Wu Cheng refused to confess, so the group could only privately investigate the evidence of the salt transport envoy's involvement.

This salt transport envoy was in charge of the entry and exit of the official salt of the entire Gangneung salt factory, whether it was by water or land, and it was under his management.

Xiao Yu'an remembered the sawdust he had picked up on the bank of the river earlier, and he went to the dock with Gu Wanchao again to find the slender man to understand the situation.

The last time they came, the slender people thought that they were two little dolls and didn't pay attention to the two, but now the two brought the officers and soldiers here, and the attitudes of the slender people are simply very different.

"What do you command?" One of the slender men stood up, and the moment he saw Xiao Yu'an and Gu Wanchao, he had already recognized the two of them.

"Let me ask you, what happened to the water or salt on this waterway?" No one knows more about the things on the waterway than these slender people who protect the waterways.

"Something happened, probably before you came, there are always inexplicable shipwrecks on this waterway, and it has sunk several times, all of them are on the side of the ghost valley, where there are mountains on both sides, and there are reefs underneath, after the accident, the government just said that the ship was sunk because it hit the reef, and it was over."

The slender man looked at the officers and soldiers behind him, and told the situation with some fear on his face.

"I mean, there hasn't been much going on this waterway?" Xiao Yu'an listened to the slender man say that he had sunk a few times, and then asked his doubts.

"Yes, the total number of people who have sunk three times or four times, every time it is the salt merchant who has an accident, but there is no problem with the boat transported, and the salt merchants suspect that there are water ghosts on the waterway, so they simply do not take the waterway."

"I see, thank you, big brother." After Xiao Yu'an muttered, he didn't ask any more questions, and left the dock after saying goodbye to Xianren.

Gu Wanchao followed behind Xiao Yu'an, she was still a little foggy now, and she didn't know what Xiao Yu'an meant by "so it is".

"Xiao Yu'an, did you find something?" Gu Wanchao asked Xiao Yu'an.

"The reason why they let the salt merchants on the waterway capsize is actually the same as letting the robbers robber rob the salt on the land route, all to prevent the salt from Gangneung City from going out." Xiao Yu'an answered Gu Wanchao's doubts.

"These people, in order to collude with smugglers to make money, actually used all kinds of tricks." After listening, Gu Wanchao was filled with righteous indignation, you must know that once the ship carrying salt capsizes, it will not only lose those official salts, but also living lives.

"They must have designed the boat to capsize and then salvage the salt, which is why we found the sawdust with salt particles on the riverbank." Xiao Yu'an patiently talked to Gu Wanchao about the current situation.

It's just that all of this is just their speculation now, and even if this is really the case, it can only show that there is such a thing, and it cannot prove that this matter is related to the salt transport envoy.

Coming back from the dock, Gu Wanchao went to find Wu Cheng alone, she withdrew all the people, looked at Wu Cheng in front of her, and sat opposite Wu Cheng.

"Lord Wu, I know that you don't say it because you are afraid that the people above you will hurt your family after you are exiled, but have you thought about it, you may not be able to protect yourself, there is no mouth in this world that will not leak words, only dead people who can't speak."

Gu Wanchao looked at Wu Cheng, her immature eyes seemed to be filled with an abyss at the moment, which made Wu Cheng's back chill for a while.

It was hard for him to imagine that such words could come out of the mouth of a child in his early tens.

"You don't have to take my words, these are all your guesses, I said, I have no corruption, and I have no accomplices."

Wu Cheng bites and still dies and does not admit it.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, I'm here to explain to you what's at stake now, after all, even if you die to the end, in the end, you're just a dead man who can't speak, as for your family, I think I'll go to reunite with you soon, I advise you, if you confess honestly, after finding out that person, he can still save the lives of your family, if you don't say it, just wait for hell to reunite."

Gu Wanchao stood up as she spoke, she looked at Wu Cheng's hesitant expression, and she didn't know if Wu Cheng would confess to the mastermind behind the scenes.

"As I said, I have no embezzlement and no accomplices." Wu Cheng finally raised his head and looked at Gu Wanchao, he seemed to have made a lot of determination, and finally chose to hide it to the end.

[Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has always been true to her word, she promised to help take care of her family, and she will definitely do what she says. 】

Gu Wanchao listened to Wu Cheng's heart, and didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while, she never thought that there was actually Li Yu's handwriting among them.

It seems that the people who were sent to intercept her and Xiao Yu'an before were also Li Yu's people.

She paused for a moment before pushing the door open and walking out.

Now Wu Cheng is reluctant to say it, and they have no evidence of Li Yu's involvement, even if she learns about it, she can only rot in her stomach.

In the next few days, Gu Traitor led people to the Salt Transport Envoy's mansion, searched the mansion, and finally found the correspondence between the Salt Transport Envoy and Wu Cheng, and found the account books and stolen money in a private house on the outskirts of the Salt Transport Envoy.

Liu Lin finally couldn't resist anymore, honestly confessed his crimes, and admitted that he took advantage of his position to put an official seal on the salt bags of the smuggled salt dealers, and sold the smuggled salt as official salt, making a profit.

Since then, on this trip to Jiangling City, the four Gu traitors have gained a lot, and after filling all the family properties of Wu Cheng and Liu Lin into the treasury, the two were dragged through the streets.

Those people were already dissatisfied with Wu Cheng, and when they saw the corrupt officials subduing the law, they didn't mention how relieved they were, and those rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs desperately smashed them on people.

"Now that the matter in Jiangling City is over, Yu An's body will be almost raised, and we will leave for Beijing tomorrow." After disposing of Wu Cheng and Liu Lin, Gu Traitor called the three of them together and informed them of the news that they would leave for Beijing tomorrow.

"Okay." The three of them answered.

Due to the deposition of the salt envoy and the prefect at the same time, there was no one in Jiangling City to preside over the overall situation for a while, and Gu traitor ordered Jiang Daren to wait for the new prefect and salt envoy to take office before leaving.

Master Jiang knew that he had neglected to supervise this time, and the court did not blame him for being lenient, so he agreed.

At night, Gu Wanchao climbed to the top of the building, and the long-lost stars and moon appeared in the sky of Jiangling City, she lay on the roof, looked at the starry sky above her head, and fell into contemplation for a while.

"What are you thinking?" Li Yin sat next to Gu Wanchao, looked at Gu Wanchao, who was staring at the sky without saying a word, and asked softly.