The first work of the imperial prison

This thief is wearing night clothes and a black scarf covering his face, so he can't see his face. From the analysis of his body characteristics, he should not be too old, at most as tall as a crown. He has a firm direction and fast feet, sneaking in the dark night, like a thief entering the sea. Swimming fish, silent, sensitive and slippery.

With this speed and direction, and skillful footsteps, you don't need to think about it, this fish must have come many times.

Leaning in Qiu Yiqing's arms, Ye Baiting followed the thief's route and found that several of his landing spots were dangerous...

After seeing the work demonstration of the thief Gentiana Qin, Ye Baiting has a deeper understanding of some key points. For example, when thieves act at night, their vigilance is very high. I am in a state of high mental tension. Will I attract attention? Whether there is a danger or danger when stepping down, you must make an immediate judgment. When stepping on the spot, the plan must be precise, the route must be the fastest and the best, but whether it will be eye-catching, whether the direction ahead is dangerous, does not all depend on whether the environment is remote or not. Noisy, many people or few people, sometimes too quiet and no one, is not necessarily more convenient to operate than a lively scene.

The path forward of this little thief... Even he, a layman, felt that there was a danger of being exposed, but the little thief himself didn't notice it, so he continued to move forward, but tried to go faster when passing by.

So this is what Qin Gentian said, where the little thief's skills are not good?

"He's going to pick the lock."

Qiu Yiqing's voice came from beside his ears, and the hands around his waist tightened a bit: "Hold me tight."

Ye Baiting hugged the other party's neck tightly, and lowered his voice very carefully: "Want...to follow?"

The little boy was about to rub his face against him, and the commander was very helpful: "I will see more clearly."

"What if we are discovered?"

Ye Baiting was still a little worried, there wasn't much space inside, if someone else closed the door...he turned his head slightly, looked at Qiu Xingqing, and saw something wrong in his eyes.

Of course, his face was still solemn and serious.

"As the first commander, you must always maintain confidence in the commander," Qiu Xunqing's voice was too low, and there was an indescribable hoarseness in the night, "Don't pay attention next time—this envoy must follow the rules , punish you."

Ye Baiting: ...

What rules, if you have the ability to explain clearly, what is the punishment, how to punish, and what to punish!

The thief was working in full swing, and apparently had no time for small talk, Ye Baiting shut his mouth, watched the thief land outside the warehouse door, and took out a long and slender lockpicking tool from his waist.It's different from Gentiana Qin's. This tool is much thicker than a hair, and it looks very hard. It should not be bent at will. It can be seen that it is a little difficult for the thief to operate... At least it is not like Gentiana Qin, just poking it casually. Turn, and the lock will open.

This process didn't take too long, maybe because I held my breath subconsciously, for fear that the little thief would be discovered, I felt that this time was extremely long.

The thief opened the lock, pushed the door open and entered the warehouse, but did not close the door immediately, as if he was observing to make sure...is it safe?

Of course, Qiu Yiqing would not miss this good opportunity. He hugged Ye Baiting, followed the footsteps of the thief, and at the same time as the door was closed, he quietly floated over his head, turned directly to the beam, and directly nailed Ye Baiting In the corner hideout.

The thief closed the door.

As soon as the door was closed, he instantly relaxed, twisted his shoulders, moved his neck, and walked forward confidently and happily, until the end of the shelf, where the best quality glazed pieces were placed... Obviously, it was also very good for the warehouse. Familiar, know that this is the place to put good goods.

Liuli is a bit big and fragile. It must be difficult for one person to move out, but the person who came here is a thief. Among other things, he is good at lightness. He jumped to the top of the shelf and stepped on the fulcrum of the shelf. , his body leaned slightly, and his hands rested on the glass sheet——

At this height, as long as he has enough strength, if he lifts it down, the glazed piece will definitely shatter when it hits the ground.

But he didn't move immediately, but closed his eyes and listened intently until the next door was not too far away, where the glass liquid was fired, and there began to be more frequent sounds, like the bubbling of water before it boiled, 'Gululu Gululu' The voice is very regular.

Following this sound, the little thief nodded slightly, as if shaking according to the law... Is he counting?

