That evening, all the guests left, and the Ye family members all breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Erquan and his family went back.
Ye Daquan said to Ye Caiping, "Little sister, we've reserved a room for you here. You can stay here tonight. Jin'er and Huan'er can stay too."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Sure!" She looked at her two daughters.
Ye Jin'er said softly, "I'm not used to beds. When we moved to our new house, it took me seven or eight days to get used to it."
Ye Huan'er nodded as well.
Ye Daquan didn't press the matter. "Alright then, you two go home."
"Then let's go back to sleep too," said Old Man Ye. Such a big house can't just have his two granddaughters at home.
After a while, some people went home, while others stayed.
After washing up, they went to sleep.
Night fell, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the entire Qinghe Village was quiet.
A figure dressed in black quietly crept up to the side of Ye Caiping's house.
Then he found a broken ladder that he had hidden in the bushes and put it on the wall.
The person who came was none other than Gu Han, who was about to steal cassava!
God knows how anxious he has been these past few days.
Fearing that it would be delayed, Magistrate Lu reported the cassava as soon as he finished his work.
But fate was on his side, and he finally found an opportunity.
Today is the auspicious day of Ye Daquan's housewarming. After the Ye family and others finish their busy work, they will surely sleep soundly.
Moreover, he only found out that night that Ye Caiping was actually sleeping at Ye Daquan's house, which was simply an opportunity given to him by heaven.
Gu Han climbed the ladder to the top of the wall, then took the ladder up and put it inside the wall.
He jumped down, intending to find where the cassava was planted, but when he looked up, he saw a small vegetable garden.
Under the silvery moonlight, he recognized it as cassava!
Since becoming a servant in the Li family, Gu Han has been forced by them to go up the mountain to find and process cassava, so he is very familiar with cassava.
Gu Han was incredibly excited. He took a small shovel from the sack he had brought and started digging.
After digging for an hour, they finally dug out all three cassava plants.
"Hmph, I'll let you plant it! I'll let you plant it!"
After digging up all three cassava plants, Gu Han was extremely excited.
Now that he has dug out even the thinnest roots, the Ye family no longer has any non-toxic cassava.
From now on, only Gu Han has non-toxic cassava! Magistrate Lu can't report it even if he wants to.
Gu Han carried the three sweet potatoes on his back, escaped from the wall, and ran excitedly along the country road.
His position as heir apparent! His future! His prospects—he has it all! Hahahaha!
A burst of arrogant laughter echoed through the night, startling the wild birds by the roadside.
He didn't know that besides these three cassava plants, there were also sixty acres of other non-toxic cassava fields!
...
Ye Caiping slept soundly at Ye Daquan's house.
"Cai Ping! Cai Ping!" Suddenly, there was a knocking sound at the door.
Ye Caiping got up, muttering as she put on her clothes, "Dad, what's wrong?"
After getting dressed and opening the door, I saw Old Man Ye with a livid face, saying, "Your house has been burgled! All your cassava plants have been stolen."
"What?" Ye Caiping frowned.
Ye Jin'er, who was behind Old Man Ye, came out and said, "This morning, I went to the vegetable garden to pick some scallions to cook noodles, only to find that the cassava plants that my mother planted had been dug up, not even a single one was left."
Old Man Ye said anxiously, "This is really strange. Why would they steal those few trees? We have sixty acres of land!"
No one knew about the yellow cassava yet, not even the girls, so Old Man Ye didn't mention it.
Ye Caiping narrowed her eyes.
Although she still had sixty acres of land, why would that thief steal her three cassava plants?
They clearly knew the value of those three cassava plants.
Did they steal it to plant, or were they trying to steal the credit?
Anyway, she has to catch this thief.
Just then, Ye Caiping saw Ye Daquan yawning as he came out of the house. She said urgently, "Brother, go get the carriage. We're looking for Magistrate Lu."
"Ah... okay, I'll go right away." Ye Daquan didn't ask any questions and turned to run out.
...
yamen.
The guards at the gate recognized Ye Caiping and, upon hearing that she had urgent business with Magistrate Lu, quickly led her to the back hall.
Before long, Magistrate Lu, dressed in an official robe, strode over.
It is only 7:30 a.m. now, and the time to go to the yamen is after 8:00 a.m.
Ye Caiping and the other woman quickly greeted him, saying, "Greetings, Your Excellency."
"No need for formalities, please sit down. Madam Ye came to see me so early in the morning, may I ask what brings you here?" Magistrate Lu said, sitting down in the head chair.
Ye Caiping did not sit down, but told him about the stolen cassava.
Magistrate Lu said, "From what you've said, that thief must know the value of yellow cassava. Based on my experience, he wants to report it first and steal our credit."
Ye Caiping nodded: "That's what I thought too. Has the county magistrate reported the yellow cassava?"
"We reported it two days ago," Magistrate Lu said with a laugh. "Even if that thief had four legs, we couldn't possibly report it in one go."
Ye Caiping laughed when she heard this. The little thief dug up all three of her cassava plants and thought that all the yellow-fleshed cassava plants were his.
Who would have thought that she also had sixty mu! And the county magistrate had already reported it.
Even if he ran himself ragged, he couldn't catch up with the fast horse sent out by Magistrate Lu.
Ye Caiping said happily, "Fortunately, Your Excellency is wise enough to report it early on."
Magistrate Lu laughed: "Hahaha, this is what I should do. Even so, that thief still needs to be caught as soon as possible. Feng, the shopkeeper."
Immediately, a middle-aged man of about forty years old stepped forward.
"Take your men and go with Madam Ye to the village to investigate." With that, Magistrate Lu turned around and said, "Feng Putou is my most capable spies; he will surely be able to find the thieves' trail."
"Thank you, Your Excellency." Ye Caiping breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Magistrate Lu had already reported the incident, she was still afraid of making a mistake and hoped to catch the thief as soon as possible.
At this moment, Master Luo stepped forward and said, "Sir, it's time to begin the court proceedings."
Magistrate Lu stood up: "Very well. Madam Ye, I have other cases to hear, so I won't accompany you to the scene."
"Thank you for your trouble. Having a detective sent by the master to accompany me is just as good."
...
Ye Caiping and her group returned to Qinghe Village.
The villagers were all startled to see a group of constables following behind Ye Caiping.
Granny Zhao jumped out from the crowd: "Cai Ping... what are these yamen runners doing in our village?"
"Something was stolen from my house, so I reported it to the authorities. Everyone, don't panic, just continue with what you were doing."
The villagers breathed a sigh of relief and left one after another.
Ye Caiping led the constables to her family's small vegetable garden. Old Man Ye came over and said, "I just went to the fields and the sixty mu of cassava are still in good condition."
Ye Caiping nodded.
The constables found something after searching for a quarter of an hour. The leader, Constable Feng, said, "Look at those footprints, one deep and one shallow. The thief seems to be a cripple."
"A cripple?" Ye Caiping was taken aback, then suddenly remembered the unfortunate original male lead, "Gu Han?"
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