"Oh, the girl is finally here."
As soon as Liu Qiaoer got off the sedan chair, Wang Boyan came to greet her.
Such enthusiasm surprised Liu Qiaoer.
"Master Wang, you are going too far. You should know that I am a married woman now."
Wang Boyan smiled softly and said, "It's okay. I'm just talking to a girl."
Liu Qiaoer frowned and said, "You say."
“First, the prefect is inviting Master Gu Mubai to a banquet tonight. I heard that the owner of Zuiyuefang will also be there, so I will go to accompany him.
Second, the prefect was indeed involved in the case of the disaster relief grain fund, but his share was not in the warehouse of the prefect's residence."
Liu Qiaoer touched her chin and said, "Are you saying that the prefect of Yuzhou hid the embezzled money somewhere else?"
Wang Boyan nodded solemnly: "He should still be in Yuzhou City, and not far from the prefectural government office. But he is a very suspicious person, and I haven't found where he is hiding."
"This is difficult. Yuzhou City is quite big." Liu Qiaoer frowned tightly.
Wang Boyan cleverly offered a map of Yuzhou City: "How about you look for it yourself, young lady?"
Liu Qiaoer took the map. It was not very well drawn. She raised her eyelids and curled her lips.
"I thought you could handle everything, but I didn't expect that I would have to come in person. I'll deduct half of the Su family's property, and you can only get a quarter."
Wang Boyan laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay. As long as I can learn a few tricks from you, even if I only have one or two shops, it will be enough."
Liu Qiaoer smiled. Wang Boyan was a very smart man. He had already seen that Liu Qiaoer was different from others.
"Okay, I don't know how much money the Yuzhou prefect has, but I'll give you one-fifth of his stuff. Do you think that's okay?"
Wang Boyan's eyes lit up: "As long as the girl tells me how you found and entered the warehouse, I don't need any money."
The Su family's warehouse was stolen without a sound. If the Yuzhou prefect's warehouse was also stolen without a sound this time, Wang Boyan would not ask for anything. As long as Liu Qiaoer told him how it was done, he would die with peace of mind.
For a detective, truth is more important than money.
Liu Qiaoer opened her eyes wide and blinked, with an innocent look and aggrieved expression, just like a bullied girl.
"Master Wang, I don't understand what you are saying."
Whether he understood or not, Wang Boyan did not say much. He just stroked his sparse beard with a smile on his face, looking mysterious.
As soon as Liu Qiaoer returned to the inn, her expression changed.
She rolled her eyes in annoyance. She really had no idea what Wang Boyan had found out.
But his expression was so strange, as if he knew something but refused to tell her.
He said he wanted money, but in fact, what he wanted most was the truth.
But how could she tell him Liu Qiaoer's secret
"Qiao'er, have you gone to see Wang Boyan?" Lu Yunzheng was already waiting for Liu Qiao'er.
As soon as she came back, Lu Yunzheng called her over.
Liu Qiaoer told Lu Yunzheng her doubts about Wang Boyan.
"You said, he is a detective after all, did he really find out something?"
Lu Yunzheng was actually confused himself: "Did you really have someone steal the Su family's warehouse?"
Liu Qiaoer did not tell Lu Yunzheng about the thefts in the Su family's warehouse and the Qin family's warehouse.
Hearing his question, Liu Qiaoer's heart skipped a beat. She couldn't let them know, otherwise, they would all come to her to ask for the truth, and the truth would be very scary.
"No, it's none of my business."
Lu Yunzheng's sharp eyes were like a searchlight, scanning Liu Qiaoer for a long time before he said, "That's right, it wasn't you who did it, what are you afraid of. He can't find the thief himself, and he can't just arrest anyone who looks like him. There must be evidence for everything."
Liu Qiaoer also smiled in agreement: "Yes, evidence. He is talking nonsense without evidence. Lu Yunzheng, you will definitely protect me."
Lu Yunzheng nodded indifferently, thinking for a few more times, and suddenly said: "If you say that you stole from the Su family's warehouse, I don't believe it. Where are you going to put so much gold, silver and jewelry?"
"But I think you have something to do with this matter. Otherwise, how would you know that there was disaster relief money in the Su family's warehouse, how would you know that the Su family divided up my family's property, and how would you find my mother's dowry jewelry?"
Uh... this is really hard to explain.
The Su family's affairs are related to the Lu family, and evidence is needed. Liu Qiaoer produced some evidence, but Lu Yunzheng never asked how the evidence got into Liu Qiaoer's hands.
"The most important thing now is to find all the relief grain and money, and then find evidence to prove that Lord Lu is innocent, Lu Yunzheng. As for the rest, I can't say, but I promise that when the time comes, you will know."
Liu Qiaoer's attitude was very sincere. After she finished speaking, she raised her finger and swore.
"Don't worry, no matter what I do, I won't hurt you. You must trust me."
Lu Yunzheng put down Liu Qiaoer's hand that had sworn to him, and held it in his hand, his peach blossom eyes unable to conceal the tenderness.
"I believe you. You are the one who saved my life. If it weren't for you, I would have died a long time ago, and there would be no question of revenge or redress for my father."
Even if Liu Qiaoer was sent by the enemy, Lu Yunzheng accepted it. After all, the worst that could happen was death at the hands of the people who saved him, and it would be as if he had never lived.
Seeing Lu Yunzheng's sincere eyes, Liu Qiaoer breathed a sigh of relief.
"I heard that you are going to visit the prefect's house tonight. You and Gu Mubai can go. I won't go."
Since Qian Lin did not put the warehouse in the prefectural residence, it would be useless for her to go there.
You can't just steal the prefect's warehouse right from the start. If the matter gets out of hand, it will be detrimental to what Lu Yunzheng is doing.
Lu Yunzheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay then, you and Xia Ying will stay in the inn, and Aze will stay to protect you."
Qi Ze and Xia Ying had both served Lu Yunzheng before, especially Qi Ze. As soon as he appeared, everyone knew that Lu Yunzheng was also nearby.
Now Lu Yunzheng is a dead man to the outside world, so Qi Ze rarely appears in public, and even if he appears, his face is covered.
The same goes for Xia Ying. Even when she shows up, she wears an apron.
However, as Gu Mubai's fiancée, Liu Qiaoer can go around freely.
In the evening, Qian Lin treated Gu Mubai to a banquet. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a gift from Gu Mubai to celebrate his success in the imperial examination.
It was originally a transaction of power and sex. Gu Mubai gave away beautiful women and money just to pass the imperial examination.
Wang Boyan also went to join them. During the meal, Lu Yunzheng and Wang Boyan tested each other.
Wang Boyan suspected that Lu Yunzheng was not dead, while Lu Yunzheng tried to find out how much Wang Boyan knew and whether he and Qian Lin were the same kind of people.
The prefect's dinner was filled with laughter and joy.
In the inn, Liu Qiaoer began to study the map of Yuzhou City given to her by Wang Boyan.
"If you want to hide something, where is the best place to hide it?"
Xia Ying was washing clothes and tidying up the room, fearing that Lu Yunzheng was not living well, and she had no time to take care of Liu Qiaoer.
Qi Ze was sitting opposite Liu Qiaoer, looking at the map of Yuzhou City and felt somewhat familiar with it.
"This map is more detailed than yours. Where did you get it from?"
"Wang Boyan gave it to me."
In fact, it was Liu Qiaoer who detected it based on navigation in space.