Chapter 28 YiJu Inn
The carriage stopped and arrived at Ye Mansion.

"Father-in-law, please go back home first. Your son-in-law will go and arrest Li Erniu first."

"Yeah." Ye Mu responded and got off the carriage.

The carriage turned around and headed towards Yi Ju Inn.

Gu Xun was taking a nap in the carriage when he suddenly felt a breeze blowing.

The next second, a man in blue appeared in the carriage, half-knelt, and said, "Qingshan greets the general!"

"But what did you find out?" Gu Xun raised his eyes slightly.

"I have heard that Li Erniu is now staying at the Yiju Inn."

"understood."

"But he is not in the inn now. He has gone to the Heyue Restaurant."

"Heyue Restaurant?" Gu Xun felt that the name of this restaurant sounded so familiar.

Yes, the Ningkang County Prince that Jiang Meng mentioned likes to gamble here!
"Is it a gambling house?"

"General, how did you know this?" Qingshan was stunned. Midorikawa probably didn't have time to tell the general about this.

"Don't worry about this. Go and keep an eye on Li Erniu, keep track of his whereabouts, and make sure he is safe."

"Yes! I will take my leave."

The horses on the general's carriage are different from ordinary horses and are faster than ordinary horses.

Outside the Yi Ju Inn, Xiao Jingyi and Liu Zhang had just gotten off the carriage.

"Crown Prince, please~" Liu Zhang made a gesture of invitation.

"Since you are arresting a criminal, there is no need to call me this palace. Just call me the eldest son."

"Yes, sir, please come in."

"Wait a minute, both of you!" a strong and powerful voice came.

Xiao Jingyi and Liu Zhang turned around and found that it was Gu Xun who came.

"Your Majesty."

"Why is General Gu here?" Although Xiao Jingyi was confused, he still smiled.

"I know some martial arts skills, and if there is an emergency, I can protect Your Highness."

After hearing what Gu Xun said, Xiao Jingyi had no way to send Gu Xun back and had to respond.

"General Gu is indeed very thoughtful. Let's go search for him without further delay."

At a command, the detectives surrounded the entire Yi Ju Inn.

When the innkeeper saw this, he was so scared that he ran out immediately.

"Hello, all the soldiers. What brings you to our inn? Do you want to stay overnight or stay here?"

"The Dali Temple is investigating this case. Please bring out the list of hotels you have stayed in over the past year."

After saying that, Liu Zhang showed the token of the Dali Temple.

All inns in Lintian Kingdom require information of guests checking in.

Dali Temple? The innkeeper was horrified when he heard this. Could it be that a wanted criminal from the imperial court had checked into his inn?
With trembling hands, the innkeeper opened the cabinet and respectfully handed the store book to Liu Zhang.

There are several store books, and it would be a waste of time if one person looked through them.

Liu Zhang waved his hand and his men came forward to look through the books.

Soon, one of his men said, "Found it!"

I don’t know whether this Li Erniu is stupid or brave, even his name is still Li Erniu.

Liu Zhang took it, took a look at it, and gave it to Xiao Jingyi, "Master, please have a look." Xiao Jingyi took a look and gave an order, "Search!"

The door was broken open, but no one was inside. The detectives continued to search to see if there was any suspicious evidence.

At this time, a noise was heard from the next room, and a middle-aged man came out. When he saw the detectives, he was frightened and turned around to run back to the room.

Liu Zhang was quick to stop them.

"Have you seen anyone in this room?"

"No...no." The middle-aged man shook his head.

The next second, a knife was placed on the middle-aged man's neck.

"to be honest."

"Sir, I only know that he likes to go to the Heyue Restaurant and often stays there for several days. I really don't know anything else."

"Heyue Restaurant?" Liu Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Sir, we found a lot of banknotes in the secret compartments in the wall."

After all, the detectives had experience in searching things. That brick on the wall was obviously more prominent than the surrounding bricks, so they knew at a glance that something was hidden behind it.

Liu Zhang took it and counted it. There were more than a dozen silver notes with a face value of one hundred taels each.

This amount of money is not a small sum. I don’t know what Li Erniu does, but he has so much money.

"Since there is so much silver, Li Erniu will naturally come back. Then some of you stay here, and some of you go and follow me... Young Master, go to Heyue Restaurant and take a look." Xiao Jingyi gave the order.

Xiao Jing pointed at the middle-aged man next door and said, "And you, come with me."

After all, this person is the only one who has seen Li Erniu.

Looking at the silver, Gu Xun was puzzled. This Li Erniu must be a lazy person who has been asking his father-in-law for money for so many years. However, he has not come to the Ye Mansion to ask for money in the past two years. How come he still has so much money now?
According to his father-in-law, Li Erniu was an insider of the incident. When Ye Zhi's biological parents passed away, Li Erniu did not want to raise Ye Zhi, so he signed an adoption agreement with his father-in-law. Later, Li Erniu must have been desperate and accidentally learned about his father-in-law's identity, so he came to the Ye Mansion to ask for money.

Li Erniu came to Ye Mansion to ask for money every year. It was impossible for him to miss this money. Something must have happened during his disappearance of more than a year.

A few months ago, Li Erniu met Ye Zhi and lied to her that her father-in-law was his enemy. What good would that do for him?
There must be someone behind this Li Erniu!
Someone must have asked Li Erniu to deceive Ye Zhi, and the benefit that person gave to Li Erniu was these silver coins.

After Ye Zhi found out, the first person she hurt was Jiang Meng.

Shu'er told her about the witchcraft, which meant that Ye Zhi wanted to harm the entire Ye family.

In other words, the person behind the scenes was targeting my father-in-law!
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Heyue Restaurant is located on the most prosperous street in Anjing City. There are many shops around it. From time to time, the sounds of hawkers can be heard and customers come in an endless stream.

The two people welcoming guests outside the Heyue Restaurant saw Liu Zhang coming with a group of detectives and hurried over to greet them.

"Hello, sir. We are here to eat. The restaurant has a good private room. Please come in."

"A few of you block the exit, and the rest of you follow me in." Liu Zhang did not answer the man, but ordered the detectives to surround the Heyue Restaurant.

When passers-by saw this, they all stopped and couldn't help but watch the excitement.

"What happened at the Heyue Restaurant? Why are there so many soldiers?"

"Maybe someone was drunk and causing trouble!"

"This Heyue Restaurant has always had great business, but now something like this has happened..."

"Why are you worried? We can't even earn the money they earn in our lifetime."

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the crowd, "The soldiers are coming! The soldiers are coming!"

Then the same voice was heard from the Heyue Restaurant, "The soldiers are coming!"

In an instant, noisy sounds were heard coming from the Heyue Restaurant.

There seemed to be the sound of a door opening, the sound of a table being moved, and the sound of someone calling.

"Shut up! Anyone who speaks again or dares to step out of this Heyue Restaurant will be arrested!"

(End of this chapter)

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