The group carefully searched the entire woods inside the formation, but still couldn't find Lin Pingzhi or Lin Zhennan. Seeing this, Wang Yue guessed they might have already left.
Lu Yi thought that was possible too. After all, if the two had been captured, they would surely have joined up with the others.
But most of the others were here, while Lin Pingzhi and his father were nowhere to be seen. The only explanation was that the father and son had left Lin Zhennan's wife behind and escaped.
What left Wang Yue at a loss for words was that they hadn't found Lin Zhennan and his son, but they had found the missing one hundred thousand taels of silver. By pure coincidence, the money was in a cellar behind the small courtyard in the woods.
Wang Yue shook his head helplessly and said earnestly, "It seems these people from the Qingcheng Sect may have come for the money. I just don't know whose orders they were following."
Lu Yi thought the coincidence was too great, so he asked tentatively, "Why did you choose this place? And it just so happens there's silver here!"
Wang Yue knew what Lu Yi was worried about and said, exasperated, "What are you thinking? I was still in Hangzhou when the silver went missing."
Lu Yi realized he'd jumped to the wrong conclusion. Looking troubled, he said, "I'm truly sorry. It's just that, Young Master Wang, how can you be sure the Qingcheng Sect came for the silver? The people we interrogated all said they'd come to make trouble for the Lin family."
Wang Yue shrugged and replied unconcernedly, "I'm not sure. Didn't we choose this place because Zhai Lanye once lived here? So it's no surprise that silver turned up nearby. But there's one