The middle-aged man and Prefect Chen looked solemn and were heavy-hearted.

Only the girl in the yellow skirt, who was under the least pressure, was heartlessly chewing on sugarcane.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came, and a yamen runner hurried in, holding a small bamboo tube in his right hand and a butter paper bag in his left hand, inside which were steaming hot meat buns.

The yamen runner first handed over the bamboo tube.

The girl in the yellow skirt didn't take it. Her bright eyes like stars glanced at the big meat buns.

The yamen runner tactfully changed the order. The girl in the yellow skirt happily started to nibble on the big meat buns, and then took the bamboo tube, pulled out a note, and unfolded it to read:

"My men said that within twenty miles along the way, no demonic aura was observed in the river, and there were no traces on the banks either."

"Slap!"

The repressed atmosphere finally exploded. Prefect Chen angrily slapped the table, his face turning livid with anger: "Where could the 150,000 taels of silver have gone? It has to come ashore eventually, it has to. It's been three days already, and we haven't even found a trace of the other party."

The most important thing in reasoning is to do subtraction, list the clues one by one and sort them out.

Otherwise, it will be like a ball of wool, and the more you think about it, the more confused you will be.

There are two most obvious clues in the tax - silver case:

First: The demon wind!

Second: The explosion after the tax silver fell into the river!

Except for martial artists, all major cultivation systems have the ability to create demon winds. Therefore, "clue one" can only serve as evidence of the involvement of "cultivators" and cannot provide more detailed targets.

The suspicion on the second - uncle, who is from a martial - artist background, is reduced, although there is no exclusion of his conspiracy with others.

The explosion in clue two is an unreasonable doubt. In battles of high - level cultivators, it is normal to trigger an explosion. However, in this tax - silver disappearance case, there is no armed struggle. Therefore, the occurrence of the explosion is unreasonable.

"Unless it has to explode!" Xu Qian murmured.

If the tax silver was the doing of monsters, then he could only save himself and the Xu family by retrieving the silver.

As an unyielding Silver at the peak of the Essence - Refining stage, Xu Qian felt that he had no way to turn the tables.

In the autumn season, the weather was damp and cold, and Xu Qian broke out in a cold sweat.

He was afraid!

After integrating the memories of the original owner, he knew that it was simply impossible for him to escape from prison, and he was even more aware that in this society where imperial power was supreme, human rights were extremely weak.

Life and death, and the power to give and take away, all lie in the thoughts of others.

He had previously fantasized about traveling back to ancient times, plagiarizing poems to show off, thinking it would be very cool, but reality slapped him hard.

Even after time - traveling, he still had to endure the harshness of society.

"No, this is just speculation, just the speculation of the Jingzhao Prefecture yamen. I can't be influenced by their speculation. I'll do it myself, analyze it myself... There's still a chance to salvage the situation, still a chance to salvage the situation..."

His strong will to survive quickly calmed him down, and his logic became rigorous and clear again.

"We can think like this. The mastermind behind - the - scenes needs a large sum of money, but can't make too much of a commotion... To be precise, can't amass wealth unscrupulously," thought Prefect Chen.

"So they've set their sights on the tax silver?" The girl in the yellow skirt pursed her brightly - colored lips.

"The route for escorting the tax silver is random and is decided temporarily by Xu Pingzhi, the hundred - household of the Royal Saber Guards. However, the monsters can lie in wait in the river in advance... There is a high probability of an insider in the escort team," said Li Yuchun, glancing at Prefect Chen.

"Go to Yunlu Academy and find a Confucian master to examine the conscience?"

The girl in the yellow skirt gave him a sidelong glance. "Do you look down on the Qi - gazing technique of our Celestial Observatory? I've already said that the soldiers escorting the tax silver on the scene are completely in the dark."

The train of thought got stuck again, and the three of them fell into a moment of silence.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Li Yuchun lowered his head to carefully examine the case files, while Prefect Chen sighed repeatedly. The girl in the yellow skirt played with the geomancy plate at her waist, thinking that she had to leave Jingzhao Prefecture before sunset and go to the palace to mooch a meal off the eldest princess.

The cooking skills of the palace chefs are first - rate in the world!

