C1 There Is also a Way to Steal

The most chaotic place in the world is called Jianghu. In the martial world, there were arrogant swordsmen, brave chivalrous warriors, lonely prodigal sons, and extremely beautiful women. In the martial arts world, there was the fastest horse, the strongest wine, and the fastest sabre. There were also the most poisonous Gu, the strongest sects, the most evil places, and the most famous dead. There were lists in the martial arts world, recording the "strongest" of all. There were legends about love and hate, about drinking and talking, about swords and sabers. A person, after a lifetime and conflict, would become a martial arts world.

The deepest place in the world was called the Imperial Court. Compared to the martial arts world … There was indeed nothing to tell. If he had to say it, the imperial court was just a pool of seemingly calm, but in reality, it was a pool of surging muddy water. Inside the imperial court was a mess of fish and dragons, and all schemes were hidden in an invisible fog.

When the martial arts world overlapped with the imperial court, that was a story that could not be told.

And this story would inevitably begin with a few factions and a few people.

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Next, let's first talk about a place — the Manchu manor.

It was obvious that this was the house of a duke, and a rather odd one at that.

A wooden horse naturally did not refer to a horse made of wood. Rather, it referred to a horse made of wood. When it came to mechanical formations, the marquis' manor was a place that had to be mentioned.

This famous family not only had the title of marquis, but also a treasure that tens of thousands of people coveted, as well as the most beautiful woman in the world. However, such a place hadn't been stolen in decades. Without a doubt, it was due to those mechanisms.

But today, the usually peaceful manor entrance of the marquis was bustling with noise and excitement. The reason was simple. It had been stolen.

"He escaped again." The speaker was over his age, his brows were like swords, and his eyes were like stars. He was dressed in a red, wide-sleeved cloud robe, and had a slender sword on his waist. The ten fingers were slender and strong, the nails were neatly trimmed, and there was a hard cocoon made by riding the sword in the palm of his hand. His clothes and boots had some mud stains on them, but there was less mud stains on the bottom of his boots. Apparently he had come all the way here at a fast speed. His sword-like eyebrows creased slightly, but there was no additional emotion on his face. He was calm and composed.

The marquis sized him up without batting an eyelid, then said with a smile, "Protector Xia, there is no need to be anxious. This cyan robed bandit is able to steal things from my heavily guarded mansion, he is quite a capable person. It was this marquis' carelessness that caused you to worry. "

The young man's name was Xia Fanchen, and he was a top imperial bodyguard. Half a year ago, he had been ordered to hunt down "Green Robed Thieves." He looked down at the crumpled paper in his hands, his eyes flickering.

"I've heard that your manor collects a Warm Jade Coiling Dragon, Blood Jade Steps and a pair of precious treasures. He only dared to ask for a glimpse of what his heart desired. At a quarter to ten in the evening, the little thief would arrive. Congratulations to the duke on his birthday.

— Green-clothed Pirates offer their respects."

Hearing the words of the duke of Trojan Horse, he raised his head and looked at the unlocking lock in front of him. He pondered for a long time.

The iron lock was not big, less than two inches long, but it felt heavy in his hand. Perhaps in the eyes of the layman, it was just a smaller lock. But Xia knew, this kind of lock is a kind of lock specially made by the Manchu Mansion, it can only be opened by inserting two keys at the same time. Furthermore, the depth of the two keys and the angle of their rotation were very tricky. Once it was too deep or the rotation angle was too great, the iron lock would directly lock.

No matter how strong the lock was, it was made from iron. A locked lock would not be harder than a lump of metal.

The martial world did not lack sabers that could slice through metal like mud, nor did it lack experts that could break metal with just two fingers. Although the saber was few, it wasn't impossible to find. Although experts were few in number, they could still be found.

However, the person who was able to pry open the lock personally crafted by the Marquis of the Trojan Horse was unprecedented.

But now, the lock that was originally hanging on the door was placed on the table in the room and used as a paperweight. There was a letter written by a Thief lying on top of the table.

No matter how hard Xia Fan tried to look, he couldn't find a single trace of a forced lock – not to mention damage, he couldn't even find a single scratch.

If it wasn't for the fact that Xia Fan and the Black Robed Pirates had known each other for too long, and knew his methods well, if it wasn't for the fact that the Marquis of the Trojan Horse had brought one of his keys with him, and the other key was thousands of miles away … He even thought that the lock had been opened with a key.

