Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 458 Treasure Thief

"It looks like this is a desperate place!" Li Canghai frowned, he looked up at the steep cliffs on both sides, and subconsciously touched his nose.

There are steep cliffs on both sides, and the valley is full of fog, and I don't know how high it is. If a stone falls from above, it will be smashed into meatloaf.

Li Canghai squinted his eyes, trying hard to see the stars in the sky through the thick fog, so as to identify the direction below, but suddenly found a mass of dark objects falling from above.

Li Canghai was startled, and hurriedly moved aside.

I saw that thing was like a meteor falling from the sky, carrying the momentum of thunder, whistling and landing at the position where he was standing just now.

"Damn! What the hell is this?" Li Canghai cursed involuntarily.

Just when Li Canghai was about to go over to check, a rope suddenly dropped from above.

Li Canghai's heart moved, he quickly extinguished the torch, and hid behind a nearby boulder.

Not long after, a figure fell into the canyon along the rope.

After the man's feet landed on the ground, he immediately took out the torch, lit the torch stuck in his waist, and then carried the fallen objects on his back, walking towards the depths of the canyon.

Li Canghai was a little surprised when he saw that person, and after thinking about it, he cautiously followed him.

I saw the man carrying something on his back, came to a cave in the canyon, and then walked in.

Li Canghai followed the cave, watched carefully from a distance, and found that there were many things hidden in the cave, including several wooden boxes.

After the man put down the package, he took some things out of the package and put them into the wooden box.

Li Canghai discovered that all of those things were gold, silver and agate, and besides that, there were also rare items such as silk and satin.

Li Canghai frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, he did not reveal his identity, but quietly left the cave and returned to the rope.

Li Canghai looked up at the rope, and after thinking about it, he pulled the rope and stepped on the cliff to climb up.

Although the mountain wall is steep, but fortunately there are protrusions, so it is not difficult to climb it.

It only took Li Canghai a quarter of an hour to climb up.

Only at this time did he realize that the cliff was only ten feet high, and the top could not be seen because of the dense fog in the canyon.

What surprised him even more was that there were stoves, firewood piles and other things on the edge of the cliff, which looked very familiar.

This is clearly the backyard of the shrine!
Li Canghai looked around, then looked down at the cliff, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he walked towards the shrine.

In a stone pavilion in the shrine, Wanyu and Conan sat on a stone bench, each frowning, their expressions full of worry.

"I'm back." Li Canghai said.

When Wanyu heard the words, she immediately jumped up from the stone bench, hurried to Li Canghai's side, and asked eagerly, "My lord, where have you been? Why haven't I seen you all day?"

Conan also came over. Seeing that Li Canghai was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother Li, you are back. Miss Wanyu is worried that you will be in danger and insists on waiting here for you to come back. If you If I don’t come back, I really don’t know what to do.”

Li Canghai smiled apologetically at the two of them, and said, "I'm really sorry for making you worry. However, I did find out some things when I went out this time, and you must be very interested."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Conan asked.

Li Canghai went to the stone bench and sat down, and told the two about the pirate going crazy.

"No wonder they haven't come to the shrine. It turns out that they are in trouble." Conan said with narrowed eyes.

Li Canghai nodded and said, "That's right, there are only two of them now, so there's nothing to be afraid of, and you don't need to worry too much. By the way, did Zhang Da get caught?"

Conan shook his head and sighed: "This person seems to have disappeared out of thin air. I sent people to search for him for two days, but they couldn't find his whereabouts."

Li Canghai lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then said, "Brother Conan, what tribute did you bring to Tang this time?"

Conan said: "In addition to the three major artifacts, there are 10 taels of gold, 50 li of silver, a hundred dendrobium of high-quality pearl agate, and a hundred boxes of Dongying silk. Also, there are those imperial wines that were smashed. Why did Brother Li All of a sudden?"

"Where are these tributes now?" Li Canghai asked.

"When the ship hit the rocks, some of the tribute sank into the sea, and some were in the shrine," Conan said.

"I'm afraid the tributes in the shrine have already disappeared?" Li Canghai touched his chin and said meaningfully.

Conan frowned slightly, and asked in surprise, "What does Brother Li mean by that?"

"Brother Conan, you can go and check it, and you will understand what I mean." Li Canghai said.

When Conan heard this, he immediately stood up and walked towards the room where the tribute was stored.

Except for the wine jar, these tributes are placed outside, and the rest are placed in the room. Because there are few of them and they are all their own people here, there are no guards.

Conan opened the door and went in. He glanced at the box on the ground, walked up to him, opened the box, and was stunned.

The chest is full of stones, where is there any gold, silver and jewels?
"What... what's going on here?" Conan was startled, cursed angrily, and was about to rush out to find someone to ask.

Li Canghai, who was standing in front of the door, stopped him, booed him, and said, "Brother Conan, don't panic, I know where the gold and silver are. However, there are still some mysteries unsolved. Silver will appear."

Conan's face was a little ugly, he stomped his feet resentfully, and said angrily in a low voice: "Brother Li, since you know where the gold and silver are hidden, you must also know who stole it? Who is it? Who is so bold, dare to hide it?" Stealing tribute gold and silver?"

Conan is not a fool, he guessed it at a glance, this is their own guarding and stealing.

Now, for the Japanese envoys, it is a troubled time.

First he was shipwrecked, then he was exiled on a deserted island, and then the princess suffered an accident, and now even the tribute has been stolen, and he is one of his own, how can he not be angry?
Li Canghai looked calm. He looked at Conan and said, "Brother Conan, can you trust me?"

"Natural trust." Conan said.

Li Canghai said good, and said: "Since brother Conan trusts me, you might as well entrust this matter to me. I will explain everything to you, but not now."

Conan stared at him for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then Brother Li will have to work hard on this matter!"

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Brother Conan, you don't have to be polite, but brother Conan should act as if nothing happened, lest the thieves find out that he has shown his feet and take risks."

The two left the house and got together to discuss some things before returning separately.

Silent night, the next morning.

Li Canghai just woke up from his sleep when he heard noises coming from outside.

(End of this chapter)