Compared with them, the girl in the yellow skirt named Caiwei mainly acts as a guest advisor and assists in handling the case.

She has no official position. Although she is one of the persons in charge of the case, she doesn't need to bear too much responsibility.

No one can answer this question.

Li Yuchun said, "What is the reason for the demons to rob the tax - silver?"

Chen Fuyin pondered for a moment and said, "Demons do things without any scruples, acting as they please. Investigating the reasons is just asking for trouble."

The girl in the yellow skirt, however, had a different opinion. "Isn't human flesh more delicious... Um, wait a moment. Let me finish the buns first."

She noisily finished two large meat - buns. Her face became puffy like a small steamed bun. She swallowed hard, took a sip of tea, and then continued the previous topic, freely talking about human flesh: "Demons act without any misgivings. Silver may not be as tempting to them as living people. Even if they want silver, stealing or robbing is more prudent than directly robbing the tax - silver."

In the capital of Dafeng, robbing the tax - silver on the street is extremely risky.

Chen Fuyin nodded. "What you said makes sense. It's not excluded that they are instigated by others."

Li Yuchun squinted his eyes. "Then who would instigate the demons to steal the tax - silver? What's the reason? Why does it have to be this batch of tax - silver, and why does it have to be one hundred and fifty thousand taels?"

The most important thing in reasoning is to do subtraction, list the clues one by one and sort them out.

Otherwise, it will be like a ball of wool, and the more you think about it, the more confused you will be.

There are two most obvious clues in the tax - silver case:

First: The demon wind!

Second: The explosion after the tax silver fell into the river!

Except for martial artists, all major cultivation systems have the ability to create demon winds. Therefore, "clue one" can only serve as evidence of the involvement of "cultivators" and cannot provide more detailed targets.a

The suspicion on the second - uncle, who is from a martial - artist background, is reduced, although there is no exclusion of his conspiracy with others.

The explosion in clue two is an unreasonable doubt. In battles of high - level cultivators, it is normal to trigger an explosion. However, in this tax - silver disappearance case, there is no armed struggle. Therefore, the occurrence of the explosion is unreasonable.

"Unless it has to explode!" Xu Qian murmured.

If the tax silver was the doing of monsters, then he could only save himself and the Xu family by retrieving the silver.

As an unyielding Silver at the peak of the Essence - Refining stage, Xu Qian felt that he had no way to turn the tables.

In the autumn season, the weather was damp and cold, and Xu Qian broke out in a cold sweat.

He was afraid!

After integrating the memories of the original owner, he knew that it was simply impossible for him to escape from prison, and he was even more aware that in this society where imperial power was supreme, human rights were extremely weak.

Life and death, and the power to give and take away, all lie in the thoughts of others.

He had previously fantasized about traveling back to ancient times, plagiarizing poems to show off, thinking it would be very cool, but reality slapped him hard.

Even after time - traveling, he still had to endure the harshness of society.

"No, this is just speculation, just the speculation of the Jingzhao Prefecture yamen. I can't be influenced by their speculation. I'll do it myself, analyze it myself... There's still a chance to salvage the situation, still a chance to salvage the situation..."

His strong will to survive quickly calmed him down, and his logic became rigorous and clear again.

"We can think like this. The mastermind behind - the - scenes needs a large sum of money, but can't make too much of a commotion... To be precise, can't amass wealth unscrupulously," thought Prefect Chen.

"So they've set their sights on the tax silver?" The girl in the yellow skirt pursed her brightly - colored lips.

"The route for escorting the tax silver is random and is decided temporarily by Xu Pingzhi, the hundred - household of the Royal Saber Guards. However, the monsters can lie in wait in the river in advance... There is a high probability of an insider in the escort team," said Li Yuchun, glancing at Prefect Chen.

"Go to Yunlu Academy and find a Confucian master to examine the conscience?"

The girl in the yellow skirt gave him a sidelong glance. "Do you look down on the Qi - gazing technique of our Celestial Observatory? I've already said that the soldiers escorting the tax silver on the scene are completely in the dark."

