Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 497: Solved the case (2)

The two soldiers were not lying. They only remembered seeing the ghost that appeared out of nowhere and after that——

" We fainted. None of including Leader Liu remember how we all fainted, we do remember trying to fight that horrible being but other than that… we have no more memories of that night," the soldier replied with furrowed brows.

She nodded and then asked, " Did none of you check the box? Was the money in the box or not? I mean you all passed for an entire night, you should have checked the money in the box first right?"

The soldier on the left agreed with what Liu Hui Ying said, he gave her a nod and then said, " Our leader did check the box. It was the first thing that he did… when he opened the box, the money was indeed in the box however once we arrived at the finance office, the money was no longer inside it!"

" Of course, it was the ghost who stole the money! How could there be any money left?" The soldier on the right said with a tremble. " He must have done something, that is why the money was gone from the box."

Liu Hui Ying pursed her lips. Though she did not get much information she did understand that the tax money was under the noses of the Ji family. Though she did not have any evidence… she finally got a grasp of the matter, there was indeed a ghost attached to this case.

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" And what would a ghost do with human money?" Liu Hui Ying raised a brow as she looked at the two soldiers who finally calmed down under her question.

The two of them seemed to have stuck as they did not answer. That was right? Why would a ghost need human money?

One of the soldiers could not help but ask Liu Hui Ying, " Lord Chu why do you think that the ghost stole the money?"

" It depends on who asked him to do that," Liu Hui Ying answered distractedly she was already quite certain what really happened behind the scenes but the thing was how was she supposed to manage this matter and find the money?

And that too without giving her secret up?

She narrowed her eyes. It seemed that this matter was not that easy, something that she already knew but now that she knew what happened, Liu Hui Ying felt like Ji Yang was really good at scheming, at least the master behind him was not a fool.

" Asked… one can ask the ghost to steal money?" The other soldier asked dubiously, what was this man even talking about?

Liu Hui Ying raised her sharp gaze causing the two men to flinch and then pull away from her before she stated coldly, " A ghost can steal human money but he cannot do it on the orders of someone, gosh what kind of era are you living? Recession is real whether human or ghost, wake up." She then waved her hands and then said, " You two can leave."

The two soldiers did not understand a word that Liu Hui Ying said to them.

" What did he mean by recessions?"

" I do not understand… I am from the same era as you, am I not?"

The two confused men stepped out of the house while Liu Hui Ying stayed where she was sitting.

Jia Li looked at Liu Hui Ying and asked, " What happened? I do not understand.."

Liu Hui Ying racked her brains for a while and then replied in a slow deliberate voice, " So much gold vanished all of a sudden, there is no way for such a thing to happen without a dimensional array drawn."

She narrowed her eyes while tapping on the armrest of the chair, "Let's be honest, there is no way that ghost can draw that array. If anything that ghost was more or less a distraction. The one who was behind the entire scheme is someone else."

In such a short time, Liu Hui Ying had guessed a lot.

" This is where the real question comes in, who was the one who drew that array? Is it Ji Yang or someone else? Looks like I will have to send Ji Yu to the Ji family."

" What if the county magistrate is on the matter?" Li Gong suggested. " Shouldn't we question him as well?"

However, Liu Hui Ying shook her head and then claimed, " There is no way the county magistrate would be willing to carry such a dark hat of treachery on his head. Do not forget that if the team failed then it was also the fault of the county magistrate for not controlling the borders of the city."

What was more, if the county magistrate was to take part in this case then he would be the easiest sacrificial lamb to be pushed in front of if the case fell through, unless that man was an idiot, he would try his best to not get squeezed between the two big shots.

Liu Hui Ying suddenly sat up straight, that was right, the county magistrate would not offend anyone. And the box of money was still in the county magistrate's office! That means ——

" Haha, that man was skilled but I am more skilled!" Since Ji Yang did not know that she was a celestial master then she had a great idea of how to deal with this matter.

As soon as she figured out how to deal with this case, Liu Hui Ying could not restrain her excitement and joy. She turned to look at the five spirits and then said, " I know how to deal with this case! Looks like we are going to keep our title and position as the Empress."

Her sudden laugh caused Liu Dong Ming who was approaching her pause, he looked at his daughter who was laughing with a softened expression before clearing his throat.

He asked, " Lord Chu, have you solved the case?"