Chapter 120

Damaged leaves, crushed traces.

Clearly, this was the place where the ambush had occurred earlier.

Gai Nie’s figure shuttled between the tall trees.

He soon discovered some hidden traces among the trees.

On several large trees, the branches seemed to have been broken.

Clearly, when the silver was being transported earlier, many people were hiding in the large trees, waiting for the rabbit.

But he only discovered the traces of the silver transport and the traces left by the people hiding here.

Yet he absolutely did not discover how the remaining silver disappeared here.

One hundred thousand taels of silver.

If one wanted to move it away, it would inevitably leave traces on the mud ground.

But the ground here did not leave any traces.

Not even traces of it having been repaired.

At this time, in order to clean up the traces left behind, someone would specifically repair the road they had walked on.

Striving to make the road they walked on indistinguishable from the road beside it.

But in the eyes of experts, these would still leave some slight traces.

Gai Nie considered himself an expert among experts.

He truly hadn’t expected that he wouldn’t find any traces here.

"Suspicious..."

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"What did you say?"

Ying Zheng clutched his chest, feeling his anger rising again.

He thought Gai Nie would definitely find that one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Yet he didn’t expect that after Gai Nie went out to investigate, he also didn’t find that one hundred thousand taels of silver.

"Did you find anything?"

Ying Zheng took a deep breath, trying hard to calm his emotions.

"In the forest, I saw traces of the silver transport."

"Including the traces left by those who ambushed there, they can also be found."

"But there is one point that is very suspicious."

"After those people knocked out everyone who was transporting the silver, how did they transport the silver away?"

"At the scene, I absolutely did not find any traces of the silver being transported away."

Gai Nie’s expression was also not very good.

This actually counted as one of his strengths.

Yet he had stumbled on this strength.

"Then what do you think?"

Ying Zheng’s eyes turned gloomy.

"The person who completed this matter is definitely an expert among experts."

Gai Nie was very certain of this point.

"As long as we can find how they transported the silver away, finding that sum of silver will only be a matter of time."

"Are you confident?"

Facing Ying Zheng’s inquiry, Gai Nie hesitated.

In this kind of matter, he should be the most confident, yet this time he hesitated.

"I am."

After hesitating for a while, Gai Nie still answered affirmatively.

He would definitely find the clues.

"Then this matter will be left to you to be responsible for in private."

Ying Zheng waved his hand, a look of exhaustion appearing on his face.

Gai Nie nodded and immediately left.

Zhang Han was injured, and Gai Nie was responsible for this matter; Ying Zheng had no one to use by his side for the time being.

A flash of contemplation flickered in Ying Zheng’s eyes.

The silver was truly lost.

Even he could not find the traces of the silver.

Li Si,

Thinking of him, a flash of suspicion flickered in Ying Zheng’s eyes.

He was not sure if this matter was truly done by Li Si.

If it was done by Li Si, then by doing this, he was clearly sending this sum of silver into Li Si’s hands.

Thinking of this, a flash of anger appeared in Ying Zheng’s eyes.

If he found out that this matter was truly related to Li Si,

Hmph!

He would make Li Si regret coming into this world.

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"Your Majesty, Prince Fusu has arrived."

Someone said outside the door.

Ever since Ying Zheng’s body became increasingly weak, he did not allow anyone to enter his room.

All the servants only dared to stand at the door to pass messages.

"Let him in."

A weak yet majestic voice came from inside.

Prince Fusu had come to Ying Zheng’s sleeping quarters once again after many days.

"Father."

Facing this son of his, Ying Zheng raised his eyes slightly.

Compared to before, Prince Fusu now had a bit less of the weakness of a scholar.

"It seems that putting you by Meng Tian’s side was somewhat useful."

"...At least you look a bit more spirited, and you don’t have that rot of a scholar."

Looking at this son of his, Ying Zheng was finally somewhat satisfied.

"I have been following General Meng Tian recently, handling military affairs."

"General Meng Tian has also been of great help to this son."

Prince Fusu said honestly.

What he originally liked most was the "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" spoken of in books.

But ever since he followed General Meng Tian, he had witnessed a life detached from books.

"Father, I heard that the one hundred thousand in disaster relief silver has gone missing."

Prince Fusu hesitated for a moment and then spoke up.

He had come this time because he heard that his father was furious because of this matter.

It seemed that quite a few people had died at his father’s hands because of this matter.

Fusu did not want to see his father continue to commit unnecessary killings.

So he took the initiative to come this time, hoping to inquire about this matter and hoping that he could contribute a little to this matter.

"That is correct."

Ying Zheng said calmly.

With the previous buildup, his emotions had stabilized.

But Prince Fusu could still feel a compelling pressure from Ying Zheng.

"I once heard that many people witnessed the silver all sinking into the moat."

"If this case still has no clues, Father might as well inquire about those people at the time."

Fusu calmed down for a while and then stated his thoughts.

He hoped his thoughts could be of help to this case.

Ying Zheng raised his eyes slightly and looked at this son of his.

"You are interested in this case?"

If other officials present had heard this sentence from Ying Zheng, they would probably wish they could strip themselves away from this matter.

After all, even Lord Li Si hadn’t gained any benefits from Ying Zheng in this case.

If others intervened, they would definitely die even more miserably.

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