The train of thought got stuck again, and the three of them fell into a moment of silence.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Li Yuchun lowered his head to carefully examine the case files, while Prefect Chen sighed repeatedly. The girl in the yellow skirt played with the geomancy plate at her waist, thinking that she had to leave Jingzhao Prefecture before sunset and go to the palace to mooch a meal off the eldest princess.

The cooking skills of the palace chefs are first - rate in the world!

Compared with them, the girl in the yellow skirt named Caiwei mainly acts as a guest advisor and assists in handling the case.

She has no official position. Although she is one of the persons in charge of the case, she doesn't need to bear too much responsibility.

No one can answer this question.

Li Yuchun said, "What is the reason for the demons to rob the tax - silver?"

Chen Fuyin pondered for a moment and said, "Demons do things without any scruples, acting as they please. Investigating the reasons is just asking for trouble."

The girl in the yellow skirt, however, had a different opinion. "Isn't human flesh more delicious... Um, wait a moment. Let me finish the buns first."

She noisily finished two large meat - buns. Her face became puffy like a small steamed bun. She swallowed hard, took a sip of tea, and then continued the previous topic, freely talking about human flesh: "Demons act without any misgivings. Silver may not be as tempting to them as living people. Even if they want silver, stealing or robbing is more prudent than directly robbing the tax - silver."

In the capital of Dafeng, robbing the tax - silver on the street is extremely risky.

Chen Fuyin nodded. "What you said makes sense. It's not excluded that they are instigated by others."

Li Yuchun squinted his eyes. "Then who would instigate the demons to steal the tax - silver? What's the reason? Why does it have to be this batch of tax - silver, and why does it have to be one hundred and fifty thousand taels?"

This is how the officialdom works. It takes a lot of hard work to climb up, but it's very easy to fall down.

The middle-aged man Li Yuchun let out a sigh and resumed the topic just now: "Could it be that our direction of investigation is wrong? Maybe it's not caused by monsters."

Chen Fuyin looked at him, took a deep breath to suppress his anger in his heart, and said, "If it's not monsters, then where did the strange wind come from? How could the silver vanish into thin air when it entered the river? How could it cause waves tens of feet high and rupture the banks on both sides?"

The middle-aged man and Prefect Chen looked solemn and were heavy-hearted.

Only the girl in the yellow skirt, who was under the least pressure, was heartlessly chewing on sugarcane.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came, and a yamen runner hurried in, holding a small bamboo tube in his right hand and a butter paper bag in his left hand, inside which were steaming hot meat buns.

The yamen runner first handed over the bamboo tube.

The girl in the yellow skirt didn't take it. Her bright eyes like stars glanced at the big meat buns.

The yamen runner tactfully changed the order. The girl in the yellow skirt happily started to nibble on the big meat buns, and then took the bamboo tube, pulled out a note, and unfolded it to read:

"My men said that within twenty miles along the way, no demonic aura was observed in the river, and there were no traces on the banks either."

"Slap!"

The repressed atmosphere finally exploded. Prefect Chen angrily slapped the table, his face turning livid with anger: "Where could the 150,000 taels of silver have gone? It has to come ashore eventually, it has to. It's been three days already, and we haven't even found a trace of the other party."

The most important thing in reasoning is to do subtraction, list the clues one by one and sort them out.

Otherwise, it will be like a ball of wool, and the more you think about it, the more confused you will be.

There are two most obvious clues in the tax - silver case:

First: The demon wind!

Second: The explosion after the tax silver fell into the river!

Except for martial artists, all major cultivation systems have the ability to create demon winds. Therefore, "clue one" can only serve as evidence of the involvement of "cultivators" and cannot provide more detailed targets.

The suspicion on the second - uncle, who is from a martial - artist background, is reduced, although there is no exclusion of his conspiracy with others.

The explosion in clue two is an unreasonable doubt. In battles of high - level cultivators, it is normal to trigger an explosion. However, in this tax - silver disappearance case, there is no armed struggle. Therefore, the occurrence of the explosion is unreasonable.

"Unless it has to explode!" Xu Qian murmured.

If the tax silver was the doing of monsters, then he could only save himself and the Xu family by retrieving the silver.

As an unyielding Silver at the peak of the Essence - Refining stage, Xu Qian felt that he had no way to turn the tables.

