Jing Mo heard the scream, looked back, and saw Nie Xiaoman's fingers between the masonry and stone, staring with burning eyes, his expression seemed to be very surprised, Jing Mo approached, only to see something between the masonry and stone reflecting a faint green light under the sunset. Xiao Man stepped forward and leaned over to pick it up, showing Jingmo that it turned out to be an opal!

When Jing Mo first saw this opal, he thought it was a child's plaything, and he accidentally left it here.

Jingmo asked, "Is this opal genuine?" Or—"

Nie Xiaoman asked Jingmo a little strangely: "Of course it's a real opal, you can't tell it?" ”

Nie Xiaoman handed the opal into Jing Mo's hands and asked Jing Mo to observe it carefully. Jingmo is indeed genuine, round and shiny, like the size of a sycamore.

Jing Mo therefore asked: "Strange, according to the market price, this opal costs at least seven or eight taels of silver, how could it fall here?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said calmly: "This may be what we should figure out!" ”

Jing Mo returned the opal to Xiao Man and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said, "I mean the source of this opal. There is a fine hole in the center of the opal, which must be the ornament of the ladies and ladies. But what do you think this is? How can there be opal jewelry worn by a woman who is lost here? So it is conceivable that the opal was not left here by its owner, but where did the opal come from? Did the thief pass by here after stealing the opal and left it behind? You can see that the opal happened to be left in the gap, and the rest can be imagined. ”

Jing Mo suddenly realized and agreed: "That's right, you said that it may be a thief stealing opal, is it referring to the robbery that happened between the two families surnamed Du surnamed Kang at the beginning of the month?" ”

"That's right! I have heard that the two burglaries took place on the same night, and at the same time in the middle of the night, when the gates were closed, and the thieves had no way to escape, and they probably escaped through this gap, do you think it is possible? ”

"That's true, but who is this man? You can steal two homes in one night, this is a big robbery! At that time, all kinds of rumors were flying on the streets of Jinling City, which could be described as a sensation, do you remember? ”

"How can you forget? I've also heard that this person who steals things is called "Fly in the Sky"! ”

Since the name of ""Plugging the Sky and Flying" is mentioned, I have to recount some past events.

Fifteen days ago, there were two cases of theft, one surnamed Du and the other surnamed Kang. The surname Du lives in Baijinglang, and I heard that when Emperor Zhengde was in power, someone in the family used to be a weaving official of the Shenbo Hall, so he had a lot of wealth. The family surnamed Kang lives in Dahu Lane, and started from trading and doing business, and has accumulated extremely rich assets. It is said that the loss of that theft was not small, at least around 10,000 gold, and it was all opal agate treasures. The robbery first occurred in the Du family, and then in the Kang family, and the two cases were only half an hour apart, and the words ""Insert the sky and fly" were left on the wall.

Guess it's the snitch's own name. Considering the time and name, it is clear that the two cases originated from one person. According to the report of the servants of the Kang family, the snitch is to climb over the wall and enter, when he broke the door of the inner room, the servant heard a slight sound, he had suspicions, and immediately got up to see it, and sure enough, he vaguely saw a black shadow in the dark, rushed out of the inner room, jumped like flying, and seemed to have succeeded and wanted to escape.

When the servant saw this, he naturally cried out for help in horror, and as soon as his voice came out, he felt that something had struck him. He fell to the ground in agony. By the time the rest of the family heard the call and all got up, the snitch was gone. When they turned back, they saw that the servant was still lying in a pool of blood, silent and unmoving, and his appearance was very terrible.

When he was lifted up, he saw blood flowing from his gums, and the servant had lost two of his teeth, and he fainted in pain. After investigating the cause of the injury, he found a broken brick and dropped it on the ground, guessing that it may have been a snitch who struck with a brick, causing the tooth to fall out and bleed.

The house was dark when the thief committed the crime, and he couldn't see his five fingers, but this thief was able to hit the tooth door, and if it weren't for the stunt, he couldn't do it anyway, in other words, this snitch was by no means an ordinary person. After the robbery, although the owner tried his best to track down and wanted to recover the lost property, it was just that most of the people who had been public in the past few years were just flies and dogs, perfunctory, and let them take ordinary thieves, and it was too hard to catch this kind of thief who had the ability to fly away, which was simply not counted on, and as a result, there was no clue and clue to solve the case.

Don't talk about this kind of big robbery, it's just the petty theft that ordinary people encounter, and how many people in the huge Jinling City have heard that the lost property can be recovered? It was really recovered some stolen goods, most of which were confiscated by the government and embezzled in the treasury, and the stolen goods were divided, who knows?

How many more can be returned to the hands of the small people? Such malpractices have been around for a long time, and they are not the first of their kind in this dynasty, so let's not talk about them.

Measuring the reason for this, half of these servants were timid and afraid, they knew that they could only eat with a mouth, and they couldn't fight for their lives, so they retreated in the face of difficulties, and the other half was because the snitch was agile and left no signs at all, and the people who wanted it had no way to start. The theft was followed for ten days, but nothing was found.

People in the officialdom naturally knew that it couldn't be done, and things were slowly blurred up. At the beginning, it was a big sensation on the street, and as time went by, people gradually forgot about it, and no one talked about it anymore.

If it weren't for Nie Xiaoman's mention at this moment, I'm afraid that even Jing Mo, who was a Jinyi guard, would have forgotten about this matter completely.

Jingmo said: "I heard that "Plugging in the Sky and Flying" is not comparable to ordinary thieves digging holes. He has committed many thefts in Jinling, and the government yamen has been investigating and arresting them everywhere, but he has never been able to arrest him, and this thief is really not easy to deal with. ”

Nie Xiaoman's eyes were still exploring the broken bricks and dirt, hoping to find the second opal, and said in response: "Yes, such a big snitch, if it weren't for the fierce catcher, I'm afraid it would not be easy to deal with." Although a few of them are capable and alert, most of them are useless rice buckets. They are the most skilled in dealing with thieves who steal chickens and dogs, and the other party has not had a chance to defend themselves, they have already reached out to fight them, and they happen to deliberately threaten and intimidate, and the abuse of lynching is even more commonplace, even if they are not thieves, they are wronged and sent to prison, and the people are wronged, and there is no way to redress their grievances. ”

Nie Xiaoman paused slightly, sighed, and didn't seem to have a mouthful of depression in his chest, so he continued: "This is exactly what it is: the tears of worry and concern in front of the stage. Behind the scenes, there is bribe money. The law is ruthless, and the people have eyes, how can they allow fat powder to hide their true face. Moreover, if I am not friends with you, my words will be poked out, and I am afraid that this imperial history will also be done. ”

Jing Mo felt that Xiao Man was very angry, and he actually came to his identity as a Jinyi guard, so he quickly used other topics to pull it away.

Jing Mo said: "Xiaoman, what you said is not bad at all, but let's not talk about these for the time being, you see that the thief accidentally dropped an opal, is there any clue that can be pursued?" ”

Nie Xiaoman's expression was a little calmer than just now, and he shook his head and said, "I don't have a clue for a while. The masonry here is scattered, and the children are playing on it, and the weather has been dry lately, so it is not easy to observe, and it is reasonable to guess that the snitch fled in the dark night after stealing, and accidentally fell on his foot, and the opal fell out of the jolt. I remember that it rained at the beginning of the month, and the moss on the masonry was slippery, so it was not easy to walk, and if you didn't fall, you would also tilt your body when you walked, and it was possible for the opal to fall. ”