During dinner in the evening, "Gu Zhongkai" pretended to have abdominal pain and went back to the room early. After a while, he sneaked out of the escort agency through the back window and went to meet Master Hong.
As soon as he left, Qin Chuan and Luo Xiaoshi, under Su Qiqi's instructions, followed him all the way. They saw the meeting between him and Palace Master Hong, and determined that he was the fake "Gu Zhongkai" and also knew his true identity - —Lin Quan, who has been dormant for a long time.
The two informed Su Qiqi of the situation in time, and Su Qiqi asked Yan Ruoyu and Xu Yunling to notify Qingdai, Vice General Zhang and hundreds of soldiers to come to the escort agency as planned to help capture Lin Quan, Hong Hall Master and other cunning suspected treasure thieves.
The others were divided into groups, led by Nangong Yu, Nangong Yue and others, and were on standby in various parts of the escort agency as planned. Because she was worried that the other party had available replicas of the Fire Dragon Flag and the Ancient Bagua Mirror, and would accidentally injure innocent people during the fight, Su Qiqi gave the accountant, the maids, and the handymen a three-day holiday and asked them to go to the suburbs first. Stay in Zhuangzi temporarily and come back when the crisis is over.
At the same time, Shen Erniang's wine shop also deployed additional manpower to prevent Yeyou League people from taking revenge.
everything's ready. Su Qiqi repeatedly warned some precautions, and then gave everyone a special batch-imitation whistle to facilitate communication during the operation.
Xu Yunling got the whistle and played with it excitedly for a long time, and then secretly blew out the sound wave corresponding to Pei Wenyi's code name. After a while, Pei Wenyi hurried over. Knowing that Xu Yunling was just testing the function of the whistle, he poked Xu Yunling's forehead with his finger in a fit of laughter and said angrily: "Ling'er, don't mess around when you take action..."
Xu Yunling's bright eyes flashed and she agreed with a smile on her face: "I know, senior brother! You can go back..."
Pei Wenyi was still a little worried. He walked around her room, checked every corner, and made sure there were no dangers before leaving.
After he left, Xu Yunling continued to play with the whistle in his hand, waiting boredly for the treasure thief to show up.
At midnight, everyone turned off the lights one after another and pretended to fall asleep, luring "Gu Zhongkai" and his accomplices into action.
Everyone waited in their respective rooms for a long time, and finally there was a rustling sound in the yard, followed by slight and chaotic footsteps and whispers.
Su Qiqi listened carefully for a while, then asked Yan Ruoyu to stay in the room to protect Zheng Miao, then sneaked out and followed the thieves towards her father's study.
During dinner just now, he deliberately mentioned strengthening the security of his father's study many times, making "Gu Zhongkai" mistakenly think that he had transferred the treasure to the study. This trick worked as expected. Lin Quan led Palace Master Hong and other Yeyou Alliance bandits to his father's study.
The two brothers who were ambushing around the study now heard the latest developments through their whistles - Lin Quan and Palace Master Hong were approaching the study, while dozens of other Yeyou Alliance bandits were hiding near the nearby rockery and in the bushes.
Su Qiqi asked her brothers to hide in the dark and observe the movements of Lin Quan and others, and then they would take action together when she and Qin Chuan arrived.
The two brothers quickly responded to the message, saying that they would adapt to the situation and would not act rashly.
Su Qiqi sent another message to Qin Chuan, asking him to come over as soon as possible. Qin Chuan quickly responded to the message, saying that he had arrived near the corridor and would be there soon.
On the other side, in a house near the Escort Bureau, General Fan and Qingdai were playing chess. Bai Zi, who was held by General Fan, clearly had the upper hand, and Qing Dai's expression was a little more anxious. She thought about it for a long time before reluctantly letting go of her obsession.
The two continued to play chess for a while, and Vice General Zhang came in to report that Miss Yan and Miss Xu from the Weiyuan Escort Bureau were here and they had something urgent to see the General and Miss Qingdai.
General Fan hurriedly asked Vice General Zhang to call the two men into the tent. Yan Ruoyu and Xu Yunling met the general and Qingdai, bowed, and then explained the current situation of the escort agency and Su Qiqi's plan to them.
After hearing this, General Fan nodded approvingly, removed the chessboard, and asked Qingdai and Deputy General Zhang to immediately lead troops to assist.
Vice Generals Qingdai and Zhang took the order and left, hiding in a hiding place outside the escort agency with their soldiers, completely surrounding the entire escort agency.
In the escort office, Su Qiqi and others had already taken their places, waiting for Lin Quan and the people from Yeyou League to fall into the trap.
When Lin Quan and Palace Master Hong walked to the door of Nangong Qin's study, they looked around warily, and then sneaked into the house secretly.
The two of them did not dare to light candles, and took advantage of the faint moonlight to rummage around on the desks and museum shelves. Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, I didn't see any equipment suitable for hiding the Shennong Cauldron.
Where will it be? You won't be teased by that little girl again, right? Lin Quan thought a little depressed and walked behind the screen unknowingly.
There is also a row of shelves there with all kinds of boxes, large and small! Lin Quan was overjoyed and quickly called Hall Master Hong to come forward to check. The two of them looked at the boxes on the shelf, picked out a few larger ones, and opened them one by one.
However, what surprised him was that without exception, there were wooden Maitreya Buddhas inside! What's happening here? Even though he was as cunning as him, Lin Quan was confused for a moment.
Hall Master Hong on the side was also confused, and asked in a low voice with a confused look on his face: "Why are they all sculptures of Maitreya Buddha? Isn't the Shennong Cauldron here?"
Lin Quan's thoughts changed and he said angrily: "Oh no, we were fooled again..." As he said that, he slapped the table in frustration and prepared to call Hall Master Hong to leave.
Just when the two were about to evacuate, the door of the study room was opened, and Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan barged in, watching them at leisure.
Lin Quan felt flustered for a while, but he quickly calmed down and said with a smile: "Hahaha! It seems that you have learned wisely! You will set up a trap to deal with me!"
Qin Chuan snorted coldly and sneered: "How can I not learn to be smarter when fighting against an old fox like you?"
After that, he pointed his sword forward and shouted: "Just surrender and capture me, you won't be able to escape this time!"
Lin Quan raised his eyelids contemptuously and said with a smile: "Only you two furry babies dare to speak so rudely to me!"
After that, he waved his sleeves lightly, causing the wooden sculptures of Maitreya Buddha on the table to fly up several feet. Then he pushed out his palm and slapped them towards Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan. The wooden sculptures shot towards Su Qiqi like projectiles. and Qin Chuan, their speed was so fast that they seemed to be able to penetrate their bodies in an instant.
Palace Master Hong also threw out a black rope in his hand, and the black rope rushed towards Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan like a dragon.
The two of them thought that under such a strong attack, Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan would instinctively dodge, so that they could take the opportunity to break out. Unexpectedly, Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan were very calm. Seeing that the wooden sculpture and the black rope were close at hand, Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan suddenly spun around and retreated to both sides. At the same time, Nangong Yue appeared at the door of the study holding a fire dragon flag. Several fire dragons flew out from the fire dragon flags in his hand, jumped in, and rushed towards Lin Quan and Hall Master Hong.
The two of them were so shocked that they almost fell down on the spot! Hasn’t the Fire Dragon Banner been obtained by the alliance leader? Why does Nangong Yue still have one in his hand?
