Qingzhou Castle is particularly quiet at night, and there is hardly any light in the streets and alleys, compared to Tokyo Bianliang, which can be called the city that never sleeps, it is a completely different world.

In fact, this is also reasonable, Qingzhou is already poor and sparse, and recently it is a natural and man-made disaster, the people's lives are becoming more and more sad, and there are not many people on the street during the day, not to mention that in the middle of the night, only a few men are still dutifully walking the streets and alleys, beating the drum in their hands.

In this darkness and quietness, there is an extra team of more than ten people in the south of the city today, and a few torches illuminate the range of more than ten zhang nearby, and also illuminate the outfit of this team, but it is an official army, which is a bit rare.

Originally, the Qingzhou Xiang Army had been abandoned for several years, and it was naturally impossible for anyone to do such a drudgery as night patrols. But this time, Sun Tu took over the military affairs, especially after Ying Xia caught the thieves who had been repeatedly successful in the city recently, so he sent his men and horses to often patrol the south of the city where there were many large families, not only at night, but also during the day, when officials and soldiers walked around here to observe the situation and reactions of passers-by.

And these teams that have been entrusted with important tasks are naturally the elite of the rebuilt Xiang Army, of which each team is also led by three Jiangzhou soldiers, in order to play the role of bringing the old with the new. However, in addition to patrolling, their daily drills have not been reduced, even if they are walking on the road at the moment, these Qingzhou Xiang soldiers will still sizzle a few times from time to time.

But they didn't blame Sun Tu for being harsh with him, because doing all this was a reflection of his ability, and at the same time, he could get a lot of benefits, such as getting more money and food every month, which was a rule that Sun Tu had set in the camp early on.

In order to dispel the loneliness and anxiety in the dark night, several soldiers were talking in a low voice about related matters at this time: "Lao Liu, you got a second-class assessment today, presumably you will be able to receive an extra three catties of food at the end of the month, a hundred yuan, right?" ”

"What's this, it's still not as good as Brother Huang, he's been first-class every time in the past three days, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with a few more dollars at the end of the month, which is more generous than our military salary." Lao Liu glanced at a sturdy man walking in front of the team with envy: "And I also heard that the capital supervisor intends to select some elites from our army to form a scout battalion, as long as he becomes a member of the scout battalion, the money and food he can get every month can be tripled......"

As soon as these words came out, those Qingzhou soldiers all praised it, in fact, this saying had already spread in the camp, and everyone was the most concerned. To tell the truth, for a big soldier like them, who has no land and no permanent business, military salary is the only source of income, and it would be best if it could be greatly increased.

At the moment, several people began to discuss the various requirements for entering the scout camp, and for now, it was not enough to stand in line and walk well, maybe they would have to test their martial arts.

It wasn't until they reached the end of the long street here and were about to turn the corner that the two Jiangzhou soldiers who took the lead suddenly raised their hands to stop them from talking, and then suddenly drew their knives in their hands with a wary face, and shouted: "Who is there?" Only then did everyone realize what their duty was at this time, and they all quickly showed their weapons, and stared with some caution at the darkness in the corner ahead, and with the gentle wave of their hands from the two leaders, these soldiers quickly dispersed and outflanked them.

It turned out to be a false alarm, and when everyone carefully surrounded it, and took torches to shine into the alley over there, a black cat suddenly meowed into the air, kicked on the wall, and disappeared again like lightning. Other than that, there was nothing unusual in the not-so-deep alley.

It was only then that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and someone laughed and said, "This thief cat is really hateful, but it can surprise us a lot......"

Some people also flattered their own leader with two sentences: "The captain really has good eyesight, and he can still find the traces of the black cat in such a dark night, if the thief is here, he will definitely not be able to escape the eyes and ears of the two captains." ”

After some boasting and laughing, the group withdrew from the alley and headed back down the long straight street. It wasn't until they were far away, and even the light of the torches could not shine on this side, that a figure emerged from the alley at the other end. This is an extremely thin and slightly rickety guy, although he can't see his appearance clearly, but a pair of triangular mouse eyes are cunning: "Damn, Grandpa Shi almost planted it in your hands today." Fortunately, I was prepared...... It seems that the government has really put a lot of effort into it this time, but it doesn't matter, I always have a way to get it! With a confident smile, he disappeared into the night with a wave of his hand, moving faster than the light black cat, no wonder he could avoid the search of a dozen pairs of eyes.

