Chen Chaoyan turned around and looked at Mrs. Zhou.

Mrs. Zhou's tears flowed even more fiercely, crooked in her mother-in-law's arms, and the suppressed whimpering sound made people's hearts sour. But Chen Chaoyan didn't have time to sympathize with her, and when she took two steps forward and was about to question, Xie Xuan stopped her with a jade bone landscape fan. When she looked over, Xie Xuan signaled her with his eyes that she was not restless.

Mrs. Zhou cried a little uncontrollably.

It gradually changed from whimpering to crying loudly.

After Chen Chaoyan glanced at Xie Xuan with understanding, he waited patiently and quietly.

Probably after the tea cup.

Mrs. Zhou slowly stopped, wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief, and waved her hands to Xie Xuan and Chen Chaoyan with some embarrassment.

Xie Xuan accepted the salute calmly, "Since you're done crying, let's talk about it." ”

Mrs. Zhou's face, which had turned crimson because of crying, only turned pale again in an instant, but perhaps because she had vented, her expression was a little more decisive than her previous hesitation. She looked at Chen Chaoyan and asked with firm eyes: "The murderer who murdered my father-in-law is really not Ma Huai?" ”

Chen Chaoyan said: "No. ”

Mrs. Zhou quietly clenched her handkerchief, "That's ......"

"As I said, whoever wants to see the books first." Chen Chaoyan interrupted her indifferently.

Mrs. Zhou withdrew from her mother-in-law's arms and said in a low voice, "Go ahead." ”

The mother-in-law was a little hesitant.

Mrs. Zhou patted her hand lightly and said miserably: "Xianggong is gone, I can no longer watch his murderer go unpunished." ”

The mother-in-law quickly glanced at Xie Xuan and Chen Chaoyan, "The child ......"

Mrs. Zhou closed her eyes, "Go ahead, don't let the prince and Miss Chen be in a hurry." ”

After the mother-in-law glanced at Xie Xuan and Chen Chaoyan again, she walked quickly. He came back with a few thick account books, and handed them to Chen Chaoyan at the suggestion of Mrs. Zhou.

Tsukimi took it.

Chen Chaoyan took the last book and opened it casually.

In addition to the records of iron ore, there are also records of gold and silver mines!

Chen Chaoyan's heart jumped when he saw it!

Quickly flipped back a few pages, looking at the time, quantity, transportation method and number of people of various ores that were terrifying, Chen Chaoyan's mood became more and more heavy!

Privately mined iron ore is used to make weapons privately.

It is self-evident what the privately mined gold and silver mines are used for!

Chen Chaoyan didn't dare to look behind him, closed the account book, and after secretly calming down his ups and downs, he handed the account book to Xie Xuan beside him.

When Xie Xuan looked at it, she looked at Mrs. Zhou.

Mrs. Zhou chose to hand over the account books, and she had no intention of hiding it anymore. Therefore, without waiting for Chen Chaoyan to ask, she spoke first, "It was Lord Wang who asked me to take the account book out of the study and hide it separately." ”

"Wang Da?" Chen Chaoyan asked.

Mrs. Zhou nodded, her eyes red again, "The night before he went to Luyi County, he sent someone to explain to his mother-in-law." According to him, these account books are not only related to my father-in-law's reputation, but also related to the safety of me and my two children. The prime minister had already gone, and I couldn't let anyone ruin his reputation anymore, nor could I let anyone hurt the two children, so I followed his explanation, found a reason to go to the study, took out all the account books from the secret box, and hid them in the secret room in the bedroom. ”

"Did he say anything other than to ask you to keep the books?" Chen Chaoyan asked as calmly as possible.

Mrs. Zhou wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said her words after she came to the door after it was dark earlier, and Wang Da came to the door to warn her.

After listening to this, Chen Chaoyan turned his head slightly to look at Xie Xuan, who was still looking through the account books, turned around and asked Mrs. Zhou, "Is Wang Da and you very close to each other?" ”

Mrs. Zhou shook her head.

"It's not close, so don't you feel strange that after your father-in-law's accident, he was suddenly so 'attentive'?" Chen Chaoyan asked.

Mrs. Zhou clenched her handkerchief suddenly, "Miss Chen is ...... mean"

"Judging from the clues we have so far, the real culprit is the most likely to be Wang Da." Knowing what she wanted to ask, Chen Chaoyan simply said bluntly, "In the case of murdering your father-in-law, Ma Huai was just the one who was pushed out by Wang Da. ”

As soon as Mrs. Zhou's legs weakened, she collapsed into her mother-in-law's arms.

Chen Chaoyan seized this rare opportunity and quickly asked: "Your father-in-law never even hid such a confidential account book from you, he didn't tell you, all these things he did were Wang Da's matchmaking?" ”

Mrs. Zhou burst into tears and said: "The husband treats me, the children, and my parents very well, there are good food, easy to use, and good clothes, the first thing he thinks of is us, what is bad, he faces it silently alone, and never complains in front of us." ”

Her words must have been concealed, but Chen Chaoyan didn't want to pursue it anymore, and after explaining that it was best for her to stay at home in the near future and not go anywhere, she followed Xie Xuan back to the county guard's mansion.

There is too much information on the books.

Chen Chaoyan did not follow him to the Yuantang again, but chose to go to the pear orchard.

After having dinner with Chen Qiyang in the pear orchard and assessing his learning progress in thousand-character essays, he returned to the Star Picking Building.

The Star Picking Tower has not yet been lit up.

Only the shallow moonlight shone brightly.

Chen Chaoyan slowed down and entered the house, and was about to order Yuejian to light the lamp, when he saw Xie Xuan sitting in the dark first.

Xie Xuan sat in a pear wood carved chair, supporting his head with one hand, as if he was asleep.

The waiter and Wenmo stood silently behind him.

Ruolan and Light Snow are hidden in darker shadows.

Chen Chaoyan stopped and paused for another moment before walking towards him.

Xie Xuan's eyes were indeed closed, but when she walked up, they did. After looking at her quietly for a moment, he got up and walked past her.

Chen Chaoyan hesitated for a moment before turning around and following him.

The moonlight shrouded everything as far as the eye could see.

Xie Xuan didn't walk fast.

Chen Chaoyan also deliberately slowed down and slowly followed behind his reflection.

Suddenly.

The two of them went to the back garden of the county guard's mansion.

"It's time for the prince to go back and rest." Stopping under the begonia tree, Chen Chaoyan said to Xie Xuan, who was still walking forward.

Xie Xuan turned to look at her, and said with a tired eyebrow: "Rest? Indeed, it is time for a good rest. ”

Since the beginning of the arrest operation, his daily rest time has been less than two hours.

I was thinking about getting some rest tonight.

But the shocking stroke of the record in the account book was obviously about to break his calculations.

Pinching his eyebrows, Xie Xuan turned back and said as he walked, "Come with me." ”

Chen Chaoyan stood still and didn't move, "This case has been investigated for a month or two, and I don't care about another day or two." But there is only one body of the prince, and if it collapses, it collapses. ”

Xie Xuan stopped again, but turned his back to her and didn't turn around, "Miss Chen knows how much evidence they can hide in the past two days, and how many weapons or gold and silver ingots can they make privately?" ”