"My lord, the treasure house has been stolen. The four treasures in the house, namely, the Fiery God Bead, the Godly Heavenly Music Picture, the Eight Diagrams Furnace, and the Mutton Fat Jade Bottle, have all been stolen." Huo Feng, the head of the Liang Palace guards, knelt on one knee and nervously reported the news to Liang Lian. Huo Feng lowered his head, and he did not dare to look up at the expression of his master at this moment, because even without looking up, he could guess that his master's expression would not be very good after hearing the news.
"What?!" Huo De, the young man who was looking down at the antique in his hand, raised his head, his face suddenly darkened terribly, "Huo Feng, tell me again, which four treasures were lost?"
A cold questioning voice sounded above Huo Feng's head. The anger in the voice made Huo Feng pale. His body trembled with fear, but he had to grit his teeth and repeat: "My lord, what was lost was the Fiery Divine Pearl, the Godly Heavenly Music Picture, the Hourly Eight Diagrams Furnace, and... the Mutton Fat Jade Bottle."
"Heh—" Liang Lian sneered, and suddenly his face darkened. He dropped the antique in his hand to the ground with a "pa—" sound, and grabbed Huo Feng by the collar and pulled him up from the ground. "You mean to say that the four tributes from foreign countries were easily stolen under the layers of guards in my Liang Wang Mansion, huh?"
Knowing that his young master was on the verge of a rage, Huo Feng secretly swallowed his saliva and nodded nervously: "Yes-"
"Pa—" Before he could finish his words, he was slapped in the face.
"Asshole, good-for-nothing, do you think that my Liang Palace keeps you here for free?" Liang Lian angrily cursed, "Do you know that if we can't find the four lost treasures, not only will your life be in danger, but I'm afraid that everyone in my Liang Palace will be executed!"
"I deserve to die!" Huo Feng didn't care about the pain on his face, he knelt on one knee and said repeatedly: "But please calm down, sir. I know that the tribute was stolen and the matter is serious, so I dare not be careless. I have asked the two guards on duty in detail and learned that they had met the thief. So I immediately ordered the painter in the mansion to draw the thief's appearance according to the description of the two guards. As soon as the portrait is finished, I will immediately bring people to arrest the person according to the portrait... I promise you that I will catch the thief as soon as possible and recover the lost treasures."
Liang Lian snorted and warned with a cold face: "Huo Feng, I don't care how many people you mobilize or what means you use. If you can't recover the four stolen treasures within three days, you will be beheaded!"
Huo Feng's heart sank, and he accepted the order and said, "Yes!"
"Get out!" Liang Lian waved his men away and paced back and forth in the room in annoyance. "The treasure house was stolen, it's a serious matter, I have to inform my father as soon as possible." He paused, turned around, and strode quickly towards the master bedroom...
"Sister, look, I brought back all the four treasures you mentioned." After returning to Baoan Hall, Xiaoqing went straight to Bai Suzhen's boudoir. As soon as she stepped into the room, she proudly raised the package in her hand. "The Fiery Divine Pearl, the Godly Heavenly Music Picture, the Hourly Eight Trigrams Furnace, and this - the Mutton Fat Jade Purifying Bottle." She took out the four treasures one by one, placed them on the table, and looked up at Bai Suzhen, "Sister, isn't that right? These are the four, right?"
Bai Suzhen's eyes swept over the four treasures on the table, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She looked up at Xiaoqing and nodded gently, "Yes, these are the four treasures, no difference at all."
"That's good." Xiao Qing brushed her sleeves, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, pulled a chair over and sat down, took the teapot on the table and poured herself a cup of tea.
"Qing'er, is everything going well?" Bai Suzhen sat down on the chair opposite Xiaoqing. After Xiaoqing put down her water cup, she asked, "Did you encounter any trouble in the Liang Palace?"
Xiaoqing said, "The Liang Palace is easy to find, but the four treasures are hidden so secretly that it took some effort to find them... Apart from that, there's nothing else - by the way..." Xiaoqing suddenly remembered the Tai Chi Bagua Mirror at the gate of the Liang Palace. She frowned and muttered, "...The Tai Chi Bagua Mirror on the gate of the Liang Palace is also a bit of a hindrance. I can't go out through the main gate and have to go through the side gate." Somehow, the Tai Chi Bagua Mirror always made Xiaoqing feel uncomfortable. She secretly made up her mind that when she went to the Liang Palace next time, she would destroy the Tai Chi Bagua Mirror to avoid the trouble of thinking about it.
"Tai Chi Bagua Mirror?" Bai Suzhen was about to ask in detail, but Xiaoqing shook her head and added: "Oh, I think I also played a trick on two soldiers from the Liang Palace... Well, overall, it seems that I didn't encounter any trouble on this trip to the Liang Palace."
"Qing'er, did you fight with the people from Prince Liang's Mansion?" Bai Suzhen didn't bother to ask about the Tai Chi Bagua Mirror, and hurriedly asked, "Did anyone get hurt?"
Xiao Qing quickly shook her head: "Sister, don't worry, I know the importance of what I do. I just cast a spell to freeze their bodies to prevent them from bothering me."
"That's good." Bai Suzhen breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't help but frowning when she thought that the people in Liang Wang Mansion already knew that the treasures were stolen. She originally just wanted to borrow the four treasures that the Liang Wang had secretly detained as tribute to the emperor, without alerting anyone in Liang Wang Mansion, and then return the four treasures after helping Xu Xian to deal with the Christmas of the Three Emperors' Ancestor. But now Xiaoqing has alerted the people in Liang Wang Mansion, and she is afraid that it won't be long before the people in Liang Wang Mansion will find this place, and then there will be trouble.
"Sister, don't worry." Seeing Bai Suzhen frowning, Xiaoqing easily guessed what she was worried about. She raised her eyebrows and said calmly, "Sister, you didn't see that there are countless gold, silver and jewelry hidden in the warehouse of Prince Liang's Mansion. Prince Liang is just a court official. Even though he is powerful, his annual salary is well documented. There is absolutely no reason for him to accumulate so much wealth. So you don't have to think about it to know that Prince Liang is definitely not a good official. I guess he hid the treasure in the treasure house. Most of the treasures were not obtained in a legitimate way. Even if he knew that the treasures were lost, he would never dare to look for them in a high-profile manner. He would only send people to search for them secretly. And the day after tomorrow is the birthday of the Three Emperors' Patriarch. We only need to display the four stolen treasures for one day, let that idiot Xu Xian show off in front of the Three Emperors' Patriarch Association and those local gentry, and then quickly put the treasures away. In such a short time, it is impossible for the people from the Liang Palace to search Suzhou Prefecture..."
"This..." Bai Suzhen thought about it and felt that what Xiaoqing said was not unreasonable. However, in just two days, it was unlikely that the people from the Liangwang Mansion would come to Suzhou Mansion. Besides, things had come to this point, and it was not a good idea to worry about it now... That's all! That's all! I just hope that the birthday of the Three Emperors' ancestors will pass soon, so that the four treasures can be returned quickly.