C361 361 Check the grain depot at night

When they arrived at the front hall, they saw Miss Yu eating dinner with her servant. The food was a little simple, it did not look like something that could be eaten by a noble.

"Miss, you've been tired out these two days. Why don't you order another meat dish?"

The servant girl beside her whispered.

"There's no need. We'll wake up if we can eat our fill. We ordinary citizens of Chengyang won't even be able to eat. Father is still locked up in the prison …"

Miss Yu did not continue, but her eyes turned red.

Seeing Miss Yu like that, the servant did not dare say anything further.

"Xing'er, hurry up and eat. Tomorrow, we still need to find the Prefect."

"Yes, miss."

Yan Yuan and Liu Ruo Qing sat at a table right beside them. The conversation between the master and servant duo had caught their attention perfectly.

Yan Yuan and Liu Ruo Qing quietly looked at each other, they had already thought of a plan in their hearts.

After dinner, the two went back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, Wang Xuan Ling and Shen Qin went to look for him, and they met at the backyard of the inn.

"Your Highness, these are the things that the Yu County Command told us. If what he said is true, then we will have to investigate the affairs of the Guangshun Mansion first."

Wang Xuan Ling's eyes flashed, and he replied in a low voice.

Yan Yuan nodded his head, "We have to investigate Guansong and the government. One thing we need to do right now, is to find out exactly where the Guangshun Mansion placed the grains."

"Your Highness, why don't I go with Vice General Qi to the warehouse tonight to check if there's any food in the warehouse?"

"Yes."

Yan Yuan nodded, and said to Qi Feng who was beside him: "Today, you will follow Young Master Wang over to the Palace."

"Yes."

"And …"

Yan Yuan thought for a while, paused for a bit, and continued, "Other than the grain depot of the magistrate court, all of Guangshun Mansion's grain depots that can store a large amount of grains must be checked in secret."

"Yes."

After Wang Xuan Ling and Qi Feng left, Liu Ruo Qing looked at Yan Yuan and asked: "If the grains really arrived in the Guangshun Mansion, and the Guangshun Mansion didn't send them down to the Chengyang County, then it must be because they were greedy for these several hundreds of thousands of stones of food, how could they possibly hide them in the Ya Mansion's granary?"

"Yes."

Yan Yuan nodded his head, "That is why I told Xuan Ling and Qi Feng to check the other granaries in Guangshun Mansion."

Seeing Liu Ruo Qing's doubt, Yan Yuan explained: "Storage of grains requires a certain amount of dry environment, if not, it is easy to get moldy. Furthermore, the weather these few months is so humid, if we do not store them in a specially prepared granary, it would be impossible for the grain to be stored for a long time. There is a rule for the number of granaries in all the counties of Easternum, and it will not be difficult to investigate it. "

"But what if they ship the grain to another county?"

Hundreds of thousands of stones, sending it to other places in the snow was a waste of time and effort. Furthermore, on the way, due to the weather, it was easy for the grains to become moldy, the highest possibility being that the grains were stored in the granaries of the nobles of Guangshun Mansion.

Liu Ruo Qing's pupils constricted. She pondered for a moment and said: "If this is the case, it is very likely that Guangshun Mansion's squire is also involved in this matter?"

Yan Yuan raised his eyebrows, and then nodded his head, "Not only the country bumpkin, there must be even more officials supporting him from behind. A trifling prefect with no backing."

As he said till here, Yan Yuan paused, reached out and tightly held Liu Ruo Qing's hand, and said: "Everything needs to be determined after checking each grain depot first, and then we can make the final conclusion for the next step."

Yan Yuan looked at the clear sky outside the tavern. However, it was as if there were black clouds in his heart that could not disperse.

"The situation is urgent. Tonight, we will go with Xuan Ling and the others to check the granary."

"No way!"

Liu Ruo Qing rejected Yan Yuan's suggestion without even thinking, "Have you forgotten that the remaining poison in your body has not been completely cleansed? If we were to meet up with their people, it would inevitably become a fierce battle. You have forgotten my master's words, and must not use inner force. "

At the mention of this, a trace of fear quickly flashed past Liu Ruo Qing's eyes. She stared intently at Yan Yuan's face, with a look of admittance.

Yan Yuan knew in his heart that she was always on tenterhooks because of the poison in his body, so he did not put his words in a determined manner. He only spoke with a tone of discussion, "It will take too long for Guangxu and Qi Feng to investigate.

"You stay at the inn, I will go with Shen Qin."

The two of them knew martial arts, so it was only to investigate the granary. There was no danger to their lives.

Yan Yuan frowned, he did not want to agree, but after two seconds of silence, he nodded his head and agreed.

Liu Ruo Qing was a little surprised that Yan Yuan would agree so readily. Not only did he not relax, he became even more apprehensive.

The Yan Yuan she understood was not someone who could be compromised that easily.

Since Yan Yuan agreed, it was not good for Liu Ruo Qing to say anything more for a moment.

On the night of the operation, they made their own arrangements again. Guangshun Mansion had a total of five large granaries.

Wang Xuan Ling and Shen Qin were in charge of inspecting the two granaries under the administration of the magistrate court, while Liu Ruo Qing and Qi Feng were in charge of inspecting the other three.

"Qi Feng, you have to guarantee the safety of the wangfei, okay?"

Before leaving, Yan Yuan still couldn't be at ease as he warned his.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After nightfall, they prepared to move out.

Liu Ruo Qing came out from her room, thought for a while, then turned back to face Yan Yuan who was waiting in the tavern, and warned: "I'm warning you, if you dare to let me know you're sneaking out again, I won't say a single word to you in the future."

"As you command, my lady consort."

Yan Yuan immediately extended four of his fingers out in an oath towards Liu Ruo Qing, and Liu Ruo Qing then turned around and left in satisfaction.

After Liu Ruo Qing left, Yan Yuan's expression became serious, and his good-looking eyebrows furrowed in distress.

Although the residual poison in his body wasn't enough to take his life, he had been drinking medicine for almost a month and hadn't fully understood the residual poison yet. He occasionally wanted to test his inner force and his heart began to ache.

It was fine if he didn't use any martial arts when inspecting the food and salaries for the disaster. However, once the big fish were caught one by one, it was inevitable.

At that time, could he really just sit there and wait for death without doing anything?

And Qingqing …

Last time, there were two groups of assassins who didn't know where they came from. What if they came out to kill her?

Could he watch those people rush up to kill her and do nothing?