He saw the thieves entering the other courtyard with his own eyes, and the servant dodged and tried to obstruct him in every possible way. He looked like he was a thief with a guilty conscience.
And as the commander of the West City Army and Horses Division, he is now in full view of the public, so it is naturally impossible for him to turn a blind eye to such hidden dangers.
"Bang!"
A strong soldier used his sword three or five times to break the delicate copper lock.
"Go in and search!"
Seeing that the servant wanted to stop him again, the commander's face darkened: "This person has obstructed official duties many times, so we will take him down for further investigation!"
Two soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, restrained the man.
The servants were very anxious, fearing that they would not find anything unusual when the time came, and that things would go wrong because of him. They immediately explained hurriedly: "My lord has really misunderstood. I am just afraid that my master will blame me! I have no intention of hiding him!"
The commander glanced at him and ignored him.
Whether there is any suspicion or not will be determined after the thief is taken down.
The study room was simply decorated, and the thief hiding behind the half-person-high vase in the corner of the bookshelf was quickly discovered.
"I...I'll just hand over the purse to you. I was confused for a moment, so don't come over!"
The little thief threw the money bag out of his arms with a look of panic on his face.
A soldier raised his hand to catch it and approached with a knife.
The money bag must be returned to its owner, and the thief must also be caught.
"You..." The thief stood up tremblingly when he saw this. In a panic, he grabbed the books, boxes and other items on the bookshelf behind him and threw them away.
The servant secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
This seemingly frightened thief is not pretending, he might just be an ordinary thief who happened to break into this place——
But the next moment, he didn't think so anymore.
The little thief "happily" came across the mechanism behind the secret compartment, and saw the bookshelf split into two and slowly opened in front of several soldiers!
The little thief was 'shocked' by this scene. With no way to escape, he turned around and hid behind the gap in the bookshelf as if he couldn't think too much.
"grown ups……"
The soldiers were surprised and subconsciously looked at the commander for instructions.
Who would have thought that there would be a secret room in this ordinary study!
"Sir, this... this is just an ordinary ice cellar!" The servant tried his best to keep his voice from shaking so much, and said hurriedly: "This ice cellar is very familiar to me - why don't I just go down and take care of it?
If you catch him and hand him over to the adults for punishment! It can be considered as making up for your foolish behavior just now!"
The commander frowned.
The person who was obstructing us in every possible way just now is suddenly so active now?
Besides - ice cellar?
If it is really just an ice cellar, where is the need to set up such a secret mechanism?
The enthusiasm and curiosity of the people behind him increased again.
"Who would dig an ice cellar in the south of Chaoyang? Who would believe it? They think we are fools!"
"How can a serious person have such weird mechanisms..."
"There may be something shady hidden in here!"
The commander looked at the servant.
Such exquisite mechanism skills are not something ordinary people can use...
The servant's attitude when he mentioned his master before was also very strange.
In this area of capital, if you are not careful, you may offend noble people who cannot afford to offend.
While the commander was thinking secretly, he heard a man's scream suddenly coming from behind the bookshelf.
The people suddenly became restless.
"What did you see? This is it!"
"It seems there is something here!"
The commander suppressed the chaotic speculation in his mind and nodded to a few of his capable subordinates: "You guys go down and have a look!"
The common people are watching, and there are many noble people in Qingyufang. There is no reason to retreat at this time. Instead of thinking so much about what is available, it is better to do your own thing to avoid being criticized.
As for the rest——
He just does things according to the rules. If any trouble does occur, whoever did it will clean it up. At that time, he will not care about it!
The servant was so frightened that cold sweat dripped down his face.
Soon a soldier walked out of the secret room quickly, his expression changing and he whispered a few words in the commander's ear.
The conductor looked shocked.
The people watching were so anxious that they started to speculate.
——This official didn’t say anything, who is he trying to irritate to death?
Upon seeing this, the servant felt a glimmer of hope in his heart, and his eyes contained hints: "Sir, I have two things to explain to you..."
Seeing that it was impossible to keep this matter secret, he could only hope to explain the identity of the young master to the other party, so that the other party would not dare to disclose the matter in public, and try to reduce the impact of the situation.
The commander hesitated for a moment.
He had an intuition that once he listened to what the other party said, he would have no choice but to keep the matter under wraps.
But the woman in the secret room...
He is not a cold-blooded person, he just wants to survive at the bottom of the officialdom and has no choice in many things.
While he was struggling in his mind, he suddenly heard a voice coming from the study room.
"It's a woman! There's a woman locked up here, beaten to a bloody pulp and she doesn't know whether she's alive or dead... and she's still locked in a cage!"
The little thief stumbled out, screaming loudly as he ran.
"..." The commander's eyelids twitched wildly and he looked at the two subordinates who followed him out.
The two officials looked complicated.
They clearly restrained the thief at first, but who knew that the little thief, who seemed to be weak with fear, was as slippery as a loach. If they were not careful, the thief somehow managed to escape from them.
Ran out...
At this time, he did not run away, but fell down in front of the study, with a pale face and said: "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death..."
It was like huge waves rising up from the already restless river.
"Did you hear that there is a girl hiding here? I don't know which family's daughter is so pitiful!"
The women who had spoken most cheerfully had horrified expressions on their faces.
They really got it right...there is really a shameful thing going on!
Originally I just came to watch the excitement of catching a thief, but I didn’t expect that this excitement would also include a one-for-one offer?!
The commander took one last look at the ashen-faced servant.
It's not that he doesn't know how to adapt to things, but that the other party is too unlucky, or maybe he has done too much evil, and even God can't stand it.
He turned to look at one of his subordinates: "Go to the capital office quickly and report this matter to Lord Ji."
Anyway, the inner government always likes to take the credit of their military affairs department, so he should be more generous and be a favor today.
Moreover, their Military and Horse Division only knows about patrol matters. When it comes to handling such complex cases, Jing Yamen is definitely better at it.
When Yin Jidong of the Beijing Government Office heard about this, he immediately sent officials to check and take over.
When the official mission arrived, almost the entire Qingyufang was surrounded, and more and more people who heard the news came to see the excitement.
The crowd, which seemed to be so packed that no one person could fit inside, actually made way for people from the government to come.
Some of the officials entered the other courtyard, while others began to disperse the onlookers.
The people pretended to disperse, but they didn't want to go far at all. Some hid in the alleys, and some even climbed up the wall quietly - the excitement in front of them was like the fat on their lips, who could do that?
