She remembered that in December of the fifth year of Chongyuan, a major mineral embezzlement case occurred in Yunzhou.
The Wu family, a well-known mining family that had always cooperated with the royal family, mined privately without the government's permission, cannibalizing copper materials and making huge profits. At that time, the court official who colluded with the Wu family was Yubu Langguan Bailiren.
After the incident, seven members of Wu's family died in an inexplicable fire before being arrested. Bai Liren also slipped and fell to his death in the mine, and the truth was buried.
She had peeked at the Dali Temple's case files in Yue Muze's library and knew some details. Combined with the various signs that Bailiren was secretly presiding over the melting and transporting of silver at Niwan Cloth Shop today, it was difficult not to think that the Wu family was The case was linked to the Lu family.
Copper happens to be the best raw material for forging weapons, but if Lu's assets are misappropriated to privately mine copper mines, even unnamed silver can easily leave traces. Once the case is investigated, there is a risk of exposure. That's why they focused on the disaster relief funds allocated by the court.
However, this was just a guess. Xiao Yuehuai did not dare to make a complete conclusion, so he did not mention it to Qin E and explained vaguely: "There must be some unknown secret. Niao Niao, we need to continue to investigate."
Qin E stared sideways at Xiao Yuehhuai, always feeling that she was hiding something. It was obvious that she didn't want to say more and didn't dare to ask, for fear of another scar from the past.
The hour has passed.
When Xiao Yuehuai returned to the General's Mansion, there was still no news from Su Ying who had disappeared all night. It was not until she heard that a gunfight had occurred in Lanluan County on the outskirts of Jinling that the full story slowly emerged from the water——
She could never forget the time she saw Su Ying again in the darkroom of the county government dungeon.
At that time, he was wearing dark hakama pleats. He held a short gun in his hand and inserted it into the shoulder of the prisoner on the torture rack. His long body leaned forward, his silver mask was covered with stains of blood, and his eyes revealed a murderous look, which was completely different from his usual appearance.
"If you don't tell me, I have plenty of ways to make your life worse than death."
His words were like pebbles falling into a cold pool. They didn't mean the slightest bit of cruelty, but they chilled people's hearts.
The short spear was twisted by Su Ying, rubbing back and forth in the wound, swallowing up the will bit by bit. The prisoner on the torture rack was so painful that he cried out one after another from the prison.
The shrill voice went back and forth, and when he returned to the darkroom, the prisoner whose fate had been controlled finally relaxed: "Bai Liren... should have boarded the boat heading north and left Jinling by now."
After he said these words, Su Ying was willing to stop. He drew the short spear hard and blood suddenly spurted out. Finally, the prisoner could not bear the torture and fainted from the pain.
When Su Ying turned around and walked toward the prison door, he bumped into the princess standing in the narrow corridor, and he immediately panicked. He gritted his teeth, put the short gun in his hand behind his back, raised his sleeve and wiped the blood-stained mask, softened his expression, and asked softly: "Why is the princess here?"
He took a step forward, but Xiao Yuehuai involuntarily stepped back, her face pale and frightened, and she was trembling uncontrollably. Su Ying noticed the princess's state, looked at her and stopped walking.
"General, General disappeared all night. I, I was worried about your injury, so when I heard the news that you were in Lanluan County, I rushed over. Did I...did I disturb you? If you still want to interrogate prisoners, I'll go out and wait."
Xiao Yuehuai was so frightened that she swallowed unconsciously and avoided looking directly at him. She repeated the situation over and over in her mind: I have to say that Su Ying is really a Shura Yaksha.
She couldn't wait to get away from him.
Perhaps seeing her concerns, Su Ying calmly suppressed the complicated emotions in his eyes and whispered softly: "The prison is dark and damp. The princess's body is not suitable for standing here for a long time. It's better to leave here first. "
Xiao Yuehuai immediately agreed: "Okay! Then I'll wait for you outside."
After that, she jumped out as if she were running away, without any hesitation, as if it was her fault to pause.
Su Ying curled his lips in a self-deprecating manner, with a pair of bloodshot eyes, he leaned against the cell door to take a breath, and ordered the officials guarding the entrance of the corridor: "Immediately notify the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to investigate today." The ship that left the port and headed north, Bailiren had already fled by diving into the river."
He rested for a moment and moved out with heavy steps. After a cold sweat, he felt that his back was sticky. He stretched out his hand and tugged on his robe, but his hand was stained with blood.
Su Ying frowned, clutching his waist and struggling to get up the steps. Before reaching the level ground, he felt dizzy and fell down with a bang.
When he fell, Xun Chong happened to see him, so he heard a exclamation that penetrated the dungeon, and his ears suddenly became noisy. And he also completely lost consciousness amidst the roaring sound.
Su Ying woke up again, it was already late at night.
He moved his arms, but felt someone pressing down on the quilt, so he looked up and found Xiao Yuehui sleeping on the edge of the bed with his head buried in it, seemingly very tired.
He didn't dare to move anymore for fear of waking up the princess.
I don't know how long it took, but the candle beside the window burned to the bottom, and a "pop" sound woke up Xiao Yuehui, who was sleeping soundly. She straightened up in a panic, with red marks still on her face, and looked at her husband on the couch with sleepy eyes.
Su Ying hurriedly closed his eyes and slipped through a small window to observe the princess.
Xiao Yuehuai was depressed for a while, then stood up and sat on the couch, fished out a soaked cotton handkerchief from the copper basin next to him, squeezed out the water, leaned over, wiped his sweaty hands, and twisted them again Mat corner, and then quietly leaned towards him.
Seeing the princess getting closer and closer to him, Su Ying unconsciously clenched his palms.
Xiao Yuehuai was very curious:
I am curious about what kind of face is underneath that plum-patterned silver face.
Just as she was about to reach out and lift off the mask, a long and thin hand with clear joints held her wrist, and Su Ying opened her eyes in time.
Xiao Yuehuai was startled and immediately felt embarrassed, hesitantly said: "You, are you awake?"
Su Ying said nothing, his dark eyes stared straight at her, and after looking at her for a long time, he looked back.
He let go of his hand, lowered his eyes and said: "I... I just offended the princess, please forgive me."
Lang Jun's tone was cold and distant. Xiao Yuehuai didn't care, but her heart was still beating like a drum. She laughed dryly and said: "I don't know the etiquette and I'm offending him. I'm just curious about the general's appearance. Don't mind."
Su Ying quietly avoided the topic: "Has the princess always been here? How long have you been asleep...?"
Xiao Yuehuai was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "You have been unconscious for five hours."
Hearing this, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and after thinking for a while he asked, "Can you please ask the princess to find Xun Chong on my behalf?"
Xiao Yuehuai did not agree, but stared at him and said, "What are you going to do?"
