After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

Chapter 109: Distributing Money

Lei Batian became anxious when he saw that Xu Yingying and Li Siqi did not fall for his trick.

"Have you heard any rumors about our Lei family recently?"

Xu Yingying shook her head without hesitation, "No!"

"What happened to your Lei family?"

Lei Batian was too embarrassed to say anything more when he saw this, so he could only force a smile and said, "Nothing."

"It's getting late. Sorry to bother you two. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"Ninth Prince, I will take my leave first. I will visit you again next time I have the chance."

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of Li Siqi and Xu Yingying, Lei Batian prepared to leave.

"Okay!" Li Siqi nodded.

Li Siqi and Xu Yingying, who had fooled Lei Batian, smiled at each other.

At the same time, the treasure hidden in the room was also successfully moved away by Xu Ruohao.

The Lei family suddenly became a proverbial empty shell.

This made Lei Qinyu very anxious. After thinking it over again and again, he finally decided to ask Li Siming for help.

Taking advantage of the night, Lei Qinyu drove his carriage into the capital.

Inside the Prince's Mansion.

Li Siming was quite surprised to see Lei Qinyu suddenly appear, "What's going on? Lord Lei, why did you come to see me in person? But what happened to Li Siqi and Xu Yingying?"

As Li Siming spoke, he looked at Lei Qinyu expectantly.

Lei Qinyu shook his head helplessly, and then told Li Siming what had happened during this period.

After hearing this, Li Siming slammed the table angrily and said, "This matter must be related to Xu Yingying and Li Siqi."

After hearing this, Lei Qinyu revealed a smile that was uglier than crying. "Your Highness, I know this too! But I have no evidence!"

"How about this! You find someone to keep an eye on them. I still don't believe it. They won't spend all this money by then? When they spend it, that's when they'll be exposed."

Li Siming said very confidently.

"That makes sense. Your Highness the Crown Prince is really smart." Lei Qinyu said with his eyes lighting up.

The county is neither close nor far from Shangjing, and it takes Lei Qinyu at least a day to go back and forth.

Yitai naturally told Li Siqi and Xu Yingying that Lei Qinyu had gone to the capital to seek help from the prince under the cover of night.

After hearing this, the two immediately felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Early the next morning, they took the stolen money from Lei Batian and distributed it door to door.

Xu Yingying took Li Siqi into a thatched hut.

"Is anyone there?" Xu Yingying knocked on the door.

There was a rustling sound from inside the house, and after a while the shaky wooden door was slowly opened.

Suddenly, an old lady with white hair appeared in front of Xu Yingying and the others.

"Who... are you looking for?" the old lady said while trembling.

"Oh, we are not looking for anyone. Are you alone at home, old lady?" Xu Yingying asked.

"Well, my son and daughter-in-law...are working outside." The old lady stuttered.

"Okay, send it to her." Xu Yingying instructed Xu Ruohao behind her.

She looked into the house through the old lady's eyes and found that there was basically nothing in the old lady's house, which could be described as bare.

"Old lady, we are here to give you poverty subsidies. This is money for you, and this is food for you."

Li Siqi handed a small bag of silver to the old lady, and also considerately distributed a bag of rice and flour to her.

"I... I don't have any money." The old lady said in panic. She thought Xu Yingying and Li Siqi were here to sell food.

"No, no, no, grandma, these are free. We are giving them to you for free. Not only you, but everyone who has no money to eat can get them. This is subsidized by our Ninth Prince using his own money to everyone." Xu Yingying hurriedly explained patiently.

"This is the Ninth Prince." Xu Yingying introduced him to the old lady.

The old lady's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"You...you, you are such good people." The old lady's eyes instantly became moist when she heard the voice.

Li Siqi looked at Xu Yingying who was so close to him. At this moment, he suddenly felt that Xu Yingying was emitting a faint light, which made people unable to take their eyes away.

In this way, Xu Yingying and Li Siqi visited all the poor students in the county door to door.

For a time, their fame soared and they became known to everyone in the entire county, and they even successfully attracted a large number of followers.

However, Lei Batian had been locked up in his mansion for this period of time, not going out of the house, and did not notice anything about Li Siqi and Xu Yingying.

When Lei Qinyu returned from Shangjing, he found that the entire county was full of books, calligraphy and paintings praising Xu Yingying and Li Siqi.

Realizing that he had lost the support of the people, he became extremely panicked.

After some thought, Lei Qinyu decided to find Li Siqi and Xu Yingying for negotiation, and by the way, he would trick Li Siqi and Xu Yingying to see if they would admit that the treasures in the Lei Mansion's vault were stolen by them.

Lei Qinyu came to the residence of Xu Yingying and Li Siqi.

"Your Highness, Lord Xu, Lei Qinyu is here." Xu Ruohao reported to Li Siqi and Xu Yingying with a serious face.

The two looked at each other and said nothing tacitly.

Li Siqi was the first to speak, "Let's go! Let's go see what tricks he is going to play next."

In the hall.

"Long time no see, Lord Lei." Li Siqi said hypocritically politely.

"Your Highness, I am your humble servant." Lei Qinyu bowed deeply to Li Siqi.

"Master Lei, please stand up quickly."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Lei Qinyu couldn't wait to get straight to the point.

"I heard that Your Highness and Lord Xu have been helping the poor these days?"

"Yes! What's wrong with that?" Li Siqi asked back.

"No, no, caring about the people is a good thing. I thank you two on behalf of the people. It is an honor for our Dafeng that the Ninth Prince is so kind."

Lei Qinyu quickly denied it, and then took the opportunity to praise Li Siqi and Xu Yingying.

"It's just... I want to know where the money that Your Highness distributed to the people came from." Lei Qinyu said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Li Siqi immediately put on a very sad look and said, "Well, I am ashamed to say that although I am a prince, I don't actually have much money. I asked my friends in the capital to sell some of my belongings to get this money."

After hearing this, Lei Qinyu didn't know what to say for a moment, and could only continue to praise: "The Ninth Prince really has a compassionate heart!"

"I wonder if the Ninth Prince and Lord Xu saw or picked up anything lost by others in the past few days?"

Lei Qinyu continued to test.

"Huh? What?"

"We rarely leave this inn, except for distributing some subsidies to the people yesterday."

Xu Yingying widened her eyes and pretended to be very innocent.