The cousin is beautiful but ruthless.

Chapter 209 The People of Luofeng City

Lu Lingyue hurriedly tidied up and then picked up the candlestick that didn't have a candle.

"Who?"

"Creditors."

After saying that, the man kicked open the door, and a gust of wind rushed in. Lu Lingyue's legs trembled. Reminded by this, she remembered something.

"Are you buyers from Luofeng City?"

The man in the lead took off his hood. "We've been waiting so long and the goods still haven't been delivered. Where's Zhou Yurong?"

He had interacted with Zhou Yurong several times, so he naturally knew that the seller behind the scenes was Zhou Yurong, unlike others who thought it was Xiao Ran.

Lu Lingyue swallowed hard: "He was caught selling these things and has now been arrested and taken to the Dali Temple."

"They looted everything too?"

"without……"

Zhou Yurong had already transported all the items from the private vault out, and the people from the Dali Temple hadn't found them yet.

"Where did you move to?"

He came here to take his things with him and didn't want to waste time here.

Seeing the menacing look on the group of people, Lu Lingyue dared not hide anything and confessed everything.

Only after watching those people go to find salt and weapons did Lu Lingyue dare to take a deep breath.

"That was terrifying!"

Lu Lingyue put down the candlestick. How did the people from Luofeng City arrive so quickly?

She was sorting through the letters, wondering if the arrival of those people from Luofeng City would affect their plans.

I'm just going to pick something up, and it's dark and windy now, so nothing should go wrong. The place is also very remote and not easy to find.

But Lu Lingyue was still a little uneasy, feeling that something bad was going to happen.

As it turned out, Lu Lingyue's concerns were not unfounded.

As soon as they arrived at the place where the smuggled salt and weapons were hidden, they were suddenly stopped by people who jumped out.

Pei Du appeared before these people and pulled off their hoods.

"Finally I found it."

We hadn't been able to find out where Zhou Yurong had moved all the things, but following Lu Lingyue's lead proved to be useful.

"Take them all to the Dali Temple for interrogation and find out their identities thoroughly."

Pei Du lifted the cloth, revealing a large box inside.

Pei Du pried it open with the hilt of his sword, removed the porcelain and silk, and underneath were salt and weapons.

He picked up one of the spears; it had a sharp tip, a sturdy handle, and was finely crafted—a good weapon.

Such a good thing is actually being sold in Luofeng City. I wonder where Zhou Yurong got such a good thing from.

"Is it made of refined iron?" The golden hammer struck the ground.

Pei Du nodded: "Take them all back and hand them over to the Emperor. Only the Emperor can investigate this matter."

This concerns Luofeng City in Lizhou, such a sensitive place, so Li Jiangui must have many thoughts on it.

Jin Chui ordered his men to move the box away; now Zhou Yurong was definitely doomed.

Zhou Yurong was unaware that his belongings had been found. He had not been interrogated since being brought in, and the prison conditions were harsh, so he slept very restlessly that night.

He had just fallen asleep when he was pulled out by people from the Dali Temple.

Zhou Yurong looked up and met the gazes of the Luo Fengcheng men who had just been arrested and taken to the Dali Temple. Her heart sank.

"Did you see it?"

Pei Du noticed Zhou Yurong's expression and casually remarked.

Zhou Yurong lowered her head: "What are you saying? I don't understand."

His actions only aroused more suspicion, and Pei Du was not in a hurry to get Zhou Yurong to confess everything at once.

Xiao Ran naturally noticed the commotion caused by Zhou Yurong being taken away for interrogation.

She didn't see any of the people from Luofeng City, and even if she did, she wouldn't recognize them. She wasn't the seller behind the scenes, nor had she ever seen them before.

Li Jiangui looked at the salt and weapons that had been delivered. "Luofeng City?"

More than a decade ago, this place was also the site of a major incident. It had only been a short time since things had calmed down when these people started to reappear.

"What are the identities of those people in Luofeng City?"

Pei Du immediately replied, "We're still verifying. They're not carrying anything distinctive, so it's still a bit difficult to identify them."

These people arrived suddenly. If Shen Hanyu hadn't been careful and had someone keep an eye on Lu Lingyue, they wouldn't have gotten away with it so easily.

Li Jiangui put down what he was holding.

Pei Du thought for a moment and suggested, "I think the concubine that the Earl of Guangning took before might know something. Why don't we interrogate her as well?"

Li Jiangui did not refuse. He did not even know who the concubine of the Earl of Guangning was, but he would bring her over as long as it would help with this matter.

"Then the Earl of Guangning?"

"Let's use torture; he'll have no explanation left."

The evidence is all here; it was Zhou Yurong and Xiao Ran who did it together. Although Xiao Ran was involved less, she is not innocent either.

Li Jiangui's decree was quickly relayed to the Dali Temple.

Xiao Ran shuddered; she seemed to hear Zhou Yurong's wails.

Zhou Yurong has not returned yet, and we don't know what he said to the people from Dali Temple.

Xiao Ran turned over. After spending so many days in prison, she had gotten used to the environment.

The cell door was opened, and the jailers came in, one on each side, and carried Xiao Ran out.

"What are you doing?"

Xiao Ran asked in a somewhat frightened tone, as this had never happened before.

"His Majesty already has evidence proving that you two were involved in the smuggling of salt and weapons. Now it's time for the interrogation process, so behave yourself!"

After locking Xiao Ran up for so many days, we can finally begin the proper interrogation.

Previously, in order to use Xiao Ran as bait, they hadn't been able to properly interrogate her.

Xiao Ran sensed something was wrong, but she had no chance to struggle anymore.

Shen Hanyu learned about what happened the previous night the following day.

"It really is a big fish."

Shen Hanyu looked up at herself in the bronze mirror.

The people from Luofeng City arrived faster than she had expected. Shen Hanyu was unsure whether these people, who came from Lizhou, knew anything about the matter.

She took out those few sheets of paper. Luo Fengcheng appeared in the information Shen Yanzhi had found, but it had been so long that probably not many people knew about Luo Fengcheng anymore.

The matter of Lizhou was Li Jiangui's Achilles' heel; anyone who touched it would be hurt. How could Shen Hanyu dare to risk bringing up this matter with Pei Du?

Closing the paper, Shen Hanyu got up and decided to go to the Dali Temple to take a look, since she was involved in this matter no matter what.

Upon arriving at Dali Temple, after a night of interrogation, Xiao Ran couldn't take it anymore and revealed some things. Zhou Yurong kept her mouth shut, probably still believing that she could leave Dali Temple.

Pei Du clapped his hands, and Lu Lingyue was brought before Zhou Yurong.

“We have also found all the letters you forged in your residence. Prince Ding’an will be here soon, and we can settle this matter.”

Zhou Yurong looked at Lu Lingyue, who shook her head: "It wasn't me who said it."

She dared not admit it; to do so in front of Zhou Yurong at this moment would be tantamount to courting death.

Zhou Yurong felt that everything was over.

This is what Shen Hanyu saw when she arrived.

"Have you gotten all the answers?"

Once Pei Du was less busy, Shen Hanyu stood aside and talked with him.

"That's about it. Let's gather all the evidence. Both the Earl of Guangning and the County Princess Xiao are guilty of capital offenses."

In this way, Shen Hanyu's long investigation was not in vain.