The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

After tearing off the seal on the box, the man respectfully stepped forward and opened it, only to find it empty. He was so shocked that his mouth dropped open in disbelief.

"This……"

The adult didn't even look up, assuming his subordinate was making a fuss over nothing, and even looked down on his subordinate's scare tactics. He looked up, intending to reprimand him, but then saw his subordinate staring blankly at the empty box.

"What...what's going on?"

"Your Excellency, when I opened this box just now, it was empty."

Is the seal damaged?

"No."

"That's impossible. We received the message that the silver was put in a box and sealed, and it hasn't left our sight since. The seal isn't even broken. How could the silver have vanished?"

"This..." The subordinate wanted to say that he knew nothing and that he shouldn't have tried to show off by opening the box.

"Open the other boxes and take a look. I don't believe they're all like this."

The subordinates had doubts, but they still obediently opened the boxes. Without exception, they were all empty, with nothing inside, which alarmed the two men.

The first box was empty, and the seal was still intact. There's only one possibility: the silver wasn't in that box.

Or perhaps the silver is in this box, but it has been switched by someone else, and they have fallen for a trap.

Another possibility is that the silver was switched on the way back by the people he sent out.

"Lock up everyone who went out on this mission and interrogate them one by one until they confess."

"Yes."

This matter is of great importance; this batch of silver is very important to them, but it has suddenly disappeared like this. How can anyone accept this?

After Du Mingxian returned and took a shower, she had just lay down on the bed to go to sleep when she heard someone outside. She guessed that they might have found the empty box, so she simply lay there without moving.

"Eighty-four, come out now, immediately."

Du Mingxian could only quickly get dressed and cover her face. As soon as she came out, she saw the man in black scrutinizing her. "Come on, come with me."

Du Mingxian went there, and as a result, she was taken to prison.

There are prison cells here, but they are underground, stuffy, smelly, and all sorts of odors mixed together, which is particularly intoxicating.

When she went inside, everyone who had gone on the mission with her had already been locked up, so she had no choice but to go in obediently.

The cell door was closed, and the person outside instructed, "Think carefully among yourselves, see who touched that box, who took the contents of the box, or if you all cover up for the same person and then switch the boxes."

Some of the more timid ones immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "Please, Your Honor, investigate thoroughly. We did not switch them. The boxes have never left our sight along the way."

"Yes, we were all together. Even when we stopped to rest or went to the restroom, we always left in pairs."

Upon hearing their words, Du Mingxian secretly curled her lips into a slight smile. Interesting. It seems these people are waiting for that batch of silver.

"You can't give a clear answer. You're all locked up inside, with no food or water."

This was forcing them to admit it, but Du Mingxian refused to listen. She leaned against the cell wall, closed her eyes, and prepared to sleep.

Various voices and discussions could be heard around me.

“How could this be? We’ve had the box right under our noses ever since we got it, so how could we be dissatisfied?”

"Who knows."

Du Mingxian didn't participate in their conversation, but fortunately, she was used to being alone, so no one noticed her.

About an hour later, the women still couldn't give a clear answer, so they were taken out for questioning.

The interrogation method was also very simple: torture to extract a confession.

The process of taking people out for interrogation was random. The officers who came to arrest people would point to whoever they saw and take them away. Then you could hear the sound of whips lashing and women crying and begging for mercy.

After interrogating several people, it was finally Du Mingxian's turn. She was taken out and tied to a cross, her eyes filled with boundless hatred.

One day, she will take revenge and make those bastards face reality.

"Tell me, what tricks did you pull on the way?"

Du Mingxian harbored resentment, but her expression remained remarkably calm. "What trickery? After we got the item, we were with everyone the whole time. There was never a situation where everyone was absent, or only a few were present."

The man didn't seem to be listening to Du Mingxian. He raised his whip and lashed her with it. The whip was soaked in salt water, and it stung terribly when it struck her.

Du Mingxian looked up, and by the light of the torch, she tried to make out the eyes that had appeared before her.

Someday.

One day, she will definitely take revenge and make all those who have hurt her pay.

“If you’re not willing to tell the truth, I don’t mind giving you a good lash to wake you up and see if you can remember what you’ve done.”

After saying that, he lashed her twice more.

"I do not have."

whip.

"I do not have."

whip.

"Even if you beat me to death today, it's still not true. You can ask other people if I'm a suspect."

The leader was satisfied with Du Mingxian's suggestion, but after interrogating a group of women, he found nothing, which showed that they must have done even more outrageous things in the past.

The person who whipped Du Mingxian, seeing that she hadn't admitted her mistake, felt somewhat annoyed and finally simply waved his hand, "Take her away."

Du Mingxian was released and thrown into a cell. No one came forward to show her any concern; everyone kept their distance.

Soon, those who had not undergone supplementary review were all subjected to torture one by one.

However, this also led to the conclusion that once they got the box, it never left the people's sight, making it impossible for anyone to cheat.

There's only one explanation: the box was switched by the people in front, and the bodyguard was just covering for them.

After the trial, the results were unsatisfactory, and the official was very angry. The master was still waiting to bribe the officials with this money, but now that it hadn't been collected, he had to find another way to make up for it.