Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Xiao Chenze paused for a moment and continued, "Also, Master Yao was killed by the Western Qiang people. Duke Chongguo has known this for a long time. Instead of avenging his son immediately, he colluded with the Western Qiang spies to frame Fang Jitao. What was he thinking? What is going on here that we don't know? In addition, after a period of secret investigation, I found that the output of ore dug out from the iron mine and the output shipped to the forging office each time do not match. The discrepancy is extremely large. So, where did the extra ore go? Was it secretly shipped out and sold for money to enrich themselves? Or did someone infiltrate the iron mining area, bribe officials, steal ore, and privately forge weapons? If so, what are they planning to do? If you think about it carefully, you have to be vigilant."

He stretched out his hand, and Shen Li subconsciously stepped back. His hand had already been retracted, and in his hand was the wolf hair that had rubbed against Shen Li's hair when he was holding the wolf cub.

"This is all shrouded in mystery. We must personally investigate to find out. Your cousin is here, and we're both here to find him and for this reason. I said we'd find the token and account book tonight because the people I sent here earlier said that the prefect must stay in his study every seven days, and no one is allowed to enter. He's alone and mysterious in there, and occasionally you can hear him mumbling. Today is the seventh day. Let's hide and keep quiet. Tonight we must see what he's doing and where he's hiding his things."

After saying this, Xiao Chenze looked out from the mist for a while. It was already dark outside. He said to Shen Li, "We will hide separately on the roof of his study. I have checked the resume of this prefect, and there seems to be nothing unusual. He is from southern Xinjiang, his family is poor, he became an official through studying and taking the imperial examination, and then he became a disciple of the Duke of Chongguo, and then he gradually rose to the top."

"If there's anything puzzling, it's that when he was a candidate in Beijing taking the imperial examination, he stayed in an inn run by a man from southern Xinjiang. The innkeeper was very welcoming to this fellow candidate. Not only did he waive his board and lodging expenses, he even married his daughter, who is now the prefect's wife, to him."

"This experience is suspicious because, according to common sense, he was a scholar with a promising career in the government. His wife's family was just an ordinary innkeeper, so she should have been humble in his presence. But he wasn't. His reputation for being henpecked was well known. This doesn't mean much, but someone once accidentally saw him in front of his father-in-law. He looked very timid, and even a glare from his father-in-law made him afraid to look up. This is puzzling."

Shen Li's brows furrowed. "Either he is born henpecked and doesn't even dare to offend his wife's parents. Or, his father-in-law has something on him. Or, his father-in-law is controlling him."

"Yes, I thought so too," Xiao Chenze looked at Shen Li with admiration and said, "After so many years, the inn his father-in-law had in the capital is still open. He stays there every time he returns to the capital to report on his work. Usually, the wives of officials sent out to other places stay in the capital, but this prefect's wife follows him wherever he goes, as if she is keeping an eye on him."

"I've already ordered people to keep a close eye on that inn. If they detect anything amiss, they'll secretly arrest and interrogate him first. As for this prefect, he escaped last time, but he won't be so lucky this time. With your help, I believe we can uncover his secrets and make sure he's not escaping."

There was no wind in the space. Shen Li opened the railings and let Wolf Green and Big Black Mastiff take the wolf cubs out for a run. She also told them not to touch anything here, otherwise she would never let them out again.

Taking Xiao Chenze directly from the Northern Frontier into the space, they arrived in Mizhou in the blink of an eye. The wolf cubs were almost suffocating. However, the training they received at the base taught them to obey orders, so when Shen Li was in the space, she would let them move around.

The kids came to Miergan, sniffed it curiously, wrinkled their noses and walked away.

Miergan spat and said to the two of them unhappily, "Give me a bath, and I'll tell you about Duke Chongguo."

Xiao Chenze stood with his hands behind his back as he and Shen Li approached Miergan. His expression instantly grew colder. "You don't have to tell me. Duke Chongguo is already a worthless chess piece. It doesn't matter to me whether I listen or not. But you dare to make conditions with me when you're about to die? What's the matter? Don't you want your other leg too?"

A few more wolf cubs came over, got in front of the sitting Miergan, and bared their teeth.

Miergan subconsciously stepped back, staring at the wolf cubs in front of him, and heard Shen Li say, "If the poisonous centipede can't scare you, why not try the sharpness of the wolf cubs' teeth?"

"You, neither of you is a good person." Mergan was talking incoherently.

Hearing him say this, Xiao Chenze couldn't help but sneer. "I find it quite ridiculous to hear the word 'good person' coming from you. Back when you were killing my people on the border, you didn't even spare children. You even ripped open pregnant women and dug out the fetuses to show off your power. You're a bloodthirsty, vicious, and inhumane person. How could you even know how to write the word 'good person'?"

Before he finished speaking, Shen Li had already walked forward and stepped hard on his broken leg.

The howling of a pig being slaughtered suddenly filled the space, attracting all the wolf cubs.

When Shen Li heard Xiao Chenze's words, the scene of the Japanese devils killing their compatriots in the past flashed through her mind. Anger engulfed her like a surging river. Without even thinking, she stepped forward.

"You bastard, you're looking for death. I'll help you. I'll kill you."

If Xiao Chenze hadn't pulled her back in time, Miergan would have been strangled to death by her.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay." Xiao Chenze didn't know what happened, but he felt that Shen Li had recalled some bad memories. He quickly held her in his arms, gently stroked her back, and gently comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm here, I'm here."

He had a pleasant sandalwood scent on his body, his voice was soft and magnetic, and his hand gently patted Shen Li's back, which actually made her calm down slowly.

After a while, Shen Li realized that she was still in his arms and took two steps back uncomfortably.

In a flash, he saw the fingerprints on Miergan's neck that he had pinched, and his senses quickly returned. He immediately raised his foot with a frown, pretending to continue stepping on Miergan's short legs, and shouted, "Speak, if you say another word, I will kill you right now."

Miergan wanted to slap himself twice. Why did he talk so much?

Now, these two people are as smart as monkeys, and I can't fool them even if I want to use lies.

Helpless, he could only hang his head and said weakly, "I don't dare to ask for conditions, but giving me something to eat is definitely okay. I'm really too hungry to have any strength left."

Shen Li said with a stern face, "Go, bring him a piece of bread."