Ye Baiting followed suit, and after eight counts, it would be the ninth time. The thief suddenly moved, raised his hands, and slammed forward——

"Crash-"

"Pfft—bang!"

The glass here was smashed instantly, and the firing furnace also heard the sound of high temperature and deflation.

Sure enough, the cover was big enough, and no one heard the sound from the warehouse, except for the two people hidden on the beam.

The sound of deflation was only louder this time, but the process continued, and there was still a slightly lower sound after that, but it was not as loud as this time.

The thief didn't delay, and immediately jumped down from the shelf, took out a large piece of furoshiki from his chest, put it on the ground, put on gloves made of thick cloth, and quickly pulled the pieces of colored glaze under cover of his voice. Go to the cloth cloth, tie a knot, and carry it on your back...

Next, is to leave.

The little thief was very careful, but he created many opportunities for Qiu Xingqing. Just like when he entered the door, he stared at the little thief's footwork. Out of the warehouse.

Chasing people to the outside of the workshop should not be taken lightly. Jin Yiwei has already scattered around and hid in the dark night. As long as the commander gives a command, he can move immediately, while quietly tracking to see if the thief has any accomplices. Take it down, and continue to watch around to see if there are any other hidden dangers...

In short, it has not been discovered yet.

After chasing him for a while, Shen Jiang wanted to scold her, shit, how far does this grandson want to run, and going outside is the official way, do you want to go to the city in the middle of the night!

Then it was discovered that the little thief had hidden the horse, a little far away, outside the investigation circle, Jin Yiwei didn't find it.

Shen Jiang slapped himself silently, he shouldn't have said it!Become a crow!

Of course the thief could ride on his horse and leave, but Jin Yiwei couldn't. The night was silent, and the sound of horseshoes could be heard far away. The thief was not deaf, so how could he not be able to hear it?They were still a group of royal guards, and they rode a group of horses, the voice...

But if you don't ride a horse, how can you chase people, relying on light work?Whose light function is so powerful, all the way to the gate of the city?The commander can do it, but he still has a young master Jiao in his arms, so I don't believe that running around for so long won't be tiring!

Of course the commander is not tired, the commander has a mysterious light.

Xuan Guangduo's elf horse, what scene has he not seen, and what road has he not run?Isn't it just chasing the horse in front and not being found?The goal on the main road is too big, there are small roads, such as hillsides covered with leaves, other horses dare not walk, what is it afraid of?

And there is still the young master, it must let the young master see its ability, its majesty, I don't believe that the young master will still look at other horses in the future!

Xuan Guang couldn't wait to show it, Xuan Guang was using his eyes, voice, and teeth to urge the two of them, hurry up!The horse takes you flying!

The commander took the young master away...

The guards in Jinyi looked at each other, what else could they do, they had to figure out their own way.

Shen Jiang took the lead in demonstrating: "Quickly, take off your outer clothes and wrap them around the horse's feet. Let's separate batches and fall farther away, so that the grandson can't hear it!"

Ye Baiting finally felt... the uncomfortable part of riding a horse.It's a bit bumpy, and the butt hurts after sitting for a long time. It turns out that the reason why it was so stable a few times ago is because it is on a good road. Once it enters the mountain road, even a horse as powerful as Xuanguang cannot guarantee the experience of carrying people on its back. Moreover, it requires superb riding skills .

"tired?"

Qiu Yiqing put a little force on his waist, and almost hugged him. The body was not in contact with the horse, which reduced the shock, and naturally he would not be so tired.

"……thanks."

As expected, the little thief was aiming to enter the city. At night, the city gate is closed, and it is impossible to enter without special means. Seeing him dismount, Ye Baiting quietly tied the horse in the forest... There is still a long distance from the city gate. Far away, the city gate guards are hard to spot.

It should still be stepping on the spot in advance, planning the route, the thief's route is clear, the target is precise, quickly find a corner of the city wall, step on the foot, and leap with ease——

Actually went in?

Ye Baiting was very surprised, and turned to look at Qiu Yiqing.

