"what you up to?"
The lady's face changed slightly, and she became a little pale instantly.
She stared at Yang Dong, with a hint of fear in her eyes.
"I want to kill or behead you, but if you act like this, what's the difference between you and a villain?"
"Hey, weren't you pretty tough just now?"
Yang Dong said, suddenly grabbed the lady's wrist, and then hung her at the entrance of the ancient well.
At this moment, the lady’s face turned green!
She didn't even dare to struggle, because at this moment Yang Dong's palm was all she could rely on. As soon as the other party lets go, she will fall from the ancient well.
And the bursts of screams coming from the ancient well made her hair stand on end.
"I'll give you three breaths. If you don't tell the truth, go and join your accomplices."
"one……"
"two……"
"No, I said, I said it's not okay!"
The lady's whole body was trembling slightly at this moment. She may not be afraid of death, but she is afraid of facing that terrifying rotting corpse!
"Pull me up quickly. I'll tell you everything you want to know!"
Hearing this, Yang Dong pulled the lady up from the ancient well again.
He winked at his men, and the boulder pressed on the ancient well again.
At this moment, the lady no longer had the calmness she had before.
Her face turned pale, and she fell to the ground, gasping for air.
"Go on, tell me everything you know."
Yang Dong's tone was still calm, but it gave people an irresistible feeling.
"What you want to investigate should be the tax and bank case from that year, right?"
"Yes, I was indeed assigned by the Xu family to play the role of Mr. Xu's only daughter. And my nominal father is someone else."
"After the tax and bank case, we all played our roles. However, the civil and military officials of the entire court chose to ignore this matter. Aren't you curious about the reason for this?"
Having said this, the lady gave the young woman a slightly provocative look.
"Actually, your father also knew about the Xu family's plan back then, and he personally took care of many key steps."
As soon as these words came out, the young woman's face instantly turned pale. Her delicate body trembled slightly and she denied it:
"Impossible, how could father agree to such a ridiculous thing?"
"Don't he think about me and my mother?"
Unexpectedly, when the lady heard this, the expression on her cheeks became more mocking.
"Your father took this matter because he considered you and your mother. By the way, it's the piece of nephrite in your hand."
As she spoke, she pointed to the nephrite in the young woman's hand and continued:
"If your father hadn't entered the situation personally, do you think you would have been able to get the identity card representing the direct lineage of the Xu family?"
As soon as these words came out, the young woman also recalled some details that she had not noticed back then.
Thinking about what his father told him before he committed suicide, those were clearly his last words!
Seeing the young woman's emotional collapse, Yang Dong immediately took a few steps forward, blocked the lady's sight, and then asked:
"You mean that the Xu family was the mastermind behind the tax and bank case?"
"But even the Xu family probably doesn't have the power to control the entire court, right?"
Hearing this, the lady took a deep look at Yang Dong and said:
"It is true that the Xu family does not have it, but it does not mean that everyone does not have it."
"You mean...the Xu family and Zhou Zaixing have joined forces?"
Hearing this, the noble lady looked at Yang Dong with great interest.
"It seems that you have found something. It's just a pity that now that the situation has become inevitable, everything you do is destined to be in vain."
"What do you mean?"
Yang Dong frowned, but there was a bad feeling in his heart.
The noble lady shook her head slightly,
"To be honest, I am just an orphan raised by others, and everything I do is just following orders."
"Whether it's the Xu family or Zhou Zaixing, those are all my own guesses over the years."
"What I can tell you is that the Xu family and Mr. Xu jointly created the tax and bank case, and Li Daitao, who claimed to be successful, concealed the truth."
"As for their purpose and next steps, they are beyond my reach."
After speaking, the lady spread her hands and continued:
"By the way, let me introduce myself. My name is Meng Ji. If you believe me, I can become a pawn in your hands and continue to pursue this matter."
When Yang Dong heard this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Are you kidding? You have become a pawn in my hands?
What's the difference between letting you go and beating a dog with a meat bun?
"Someone, take her down and keep her under strict supervision."
Yang Dong waved his hand toward the door, and immediately two Xichang spies came in, trying to control Meng Ji.
But Meng Ji's delicate body flashed, as flexible as a beautiful snake, and she easily dodged the palms of the two Xichang spies.
"I will follow you myself, don't touch me."
After saying that, she took a deep look at Yang Dong and said:
"You saved my life today, so I owe you one. I will definitely pay it back to you if I have the chance."
Yang Dong thought of the rotting corpse in the ancient well and suddenly asked:
"By the way, the rotten corpse in the ancient well..."
"I don't know anything about that either."
Meng Ji shook her head gently, but there was a hint of fear in her eyes.
"That's all, take her away. As long as she doesn't try to escape, you don't have to torture her."
Yang Dong gave the instruction again, then frowned and thought secretly.
Two West Factory spies took Meng Ji away and then closed the door tightly.
At this moment, only Yang Dong and three others were left in the living room.
"Tell me, what do you think?"
The young woman took a deep breath. Although her eyes were filled with sadness, she still said calmly:
"I feel that Meng Ji didn't lie."
"Looking back on what happened back then, it seems that my father did know something. But...he never mentioned anything to me."
Yang Dong nodded lightly,
"Is there anything else?"
The young woman frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then said with some uncertainty:
"There is another thing. I am not sure whether it is related to the tax bank case that year."
"About half a year before the tax case, my father secretly met with people from the Xu family in Jiangnan. They talked late into the night in the study. I happened to be passing by at the time and couldn't help but overhear a few words."
"What they said seems to be related to the treasury..."
"Related to the treasury?"
Yang Dong frowned again. He had never cared about Zhou's treasury before.
Therefore, since arriving in the Zhou Dynasty, his concept of the treasury has only been "empty".
It was precisely because the treasury was empty that he gave Yourong millions of taels of silver.
But now it seems that the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty is empty, and I am afraid there is a mystery hidden in it.
That's all, I'll go back and edit a letter and give you a reminder.
Yang Dong made a decision silently and continued to ask:
"Apart from this, are there any other clues?"
