Chapter 10 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

With the purpose of investigation, Wang Qiang entered the warehouse that he had been curious about for a long time. When he came out, he saw Lu Yu standing in the courtyard and asked, “Have you found any clues?”

“I just asked the person in charge. He said that all the medicinal pills in the logistics department were personally handled by Steward Bai. No one else had access to the medicinal pills.”

“The accountant also said that there was no problem with the accounts. Since Steward Bai was the only one who had access to the pills, I wonder he might have made some false accounts so no one would know.”

“Let’s make a hypothesis. When someone came to collect the pills, Steward Bai would secretly add another pill to the account book and then collect another pill in the storeroom.”

“He hides the extra pills somewhere. This way, he’ll pass the body check.”

“Then, he come back to logistics department at night to take away the things he hid during the day and sell them.”

“Moreover, only Steward Bai has access to the account books of the pills. The account books of the storeroom are recorded by storekeeper. Generally speaking, there won’t be any problems if the numbers on the two account books match.”

“But because no one except Steward Bai has access to the account books of the medicinal pills, all the numbers are all filled in by Steward Bai himself. The numbers on both account books match, so no one will find out.”

“But if that’s the case, we can just take the account books and ask the people who receive pills. That way, we can know if Steward Bai had made the false accounts or not.” Wang Qiang said.

“I’ll go to the accounting department to get the account books. We’ll then go and look for them one by one now to see if there are any fake account.” Wang Qiang immediately said.

Wang Qiang was a little anxious. After all, this matter concerned his chance to get into the inner court.

It was a rare opportunity. If he missed it, he didn’t know if there would be a next time.

“Wait.” Lu Yu hurriedly stopped Wang Qiang and explained, “The deduction just now is based on the fact that Steward Bai is a thief. But if Steward Bai is not a thief, the account book will naturally be fine.”

“Then what’s the use of the deduction?” Wang Qiang calmed down. He knew that he was a little too hasty.

If he wanted to satisfy Butler Zhang, then he should look for evidence to prove that Steward Bai was not a thief, and not find evidence to prove that Steward Bai was falsifying the account book.

“It’s useful.” Lu Yu said with a positive tone.

Wang Qiang looked at him curiously. Lu Yu explained, “If Steward Bai was not the thief, the deduction would not be valid. However, there is a very crucial point — the problem must be on the pills.”

“Because only Steward Bai can have access to the medicinal pills, the others have no chance to have access to the medicinal pills. This also provides Steward Bai with some room to do something.”

“If there is a problem with other materials, it is very easy to be discovered. Only the medicinal pills are handled by Steward Bai. It is not easy to be discovered even if he does something.”

Wang Qiang still did not understand what Lu Yu meant by this.

“Wait a moment.” Lu Yu said and then walked to the warehouse.

“Old Sir, excuse me. Are you the one who take out the things from the warehouse for the people, or do people just go in and take things out themselves?” Lu Yu asked the old man who was keeping accounts at the door of the warehouse.

The old man answered while recording the record book, “People go in themselves. How can I move so many things every day? Moreover, if you want to go into the warehouse, you need the bill from the warehouse. You also need to register when you leave the warehouse. You can only go out if the accounts match.”

“Then what about the medicinal pills?”

He glanced at Lu Yu, “Steward Bai always goes in to take the medicinal pills. When he comes out, he registers the number with me. Moreover, every day when he leaves, Steward Bai will take the bill to check the number of medicinal pills. There has never been a mistake.”

Lu Yu noticed the key point and asked again, “Steward Bai always checks the medicinal pills himself? Will anyone else check the number of medicinal pills?”

After some thought, the old man shook his head and said, “The value of the pills is relatively high. It has always been Steward Bai who manages the pills personally. If anyone else touches them, Steward Bai wouldn’t be at ease either, so he has always been the only one checking the number of pills.”

Lu Yu felt as if he had caught onto something, but he lacked a trigger.

What Lu Yu couldn’t understand was why Steward Bai came to the logistics department in the middle of the night? If he knew the reason for Steward Bai’s action, he would be able to understand many things.

The police had to investigate the motive for the crime, but Lu Yu did not even know what Steward Bai’s motive was. How was he supposed to find out the truth?

“Alright, thank you, Old Sir.”

Thinking of this, Lu Yu expressed his gratitude to the information provided by the old man. Although he did not know what Steward Bai’s motive was, the old man’s words made him believe that the problem was the pills.

“No need to thank me. We are all servants of the Han Residence. It is not easy for anyone.” The old man thought of something and said, “Steward Bai has been implicated. Sigh! In the end, we are only servants of the Han Residence. We cannot be compared to the Han Residence’s own people. We cannot stop them from doing whatever they want.”

“After all, we’re in the Han Residence’s territory.”

Hearing the old man’s words, a flash of inspiration flashed through Lu Yu’s mind as he grasped onto a key point.

Lu Yu immediately turned around and asked, “Has anyone from the Han family come here recently, or even entered the warehouse?”

The old man was first stunned when he heard that, then he said, “Master Han Fan has indeed come. Master Han Fan will come to the warehouse to check every day. How did you know?”

“You told me yourself.”

Lu Yu turned around and left. He called Wang Qiang and left the logistics department to look for Butler Zhang.

“Did I say that?” The old man looked at the two of them walking away. He wondered if there was something wrong with his memory.

Lu Yu had almost figured out what the Steward Bai was doing here every night.

The speculation in his mind made him feel a little incredulous. If there was no other evidence, then it could only be the truth.