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The Luo family's mansion is the third big house that Sun Tu has visited in the past few days, and at this time, the head of the Luo family, Luo Lu, is leading Sun Tu and several personal soldiers to walk in with a humble smile, and at the same time he vomited bitter water in his mouth: "Sun Dujian, the little one really didn't expect that the thief to hit my house...... Although my Luo family has little money in Qingzhou, it has been accumulated by several generations, and it is really not rich or unkind. Moreover, what was stolen was a carved phoenix jade bracelet handed down from my ancestors, if I really can't get it back, the villain really has no face to go down to see the ancestors of the Luo family......"

Sun Tu naturally understood what he meant by this, just hoping that he could do his best to help find the thief and get back the lost property, and at the same time exonerate himself. In this way, the masters of the two families have also said before, and Sun Tu has never taken it seriously.

After entering the hall, after Luo Lu called his subordinates to serve tea and entertain guests, Sun Tucai waved his hand: "You can drink tea whenever you want, this official came today to find clues related to the theft, not to drink tea." Please take me to the place where the treasure is hidden. ”

"Yes, yes, the eunuch is really dedicated to the people, and I believe that you will definitely be able to arrest the thieves this time." When Luo Lan heard this, he was even more overjoyed, and quickly gave up his hands and patted the horse, and then led them to the courtyard behind his house, and finally came to a two-story attic, pointed to the upper floor, and said, "Eunuch, the bracelet was stolen in this attic." This is a study for the villain, and at the same time, there are some valuable objects hidden, and there are people guarding it below, thinking that it is foolproof. Results......"

"Oh?" Sun Tu looked around the attic, except for a few big trees on the side that were a lot taller than the attic, there was no other shelter, if the thief really got his hands here, it would not be an easy thing. Compared with the previous two stolen treasures that were only placed in the bedroom, the situation of the Luo family looked even more strange.

When he entered the attic, Sun Tu first carefully observed the situation at the door, although the latch was not too new, but there were no traces left by prying, obviously the other party could not have entered the door from the outside. And there are servants and scholars watching day and night below, so it is even more impossible for people to touch in at will.

After casually sweeping the environment on the first floor, Sun Tu went straight to the second floor.

The environment above this is much better than the first floor, not only a few large bookshelves, there are hundreds of books on them, but also some porcelain antiques and a few brocade boxes, and there is a desk with a lot of style against the wall, and the material is also high-quality sandalwood.

"That's where the bracelet was lost? Is it on a shelf? Sun Tu's gaze swept over those things one by one and asked.

"Exactly, in fact, there are some other things missing, but in comparison, this pair of dragon and phoenix bracelets is the heirloom of my Luo family......" Luo Lan's face ached: "Now only the dragon bracelet is still there, and it can't be a pair." ”

"Oh? Is it actually a pair of jade bracelets? Sun Tu's heart moved, but he didn't say anything, but came to the window first, and after a careful inspection, he asked: "After the theft was discovered, the windows here are closed?" ”

"Exactly. The servants lock all the doors and windows here every night, which is why this matter is more and more strange, I really don't know how the thief got in and out of this place...... Could he really be able to fly away? Luo Lan's face was puzzled and annoyed.

Sun Tu's brows furrowed a little more after seeing it, and there were no traces of prying on this window, which was really a bit strange: "Are there any other entrances and exits here......" Sun Tu subconsciously raised his head and swept his eyes upwards as he spoke, and then his gaze settled on the small hole on the left, which was a small air window, which should have played a role in ventilation, and a rough estimate was a square foot.

Luo Luo also noticed his move, so he took the opportunity to explain: "In addition to the doors and windows, this air window can be regarded as a figure out from the outside, but this window is more than two zhang high from the ground, and the outside is four or five zhang. Moreover, this air window is only about a foot long, even a child can't get through it, so how can thieves enter and exit through this......"

Sun Tu narrowed his eyes slightly: "The more impossible some things seem, the easier it is to come true." Haven't you heard that there is a strange person in the rivers and lakes who is good at shrinking bones? As long as they wanted, this foot of skylight was enough for them to easily get through. ”

After saying this, Sun Tu had already jumped up, and after pressing it with his hand on the shelf on the side, the person jumped again, and swept to the top of the shelf in the exclamation of Luo Lan and several people - this wooden shelf was not only high enough, but also heavy enough, so that he didn't even see the slightest shaking after borrowing his strength.

And after easily climbing to the top of the shelf, Sun Tu's eyes quickly looked towards the position facing the skylight, and at this glance, the corners of his mouth hooked up - sure enough, there was a discovery!