Transmigrated into a farmer's lucky charm, all the villains in the family panicked.

Yan Shijin had already completely accepted Yun Shengsheng's plan in her heart.

He had long ago sent his most capable shadow guards to secretly follow the Prince of Yong's men. Wherever they went to collect silver, the shadow guards would draw maps there.

The Prince of Yong's men were in the open, while their men were in the shadows. One side was engrossed in digging for treasure, while the other leisurely drank tea. This scheme was more enjoyable than watching a play.

Therefore, Yan Shijin was not in a hurry.

They left Hucheng Prefecture for about ten days, and when they returned, it was already the end of the year.

Red lanterns were hung on the city gates of Hucheng Prefecture, and red silk ribbons were wrapped around the trees along the street. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder from burnt firecrackers.

With three days left until the Lunar New Year, the city is already bustling with activity.

Children, dressed in new clothes, ran all over the street, carrying candied hawthorns, chasing after the stalls selling goldfish kites.

As soon as Yun Shengsheng and his group returned to the prefectural government, Fan Sibo came to greet them.

He excitedly and eagerly led everyone into the study, closed the door, and began to speak:

"Your Highness, while you were away, I discovered some more clues. They're related to that batch of stolen silver."

He pulled out several sheets of paper from his sleeve, on which were written place names in tiny, dense characters.

"These places include those in the county town, those in caves, and several abandoned houses that no one lives in. I haven't sent anyone to investigate them yet."

"But my intuition tells me that these places are most likely where the silver is hidden."

Yan Shijin took the papers and glanced at them.

He knew the address on it all too well.

"How does Lord Fan know about these places?"

Fan Sibo hesitated for a moment, glanced at Yun Shengsheng, then looked back at Yan Shijin, his tone cautious: "I found out through Liang Boyan's daughter, Liang Youqi."

Yan Shijin raised an eyebrow. Liang Youqi?

Of course he remembers this person.

She traveled everywhere to save her two younger brothers.

She even saved her daughter's life.

"Liang Youqi actually knows all this?" His voice was slightly deep, tinged with suspicion.

Fan Sibo quickly explained, fearing that the Crown Prince might misunderstand.

"It's a long story. After Your Highness and you left Hucheng Prefecture that day, Liang Youqi found my wife. She wanted to ask her to intercede for her two younger brothers to be released from prison."

"My wife is a soft-hearted person, but she didn't dare to make decisions on her own, so she led her directly to me."

He sighed and continued, "Liang Youqi tearfully recounted the situation of her two younger brothers and her relationship with Liang Boyan."

"I have also sent people to investigate, and it is true that the mother and her three children are living in extreme hardship. After Liang Boyan divorced his wife and remarried, he ignored his first wife and three children."

"But according to the current law, it is only natural for the son to pay the debts of the father."

"I would like to help, but the law is as solid as a mountain, and even I, as the prefect, cannot make an exception."

"Later, my wife came up with an idea. She said that if Liang Youqi and the others could make amends, for example, by having her persuade Liang Boyan to talk and reveal the whereabouts of the stolen money, wouldn't that save her brother from imprisonment, or at least reduce his punishment?"

"Liang Youqi agreed without hesitation."

"So Liang Youqi went to the prison every day to bring Liang Boyan food. She talked to Liang Boyan about the past. She didn't talk about any grand principles, she just talked about her childhood, how hard her mother worked, and what her two younger brothers were doing outside."

"Liang Youqi had been using emotional appeals to persuade him for almost half a month. Finally, Liang Boyan gave in and revealed several places where he hid the silver."

"I think he probably had a change of heart and wanted to give his two sons a way out. After all, even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs."

Upon hearing this, Yan Shijin sneered, "But that's not all. All these addresses combined only amount to 300,000 taels of silver."

Yun Shengsheng nodded her little head, her face full of anger: "It's probably just a fraction of what it costs!"

Fan Sibo was taken aback, and then his expression changed.

"That old scoundrel!"

"How can there be such a beastly father!"

"Isn't this blatantly driving his three children to their deaths!"

Yan Shijin sneered, put down his teacup, and said in a nonchalant tone, "It doesn't matter. Doesn't he have another confidante and another pair of twins? I brought them back with me too."

Fan Sibo's eyes widened: "Your Highness, you...you mean...that mother and her two children have been captured by you?"

He had tried to seduce Su Jinse before.

But every time we send someone there, we encounter all sorts of inexplicable obstacles.

After trying a few times, he realized that this woman had powerful backers.

Now His Highness the Crown Prince has actually arrested the mother and her two children.

Yan Shijin smiled: "Lock them up in jail too."

"But remember, when you're imprisoned, you have to pass by Liang Boyan's cell. Let him see his beloved wife and twins being locked up there, but don't put them in the same section. Put them far away from them, so he can see them but can't reach them."

Fan Sibo's eyes grew brighter as he listened.

Wonderful.

Now that he has Liang Boyan's weakness, he doesn't believe Liang Boyan can still grit his teeth and hold on.

A man who would willingly engage in corruption for the sake of his beloved wife and young children cannot bear to see them suffer. This is a hundred times more effective than holding a knife to his own throat.

"You can also try to leak the news to Liang Youqi, so that she can 'inadvertently' mention it to Liang Boyan during her prison visit."

"Tell me—Su Jinse's two children aren't Liang Boyan's at all. They're the children of Prince Yong. Su Jinse was Prince Yong's person from beginning to end; it was a scheme set up by Prince Yong. As for Liang Boyan, he's been raising Prince Yong's children from start to finish."

Fan Sibo gasped, "Your Highness, is what you said true?"

It turns out that the Prince of Yong was involved in this! No wonder, how could an official have such great ability to embezzle several hundred taels of silver without being discovered?

It turns out that the Prince of Yong was behind it all.

Or rather, Liang Boyan was a man of the Prince of Yong.

This news is explosive!

If true, that old bastard Liang Boyan will probably be so angry in jail that he'll vomit blood.

He served the Prince of Yong with his life, and in the end, he even raised illegitimate children for the Prince of Yong.

Yan Shijin nodded calmly: "I had someone check, and everything they said is true."

Upon hearing the affirmative answer, Fan Sibo stood up excitedly and bowed deeply during the court banquet: "Your subject understands. With these two things, I refuse to believe we can't get Liang Boyan to talk."

After saying that, he strode out of the study to find Liang Youqi.

That evening, Yun Xiaoxiao came to find Yun Shengsheng, holding a letter in her hand.

The letter was sent by Yun Yaya and arrived last night.

Yun Shengsheng took the letter and slowly began to read it under the light of the room.

Yun Yaya knew that Yun Shengsheng was in Hucheng Prefecture, and not wanting Shengsheng to worry, she sent a letter to tell her about her recent situation.

The first thing written in the letter made Yun Shengsheng raise an eyebrow.

Zhu Liguang, the man Yun Yaya married, is dead...