Jianming Chaos

"Of course, I will trade it anyway sooner or later. I will take Mr. Gu to the National Treasure House to have a look at it immediately. Gongjin and Zijing, you all come too." After finishing speaking, Sun Quan went into the study to get the key, ready to take Kong Ming to open it. Eye-opening.

The National Treasure House was heavily guarded. Sun Quan led them through one line of defense after another, and finally came to a big iron gate.He said mysteriously, "The crystal ball is inside."

"Why is there no one guarding here?" Kong Ming was puzzled.

"This iron door is extremely strong, and there is only one key, and outsiders will never be able to open it." Sun Quan inserted the strange-shaped key into the keyhole, turned to the right three times, and opened the iron door.

Excited Sun Quan was about to show everyone his treasures, when suddenly, he found that the Ginza was empty——the sacred ball had disappeared!

He turned pale with fright, hurriedly called someone in, and asked, "Where's the crystal ball?"

The guards were dumbfounded, and all shook their heads; the captain of the guard was even more ashen-faced, and the loss of the national treasure due to ineffective guarding was a serious crime.

Sun Quan was furious: "You idiot, can't you even watch a ball?!"

The captain of the guard said: "Report to the lord, we guard day and night, and no outsiders come in."

The guards all nodded to prove that the confession was consistent.Zhou Yu asked, "Are you sure no one came in?"

The captain of the guard tried his best to recall, and said: "By the way, I remembered one thing. Master Lu Ji came here half a month ago. He also brought a soldier and said that he was ordered by the lord to do monthly inspections. I Seeing that he had the key, he let them in."

After hearing this, Sun Quan collapsed to the ground.He had thought it was impenetrable here.

Everyone hurriedly helped him up.Sun Quan said, "Lu Ji did it. Gu never gave him the key."

Kong Ming asked the guards: "Did you follow them when they came in? Did you have anything in your hands when they went out?"

"No, because Mr. Lu is the lord's confidant, we dare not follow casually; but I can guarantee that both of them are empty-handed, and all the guards here can testify!" The tone of the captain of the guard is very sure.

Lu Su asked, "Apart from Lu Ji, has anyone else been here?"

The captain of the guard replied: "Absolutely not, I am sure!"

Kong Ming asked, "When was the last time General Sun came here?"

Sun Quan said: "I came here once last month, but I haven't been here since then."

"Does anyone else have the key here?"

"This key is a special edition. It is the only one in the world. I carry it with me alone. It is impossible for Lu Ji to get it."

"Who designed this iron gate?"

"It's Lu Ji!" Sun Quan slapped his head, "I just remembered. Two years ago, Lu Ji asked someone to design this iron door for Gu. He said that this door is very strong and cannot be opened without a key. He gave this key to Gu. He said it was the only one and there was no private match. Gu trusted him too much at the time and didn't realize his conspiracy at all. He must have allocated two identical keys in advance. Give one to the orphan and keep the other for yourself. This traitor is so bold that he dares to steal the national treasure blatantly!"

"It seems that the crystal ball was indeed stolen by Lu Ji, but what was his motive?" Kong Ming touched his chin lightly with a feather fan, and entered into a state of thinking, "General Sun, forgive me for asking, how long has Lu Ji been in politics in your country?" ? How much is the current monthly salary?"

Although Sun Quan didn't quite understand why he asked these questions, he still responded: "Lu Ji entered the palace in the fifth year of Jian'an (200 A.D.). At that time, his deceased brother Sun Ce had just passed away. Not long after Gu just came to power, he recommended himself to join. However, he was indeed very talented and outstanding, and he was highly valued by Gu at that time. As for the amount of salary, this Gu is really not clear, and I need to send Taicang official Gu Cheng to inquire."

"No need, since he is highly regarded by General Sun, his salary is naturally not low. Does he have any bad habits? For example, gambling, whoring and so on?" Kong Ming asked Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su at the same time.

The three of them thought for a while, then shook their heads to express their incomprehension.Sun Quan was puzzled: "In the eyes of everyone, Lu Ji has always been a very upright person. I have never heard of him having such bad habits; besides, he already has a family, and the whole family lives in the palace. It is reasonable to say that he should not. Why, sir? Ask this question?"

Kong Ming explained: "I just want to confirm whether he stole the ball for money. According to General Sun, he didn't do it for money, so why? Since he is an upright person, he can prompt such an 'upright' person to take the risk. It's not an easy story to take such a big risk to steal a ball."

