Xie Jingyan knew Shen Wan had something to ask him, so he said, "I've been holding back all the way. Is there anything you want to ask me?"
Shen Wan asked, "Are you aware that my elder brother left the capital?"
"Know."
The answer was very straightforward.
Shen Wan opened her eyes wide. "You know, but you didn't tell me."
If her second cousin hadn't come and mentioned it, she wouldn't know when she would have found out.
Xie Jingyan said, "I thought you knew that your elder brother was away from the capital and didn't have time, so I asked you to convey my thanks to me."
Shen Wan asked, "Where did my older brother go?"
Meizhou.
Shen Wan then asked, "Was it also because of the earthquake in Meizhou?"
Xie Jingyan said, "Not entirely."
Shen Wan looked at him, puzzled.
Xie Jingyan said, "According to your dream, an earthquake occurred in Meizhou, the official road collapsed, and food and medicine could not be transported in, resulting in many people starving and dying of disease. The medicine can be ignored, but the starvation of people should not have happened."
Shen Wan asked, "Why do you say that?"
"Meizhou has granaries."
Shen Wan was stunned.
She didn't know that Meizhou had granaries, but if there were granaries, how could so many people have starved to death? The Meizhou government couldn't be so inflexible as to refuse to open the granaries for disaster relief without an imperial order, could it?
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan, "Are you suspecting that there is no more grain in the Meizhou granary?"
Xie Jingyan nodded. "Although the Yun family owns a grain shop in Meizhou, business is not good. Transporting grain from other prefectures to Meizhou not only doesn't make money, but it can even result in losses. The shopkeepers don't approve of your cousin transporting grain to Meizhou, let alone so much. The other day, your cousin came to you to find out why you wanted to send grain to Meizhou."
Yun Qi was unaware of Shen Wan's dream, but Xie Jingyan and Shen Du believed it without a doubt.
Both of them suspected that the grain stored in the Meizhou granary had been sold privately. If they didn't know, they would let it go, but if they did, they would definitely take action. However, checking the grain was no small matter. Yun Qi could only ensure that after the earthquake in Meizhou, the people of Meizhou could buy grain with money and would not go hungry or starve to death. But checking the grain was beyond Yun Qi's control.
Xie Jingyan said, "I can't leave the capital at will, so only your eldest brother can go."
Shen Wan had no objection to their arrangements. However, Shen Li's accident angered the second branch of the family, who were more comfortable living away from the capital. But if the grain in the Meizhou granary was indeed misappropriated, and the eldest brother went to investigate, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar in Meizhou, and the eldest brother would also be in danger.
Shen Wanxin unconsciously felt a surge of anxiety.
Noticing Shen Wan's worry, Xie Jingyan comforted her, "Your older brother is just conducting a covert investigation. With his skills, he'll be fine."
After a pause, Xie Jingyan added, "Your older brother has other things to take care of."
Shen Wan asked curiously, "Is there anything else?"
Just as Xie Jingyan was about to tell Shen Wan, Haitang ran in and said urgently, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened! My eldest cousin has had an accident at Huguo Temple."
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