The three of them fought for a while, and Murong Yan dodged repeatedly, and hurriedly said: "Alright, alright, I came to talk to you about serious matters."

Ye Wanqing invited him back to the private room and asked, "How is it, what did you find out?"

"Well, some very interesting things." Murong Yan poured himself a cup of tea, and then poured a cup for Ye Wanqing and winked at her.

Ye Wanqing understood and sent A Rao away and closed the door of the private room.

Murong Yan took a sip of tea and continued, "I have been investigating the financial accounts of General Ye's Mansion for some time."

"Any clues?"

Seeing her anxious inquiry, Murong Yan smiled slightly and said, "Old Ye has had a hard time recently. The order for that batch of herbs is worth a full 30,000 taels. If the goods are not delivered on time, ten times the amount will be required as compensation. In other words, Old Ye has lost everything this time."

"Three hundred thousand taels!" Ye Wanqing exclaimed, covering her mouth. She immediately became anxious. "How can my family have so much money? My father must be so worried!"

"The order was signed by Madam Ye Er and a wealthy businessman named Lu. There's nothing wrong with the contract. The price of the medicinal materials is even 30% higher than the market price. Ten times the price as compensation for overdue delivery is also legal. Boss Lu even went to the Maritime Customs Office to invite the government to enforce the contract."

Murong Yan smiled slyly and said, "And this Boss Lu is very interesting. His family owns nearly eighty medicine shops and medicinal farms in Yong'an City and surrounding towns. They are the largest medicinal material dealer in the capital."

"Ah? Isn't that a problem? Since he has his own medicinal fields, why would he order such a large batch of medicinal herbs?"

"So it's interesting. What's even more interesting is that he just signed a two-year trade contract with the Southern Territory Chamber of Commerce. This batch of medicinal herbs will be shipped to the Southern Territory."

Ye Wanqing looked at him in confusion, only to see Murong Yan continue, "I forgot to tell you, Ah Xu's mother, Fu Yechang, is the head of the Southern Territory Chamber of Commerce, and the Great Demon King, Fu Yi, is their young master."

"Besides, there have never been any wild boars near Old Ye's estate. The sudden appearance of a large number of wild boars must have been caused by someone. Therefore, placing a sky-high order and then sending people to sabotage it must be the work of the great devil, whose purpose is to get rid of your father."

"What!" Ye Wanqing was surprised. "But my father has no grudge against him. Our General's Mansion and the Southern Territory have never had any contact. Why would he do this?"

Murong Yan rubbed his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't understand it either. The Great Demon King never stood up for Ah Xu before. Every time Ah Xu was wronged, he always acted like he deserved to be beaten. Why did he do such a big thing this time?"

Ye Wanqing let out a short "ah" and suddenly remembered that day when he sat at the head of her bed and told her that he would take care of everything and that he would not let Miss Ye appear in front of her again.

I originally thought he was just talking, and I didn't see him do anything after hearing about Miss Ye's death. I didn't expect him to do these things behind the scenes!

Damn, this family is really full of eagles!

Ye Wanqing suddenly felt particularly sorry for her father. No wonder Commander Ye always looked absent-minded and sad during the archery class recently.

Three hundred thousand taels! That was all my father's hard-earned money. He couldn't even earn three hundred taels in a year of swordsmanship instruction. The general's family was very tight on food and clothing, relying on their ancestral herbal farm and two pharmacies to barely maintain a comfortable life.

Unexpectedly, Fu Yi took away 300,000 taels from the General's Mansion in order to avenge Shen Xu!

My heart is bleeding and my flesh is aching!

Ye Wanqing clenched her fists and asked through gritted teeth, "Did he also burn down the medicine shop's accounting office?"

"That's not the case. It was the Second Madam who burned it." Murong Yan saw that she had started to grind her teeth again, so he opened his folding fan and fanned her. "I also investigated the income and expenditure of that medicine shop. It has been in a state of long-term losses. Now that Old Ye has put it up for sale to raise compensation, it's actually a timely way to stop the loss."

Ye Wanqing frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "How could there be such a long-term loss? Business has always been good. Could it be that the accounts submitted by the Second Madam every year have always been false?"

Murong Yan nodded. "According to the accountant's testimony, a large portion of the money was taken away by you. The Second Madam, as the shopkeeper, was unaware of this."

"Bullshit!" Ye Wanqing was furious when she heard that. She slammed the table and stood up: "They are slandering me!"

As the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion, Ye Wanqing could only withdraw her pocket money at designated times, let alone from the store accounting office. Every time she withdrew her money, the second wife would sigh and complain about being poor, and would find all kinds of opportunities to deduct money from her.

And now that she is dead, she is still being framed like this. It is simply outrageous!

"Don't get excited, don't get excited~" Murong Yan waved his hand, motioning her to sit down calmly. "Of course I believe it wasn't you who took the silver. Just now, I found out that Miss Ye Er deposited a full five hundred taels of silver into her household registration card. Besides, the fire in the accounting office started after you died. If you try to cover up something, someone will inevitably get away with it."

Thinking about the large stack of name cards that the man had in his hand, and how Ye Xueruo had generously taken the opportunity to have dinner with the Third Prince, Ye Wanqing immediately understood.

The second wife was in charge of the shop, so naturally she made it easy for her half-sister.

She herself was born a concubine, and her greatest wish must be to let Ye Xueruo, a concubine's daughter, marry into the royal family and rise to prominence. To this end, the mother and daughter must have spared no expense in their quest to climb up the social ladder.

Most of these young ladies who delivered the household cards were concubines' daughters or daughters of small families. Murong Yao took advantage of this to brainwash them and make a lot of money.

But at gatherings like this, there's a price to pay, and it's a matter of willingness to fight and willingness to be beaten.

Murong Yao's outward display of tenderness, consideration, and care for his concubine sister was nothing more than a false pretense bought by Ye Xueruo. It was truly ironic.

"So when my father was checking the accounts, Second Mother and Ye Wanqing burned down the accounting office. After they found out, they threw the blame on me."

Murong Yan nodded. "But now, we can almost determine the general flow of money from General Ye's Mansion. So, Madam Ye and Miss Ye are probably not the murderers behind the murder."

"Then the clue is broken."

Upon hearing this result, Ye Wanqing felt much more depressed. She and the prince had been busy for so many days, but in the end they only found a scumbag Neptune who lived off his wife and a black-hearted purchasing agent who stole money from her family to support the scumbag.

And there is Fu Yi, the eagle!

What's more, he is already dead, and his revenge has not yet been avenged, but he has suffered such an unjust accusation!