Chapter 23
You Yang put away the sword, and only after escaping from danger did Ting Wei dare to get up and kneel in front of Song Yanting.
Song Yanting asked her: "Tell me, what do you know?"
"Where did this child come from? What's his relationship with you?"
"A month ago, Mother Zhang was taken away by a mysterious carriage, and when she returned, she was accompanied by these girls."
“I really don’t know where it came from!”
Tingwei's voice trembled, fearing that Song Yanting would cut off her flesh to feed the fish.
"Mother Zhang handed her over to me and told me to get along with her for a month. They told me that we were like sisters, saying that nobles like that."
"Apart from this, she and I have no relationship at all. It's unfair, Your Highness."
Tingwei's crying made the little girl hiding in the closet very curious.
She wanted to go out a little, but then she thought that her uncle outside hadn't found her yet. If she went out like this, her uncle might be unhappy.
"Uncle, haven't you found me yet?"
She waited inside for a long time, but now she couldn't wait any longer.
The little girl's innocent voice formed a sharp contrast with Tingwei's crying outside.
Song Yan glared at Ting Wei after hearing this.
Seeing the hostility in Song Yanting's eyes, Tingwei quickly closed her mouth and suppressed her sobs.
Song Yanting tried his best to make his voice sound gentle, "You hid too well, brother can't find you. Just wait a little longer, brother will find you soon."
The little girl's voice was sweet and tender, "Okay~"
Tingwei was so scared that tears and snot were streaming down her face, but she didn't care about that anymore. She threw herself on the ground and begged for mercy, "I really don't know anything else. I just did what I was told."
Song Yanting's face darkened again, and a murderous look appeared in his dark eyes.
"That lantern? Do you have anything to explain to me?"
Ting narrowed her eyes slightly, cold sweat pouring down her face, and she licked her lips nervously.
"You won't tell me?" Song Yanting glanced at You Yang lightly, "Then you will die."
You Yang understood and approached Ting Wei, ready to fight. "Okay."
"No, no, no! Your Highness, spare me, I will tell you, I will tell you."
Tingwei no longer dared to hide it, because the sharp sword on her shoulder made her realize clearly that this veiled and stunningly beautiful woman not only had a cold face, but also an even colder heart, and she would never show mercy when she took action.
"Mother Zhang not only brought them back that day, but also brought back two half-person-high wooden boxes from outside."
"I took a peek when no one was paying attention, and I saw that the two boxes were filled with gold."
"She had her craftsmen work overnight to turn the gold nuggets into sky lanterns, then sold them at high prices, pretending they were ordinary sky lanterns painted with gold."
"And the number of peach blossoms painted on the lanterns represents... represents... their ages..."
Only an inaudible sinister sneer was heard, and the exquisitely carved pure gold bamboo-shaped short stick that Song Yanting had been playing with in his palm was almost broken by him with his bare hands.
"Do you know where the gold came from?"
Without waiting for Tingwei to reply, Song Yanting continued, "That was earned by the frontier soldiers at the cost of their lives."
"Okay, you guys are good."
"You don't think you can launder the money this way, do you?"
Song Yan's tone was long and somewhat morbid. "Let me guess, which scapegoat exchanged your military rations for gold?"
"Your Highness, please spare me! Your Highness, please spare me!"
The calmness that Tingwei had shown when she entered the room had already been burned away by the anger hidden under Song Yanting's gloomy face.
She knelt on the ground, banging her smooth forehead against the ground repeatedly. Even with blood dripping from her forehead, Song Yanting didn't show the slightest bit of pity.
"I really don't know anything, Your Highness. I'm just following orders. Please spare me, Your Highness!"
Song Yanting looked at her coldly and said indifferently, "Have you kowtowed enough?"
"Then you will die."
In the blink of an eye, the golden stick in his hand flew out. He relied on his internal force to pierce through Tingwei's heart, penetrated her body, and finally nailed it to the wooden box behind him.
Tingwei didn't even have the chance to react and fell to the ground with her eyes open.
Those with strong internal strength are so terrifying.
The speed was so fast that You Yang couldn't help but tighten the hilt of the sword in his hand.
She patted her chest, feeling frightened when she recalled how she had almost received the same treatment.
"Your skill in destroying flowers with such ruthless hands, could it be that practice makes perfect?"
Song Yan felt bad after hearing this, and replied indifferently: "Do you still want to try?"
"Hehe... no need, no need..."
You Yang ran to Ting Wei's corpse with an awkward smile, squatted down and checked her breath and pulse, and found that she was indeed dead.
"How do you handle this? Do you have your people come in and drag it away?"
"Carrying her out openly?"
Song Yan's expression when he heard this was as if he was asking You Yang: Are you crazy?
"Tsk." You Yang curled her lips in anger.
Did the villain eat dynamite? Why is he so angry with her?
She picked up Tingwei's body and threw it into an empty box beside her. She kicked the lid shut.
She dusted off her hands and said, "Done."
