No, I have to inform the prince immediately! Otherwise, with Lin Quan's skills, the Xiao brothers would not be able to stop him. Thinking of this, she hurriedly told her father and Uncle Qin about the errand entrusted by the prince and the suspicion of the shopkeeper of Qingyun Tower.
After hearing this, Nangong Qin's expression changed drastically. He pondered for a while and said, "You have to tell the prince as soon as possible. If it's too late, something might happen..."
Qin Hannian also nodded and said: "Well, let Chuan'er go..."
Su Qiqi smiled when he heard this and said: "I will go to the magistrate's office with Qin Chuan and tell the prince and magistrate Lin about this so that they can take precautions..."
Nangong Qin nodded after hearing this and asked the housekeeper to arrange a carriage to send Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan to the prefect's office.
In the magistrate's office, Magistrate Lin and King Jingbei heard the Xiao brothers report that Su Qiqi was asking for a meeting. Knowing that there must be something urgent, they hurriedly put on their casual clothes and went to the side hall to meet Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan.
Su Qiqi told King Jingbei and Magistrate Lin that the shopkeeper of Qingyun Tower might be Lin Quan. The two of them were also shocked. Magistrate Lin took a deep breath and almost stuttered nervously: "What we said in the private room...could he have heard it..."
King Jingbei's face darkened slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as the guard commander puts the fire dragon flag away, it will be fine..."
Just as he was talking, a yamen servant suddenly broke in, knelt down and reported that a courtyard in the back yamen was flooded.
The expressions of King Jingbei and Magistrate Lin changed greatly. Magistrate Lin said in a panic: "This yard is usually taken care of by maids and servants, why did it suddenly catch fire... Ma Yuan, hurry up and call more people to put out the fire..."
The yamen servant named Ma Yuan took the order and left. Magistrate Lin's expression calmed down a little, but King Jingbei suddenly widened his eyes and screamed: "Fire Dragon Banner... I'm afraid someone wants to steal the Fire Dragon Banner..."
"Your Majesty, do you want me to go down and confirm?" Xiao Jie took a step forward and whispered. Xiao Kai also stepped forward to ask for orders and accompanied his brother to the room where the guard commander lived.
"Okay, you go and come back quickly..." King Jingbei pondered for a while and said helplessly.
The Xiao brothers left quickly and rushed towards the room where the guard commander lived.
After a while, Xiao Kai ran back with a pale face and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's bad, the guard commander is missing... There is no one in the room, the cabinets, tables and chairs have fallen over, and the floor is in a mess..."
"Oh? Don't be impatient. Tell me slowly. What's the specific situation?" King Jingbei frowned and asked calmly.
"I just went to the guard commander's room with my brother. We knocked on the door several times, but there was no response. We pushed the door straight in and saw no one in the room. The cabinets and drawers fell to the floor, and the tables and chairs fell to the ground. Yeah..." Xiao Kai said while recalling.
"It seems that the other party got there first... You guys come with me to have a look..." King Jingbei said with a sullen face, suppressing his anger.
Xiao Kai hurriedly agreed and went out first, leading everyone to the room where the guard commander lived. King Jingbei, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, and Magistrate Lin followed closely behind and walked quickly towards the room.
When they arrived at the room where the guard commander was, everyone started searching separately.
Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan carefully inspected the objects in the room and finally found some clues.
The guard commander was kidnapped! Before he was knocked unconscious and taken away, he drew a crooked word "night" in blood on a secret place on the edge of the bed!
"It must have been done by people from Yeyou League!" Xiao Kai said angrily.
Su Qiqi nodded and added: "The guard commander will probably be in danger... If the fire dragon flag is on him, it will be very bad..."
"Yes, if the Fire Dragon Banner is also taken away, then the other party will definitely not be left alive..." King Jingbei sighed and said quietly.
"If this is true, there will be another big chaos..." Magistrate Lin became more and more uneasy.
Qin Chuan looked at the solemn expressions of everyone and comforted: "Don't be so depressed, everyone. Maybe the Fire Dragon Banner was hidden by the guard commander in advance and was not found by the thieves... Let's look for it again, maybe there will be a turn for the better... …”
Hearing this, Su Qiqi glanced at Qin Chuan approvingly and said with a smile: "That's right, if we search carefully in the room and the government office, we might find something surprising... Oh, by the way, Xiao Kai, where is your brother?”
