Seeing the thieves broke into the room, Shiliu was paralyzed with fright. Along the dressing table, he sat softly on the ground.
With a thief's eye, he saw the jewelry that Pomegranate had just taken off on the table in fear of Prince Mo's return.
The jade bracelets, necklaces, and earrings on the table were there. How could the thieves pass by and refuse to take them? They grabbed them with a swipe of their hands, and then rushed towards the closed window on the other side of the room.
With a bang, the thief smashed the window edge and escaped.
There was a commotion outside, and the guards in the mansion chased him.
Immediately afterwards, two guards rushed in through the knocked open door, followed by six or seven servants.
"Ah, Pomegranate girl, how are you doing?"
"Girl Pomegranate is shocked!"
They all had things in their hands, obviously because the bad guys were chasing them.
"No, it's not good! Somebody robbed my jewelry! It's a treasure worth tens of thousands of taels!" Pomegranate shouted: "Three, three pieces of jewelry just delivered today..."
When she called here, she trembled suddenly, realizing that she had slipped her tongue.
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
Jewelry worth tens of thousands of taels was robbed
No one had time to think about how a maid could have tens of thousands of taels of jewelry, but they were frightened. If the thief comes, walk around and be driven away. Although he didn't take the thief, it can be counted as credit, and it is possible to get some rewards.
But now there is a loss in the mansion, moreover, the jewels of tens of thousands of taels of silver belonging to Prince Mo's official servant girl were robbed. It even happened in Prince Mo's house, this kind of thing is hard to say.
Neither Prince Mo nor Elder Bao was in the mansion, and it happened at this time that thieves entered the mansion. And the thief did not flee empty-handed. So what's the use of raising your rice buckets? !
Everyone was in a cold sweat. Everyone has heard a lot of rumors about Dugu Mo's extermination of relatives in the Jin Kingdom, and even added fuel to it.
If he loses his temper on everyone... everyone shudders suddenly.
"Hurry up and catch the thief!" The two guards shouted, and immediately wanted to lead people to chase them.
"Wait!" A servant shouted coldly: "Don't panic, there is a problem here!"
When everyone heard it, their feet stopped immediately.
The guard didn't know if it was Fu Ling's heart, or someone had pointed it out in advance. Anyway, he was staring at the shiny pomegranate hair-knot, which was particularly eye-catching jewelry under the candlelight and shouted: "What is that?" The golden jade phoenix hairpin was on his head and he forgot to take it off!
If it is ordinary jewelry, it will not stand out at all. But the golden jade phoenix hairpin is a treasure worth 80,000 taels of silver, and it shimmers and shines in the candlelight, anyone will notice its extraordinary value.
Looking at the servant who questioned just now, Shiliu vaguely remembered. He was one of the servants who accompanied himself and Zhou Zhiruo when they went shopping for jewelry on the street.
He has seen the golden jade phoenix hairpin and knows its value!
If Prince Mo held this kind of thing in his hand, no one would think too much about it. But a servant girl wears it on her head, even if she is an official servant girl, her time in the mansion is extremely short after all. Prince Mo didn't take over the house, how to explain where this thing came from
Pomegranate almost cried in fright.
I took things from the eldest prince, but the master didn't know. And the price is huge, everyone will think that this means: eating inside and outside, communicating inside and outside!
For servants such as maids, this is a serious crime worthy of death!
As long as the servant girl and servant committed the crime, and the master caught evidence, there was no need to send him to the official, even if he was killed on the spot, no one could question it.
"I, I... this... this..." Pomegranate covered her face and cried loudly.
If she changes the subject at this time. Even if you say a few prevarication words forcefully, maybe you can pass.
But she cried like this. Everyone felt something was wrong.
The leader of the guards knew the priorities, and immediately ordered: "Leave two people to watch her, don't let her lose the evidence. Let's go after the thief!"
Pomegranate sat on the cold ground and cried, only listening to the noise outside.
It seems that the thief's whereabouts have been revealed and he is fighting with the guards in the mansion.
"He is distracting us, and only let a few servants look for it. The rest of the brothers follow me closely, don't let him run away!"
It seemed that the thief had thrown something out, and the guards arranged for people to find what was left behind, and then went after the fleeing thief again.
Pomegranate only felt cold all over.
How to do how to do
She was terrified. My mind was in a mess, and I couldn't think of anything.
Those previous dreams of princes and concubines, and even becoming a queen, all turned into clouds.
Prince Mo happened to invite the Xuncheng school lieutenant who was off duty to come to the mansion for a drink.
Xuncheng Xiaowei and his party got acquainted with Prince Mo because of the inspection of Zonghengquan Huo's family, and they are planning to come to get together.
Who would have thought that the moment they arrived at Prince Mo's mansion, they heard that there was a thief in the mansion half an hour ago.
The matter of thieves can also be under the jurisdiction of Xuncheng Xiaowei, so they naturally got involved.
"I've only been away for less than a day, how could there be thieves? How could a thief be so bold and dare to break into my prince's mansion?" Prince Mo was furious, and slapped the table: "You guys who have five or six stars of profound energy The guards are all for dry food? Let him come in and go around and escape?"