Kong Ming frowned, and several key factors quickly formed a relationship radiation network in his mind, with the core pointing to two words - stealing the ball.He used all his brain cells to fight, vowing to analyze all the truth in a short time.The others were also very cooperative, quietly waiting for his analysis results.

Before long, his brain cells finally had the fruits of collective labor, but he deliberately kept quiet and just asked: "How did he get the ball out? Could it be that the ball is invisible?"

Kong Ming asked the captain of the guard to carefully recall the situation at that time.The captain of the guard thought for a while, and said: "It's strange to say, I think the soldier who came with Mr. Lu seemed to have a bigger belly after he came out, but it wasn't very obvious. I didn't think about it at the time."

"Did that person hide the ball in his clothes?" Zhou Yu felt that this kind of stealing method was too clumsy and impossible.

"The crystal ball is so big, it looks like a pregnant woman hidden in the clothes, who can't see it?" Lu Su didn't believe it.

"It seems that the secret lies in that soldier." Kong Ming knocked on the head after speaking, "Hey, we are so confused, why don't we just arrest Lu Ji for interrogation?"

One sentence reminded Sun Quan, and he immediately sent someone to catch Lu Ji.

Soon, Lu Ji was tied up and taken into the national treasure house.Sun Quan ordered him to kneel down.

Lu Ji panicked.Sun Quan pointed to the empty Ginza and said angrily, "Lu Ji, I ask you, where is the crystal ball?"

"What? The crystal ball is gone?! This...it's none of my business, please be aware, my lord!" Lu Ji pretended to be wronged, but his eyes couldn't hide it from everyone present.

"You still dare to quibble! You hired someone to design this iron door, you secretly assigned the key here, and you stole the crystal ball half a month ago in partnership with someone, how dare you deny it!" Sun Quan sternly shouted.

The captain of the guard said: "Master Lu, you said half a month ago that you were ordered by the lord to conduct monthly inspections. All the soldiers here can testify, and there are inspection records as evidence."

Sun Quan said angrily: "Lu Ji, Wu Gu trusts you so much, how dare you steal the national treasure privately! How dare you deny it!"

"..." Lu Ji was speechless in front of the ironclad evidence.

Sun Quan wanted to draw his sword in a rage.Kong Ming stopped him, walked up to Lu Ji, and said, "You are from the Yue tribe."

"!!!" Everyone present was startled.

"You...what are you talking about? You're talking nonsense!" Lu Ji panicked for a moment.

"Lu Ji, you have deceived everyone in the palace into thinking that you are from Wu, but in fact you are from Shanyue! You are a spy sent by the Yue people to Wu!" Kong Ming said.

Lu Ji looked at Kong Ming without saying a word.In less than ten seconds, he was overwhelmed by Kong Ming's eyes that could see people's hearts, and lowered his head.Everyone present knew that this was tantamount to acquiescing; the most surprised was Sun Quan, who was at a loss for words.

Kongming shouted: "Lu Ji, since you have admitted that you are Shanyue, why don't you confess quickly!"

Lu Ji said nothing.Sun Quan ordered: "Come here, take him into the dungeon, torture him severely, and see if he recruits!"

"Yes!" The captain of the guard ordered, "Take him to the dungeon!"

"Don't...don't, I'll recruit, I'll recruit!" As soon as Lu Ji heard that he was going to enter the dungeon, he immediately surrendered.

Here's what he said:

Eight years ago, Sun Ce was unfortunately attacked and died during a hunting activity. The young Sun Quan became the top manager of Soochow.The news quickly reached King Yue, who believed that the newcomer lacked experience in taking office and must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he appointed Lu Ji to sneak into the Wu Palace as a long-term undercover agent.Lu Ji was ordered by the king of Yue to dress up as a Wu man and go to seek refuge with Sun Quan, who had just succeeded his elder brother. The purpose was to inquire about the internal news of Wu and inform his family.Relying on his own ability, Lu Ji was quickly reused by Sun Quan, and was quickly promoted from an ordinary official to the post of inspector.Two years ago, seeing Sun Quan buying the crystal ball, Lu Ji suddenly hatched a conspiracy to steal the crystal ball and dedicate it to the King of Yue.Therefore, he took the initiative to ask Ying to design and build a first-class anti-theft iron gate for Sun Quan.Sun Quan didn't think much about it, so he handed over the task to him.Therefore, while building the door, Lu Ji secretly prepared two identical keys, one for Sun Quan and one for himself.In this way, he made everyone in the palace mistakenly believe that only Sun Quan has the key to the national treasure house, and invisibly made the key in his hand replace Sun Quan's token, so that he can enter and leave the national treasure house freely, as long as he is not violated by Sun Quan. Just know it.Stealing the ball requires good timing, and he's been waiting for his opportunity for two years.Finally, half a month ago, he made up his mind and secretly contacted another clansman, letting him infiltrate Wu Palace and pretend to be a palace guard.After the two cooperated to steal the crystal ball, the man transferred the ball to the king of Yue.The stealing operation went off without a hitch.

