"Thank you." Yun Xi walked in and quickly flipped through the account books.

She and Lu Qingfan looked at each other closely. She looked at the past two years, and Lu Qingfan looked at the past few years.

Yun Xi has never read the accounts very often, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know how to read them. On the contrary, Yun Xi is quite good at it. During the review, she even used charcoal to write and draw on the ground, pointing out several errors and omissions.

Miss Xueming didn't expect Yun Xi to be so smart and capable, so she hurriedly corrected the mistakes in the records, and then corrected them in the general ledger.

Soon, Yun Xi discovered an unusual account.

"We purchase fifty thousand taels of clothes every year, Miss Xueming, are you sure this number is correct?" Yun Xi asked in surprise.

"There are at least over a hundred girls and maids in the building. Some of them have so many clothes that they need to change several sets of clothes a day. Is that... right?" Xueming was speechless for a moment.

This account has never been in Xueming's hands, and is usually crossed out directly by Bo Niang.

"No matter how expensive the clothes are, they are rare. The clothes you wear in the building are rarely made of sky silk and water satin brocade. Most of them are ordinary silk and satin. A few thousand taels per year is already a lot, even if you include rouge and gouache.

, it won’t reach fifty thousand taels.”

Yun Xi said and looked at Lu Qingfan, "Sir, how much does your place buy clothes every year?"

Lu Qingfan recalled Feiyanlou's seven or eight years' worth of clothing purchase money... Since five or six years ago, this amount of money has increased from five or six thousand to fifty thousand taels.

"The purchase of clothes is not fixed, so why is it always 50,000 taels?"

Yun Xi put down the account book, looked at Xueming who turned pale and said in a deep voice: "Miss Xueming, why did Bo Niang die now and who killed her? Do you really have no guesses in your mind? Or... do you think the Dongchuang incident happened that day?

, will the filial Shangguan who spent fifty thousand taels lend a helping hand to save the lives of you chess pieces?"

No, not only will the people above not lend a helping hand, they will even kill and silence them before anyone else does.

Just look at what happened to Bo Niang.

Xueming's expression was unpredictable, and finally said: "It's not that the slave family is hiding something, but it's actually the whereabouts of the money... it's really unclear!"

When Yun Xi saw Xueming's mouth being so harsh, her eyes showed a hint of disappointment.

Lu Qingfan walked to Yun Xi and said calmly: "Miss Xueming, I will give you the last chance. If you don't tell the truth, I will have to ask you to go to the Criminal Department again!"

At that time, it will not be a simple interrogation of confessions, but torture to extract confessions.

Xueming panicked when she heard this. Her clear little face was stained with confusion. She knelt on the ground and stretched out three fingers to swear: "Master Lu, Yun Wuzuo, everything I said is true! This person's identity is confirmed."

I don’t know, but Bo Niang only lets me withdraw 50,000 taels from here every year. I don’t know who is the final cashier! It’s just..."

It's just that Xueming has spent so many years allocating money... She still has some guesses about where to go.

What Lu Qingfan and Yun Xi wanted to hear was these somewhat uncertain guesses.

The matter was so big that Xueming hesitated for a while, not knowing whether he should talk about it or not.

"Miss Xueming, the murderer will definitely come to Feiyan Tower again if he doesn't find what he wants. Now that Bo Niang is dead, who do you think he will look for next?"

Miss Xueming, who won Bo Niang's trust, was the first to be involved.

Miss Xueming told what she knew, not only to save herself, but also to avenge Bo Niang in disguise.

Taking another deep breath, Miss Xueming cheered up.

"The slave family inferred that the silver, I'm afraid the silver went to the Ministry of Household Affairs." After Xueming finished speaking, he felt Lu Qingfan's sharp gaze directed toward him, and he couldn't help but lower his head even further.

Yun Xi tugged at Lu Qingfan's sleeve, and Lu Qingfan's expression calmed slightly.

"Miss Xueming, although transferring money to the household department is already considered as bribing an official, but you are so afraid as you just said, I am afraid that Bo Niang may also be in trouble. You might as well tell all the unspeakable secrets."

Xueming has been accounting for several years, so his inference must be based on something.

Xueming said with tears in her eyes: "It's true, it's true that Mr. Yi died. The slave family is afraid of being deeply implicated, so they don't dare to say anything."

Is it related to Yi Duo?

Yun Xi was surprised, but saw that Lu Qingfan was not surprised at all, as if he had already guessed.

"This old boy has made a lot of money in the position of minister." Lu Qingfan glanced at the top account book in Yun Xi's hand, "The last sum was allocated a few days ago."

By that time, Yi Duo had long since lost his head, so it was obvious who the money was given to.

Xueming heard the tone of Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan's words, as if there was something behind Yi Duo's life.

She couldn't help but feel a chill running down her spine, and continued: "I gave you the money last time. The man had his face covered, but his stature and facial features were not good, so he asked me to follow him blindfolded."

Xueming and the stranger came to a dark place. According to the instructions, they put down the ten thousand taels of silver notes and were taken back to the capital by the stranger.

As for where he went and what he looked like, Xueming had no idea.

