An Shi was still somewhat unconvinced and was about to defend himself when he saw Xing Zhi walk past him, walk up to Song Yanqing, bow to him, and return to the Dark Prison ahead of schedule.

Before leaving, he lingered on Lu Qiqi for two seconds, then walked away without looking back.

Xing Zhi left, and no one answered their questions.

An Yi instructed the Shadow Guards to collect the silver in boxes, then walked up to Lu Qiqi and bowed, saying, "Princess, I have a question. Why did this silver flow out from the narrow mine shaft?"

Lu Qiqi said, "If Xing Zhi hadn't managed to extract information from the Tartars, it would have taken us both a lot of time to find the silver."

She looked up and pointed to the mountaintop with her chin, saying, "Sudiya ordered people to transport the silver to the mountaintop through the mine tunnels, and then pour the silver out from the cave entrance and hide it in this mountain."

If I'm not mistaken, Sudiya did this to evade Wu Guangping's spies and get the Tartars in the corvée labor camp to do it for her.

Wu Guangping transported iron out of the mine, never imagining that Sudiya would be hiding it inside.

After all, both iron and silver are heavy objects, and their volumes are not much different. If the silver is hidden at the bottom of the box and then covered with a layer of iron, it can perfectly evade Wu Guangping's inspection.

Lu Qiqi added, "Wu Guangping thought himself extremely clever, but he never expected that he had already been manipulated by others."

Song Yanqing said, "Since Wu Guangping will personally pay for the silver that Su Diya transported out of the Wu residence tomorrow, all of this silver will be confiscated."

He then instructed, "Now that Sudia is isolated and helpless, have the Shadow Guards seize the time to capture her."

An Yi and An Shi simultaneously replied, "Yes!"