Yixiu's Rebirth: Sending Bai Lianhua's Sister to Become a Concubine

The three of them did what they said.

Yixiu still dressed as a man, Randong served as his attendant, and Yinzhen played the role of her younger brother. Li Rongbao secretly bought them a small amount of clothing, and selected two of his confidants who had never met Lao Jiu, and asked them to protect Yixiu and Yinzhen, saying only that they were protecting the merchants from the capital to prevent them from being hurt by the refugees, and asked them to dress up as attendants.

Yixiu took a deep breath.

Wen Xumo only fought for a month for her, and now eight days have passed.

There are still twelve days left, and they must find out the truth!

The investigations of Yixiu, Yinzhen, and Li Rongbao did not go smoothly.

They disguised themselves and visited many places along the route that Yinzhen had previously been responsible for.

Several people spoke in unison, saying that they were wealthy businessmen from the capital who passed by and saw the disaster. They wanted to learn more from the local people and officials to see if they could talk to their families and offer financial help, so that their families could gain a good reputation in the capital and attract more customers to do business.

After thinking of a solution, the three of them thought it was a good idea.

After all, people don't do anything without benefits.

If they knew that by telling a few seemingly insignificant truths they could get help from the wealthy businessmen in the capital, it would be a timely help for the people who had just suffered from the disaster and the local officials.

However, the three of them were soon disappointed.

As soon as they opened their mouths, the other party just waved their hands, said they knew nothing about the questions, and turned around and walked away when asked again.

The group of people looked at each other in bewilderment. What's wrong with people nowadays? Can't they be moved even by money?

That's obviously not the case.

There must be only one reason, that is, all the people in this area have been bribed by Yinzhen.

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When they returned to the hotel at night, Yixiu, Li Rongbao and Yinzhen sat there thinking of a solution. The flickering candlelight reflected the gloomy faces of the three people.

"This damned Lao Jiu, I really want to punch him back to the capital!"

Li Rongbao clenched his fists so hard that they made a creaking sound. He looked around but could not find anyone in the room who could attack him. Finally, he punched the white wall next to him.

"He is a prince now. If you punch him, he might even charge you with treason. That would be a good excuse for him to use against you."

Yinzhen rolled his eyes at the ruffian in front of him. Could it be that he still thought this was the same as when they were classmates and they could play around as they pleased?

"Humph, he dares! We in the Fucha Mansion are no pushovers..."

He appears to be tough on the surface, but from Li Rongbao's increasingly low voice, one can tell that he is still... able to face reality.

Looking at the two men arguing in front of him, Yixiu rubbed his forehead, thinking it was so noisy.

It would be great if only girls were the ones who went out to do business.

Think about our Lingyu, she is always high-profile in her work and low-profile in her life, and she never talks nonsense and causes trouble for others at critical moments.

Even Li Jingyan, who wasn't very smart, at least knew not to quarrel when he was upset.

Thinking of this, Yixiu felt that Li Jingyan became more adorable.

Well, it’s all thanks to outsiders.

When I return to the capital, I can be friendlier to her.

"Since we can't find the answer from outsiders, we can only start from what we already know."

Yi Xiu looked at the two people and said, "Let's think about it together. Is there anything unusual about the people we met along the way?"

"Even if it seems unrelated to the case, as long as it doesn't make sense, we should sort it out first. Maybe if we put all the unusual things together, we can find a reasonable conclusion."

Yixiu spoke, and both of them fell silent.

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"Really!" Li Rongbao slapped his thigh and said, "I suddenly remembered that the man I helped up that day was carrying a very large bag. It looked like he was struggling to carry it, but when I handed it to him, I could clearly feel that it was not heavy!"

Seeing Yixiu's puzzled look, Lao Shisi quickly explained, "Compared with bluestone, sandstone is much lighter. Besides, the group of people who came to eat that day were transporting bluestone! I guess it wasn't just that person who was carrying sandstone. We only investigated the officials before, but didn't start with the civilians!"

Many laborers were washed away by the water and died on the spot. In addition, the manpower was transferred back and forth during this period, and they did not have fixed tasks every day or transport fixed materials. The laborers would not notice if the things they transported were wrong.

Moreover, these two things are what will be used in this dam repair.

"It seems that we were heading in the wrong direction. Officials can be bribed, but they didn't pay attention to the civilians," Yi Xiu sneered, "Their laxity has given us a chance to find out the direction."

Following this clue, Yixiu and Yinzhen looked at each other and quickly jumped to the next question.

Yi Xiu: "But those civilians don't work in the same place every day, and many of them were killed, injured or missing. Now that we have a breakthrough, we should hurry up and turn back to find him."

Yinzhen: "If we can't find them, we'll start with the people who are still working here."

Yixiu: "Don't alarm the foreman. Wait until they get off work, then split up to look for him."

Yixiu and Yinzhen spoke one sentence at a time, so fast that Li Rongbao's mind also raced along.

At this turn, Li Rongbao remembered something else.

As the two finished their words, Li Rongbao quickly added:

"By the way, two clerks from the Ministry of Works who were responsible for supervising the construction also disappeared that day."

Yinzhen went on to say, "If they knew about it, they would not have volunteered to monitor it, and they were standing on the unfinished dam. So, they didn't know about it, but they must have noticed something strange after following the dam repair for so many days. After the incident, they could easily connect the dots."

"It's even possible that they didn't disappear on their own initiative..."

Li Rongbao was shocked. "You mean, they might be locked up by Jiu Ye's people?"

Yi Xiu nodded, "That's true. Maybe they were really washed away, but these days, the missing civilians have either been found dead or are still alive. The two minor officials are the focus, how could they disappear so completely? The disappearance of one is understandable."

"What if they really are just unlucky?"

"Shut up!"

Yixiu and Yinzhen said in unison.

Li Rongbao looked at the two of them with a strange expression.

"You two have very synchronized brains and mouths."

Yixiu and Yinzhen looked at each other and thought, well, this was just an accident that happened in a hurry!