In the autumn season, the weather was damp and cold, and Xu Qian broke out in a cold sweat.

He was afraid!

After integrating the memories of the original owner, he knew that it was simply impossible for him to escape from prison, and he was even more aware that in this society where imperial power was supreme, human rights were extremely weak.

Life and death, and the power to give and take away, all lie in the thoughts of others.

He had previously fantasized about traveling back to ancient times, plagiarizing poems to show off, thinking it would be very cool, but reality slapped him hard.

Even after time - traveling, he still had to endure the harshness of society.

"No, this is just speculation, just the speculation of the Jingzhao Prefecture yamen. I can't be influenced by their speculation. I'll do it myself, analyze it myself... There's still a chance to salvage the situation, still a chance to salvage the situation..."

His strong will to survive quickly calmed him down, and his logic became rigorous and clear again.

"We can think like this. The mastermind behind - the - scenes needs a large sum of money, but can't make too much of a commotion... To be precise, can't amass wealth unscrupulously," thought Prefect Chen.

"So they've set their sights on the tax silver?" The girl in the yellow skirt pursed her brightly - colored lips.

"The route for escorting the tax silver is random and is decided temporarily by Xu Pingzhi, the hundred - household of the Royal Saber Guards. However, the monsters can lie in wait in the river in advance... There is a high probability of an insider in the escort team," said Li Yuchun, glancing at Prefect Chen.

"Go to Yunlu Academy and find a Confucian master to examine the conscience?"

The girl in the yellow skirt gave him a sidelong glance. "Do you look down on the Qi - gazing technique of our Celestial Observatory? I've already said that the soldiers escorting the tax silver on the scene are completely in the dark."

The train of thought got stuck again, and the three of them fell into a moment of silence.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Li Yuchun lowered his head to carefully examine the case files, while Prefect Chen sighed repeatedly. The girl in the yellow skirt played with the geomancy plate at her waist, thinking that she had to leave Jingzhao Prefecture before sunset and go to the palace to mooch a meal off the eldest princess.

The cooking skills of the palace chefs are first - rate in the world!

Compared with them, the girl in the yellow skirt named Caiwei mainly acts as a guest advisor and assists in handling the case.

She has no official position. Although she is one of the persons in charge of the case, she doesn't need to bear too much responsibility.

No one can answer this question.

Li Yuchun said, "What is the reason for the demons to rob the tax - silver?"

Chen Fuyin pondered for a moment and said, "Demons do things without any scruples, acting as they please. Investigating the reasons is just asking for trouble."

The girl in the yellow skirt, however, had a different opinion. "Isn't human flesh more delicious... Um, wait a moment. Let me finish the buns first."

She noisily finished two large meat - buns. Her face became puffy like a small steamed bun. She swallowed hard, took a sip of tea, and then continued the previous topic, freely talking about human flesh: "Demons act without any misgivings. Silver may not be as tempting to them as living people. Even if they want silver, stealing or robbing is more prudent than directly robbing the tax - silver."

In the capital of Dafeng, robbing the tax - silver on the street is extremely risky.

Chen Fuyin nodded. "What you said makes sense. It's not excluded that they are instigated by others."

Li Yuchun squinted his eyes. "Then who would instigate the demons to steal the tax - silver? What's the reason? Why does it have to be this batch of tax - silver, and why does it have to be one hundred and fifty thousand taels?"

The most important thing in reasoning is to do subtraction, list the clues one by one and sort them out.

Otherwise, it will be like a ball of wool, and the more you think about it, the more confused you will be.

There are two most obvious clues in the tax - silver case:

First: The demon wind!

Second: The explosion after the tax silver fell into the river!

Except for martial artists, all major cultivation systems have the ability to create demon winds. Therefore, "clue one" can only serve as evidence of the involvement of "cultivators" and cannot provide more detailed targets.a

The suspicion on the second - uncle, who is from a martial - artist background, is reduced, although there is no exclusion of his conspiracy with others.

The explosion in clue two is an unreasonable doubt. In battles of high - level cultivators, it is normal to trigger an explosion. However, in this tax - silver disappearance case, there is no armed struggle. Therefore, the occurrence of the explosion is unreasonable.

