Chapter 160 How vicious!
"Uncle, we helped someone in An County, and Uncle Yang said there's a reward from the imperial court."
They gave us so much money! So we can't take any more of Uncle's money~
As Yun Zhao spoke, he gestured a large circle, which made the officials laugh.
"Really? Little Princess, you're amazing! Please excuse my poor performance!"
"Don't laugh, don't laugh. Mother said this is all the people's hard-earned money, we can't just take it!"
Yun Zhao waved his hand, looking like a little adult, which made the officials feel sad.
Even the Prince of Jin's daughter knew these things, but those officials were not only greedy, they also framed the Prince of Jin!
"Your Highness, in that case, we'll take our leave now; we still have to return to report!"
"Please wait a moment, everyone!"
After saying their goodbyes, the group left the room.
Yun Zhao hurriedly got off Xu Qingyi.
"Mother, I'm going to eavesdrop on their conversation!"
"Be careful!"
Xu Qingyi put her daughter down and whispered some instructions.
"Okay!"
Yun Zhao rushed out of the room, leaving her mother craning her neck, watching her retreating figure with worry.
Seeing this, Bai Ling had no choice but to step forward and comfort her.
"Zhaozhao is a smart child, she'll be fine."
Wei Jingchen had been watching the movements in the next room from the doorway. When he saw the officials come out, he immediately hid inside.
Just as he was about to step out, he saw Yun Zhao quietly following behind him.
He squinted and then followed behind.
With Wei Jingchen cleaning up the mess, the officials naturally didn't find anything useful.
Because of Yun Zhao's incident, Wei Jingchen left some traces for them in the woodshed.
Then, traces of climbing were left at the corner of the wall.
The officials found only these items and had no choice but to return and report.
When the officers retrieved the horses from the stable, they spoke of it in hushed tones.
"Hey, do you think those two thieves really did it that so many things suddenly disappeared from the prefect's residence?"
"I think it's unlikely. How could two people have lost so many things overnight?"
"What I find even stranger is Lord Yuan's attitude!"
One of them spoke, and the others all turned to look at him.
What do you mean by that?
Everyone immediately lowered their voices.
"Look, how could the lord have embezzled so much silver from us all at once?"
Didn't they say they sent people to investigate the Governor-General of Jiangnan? The lord probably moved his things away quietly himself.
Then they said it was a theft, and even the stolen money was gone. Even if the higher-ups found something, there's no evidence!
"Oh, what you said makes sense!"
"I have personally witnessed adults meeting privately with officials who transport grain along the dikes!"
"Tsk, don't say things like that. If someone hears you, you're finished!"
Everyone snapped out of their daze and quickly looked around.
Fortunately, this was a post station, where the exiled prisoners were imprisoned.
"Let's go!"
The group of officials quickly rode away.
Yun Zhao hid in the shadows, feeling troubled.
She had originally thought that Ding Yan might be able to find some clues that could prove her father was innocent.
Now it seems likely that the officials below will also move these filthy items.
Wei Jingchen was hiding nearby, and he had overheard what the officials had said.
Seeing Yun Zhao deep in thought, he gradually became suspicious.
He was quite certain that the two men from yesterday could not have moved anything from the Yuan residence.
Moreover, he overheard Yuan Shuchang instructing his men last night to keep the money given to their master safe.
Now that Yuan Shuchang is so anxious to find someone, it's probably because, besides the secret letter, there's also the silver he needs to hand over to his master.
The money is gone.
The only people who knew about the existence of this silver, besides Yuan Shuchang's people, were him and Yun Zhao.
Did she really go to the pond last night to avoid patrols?
Wei Jingchen began to have some doubts.
But if it really was Yun Zhao who moved those things, how did she do it?
Wei Jingchen couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he pretended to have just come from the second floor and appeared in front of Yun Zhao.
"Zhaozhao, what happened? What are you doing here?"
Yun Zhao snapped out of his daze and quickly explained, "I just came here with those officials..."
"I wonder if they'll chat or say anything, Brother Jingchen. Did you find the secret letter?"
Hearing her change of topic, Wei Jingchen nodded and stretched out his hands towards her: "Found it, let's go back and see it with Dad and the others!"
Yun Zhao naturally stepped forward and let him pull her into his arms.
"Okay!"
Seeing that Yun Zhao had no intention of telling him what had just happened, Wei Jingchen became even more suspicious.
Back on the second floor, Wei Mingde had just finished reading the secret letter, and his expression was not good.
"Father, what did the secret letter say?"
Seeing his expression, Wei Jingchen was also somewhat worried.
"It's a secret letter about to be sent out, saying that Yuan Shijie has been exposed and the secret room has been destroyed."
It's unclear whether the person who discovered Yuan Shijie's identity knew anything about the situation inside the building.
Check with the General's Mansion to see if it's necessary to silence these people.
Clearly, these were the people who discovered Yuan Shijie's identity.
And Yang Jingyan.
Wei Jingchen immediately understood.
It seems that Yuan Shuchang wrote the letter, but was worried about being reprimanded by his superiors, so he was still hesitating about whether to send it out.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Qinghuai and his group stole it.
How ironic.
Fearing reprimand from superiors, they allowed the evidence to be stolen instead.
This pot is even bigger now.
"Now it seems that the building refers to Liuxianlou, where they were doing business in Qingliu Lane. Yuan Shijie's secret room was doing even dirtier business."
Wei Mingde folded the secret letter again and handed it to Yun Zhao.
"Zhaozhao, put this letter away together with the letters from your place."
In this way, all the letters they exchanged were completed.
Yun Zhao took the letter and nodded heavily.
"Yes! Don't worry, Uncle Wei!"
Wei Jingchen watched Yun Zhao calmly as she put the letter into the small pocket on her chest.
He suddenly realized that the little bib on her chest seemed to be always with her.
Could the secret lie in that little bib on her chest?
"By the way, Uncle Wei, I overheard those officials talking earlier, and they said that a lot of things are missing from the Yuan residence!"
"So many?"
"Zhaozhao, you said a lot, how much is that?"
Xu Yifei asked subconsciously.
Yun Zhao scratched his head, "I don't know, they only said that the wicked lord embezzled a lot of silver."
They're all gone! They say they think the wicked adult moved them away and pretended it was stolen!
"Outrageous! As the head of a prefecture, how could he engage in such petty theft!"
Wei Mingyu said angrily.
"If those officials weren't mistaken, Yuan Shuchang was probably worried that Ding Yan would trace it back to him."
They're blaming the thief first, then when Ding Yan can't find the stolen goods, there'll be no evidence to close the case. How vicious!
Wei Mingde frowned.
Yun Zhao: Hehe! You can't blame her for that~
Just then, Luo Qing sent someone to look for Wei Jingchen.
Yun Zhao jumped off the chair, dusted himself off, and ran away.
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