Chapter 74 Where is the stuff?

However, when that person rushed back to the prefect's residence, he could not find the lady, because the prefect was worried about the gift and had gotten up very early in the morning, with the lady by his side.

The time to send the gifts cannot be delayed any longer, otherwise, it will be too close to the time of the assessment, and the Minister may refuse them all to avoid suspicion.

He didn't quite believe that Wang Erya could really compensate with a new Eighteen Scholars plant, so he planned to have breakfast and then consult with his advisor to come up with a solution and find a new gift as soon as possible.

Before the clerk arrived, the gatekeeper said that Wang Erya had arrived.

"She actually came? Quickly, call her in." The prefect and his wife were sitting in the flower hall waiting for Wang Erya. After a while, they saw the servants and Wang Erya.

The prefect was immediately drawn to the two pots of camellias carried by the servants behind Wang Erya. He disregarded his composure and got up to walk quickly forward.

"Place them gently, gently, slowly." The prefect instructed his servants to handle the flowers with care while keeping an eye on them.

"It's actually a pink 'Eighteen Scholars' camellia. The pink color is so delicate. The Minister's family loves flowers, so the women in their family must really like this pink camellia."

The governor looked more closely and noticed that the flowers of the two camellia bushes were larger and more vibrant than the one on his previous estate.

"They're so beautiful! Someone, summon the clerk!" The prefect dared not delay any longer and prepared to have the people he had found yesterday set off for the capital today to ensure that the two camellias were delivered safely to the capital.

“Madam Wang, your two camellias are even better than my original one. May I ask where you got them?”

Wang Erya used the excuse she had prepared beforehand, that she had obtained it by chance on her way to escape famine. At first, she did not recognize it as a camellia, but she thought that if she could keep it in the yard, she would not need to buy any more flowers.

"...It was only yesterday at the manor that I learned this flower had such a beautiful name."

In short, the camellia crisis was finally resolved. The prefect felt he shouldn't take advantage of the situation, so he gave Wang Erya another sum of money as a reward, which Wang Erya did not refuse.

The prefect stopped saying anything about his daughter having less contact with Wang Erya.

Seeing that her carefully laid trap had been so easily broken by Wang Erya, the prefect's wife was furious, but she also knew that she could not take any further action in the short term.

If the master comes to his senses and wants to investigate this matter thoroughly, she won't fare well either. The most important thing now is to keep the servants quiet and erase all clues.

Ning Xuan was also concerned about Wang Erya's situation. When Wang Erya sent a message saying that the matter had been resolved, Ning Xuan felt relieved.

She now treats her trading partners from several different dimensions like online friends she's never met, so naturally she hopes they're all doing well.

Ning Xuan can rest for another day today, and she will return to work tomorrow.

She wasn't sure if Liang Zhicheng and the others had other places to hide things. She had been searching the mountains every day for the past few days, just in case there were other places, she couldn't let them get away with it.

However, she hasn't found anything else in the past two days, and she doesn't have much hope for today either. She's just gotten used to searching the mountains these past few days.

Ning Xuan didn't expect to run into Liang Zhicheng so suddenly. Ning Xuan didn't know Liang Zhicheng; she met a few people on her way back from searching the mountain.

During this period of mountain closure and spring plowing, it is generally not the case that any members of the commune would go up the mountain. However, there are exceptions, such as one or two people who want to speculate and profiteer.

Ning Xuan wouldn't stop others from engaging in speculation and profiteering; on the contrary, she admired these people quite a bit.

But she was worried that they might be Liang Zhicheng's men, so she simply followed them to see what they were up to.

Because she was invisible and had used a lightness talisman, Ning Xuan followed them with ease. During the process, she confirmed that the leader of these people was actually Liang Zhicheng.

Ning Xuan was glad that she had found the things they had hidden so early on.

Judging from their accents, Ning Xuan could tell that at least three of the five people were from Sakura Island.

Liang Zhicheng is usually very busy with work, so this time he asked He Wei to cooperate, and then he made an excuse to come down to Xiangyang Commune.

There's a batch of things here that's been sitting here for a few years. Zhang Youde has been here for the past few years, so he hasn't been in a hurry to move them.

However, Zhang Youde suddenly got into trouble. At first, he was worried that he had been exposed, but later he found out that Zhang Youde must have offended someone and was quietly dealt with.

In order not to expose himself, he did not use the power behind him to save Zhang Youde and his son. In any case, the two of them had done enough for him over the years, so he didn't have to deal with them himself when trouble came up this time.

Time was of the essence. Upon arriving at the commune, Liang Zhicheng asked He Wei to cover for him, pretending that he was resting at the guesthouse. Then, he and several of his men prepared to move things over.

There was a lot of stuff. He and his group were just there to confirm the location. He was there to activate the mechanism. The people behind him had already arranged for someone to wait at the foot of the mountain in a car at night, which would make it easier to move a large number of things.

After the group painstakingly climbed to the top of the mountain, just as Ning Xuan had predicted, they tied ropes to the trees on the mountaintop, then lowered themselves down, using their skill to jump onto the cave platform.

Three of the five people went down, including Liang Zhicheng, while the other two stayed up to watch.

Ning Xuan, having followed them all the way, already knew how they planned to move the supplies. They would simply hoist the goods down the mountain, where someone would be there to meet them.

No one usually walks under that cliff, but a little further out there is a road that cars can drive through.

Having successfully jumped onto the cave platform, Liang Zhicheng felt a surge of excitement. The supplies he had been saving for so long could finally be moved.

After this relocation, the hiding place would be abandoned, so Liang Zhicheng didn't bother to avoid the two people behind him. He quietly wandered around and dismantled the mechanisms.

Then the three of them entered the cave without any obstacles.

I expected to see mountains of supplies, but what happened?!

"Shisei-kun, how can it be empty? Where are the things?" a person with a Sakurajima accent shouted.

Liang Zhicheng was also stunned. "I also want to ask, where is the item? I promise it wasn't me. You all know my whereabouts!"

Another person said, "Could it be that Zhang Youde discovered something amiss, colluded with others to transfer the supplies, and then they betrayed him and silenced him?"

"But none of the mechanisms at the entrance have been activated. Besides me, no one else should know about these mechanisms!" Liang Zhicheng was both panicked and furious. Who on earth took the things?