In ancient times, I just wanted to be a salted fish

Zhen Yu had spies in the palace and knew roughly what happened. But Yang Liuyi was a princess of the previous dynasty and had had an affair with Wan Baocai a long time ago, and Hong Xianzhi was the son of Liang Yachi, so he didn't know these things. He only knew that Yang Liuyi was killed by Liang Yachi when she was having an affair with Wan Baocai.

When the spy reported this to Zhen Yu, Zhen Yu was also very shocked and couldn't believe it. He always felt that Wan Baocai was not a simple person, and it would be difficult to track him down now that he was dead.

So he returned to Pingyang Mansion to look for some clues. Now that Chen Ruotong had bought Wan Baocai's mansion, he wanted to go in and search it carefully, such as the rockery, under the trees, and whether there were tunnels in some bedrooms? Are there any unknown secrets hidden?

Chen Ruotong would not agree to this request. She refused, "Master Zhen, the Wan residence has now become the Chen residence. It is my private property. Even if you are an official, you cannot search it at will. I have not broken any law. But I can help you find the evidence that Wan Baocai may have left behind. You can also go to the prison and interrogate his former servants."

Zhen Yu said sincerely, "Please pay attention and try to find evidence. I always feel that in addition to the hidden weapons, he has such a large family business and it has developed so quickly, which is also suspicious. I heard that he was just a poor man at the beginning, but in less than a year, he became a millionaire. Where did he get such a huge financial resource?"

Chen Ruotong thought: Is it possible that Wan Baocai is the remnant of the previous dynasty? He knew where the treasure was hidden, so he dug it out and transported it to Wan's house. If not, how did the two underground treasures come from? But can she tell others? Absolutely not, those treasures are now her private property, who can take what she has?

After Zhen Yu received verbal help from Chen Ruotong, he left Zhenpin Pavilion and went to the government office. He wanted to interrogate the servants of Wanzhai in the prison in detail.

Qiao Zien said, "Guchuan, if you don't let Lord Zhen enter the house to search, then he is likely to come to your Chen's house at night. Don't forget, he is Jia Fei!"

Chen Ruotong spread her hands and acted indifferent. "It doesn't matter. Let him investigate if he wants. Anyway, there is nothing fishy in the Chen residence. Even if he finds other secret passages, it has nothing to do with me. If he really finds evidence of stolen goods, I will happily cooperate with him and send it to the government."

Qiao Zien said: "That's true, as long as you don't mind!"

Zhen Yu interrogated a sixty-year-old servant of the Wan family in the prison. "Old man, I am the chief judge of the Dali Temple, and I am here to try Wan Baocai's case. If you can answer my questions truthfully, and the clues you provide are useful, I will consider releasing you. But if you lie, you will be in prison for the rest of your life."

The old servant felt that the young master in front of him respected him very much and even called him "old man". He wanted to be free as soon as possible, so he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Sir, I am just an old servant in the Wan family. I usually sweep the yard and feed the horses. I don't know much about the master's affairs. However, I will report everything I know to you truthfully. Please let me go. I have never done anything against the will of heaven and earth. I am just an ordinary servant!"

Zhen Yu asked: "How did Wan Baocai make his fortune?"

"My Lord, I really don't know! When I entered Wan's house, Wan Baocai was already a wealthy man. He has a lot of property, and I don't know exactly how many. I am just a horse feeder."

"Do you know when the weapons were brought into Wan's house?"

"I don't know, but I often see some strangely dressed people coming to Wan's house on horseback. I personally feed the horses, and I know they are all fine horses. But once, a big man with a fierce look got drunk and went to the stable to lead the horse. He muttered something about treasure and getting rich..."

Zhen Yu interrupted, "Wait, what treasure makes you rich?"

The old servant replied, "At that time, I only heard him talk about treasure and getting rich, and I didn't hear anything else. I didn't care. How can I take the words of a drunk person seriously? Even if it is true, it has nothing to do with me, so I didn't take it seriously!"

Zhen Yu grasped the key point of the words "treasure". He immediately thought of the treasure map. Could it be that Wan Baocai was a remnant of the previous dynasty and knew about the treasure? He became rich so quickly, did he find the treasure? He used the treasure to buy a business? Think about it, a wealthy man like him with strong financial resources, it would take several generations of wealth accumulated by his ancestors to achieve that! But he achieved it in just over ten years, isn't it worthy of suspicion?

Zhen Yu asked hurriedly, "When did you hear this?"

The old servant replied: "It was during the Grain in Ear season five years ago. I remember it very clearly because the man was drunk and couldn't get on his horse. I helped him get on."

Zhen Yu asked a few more questions, but the old servant didn't know the answers and couldn't answer them.

Zhen Yu also interrogated other servants, as well as some maids and servant girls, but none of them knew the core secrets of Wan's house. Some of Wan Baocai's confidants had fled with him, and the rest were unimportant servants.

But in order to arrest Wan Baocai as soon as possible, they have been detained until now and have not been released. Since nothing can be obtained from him and Wan Baocai is already dead, he decided to ask Magistrate Zhang to release the people. Those who have indentures will be sold directly, and those who don't have indentures will be set free.

The old servant had a contract to sell his body, but since Zhen Yu had promised to set him free, he could not break his promise, so he returned the contract to him. The old servant was very moved and told a secret, "Sir, I know a secret of the Wan Mansion. You didn't ask me just now, but I think I should tell you.

There are two pavilions in the third courtyard of Wan's house. There is a secret passage under the first pavilion. This is when I accidentally broke into the third courtyard at night. I passed by the pavilion and saw Wan Baocai climbing down from the table in the pavilion. When I ran over to take a look out of curiosity, the table was normal. I thought it should be a secret passage, but I didn't dare to investigate further, fearing that the master would know that I had been there, so I hurried away. "

This information was extremely valuable to Zhen Yu. Why didn't he think that there would be a secret passage in the first pavilion? Since there was nothing in the second secret passage, there should be nothing in the first secret passage either. But he could go down and look for some clues carefully. What if he could find some strong evidence?

That night, Zhen Yu put on his nightgown, took his equipment, and sneaked into Chen's house. There were only ten servants guarding Chen's house, so he didn't even need to use any incense, and he easily got to the third courtyard. He found that the third courtyard was even quieter, with no one there, which was simply too good to be true. He came to the first pavilion, twisted his stool, entered the secret passage, walked to the place where there were hidden weapons, and threw a Cuju, easily passing through.

The layout of this secret passage was similar to the second one. He searched carefully inside and really found something useful, a huge pearl that was worth a fortune. This was not something that an ordinary person could possess. He concluded that there must have been a lot of treasures hidden here.