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After listening to Shulin's explanation, Master Shu pondered for a long time before pacing up and down the room. Finally, he sat on the teacher's chair and sighed, ”Ah, my son, do you know where this silver came from?”

”I don't know. Father, please enlighten me.” When Shu Lin saw his father in such a state, he knew that he had caused a disaster. Thus, he was extremely obedient and did not dare to speak anymore.

”The imprint on this silver tael is the special mark of the officials' warehouse silver. Not long ago, a batch of silver taels was robbed on the road. This silver taels must have been stolen goods!” ”In our family, if people were to find out that we have government officials with six hundred silver taels, our family would not be able to bear the consequences!” Old Master Shu said.

When Shu Lin heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he immediately panicked.

”Father, this silver isn't ours. It was sent by the embroidery lady. Let's send it back to her!” Shu Lin said with a sullen face.

Master Shu shook his head, ”It's alright. Let's quickly send this silver to the Prefecture Lord's Mansion to prove the origin of the silver. We can definitely get rid of this sin.”

Both father and son made up their minds and hurriedly sent the silver to Prefect Lu. Prefect Lu was also extremely grateful to Master Shu for knowing about this. As a government official, he had to leave the Ming Lin Manor after a few years of service. Moreover, this Old Master Shu was a famous local squire.

That day, the Prefect of Ming Lin Prefecture hurriedly brought the matter to court, bringing the mother and daughter pair, Lady Zheng and the embroidery mother, to the court.

Hearing that someone had come to ask her to go to the yamen, her heart skipped a beat. She thought that Shu Lin really intended to denounce her, so the mother and daughter both went to the yamen.

Seeing the prisoner kneeling on the ground, Prefect Lu smacked the wooden log and bellowed: ”You two have such big guts!”

When had the mother and daughter pair ever seen such a scene before? They were immediately scared senseless. When Prefect Lu saw this, he nodded and instructed a bailiff to place the piece of silver with the official's insignia on it in front of the two of them.

”I am asking the two of you, do you know where this silver came from?” Prefect Lu asked.

At this moment, the embroidery lady was scared silly and stammered, ”This … This is... My neighbor, Uncle Wang, gave it to me. ”

When Prefect Lu heard this, he nodded and thought to himself that he had scared the little girl silly.

”Someone come!” Quickly go and get old man Wang! ” Prefect Lu gave an order and the constables left. Soon, they brought an old man in his fifties with a messy appearance.

Prefect Lu saw this person from a distance. His heart skipped a beat as he secretly complained.

This person was none other than old man Wang. Prefect Lu didn't know whether to laugh or to cry when he saw that old man Wang had arrived. For some reason, this old man Wang had connections with the Guangling King's Mansion, so there was no need to interrogate him today. Since old man Wang gave that silver to the mother and daughter, then there was no need to think about it. Old man Wang's silver must have been given to him by the Grand Dominance Manor. He had also lost face in public because of old man Wang.

When Prefect Lu saw this, he knew that he was almost tricked by the Shu father and son. In the end, he could only brace himself and interrogate the three of them before sending them home.

Not long after Prefect Lu returned to his residence, the father and son of the Shu family paid him a visit.

”Prefect Lu, how is the case?” Master Shu smiled and cupped his hands towards Prefect Lu.