During this period, in order to facilitate the investigation, Lu Wan no longer lives in the general's mansion.
Because Song Ping had sent people to the general's mansion to search for her secretly many times, but they always returned empty-handed.
Before, Lu Changxin came to the general's mansion in person to ask for Lu Wan's return using the secret code that Lu Wan had left along the way. There was no reason for him not to return her. However, Song Ping was still angry and hoped that the people secretly guarding around the general's mansion could take the opportunity to kidnap Lu Wan. This time, he would never take it lightly, but would keep a close eye on her and not give her a chance to escape.
Lu Wan always felt as if she was being followed by someone recently. She probably guessed that someone was targeting her again. With the lesson of being kidnapped last time, Lu Wan was very vigilant this time.
In order to protect her own safety, she had to change her residential address frequently.
This time, she went back because she left something in the general's mansion. She keenly realized that there must be someone secretly guarding the general's mansion nearby, waiting for an opportunity to act.
If she guessed correctly, these people were coming for her.
After coming out of the general's mansion, Lu Wan ordered Shi Qing to dress up as him and leave before him, and sent Ying to protect her.
Only by using poetry to lure them away can he leave the general's mansion smoothly.
Lu Wan and Ying agreed to meet at a teahouse on the street. At this time, she changed into men's casual clothes, exuding a neat and chic aura.
In order not to attract attention, she put on a hat and sat in a corner with her head down, pretending to drink tea.
After a while, Ying came over.
When he came over, he was also wearing casual clothes and sat opposite Lu Wan.
Lu Wan asked in a low voice: "How is it, did the other party take the bait, did he show up?"
"Yes. They really came for you. When they saw Shiqing leaving alone in a carriage, they immediately showed up, thinking it was you. When they lifted the curtain, they saw that the person was actually Shiqing. They felt deceived and were very angry. They wanted to set fire to the carriage. My subordinates came out in time and subdued them."
"Do you know who sent them?"
Ying paused and said, "I didn't find out their identities, but there is a word "Ping" embroidered on their collars. If I am not mistaken, this Ping should be Song Ping. They may be the guards raised by Song Ping."
Lu Wan also understood. She also felt that these people were sent by Song Ping to find her. When she followed Lu Changxin away, although Song Ping did not dare to stop her openly, his expression was extremely ferocious, and the madness in his eyes seemed to want to tear her apart.
She spent some peaceful days outside and thought Song Ping had given up looking for her, but she didn't expect that she was still so determined.
"How's Shiqing? Is she okay?" Lu Wan asked with concern.
"It's okay, don't worry."
Lu Wan nodded.
The two put down their teacups and prepared to leave.
Just as they walked out onto the street, they were suddenly bumped into by a vendor.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, I didn't see you. I'm leaving now."
The vendor was pushing a cart filled with sandbags, so he stumbled as he walked.
And the scent of the sandbag made her feel extremely familiar.
If her expectation was correct, the sandbags should be filled with ripe wheat and rice.
"Wait, what's in this sandbag?" Lu Wan stopped him and asked.
"They are only some corn stalks," said the vendor, "which we are saving for firewood."
Lu Wan couldn't help but laugh. This vendor didn't even know a good excuse to lie. If there were really light things like corn stalks in the box, how could he be so tired that he was panting and stumbling.
She squatted down, picked up a grain of rice from the ground, and said, "This sandbag is filled with rice, and some of it has sprouted. Now is indeed the season for harvesting corn, not the season for rice and wheat. So where did you get this rice? And this rice has sprouted, so it must have been stored in a humid place."
Seeing that she spoke so convincingly, the peddler was at a loss for words and turned pale with shock, which made Lu Wan even more certain that there was something fishy going on.
The vendor just took a moment to react and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't have time to argue with you. Get out of the way."
Ying stepped forward to stop him and said, "Tell me, where did you get all this rice and wheat? I advise you to tell the truth."
"I want to send these grains to Chen's Rice Shop. They asked me to place the order."
"They ordered it from you, so where did you get all this food?"
The vendor was speechless and almost crying. Ying said, "If you tell the truth, your life will not be in danger. But if you keep it a secret, you will die soon."
The vendor was very scared and finally said, "These grains were hidden in the cave by Mr. Song Ping. He will take them out and sell them to a familiar grain store next year. Because the cave is relatively humid, they sprouted."
"Privately hoarded?" Lu Wan thought the word was very interesting. She said, "It seems that he embezzled the grain."
Although the peddler worked for Song Ping, he hated him for embezzling money and exploiting the people, so he told the truth: "It was indeed he who embezzled the grain. He hid the grain in the cave and sold it the following year to embezzle some of the money, and then made up for the shortfall in some of the accounts. These were the good things he did."
"Which mountain exactly?"
Lu Wan asked.
"It's in Qingyun Mountain."
It turned out to be on the mountain in the capital. I never thought that Song Ping had become so bold as to embezzle openly in front of the emperor, and he only relied on the empress dowager's power to protect him.
"Okay, we get it. Here is a certain amount of gold. Take it. Don't tell anyone about what happened today, or you will lose your life."
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