Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 329 A Tasty Case
The Gou Chen Division suffered heavy losses, so naturally they needed to strengthen their staff. Chen Baxian made a big fuss and called out to the neighbors, and A Niu and A Liang came to join them.

Firstly, the salary here is several times higher than that of menial jobs in the county; secondly, the two of them also want to learn magical powers; thirdly, life will be easier if they have someone to protect them.

Of course, Ren Yuan also warned them of the dangers of the Gou Chen Division in advance, but the two still wanted to join, so he had no choice but to fulfill their wish... Now that the Fifth Dimension is in charge of the daily work of the Gou Chen Division, it is very easy for Ren Yuan to recruit two people.

"Stop it." Everyone was laughing when Deputy Chief Yang Zhong came over quickly and said to Ren Yuan in a deep voice, "Guardian Master, the Fifth Guardian Master wants you to go to the palace with him immediately. It seems like something important has happened."

"Okay." Ren Yuan nodded, touched the golden badge, and quickly went to meet the fifth dimension.

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"Hurry up and follow me into the palace." Diwu Wei had been waiting for him for a long time. He didn't even ride a horse. He directly picked up the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict and flew to Taicheng with Ren Yuan.

The three of them landed at Xuanwu Gate in a blink of an eye. The eunuch straightened his clothes and led the two to the palace. Ren Yuan and Diwuwei showed their badges and came to Shiqian Hall smoothly.

The Shiqian Palace was heavily guarded. After reporting, the eunuch allowed the two to go in directly.

Ren Yuan and Diwu Wei saw that the hall was in a mess. It seemed that the emperor had just had a rage and no one was seen.

Fortunately, Chen Qianzhi is still alive.

The two of them quickly cast inquiring glances at their boss.

"What you see and hear now are all state secrets of our dynasty. Not a single word of them are allowed to be leaked." Chen Qianzhi first warned the two with a serious face.

"Yes!" The two of them responded in a deep voice.

Chen Qingzhi then sighed and whispered to the two of them, "Just now, the emperor discovered that the imperial seal was missing."

"Ah?" The two exclaimed at the same time. This was truly a state secret. If this news got out, the world would be in an uproar.

"Moreover..." Chen Qingzhi continued with a strange expression, "The thief who stole the jade seal also left a pool of... human yellow in the jade box."

"What?!" Ren Yuan and Diwuwei's jaws almost dropped to the ground in shock. "Ren Zhong Huang, isn't that... Mi Tian Gong?"

"Yes." Chen Qingzhi said with a stern face: "This is the worst provocation to the emperor and the most serious humiliation to Daliang. The emperor is furious and ordered the Gou Chensi to solve the case immediately. No matter what method is used, the thief must be found as soon as possible!"

"Understood!" The two of them responded. Diwu Wei looked at the broken box on the ground and the yellow and black objects mixed in between, and asked in a low voice: "Is this the box that holds the jade seal?"

"Yes." Chen Qingzhi nodded: "The emperor smashed it to pieces in a rage."

Then he ordered, “Put it away and go back to study it carefully.”

"Put it away." The fifth dimension looked at Ren Yuan.

"Collect..." Ren Yuan looked around habitually and found that Yang Zhong and Chen Baxian were not here. He was the lowest-ranking official here. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "I miscalculated. I should have brought my eldest brother with me..."

Fortunately, he now had great magical powers. With a roll of his sleeves, those rags and filth disappeared into thin air, and no one knew where they were hidden.

"The emperor has authorized you to interrogate anyone in the palace at will, anywhere you want." Chen Qingzhi handed a handwritten order to Diwu Wei and said, "Hurry up and get busy."

"Yes." The Fifth Dimension responded and looked at Ren Yuan, who smiled awkwardly and said, "Then ask Chen Shuai first."

"Okay." Chen Qianzhi nodded and said seriously: "You ask." "Tell me what you think." Ren Yuan said bluntly.

"You kid." Chen Qingzhi smiled bitterly, and after a little thought, he said, "To be honest, I am also confused. The jade seal is kept in the secret vault of the imperial palace. It is heavily guarded and has many restrictions. There are three light gates. In theory, even the nine-orifice supernatural power cannot steal it."

"Of course, since he was able to steal it, he must have taken advantage of a loophole that we don't know about yet. This requires the two of you to find him." Chen Qingzhi lowered his voice and said:
"But this strange behavior of defecating in the jade box reminds me of someone."

"Who?"

"Prince Yuzhang." Chen Qingzhi said softly, "It was also New Year's Day that year. After the defeat at Luokou, Xiao Hong showed no shame and was still acting like the sixth uncle to his brothers. Prince Yuzhang quietly went out, got on his gorgeous carriage, and then had a big shit on the seat."

"I remember now..." The Fifth Dimension nodded and said, "That's what happened."

"Yes, this joke has spread throughout the capital, so it is possible that this is a copycat crime, deliberately framing Prince Yuzhang. You still have to investigate carefully and don't make preconceived assumptions." Chen Qingzhi lowered his voice to an inaudible level and said, "The emperor has decided to entrust Prince Yuzhang with an important task. He won't believe you without solid evidence."

"Understood." The two of them responded and came out to let Dong Ping take them to the Imperial Palace. As Chen Qingzhi said, the defense was strict and there were many restrictions. There were three light gates...

The fifth dimension has been promoted to the ninth level and has extraordinary magical powers. He tried to be a thief, but found that there was no hope.

"The restriction weakens my magical power too much." After being nearly killed by the restriction again, he finally stopped trying, wiped his sweat and said, "Even if there is no one guarding me, I can't enter the last door."

"Yes, as long as the ban is on, there is no need to worry. This is a formation that can block even a demigod." Dong Ping said with a sad face: "If the emperor doesn't give me the token, it's impossible for me to embezzle even if I want to."

"What token?" Ren Yuan asked.

"Here." Dong Ping took out the golden key and handed it to Ren Yuan, saying, "In addition to unlocking the door, this key can also prevent the prohibition of the secret vault from being activated. You can't get in without it."

"Who keeps the keys?" Ren Yuan asked again.

"The emperor keeps it close to him and never gives it to anyone else." Dong Ping shook his head.

Dong Ping didn't know anything more, so the fifth dimension used his great magical power of "being there" to try to recreate the situation at that time.

He didn't hold out much hope at first, because the palace was protected by a formation and basically nothing could be seen.

However, I didn’t expect that there would be a picture this time!

The three of them saw that in the empty secret vault, suddenly a square brick in the corner of the wall was pushed up, and then a rat-looking guy came out, followed by a blurry-faced guy... but judging from his movements and posture, he should be a man in his twenties or thirties.

"It shouldn't be Xiao Zong, he's not that thin." The Fifth Dimension whispered to Ren Yuan.

"Has the Lord forgotten that he has lost weight?" Ren Yuan still had a score to settle with Xiao Zong. Naturally, he had been keeping an eye on him during the time Xiao Zong was back in Jiankang.

"Oh, I remember now." The Fifth Dimension suddenly realized, "I have lost weight. I have to say, my figure is really similar to this person's."

Then the man whose face could not be seen came to the rosewood niche, took down the gold-inlaid jade box, opened it and took out a square jade seal.

After putting it into his sleeve, the man put the jade box on the ground, took off his pants and soaked it...

(End of this chapter)