Qiu Yiqing's lips were pursed into a straight line, and the catalog was slightly cold: "The loopholes in the city defense, it's time to take care of it."

"How do we get in? Also by flying?"

"No need," Qiu Yiqing waited for a while before urging his horse to move on, heading straight to the gate of the city. "The Jinyi guards have been deployed in the city, so he can't run away."

As for the two of them, the commander of Beizhen Fusi went out of the city to perform official duties and returned in the middle of the night, who would dare to stop them?With the tokens taken out, everyone has to cooperate with the request, try not to make any noise, open the door quietly, and welcome people in quietly.

After getting off the horse, he handed Xuanguang over to Jin Yiwei who came up to meet him, and asked him where the little thief was. Qiu Yiqing led Ye Baiting and continued to chase after him.

After a while, Shen Jiang and the others also arrived. The city is their own territory, so don’t worry about how to operate. Everyone scattered, chasing those who should be chased, those who should be vigilant, those who should be vigilant, and the traces that should be cleared...

Everyone was very careful, but fortunately this little thief was not skilled and had a lot of heart. He was busy all the way, stealing things and rushing, but he didn't find anything unusual. If he had changed to Gentiana, he would have found a way to escape.

Ye Baiting and Qiu Yiqing kept going all the way, followed the thief through the streets and alleys, and finally came to a courtyard.

The thief didn't stop, looked around, and jumped over the wall.

"Desolate courtyard?"

Ye Baiting observed the surrounding environment. This place is deep in a street, and it's not particularly remote. There are people living nearby, but this yard is deserted, the walls are overgrown with weeds, the roof tiles can be seen to be decayed, and the locks on the doors are rusted. up.

"should be."

Qiu Yiqing quickly observed the surrounding environment, found a hidden place, and jumped to the top of the wall with Ye Baiting.

The thief has already walked to the northwest corner of the yard, next to a stone lantern.

Stone lanterns are candlesticks carved out of stone. They are placed in the courtyard, and candles are placed inside for illumination at night. Nowadays, people who are a little more particular will put a few in the yard. There are four in this deserted courtyard. , southeast, northwest, one in each corner, it seems that the yard is not big, before the main house was abandoned, the financial resources are estimated to be considered rich, the stone lanterns are not as elegant as the rich and noble family, and the height is also suitable, these four stone lanterns are chubby, It's short and sturdy, without any attention to shape. The word "sturdy" in the appeal is much more obvious than "labor-saving".

Because the courtyard was temporarily abandoned, the owner of the lantern could not use it. The candlestick used to put the lamp was temporarily blocked by the stone slab. Pull the slate up.

Ye Baiting took a look, and found that the stone slab was custom-made when making the stone lanterns. The size fits perfectly, and the card is firmly attached. If you don't take it off, you can't see what's inside.

After the little thief finished all this, he jumped over the wall and left without looking around vigilantly.

gone?

So the little ball that exploded wasn't made by this little thief at all, he was just used to steal the ingredient Liuli Sui, and the person who put the things here according to the order?He doesn't take care of things here, someone else will come and get them...

Sure enough, there are accomplices!

No matter what role this little thief played in the case, whether he knew what he was doing or not, he was a key person!

Then, you have to continue squatting.

Shen Jiang had already arrived, and asked in a low voice: "The grandson... no, that thief, can you catch him or not?"

"Focus on the person first," Qiu Yiqing narrowed his eyes, "wait for my order later."

"Yes!"

Shen Jiang didn't delay, and immediately chased after the thief.

But this night Ye Baiting and Qiu Yiqing waited for a long time, but they didn't wait for anyone to come. It seemed that the deserted courtyard was just a deserted courtyard and no one would come. Everything they saw was an illusion...but how could it be possible!They saw it with their own eyes!

Ye Baiting was not as strong as Qiu Yiqing, and Qiu Yiqing also had other very important business to do, it was impossible to stay here after dawn, so he called the deputy general Zheng Ying, and arranged it carefully.

Ye Baiting knew this person, and occasionally saw him by Qiu Yiqing's side, but he had never seen him in other places or at other times.

It's just a pity, he just glanced curiously, and Qiu Xunqing stood in front of him, covering his sight.

