Transformed into the control group, relying on the spiritual spring space to feed four children

"Sir! I am late!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from the hall.

Yu Qianer stared at Wen Yan who made the sound with wide eyes, and quickly lowered his voice and shouted: "You are crazy!"

Wen Yan raised her hand, holding a large amount of evidence in her arms, "Sister Yu, don't worry."

Wang Jiu suppressed the smile on his face and asked someone to let Wen Yan and the other two in.

Wen Yan walked to the front of the hall and bowed to Wang Jiu: "Sir, the matter you asked your subordinates to investigate has made some progress, and I came to report it!"

Wang Jiu nodded and said seriously, "Go ahead."

Wen Yan took out a few scrolls and said, "Sir, these were found on a servant of the Yu family named Yu Shu. All five scrolls are in the shape of mountains. They look ordinary on the surface, but when you stack them together and splice them according to the lake below..."

After putting the pictures together, Wen said, pointing to the sun in the middle: "It seems that these mountains will form a simple map."

"Really!" He Yang rubbed his eyes, "This is... Isn't this the government office?"

"Your Excellency is wise." Wen Yan smiled, "However, what the painting wants to talk about is not the government office, but the chicken coop behind the government office."

"The Jinyiwei people in the chicken coop in the rear have all been searched, but no one thought that Lu Cang would actually leave all his property in the chicken coop! And hide it in a place no one expected!" Wen Yan said in a loud voice.

He Yang only accepted Lu Cang's bribes, and later heard about his fake salt permit business, but greed got the better of him, so he turned a blind eye. Unexpectedly, his money was hidden near his residence: "Where is it hidden?"

Wen Yan's face was pale, and there seemed to be a foul smell at the tip of her nose: "It's hidden in the room where the chicken coop processes feces. There is a secret passage under the room, and all the money is hidden under there."

Wang Jiu put his fist to his lips to block the upturned corners of his mouth, "Where does the secret passage lead to?"

"The secret passage has not been dug through yet, but judging from the direction, it is only a few meters away from Lingzhu's bedroom! There are many wooden boxes in this more than 100-meter-long tunnel, which is worth at least two million taels!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Ling Zhu retorted, "Why do you say that this tunnel leads to my residence? Maybe he just uses it to hide things."

Wen Yan slowly unfolded a picture of a hairpin: "Lingzhu, do you recognize this?"

Lingzhu avoided his gaze. This thing was on her dressing table. "It's my hairpin."

"What a coincidence! I have also seen this hairpin on Lu Cang before!" Wen Yan walked to Ling Zhu and squatted down. "Did Lu Cang give it to you?"

"I bought it myself. Lu Cang and I have only met a few times. How could I accept his hairpin?!"

He Yang was listening and felt something was wrong. His face turned green with anger. He couldn't help but slam the table and cursed, "You bitch!"

Wen Yan sneered, "But this hairpin was custom-made by Lu Cang. There is only one in the world. It is unique."

Ling Zhu couldn't help cursing in her heart, this Lu Cang is such a loser, he can't do anything, but always makes trouble! He gave her something unique!

"So what if he gave it to me? Is he not allowed to like me? After all, I am extremely good-looking, who wouldn't be moved when seeing me?" Ling Zhu touched his face, lowered his eyes, with cruelty in his eyes.

"That's strange." Wen Yan took out a letter. "It's written on it from Ling Zhu himself. Lu Cang also said that you two have known each other for a long time, and when you get rid of the county magistrate, he will take the money and run away together. He also said that he wants to marry you..."

Ling Zhu's eyes were red, and she cursed in her heart over and over again, "This Lu Cang is so stupid! He actually left such evidence!"

Wen Yan handed the letter to Wang Jiu, and now everything became clear.

The Yu family was innocent. It was the steward Lu Cang and the county magistrate's seventh aunt Ling Zhu who colluded with each other to privately make salt permits for huge profits. However, Wen Yan did not mention He Yang's matter at all.

Lingzhu stopped pretending at this time. Even if she died, she would take He Yang with her to die in order to repay her master's kindness.

With a slight shake of her wrist, a sharp dagger fell into her hand. This person had been pretending for a long time, and no one knew that she knew martial arts!

Seeing that the dagger was about to stab He Yang's chest, the red fox beside Wang Jiu turned over and kicked the dagger out of her hand.

Ling Zhu's skills are so good that he can even match those of Wang Jiu's most elite generals!

Although he was subdued, Ling Zhu was not afraid at all. He laughed crazily: "Even if you kill me, you won't have a good ending! None of you can escape!"

I don’t know whether to say she is stupid or crazy. Doesn’t this make it clear that there is someone else behind her?

As for He Yang...

Arriving at the back hall, Wen Yan asked Wang Jiu, "What are you going to do with He Yang?"

Wang Jiu thought for a moment and said, "According to the laws of Daning, those who know the truth but do not report it, or those who embezzle or accept bribes will be convicted according to the severity of the circumstances."

Wen Yan nodded slightly. In her original world, there was a system called "discussing silver for crimes", which required corrupt officials to pay silver to redeem themselves. The emperor at that time also made a lot of money from this, which solved his urgent problem. Unfortunately, the emperor in this world was also worried about the silver problem. The current imperial concubine was very extravagant and the treasury was empty. If this method could be handed over to the emperor, the emperor would be happy and might forgive most of He Yang's crimes.

This move was also to protect Wang Jiu and prevent him from falling into a dilemma.

So Wen Yan told him about this system. As for whether to use this method or not, it all depends on Wang Jiu himself.

"There is one more thing," Wen Yan said, her eyes becoming soft and delicate, "Xia Qing sent me a message, saying that she has already met up with Ye Qinghuai in the capital. Because she is young, she needs to be a cook by Ye Qinghuai's side for two years before she is allowed to officially join the army."

"Do you believe this as well?"

"Believe it or not, it doesn't matter. After all, Ye Qinghuai is here. She is not alone and there is someone to discuss things with." Wen Yan wrote a letter back with only four words on it: Alive, looking forward to your return.

Wang Jiu smiled. For some reason, he always felt relieved when he saw Wen Yan thinking about the plan for him and the child. He could even let go of the dirty affairs of the officialdom.

"By the way, you can take back the person you left with Xia Qing. You don't need to find someone to protect her by Ye Qinghuai's side." Wen Yan said, "I also plan to leave as soon as possible. I didn't expect to be away for so long this time. I miss home a little bit."

With all sorts of thoughts running through his mind, Wang Jiu finally said, "Okay, be careful on the road."

Not long after Wen Yan left, Chihu appeared with a secret order in his hand: "Master, there is news from the palace that you are required to continue to thoroughly investigate the salt merchants and salt officials in Lianghuai and replenish the national treasury."

"understood."