Zu'an had been listening to his romantic tales with a smile, but the smile on his face gradually froze, and he asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean by saying that Tao Hong is gone?"

“She’s gone,” Pei You said. “It seems she redeemed herself, saying she was going back to her hometown. The madam even complained that she was heartless for secretly hiding so much money. In my opinion, the madam was just greedy and didn’t want to give up this cash cow.”

"Oh no!" Zuan suddenly stood up. He finally understood what he had been thinking he had forgotten during this time, and a chill ran down his spine.

"What's wrong?" Pei You asked, becoming anxious upon seeing his expression.

"Let's go to Jade Pavilion first, we'll talk about the rest along the way." Zu'an took the lead and ran out.

"Don't scare me, what happened?" Pei You hurriedly followed along the way, not understanding how his visit to a brothel had caused such a big problem.

While sorting out his thoughts, Zu'an said, "Why were we able to find out so quickly that Zuo Su and Jian Taiding were the leaders of the collusion between the Yunzhong County government and the demon race?"

“We found evidence left behind by the sunken ship,” Pei You replied instinctively.

"Is the evidence given to us?" Zuan retorted.

"Of course, it was his plan to leave the ledger at the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce beforehand." Pei You was taken aback. "Do you think the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce secretly switched the ledger?"

Zu An shook his head: "No, I have contact with the higher-ups of the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce. They didn't seem to know about the existence of this ledger at first, and just treated it as something that an ordinary guest was depositing. So many guests come and go from the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce to deposit things every day, and Shen Zhou deliberately concealed his identity, so it was difficult for the people of the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce to find out."

“If it’s not the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce, then who else could it be…” Pei You’s expression suddenly changed halfway through his sentence. “You suspect it’s Tao Hong? That’s impossible!”

“Why is it impossible?” Zuan said coldly. “Now that I think about it, all our investigations were actually guided by her. If there’s something wrong with her, does that mean there’s something wrong with our whole investigation? The fact that she’s disappeared without a trace is probably because she has a guilty conscience.”

"I should have realized it sooner. The secret passage where the Duke of Yunzhong had his accident led to Biyufang, and Taohong was also in Biyufang. What a coincidence!"