But clearly, no.

Xia Fan could even see the Green Robed Pirates' complacent smile in these two flying lines of words. This was the nineteenth robbery of the Cyan Robed Pirates in the past six months, and also the nineteenth letter that Xia Fan had seen to remind his owner before the theft of the Cyan Robed Pirates. In fact, the number of letters Xia Fai had seen written by the Cyan Robes was more than three times that of the nineteenth letter.

After all, the Cyan Robed Pirates were well-mannered thieves.

Not only would this well-mannered thief give his master a "farewell letter" before he stole it, he would also leave behind a poem as a gift. If he was in a good mood, perhaps he would have sent a letter to Chavez half a month earlier by various means, inviting him to join him at a rendezvous.

In fact, it was also thanks to that "sincere invitation" that Chai stood here. The result of his long journey was that he once again missed his target.

As if recalling the sight of the Green Robed Pirates laughing in the dark, Xia Fan gritted his teeth and turned to ask, "Have you found his poem present yet?"

The guards that were searching everywhere raised their heads when they heard the sound, and after looking at each other for a while, they shook their heads helplessly.

"Since she has already left, so what if we find the poem?" Xia Fan was about to tell them to keep searching when he heard a calm voice coming from outside the door. He quickly turned around.

At the same time his voice sounded, a middle-aged man walked into the hall. He nodded his head in greeting to the Duke of Trojan Horse, "I've already seen the rest of the hall, everything is normal."

The Duke of Trojan Horse wasn't surprised by this outcome, but in reality, he didn't seem to care about it at all. After hearing this, he only smiled and said, "Sorry for the trouble."

Upon seeing this person, Xia Fan hurriedly turned around and kneeled down. "This lowly subordinate is incompetent, please forgive me, your highness!"

The man in front of him was the current most powerful prince — the Qi King. He was also the most distinguished guest at the marquis' birthday banquet.

In front of the Qi King, it was not only Xia Fan who was at a disadvantage. All the guards in the room immediately kneeled down, holding their breath, not daring to make a sound.

When the Duke of Trojan Horse saw the young imperial bodyguards, he immediately became scared and his expression changed. He seemed to find it funny, and he couldn't help but reveal a trace of a helpless smile. When the guards, who were rummaging through boxes in front of their master, the Marquis, saw their Prince, they were immediately frightened. Truly … I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Ignoring Yu Ren's expression, the Qi King glanced at Xia Fan and said, "You've lost a lot of face in your work, so you don't need to ask me for forgiveness. You only need to give Thirteenth Brother an explanation. For a dignified imperial bodyguard to not be able to catch a single gangster in half a year, this is a really good job. "

A cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Instead, it was the duke of Trojan Horse who laughed and tried to smooth things over: "My house is full of traps, so it's not excessive for no one to lead the way and say 'difficult to move a single step'. The Cyan Robed Pirates could come and go freely in this mansion, so how could they be ordinary people? Your Highness is too strict. "

With an owner begging for mercy, the Qi King naturally did not make things difficult for them. He passed the paper in his hand over and said, "This is a poem I picked up from outside the door. Get up and take a look."

"Thank you, Prince." Xia Fan stood up and respectfully received it. He only took a glance before frowning.

"Following the wind and water, you will find it difficult to answer, and you will not be able to pick up the stars."

The temple of the Monarch of Sheep to the Tiger Mouth.

His words were like a sail, as he never felt embarrassed to pay his respects.

— — On a clear day like this, he was a thief.

For parents to be like a king is to have stolen property that surpasses the universe. "

Paper and ink were the most common inferior, but the handwriting was elegant and elegant. It was the work of the person who wrote the notice.

The Qi King sneered, "The words are good, but the poem can barely rhyme. It's too short to distinguish between the lines, and it's a bunch of nonsense. There's nothing to see except the usual trick of pinching the head. "

The duke of Trojan Horse walked over to Xia Fan's side, but he wasn't angered by the Green Robed Pirates' provocation. Instead, he smiled and praised them, "Not bad, you really have a good writing skill." Taking advantage of the situation, there was no need to thank him. This poem is very interesting. "

Impossible," he said flatly. "He will leave something in the letter." He rushed to the window and chanted, "Following the wind, it's hard to answer, the stars, the ox and the woman, the sails, the clear sky and the bright sun, the universe …" His gaze moved swiftly in the night sky, his brows furrowed, and after a good two incense sticks of time of silence, his gaze suddenly became cold: "Following the wind with the water ceremony is hard to answer, which means that the things you stole are going downstream. Altair is in the northwest. If the so-called 'thief' referred to the time of theft, then the light of the blue sky and white day would still be left behind during the tenth day of the ninth century, and that was to the west. To the northwest and north is to the west and to the north. Tell them to head north and follow the current to find a boat with a sail.