Back in Fusi of Beizhen, Ye Baiting ordered himself to sleep, but he didn't sleep well, and his dream was full of broken glass...It was already past noon when he woke up, he ate a few bites, and asked about the outside world. It has been very quiet so far, no one has been there.

It’s okay to wait for a while, maybe that friend is not in a hurry and has his own rules of doing things, but if you wait for too long, something is wrong. Making bombs also takes time. If you don’t study the manufacturing process of small balls, don’t study how to put partitions. If you look at it, you can tell that this person is a bit impatient and doesn't have high requirements for craftsmanship, as long as he can quickly and quickly achieve the effect he wants.

If there is still no movement at night, you have to find a way...

Qiu Yiqing obviously thought the same way, the dusk fell together, the two went to the deserted courtyard again, waited for a long time, but still did not see anyone, Qiu Yiqing decisively ordered: "Go, go and have a look."

I didn't touch this stone lamp before, because I was worried that there was some unknown code. If someone found something wrong when opening it, they would turn on the pre-arranged warning mode, talking nonsense—after all, the perpetrator would ask the thief to help deliver things, or he might Take the money and hire someone to pick it up, but don't show up yourself.

But as soon as the partition of Shidongdong was opened, everyone found that something was wrong. What about the burden?What about the big one, with the burden of broken glass?Where did you go?

It's empty, there's nothing there!

Shen Jiang stroked his chin: "Could it be that our team is also polluted? Is there a ghost?"

Jin Yiwei all took a step back, don't talk nonsense, don't hit your own people, I am not!

Today they lurk according to the rules, pay attention to the surrounding environment, stare at the people passing by, do not change shifts, dare not drink water, for fear of destroying the scene, this broken yard has not come in, how to make trouble!Not even a chance!

"No." Qiu Xunqing looked at it and waited for a while, then found that there seemed to be something wrong, reached in, groped left and right, "It should be a mechanism."

"organ?"

Now not only Shen Jiang, but also Ye Baiting was shocked, this kind of place actually has a mechanism?

Qiu Yiqing's big hands were still groping in the cave, and finally found a place, and pressed lightly——

I thought it was solid, but the plane of the candlestick used as support suddenly slipped away silently, revealing a black hole.

"Bring a torch."

Even though the torch is on, I still can't see what's underneath. This stone lantern is very laborious to make, it's too short, and you have to bend over if you want to see it. Besides, most things like stone lanterns are a pillar at the bottom, and on the pillar is a A flat candlestick needs to be covered, after all, it needs to be protected from the wind and rain, and the candlestick that holds the candles has slipped away. It is a bit difficult to see what it looks like underneath.

"It seems to be a passage..."

Shen Jiang tilted his body. It is so narrow that he must not be able to enter. Could it be to put things?

But Ye Baiting understood: "There are only things that can fall down here. The real passage is underground, leading to the outside of the yard. I don't know which street."

No wonder they can't wait for anyone, because people don't have to go to the deserted courtyard and take things away along the dark passage. When they came and when they left, you don't know how strict you are outside. .

Qiu Yiqing was able to unlock this mechanism, but he couldn't open the underground passage. The passage mechanism should be located elsewhere. It is not impossible to dig hard in the yard. If the suspect is caught, it is of course how convenient it is, but the problem now is, The suspects were not caught and probably didn't know they knew about the place...

Then there is a need to save here.

This is evidence, and it can also be bait.

Shen Jiang looked serious: "Then what should we do next? Our people have already spotted that little thief, should we arrest him first?"

Qiu Yiqing shook her head: "He will scare the snake... find a way to get his confession."

"Ah? Don't arrest people, but ask for a confession?" Shen Jiang scratched his head. Isn't this a bit more difficult?

Ye Baiting gave the direction: "You can go to the imperial prison to find Gentiana Qin, isn't that little thief a thief? Gentiana Qin is the best in this industry, no matter the slang words or professional skills, it is easy to convince the other party, don't propose a son, just ' Make friends', 'good opportunity' to get close, and then use the same words, I think there will be unexpected gains."

