In the end, Lord Zhou chose his family. It wasn't that he loved them all that much; he simply knew that if he kept quiet, he would die without a place to be buried, even as a civil official. So he decisively revealed where Zhai Lanye was.
Lu Yi didn't hesitate either. He immediately prepared to leave, hoping to capture Zhai Lanye as soon as possible before anything could go wrong.
Wang Yue grabbed Lu Yi by the arm and said sternly, "Have your men take over this place. No one in the prison is allowed out today, and no one is allowed in."
Lu Yi was taken aback by Wang Yue's words. After a moment's thought, he understood. Ten thousand taels of official silver had disappeared so easily from the storehouse here; clearly, every official and subordinate in Yangzhou had been involved. The prison was certainly no safe place.
Only then did he nod and hurry to give the orders. But the more he arranged, the less reassured he felt. In the end, he stayed in the prison himself and sent Cen Fu to make the arrest.
With nothing else to do, and unable to just stand there staring at each other, the two of them began wandering around the prison.
Wang Yue was simply curious. He thought he could take a look at an ancient jail and perhaps add a prison feature to his game someday, so he carefully examined everything there.
After making a rough circuit of the main prison, Wang Yue found that the arresting party still hadn't returned. He decided to work out the code in his head, so he wouldn't have to think it through again when he went back to the game.
Throughout all this, Lu Yi had only wandered around at the