After thinking for a while, Master Tang got up and found a picture, it was a picture of a rooster and a gem drawn by the prince, and he gave it to the people below to find out the origin of the gem.
He took the painting and went to the side of the gem to compare it carefully, and found that most of them were the same.
As for the difference, he didn't worry too much about it. The prince didn't copy it, but drew it after roughly recalling it, so there would definitely be some discrepancies.
He put down the painting, leaned on the chair and thought for a while, his heart was swaying.
Unless the prince helped Zhou Man to make a fake, Zhou Man would not be able to come up with such a fake, let alone a day, even a year.
How can such a colorful jade stone that happens to be in the shape of a rooster be so easy to find
Not to mention it still needs carving and polishing.
If it's not fake, it's real.
Master Tang frowned in distress.
Zhou Man's words, deeds and expressions told him that it was a lie; but the facts and evidence told him that it was true.
Master Tang rubbed his forehead, got up and put the things into the rattan box, thought for a while, took them out again, and called someone to say: "Find a good box."
Such a good thing must come with a good box, right
It's too shabby to put it in a rattan box.
Master Tang took the things to the East Palace for the prince to recognize.
The front hall of the East Palace was bustling, and he didn't know what the Crown Prince was arguing with the officials of the East Palace. He waited in the yard for a while before the Crown Prince came out with a sullen face, and went to the small study with Mr. Tang to talk.
Master Tang took the gem out of the box while paying attention to the expression on the prince's face.
Seeing Master Tang take out the gemstone, he frowned, couldn't help getting up and moving away from it, and asked with a frown, "Where did you come from Zhou Man? What can you tell?"
Master Tang asked: "Your Highness, are you sure that this stone is the one you gave Zhou Man?"
The prince didn't even look close, and said directly: "This is the one, what's the matter?"
Master Tang shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing, I just came to check with His Highness."
Seeing that the prince was still standing far away, he smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, Zhou Man said that she has removed the toxin from this stone, and now this gemstone is not poisonous."
The prince didn't want to see it even if it wasn't poisonous, so he still stood far away.
Master Tang put it away when he saw it, and reconfirmed, "Your Highness said it glows at night, so the poison comes from the light?"
The prince frowned and said, "That's what Zhou Man said at the time, what, didn't you ask her?"
I asked, but he suspected every word that the little girl said was false, so he didn't believe it at all.
Master Tang smiled and then asked some questions, the key point was how Zhou Man was sure that this stone was poisonous.
After asking clearly, he hugged the box and left.
After all, Mr. Tang didn't dare to take the things home, so he stayed in the criminal department to work overtime at night. He was so angry that Mr. Tang sent someone to bring him a bowl of soup every half an hour.
Master Tang drank the third bowl of soup sadly, it's finally getting dark!
As night fell, the dark room was still dark, and the stones on the table did not respond at all.
Master Tang sighed, got up in the dark, and followed his memory to find the door. Once in the yard, the soft moonlight shone down, and he finally couldn't lose sight of his fingers.
Seeing this, the boy who had been hiding in the corner immediately struck a flint and lit the lantern to show their master the way.
Master Tang let out a breath and said, "Zhou Man's poison is quite clean."
The servant couldn't help but ask, "My lord, isn't this a good thing?"
Master Tang couldn't put it into words, "Forget it?"
He was about to go home, but in the middle of the walk he frowned, feeling that something was wrong, turned around and went back to the office, only to return to the courtyard, he saw a little fire in his room, he immediately stepped forward, kicked open the door.
The people in the house didn't expect him to go back and forth, they paused holding the gemstone's hand, before putting it into the box, they immediately broke the window holding the gemstone.
The servant yelled, "There are assassins—"
Master Tang has jumped out of the window after him...
Stealing things in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, this is the longevity of the public, right
As a result, Master Tang chased him and ran out of two gates, and there was no guard on the far way.
Seeing that Mr. Tang could reach the corner of the person's clothes with his hand, a person jumped out of the corner and stopped Mr. Tang directly.
Master Tang fought with others in an instant...
The boy chased after him, Master Tang immediately shouted: "Go and get the gem back!"
The boy hesitated for a moment, and felt that although his master was lazy, his kung fu was barely passable, so he ran to chase the thief.
But at this time, it was obvious that more than one accomplice of the thief had entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
The boy was stopped before he had chased him very far. Master Tang sensed it, and was so angry that he kicked back the person who blocked him, and then flew past him and chased him out...
The thief ran all the way to the front yard with the gem in his arms. The yamen guard at the door turned around and saw it, so he pointed at him lazily and asked, "Which yard are you from? What are you doing at night?"
The thief jumped up with the gem in his arms, and flew out of the wall.
The yamen servant was stunned when he saw it, and immediately reacted, pulled out the machete and shouted: "It's a thief! Come on, catch the thief!"
After crossing the wall, the thief squatted down firmly to the ground, stood up, turned around and was about to run, but felt something was wrong in the dark night, and couldn't help but stop.
In the dark alley, someone struck a flint and lit a torch. As soon as the torch was lit, he saw a dozen horses parked in front of him, and the horsemen were looking at him with knives.
The firelight made the horses a little uneasy, so they shook their heads, but the horses' hooves did not move. They were obviously well-trained military horses.
The thief couldn't help taking two steps back, turned around and was about to run to the other side, but he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, and a dozen horses came from behind, also looking down at him.
Just as the two sides were tensely confronting each other, another person jumped off the wall.
As soon as Master Tang stood still, his eyes swept away, and when he saw the movement in the alley, he immediately jumped to the side, not only avoiding the attack range of the thieves, but also not standing side by side with the horses in the alley.
After standing still, he looked at the side holding the torch, and he was relieved when he saw the leader, "Master Yin, it's you."
Yin Li smiled slightly: "Master Tang, I said Jingzhao Mansion is better than the Ministry of Criminal Justice? At least in my Jingzhao Mansion, there will be no thieves."
Mr. Tang was speechless, complaining in his heart, the office in Jingzhao Mansion was cold, and he had to face Yin Li. When he had a choice, of course he chose to go back to work in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
I have to work overtime, of course I have to stay where I am comfortable.
And when the East Palace comes out, the Ministry of Punishment is closer than Jingzhao Mansion.
But now is not the time to discuss this, he took a deep breath, pointed at the thief and said: "Master Yin, let's take him down first, he still has a gem in his hand."
Yin Li raised his finger and made a gesture, and ordered in a deep voice, "Take it down."