After traveling through time, the adults were completely in my hands

In the capital of Daqing, in an inconspicuous inn on the outskirts of the city, a young man was pacing back and forth in the room. This young man had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and he was dignified and noble. He was an extremely handsome man. At this moment, the man was holding a peach charm in his hand and was thinking with his head down.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and the young man looked up and said, "Come in."

A guard walked in and bowed to the young man: "Your Highness, we still haven't found this person."

The young man looked at the peach charm in his hand and nodded.

Seeing the young man fall silent, the guard thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, we've been out for a while now. Isn't it time to go back?"

The young man pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Tell them to get ready. We'll leave later."

******

At this time in Yanzhou, the young man was leisurely strolling around the market in Yanzhou looking for the golden beans.

Early this morning, Wei Qing went out with a group of Jinyiwei. Jindou was also happy and relaxed. He came to the market alone and strolled around leisurely.

Although the market in Yanzhou is not as prosperous as that in the capital, it is still very lively as a capital city.

There was a dazzling array of goods filling up the various stalls, and the sounds of hawking could be heard throughout the market.

Jindou was strolling around happily when he suddenly noticed a group of people sitting in a teahouse next to him, whispering about something.

Jindou, who always liked to listen to gossip, also hurried into the teahouse, pretended to be thirsty, asked the teahouse owner for a cup of tea, sat on the stool at the table next to the group of people, and pricked up his ears to listen.

Then one of the men said, "Have you heard? The emperor sent the commander of the Imperial Guard to investigate this time!"

"Yes, you said this is also very strange. There are a full 100,000 taels. Who has the ability to steal it all in one night? Moreover, this is disaster relief money. If it is stolen, how will the people affected by the disaster survive in the future?"

Another person said to the people next to him in an even more mysterious tone: "Do you know? I heard that in recent years, many young men have disappeared near Yanzhou City. Now there's a theft of disaster relief funds. I don't know what's going on."

Jindou was stunned when he heard this. Are there any missing people?

******

In the prison of the Yanzhou prefectural government, all the warehouse guards who were on duty at the warehouse on the night the disaster relief funds disappeared were imprisoned here.

Wei Qing first went to see the warehouse where the disaster relief funds were lost today, and then came here.

At this moment, he was sitting behind a desk, and kneeling in front of him was a warehouse worker who was on duty in the warehouse on the night when the disaster relief funds were lost.

At this time, Ku Ding was kneeling on the ground. When he thought of the person sitting in front of him, the commander of the Jinyiwei nicknamed "Living King of Hell", he began to tremble even before he was questioned.

Wei Qing glanced at Ku Ding below and slammed the table. "Tell me! Tell me everything that happened the night the relief funds were lost. If you dare to hide anything, I will not forgive you!"

"Yes... yes, sir. I was on duty in the warehouse that night. In the second half of the night, I suddenly smelled a fragrance, and then I lost consciousness and knew nothing. I was woken up the next day and found out that the disaster relief funds had been lost." Ku Ding said tremblingly.

"You mean you smell the fragrance?" Wei Qing asked.

"Yes... yes, sir. I first smelled a fragrance, and then I lost consciousness. Now that I think about it, someone must have drugged the Kudings with some kind of incense, causing them to lose consciousness, and then took the opportunity to steal the relief funds."

After saying this, Ku Ding kowtowed and said, "Sir, I am also a victim. I beg you to show mercy and let me go!"

Wei Qing did not reply. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Where was the treasurer Li Zheng at that time?"

"Sir... Sir, although Li Kujian has no family, he has a lover in Honglefang, and he goes there to make out with her every night. Before I lost consciousness, I didn't see Li Kujian, and I thought he went to Honglefang again..."

"You mean he has a lover?" Wei Qing interrupted before Ku Ding finished speaking.

"Yes, sir, at the Red Music House."

Wei Qing no longer cared about Ku Ding. He pushed open the door and said to Xie Xiaohu and several Jinyiwei standing outside, "Let's go to Honglefang."

******

Inside Honglefang, the madam cried to Wei Qing, "This Miss Qiyu was our top performer in Honglefang, and she was hanged to death by that damn Li Kujian."

"Hang yourself, when?" Wei Qing frowned and asked.

"On the second night after the disaster relief funds were stolen, the treasury supervisor, who usually took advantage of Miss Qi Yu's favor, stole the money and ran away."

At this point, the madam wiped her tears with a handkerchief and sobbed, "Alas, poor Miss Qiyu, knowing that such a serious case of missing disaster relief funds was inevitable, she would be arrested and tortured to find out the whereabouts of Li Kujian, so frightened that she hanged herself."

"Should we report this matter to the authorities?" Wei Qing asked again.

"Alas, sir, the maid who was helping Miss Qiyu with her hair and toilette that day discovered that she had hanged herself in her room. Before we could report it to the authorities, the officials arrived and said they wanted to take Miss Qiyu to the government for questioning. When they heard that she had hanged herself, they carried the body away."

Wei Qing thought for a moment and said, "Take me to the girl's room to have a look."

The madam led the way, leading Wei Qing and several Jinyiwei up to the second floor. She pointed to a room and said, "Sir, this is Miss Qiyu's room."

Wei Qing asked, "Has this room been cleaned?"

Upon hearing this, the madam hurriedly shook her handkerchief and said, "Sir, it has never been cleaned. After Miss Qiyu hanged herself, our maids and cleaning girls were terrified. No one dared to go in."

Wei Qing nodded, told Xie Xiaohu and several Jinyiwei to wait outside the door, and then he pushed the door open and walked in.

The furniture in the room was arranged in an orderly manner, and there were no signs of a fight.

Wei Qing carefully checked everywhere. When he came to the bed where Miss Qiyu had slept, he found that the quilt on the bed was not folded and placed aside, but was spread out randomly on the bed.

Wei Qing bent down and reached out to flip the quilt. Suddenly, his fingers seemed to touch a small ball of paper in the quilt. He reached out and took the small ball of paper out. Wei Qing took a look and found that the small ball of paper was a very small piece of paper that was randomly crumpled together.

After unfolding the paper ball, Wei Qing discovered that there was a word "mountain" written on it. After thinking about it, Wei Qing walked to the desk in the room.

As the top prostitute in a brothel, Miss Qiyu obviously knows some poetry, calligraphy and painting. At this time, there are several calligraphy and paintings written by Miss Qiyu on the table.

Wei Qing compared the words on the paper in his hand with the words on the calligraphy and painting on the table, and was sure that they were written by the same person. However, the word "mountain" on the paper was written very untidyly, and it seemed more like someone wrote it in a hurry.

Putting the paper ball in his arms, Wei Qing carefully searched every corner of the house. After making sure that nothing was missed, he walked out of the house and led a group of Jinyiwei to leave Honglefang.