Wang Yue glanced at Mei Changsu in surprise. He hadn't expected Mei Changsu to be so thoroughly prepared, and it genuinely impressed him.
But after thinking it over, he realized Mei Changsu had spent more than ten years preparing to take revenge. It was no wonder he had managed to find all this out.
Still, asking Mei Changsu to simply hand everything over was asking a bit much. Wang Yue hesitated, unsure how to put it.
Yan Yuqing wasn't as courteous as Wang Yue. She said matter-of-factly, "Since that's the case, I'll have to trouble Second Brother."
Wang Yue was speechless. Was his silly wife expecting Mei Changsu to bring the people straight to their house? He quickly added, "Second Brother, bring them outside Jinling. I'll send someone to meet you."
Mei Changsu had indeed been startled by his sister-in-law. If he really brought them to Wang Yue's home, it would be tantamount to telling everyone that Wang Yue was the mastermind behind King Yama Hall.
He wasn't worried that Wang Yue would be punished for it. After all, with Wang Yue's strength, he could go anywhere in the world. It just wasn't time to reveal everything yet; they would do better to wait another year or two.
Hearing Wang Yue's further instructions, Mei Changsu finally relaxed. He didn't dare linger and hurried off to arrange the transfer of the people and evidence.
Once Wang Yue had received the witnesses and the account book, he learned that the Lan Garden corpse-hiding case implicated far more than Lou Zhijing, the Minister of Revenue.
The dozen or so women whose bones had been found corresponded to more than a dozen officials. Some had retired and returned to their hometowns, but most were still in office.
With the account book and the list