After entering the door, Aunt Fang did not go back to her bedroom immediately. Instead, she stood in the direction of the side door for a while. After making sure that no one was there, she prepared to go back to the room.
At this moment, a dark shadow fell from the sky above Ling Mansion and headed towards Ling Zhongqing's study.
Aunt Fang had never seen such a man in black running into Ling's house in the middle of the night. Out of curiosity, she quietly followed him from behind.
In the study, Ling Zhongqing was obviously surprised when he saw the man in black and immediately stepped forward to greet him.
"Yan Huwei, why are you here? Does His Highness have any instructions?"
"Let me ask you, has Guard Cao been to your place before?" Guard Yan came in and said straight to the point.
"I've been here! What's wrong?"
Ling Zhongqing's words made Yan Huwei's already serious face even more ugly.
"When did he come? And when did he leave? What did he tell you?"
Ling Zhongqing thought about it and said: "Guard Cao came eight days ago, that is, the night before His Highness Prince Xuan brought people to Jizhou to investigate the case.
He came to see the official, mainly saying that King Xuan was coming to spy on the canal, and asked the official to pay more attention. After saying that, he left. What, what happened? "
Yan Huwei's expression gave Ling Zhongqing a very bad feeling.
You know, he is running the salt case with his head up, and this matter will soon break out in full, and the emperor will definitely send someone down to investigate.
In other words, the 250 million taels of silver were the proceeds from the entire salt case.
With such a huge amount of money, if Guard Cao did not give it to the prince, but kept it for himself...
Ling Zhongqing didn't dare to think about it any more.
"You mean he left eight days ago? He hasn't looked for you since then?"
"Yan Huwei, please tell me first, has Cao Huwei not gone back to see the prince yet?"
Seeing Ling Zhongqing so panicked, Yan Huwei asked: "Why are you so nervous?"
"Because Guard Cao has the 250 million taels of silver that the official gave to His Royal Highness!"
"What?" Yan Huwei asked in surprise: "Where did you get so much money? Isn't it all canal money?"
"Xiaguan has made up for the money that was missing in the canal. The money was earned by Xianguan from the salt scandal. That day when Cao's guards came, Xiaguan gave him all the money, thinking that he was the prince's confidant, so he would definitely
I won’t keep this money for myself, who knows…”
Thinking that the 250 million taels of silver had been embezzled by Guard Cao in vain, Ling Zhongqing sat slumped on the chair, feeling weak.
"Are you responsible for the skyrocketing price of salt in the upper reaches of the canal?" Yan Huowei asked in disbelief.
"Yes... that's right. At that time, I just wanted to raise more money for His Highness the Crown Prince, so that he could manage his affairs. Who would have thought... that Guard Cao is such a bastard! He even dared to embezzle His Highness the Crown Prince's money."
"He will not betray his master because of the money." Yan Huowei said with great certainty: "If I guessed correctly, Cao Huowei should have been killed."
"What?" Ling Zhongqing was shocked: "Who is actually capable of hurting Guard Cao? Besides, Guard Cao has great martial arts skills and is a master at the peak of Tianxuan. Even the green-robed messenger from Jizhou may not be his opponent. Who can be like this?
So powerful, you can actually kill Guard Cao?"
When I asked this question, I thought of my money again.