"Cloth from the Wen Family Embroidery?"
Jing Rong closed the document in his hand.
Lang Po said, "That's right, the cloth from the Wen Family Embroidery. I've investigated the relationship between the two businesses, but other than the annual exchange of cloth, there is no other contact. I don't even know who the owner of the Si Family Silks is. I only know that the person in charge is an old man who receives the goods. Moreover, the Si Family has never sold any of their cloth to the outside world. They only ship goods to the capital on the day the relief funds arrive in Yufu County. Your Highness, there must be something fishy going on."
"It's more than fishy." Jing Rong's eyes darkened. "Maybe … it has something to do with the relief funds!"
"So, the Wen Family Embroidery next door is also related to the relief funds?"
"If that's the case, then it's not a small matter."
"In that case, Your Highness, should we …"
Before he could finish, he was interrupted.
Jing Rong was worried. "We can't alert the enemy before the investigation is complete. Tell your men to be careful."
"I understand."
"As for the people from the Wen Clan … they seem to be very hospitable and amiable, but in reality, they are strange and not simple at all. If they are really related to the disaster relief funds, it might be a very troublesome matter." He clenched his fist and gently slammed it on the table. He stood up and walked slowly to the door. He looked in the direction of the Wen Family next door, narrowed his slender eyes, and said, "The Wen Family? The relief funds? Yunshu? "
His voice was very soft, as if it was just a whisper in his throat.
Lang Po didn't hear it and immediately went forward to ask, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"
He retracted his gaze, and his handsome face was very calm. After thinking for a while, he said, "Send someone to keep an eye on the Si Family first. If necessary, sneak in and do a thorough investigation. Don't let go of a single blade of grass or tree, especially those goods. Check carefully and see if there are any secret rooms inside. Who knows, the missing relief funds might be hidden inside. At the same time, send someone to keep an eye on the Wen Family. Report to me immediately if they make any movements."
"Yes!"
"Go to the yamen again and ask Zuo Yao to compile a list of all the merchants who passed through Yufu in the past few years. I don't believe that the relief funds would disappear without a reason."
In any case, he did not believe in ghosts and gods!
He didn't believe that silver could walk on its own!
Lang Po immediately sent someone to the yamen as instructed.
Afterwards, Jing Rong went to Ji Yunshu's courtyard.
At this moment, she had just sent Little Xiyue off.
As soon as the two of them met, they each had their own thoughts. They sat in the courtyard and drank tea, neither of them saying anything.
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Ji Yunshu asked, "Is there any progress on the relief funds?"
Silence!
"Is it very difficult?"
Nod!
"It's inevitable. Otherwise, the officials who investigated the case wouldn't have died."
Jing Rong stared at her for a while, the corners of his lips curling up without batting an eyelid. He pretended to be interrogating her, "Then analyze it. Those officials obviously didn't find anything and were about to return to the capital to report. Why would they be killed on the way back?"
"Hmm …" She tilted her head slightly and began to think seriously, "Maybe those officials found something but didn't pay attention to it. The people who stole the relief funds decided to kill them just in case. Or maybe … it's because of some other reason."
"What reason?"
She paused for a moment before she realized what Jing Rong meant. She frowned, "Your Highness must have analyzed it thoroughly in your heart. Why bother testing me?"
Did he think she was taking the college entrance examination?
Jing Rong could only smile when his thoughts were exposed by this woman. He straightened his face and said, "I have indeed analyzed the other reasons. The officials of the imperial court returned to the capital because they didn't find any clues. However, they disappeared for a while on the way back. What exactly happened during their disappearance? If they wanted to silence them, they could have just killed them. Why did they have to make a show of disappearing? Therefore, the only explanation this prince can think of is that the purpose of those people … is to become enemies with the imperial court. "
In the present day, he was a disguised 'nationalist youth'.
But …
"Why do you say so?" Ji Yunshu asked.
"I guessed it!" He blurted out, "Those people probably wanted to find out something from them. That's why they didn't kill them directly. Instead, they kidnapped them. If they asked what they wanted to know, they would kill them. If they didn't get anything, they would still kill them. Since it involves the imperial court officials, it must be related to the imperial court. That's why I made a bold guess."
Oh!
Ji Yunshu didn't think too much about it.
Jing Rong turned to ask her, "Do you also have something on your mind?"
"I'm thinking about the jade pendant."
"Tell me about it."
Ji Yunshu frowned a little before she slowly said, "That jade pendant was originally a complete piece, but it was later split into two. Miss Ye 'er has one piece, and that piece was there before she gave birth to her child. That's why Qiao Zihua said that he saw her with a man with a flute. I think that man might be the father of Ye' er's child. When Liang Da entered Ye 'er's room, she had already done it with someone, so her clothes were disheveled. However, she didn't scream, nor did she cry. She even had the mood to question Liang Da about the cat. It didn't seem like she was raped at all. On the contrary, there was a slight resistance.
"So, you already know who that person is?"
She nodded thoughtfully. "Perhaps … it's the young master of the Wen family next door."
"The Wen family?"
The Wen family again!
Ji Yunshu continued, "If the person who knocked out Qiao Zihua was really that Young Master Wen, then the matter of Ye 'er reporting to the authorities … could it be related to him?"
This was only her guess.
Jing Rong also pondered upon hearing this. He picked up the teacup beside him and was about to take a sip.
Suddenly —
He seemed to have sensed something. His ears suddenly twitched as he heard a rustling sound coming from the roof tiles.
The next moment, he saw a black shadow fall from the roof and hit the ground hard.
"Peng!"
Blood splattered all over the ground.
That person's brain seemed to have been smashed out!
Jing Rong immediately jumped up and shielded Ji Yunshu behind him. His cold eyes looked at the dead man in black on the ground.
"Ah!"
Qiao 'er, who had just come out of the room, was pale with fright.
The bowl in her hand also fell to the ground.
Smashed!
Shi Zijin jumped down from the roof, her eyes filled with killing intent as she looked at the dead man in black.
She held a long sword dripping with blood. Blood dripped down the sharp blade and dripped onto the ground.
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