Su Chen ran back to Gusu County in one breath along the dark corner of the street wall, avoided the thugs from the back door, climbed up to the third floor of Yanyu Building, and climbed into Annu's boudoir.

Everything in the boudoir was as usual. Miss Anu was still sleeping in the bed of Fu Qin's desk and had not yet woken up from the power of hypnotic drugs.

Only the medicine fragrance in the incense burner, the cigarette was curling, and most of the time it was burned, and the room was full of the medicine fragrance.

Su Chen took off the masked black towel, threw the remaining medicinal fragrance into the stove for heating in the room and burned it clean without leaving any traces.

Open the window, attract fresh air outside, and quickly dilute the aroma of medicine in the room.

He took another sandalwood from the cabinet, folded it away, and then lit it on the incense table. He made two burnt remaining incense sticks and inserted it in the incense Taichung. One stick of incense is one quarter of an hour. According to the amount of sandalwood, about half an hour passed.

The smell of sandalwood became stronger and covered up the original medicinal aroma, so he closed the window again.

After doing this, Su Chen checked again to see if there were any omissions.

He touched the cold jade slip book in his arms, and looked at the street far outside the window with some concern.

I saw that some yamen runners holding torches had appeared on the streets. The quiet street was red under the dark night, shouting loudly.

"Hanshan Taoist Temple was stolen, and a treasure book was lost. Gusu City imposed an emergency curfew!"

"The county magistrate ordered the emergency closure of all city gates to arrest the thieves."

The major squads in the yamen led groups of yamen runners out, rushing out from street to street, searching door to door, setting up checkpoints to catch suspicious people.

Su Chen looked out the window and was running around the street with a torch, and couldn't help but frown deeply.

He stole the book of jade slips from Hanshan Taoist Temple and fled to Yanyu Tower. After such a short time, the entire Gusu County Town was already in panic.

The Taoist priests from Hanshan Taoist Temple were able to invite three yamen runners from the county government to search for the city and arrest them. Their strong influence in Gusu City was indeed terrifying.

Su Chen was inexplicably shocked.

He knew he was in big trouble, and the trouble was even bigger than he thought.

I don’t know what the book of jade slips is, like stabbing a hornet’s nest, which made Hanshan Taoist Temple so powerful.

Fortunately, he was cautious before taking action, made arrangements in advance, and arranged a place to settle down in Yanyulou.

Gusu County is very large, with a population of up to 100,000 households. Even if the yamen runners dispatched from the brigade, they would not be able to search for it for a while. Otherwise, he would be passive now and be exhausted from hiding in the city. I am afraid it would be really bad.

Su Chen thought for a moment, and the book of jade slips and gold ingots should not be placed on his body. He wrapped them in cloth and hid the beams of the house.

...

Su Chen sat in the room with a bunch of pudding and felt that it was not appropriate to sit still. So he took a book from the bookshelf on the side of the room and pretended to be reading.

The sandalwood on the table was swaying and the smoke was swaying.

After a little moment, Anu's medicine power passed and finally woke up slowly. Her clear and beautiful eyes looked around and found that she was actually asleep while playing the piano. Su Chen was still sitting opposite the curtain, and she couldn't help but show her apology.

"Oh, Mr. Su, I'm sorry, Anu wanted to play a piano piece for you, but she didn't expect to fall asleep. How long have I been sleeping?"

"Ah, it took only half an hour to take a nap. I understood a little bit of medicine. Seeing that your face was a little pale and your complexion was not very good, it was probably because Miss Anu had been practicing piano for a while, and she would fall asleep when she was tired! Seeing that you were a little tired, I didn't disturb you and woke me up and read the idle book for a while."

Su Chen coughed lightly, pretended to flip through the books in his hand, and said with a smile.

He was not worried about being seen. The Book of Jade Slips and the Golden Instrument had been hidden long ago. Without any evidence, who could do anything to him?

Miss Anu and Su Chen looked at the incense table through a layer of gauze curtain. Most of the sandalwood was burning, and there were two remaining incense sticks in the furnace, which was probably more than half an hour.

She was a little confused, and didn't know why she slept for a long time after taking a nap.

"Bang bang~!"

"Open the door, the county magistrate has an order to arrest a thief in the Yangtze River!"

A yamen runner-in-arms team led more than tens of yamen runners to the Yanyu Tower.

Originally, the thugs guarding at the door of Yanyu Tower were stunned for a moment when they saw the yamen runners rushing in with fierceness.

These yamen runners in the county yamen are also frequent visitors of Yanyulou. They have always had a harmonious relationship with the horse gang and Yanyulou. They rarely break in and catch people so roughly.

Without the support of powerful figures, these lower-level yamen runners would not dare to offend Yanyulou. This is the territory of the Ma Gang, one of the five most powerful gangs in the world.

The girls in Yanyu Tower were even more frightened and panicked.

The madam Li hurriedly led the thugs in the garrison to block the group of yamen runners who were like wolves and tigers, recognized the leading squad, and repeatedly said, "Master Zhang Er, our Yanyulou is a territory under the name of the horse gang, you can't break in random places!"

"Ma Li, I'm sorry, no one is going to come this time! Hanshan Taoist Temple lost a treasure book. The county magistrate gave his life this time, and the whole city rewarded and arrested the thief. Now the entire Gusu County Gate has been blocked and searched from door to door!

You are mixed with mist and fish. I know that this place is the most likely to hide people, so it is the target of our team's focus on searching. If you dare to stop it, even if the horse gang is a big gang, I am afraid I can't offend Hanshan Immortal Lord and the county yamen. In this Gusu County, if you are a dragon, you have to lie down and obey the control of our yamen!”