"How did you get the ball out?" Zhou Yu asked.

"We Yue people have a soft body technique called 'Shrinking Belly Kungfu', which is similar to the 'Shrinking Bone Kungfu' of the Central Plains. The person who steals the ball with me will do it. After flattening his stomach, he can absorb it." The crystal ball, so that it will not fall; after covering it with clothes, it will not be easily noticed. This is how we stole the crystal ball." Lu Ji told the truth.

"You stole the ball, why are you still in Wu Palace? You know you will be discovered soon." Kong Ming was puzzled.

Lu Ji sighed, and said, "My lord comes to the National Treasure House once every other month, and I took advantage of this gap to act. Originally, I planned to submit my resignation letter to my lord in these two days, and leave the Wu Palace under the pretext of resigning my old age and returning home." , and returned to Shanyue headquarters, I didn’t expect the lord to come early, which was beyond my expectation.”

"Why didn't you go with your accomplice?" Lu Su asked.

"This was my mistake. It should have been planned early in the morning. My wife and children are still in the palace, and I can't leave them behind. It's only a few days away, alas!" Lu Ji was too regretful.

"In order to please the king of Yue, you can give up your career in Wu?" Kong Ming stared into the other's eyes.

"I'm just a pawn of the Yue people. Besides, I'm about to enter the age of knowing my destiny (50 years old). I've been an undercover agent in Wu country for nearly ten years. It's time to go back. It's just that I didn't think carefully at the time, but since If you do, you can only go for the best policy, anyway, if you stay in Wu Palace for too long, the secret will be exposed one day."

"Are there any accomplices of yours in the palace now?" Zhou Yu asked.

Lu Ji shook his head and remained silent, not daring to meet his eyes.Zhou Yu suddenly picked him up excitedly, and asked sharply, "Did you do what happened to Xiao Qiao?"

"No, no, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me, I swear!"

"How dare you deny it! Quickly and honestly!"

"I really didn't do it, it was purely an accident! Zhou Lang, you made a mistake!" Lu Ji looked innocent.

Kong Ming persuaded: "Forget it, Commander, he has recruited for the theft of national treasures. If Mrs. Zun's matter was done by him, there is no need for him to deny it."

"Then tell me, where is Xiao Qiao now?" Zhou Yu was eager to know the whereabouts of her lover.

"I'm really not sure about this, I can swear to God!" Lu Ji made an oath, it seems that he really didn't know.

Sun Quan's vocal cords finally resumed work. He said to Lu Ji: "The Lonely Grain Transport Team has been attacked many times in recent years. You must be behind the scenes! Even if what happened to Xiao Qiao was not your fault, you have committed the crime of stealing national treasures and The crime of leaking state secrets, both of which are capital crimes! If I don’t kill you today, how can I convince the public!”

Lu Ji was frightened out of his wits and kept begging for mercy.

"Come here, take him to the dungeon, and set a date for trial and behead him!" Sun Quan ordered the soldiers.

The soldiers escorted Lu Ji out; Lu Ji begged for mercy all the way, but it didn't help.The captain of the guard was even more thankful that he had escaped. If the truth could not be found out, Sun Quan would definitely use him to question him.

"This kind of person deserves to be killed, he has deceived us for eight years!" Zhou Yu said angrily.

"He said that there was no accomplice in the palace. I don't know if it is true or not." Lu Su doubted.

"He should be lying." Kong Ming made an in-depth analysis, "Do you think that he can leave Wu Palace and give up his identity as an internal response just to steal the ball to please the King of Yue? There is no doubt that the king of Yue will choose the internal response. So I bet there must be another internal response in the palace, probably one, and the official position is not low, because only those who meet this condition Only people can get some accurate and important information for the Yue people. That's why the King of Yue allowed him to leave the Wu Palace, or in other words, he allowed himself to leave the Wu Palace. But I firmly believe in one thing, Mrs. Xiao Qiao was The kidnapping has nothing to do with him, because to some extent, the occurrence of this kind of thing is not very beneficial to a long-term undercover agent, and may lead to the accelerated exposure of his identity."