It was past noon when he came out of the governor's house. Shao Xi had not slept all night and had been drinking and socializing all morning. Now he couldn't stand it anymore. He returned to the post house and fell on the bed. He slept until late at night before being woken up by Lao Wu.
"What time is it?" Shao Xi asked, rubbing his eyes.
"It's already three o'clock in the morning. It's time for us to set off. You should wash your face quickly."
Old Wu stood in front of the window, opened the window a crack and looked outside, muttering again, "It seems that I will take you to less romantic places in the future, which will cause you to delay your cultivation."
While Shao Xi was washing his face, he turned around and complained: "How dare you say that you took me there?"
Old Wu rolled his eyes and said, "I asked you to have fun, but I didn't ask you to chat with others all night long."
Shao Xi glanced at the red ribbon tied to his hand, and seemed to see Ye Ziyuan's smile again.
"Don't think about that girl yet. We have to guard the treasury tonight, so hurry up."
When the two of them walked out of the post house, it was already the zenith of the moon. Looking at the full moon in the sky, Shao Xi remembered that it would be a new year in half a month.
When they arrived in front of the treasury, the two of them saw County Prime Minister Xing Wenxin waiting there.
"Two adults, all manpower has been arranged. Except for those guarding the treasury, everyone else is patrolling around the city and divided into two teams. Now is the time to hand over the night."
"Have you arranged for someone to cast the sounding arrow?" Shao Xi looked around and asked.
"Don't worry, sir. Each patrolling team has people who specialize in casting loud arrows. If one of them spots the thief, they will immediately notify each other as a reminder."
Shao Xi nodded, "Mr.
Xing Wenxin cupped his hands and said: "Master Shao, thank you for the reward. This is all the official's responsibility. Since the two adults have arrived, the official will go back. If anything happens, you can send someone to call me at any time."
After saying that, and after a brief salute between the two parties, Xing Wenxin got on the sedan and went back.
Shao Xi and Lao Wu walked around the treasury and took a general look. Xing Wenxin was indeed very reliable in his work. Not only did he arrange for Kudin to guard the door of the library, he also arranged an inspection team in the courtyard, and also set up hidden posts on the surrounding walls.
After reading it, Lao Wu nodded and said: "Yes! This arrangement is very thorough. Even if no one is caught, at least it can be discovered in time to prevent the Kuyin from being stolen again. If it were me, I would not choose to do it tonight."
"Oh? If it were you, what would you choose to do?" Shao Xi asked curiously.
"Two choices, the first choice is to do nothing tonight..."
At this point, Old Wu paused.
"Don't say half of what you say. Can you say the second one too?"
"The second option is to start somewhere else, but it can't be here."
"So, if you made the second choice, where would you choose to start?" Shao Xi asked with his thumb on his chin.
In this regard, Shao Xi has great faith in Lao Wu's experience. Analyzing a thief from a thief's perspective is much more reliable than making blind guesses on his own.
Old Wu twirled the sparse beard on his chin and said thoughtfully: "Then it depends on what she wants?"
"A thief only wants money and jewelry. Is there anything else?"
"Of course there are, such as the Cuiyu Sword on your body and the martial arts secrets you practice; or the love letters and secret letters I wanted to get when I was a spy; or those thieves who pick flowers, what they want is to sleep in the bed woman."
Shao Xi looked at Old Wu with disgust and said, "It's not strange to steal magic weapons, secret books, love letters, and secret letters. I didn't expect you to steal even women!"
When Old Wu heard what Shao Xi said, his eyes widened and he argued: "I'm talking about a flower picker, a flower picker! I'm not a flower picker, who do you think I am?"
"Who else could you be? A thief!"
Old Wu glared at Shao Xi fiercely and gave him a "I'm too lazy to care about you" expression.
Shao Xi bumped Lao Wu with his elbow and asked, "What do you think she will want?"
"How do I know what a woman wants? She might want to steal a man right now!"
"Then she won't get rich tonight? There are many men on the street, stealing one and giving ten."
Old Wu was very angry at Shao Xi. This kid has learned badly now. Who did he learn it from? Thinking about it again, it seems that he has been learning things from himself for the past ten years, but he has never taught him these things!
call out----!
While the two were chatting away, they suddenly heard a sharp and harsh sound of arrows piercing the night sky, followed closely by the sound of arrows one after another.
The government officers who were patrolling the treasury and were responsible for patrolling the defense hurriedly looked in the direction of the first sound of arrows, only to hear someone shouting: "Look over there at Jiaku, there seems to be a fire over at Jiaku, call someone to put out the fire." "
Just as the people responsible for the defense of the treasury were about to rush to Jiaku to help put out the fire, they were stopped by Shao Xi. This tactic of setting fire to lure the tiger away from the mountain is often used by thieves, so it must be guarded against.
