When Prince Jing saw Ling Chu staring at the painting, he thought there would be a hidden grid on the wall behind the painting, and the evidence would be hidden in the hidden grid.
Unexpectedly, after the painting was taken down, there was no hidden grid on the wall.
Prince Jing looked at the wall with confusion.
The students who came to watch the excitement also looked disappointed.
Lu Mingliu originally felt nervous when he saw Prince Jing heading towards the painting, but now he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before he could take a breath, he saw Ling Chu raising his feet and walking towards Prince Jing.
Lu Mingliu's heart suddenly lifted again.
He wanted to step forward to stop him, but he was worried that if Miss Ling didn't notice anything unusual, if he stepped forward to stop her, it might arouse her suspicion.
Seeing Prince Jing still not giving up, he was groping on the wall to see if there was any mechanism or the like that could open the secret grid, Ling Chu's lips twitched.
"Stop looking for it, there are no hidden compartments on the wall."
Prince Jing looked disappointed, "How come there isn't? It shouldn't be."
Ling Chu weakly held his forehead and said, "Give me the painting."
Prince Jing was stunned at first, and then his eyes lit up.
Could it be that there is evidence hidden in the painting?
Prince Jing couldn't help but raise the painting in his hand to his eyes, looked at it up and down, and found that it was just an ordinary landscape painting.
A thin sheet, clearly visible at a glance.
Prince Jing was confused, this painting couldn't hide anything.
Seeing Ling Chu reaching out to take the painting, Lu Mingliu's fists under his sleeves suddenly clenched.
"Miss Ling, what's wrong with this painting?"
Ling Chu ignored Prince Jing, picked up the scroll and looked at it twice, holding the shaft with his left hand, reaching to the end of the shaft with his right hand and twisting it a few times, and pulled out the shaft head.
He put his finger into the shaft, dug around, and quickly pulled out a roll of paper.
Prince Jing slapped his forehead.
Why didn't he expect that the shaft was hollow.
"What is this, evidence?" Prince Jing looked expectantly when he saw the scroll Ling Chu took out.
Ling Chu glanced at him and simply handed him the roll of paper in his hand.
Prince Jing reached out to take it and couldn't wait to unfold the roll.
"Why is it a banknote?"
The students who came to watch the excitement also looked disappointed.
Lu Mingliu walked over in a few steps, with anger on his face, "Miss Ling, you don't think you can slander me as a fake with just a few banknotes, do you?"
Ling Chu said quietly, "What's the rush?"
In Lu Mingliu's anger, Ling Chu slowly stuffed the stopper of the scroll in his hand back, then turned the scroll upside down, and then opened the stopper of the lower scroll.
Pull out a roll of paper from inside.
Prince Jing took it, opened it, and found several more banknotes.
Lu Mingliu said with a cold face, "I told you that I am innocent. Are you coming to my house just to search for my banknotes?"
Prince Jing looked at him sideways and said disdainfully, "Don't worry, it's just more than two hundred taels of silver. Even if you give it to me, I won't even look down on it."
Lu Mingliu was angry in his heart. Prince Jing's family was rich and wealthy. Prince Jing didn't notice this, but he had worked hard to get it.
Ling Chu handed the scroll to Prince Jing, motioned for him to hang it back on the wall, and then walked to the bookshelf.
Lu Mingliu's eyelids twitched again when he saw her staring at the bookshelf.
Ling Chu ignored him and raised his hand to reach the top of the bookshelf.
Prince Jing just happened to walk over and said immediately, "Miss Ling, I'll come."
Ling Chu made way for him to take down the fifth travel book from the left side of the top row.
After Prince Jing took the travel notes in his hand, he saw that the book was covered with dust, so he shook his hands.
Unexpectedly, several banknotes were wiped out from the book.
Prince Jing was stunned for a moment, then he bent down to pick it up and curled his lips, "Why is it another bank note?"
The people present couldn't help but look askance, as there were more than 800 taels of silver notes included in this travel note.
Lu Mingliu's face was gloomy, but now he was not nervous anymore.
So what if the banknotes he hid were found? Could this banknote still convict him?
"Miss Ling, you're so good, why are you searching for my banknotes? I'm studying in Kyoto, and these are the expenses my parents paid for me to study."
Chief Ge Shan and Master Jiang also looked at Ling Chu with puzzled faces, not understanding why she wanted to search for other people's banknotes.
Ling Chu stared at Lu Mingliu with dark eyes, "Are these banknotes really given by your parents?"
Lu Mingliu felt chilled by her gaze, but he still said bravely, "Yes, it was indeed given to me by my parents."
Ling Chu glanced at him quietly and said nothing, but turned around and squatted in front of the bookshelf.
The lower part of the bookshelf was a cabinet. Ling Chu opened the cabinet door and took out the books inside.
Lu Mingliu was so nervous that his palms began to sweat. His heart was pounding. He stepped forward with a black face and said, "There are only a few books in this cabinet, but there are no banknotes."
Prince Jing saw that he wanted to step forward to stop him, and immediately blocked him, "Since you don't have a banknote, why are you so nervous?"
Chief Ge Shan and the others looked at Lu Mingliu in confusion. Even if they had the banknotes, there was no need to be nervous. Not to mention that Prince Jing looked down on his little family wealth, and Miss Ling didn't look like someone who was greedy for money.
Seeing everyone looking at him in confusion, Lu Mingliu thought to himself that his reaction made them suspicious.
"Prince Jing, please lend me your dagger." Ling Chu took advantage of the time they were talking to empty out all the books in the cabinet.
Prince Jing was surprised, how did she know he had a dagger?
But when he asked this question, Prince Jing took out the dagger from his body, but did not give it to Ling Chu. "Do you want to open the cabinet? I will help you open it."
Seeing that he was eager to give it a try, Ling Chu didn't try to fight with him. He got out of the way and pointed at the bottom of the cabinet and said, "Pry this place open."
Lu Mingliu clenched his fists. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he immediately walked out without leaving a trace.
He had only taken two steps when Ling Chu's half-smiling voice came from behind, "Lu Mingliu, where are you planning to go?"
Seeing Chief Ge Shan, they all turned their heads and looked at him with frowns.
Lu Mingliu was angry in his heart, but he could only say innocently, "I'm just a master of the field. There are so many classmates here, and I plan to boil water and make tea."
Prince Jing was disdainful, thinking they were stupid. It was obvious that there was something shady hidden in the cabinet. Seeing that the matter was about to be exposed, he wanted to take the opportunity to escape.
The study was not big, and the guards of Prince Jing were all in the courtyard. Prince Jing raised his voice and said to them, "Leave this person under my watch."
With the guards around, there was no need to worry about Lu Mingliu escaping.
Prince Jing guessed that there might be evidence hidden in the cabinet, so he couldn't help but get excited and pried open the mezzanine of the cabinet.
"What is this?" Everyone looked confused again when they saw the small book hidden in the mezzanine.
Prince Jing took out the book and opened it, and found that it was just an account book.
But Lu Mingliu's face turned pale when he saw the account book.
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