"Unless it has to explode!" Xu Qian murmured.

If the tax silver was the doing of monsters, then he could only save himself and the Xu family by retrieving the silver.

As an unyielding Silver at the peak of the Essence - Refining stage, Xu Qian felt that he had no way to turn the tables.

In the autumn season, the weather was damp and cold, and Xu Qian broke out in a cold sweat.

He was afraid!

After integrating the memories of the original owner, he knew that it was simply impossible for him to escape from prison, and he was even more aware that in this society where imperial power was supreme, human rights were extremely weak.

Life and death, and the power to give and take away, all lie in the thoughts of others.

He had previously fantasized about traveling back to ancient times, plagiarizing poems to show off, thinking it would be very cool, but reality slapped him hard.

Even after time - traveling, he still had to endure the harshness of society.

"No, this is just speculation, just the speculation of the Jingzhao Prefecture yamen. I can't be influenced by their speculation. I'll do it myself, analyze it myself... There's still a chance to salvage the situation, still a chance to salvage the situation..."

His strong will to survive quickly calmed him down, and his logic became rigorous and clear again.

"We can think like this. The mastermind behind - the - scenes needs a large sum of money, but can't make too much of a commotion... To be precise, can't amass wealth unscrupulously," thought Prefect Chen.

"So they've set their sights on the tax silver?" The girl in the yellow skirt pursed her brightly - colored lips.

"The route for escorting the tax silver is random and is decided temporarily by Xu Pingzhi, the hundred - household of the Royal Saber Guards. However, the monsters can lie in wait in the river in advance... There is a high probability of an insider in the escort team," said Li Yuchun, glancing at Prefect Chen.

"Go to Yunlu Academy and find a Confucian master to examine the conscience?"

The girl in the yellow skirt gave him a sidelong glance. "Do you look down on the Qi - gazing technique of our Celestial Observatory? I've already said that the soldiers escorting the tax silver on the scene are completely in the dark."

The train of thought got stuck again, and the three of them fell into a moment of silence.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Li Yuchun lowered his head to carefully examine the case files, while Prefect Chen sighed repeatedly. The girl in the yellow skirt played with the geomancy plate at her waist, thinking that she had to leave Jingzhao Prefecture before sunset and go to the palace to mooch a meal off the eldest princess.

The cooking skills of the palace chefs are first - rate in the world!

Compared with them, the girl in the yellow skirt named Caiwei mainly acts as a guest advisor and assists in handling the case.

She has no official position. Although she is one of the persons in charge of the case, she doesn't need to bear too much responsibility.

No one can answer this question.

Li Yuchun said, "What is the reason for the demons to rob the tax - silver?"

Chen Fuyin pondered for a moment and said, "Demons do things without any scruples, acting as they please. Investigating the reasons is just asking for trouble."

The girl in the yellow skirt, however, had a different opinion. "Isn't human flesh more delicious... Um, wait a moment. Let me finish the buns first."

She noisily finished two large meat - buns. Her face became puffy like a small steamed bun. She swallowed hard, took a sip of tea, and then continued the previous topic, freely talking about human flesh: "Demons act without any misgivings. Silver may not be as tempting to them as living people. Even if they want silver, stealing or robbing is more prudent than directly robbing the tax - silver."

In the capital of Dafeng, robbing the tax - silver on the street is extremely risky.

Chen Fuyin nodded. "What you said makes sense. It's not excluded that they are instigated by others."

Li Yuchun squinted his eyes. "Then who would instigate the demons to steal the tax - silver? What's the reason? Why does it have to be this batch of tax - silver, and why does it have to be one hundred and fifty thousand taels?"

This is how the officialdom works. It takes a lot of hard work to climb up, but it's very easy to fall down.

The middle-aged man Li Yuchun let out a sigh and resumed the topic just now: "Could it be that our direction of investigation is wrong? Maybe it's not caused by monsters."

Chen Fuyin looked at him, took a deep breath to suppress his anger in his heart, and said, "If it's not monsters, then where did the strange wind come from? How could the silver vanish into thin air when it entered the river? How could it cause waves tens of feet high and rupture the banks on both sides?"