Chapter 249 What’s wrong? Do you think I’m too bad?

While waiting for Lord Wen's men to go find someone, Lord Wen did not dare to neglect Xu Yanyi. He directly invited her to rest in the inner room in the backyard of the yamen. He also personally brewed a pot of tea and brought her cakes.

Xu Yanyi smiled and said: "No one likes me, the eldest princess, but Lord Wen knows how to behave."

Lord Wen pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly: "The eldest princess is joking. As long as the eldest princess is a princess, she is a princess of the golden branch and jade leaf. Naturally, I have to respect her. Princess, please have some tea first. When my people catch those bastards, I will ask the eldest princess for help."

"good."

Xu Yanyi nodded.

Lord Wen went out and closed the door, but he glanced at Master Yue who was beside Xu Yanyi. He always felt that although this master was wearing a mask and his face could not be seen clearly, he had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

But this is not important. The important thing is that this Master Yue gives people a strong sense of oppression. Although he stands there and says nothing, his aura is unmatched.

Lord Wen didn't dare to think too much and left.

After the door was closed, Master Yue finally spoke: "Is the Lin family's silver really from the Wuzhou Prefecture's treasury?"

Xu Yanyi smiled slightly: "I guessed. It is true that the Lin family let Mu Liufang be the housekeeper, and Mu Liufang also marked the money. However, there is another point. But later, housekeeper Mu Liufang changed his own accountant.

I heard that the accountant was from Wuzhou Prefecture and had worked in the Treasury. I didn't think too much about it at first, but the Lin family suddenly took out such a large sum of money to handle it. Even if Mr. Lin agreed, Mu Liufang would still feel distressed.

After all, after Mu Liufang became the housekeeper, she strictly controlled the Lin family's expenses and was reluctant to spend even a little bit of money. I guess the Lin family are not generous people, otherwise why would they marry their daughter to you just to seize your property?

Even if Lin Mengyan hadn't gotten into trouble and couldn't get married, hadn't I thought about it before? But if it was ill-gotten gains, doing this would not only get rid of the trouble, but also frame me, isn't that perfect?"

"So, this is all your guess?"

Master Yue couldn't help but admire him.

Xu Yanyi's eyes moved: "It's half a guess, half a speculation, and it's also based on facts and the situation of the Lin family."

In the past, when Mu Nanzhou had a good relationship with the original owner, he told the original owner everything about everyone in the Mu family, no matter how big or small. The original owner remembered everything, but now that it was dug up by Xu Yanyi, it just happened to be so intricately related to the treasury theft case that she accidentally heard about in the palace.

Originally, she didn't care whether she had framed the Lin family or not, so she just went ahead and did it.

If it is really treasury silver, the Lin family will be in trouble.

If it wasn't for Ku Yin, the Lin family would have suffered.

In any case, it is the Lin family that suffers, and it is not a loss.

"What's wrong? Do you think I'm too bad?"

Xu Yanyi took a sip of tea leisurely.

Master Yue was silent for a moment before he said, "No, it's just that you... you have changed so much from before. If it were you in the past, you would definitely not harm the Lin family. Even if the Lin family did something wrong, you would turn a blind eye. After all, Mu Liufang is Mu Nanzhou's biological aunt, but now you..."

"I was too kind before. You should know that kind people are often bullied and kind horses are often ridden. You don't know what I have been through in the past three years, otherwise you would not be able to bear it."

Xu Yanyi drank up the tea in the cup in one gulp.

Master Yue looked at her. Inexplicably, Xu Yanyi always felt that when Master Yue looked at her, there was not only pity in his eyes, but also more of a sense of guilt and uneasiness.

"you……"

Before Xu Yanyi could finish her question, there was a knock on the door. It was the voice of a yamen runner: "Princess, the owner of the bun shop, Wang Xingdong, and his wife Cai Guizhong have been brought back. They are in the hall. Your Excellency is asking if you want to go..."

"Don't you know how to conduct a trial? Just ask questions, and if you don't confess, torture. Isn't that your way?"

Xu Yanyi stood up and opened the door.

The yamen runner swallowed his saliva and said, "Yes, yes, my lord is afraid that the princess will also want to participate."

"This princess does not want to get involved in such a mess." Xu Yanyi said calmly, "However, this matter involves the treasury of Wuzhou Prefecture. If you handle it well, you will have made great contributions, and the emperor will definitely reward you. How about this, let Lord Wen hold a public trial and let the common people who are willing to watch come to listen. This way, the influence will be greater, and when the emperor rewards you, it will not be a casual reward."

The yamen runner was startled, and nodded quickly: "Yes, I will go and tell the master to arrange this matter now."

Master Yue looked at the runner's back as he ran away. He asked, "Are you trying to make a big fuss?"

"Of course they'll make a big fuss. No matter if it's the treasury silver of Wuzhou Prefecture, as long as they make a big fuss, everyone will know that the bun shop accepted the silver from the Lin family, but the Lin family has nothing to do with the bun shop, so why would they give them the silver? If the people in the bun shop want to clear themselves of the charge of stealing the treasury silver, they'll have to tell the whole story of poisoning the buns, and they'll have to say that they were coerced by the Lin family, otherwise they'll be dead."

Xu Yanyi's voice was calm, but her actions were decisive.

Master Yue looked at her profile and felt as if he was in another world.

Is she...really not her?

It was only about half an hour, but even though Xu Yanyi was strolling in the backyard of the yamen, she could still hear the angry voices of the people coming from the yamen court.

Xu Yanyi glanced at Master Yue, and the two of them walked towards the court in tacit understanding.

When they reached the back door of the court, they stopped and saw the yamen runners holding back the common people who were about to riot: "Everyone, calm down, calm down!"

"How can you be so calm? So many people have collapsed in the refugee camp!"

"We thought it was the crazy Princess Nanling who poisoned us, but we didn't expect it was these two idiots!"

"That's right! Do you have any conscience? You poisoned so many people for a little money!"

"Kill them! Kill them!"

The common people who were listening and watching were so excited that they were about to break through the defense line of the yamen runners.

Cai Guizhong, the wife of the shopkeeper who was beaten with a stick and lying on the ground, was anxious: "No, no, no, it was not me who poisoned him. It was the people from the Lin family who forced me to do it. They also said that if I didn't do this and didn't have their money, they would go to Chen Laoqi and tell him that I was going to run away and not pay back the money, and asked Chen Laoqi to beat me to death..."

Chen Laoqi immediately retorted: "It is only natural to pay back debts! I run a gambling house, I have to admit defeat, it is not normal for me to beat you to death if you don't pay back the money! You are so cruel, you dare to use the silver from the treasury to pay me back! You want to kill me!"

Cai Guizhong was furious: "How do I know that it is from the Treasury? I have already said that it was given to me by the Lin family. Besides, who knows if these silver coins of yours are the ones I gave you..."

"You still want to slander me! I'll beat you to death!"

Chen Laoqi was about to rush over and start a fight with Cai Guizhong.

Xu Yanyi and Master Yue came out from the back. Master Yue spoke coldly: "Those silver coins have marks on them. What's going on? Why not ask the Lin family to come and confront them? But even if the Lin family doesn't come, Wang Xingdong and Cai Guizhong will both die. Who told you to poison so many people in the steamed buns for the princess's mansion?"

All of a sudden, everyone looked towards Xu Yanyi.