The leader of the team, Mr. Zhang Er, was quite proud and grinned.

On weekdays, his team is a grandson in front of the great heroes in the world. Such opportunities are rare to take advantage of the prestige of the county magistrate and Hanshan Taoist Temple to grasp the Yanyu Tower.

At this moment, a large general manager of the horse gang came in from outside with a look of expression, waved his hand to ask the madam Li and the thugs to retreat, and said in a deep voice: "Mom Li retreats, there is no need to stop me! My horse gang leader has agreed and cooperates with the county government to arrest the thief. Master Zhang can search at will!"

Mr. Zhang arrogantly pushed away the madam Li Ma and the thugs in the house guards, and led a group of yamen runners to the attic and kicked the doors one by one in the room.

"The people in the room come out, and I will come out for inspection by the yamen!"

"The yamen *** foreign thieves, those who find clues of thieves and precious books will be rewarded by the yamen!"

The Yanyu Building was in chaos, and the girls, rich young men and rich merchants in the room were all out, and there were noise and insults.

...

In the boudoir on the third floor.

Annu put away his thoughts and was about to play a song for Su Chen again.

But she heard the noise of a large group of yamen runners searching for a thief in the Yanyu Tower. She couldn't help but feel confused. She thought that she had fallen asleep inexplicably, and she had some guesses.

She had just slept for half an hour, which was enough to do a lot of things. Could it be that Su Chen left halfway?

But she saw Su Chen holding a book in his hand, looking calm and composed, as if she had been staying in the boudoir to read the book, and she couldn't see anything.

Annu couldn't help but worry. She didn't know what was going on. She caused a large-scale search of the Yamen City, and even a place like Yanyulou, the territory of the horse gang, was not spared, just because it was not a trivial matter.

Su Chen was calm and he was careful, even in this boudoir, there was no flaw left. Even the sandalwood on the incense platform was broken and the remaining small amount was burning. Two extinguished incense sticks were left next to it, and the time was completely right.

"Bang--!"

With a loud bang, the door of the boudoir was kicked open by Mr. Zhang and several yamen runners.

Several yamen runners rushed into the wing room, but saw a young man and a girl sitting opposite each other through the curtains and tulle, playing the piano and listening to the music.

"Ah, what's the matter with the officials?"

Su Chen was listening to the Qin and looked at the head of the yamen runners who broke in. He was shocked and looked surprised.

The leader of the yamen runner-run master Zhang Er was quite proud and looked at Su Chen with a contempt.

Su Chen was wearing a blue-robed servant in the Medicine King Gang, and his identity was very obvious. He was a low-level deacon in the Handicap Hall and belonged to the lowest-level disciple.

Mr. Zhang was immediately disappointed.

Such a serious disciple of the Medicine King Gang is just a small minion. He had a few taels of silver in his pocket and actually came to visit the brothel. It was really unpromising!

This obviously does not belong to the big figure of the level of the thief.

Master Li also instructed that the yamen's focus on the investigation and interrogation of this time was a first-class expert in the world, especially a thief with a criminal record. Such figures may steal the treasure book from the masters of Hanshan Taoist Temple and under the noses of Taoist Qinghe.

"You mate, you have two small money in your pocket, and you actually come to visit the brothel. You can enjoy it even more than yours! Hanshan Taoist Temple was stolen and the treasure was lost.

Under the order of the county master, our team will search for a thief in the rivers and interrogate any suspicious person... Have you ever gone out of the city tonight?"

Mr. Zhang couldn't help but sneer. He knew that the possibility was not high, so he would just interrogate him on a routine basis.

"Since I entered Yanyu Tower in the evening, I have been listening to the piano at Anu, and have not left a step... I don't know what happened?!"

Su Chen shook his head, looking confused.

"Several officials, this young master, has been staying in my boudoir since the evening and has never been a step away from this room. I'm afraid the official has misunderstood!"

Miss Annu also quickly stood up and bowed to testify.

Mr. Zhang glanced at the room a few times and found nothing suspicious. He knew that it would be a waste of time to ask further, so he withdrew.

He recruited the madam Li and asked when the servant of the Medicine King Gang entered Yanyu Tower.

The madam Li Ma was immediately happy and waved her robe palm and said, "You are asking the right person with me, Mr. Zhang. This guy came in the evening and I personally welcomed him. There are so many girls and guards in our building, and we are all seeing them with our own eyes. There are so many of us who are not blind!"

The brothel girls behind nodded one by one.

Seeing that someone had witnessed it, Mr. Zhang Ershi saw that Su Chen had entered Yanyu Tower in the evening and had not left for a long time, he naturally had no suspicion and hurriedly left and searched other rooms.

"Master Zhang Er, we will open the door to welcome guests in the evening. There is no suspect! This is a distinguished guest. You should search elsewhere!"

Li Ma blocked the door and advised her.

"Stop talking nonsense, search all rooms!"

Mr. Zhang was aggressive and led the yamen runners to kick the room open.

But everyone outside the door heard that the head of the troupe entered the room, slapped him with a "slap" and then shouted fiercely.

"Zhang Ergou, you are blind! I dare to search for my young master's room!"

The originally arrogant and domineering troupe, Mr. Zhang Er, covered his mouth with a big slap, retreated in a panic with aggrieved look on his face, and did not dare to say a word.

Inside the room, several women cried in grievance after being frightened, and the voice quickly pleased and coaxed the woman.
To be continued...