The others were exploring the secret room.

"Sir, there are people behind us."

There are several rooms further back, with more than a hundred people imprisoned. These should be the people who were forced into slavery while mining and minting coins in Qinghe County. When they heard the sound of the door opening, they huddled together.

Wang Yu comforted them and said, "Don't be afraid, we are here to save you."

After hearing this, they looked up and asked anxiously, "Really? Is it true?"

"Yes."

Wang Yu then said to Song Xu, "Master Song, please arrange for someone to send them up there. Please ask the doctor to come and take a look and record their statements."

Song Xu nodded and looked at the people huddled together in the room. He didn't know how long they had been locked up, and an unconcealable smell wafted out.

Song Xu frowned and cursed Cao Mengxue in his heart for being such a bad boy. Among these people, there were children as young as twelve or thirteen years old, all of them were pale and thin, and looked sick. After so many years, no one knew how many of them had died. They all had parents.

After hearing this, the group of people were sure that someone really came to rescue them. They kowtowed to Wang Yu and others and cried with joy.

Ling Chufeng also found evidence of Cao Mengxue's crime. It was in an extremely hidden place. There was a secret room inside this secret room. If Ling Chufeng didn't know a little about mechanisms and secret rooms, it would have been overlooked.

The reason for discovering it was that he noticed that the desk in the secret room had been moved a little, leaving traces on the ground. It was normal for the desk to be moved, but Ling Chufeng still tried to push it, and then saw a door open on the bookshelf behind it.

Several people heard the noise and came over.

Song Xu: "I didn't expect there was a secret room."

After saying that, he walked in. The secret room was not big, but all the important things were inside. He picked up the letter in the box and read it one by one. The more he read, the worse his expression became.

"Lord Ye, the Minister of Revenue! It's actually him."

It's no wonder that Song Xu was surprised. The Minister of Revenue Ye Mingqing was in charge of the purse of the Dali period. He was also a second-rank official in the cabinet, holding a high position and great power. Moreover, his daughter was a noble concubine and his grandson was the eldest prince. Yet such a man was so greedy.

Song Xu gave the letter to Wang Yu, who read it carefully. It was no wonder that Wang Yu had conspiracy theories, as these things had first started twelve years ago.

In the fifth year of Yuankang, the eldest prince was two years old and the second prince was one year old. He was still the prefect of Huaining at that time. I am afraid that he had been paving the way for the eldest prince to make money since then. However, this idea was just Wang Yu's guess. Let the emperor worry about it.

Song Xu had been preoccupied with the fact that the court officials were corrupt officials. Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "It seems that Cao Mengxue was Ye Mingqing's student and married Ye Mingqing's daughter. No wonder."

Wang Yu no longer cared about their relationship. He had both witnesses and evidence, and if one died, the other couldn't escape. He said, "Lord Lu, take the things and the imperial edict and return directly to the capital to capture Ye Mingqing. There's no need to report to the emperor. We must resolve this as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble."

"good."

After finishing the work at the government office, Wang Yu took Rong Jianan, Ling Chufeng and others back to Dingzhou. Other matters could be arranged for the people from the Dali Temple and the Jinyiwei to do. The big fish had been caught, and the small fish below would be easy to catch.

The officials in Dingzhou were also controlled, and they were as surprised as if they saw a ghost when they saw Wang Yu.

Gao Feng pointed at him and said tremblingly, "You, you are not dead."

"Is it disappointing that I am not dead?" Wang Yu snorted.

"No, no." Gao Feng suddenly felt hopeless.

Wang Yu was too lazy to argue with them. After putting them in jail, he arranged for Ling Chufeng and the others to rest. They had helped him a lot throughout the whole process.

Wang Yu patted Ling Chufeng's shoulder and said, "You and Miss Meng Yu have worked hard these days. If it weren't for you, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. You should get some rest early."

"Don't be so formal, we are friends."

"Well, you guys take a rest, I'll go pick up Achen and take him home."

Ling Chufeng looked at Wang Yu's back as he walked out, feeling a little dazed. He didn't know what his feelings towards Wang Yu were now, and he couldn't figure it out. When he got the news of his death before, he felt really heartbroken. Now that he knew he was going to pick up his husband, he could still watch him go calmly.

Then he smiled self-deprecatingly.

Meng Yu frowned as he looked at him, and this strange feeling came again.

Wang Yu simply found an excuse to go out and release Cheng Chen from the space, and the two of them returned to the backyard of the state government office again, feeling as if they were in another world.

Ling Xiao, Zheng Shu and the others also arrived. Wang Yu was very happy to see them, "I'm glad you're all right."

Zheng Shu, a grown man, also called out with red eyes, "Sir."

"Well, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay."

Zheng Shu had been by his side for eight years, driving his carriage diligently. He was more like a friend than a servant. If he lost his life because of this incident, Wang Yu would probably feel guilty for the rest of his life.

But Zheng Shu didn't expect to see such an unexpected person here, someone he had thought about for a long time and hadn't seen for a long time. He didn't expect this person to appear here, and murmured, "Mr. Yue."

Hearing the name from his mouth, looking at the direction he was looking, and seeing the expression of disbelief and forbearance on Zheng Shu's face, Wang Yu raised his eyebrows.

"He is Rong Jianan. He was the one who helped us find the evidence in the government office."

Zheng Shu stared at the man infatuatedly. It turned out that his name was Rong Jianan. What a nice name. He just didn't understand why he was here, in the government office, but he didn't dare to step forward and ask.

Seeing him like this, Wang Yu suddenly remembered that he had asked him if he had someone he liked in the provincial capital a few years ago. He said that the person he liked was gone, and he was probably Rong Jianan. He sighed and thought that fate was playing tricks on him.

Rong Jianan also felt Zheng Shu's gaze, but he didn't know this person, so he lowered his head again.

Wang Yu patted his shoulder and comforted him silently.

"Thank you all for your hard work during this period. It's getting late. Go back and rest."

Wang Yu and Cheng Chen also returned to the backyard of the provincial government office and arranged for them to find a room to stay in.

Cheng Chen returned to the room. He had escaped in such a hurry that he didn't pack anything. All his makeup and silver were gone. Cheng Chen sat at the dressing table angrily. There should have been a jewelry box on it, all bought for him by Wang Yu, but now only the jade ring on his hand was left.

He was so angry that his eyes turned red. These were all given to him by his husband.

"It's okay, I'll buy it for you later."

Wang Yu hugged his waist from behind and rested his head on his shoulder. "What's important is that everyone is okay."

"Yeah." Cheng Chen nodded. He knew that what his husband said was right. After such a big thing happened, the most important thing was that everyone was safe.

Fortunately, he did not bring most of the silver and money, but these jewelry were given to him by Wang Yu, which still made him very sad.

The house had been searched and was in a mess. Wang Yu and Cheng Chen could only stay there for one night and ask someone to clean it up tomorrow. The servants and maids in the government office also had to be replaced.

"Rest early, and we'll deal with the rest tomorrow."

Cheng Chen nodded.