After returning, she deliberately stood outside Bo Niang's door to report the matter, and Bo Niang replied to her, "It doesn't matter, just give it to me."

"What are you talking about? Did you talk to Bo Niang three days ago?" Yun Xi was startled and hurriedly asked: "Are you sure it was Bo Niang's voice?"

Three days ago, it was the second day that the murderer came to Feiyan Tower to kidnap Bo Niang. It was the murderer who should have spoken!

"It is confirmed that it is Bo Niang. The slave family will not admit it wrong. But Bo Niang was really strange that day. She was unwell and did not see the slave family... It was also the first time."

Xueming is Bo Niang's most trusted person in Feiyan Tower, and she has never been refused entry due to physical discomfort.

"Was there anyone else in the room at that time?" Lu Qingfan also wanted Xueming to recall the more detailed situation at that time.

Xueming shook his head and said no.

Yun Xi was sure that the murderer was definitely in the house, and even... the person who spoke was very likely to be the murderer.

While waiting for the carriage to return, Yun Xi kept thinking: "Will the criminal learn to speak like Bo Niang?"

According to the situation in which Bo Niang was tortured at that time, clues would be revealed if she spoke, so the person speaking could only be the murderer.

"Knowing ventriloquism." Lu Qingfan suddenly said.

There are many people in the world who are good at ventriloquism who can imitate other people's speech very vividly, and there are also people who are proficient in this skill among the secret guards around Lu Qingfan.

Yun Xi suddenly realized, "It seems that there is another condition that can be filtered."

Lu Qingfan raised her thin lips slightly and said to Yun Xi, "Are you happy?"

Yun Xi smiled helplessly: "Happy."

It would also be nice to have one more exclusion condition.

After returning from Feiyan Tower, Yun Xi began to review the accounts with Ran Piao; Ran Piao also made a special trip to the Accounts Department, easily borrowed a few copied accounts, and allocated money with Feiyan Tower to go out and

Compare the timing of money input in the household department.

"Nowadays, the account books of the Ministry of Accounts are easier to borrow than the files of Shuntian Mansion." Ran Piao muttered in a low voice.

Xun Yanqing of Shuntian Prefecture made trouble several times, obviously deliberately targeting him.

"I think Xun Yanqing has pink eye. He doesn't want to take the blame, but he also doesn't want our Criminal Department to be in the limelight." Ran Piao said with a smile: "After all, we have solved too many major cases recently.

Right?"

"Master Ran, you have to get used to it. It will always be like this after following Master Lu." Qingguo, who came from home, seemed to have nothing to do, and smiled and took advantage of Master Ran's words.

Yun Xi sighed after hearing this.

"What's wrong?" Lu Qingfan's eyes tightened when he heard Yun Xi sigh.

"It's nothing, I just thought about the people on the ship and Prince Cheng who disappeared inexplicably before."

Everyone always thought that Master Luo was the master who was hiding behind the scenes. But Lu Qingfan specifically asked Luo Qingfeng before his death that he was not the one who killed those people.

Yun Xi had no doubt that once the master in the dark targeted her, even if she had ten crossbows on her body, she might not be able to make a single move against him.

"It's understandable that he doesn't assassinate Mr. Lu. After all, Mr. Lu's skills are really difficult for ordinary people. But Qingguo and I are both very easy to kill."

Yun Xi murmured: "He didn't attack us... is he planning to continue to attack us head-on on these cases?"

Yun Xi has already experienced the frustration of being silenced as soon as the victim is found. Yun Xi has experienced it more than once.

"You're such a weird little girl. How can you expect others to kill you? Can't we solve the case while we're still alive? Looking at the whole capital, no one can do what you did!" Ren Danqing was not happy when he heard this.

How can you destroy your own ambition and enhance the enemy's prestige?

Yun Xi's soft voice sounded a bit apologetic: "I was wrong, and I shouldn't have caused trouble for everyone. Master, please forgive me."

"Humph!" Ren Danqing hummed arrogantly and became happy first.

Who can refuse the begging for mercy from a cute little girl who can perform autopsies accurately?

Anyway, Ren Danqing can't do it, and Lu Qingfan certainly can't do it either.

"Miss, Miss!" Just as everyone was screening the criminals and their thoughts were surging, Qingguo took out the file of one of them: "He, he! I have seen this person before!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately came up and saw the name on the file: Yue Xun, deputy envoy of the Hubu Army Storage Warehouse, not in the stream.

There is also a portrait of Yue Xun in the file, and Qingguo recognized this person based on the portrait.

"My slave has seen her twice!" Qingguo said, recalling the time he did an autopsy with his lady, and caught a glimpse of this person when he was moving the body away; the second time he bumped into him in Xueming's room.

"Does Miss Xueming have any dealings with this person?" Yun Xi was startled when he heard this and asked in surprise.

"It is precisely because he is the most trusted person that Xueming has contact with this person."

Lu Qingfan immediately stood up and said, "Master Ran, you and Master Ren immediately find someone to keep an eye on Yue Xun. You must not scare the snake and let him run away; let's interrogate Miss Xueming again and ask Yue Xun."

Intuition dictates that this person is probably the murderer of Bo Niang that they have been looking for!
Chapter completed!