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"When they were leaving, I had Ah Cai secretly follow them. As long as we can find the hiding spot of the Fire Cult's evil disciple, Brother Liu's evidence would be equal to having half of it."

Liu Mingdao closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, two rays of light shot out from his eyes, "Brother Yang, is the evidence you spoke of the ten chests of gold and silver?"

Yang He stroked his beard and said, "That's the best evidence."

Liu Mingdao's personality was stubborn and unyielding, but he wasn't without brains, "The Fire Congregation and the escort team, are they the witness?"

"That's right. As long as the two pieces of evidence are in his hands, even if His Majesty was prejudiced against them, Wei Wenbin wouldn't be able to escape. However …" Yang He said in a deep voice, "Brother Liu, let me remind you again, this impeachment is no trivial matter. You must think it through. Also, with my current identity, I'm afraid it would be inconvenient for me to help you."

"I understand Brother Yang's problem. Rest assured, I can handle this matter alone." While speaking, the servant who had left before came in, saluted Yang He and said, "Sire, I followed your instructions, and followed that person all the way. I found out that he went to the house of the Sect in the west of the capital, where they should be staying."

Yang He frowned, "This official remembers that the mansion was sealed up by the Jing Zhao Estate long ago."

"It was sealed, so he went in through the back door. The alley by the back door is quite remote and no one has been there for a day. That's why no one has noticed him."

Liu Mingdao sneered, "I found a good hiding place, but it's a pity that it's a good place to hide."

Yang He thought for a while, then said, "Wei Jingcheng has been searching for the remnants of the Sect. Brother Liu, why don't you tell Wei Jingcheng about this matter and have him gather the troops in the west side of the capital. We can catch those bandits, and we can also give them ten boxes of gold and silver, killing two birds with one stone."

"Thank you, Brother Yang." Liu Mingdao had never been one to procrastinate. He immediately said: "There's no time to lose, I'll go see Wei Jingcheng now. Goodbye."

After hearing Liu Mingdao's footsteps recede, the servant said softly, "Do you want me to inform the prince so that he can be prepared?"

Yang He nodded, "Go and come back quickly." After the servant left, he threw down a silver ingot and left the restaurant.

As for Wei Jingcheng, he didn't dare delay after receiving Liu Mingdao's message. He immediately led all the soldiers to the west side of the house. What surprised them was that when they rushed into the house, there wasn't a single person inside. They only found ten chests filled with gold and silver money in the parlour.

Liu Mingdao grabbed a handful of shiny golden leaves from one of the chests and sneered, "Three years in the Mansion of Clear Desire, one hundred thousand taels of snow silver. There's more than one hundred thousand taels of silver here."

"Lord Liu, didn't you say that the Fire Cult's Yu Clan was hiding here? Why is there no one here?" Wei Jingcheng asked confused. He didn't know that Wei Wenbin was involved in this. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had the guts to lead people in like this.

"They must have realized someone was following them, so they ran away first."

Wei Jingcheng nodded and said, "Then what about these ten boxes of belongings? Is it also from the Fire Cult? "

Facing Wei Jingcheng's puzzled gaze, Liu Mingdao threw down the gold leaf in his hand and said coldly, "These ten chests of gold and silver were taken from a group of escort agents by the Fire Cult. And the person who entrusted the escort team to escort the darts was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice — Wei Wenbin!"

Wei Jingcheng's expression changed drastically as he said in disbelief: "This …" "How is this possible? Did Lord Liu make a mistake?"

"Absolutely." Liu Mingdao said to the yamen runner, who was still blinded by the glitter of the money and valuables, "Seal these ten boxes of items, and then carry them to Zhaoming Palace."

Wei Jingcheng was startled by his words and quickly said: "Zhaoming Palace? What do you want to do? "

Liu Ming righteously retorted, "Wei Wenbin was insatiable when he was serving in Jiangning, plundering people's fat and ointment. This kind of corruption should be reported to His Majesty. Please punish him severely."

This old thing had obviously set a trap for him!

Wei Jingcheng cursed in his heart as he forced out a smile, "The origin of this gold and silver has yet to be found out and Lord Liu insisted that it was from Lord Wei's greed. Isn't that a bit too arbitrary? Maybe we should report it to His Majesty after we find out?"

Liu Mingdao gave a cold snort, "This matter was personally told to me by Wei Wenbin, how could it be false?" After saying that, he shouted at the bailiff, "Hurry up and take them out!"

"Hold on!" Wei Jingcheng called the runner and asked doubtfully, "What did Lord Wei tell you?" No matter how stupid Wei Wenbin was, it was impossible for him to tell Liu Mingdao about his corruption. There had to be something odd about it.

"Mr. Wei, you don't need to ask. Just do as I say." Under his continuous urging, the group of yamen runners didn't dare to slow down and carried the ten heavy chests of gold and silver out. Wei Jingcheng saw this and was worried, but if Liu Mingdao really allowed them to carry the gold and silver to Zhaoming Palace, it would bring a great deal of trouble. What should he do? What should he do?

Before leaving the mansion, he secretly gritted his teeth and walked a few steps forward to hold Liu Ming's hand, "Lord Liu, after thinking about it for a long time, I still feel that this matter is not right. I might as well seal the gold and silver in the Capital Mansion until we have concrete evidence before presenting it to His Majesty."

Liu Mingdao sized him up from head to toe and said in a cold voice: "Could it be that Wei Wenbin is trying to cover up for Wei Wenbin?"

Seeing him put down such a big hat, Wei Jingcheng hastily said: "Where did Lord Liu go? I just felt that something was off, so …"

Liu Mingdao shook off his hand and bluntly interrupted, "These gold and silver are definitely Wei Wenbin's. As for why he is here and why he is involved with the Sect, I will tell you everything without troubling Wei Wenbin."

Seeing that Liu Mingdao wasn't willing to pay for his kind words, Wei Jingcheng's face couldn't help but darken as he coldly said: "If this official's memory is correct, then the Jing Zhao Estate doesn't seem to belong to the police department."

Liu Mingdao frowned, "What do you mean?"

"It was found by the Jing Zhao Estate. Lord Liu, you said you were going to take everything away. That's not too good to be true." Although Wei Jingcheng was smiling, there was no trace of a smile in his eyes.

Liu Mingdao said in a deep voice, "So, the Wei Family's plan is to protect Wen Bin?"

"I dare not; if Assistant Minister Wei is as Lord Liu has said, corrupt, taking bribes, and plundering the wealth of the people, then this official will surely act in the truth and will not dare to hide anything from you. But at this moment, just based on these ten boxes of valueless property, I am adamant that Assistant Minister Wei is a corrupt official, and I beg your pardon for not agreeing with me."

"In other words, Wei Chengyin is not willing to give up these ten boxes of gold and silver?"