"All of you, stay here and don't slack off. I'll go check it out."
After saying that, Shao Xi and Lao Wu ran towards the direction of the fire in Jiaku.
Along the way, Shao Xi was still secretly thinking that this warehouse was where documents and account books were stored. Why would a thief come to a place like this for nothing? Could it be that the family is so poor that they can't even afford books, so they want to steal official documents and read them?
When the two of them were running halfway, they suddenly noticed a figure passing by on a nearby roof. The two looked at each other and chased the shadow in unison.
Judging from the body shape, the figure is indeed a woman, and she is light and fast. She travels between the roofs as lightly and nimble as a swallow flying in the air, silently, if it were not for Shao Xi and the other two Staring at her figure, it was almost impossible to judge her direction by her voice.
Although Shao Xi and Lao Wu already had excellent physical skills, the woman in front of them also had excellent physical skills, so they kept chasing her far and near, and never caught up to them.
In this way, the three of them almost walked around in a large circle in Qingshan City, always keeping the distance between them not too far or too close. After chasing after him, Old Wu gradually fell behind Shao Xi. After running for a while, Old Wu's voice came from behind.
"No, this little lady is really good at running. I can't run anymore. I have to rest for a while. It's up to you next."
Shao Xi turned around and said, "You old guy is lazy again" and continued to chase the black shadow.
Old Wu was sitting on the ridge of a house, out of breath and about to die. He muttered unconvincedly, "You told me I'm an old guy, and you still use me to follow me even though I'm so old." You compare? You don’t know how to respect the elderly at all."
Regardless of whether Shao Xi heard it or not, he took off the flask from his waist and sat on the roof to drink. This made people seriously suspect that he was addicted to alcohol and wanted to take a drink.
Shao Xi chased like this for a while, and he began to feel a little impatient. If he continued to chase like this, when would he end?
So, the Cuiyu Sword was unsheathed. I saw a emerald green sword energy cutting through the air and flying straight towards the black shadow ahead. The man seemed to feel the sword energy behind him. He turned around to avoid the sword energy, but was still half a minute too slow. A piece of Ye Xingyi's clothes was torn off by the sword energy, and Shao Xi rushed behind him. Take it in your hand.
The figure in front paused for a moment and seemed to be shocked by the sword. He quickly raised his body and walked quickly, jumped into a courtyard and disappeared. When Shao Xi chased him to the courtyard, he had already disappeared without a trace.
Shao Xi searched forward and backward, but still found nothing, so he went to bed and looked around at several nearby houses for a while. Still unable to find the whereabouts of the figure, he returned to the courtyard where the thief disappeared just now.
"Isn't this a ghost? Why did she disappear in the blink of an eye? Either she flew into the sky and escaped, or she hid in a nearby house." Shao Xi thought to himself.
While Shao Xi was making various guesses in his mind, he heard a "squeak" sound and the door of the house in the yard was opened. A man wearing a long gown and holding a candlestick walked out of the door. A woman with a tired look on her face.
When the woman looked at Shao Xi, she had a surprised expression on her face. At the same time, Shao Xi also had an incredible expression on her face. The two recognized each other at the same time.
"Master Shao!"
"Miss Ziyuan!"
The two called each other out in unison and laughed in unison.
Ye Ziyuan saluted gently and said, "Why did the young master come here late at night?"
"There is a thief in the city tonight. I am assisting the government in hunting down the thief. Why is Miss Ziyuan here?"
"Young Master is really forgetful. This is Lan Xiufang! Of course I live here."
Shao Xi looked around again and said with embarrassment: "This guy is blind. I was chasing him so fast just now. I really didn't recognize that this place was Lan Xiufang."
Ye Ziyuan covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I just heard a noise outside in the house. I thought it was a thief who came to my place, but I didn't expect to see Mr. Shao as soon as I opened the door. If you didn't tell me, I would have thought that you That’s the thief!”
After hearing what Ye Ziyuan said, Shao Xi realized that this was the girl's boudoir. It was too easy for him to be misunderstood by running to the girl's place in the middle of the night.
"Girl, don't blame me. I was chasing you in too much haste, so I broke into the girl's boudoir abruptly. It's really rude. I'll apologize to the girl."
Shao Xi bowed to Ye Ziyuan and apologized.
Ye Ziyuan smiled sweetly and said to Shao Xi: "Isn't it a fate that the young master can chase thieves late at night and come to my house? It happens that the moonlight is just right tonight, why don't you accompany me to drink and admire the moon!" "
"ah?"
Shao Xi really didn't expect that this hunting thief could actually chase down a thief. But now that the beauty is here, should he accompany Miss Ziyuan to drink and admire the moon? Or should we continue to catch the thief?
"Why, Master, don't you want to?"
"No, no, no, I wish for you."