The marquis of the Trojan Horse was admiring the notice letter that Xia Fan had casually put down when he heard him. He smiled and said, "It's already night. The boats on the water are all pleasure boats that drink wine and admire the moon. If there's a sailboat, wouldn't it be obvious at a glance? The Cyan Robed Pirates acted strangely, but they did not act like arrogant brainless people. How could they act so arrogantly, making their movements so obvious and writing everything down in a poem? It might be an ordinary little poem, are you a little too nervous? "

The marquis didn't know that I was told to commit the crime again in Hangzhou after the Qingyi bandits committed the robbery at Bianliang a month ago. Since he has done so, he will definitely leave behind a reminder for me to pursue him.

Prince Qi said, "This little scoundrel is really arrogant."

Xia Fan was silent for a moment before he asked, "I wonder if Your Highness still remembers the first time the Cyan Robed Pirates committed the theft?"

Qi Wang was startled, "If we don't steal the Green Sky Pirates' pearls, then we won't steal clothes?"

"The first time he committed theft, he set his eyes on a Night Pearl embedded in the middle of the Flying Immortal Fort. The light of the Night Pearls was comparable to dozens of candles. He heard that the day of the burglary was the wedding of the only daughter of the Flying Immortal Castle's master, yet the Cyan Robed Pirates chose this kind of day to steal the pearl away easily. There are nearly a hundred guests on the field, but not a single one of them have found a trace of the Cyan Robed Pirates. "

At this point in time, both the Duke of the Trojan Horse and the Qi King were aware of this. However, when he spoke of it, he did not disturb him.

Xia Fan saw that the two of them were not being impatient, and continued, "The most amazing thing is that the Cyan Robed Pirates have swapped the words' Flying Immortal Castle 'for a plaque with the words' No Pirates of the Azure Skies', 'No Robes of the Cloth', and signed with the words' Number One Elegant Thief in the World '. This was probably the reason why Feng Zhuo had always compared the bright pearl in the castle with the light of the sun and moon. Because these words contained the three words' Green Robed, Thief ', and they were known as' Green Robed Pirates'. They were extremely famous in the martial arts world. After the theft, this is how the Cyan Robed Pirates used to refer to themselves, and their methods of stealing have become more and more bold and brilliant. However, no one has ever seen his true appearance. "

The duke of Trojan Horse smiled and said, "All thieves use the dark night as a cover. Only when someone is unprepared can they get their hands on the thief. The pearl was about the size of a head, and it shone brightly for a hundred meters before he actually stole it. Flying Immortal Castle is very strict, and is also the date of her wedding. It can steal pearls and exchange plaque; it can be said to be very powerful. "

Qi Wang nodded. "This person has never committed any kind of theft, and it's not something that can be found without any pattern. This King has also heard of his rumors. If he truly comes and goes by himself, as the rumors say, then his wits and wits will be extremely high. "

Xia Fan said, "Your Highness is right. Half a year ago, the General's Estate was robbed, and the Minister of Imperial Household officially intervened in this matter. Only then did this lowly subordinate have a better understanding of the situation. This person had visited the General's Residence and the Marquis' Mansion from the most ordinary shops, and had committed three crimes within two days and had been absent for several months. He threw ordinary gold and silver jewelry on the road, but the treasured calligraphy and paintings were nowhere to be seen. As far as I can tell, he's not only talented, but he has his own 'elegance', and he's not short of money. "A person who views money as nothing, civil and military at the same time, and who is bold but able to maintain his composure …" As he finished speaking, he smiled without saying a word.

Prince Qi said with a smile, "I have personally witnessed the capabilities of the Cyan Robed Pirates. Even if they were to return empty-handed today, no one would blame you. "There's no need to worry too much. Just let go and fight."

Xia Fan kneeled down, "Many thanks to Your Highness the Marquis. Your subordinate will do his utmost to capture that little thief in green!"