After Hua Lang and the others came to the capital, they didn't encounter anything on weekdays, and no one came to them to handle the case.

Although the detective agency has opened, its reputation is not very good, and it takes time for a talented person to get used to it slowly when he goes to another place.

In the blink of an eye, in the twilight of spring, the whole capital has already grown grass and warblers have flown away, and the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms have failed, so they are not bright.

Bao Zheng went to the office every day and came back very late, and for a while Bao Zheng and Hualang didn't see each other often, which couldn't help but make them miss the time when they were in Tianchang County and Duanzhou.

On this day, on the fourteenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Song Renzong celebrated his birthday, and there was a big feast in the palace, and hundreds of civil and military officials came to celebrate his birthday.

But that day's events didn't end so simply, because a little accident happened on the way.

In addition to the civil and military officials who came to congratulate him on that day, some of the vassal countries of the Great Song Dynasty also sent envoys to congratulate them, among these vassal countries, there was a small country that offered a jewel, the pearl was round in color, without a single flaw, even a rich country like the Great Song Dynasty was rarely seen, so Song Renzong was very happy and rewarded the small country with a lot of things.

It's just that after everyone had lunch in the palace, Song Renzong wanted to play with the orb again, but when he opened the box where the orb was stored, the orb disappeared.

Originally, as the king of a country, he didn't care very much about a jewel, but the jewel was stolen in the palace, which is a big deal, and the thief can steal the treasure in the palace, so the guards in the palace are not like decorations? Where is his emperor's face gone?

Furthermore, how could he believe that the palace was safe?

However, today is Song Renzong's birthday, so he didn't make a noise, only after the banquet dispersed, he ordered someone to call the Eight Sages King and a few trusted ministers to the imperial study, and then told these people about the matter, after the Eight Sages King heard it, he was very surprised, and said: "There are thieves who steal things to the palace, and this is worth it, and it must not be spared." ”

It was certain that they would not be spared, but what they had to do was to find the thief first.

Song Renzong knew that Bao Zheng was like a god in judging the case, so he looked at Bao Zheng and asked, "What is Bao Aiqing's opinion?" ”

Bao Zheng saw the emperor asking, and hurriedly replied: "The jewel was placed in the emperor's bedroom, and at that time, all the civil and military officials were eating in the imperial garden, and the emperor's bedroom was unguarded, which gave the thief a chance, but it is certain that the thief must be a person in the palace, so I checked them one by one, and I may be able to find the trace of the thief." ”

After listening to Bao Zheng's words, Song Renzong thought about it carefully, and then said: "It's good to check one by one, but how can a thief be stupid enough to hide the orb, and the palace is so big, excluding people who continue to need things, and people who are easy to make trouble panic, I don't approve of this method." ”

Song Renzong did not approve of Bao Zheng's method, but the other ministers couldn't think of any way, and finally had to break up unhappily.

But said that after Bao Zheng and the ministers left, Song Renzong was very troubled, in addition to the matter of the treasure bead, and then he was very worried about the safety of the palace, so he was troubled, so he thought about walking around, but as he walked, he walked to Zhou Ting's bedroom, he came to Zhou Ting's bedroom, and then remembered that he had not been fortunate with Zhou Ting for several months, fortunately, he was troubled today, and it was good to go in and see her.

Zhou Ting's time in the palace has not been short, and she naturally understands that she will restrain herself in front of the emperor, so after the emperor came, she reflected her weak side many times, Song Renzong held her in his arms, and suddenly felt a sense of excitement, so he didn't care about anything else, and fought with Zhou Ting in bed during the day.

After sweating profusely, Song Renzong's anger also disappeared a lot, so he told Zhou Ting about today's troubles, after Zhou Ting listened, she also felt that this case was extremely difficult to handle, and thinking that the case was difficult to handle, she suddenly thought of a poisonous plan, so she said in the emperor's ear: "I heard that Hualang is like a god, why didn't the emperor find that Hualang to find the jewel?" ”

was reminded by Zhou Ting like this, Zhao Zhen (Song Renzong) remembered Hua Lang coming, so after a warm encounter with Zhou Ting, he returned to the imperial study and ordered someone to call Hua Lang.

It was already late afternoon, but because it was spring, the day was slowly getting longer, so it wasn't too late, and Hua Lang, Wen Meng and the others were playing at home.

Just as they were playing at home, Bao Zheng hurried over and told him about the loss of the orb in the palace, Hua Lang didn't care after hearing it, and said: "It's just a orb, how can the emperor care!" ”

Bao Zheng naturally understood what Hua Lang meant, so he said: "Of course the emperor doesn't care about a treasure orb, but someone can enter and leave the palace freely, which has to be worrying!" ”

After listening to Bao Zheng's words, Hua Lang smiled and said: "Brother Bao, why should you worry, this matter is obviously done by the thief, the palace is so strictly guarded, how can outsiders come in, the emperor set up a banquet in the imperial garden at noon today, it was extremely chaotic at that time, it may be that the inner ghost stole it at that time, and it is not very difficult to find the thief to come out." ”

Just when Bao Zheng was about to ask how to find out the thief, the person sent by the emperor had already arrived, and the person who came was the fifth duke who went to Duanzhou last time to deliver the decree, and after he told the emperor about the matter of Hua Lang entering the palace, he said to Hua Lang: "Dude, please!" ”

The emperor asked Hua Lang to look for the orb, which everyone didn't expect, but just now everyone heard Hua Lang say that the orb is easy to find, and the thief is also easy to find, so they are not worried about this matter, so they followed Hua Lang into the palace.

Song Renzong originally only called Hua Lang alone, Wen Mengyin Wuxian and the others insisted on going, those eunuchs were very embarrassed, but they didn't dare to refuse, because they were worried that these people were Hua Lang's helpers, if there were no these helpers, what if Hua Lang couldn't find the jewel?

The eunuch reported to Zhao Zhen first, but Zhao Zhen didn't care about this matter, so the eunuch dared to bring Wen Meng and others into the imperial study together.

After entering the imperial study, Hua Lang and Bao Zheng and others saluted Zhao Zhen, and after Zhao Zhen was exempted, he told the whole story, and then asked: "Hua Lang, do you have the ability to find the jewel?" ”

When Zhao Zhen asked this, Zhou Ting stood aside, she looked at Hua Lang coldly, thinking that after Hua Lang couldn't find the jewel, she would suddenly teach Hua Lang a lesson.

But Hua Lang thought for a moment and said, "The grass people can naturally find the orb, and they can find it within an hour. ”