Abandoning my name, I feel happy when I come and go. I smile and see the white clouds. I have three or five close friends. What's the problem with drinking heavily? I feel like the world is narrow when I'm drunk and dance with my sleeves.
——"Qingjiang Yin·Abandoning the name and going back, the heart will be happy" Guanyun Stone (Yuan Dynasty)
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After capturing these young men and bringing them back, Bai Fu's elite men escorted them to Jingzhao Mansion.
The matter was so important that Jingzhao Yin Liu Yan personally interrogated these thieves.
During the court appearance, Shen Xi recognized that among the young men, there were three young men whom he had met at the banquet that day. However, the three young men did not admit that they had met Shen Xi, let alone the existence of the girl gang leader.
This group of teenagers confessed to the fact that they had stolen the residences of royal relatives and princes in recent years. The stolen goods were sold to many Hu merchants in Chang'an City. As for who the Hu merchants sold the stolen goods to, they had no idea.
However, all the young men denied sneaking into the emperor's palace and stealing the white jade pillow.
The young men identified Tian Bolang as their gang leader, but no one mentioned the girl's gang leader.
Tian Bolang is a dead duck who is not afraid of boiling water and keeps silent.
After three days of interrogation, although a lot was gained, there was no progress in the most important theft of the palace. The whereabouts of the white jade pillow are still unknown.
Exhausted, Liu Yan had no choice but to visit again and invite Su Wuming, Bai Fu and others to help break the case.
Liu Yan said: "This group of young men are very tough-mouthed, and they still refuse to reveal the girl's gang leader.
However, with Tian Bolang's uncanny skills, he sneaked into the palace and stole the white jade pillow, which was probably his fault.
For the present plan, we must first find these treasures and then give an explanation to His Majesty.
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We investigated the clues provided by this group of teenagers about Hu businessmen. These Hu businessmen who sell stolen goods do not have shops in Chang'an, and they all live in mixed areas where Hu people live.
After the white jade pillow was stolen, the group of Hu merchants suddenly disappeared.
I am going to order Chang'an, Wannian and two counties to arrest the police, bad guys and other police officers to go out in full force to search for these barbarians throughout the city."
Su Wuming waved his hand and said: "If Lord Fu Yin is eager to search the whole city and Hu Shang panics, he might take out the jewelry and run away.
If we loosen up internally and tighten externally, and relax the investigation, these Hu businessmen will definitely relax their vigilance and not rush to transfer the stolen goods. This will be more conducive to us cracking this case."
Liu Yan carefully followed Su Wuming's instructions.
A month later, Liu Yan, Su Wuming, Bai Fu and others met again in Jingzhao Mansion.
Su Wuming asked: "Master Fu Yin, have Hu merchants begun to sell these treasures?"
Liu Yan shook his head and said: "No.
In recent years, gold and silver items stolen from wealthy families are family heirlooms. They are extremely valuable and have extremely obvious characteristics. No matter which store they are sold in, our undercover agents and bad actors can find them.
We speculate that within a short period of time, no one in Chang'an's black and white circles would dare to accept this batch of stolen goods.
Previously, we secretly checked all the pawn shops, antique shops, gold and silver jewelry shops in Chang'an City, and the results were consistent with our inference. No matter whether the shops were run by Tang people or Hu people, no stolen goods were found in any of them."
Bai Fu asked: "Is it possible to sell it to countries in the Western Regions through the Silk Road?"
Liu Yan was quite proud, tied up his long beard with his hands, and said with a smile: "These treasures are extremely valuable, I am afraid that only the wealthy family of the Tang Dynasty can afford them!
We speculate that the Hu people will hide these treasures somewhere for a long time. They will wait until the news subsides and the Jingzhao Prefecture's officials have changed several times before they take them out and sell them secretly."
Su Wuming smiled and said, "If this is the case, this matter will be easy to handle.
Three days later, it is the "Ancestor Worship Festival" for the Hu people. On this day, the Hu people in Chang'an City usually choose to go to the cemetery on the outskirts of Beijing to visit the graves of their deceased relatives and friends.
Master Yin of Fanfu sent out all the policemen, delinquents and other servants in groups of three or five to wander around the gates of Chang'an. Once they saw a foreigner dressed in memorial clothes leaving the city to visit a grave in a cemetery in the suburbs, he could secretly follow him and record it.
