Touch the cold

It is estimated that no one in this world would think too much money is biting their hands, and Mo Zijin is no exception.No, it was rumored that the Qin family had recently received a piece of beautiful jade from the imperial court, and Mo Zijin's hands were itchy.

That night, the moonlight had already covered the beams of the roof, and Mo Zijin was sitting on the roof of the Qin Mansion with a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine hooked between his fingers, leisurely looking at the full moon.

The sweet-scented osmanthus wine was fermented extremely mellow, leaving the delicate fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus between Mo Zijin's lips and teeth, which gradually warmed him up.After feeling that the meridians in his body were activated, he straightened his body, raised his head and drank the wine in the jug, turned the empty wine jug upside down on the roof of the Qin family, turned over and jumped, and landed on the ground silently. In a dark corner of the Qin Mansion compound.

I am used to being a thief, and this set of movements is easy to use.

Mo Zijin took a deep breath, slowly got up in a half-squat position, and deliberately kicked the stone on the ground, but there was no response at all.It seems that there is not a single guard guarding the night in this huge Qin Mansion, it is so quiet that it seems that no one lives there.

Mo Zijin felt a little doubtful, even though he didn't see the guards, he didn't dare to be careless, he still quietly hid in the shadow cast by the building of the Qin Mansion, and groped towards the main hall.

In fact, it is reasonable to say that the tribute should be kept in the palace, or at most it should be rewarded to high-ranking civil and military officials, but it is impossible for the emperor to award such a piece of beautiful jade to a military merchant in the capital——Qin Home.This move caused people in the city who didn't know the truth to pass on this piece of beautiful jade like a god, and even the purchase price on the black market was also rising day by day.

But this Qin family was very strange, not only was there no one at night, even the door of the main hall was too lazy to close, the moonlight passed by the eaves, and just shone inside the door of the main hall, drawing a long strip of light on the brick floor.

Mo Zijin peeked into the hall through this light belt, and saw that there were some tables, chairs, calligraphy and paintings that are usually arranged in the big family's world. The lining of the box is unusual. The luminous pearl on the top of the box, like a small bright moon, lies quietly on the box and emits a quiet light.

Mo Zijin took a slight breath. With his knowledge, he knew at a glance that the Ye Mingzhu was worth a lot, so much so that he unconsciously stepped into the main hall.

The main hall is very spacious, and the faint fragrance of Jia Nan made Mo Zijin relax a little. In the empty hall, he walked towards the box in front of the table under the moonlight, touched the luminous pearl with his fingertips, and felt the glow from the bead. A trace of coldness came from the fingertips.

Even if he didn't find the jade this trip, it was worth it, Mo Zijin thought to himself.

His fingertips passed over Ye Mingzhu, touched the delicate carvings on the box, and then slid to the copper lock. Mo Zijin unlocked the lock with one hand, and slowly lifted the lid. He felt that this extremely delicate box It would be a pity if there were no treasures in the box, but when the box was opened silently, there was nothing inside.

Another oddity.

Looking at the empty interior of the box, Mo Zijin froze for a moment, frowned, then raised his hand hesitantly to re-fasten the box, the locks collided, and there was a "snap", but it just happened to cover the box. He heard the sound of someone's footsteps entering the main hall, but there was only one lock, which covered the first but not the second.

When the slight sound of footsteps sounded again, Mo Zijin froze in place, his heartbeat suddenly stopped.He didn't look back, and the footsteps didn't come again, but he knew clearly that someone was standing behind him, maybe he was looking at him with sharp or angry eyes, or maybe after blinking, his fist would greet him. come up.

After so many years of being a thief, Mo Zijin has never missed a shot. He is really inexperienced in dealing with being caught, and he doesn't know if it's because he didn't read the almanac when he went out, so he was so unlucky today.

However, Mo Zijin waited for a long time but did not see any movement from the person behind him, so he gritted his teeth and turned around, thinking that speaking soft words might save some trouble.

After turning around, Mo Zijin saw a man wearing a brocade purple robe loosely, bathed in the cold moonlight reflected from the door, his handsome eyes looked at Mo Zijin calmly, No resentment or anger.

Mo Zijin suddenly fell into this gaze and couldn't extricate himself for just a moment, until the lights inside and outside the main hall suddenly came on, and a few servants rushed in, tied him behind his back without any explanation, pressed his shoulders and let him Unable to move, Mo Zijin's mouth, which was about to defend, was covered by the hand of the guy behind him, leaving only one pair of eyes blinking indiscriminately.

At this time, the man in purple brushed past Mo Zijin, sat down on the carved wooden chair in front of him, glanced at him with pale eyes, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and then made a gesture to the servant beside him. gesture.

The servant nodded in response, and then asked Mo Zijin in a raised voice, "I don't know what your son is doing when you visit the Qin residence late at night?"

The hand covering Mo Zijin's mouth was released, and Mo Zijin let out a breath, biting the corner of his lips, and thought of a good excuse, but was beaten back by the man's weird smile, his mind became hot and his mouth hardened. Said: "It's okay, I just came here overnight for a stroll and wandered in by mistake. What's the matter? The Qin family's scenery is not allowed to be seen?"

The sitting man smiled deeper, and with half-closed eyes made another gesture to the servant.

"Wandering around? Only the devil will believe you if you tell me. I think the young master is a thug." The servant continued to question.

Mo Zijin rolled his eyes, endured the pain from the tightness of the rope on his shoulder, glanced at the servants around him, and muttered in a soft tone: "Whatever you say, after all, I'm a loser now. In your hands, you can be beaten or punished casually."

"Punishment is not enough." The servant shook his head, glanced at the sitting man, suddenly smiled as weirdly as he did, and said, "Since you are here, you can't go back empty-handed, my master... wants to see you off." same thing."

Mo Zijin was startled when he heard the words, his eyes were wide open, he didn't know what kind of trick this servant was trying to play, but he saw the man who became the master

The man said nothing, got up from the chair, and approached him.Mo Zijin looked up and smelled a faint fragrance of Jia Nan. With the help of the lights in the room, he found a piece of beautiful jade hanging from the man's waist that was just covered by the cloth.The surface of this jade is smooth, the jade color is clear and flawless, and the two entangled dragons carved on the jade are lifelike, it is not the rare tribute from the affiliated country of the East China Sea.

Mo Zijin was too greedy, he only glanced at it, but couldn't move his eyes away from the piece of jade. The man followed his gaze and looked down at the jade pendant on his waist. The smile on his face was even bigger. Without hesitation, he raised his hand to take it off, untied the rope on Mo Zijin's body, and stuffed the jade into his palm.

Mo Zijin was once again so stunned that he couldn't speak, the warmth of the beautiful jade in his palm and the coldness of the man's fingertips like night pearls struck him, and he was overwhelmed by the collision.And when he came to his senses, the man had already left the main hall without a trace, and only a few servants were left. The one at the head gave Mo Zijin a sour look, waved his hand and said to the others: He throws it out."

"Ah?" Mo Zijin yelled in surprise.

Without hesitation, the few people covered Mo Zijin's mouth, which was still about to make a fuss, and walked towards the main entrance of the Qin Mansion holding him up.

The servant at the head watched their backs go away, then turned back to the backyard, stopped in front of Qin Yi's open door, faced him and said, "Master, it's done."

Qin Yi nodded, waved his hand to signal him to go down, the room returned to calm, only the candle on the table flickered silently, Qin Yi squinted his eyes at the candle, and then blew it out.