I became a concubine in the palace and cured my master's hidden disease.

Chapter 93: A Case of Wild Speculation

Emperor Qianyuan ordered the seventh brother Zhao Lei to investigate thoroughly. The seventh brother walked around the place where the silver was lost for a few times and was inexplicably stabbed by a branch. He immediately turned around and left, and dragged Zhao Yuan into the water.

Under the pretext of deep brotherly love, sharing happiness and hardships, he would go to his father and ask for Lin Yan to take her away.

Zhao Yuan had no choice but to leave for a few days, going back and forth to investigate, and even one of his shoes was torn. He arrested all the local officials and constables for questioning, but they all knew nothing. He was at a loss as to what the problem was, and was worried that Lin Yan would do something weird again, so he took a special look at her when he passed by.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, this woman's heart became wild again. She felt that all her efforts in the past period of time were in vain. What was she thinking about in her head all day long? Zhao Yuan was so angry that he really wanted to pry open Lin Yan's head to see if there was any trace of him.

Zhao Lei also came in happily and looked at the motionless couple: "Are you playing a staring contest?"

Zhao Yuan glanced at him unhappily, grabbed a few peanuts from the table, and stuffed them into his hand, "Eat!"

Zhao Lei generously peeled one and put it in his mouth: "It's just such a small thing, and you want to block my mouth. Lin Yan, don't stay in Rui Wangfu, come to my house, I will definitely provide you with delicious food and drink every day, and you don't have to worry about Qi Wangfei squeezing you out."

Zhao Yuan picked up an unpeeled peanut on the table and stuffed it into his mouth with the skin intact. "You have no respect for elders or younger brothers, no rules or manners, what are you calling me? If one is not enough, I'll give you all of them. If you have nothing else to do, hurry up and leave."

Zhao Lei chuckled, closed his mouth, and slowly peeled some melon seeds on the plate. He didn't put any into his mouth for a long time. His butt was like a butt, and he just wouldn't move. "Why, one person is doing the work of two people?"

Zhao Yuan really wanted to punch him out, but considering that he was injured, he endured it and sat down, picking up the beads one by one.

Lin Yan blinked her eyes. What are these two brothers up to? I'm standing by and serving, but my legs are tired after standing for so long. If you two don't leave, I want to leave.

When Lin Yan was about to leave, she heard Zhao Yuan's voice.

"Everyone, get out!" Lin Yan was about to follow the crowd out when she was pulled back by a pair of strong hands.

"My Lord, do you have any instructions?" Lin Yan asked.

With two princes here, she, a concubine, was not qualified to sit down. Should she continue to stand there as punishment? It would be better to send her out to do something. While she was guessing, she heard Zhao Yuan order, "Sit down. I want to tell you a strange story to relieve your boredom. After listening, you can express your opinions freely."

"Oh, what's the matter?" Lin Yan curiously sat in the empty seat next to Zhao Yuan.

"Ayan, a batch of disaster relief silver weighing thousands of kilograms suddenly disappeared inexplicably halfway along the official road. Do you believe it?" Zhao Lei said mysteriously.

"Only a fool would believe it, unless the official silver has wings!" Lin Yan curled her lips and said with disdain.

"It just disappeared out of thin air, not only the money disappeared, but also the people who were escorting it. Even the inspectors who came to investigate either fell off their horses or fell into the water, not a single one of them was Hulun. Do you think this is strange?" Zhao Lei asked with a puzzled look on his face. The pain in his shoulder also made him feel very weird. He also walked near the lost official silver, and suddenly he was stabbed by a branch out of thin air.

Lin Yan frowned, thought for a moment and said, "This is indeed very strange. Could it be that some expert is secretly doing this? Or is there some special trap?"

Zhao Lei shook his head. "We have checked it out. There are no traps or traps."

"That's strange. Even a passing goose leaves traces, but there is no trace left at all. Could it be that it was robbed by a ghost?" Lin Yan made an endless guess.

"Everyone says so!" Zhao Lei continued.

"I've only heard of ghosts coming and going without a trace, but I've never heard of ghosts being able to move thousands of taels of silver. Could it be that someone is playing tricks? Where did you hear about such strange things?" Lin Yan said.

"Haha, you are too naive. Who told you that? We have been busy investigating this matter these days. If this batch of silver is used by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences will be disastrous." Zhao Lei said.

"A complete robbery?" Lin Yan looked at Zhao Yuan.

"Not really. Only something was lost, but no one committed any crime. I will ask the guards to speed up and escort you back to Beijing. I don't think it's very safe here." Zhao Yuan also felt the difficulty of this incident. He also went to investigate the scene. There were people coming and going on the official road. If it was really robbed, there would definitely be clues as Lin Yan said, but the person and the car just disappeared out of thin air under everyone's noses, leaving no trace at all. It was really too weird.

"No need. If there really is something there, it would have been targeted by someone long ago. It would be unsafe to leave here. No one would believe that the water and land transportation here is so convenient. It's just a thousand pounds. With proper operation, it can easily disappear out of thin air!" Lin Yan began to imagine examples of modern cases.

"Women's opinions are limited in scope. Do you know how many vehicles are there to escort the thousands of pounds? How many escorting personnel are there? How many pairs of eyes are watching?" Zhao Lei retorted.

"What if the car wasn't loaded with thousands of taels of official silver in the first place? People have legs. They can run, jump, and hide. As long as the money given is enough, anything can happen." Lin Yan thought of the mystery stories she had read before.

"How is that possible? Nonsense!" Zhao Lei said disdainfully, "Do you know the rules for escorting official silver? How many officials have to inspect and approve it?"

"Is that so? Is it possible that he was switched along the way and then lied and reported missing when he arrived in Sancha County?" Lin Yan said.

"The route is strictly guarded. It's not easy to switch the bag," Zhao Lei said.

"If the silver wasn't loaded on the car in the first place, would there be no need to switch it along the way?" Zhao Yuan asked suddenly.

"No way, Third Brother, do you think so too?" Zhao Lei: "Then how do you explain my shoulder being stabbed by a branch when I walked there?"

"You are unlucky!" Lin Yan said.

"It turns out that I have an unlucky face." Zhao Lei said self-deprecatingly.

"That's about right," Zhao Yuan continued.

"You two have teamed up to bully me. Just wait. I'm going to find two or three beauties to keep you company." Zhao Lei got up and left.

"Go to bed early!" Zhao Yuan also stood up and left, leaving Lin Yan with a puzzled look on her face.

"That's too much. He piqued my interest in the middle of a conversation but didn't take me with him." Lin Yan propped up her head, picked up a peanut on the table, looked at it again and again, and had no interest in breaking it open.

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Lin Yan, who was strolling at Rongshu Wharf in Sancha County, spotted a familiar figure and hurriedly chased after him.

"Li Yiyuan!" Lin Yan shouted.

But the man in blue in front seemed not to have heard Lin Yan calling him at all, and instead quickened his pace.

Lin Yan had no choice but to quicken her pace as well.

When Lin Yan finally caught up, she didn't know where she was. Xiang Ling and the guards were also lost. She didn't care about these and shouted excitedly: "Li Yiyuan, it's really you!"

Her voice was full of surprise and expectation, as if the whole world became better because of this name.

Lin Yan's face was filled with an excited smile, her eyes were shining, her heartbeat was accelerating, and her breathing became rapid.