bright yet, I still looked around the city gate. It was time to leave. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the street, Shi Qian took out his luggage from the room, put the treasure box in a basket, wrapped it, tied it up and carried it on a load, then came to the front and counted the money in the store. Toudong left and walked out of the city gate forty miles away. Shi Qian dared to slow down and looked at a slender pole holding a green wine flag on the side of the road. Shi Qian looked at the fluttering The flag read "Dugang Liquor Village" once, and Shi Qian curled his lips and thought: "This is it." At that moment, Shi Qian came into the shop, unloaded his burden and put a knife beside him, and asked the waiter to hit the tip. Buy some food to eat.
At this time, a man sitting in the corner secretly looked at Shi Qian, and Shi Qian also noticed that this man was Shi Qian's subordinate, a Shunying affiliated to the assassination organization [Jue], although the hotel There were not many people inside, but Shi Qian still didn't speak. At this moment, another man came from outside, entered the store, and sat next to Shi Qian. This man was not an outsider, he was also Shi Qian's subordinate. Ying, at that moment, Shi Qian and that man had a meal of wine and food as if they were old friends. Shi Qian still carried the burden, but deliberately left the armored bag on his seat, sitting with Shi Qian. The man naturally picked up the bag and walked out of the store. The Shunying who was sitting on the side and watching did not notice anything unusual in the store. After Shi Qian and the Shunying who delivered the package left safely, he He also paid for the drinks. In the backyard of the restaurant, some brothers had already pulled out a few fast horses from the manger and were waiting. According to the original plan, they headed west along the official road. It didn't take long. Then they met up with the Shunying who left first, and the several Shunyings quickly headed towards Jingzhao Mansion.
Shi Qian tied the empty leather box to the burden, walked out of the store and walked along a path. After walking about twenty miles, he bumped into Tang Long on the way, and the two went into a hotel in a village near their home to discuss it.
Tang Long said in a low voice: "Just follow me and go this way. There are many hotels, restaurants, and inns on the road. As long as you see a white powder circle on the door, you can just stay in that shop." After buying wine and meat, I rested in the inn. I specially wanted to take this leather box with me and hang it in front of the waiters. Then I would wait for me on the side road about a mile away from here." Shi Qian Knowing this, he followed the plan.
Tang Long slowly drank a bottle of wine and surrendered to Tokyo.
Let's talk about Xu Ning's house. When it was daybreak, the two maids packed up and saw that the upstairs door was wide open. They quickly went down and took a look. They saw that the middle door below was also open. After leaving the courtyard, they took another look. , I saw the two guards leaning against the wall, sleeping soundly. The big lock of the back door was thrown on the ground, and the back door was half open. The two maids screamed in surprise, and then the two sergeants slowly heard the sound. When she woke up, her body was numb and numb, and she couldn't struggle. She couldn't even speak clearly. The two maids looked at the two officers and soldiers who were so drunk that they left him in a hurry. When I went to my house to look at it, I found that there was no shortage of every item.
The two maids were so panicked that they lost their minds. Then they climbed up the stairs and quickly said to the madam: "Madam, madam, somehow, all the doors in our house are opened."
"Ah," Mrs. Xu Ning was shocked when she heard this and said, "What have you lost?"
"Everything is there," the maid said.
The lady lowered her head and hesitated for a moment, then said: "At the fifth watch, I heard a noise on the beam. You said it was rats fighting. You two, just take a look at the leather box. It's okay." After hearing this, the two maids hurriedly looked at it and had to scream. Bitter: "The leather box...the leather box is missing,"
After hearing this, the lady hurriedly got up from bed and shouted: "Send someone to the Dragon Talisman Palace quickly to report to the officials so that he can come and look for her earlier."
After hearing this, the two maids turned around and left. The lady immediately stopped her and said, "Don't talk about this matter to outsiders. If any news leaks out, don't blame me for scalding the mouths of your little hooves. You just He said there was an emergency at home and wanted the official to come back quickly."
The two maids became anxious, and they immediately went to Longfu Palace to report Xu Ning. However, they waited and waited but no official came back. The two maids asked three or four people from the Golden Spear class. The officers and soldiers went forward, but they all came back and said: "The officers have gone to the inner garden with the golden gun squad. There are pro-army guards outside. Who can get in has nothing to do but wait for the master to come back?" method,"
At noon, the news had not been passed in. Madam Xu Ning and the two maids were like "ants on a hot pot". They were so worried that they had neither tea nor food, and were in a panic.
After suffering like this until ten o'clock in the evening, Xu Ning took off his clothes, picked up the golden gun, and slowly returned home. When he arrived at the gate of the squad, the officers and soldiers on the left and right saw him and hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Sir, I don’t know what emergency happened in the house. I sent my son several times in the morning to report to you, but I couldn’t get into the inner garden. Please go and have a look."
When Xu Ning heard this, he immediately swept away all the fatigue in his body and rushed home quickly.
When Xu Ning's wife saw the official coming back, she immediately shed two lines of tears and said with full of self-blame: "Oh no, official, you went out at five o'clock. This thief came into the house at some unknown time and only took the beam." Go up to the leather box and steal it,"
After hearing this, Xu Ning quickly looked up and saw that it was true. The box he had put on it was now gone. Xu Ning raised his head and his face suddenly turned pale. There was a huge emptiness in his heart. His feet went soft and he fell. Sitting on the ground, the constant pain was stuck in his chest but he couldn't express it. The lady looked at him and hurriedly came up to help him. At the same time, he called the maid to get some tea for the officials.
After a long while, Xu Ning spoke slowly: "It doesn't matter anything else, just throw it away, but this pair of wild goose feather armor is a treasure passed down by our ancestors for four generations. It has never been lost. Wang Taiwei once wanted to give me 30,000 yuan." I was reluctant to sell the money to him. I was afraid that it would be used by the army in the future, and something would go wrong, so I tied it to the beam. Many people came from thousands of miles away to see me, but I just refused and left it behind. If I raise my voice now and make others laugh in vain, alas, what can I do if I lose it today?"