Xiao Kai was stunned for a moment and said in a daze: "When I went to report the situation to the prince just now, my brother was still in the room looking for clues. Maybe he was chasing the thief..."
Su Qiqi nodded, stepped forward and whispered a few words to King Jingbei. King Jingbei asked Magistrate Lin to take people to search for traces of Xiao Jie, Commander Liao and the thieves throughout the government office.
Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, Xiao Kai, King Jingbei and others continued to search for the whereabouts of the Fire Dragon Banner in the room.
After about an hour of burning incense, Su Qiqi finally found the roll of yellow silk in a hole in the wall next to the bed. Everyone looked at the yellow silk cloth in Su Qiqi's hand in surprise, and their excitement was beyond words.
Su Qiqi handed the yellow silk cloth to King Jingbei and stepped aside.
King Jingbei opened the yellow silk cloth in surprise and joy, looked at it carefully, then raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the fire dragon flag is still there... Commander Liao is indeed very smart and took precautions in advance... "King Jingbei put the fire dragon flag into his arms, and then said with a solemn expression: "I would like your help to find Commander Liao, and we must rescue him from the thieves..."
Su Qiqi nodded, cupped her fists and said, "Your Majesty, you're welcome, we should go all out... By the way, let's go to the fire scene to see if those thieves haven't gone far yet..."
King Jingbei nodded when he heard this and said to Xiao Kai: "Go to the fire scene with Miss Nangong to check..."
Xiao Kai readily agreed and followed Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan to the burning courtyard of the back office.
As expected, the thief who set fire to steal the treasure has not left yet and is fighting with the government officials. Not far from the Yamen, there were two figures fighting together.
With sharp eyes, Xiao Kai first recognized that one of them was his brother Xiao Jie, and Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan also recognized that the person fighting with Xiao Jie turned out to be the shopkeeper of Qingyun Tower, the man who looked like Lin Quan.
"Old man Lin Quan!" Qin Chuan called to the man tentatively. The man turned back to look at Qin Chuan subconsciously.
Qin Chuan and Su Qiqi looked at each other and knew in their hearts that that person was most likely Lin Quan.
Su Qiqi decided to go forward and fight him, forcing him to speak. She was very familiar with Lin Quan's voice. Even if he changed his appearance, there would always be some flaws.
Thinking of this, Su Qiqi said hello to Qin Chuan, then raised her sword and flew over. The shopkeeper of Qingyun Tower originally had the upper hand, but when Su Qiqi stepped in, he became very angry. Just as he was about to slash Su Qiqi with his sword, he was stunned when he saw Su Qiqi's face and murmured: "Why is it you, little girl again?"
Su Qiqi snorted coldly and chuckled: "Lin Quan, I know it's you. Although you have changed your appearance, your voice has not changed at all. This time, I have to catch you!" After that, he stabbed you continuously. Several swords were drawn out, as fast as flowing fire, and they hit the chest of the shopkeeper of Qingyun Tower.
The shopkeeper smiled gloomily, raised his sword to fight back, and tore off the fake eyebrows and beard on his face, revealing his true face.
Although Su Qiqi was mentally prepared, she still took a few steps back in shock. Accidentally tripping over a soft object, Su Qiqi turned around, her eyes stagnated, and she thought to herself: Could this person with blood on his face and multiple sword wounds on his body be the Liao Wangye and the others were looking for? Commander? While she was in a daze, Lin Quan suddenly raised his hand and fired a hidden weapon.
Qin Chuan saw it clearly from the side. Without saying a word, he stepped forward, raised his sword, and knocked the small hidden weapon to the ground. At the same time, he cursed angrily: "You shameless old man, in addition to knowing the dirty tricks, can you use other tricks..."
Lin Quan smiled instead of getting angry when he heard this, and said sadly: "Hehehehe, I will let you see my new trick..."
Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan suddenly felt a chill in their backs. Several clusters of white flames appeared out of thin air behind them, floating not far behind their heads.
Su Qiqi's heart sank, and she thought to herself: This old guy has been missing for so long, so he is holding back some new evil tricks!