The Xiahu people’s facial features, memorial methods, facial expressions, and the location of their tombs...
After these barbarians returned to Chang'an City, they wrote down their residential addresses..."
Liu Yan acted according to the plan and quickly deployed it.
On the day of the Hu people's "Ancestor Worship Festival", Jingzhao Prefecture's police officers, delinquents and other officers were all dispatched.
At dusk, the gates of Chang'an City were closed, and the government officials returned to Jingzhao Mansion one after another.
What some of the policemen saw and heard were exactly the same as what Su Wuming had told him in advance.
The officers replied one after another: "Today, many Hu people did go to the cemetery in the suburbs to visit the graves. When visiting the graves, several groups of Hu people behaved quite abnormally. Although they cried loudly, their expressions were not very sad.
These cemeteries are all new tombs and took less than two years to build.
After removing the sacrifices, they took advantage of the opportunity of cleaning the cemetery to carefully inspect the surroundings of the tomb, sneaking around, looking at each other and smiling without any trace of sadness."
Su Wuming stroked his silver beard and laughed loudly: "Congratulations, Mr. Fu Yin, the stolen goods are found, right here!"
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That night, Bai Fu led the Zuo Jinwu Guards to assist the policemen of Jingzhao Prefecture, and the bad guys arrested all these barbarians.
The next day, Jing Zhaoyin Liu Yan, Su Wuming, Bai Fu and others came to the suburban cemetery.
Liu Yan couldn't wait and ordered the excavation of the marked Hu cemetery.
The officers dug up the tomb and broke open the coffin. They saw that there was no body in the coffin, but a stolen rare treasure. It was the treasure that the noble prince had thrown away.
Jingzhao Yin Liu Yan was overjoyed and ordered his servants to register, make a register, organize and pack the boxes.
Returning to Jingzhao Mansion, Liu Yan bowed deeply to Su Wuming and asked for advice: "Mr. Su is indeed well-deserved for his reputation. He saved this official from disaster.
The lower official is curious, how did Mr. Su know that these groups of barbarians are the ones selling stolen goods?"
Su Wuming said: "Stealing the palace's treasures is the crime of annihilating the nine tribes. The barbarians absolutely dare not leave the treasures beside them.
On the day I arrived in Chang'an, I happened to see a group of Hu people going to a funeral, carrying coffins and coffins on ox carts, and they were behaving in a sneaky manner. I felt something strange at the time.
After seeing the theft files, I realized that the number of stolen treasures was staggering. They were not in a specific place, and it was inconvenient to hide them for a long time.
Concubine Liu Hua, the mother of King Qing, is known to everyone in Chang'an. I wonder if the Hu people would do the opposite? Transport the treasures out of Chang'an and hide them in tombs?
These treasures are extremely valuable, and the Hu people will check them regularly to feel at ease.
Today is the "Ancestor Worship Festival" for the Hu people. I expected that they would go out of the city to take advantage of the opportunity to visit and sweep the tombs to see if they were intact and whether anyone had noticed them.
When the Hu people went to the tomb to pay homage, they cried but did not mourn, indicating that the people buried in the tomb were not relatives or friends.
After the memorial ceremony and weeping, the barbarians visited the tomb, looking at each other and smiling, because the tomb was intact and had not been touched.
Based on this, I estimate that these treasures are hidden in these fake tombs."
The stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and Jing Zhaoyin Liu Yan took a long breath, which shows how stressful these days have been.
While everyone was celebrating, Shi, the head of the Jingzhao Prefecture, hurriedly came to report: "Sir, the registration and verification have been completed, and all the stolen treasures have been recovered, except, except..."
Chang Shi was worried, lowered his head and muttered.
"Quickly tell me, what else?!" Liu Yan suddenly felt an ominous sign.
"All the stolen treasures have been recovered, except His Majesty's white jade pillow!" Chang Shi's voice was hoarse, as if it were torn apart.
Liu Yan was stunned on the spot and almost lost his breath.
"Hey young!"
Liu Yan felt dizzy, his legs and feet went numb, his body went limp, and he fell heavily on the Persian carpet.