The Lin family alone accounted for 50,000 taels of silver. Lin Shucheng had a 10,000 tael bounty on his head, Lin Xueqing had a 15,000 tael bounty on her head, and Lin Shucheng's wife, Jiang Yun, had a 10,000 tael bounty on her head. Even that little girl, who was not even ten years old, had a 20,000 tael bounty on her head...
Ye Yuan looked at the 25,000 taels on the table with some disbelief.
What does this little girl do?
Ye Yuan asked his subordinate directly, "Have you found out what they did?"
His guard, Shen Si, shook his head: "It's not easy to find out. That village is heavily guarded. All we know is that they make a lot of money doing business and have a lot of ingenious ideas."
However, Shen Si pulled out a stack of wanted posters. The Red Turban Army was not as wealthy as Xie Hong, yet they had put a reward of 20,000 taels of silver on Lin Jinyue.
Shen Si pointed at Lin Xueqing's wanted poster and whispered, "Your Highness, the Red Turban Army wrote 'capture alive' on this, but look at this crescent moon mark with a notch. This is a secret code used by the Red Turban Army's special agents, meaning that they must be silenced."
Ye Yuan frowned; this family was no ordinary family.
I only knew about these people because Gu Shao would occasionally write a few letters to the capital before the incident.
He had a good relationship with Gu Shao. He came here for two reasons: first, to rescue Gu Shao, and second, to bring this group of people under his command.
This is also why the emperor appointed him as crown prince and sent him to Lingnan.
Shen Si thought for a moment, then frowned and said, "Your Highness, I feel that this group of people looks somewhat dangerous, perhaps..."
As he spoke, he made a throat-slitting gesture.
As for Gu Shao telling him about that family's little secret, Ye Yuan just turned a blind eye.
Ye Yuan imagined a lot in a short period of time.
They assumed that the Lin family was a large, reclusive family disguised as farmers. They thought that Xie Hong and the Red Turban Army had targeted them because they possessed some secret techniques for blocking doors. Xie Hong wanted to capture Lin Xueqing alive, while the Red Turban Army wanted to silence her. Based on Gu Shao's understanding of these two groups, he guessed that the secret techniques Lin Xueqing possessed must be related to weapons.
Ye Yuan was still somewhat arrogant, and he really felt that those Red Turban Army soldiers were a bit short-sighted.
Why are we so wary of the Lin family?
If that weapon were really that powerful, would we have needed to flee to the north?
Ye Yuan then asked Shen Si, "How much longer until we arrive?"
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