Chapter 98 There's no way out
"Yanbei..."
Yang Jingyan didn't know how to explain it either, since Yanbei and Da Zhou were mortal enemies!
Eight years ago, when the new emperor had just ascended the throne, General Zhenyuan returned to the capital to meet him.
Taking advantage of General Zhenyuan's absence from the northern border, Yanbei broke the peace treaty and attacked Qingbei Pass!
As if they knew that General Zhenyuan was not in the northern border, they sent all the troops stationed along the border with the Great Zhou to massacre the city of Qingbeiguan!
It is said that Yanbei massacred people at Qingbei Pass for three days and three nights, and even the sky was dyed blood red!
Therefore, General Zhenyuan never left Qingbeiguan again during these eight years.
All trade between the Great Zhou and Yanbei was severed from that point on.
The most traded items between the two countries are medicinal herbs!
The land north of Yan is cold, and many medicinal herbs rely on the Great Zhou.
Unexpectedly, the Fifth Prince was actually selling medicinal herbs for Yanbei!
"Perhaps the Fifth Prince is unaware of this, and it's too strange that the account book is placed in such an obvious place."
Yang Jingyan could only console himself with this thought.
He quickly looked through other books and discovered that they contained more than just the trade of medicinal herbs.
The entire bookshelf was filled with ledgers, including those for silk, medicinal herbs, and even smuggled salt!
Yang Jingyan became increasingly alarmed as he read, and his movements as he flipped through the notebook became faster and faster.
Seeing his pale face, Yun Zhao hurriedly tugged at his clothes.
"Uncle Yang, please show me!"
Yun Zhao is really getting anxious. It's bad enough that she's short, but why are her arms so short too!
Yang Jingyan disregarded etiquette and threw the ledger into her arms before picking up another notebook for himself.
Yun Zhao opened the document and saw the record of selling smuggled salt.
Smuggled salt?
etc.
Doesn't Ling Ruofeng's ledger contain records of smuggled salt transactions?
Yun Zhao looked up at Yang Jingyan, only to see him completely engrossed in the bookshelf, frantically searching through the books, paying no attention to her anymore.
Yun Zhao pondered for a moment, then turned around, using his body as cover, and quietly took out the account book from his spatial storage.
This pile of stuff had been crammed into her space for a long time.
Apart from the first few books she found and sent to the Prefect of the Capital, she never opened the others again.
She searched and searched, and finally found the date.
It turns out that behind Ling Ruofeng is her fifth imperial uncle!
So Wei Junyan is her fifth uncle's man?
Upon hearing the name Wei Junyan, Yun Zhao instinctively broke out in a cold sweat!
She felt a sudden, sharp pain in her back, as if she had returned to the day he pierced her body with a heavy sword.
Amidst the heavy snowfall, besides the crimson before her eyes, all she could remember were those deep, dark eyes and the piercing pain.
The Fifth Imperial Uncle wanted to kill her father, and Wei Junyan was one of the Fifth Imperial Uncle's men.
Therefore, Wei Junyan killed her entire family at the behest of the Fifth Imperial Uncle.
Is avenging Ling Xue Rou just something done on a whim?
That might be true.
Her father was a civil official, so how could he have a grudge against the King of Loulan?
There's no need to harm Ling Xuerou's whole family just to avenge her.
But now, the two groups of people chasing the exiled team were sent by the Empress and the Qi family. What is their relationship with the Fifth Prince?
Yun Zhao suddenly felt like an idiot, her mind filled with a jumble of thoughts.
To find out what's behind this, it seems we need to ask her father.
Emperor, Empress, Qi Family, Fifth Imperial Uncle, King of Loulan.
What exactly is the connection between these people and their family?
Yang Jingyan gradually calmed down and noticed that Yun Zhao had stopped making a sound, so he quickly looked down at her.
Seeing her standing there blankly, her face deathly pale, Yang Jingyan couldn't help but feel annoyed.
No matter how intelligent she is, she is still just a five-year-old child, and these things will probably frighten her!
“Zhaozhao”.
Yang Jingyan suddenly called her name, and Yun Zhao snapped back to reality.
Remembering that she still had Ling Ruofeng's account book in her hand, she stiffened and looked up, feigning composure.
"Huh? What's wrong, Uncle Yang?"
"Were you frightened?"
Yang Jingyan asked with concern.
Yun Zhao shook his head, smiled, put his hands behind his back, and took the opportunity to put Ling Ruofeng's account book back into his spatial storage.
"No, Zhao Zhao is just tired~"
Yang Jingyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, Yang Jingyan looked at her with a serious expression.
"Zhaozhao, these things are no small matter. Uncle Yang will have them secretly moved away. Those you just saw..."
You absolutely mustn't tell anyone, not even your mother or uncles, understand?
"Can't even Brother Jingchen do it?"
Yun Zhao thought that Wei Jingchen was the son of the Minister of Revenue and was also known as a genius boy.
Wei Jingchen should know more about the intricacies of officialdom and business dealings than she does.
"Young Master Wei? He... is quite suitable."
Yang Jingyan will definitely discuss this matter with Wei Mingde. Wei Jingchen has many unique insights into these matters, so he will naturally ask for his opinion.
Moreover, he didn't think Yun Zhao could explain the situation clearly.
"Okay~ Zhaozhao understands!"
Yun Zhao obediently returned the account book to Yang Jingyan.
Just as Yang Jingyan was about to find a box to pack it up, a commotion came from outside the warehouse.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of swords clashing rang out.
"Waaah—"
The tigress guarding the door immediately issued a warning.
"What happened?"
Yang Jingyan asked in a loud voice.
"grown ups……"
Before the officers outside the small room could speak, a loud "boom" suddenly came from outside the door!
"roar!"
The tigress roared, and Yun Zhao was suddenly terrified.
"Someone closed the gate!"
Yang Jingyan suddenly had a bad feeling.
They dared to openly keep such important ledgers in the room; they must have a backup plan!
Outside the warehouse, one group of people closed the gate, and then another group brought in hay and piled it outside the warehouse gate.
"Pour in kerosene and set it on fire!"
"Dr. Yu, Eighth Master is still inside!"
Someone said in horror.
The man in the lead, named Doctor Yu, glanced at him.
"The ledgers haven't been transferred yet and they're still inside. Do you think Chen Ba is more important, or the ledgers?"
The captured officials immediately shouted, "How dare you! Those inside are high-ranking officials of the imperial court!"
Doctor Yu sneered, "They killed officials appointed by the imperial court and committed arson!"
At Doctor Yu's command, a dozen men carried buckets forward and poured all the kerosene onto the dry grass.
He then threw the torch in his hand up!
"boom!"
The torch instantly ignited the dry grass soaked in kerosene, and the fire spread rapidly!
Yang Jingyan and Yun Zhao rushed out and saw thick smoke blowing into the warehouse through the crack in the door.
Someone actually set fire to the house and killed people to cover it up!
"There's a window inside, let's go!"
Yang Jingyan quickly called to the others.
Chen Ba slumped to the ground, laughing self-deprecatingly, "Hahahaha! Murder to silence them! There's no way to get out through that window!"
He was abandoned...
Yun Zhao ran back, climbed to the window, and opened it.
"call--"
A cold wind was blowing across my face.
Behind this window was a bottomless abyss!
No wonder Chen Ba didn't run away earlier.
There's no way they can escape!
"My lord, what should we do?"
They were trapped inside the warehouse!
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