Chapter 79 Silver Notes

When Prince Jing saw Ling Chu staring at the painting, he thought there was a secret compartment on the wall behind the painting, and the evidence was hidden in the secret compartment.

But after the painting was taken down, there was no secret compartment on the wall.

Prince Jing looked at the wall with confusion.

The students who came to watch the fun also showed disappointment.

Lu Mingliu was nervous when he saw Prince Jing rushing towards the painting, but now he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Ling Chu walk towards Prince Jing.

Lu Mingliu's heart suddenly rose again.

He wanted to stop him, but he was worried that Miss Ling might not find anything unusual. If he stopped him, he might arouse her suspicion.

Seeing that Prince Jing was still groping on the wall, trying to see if there was any mechanism to open the secret compartment, Ling Chu's mouth twitched.

"Don't look for it, there is no secret compartment on the wall."

Prince Jing looked disappointed, "How could there be no secret compartment? It shouldn't be."

Ling Chu supported his forehead weakly, "Give me the painting."

Prince Jing was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up.

Could there be evidence hidden in the painting?

Prince Jing couldn't help but hold the painting in his hand in front of his eyes, looked it up and down, front and back, and found that it was just an ordinary landscape painting.

It was a thin piece, and it was clear at a glance.

Prince Jing was puzzled, this painting couldn't hide anything.

Seeing Ling Chu reaching out to take the painting, Lu Mingliu's fists under his sleeves suddenly clenched.

"Miss Ling, what's wrong with this painting?"

Ling Chu ignored Prince Jing, picked up the scroll and looked at it for a while, holding the shaft with his left hand, and stretched his right hand to one end of the shaft to twist it a few times, and pulled the shaft head off.

Put your fingers into the shaft and quickly pulled out a roll of paper.

Prince Jing slapped his forehead.

Why didn't he expect that the shaft was hollow?

"What is this, evidence?" Seeing the paper roll Ling Chu took out, Prince Jing looked expectant.

Ling Chu glanced at him and simply handed him the roll of paper.

Prince Jing took it and couldn't wait to unfold it.

"Why is it a banknote?"

The students who followed to watch the excitement were also disappointed.

Lu Mingliu walked over with anger on his face, "Miss Ling, you don't think that a few banknotes can slander me as a fake, right?"

Ling Chu said in a calm voice, "What's the hurry?"

In Lu Mingliu's anger, Ling Chu slowly put the scroll plug back in his hand, then turned the scroll over, and then opened the plug of the lower scroll.

Pull out a roll of paper from it.

Prince Jing took it, opened it, and found that there were several more banknotes.

Lu Mingliu said coldly, "I said I'm innocent. Did you come to my house just to search for my banknotes?"

Prince Jing glanced at him and said disdainfully, "Don't worry, it's just over 200 taels of banknotes. Even if you give it to me, I won't look down on it."

Lu Mingliu was annoyed. The Jingwang Mansion was rich, and Prince Jing didn't care about these banknotes, but he had spent a lot of effort to get them.

Ling Chu handed the scroll to Prince Jing, motioned him to hang it back on the wall, and then walked to the bookshelf.

When Lu Mingliu saw her staring at the bookshelf, her eyelids jumped again.

Ling Chu ignored him and reached to the top of the bookshelf.

Prince Jing just came over and immediately said, "Miss Ling, I'll do it."

Ling Chu made way for him to take down the fifth travelogue on the left side of the top row.

After Prince Jing got the travelogue, he saw that the book was covered with dust, so he shook it casually.

But he didn't expect that several silver bills would fall out of the book.

Prince Jing was stunned at first, and when he bent down to pick it up, he curled his lips, "Why are there silver bills again?"

People present couldn't help but look at it sideways. There were more than 800 taels of silver bills in this travelogue.

Lu Mingliu's face was gloomy, but he was not nervous at this time.

So what if he found the silver bills he hid? Could he be convicted of this silver bill?

"Miss Ling, why are you searching for my silver bills? I'm studying in Kyoto, and these are all the expenses my parents gave me for my studies."

Ge Shanzhang and Master Jiang also looked at Ling Chu with confusion, not understanding why she searched out other people's silver bills.

Ling Chu stared at Lu Mingliu with a dark gaze, "Are these silver bills really given by your parents?"

Lu Mingliu felt cold in his heart when he saw her eyes, but still said with a stiff face, "Yes, they were indeed given by my parents."

Ling Chu looked at him quietly, said nothing, but turned around and squatted in front of the bookshelf.

The lower part of the bookshelf is a cabinet. Ling Chu opened the cabinet door and took out the books inside.

Lu Mingliu was so nervous that his palms began to sweat. His heart was pounding. He stepped forward with a dark face, "There are only a few books in this cabinet, but there are no banknotes."

When Prince Jing saw that he wanted to stop him, he immediately blocked him and said, "Since there are no banknotes, why are you so nervous?"

Ge Shanchang and others looked at Lu Mingliu in confusion. Even if there were banknotes, there was no need to be nervous. Not to mention that Prince Jing looked down on his wealth, Miss Ling didn't look like a greedy person.

Lu Mingliu saw that everyone was looking at him in confusion, and thought to himself that it was not good. His reaction made them suspicious.

"Prince Jing, can you lend me your dagger?" While they were talking, Ling Chu had already emptied all the books in the cabinet in a few seconds.

Prince Jing was surprised. How did she know he had a dagger?

But this is not the time to ask this. Prince Jing took out a dagger from his body, but did not give it to Ling Chu, "Do you want to open the cabinet? I will help you."

Seeing that he was eager to try, Ling Chu did not fight with him. He made way and pointed to the bottom of the cabinet and said, "Pry it open here."

Lu Mingliu clenched his fists. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he immediately walked out without leaving a trace.

But he had only taken two steps when Ling Chu's half-smiled voice came from his back, "Lu Mingliu, where are you going?"

Seeing that Ge Shanzhang and the others turned their heads in unison and frowned at him.

Lu Mingliu was annoyed, but he could only say innocently, "I just wanted to see Shanzhang and so many classmates here, and I was going to boil water and make tea."

Prince Jing was disdainful in his heart. Did they think they were stupid? It was obvious that there was something hidden in the cabinet that could not be seen in the light. Seeing that the matter was about to be exposed, they wanted to take the opportunity to escape.

The study room was not big. The guards of Prince Jing were all in the yard. Prince Jing said to them, "Keep the man under my watch."

With the guards there, there was no need to worry about Lu Mingliu escaping.

Prince Jing guessed that there might be evidence hidden in the cabinet, and he became excited and pried open the interlayer of the cabinet in a few moves.

"What is this?" Seeing the small book hidden in the interlayer, everyone was puzzled again.

Prince Jing took out the book and opened it, and found that it was just an account book.

But Lu Mingliu's face turned pale when he saw the account book.

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