His eyes fell on the pure gold bamboo-shaped short stick on the wooden box. You Yang used all his strength to pull it out. When he looked closer, he saw that a long crack extended from the box body because of the blow.
You Yang played with it in her hand, staring at Song Yan listening as the people moved the box containing the corpse away, and also replaced the blood-stained carpet.
On a whim, she also wanted to try using it like Song Yanting, but unfortunately, no matter how she fiddled with it, she couldn't imitate it.
Not fun at all.
You Yang returned the bamboo stick to Song Yanting and turned to go to the wardrobe.
When I got closer, I could hear the little girl's long breathing. She must have fallen asleep after waiting for too long.
Youyang put the soft sword back to his waist, gently opened the cabinet door and carried out the sleeping little girl.
Looking at the peaceful sleeping face of the little girl in his arms, he asked, "What about the other four? Have you sent anyone to rescue them?"
Song Yan estimated that the time was about right, so he stood up, took down the cloak hanging on the rack and threw it to You Yang.
"Wrap her up. Someone will come and take her out soon."
"I'm not a savior. My people can't be exposed right now, but I can still stop one or two of them."
Song Yan glanced at You Yang meaningfully, "Their true savior might be coming soon."
You Yang quickly wrapped the little girl in his arms tightly with his cloak.
She didn't understand what Song Yan meant by the strange look in his eyes. "You're so amazing, who else can be better than you?"
Song Yan listened and laughed without saying anything. At this time, there was a knock on the wooden door of the wing room from outside.
"Master." It was Cang Lin's voice.
He received the message from his subordinates and rushed over while avoiding the crowd.
He heard Song Yanting's instructions from outside the door and pushed the door open.
What he saw made him stunned for a moment.
The two people in the room were wearing clothes of the same color. In addition, Youyang was holding a child in her arms, and the child was covered with his master's cloak.
He had a strong feeling of unreality.
He closed the door, closed his eyes and took a deep breath outside, then pushed it back in.
Still the same scene.
Cang Lin: “…” Is it true?
He saluted in front of Song Yanting's strange expression, "Master..."
Song Yan was too lazy to guess what was going on in his head. He pointed at the girl who was sleeping soundly in You Yang's arms and said, "Take the child out."
You Yang stuffed the child into his arms. Cang Lin looked at the skinny little girl in his arms and his mind twitched. "I will take the little princess back right away."
You Yang: “?”
Song Yan listened: "?"
"If you have a mental problem, go see a doctor. Otherwise, I'm afraid people will say I'm being harsh on my subordinates."
"I'll go back and find a doctor right away." Cang Lin held the girl in his arms and walked away from the window of the wing room facing the river as if escaping.
You Yang coughed dryly and changed the subject at the right time.
"You still haven't told me the real reason why you came here today."
"Military rations." Song Yan didn't hide it this time. "Eighty percent of the military rations shipped to the border were embezzled. I heard there was a clue here, so I came here."
"Wow." You Yang said jokingly with an expression that said, "I'm watching you pretend." "Are you really only coming here when you have a clue, and not every year?"
Song Yan glanced at her faintly, "You're getting bolder, huh?"
You Yang realized what a foolish thing she had done, and angrily pressed down the corner of her lips, "I dare not, I dare not."
She was a little too familiar with others. After just a short time of getting to know him, she had forgotten that this villain only looked unruly, but was actually a lunatic.
She smiled flatteringly, "You are the boss, please continue. I will not say anything more."
"From what that woman said, the embezzled military rations have been divided into several portions and exchanged for gold. Isn't that enough? Why bother exchanging the gold for silver notes?"
Youyang didn't understand the twists and turns involved and felt that money and gold were both used and there was no difference.
Song Yanting asked You Yang, "But what if someone finds out that the gold came from an unknown source?"
"Such a big suspicion cannot withstand investigation by someone with ulterior motives, and the person behind the scenes would not be so careless."
"The person behind the scenes wanted to make this gold of unknown origin cleaner, so he chose to implement this plan today."
"Their plan must be to disguise the pure gold lanterns as ordinary ones painted with gold paint, and by selling them at a high price, they can not only cash in on the dirty money but also make a profit."
"Chun Hong Fang is the most famous brothel in the capital. It has been able to survive for many years because of the powerful people behind it. If the dirty money was mixed in here, who would be able to find out where it came from after a few rounds?"
You Yang looked solemn, "But what happened to those little girls?"
All the information we have learned so far is related to the military rations corruption case, but we didn't expect that it would involve such an unsolved case.
Where did Mother Zhang go that day, and where did she bring the little girl back from?
Suddenly, hurried footsteps and loud shouts were heard in the corridor.
"Search every room, don't let anyone go!"
You Yang was startled and his ears moved. The other party came with great momentum and brought no less than a hundred people with them.
She looked at Song Yanting, who seemed to have expected this and looked back at her leisurely.
"An old friend is visiting."
"Your Highness, your subordinates have already sent people to surround the entire cruise ship, ensuring that not even a fly can escape."
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