Chapter 380
Chapter 379 Must Be Washed Clean
"You—" Xu Zhiqing hummed, her face turning red. She kept her distance and dared not speak any further.
This was a case of a villain needing another villain to grind them down. Lin Wanrong laughed a few times, taking Luo Ning's small hand, following behind Hu Bugui, and heading towards the camp.
After the loss of the official silver, Luo Min had already ordered a citywide lockdown in Jining, with the camp being of utmost importance. Elite soldiers were stationed to guard it overnight. Without a special order, no one could enter, so the traces left behind after the loss of the official silver were well-preserved.
Upon entering the camp through multiple checkpoints, Lin Wanrong looked up and saw that the large camp was pitched beside the east-west official road, convenient for coming and going. To the south, it faced the sparkling Weishan Lake, which shone gold in the firelight, and the expansive lake surface seemed to be touched with golden rosy clouds, a sight of great beauty. Inside the large camp, hundreds of white tents were connected one after the other, neatly arranged in all directions.
Hu Bugui led Lin Wanrong to the center of the camp and pointed to the various wheel tracks on the ground, saying, "General Lin, Miss Xu, please look."
Lin Wanrong glanced and saw the ground full of chaotic wheel tracks, winding and twisting, concentrated most heavily where the four of them were standing. Hu Bugui bowed his fist and said, "According to my observation just now, the wheel marks here are dense. The official silver must have been stored here the night before last. From the marks left by the wheels, although they are disordered, the tracks going in the east-west direction are very distinct."
"So according to General Hu, the vehicles carrying the silver should have gone in the east-west direction?" Xu Zhiqing said softly, her brows slightly furrowed, seemingly deep in thought.
Hu Bugui nodded, squatting down, and pressed the yellow earth ground down with his finger, musing, "If it were an empty cart, the wheels would not sink into the mud so deeply. From the rolled-out tracks, the carriages going in both east and west directions were definitely not empty but were laden with heavy weight. As for whether the silver was on them, I cannot guarantee."