The guard on duty knelt down.
Some guards tried to explain: "The thieves also have a profound energy level of no less than five stars. Moreover, the gentleman on Liang is good at thieves, and his escape at night is far better than ordinary people, so we tried our best but failed to catch them."
Prince Mo stared: "Then according to your opinion, as long as there is a thief above five stars, I have to let him run around in my house?!"
There were also guards who tried to find an excuse to justify or transfer the pressure, and hurriedly reported: "Master, calm down, we found something strange while catching that thief, maybe someone was in touch with the thief!"
"What?"
"Master, please take a look. These are the three pieces of jewelry that the thief left behind in order to divert his attention when he fled in a hurry." The guard explained with sweat on his face: "The villain has seen it, and it is very valuable. Especially a pair of jade bracelets seem to be very valuable." With spiritual energy, it was thrown out of thin air and it was not broken. I'm afraid that someone was trying to steal these things."
Prince Mo looked at the three pieces of jewelry presented, carefully picked them up and looked at them: "Jade bracelets, necklaces, earrings, where did these things come from? I don't know why. Have you ever seen Leopard?"
Old Leopard next to him shook his head: "No, no. I don't know how to hold it, and I have never seen it before. Does Miss Zhou know?"
Wu Zhe stepped forward to have a look, and although his eyes were shining, he shook his head.
Captain Xuncheng watched with a few of his subordinates, and was surprised that the thing appeared out of nowhere.
"Let me tell you, the servant girl in your room, Pomegranate, is flashing words and acting differently. She even wears a golden jade phoenix hairpin worth 80,000 taels on her hair..."
Eighty thousand taels? The captain patrolling the city rubbed his teeth when he heard it. Prince Mo is willing to give such an expensive jewelry to a servant girl
But look at that girl named Zhou Zhiruo next to Prince Mo...
If the pomegranate was so beautiful and charming, it's no wonder Prince Mo was willing to reward her like this.
"What 80,000 taels? How can there be such a thing in pomegranate?" Prince Mo looked confused.
"Eighty thousand taels of gold jade phoenix hairpin?" Wu Zhe covered his lips in astonishment and said, "Could it be the last time I went shopping..."
"Miss Zhou has such a good memory! It was the golden jade phoenix hairpin that was bought by a person dressed as a scholar in the jewelry store of the Chu family on the street last time." A family member who was kneeling in the distance came out more and more, kneeling and crawling forward. After a dozen or so steps, he shouted: "That golden jade phoenix hairpin is worth eighty thousand taels! The store owner must remember it, so let them come and recognize it. But the little ones don't understand, how can they wear it when someone buys it?" Is it on the head of Pomegranate girl?"...
Although his words were clearly intended to shirk responsibility, the guards who were watching the city felt a chill in their hearts.
Incredible! There is something wrong here!
They also realized that they were afraid that some pomegranate maid might have something to do with thieves.
Maybe the thief who escaped just now was not with this servant girl, but it is hard to guarantee whether this servant girl has been cheating before. Otherwise, how could the valuable jewelry that was bought by others get into her hands again
"What you said is true?" Prince Mo's eyes widened.
The servant bowed: "I don't dare to talk nonsense, the nine people with me have all witnessed it with their own eyes! And I heard Pomegranate himself say that he was robbed of tens of thousands of jewelry by thieves!"
Prince Mo's face was gloomy: "Where's the pomegranate?"
"She, she was crying in the cubicle."
Prince Mo said solemnly: "Come and see me!"
Upon hearing these words, everyone knew that Prince Mo was furious.
Pomegranate was brought up by the collar like a chicken.
"Kneel down!" The guard who brought her over was not in a good mood at all, kicked Shiliu behind her knees, and immediately fell to the ground.
In fact, even if she didn't kick, she would be paralyzed to the ground after being carried over.
Pomegranate, who was already a guilty conscience, was stunned.
Everyone saw that the girl who was sitting slumped on the ground had a very gorgeous hairpin stuck in her hair.
The Xuncheng school captain and his team stared at it: Is this the golden jade phoenix hairpin? That's right, gold inlaid with jade, not to mention the handwork, just the combination of gold and jade plus the pearls and jade on it, the value of this jewelry will not be less than 10,000 taels!
Prince Mo asked someone to bring the tray over for Pomegranate to see: "These jewelry are yours?"
Pomegranate trembled and couldn't speak. She had already thought that she would be beaten into a crime of stealing from the inside out and being a thief from the inside out.
"Say it!" Old Leopard yelled at the side.
In the past, with Wu Zhe around, Shiliu could see Lao Bao's smiling face. I didn't expect to see the power of the Xuanwu saint just today.
Shiliu trembled violently, and panicked: "Yes, no, no, yes..."
"Excuse me!" Old Leopard scolded.
Pomegranate burst into tears: "Someone gave it to me!"
Prince Mo asked: "Who sent you off?!"
Pomegranate suddenly remembered that this was a life-saving chance. Relying on that person's identity, he may have a chance of survival. If you don't tell me, you are afraid that you will be beaten to death on the spot and no one will complain for you, so you hurriedly shouted: "Yes, it is the eldest prince!"