Shen Jiangmao said suddenly: "That's right, let's do it! Then I'll go!"

After sending Shen Jiang away, Ye Baiting and Qiu Yiqing's expressions were not relaxed, and there was the same worry in their eyes: "It seems that the other party will attack again soon."

"Security in Beijing needs to be prepared to deal with the next large-scale crisis."

"According to the time when Liuli workshop is stolen every time, the rules of throwing small balls 'pranks'——"

"Next time, the day after tomorrow!"

Ye Baiting thought quickly: "You have drawn the locations of the previous explosions on the map, and the distances are not too far away. Unless the perpetrator has just returned from other places and is not very familiar with the capital, otherwise it is impossible that the familiar area is only this little, but there are Is it possible that it was a deliberate choice? Or the perpetrators have recently made new developments? We can’t just limit ourselves to those points, and we should also consider guarding farther places.”

Hatred and suspicion: "There are also time-delay devices such as ropes and stones found on the roof last time. They all need to be prepared by myself. If we are strict and this person cannot place them in advance, he has to do it himself on the spot. If he does, Which method will this person choose to throw more and better balls without being discovered?"

"I do have a few ideas..."

Ye Baiting chatted with Qiu Yiqing all the way to Beizhen Fusi, the problems were raised one by one, solved one by one, and various plans were prepared... In the end, he was not in a very relaxed mood. He always felt that something was wrong. It wasn't until Qiu Yiqing was about to leave that he suddenly said——

"Do you feel that this case is very similar to the previous Leihuo bombing case?"

Hatred and green jaws are very similar, different bombs have different effects, but the same method of committing the crime, the same feeling of arrogance...

"That's not the only thing I'm talking about." Ye Baiting shook his head, there was a dark light in his eyes.

Qiu Yiqing looked at him, and suddenly understood what he was talking about, and narrowed his eyes: "The mouse is sneaky, and the evil heart is not dead."

Ye Baiting looked outside, leaned closer, and said in a low voice, "We can make two preparations..."

No one knows what they talked about that night, Beizhen Fusi didn't seem to have any particularly big movements, the people on the street are as usual, how to live and how to live, only those who have been assigned tasks know how delicate the atmosphere is .

On the third day, the weather was fine, the sky was high and the wind was sparse, with white clouds in bloom.

In the morning, Beizhen Fusi was transferring criminals.

The cases handled here are all big cases, almost every one of which is closely related to the imperial court. It is impossible for the criminals who have been convicted of crimes in the prison to go out, but those who are temporarily invited in because of the need to handle the case, or because of political needs, it is not allowed to leave. Please, and the criminals who have been ordered by the emperor need to be released or temporarily transferred out.

The handover process, formalities, physical examination, and a procedure follow the rules. They are all familiar things. Jin Yiwei will let you go after checking that the documents are correct.

Others don't know what's going on, and they don't worry about it. Niu Dayong, who just received the task, couldn't sit still. He came over and asked Shen Jiang: "Boss, since you know that something big may happen today, you shouldn't be more careful. These official duties...why? Do you still want to do it?"

Young master Shen Jiangjing confessed that he already knew the cause and effect, and stared at the words: "Of course we have to do it. What if others find out that we are too wary, become vigilant, and change our plan? Besides, where is Fusi in Beizhen, where is he?" Come on with such a big face, let us avoid suspicion for him? Good idea!"

Many official duties were arranged a long time in advance, and suddenly they quit. What do others think of Beizhen Fusi?

Of course, Jin Yiwei can be shameless, no one dares to criticize, but isn't this unnecessary?

Shen Jiang checked the matter at hand for the last time, and when there was no problem, he reported to the young master.

Ye Baiting was also fully dressed and ready: "Let's go?"

"Well," Shen Jiang nodded, "The commander is outside, let's go out and have a look?"

"Walk."

Before the two of them walked out of the gate, they heard rapid explosions and crisp sounds: "Bang—bang——"

Just this frequency, just this sound, needless to say, it must be those little balls!

so close...

Shen Jiang's fist hardened immediately: "You are so courageous, you actually moved on Beizhen Fusi's head! I want to see who this grandson is!"