The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife-Chapter 2144 - 2146: The One Who Sent a Wheelchair to His Old Mother
"How did you know it was the young master of the Luo Residence who kidnapped her?" Yang Chuxia felt something was off. This little girl supposedly didn’t go out with Luo Linfei yesterday, so how does she know the details so clearly?
"When I returned, I happened to encounter those people coming out of the small courtyard. I hid to the side and overheard them talking, they said not to let Lord Prefect know, otherwise, the young master would be reprimanded."
The little girl was covered in dirt, tears streaming down as she said, "I heard the lady talking earlier, saying the people from Prince An’s Mansion are still in Zhejiang. I thought I should find you, so I went to the original inn and found out you moved here."
"Madam Ye, Lord Ye, I beg you, please save my lady."
Yang Chuxia looked at Ye Zi’an, should they save her or not?
Her thought was not to meddle. Luo Linfei is not a good person, and besides, it might be too late to save her now.
"Are you sure it’s the Prefect’s young master?"
Ye Zi’an asked again.
"Yes, I personally heard them say it was someone from the Prefect’s residence."
"Stay here for now, don’t go back to that small courtyard. I’ll have someone inquire about your lady’s whereabouts."
Ye Zi’an waved his hand for Ye Yi to leave.
"Xiaxia, don’t leave yet." Ye Zi’an said as he led the way into the room.
"Are you going to save her?" Once inside, Yang Chuxia urgently asked, "Saving her, won’t it expose you?"
"If I don’t save her, I might get exposed anyway," Ye Zi’an replied, "Luo Linfei knows we’re in Zhejiang. In a panic, she could mention the Luo Residence, and she might also mention us to protect herself."
"Fortunately, the investigation here in Zhejiang is almost done. I originally planned to take down these people in a couple of days, but now we have to act earlier."
"Luo Linfei is simply too stupid," Yang Chuxia was speechless, "Why can’t she just think normally?"
"Speaking of which, didn’t you say it’s hard to investigate here?"
Ye Zi’an said helplessly, "Earlier, we only found a little information, but the day before yesterday, Ye Yi got all the details."
"So what’s going on here?"
Thinking about the uncovered matters, Ye Zi’an felt speechless.
After a while, he said, "Do you know who the Prefect of Zhejiang is?"
"Who?"
"That County Magistrate from Quanya County, the one you gave a wheelchair to his mother."
Upon mentioning this person, Yang Chuxia did have an impression, but she remembered that this person was quite good, a decent official.
"He embezzled funds?" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
"Embezzlement is secondary," Ye Zi’an said, "He privately managed to obtain salt mines and iron mines. Those are the court’s possessions, and he discovered them in Zhejiang yet didn’t report them. All the extracted resources have been swallowed by him and several other officials."
"As for the embezzled tax revenues, they were used for Western trading. I heard a couple of years ago, one of their ships encountered an accident, causing a total loss. But they didn’t give up and continued the maritime business; the money used these past years for importing goods into Great Zhou all came from those taxes."
"My goodness!" Yang Chuxia was shocked, "Their audacity is beyond ordinary, and they’re utterly blatant, turning the mines into their own and swallowing tax revenues for personal business."
"Indeed," Ye Zi’an said, "These people sensed that they might have drawn too much attention. They wanted to spread some profits and find a backer in the court. These people came up with a good plan, taking advantage of the chaos before the New Year, they somehow reached out to Heir Tong."
