Qin Youran reminded her, "If you decide to investigate Ye Zelin, you must be careful and don't let him doubt your identity."
Hua Fushu swore, "I know my limits. I will investigate this matter myself and will not let Ye Zelin get suspicious."
"Your husband led the army on his first expedition, and he won three battles in a row. He must not be just a talker. When I heard the imperial aunt talk about your husband, she praised him a lot, saying that he was young and promising, talented in both literature and martial arts, and resourceful. He was a blessing for the Song Dynasty, surpassing 200,000 elite soldiers. She also said that he was a leader among the children of aristocratic families, a dragon among phoenixes, and had a bright future. The imperial aunt experienced fifty years of ups and downs in the Liao Kingdom. After returning, she lived in seclusion and rarely went out. She also had a very clear understanding of the current situation in the Song Dynasty. I think what the imperial aunt said is not wrong."
Qin Youran earnestly warned Hua Fushu, "Since you've decided to investigate your husband, you'd better be cautious. Don't let him find out before you've investigated thoroughly. He'll be like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, leaving you defenseless and with no escape."
Hua Fushu smiled and said, "Brother, I'm not the mantis. I'm the oriole hiding in the dark. Ye Zelin is the mantis. You underestimate me. I'm Master's most beloved disciple and the young master of the Mei Sect. I won't be like a fool and ask Ye Zelin openly. I just need to secretly keep an eye on Ye Zelin. Are you afraid that I won't be able to find out?"
Qin Youran said, "If you need any help from me, please tell me. I will definitely help you if I am busy."
Hua Fushu thought for a moment and remembered something, "Then please send a message to Lanling for me and ask Mr. Chang to keep Han Tuizhi alive and let him die quickly."
Qin Youran replied, "I've already asked Mu Qing to send a message to Lanling."
Hua Fushu was slightly startled. She thought her senior brother had forgotten about it. "When? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Qin Youran said, "Before I go to save you."
The two of them quickly ended the topic, and soon, the servant who had gone to the kitchen earlier came back with some freshly baked date cakes. Hua Fushu was a foodie, and the mung bean cakes and a bowl of hawthorn paste were not enough for him, so he ate several pieces of date cakes, making his stomach round.
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The clouds that looked like small hills obscured the beautiful face of the bright moon. In Luocheng, thousands of houses were lit up, and people were walking in the streets and alleys, which was in sharp contrast to the lonely night.
In a private house in a remote alley, Yu Xuanji, Lao Qiao and the plainclothes officials from the Ministry of Justice were hiding.
After the young man named Mu Qing met up with his master, Master Qin, he sent them to Luocheng at daybreak.
Ye Zelin and Yu Chisu arrived in Luocheng as the sun set. By the time they found Yu Xuanji's whereabouts, they would have passed by. It wasn't that they couldn't find her, but they were afraid that Cai Yuanchang's men would be following them secretly, so they came to look for her late at night.
There were knocks on the door. Old Joe hesitated for a moment before asking in a low voice, "Who is it?"
Yu Chisu recognized Old Qiao's voice and said, "Uncle Qiao, it's me, Susu. Second Brother Ye and I are here."
Ye Zelin called out to Old Qiao: "Uncle Qiao."
Old Qiao recognized the voices as Ye Zelin and Yu Chisu, and then he felt relieved. He opened a door and called them in.
After the person entered the door, Old Joe looked around before closing the door and bolting it.
Old Qiao took the two to see Yu Xuanji. Yu Chisu asked Yu Xuanji with concern and was relieved to know that her uncle and Old Qiao were fine. Although Hua Fushu told her that her uncle was fine, she still had to ask again before she could feel at ease.
Yu Xuanji asked about the incident where she and Ye Zelin were captured by the Qingyun Mountain bandits. Yu Chisu remembered that she had promised Hua Fushu not to leak the things that happened on Qingyun Mountain, so she omitted the fact that Hua Fushu made a deal with the Qingyun Mountain bandits and sent them away from Dongting County. She only said that she didn't know why the Qingyun Mountain bandits captured them, and that Qin Youran and Mu Qing brought people to the mountain to kill them, and the Qingyun Mountain bandits were no match for them, so they let them go.
Afraid Yu Xuanji wouldn't believe him, Ye Zelin repeated what Yu Chisu had said. He said, "...If it weren't for Senior Brother Qin and Mu Qing's extraordinary skills, which frightened the bandits from Qingyun Mountain, Susu and I might not have been able to get down the mountain safely. Although we weren't injured, my wife was injured. Those bandits probably wanted to rob us, and they were afraid of taking my wife's life. Since they couldn't get the money, they used medicine to stop the bleeding and saved my wife's life."
Yu Xuanji asked earnestly, "Is Hua'er seriously injured? Where is she now? Is there anyone taking care of her?"
Ye Zelin replied, "Fushu traveled around the world a few years ago and made some friends. The head of the Xiangshui Cao Gang in Xiangshui Town is her sworn brother. I'm leaving her at his house to take care of her. I'll pick her up on my way back after I finish my work in Luocheng. She's seriously injured, but she's not in danger of death. She can eat and move around, but she's a little pale. It wouldn't be good for her to travel with me. It wouldn't be good for her injuries."
Yu Xuanji exhaled a breath of foul air, and said with a hint of self-blame, "I'm glad Hua'er is okay. It's my fault for not stopping her from going back to find you. If I had stopped her, she wouldn't have been taken up the mountain, and she wouldn't have been injured."
Ye Zelin said calmly, "It's none of Uncle Yu's business. Don't blame yourself. Protecting Fushu is my duty as a husband. It was my carelessness that caused Fushu to get hurt. Fortunately, she's not seriously injured, otherwise I would regret it to death."
Yu Xuanji, Ye Zelin, Lao Qiao and Yu Chisu discussed how to capture Cai Yuanchang tomorrow. By the time they finished their discussion, it was already midnight, so they went to rest.
However, the Jiedushi Cai Yuanchang already knew that the encirclement and suppression of Qingyun Mountain had failed, and even his most trusted subordinate He Youdao had died in Qingyun Mountain.
There were only forty or fifty bandits in Qingyun Mountain. More than two hundred soldiers he sent to suppress them all died in Qingyun Mountain. Several soldiers were seriously injured, but they died because they did not receive timely treatment. He knew that the bandits in Qingyun Mountain were powerful, but he did not know that they were so powerful.
He was shocked and was very concerned about the 100,000 official silver. If the 100,000 official silver was not in Qingyun Mountain, it must have been taken away by Sai Yuhuan.
With the assistance of Hang Yu, 100,000 official silver coins were successfully transported out of Yuezhou and headed to Luocheng.
He knew that 100,000 official silver coins were stolen and Cheng Wenbo was dead, and the court would definitely send people to investigate. To be on the safe side, if the court found the whereabouts of the official silver coins, he would send the official silver coins to Qingyun Mountain and ask Sai Yuhuan to keep them for him. He also promised to give Qingyun Mountain 2,000 taels of silver as the custody fee.
He has been cooperating with Qingyun Mountain for many years. In fact, to be more precise, he has used Qingyun Mountain for many years, using Qingyun Mountain to complete some things for him that he is not convenient to do personally. However, he never expected that Sai Yuhuan had planted an informant in his house, who knew in advance about his plan to kill Yu Xuanji and Ye Zelin and put the blame on Qingyun Mountain, and intervened, causing his plan to fail.
Yu Xuanji is not dead, and Ye Zelin is not dead either. They already have evidence of his crimes, the account book that Cheng Wenbo stole from him.
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