Chapter 282: All Harms and No Benefits
Luo Qinghan asked as he looked at the ten large wooden boxes in front of him that were still covered in mud.
"What's in this?"
The Yulin Guards opened the lid of the box, revealing neatly stacked gold bars.
These are actually ten full boxes of gold!
Xiao Xixi was a little listless at first, but when she saw so much gold, she immediately became energetic!
It was the first time in her life that she faced so much gold, and the feeling was indescribable.
Shang Kui answered truthfully: "All this gold was dug out from Zhu Quankun's yard."
These boxes were buried very deep and covered with flowers and plants as a disguise. If the Yulin Guards had not dug deep into the ground, they might not have been found.
Luo Qinghan just took a look at the gold, then retracted his gaze and asked lightly.
"Where are the Lins?"
As soon as Shang Kui raised his hand, two Yulin Guards came up carrying a woman on a stretcher.
The woman lying on the stretcher was the missing Lin.
She was unconscious at the moment, her face was pale, and there was a lot of dust on her hair and clothes. It seemed that she had suffered a lot.
Luo Qinghan asked someone to invite Mei Guangtao over.
Mei Guangtao's eyes were first hurt by the glittering gold, and then he was surprised when he saw Lin.
"Isn't this Madam Dong? How did you find her?"
Shang Kui replied, "Zhu Quankun has a house in Liuye Lane. Madam Dong was imprisoned in the cellar of that house. The gold was also dug out from that house."
Mei Guangtao was very surprised: "I sent people to search that house before, but didn't find any clues."
Shang Kui didn't know how to explain this matter, so he could only say it dryly.
"Maybe we were just luckier and checked more carefully."
Mei Guangtao: “…”
So the reason I couldn't find any clues was because I had bad luck and was not careful enough?
Thinking of this, I suddenly want to be autistic.
Luo Qinghan said, "Go and inform Minister Dong as soon as possible, and ask his family to come over quickly, and also hire a doctor for Lin."
Mei Guangtao immediately got to work.
Lin was settled in the guest room, and soon Dong Mingchun came hurriedly with his two sons.
With the doctor's treatment, Lin woke up quickly.
The doctor told the Dong family that Lin was in a coma because he had been drugged, and that his body was not seriously injured. He would be able to recover completely as long as he rested for a period of time.
Lin looked at her familiar family members and felt so excited that she cried out of breath.
Dong Mingchun was also very excited, but fortunately he was well-informed and quickly calmed down.
He hugged his wife and comforted her.
When Lin gradually stopped crying, Mei Guangtao came in. He briefly told her the whole story and said at the end.
"I need Mrs. Dong's confession as evidence. I hope Mrs. Dong can cooperate."
Lin was naturally very cooperative.
She told him everything she had experienced.
After being introduced to the Du Sheng Sect, Lin was bewitched by Zhu Quankun's rhetoric.
Zhu Quankun was particularly eloquent. He first praised the gods worshipped by the Du Sheng Sect, saying that their gods were omnipotent and that as long as one believed in his religion, everything would go as planned and whatever they wanted would be granted.
Lin was skeptical at first, but Xue kept whispering in her ear, saying how powerful this Mingdeng Zhenren was. After hearing it so many times, Lin gradually began to believe it.
Later, Zhu Quankun said that he wanted to build a temple for the gods. This was a great opportunity to accumulate merit, and believers must not miss it.
Lin was not short of money, so she thought it was okay to donate some money.
But she accidentally discovered Zhu Quankun's true face and knew that he was a liar.
She wanted to go home and tell her husband about this, but Zhu Quankun found out about it. So he tied her up and planned to extort money from her first, and then sell her into the mountains after the deed was done.
Every day Zhu Quankun would have someone feed her food and water laced with drugs to keep her in a coma.
During the four days, Lin woke up several times. Every time she woke up, the environment around her was different, so she was not sure where she was imprisoned.
Mei Guangtao spoke after listening to her finish.
"I guess Zhu Quankun is afraid of being discovered, so he changes the location of the hostages every day. He is really cunning!"
Dong Mingchun patted his wife's back and said in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid, everything is over."
Mei Guangtao went to see the prince with Lin's confession.
"Your Highness, now that the evidence is solid, we should be able to convict Zhu Quankun."
After reading the confession, Luo Qinghan said calmly, "There is one more thing that I don't quite understand."
"Your Highness, please speak."
"Zhu Quankun kidnapped Lin for money, but yesterday when Minister Dong went to deliver the ransom, he was assassinated on the way. If it was just for money, why did he kill? Minister Dong can be appointed by the court. If he dies, the case will definitely be blown up, and Zhu Quankun will definitely not be able to escape by then. What he did is a hundred harms and no benefit."
Mei Guangtao also felt that this was suspicious.
"I will go and interrogate Zhu Quankun and see what he says."
He bowed and left.
Luo Qinghan turned his head and saw Xiao Xixi sitting under the porch eating dates.
There are two jujube trees next to the teahouse. Now is the fruit-bearing season, and there are many fresh jujubes hanging on the branches.
The servants of Jingzhao Prefecture specially picked some and sent them to them.
The fresh dates tasted crispy and sweet. Xiao Xixi ate one after another and couldn't stop. She already had a small pile of date pits on her hands.
Seeing how she was eating with relish, it seemed that she had forgotten the terrible nightmare.
Luo Qinghan asked: "Do you want to go and see what happened to Zhu Quankun?"
Xiao Xixi refused without hesitation: "That scene must be very bloody and violent. I don't want to watch it. It will affect my appetite."
Luo Qinghan didn't force her, he called Shang Kui in.
"Go to the General Zhongwu's residence and bring General Xiao and Madam Xiao over."
“Here!”
Shang Kui strode out.
Xiao Xixi asked curiously: "Why does Your Highness want to meet my parents?"
Luo Qinghan said calmly: "They are also witnesses in this case, so we need them to record their statements."
Xiao Xixi didn't think much about it and continued to eat her dates.
Luo Qinghan walked over and took away the fruit plate with dates in front of her.
Xiao Xixi immediately refused to do it.
"Your Highness, what are you doing? I haven't finished eating yet!"
Luo Qinghan lowered his eyes and looked at her: "It's not good to eat too many dates. It will give you diarrhea."
Xiao Xixi argued: "I am strong and healthy, nothing will happen to me."
Luo Qinghan ignored her and asked someone to take the fruit plate away.
Without food, Xiao Xixi seemed to have lost her soul.
She was wilting at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a dried-up salted fish.
(End of this chapter)
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