Li Yan carefully reviewed the shifts these people took in rotation. Of the ten, he had already ruled out six, including the steward responsible for this matter.
Over the past few days, he had gone to the Hall of Clear Appraisal, but only around dusk, mainly to inspect and verify that day's activities there.
The city had been conducting investigations these past few days, so without a special pass, no one would be allowed through the gates at night. Thus, this steward only needed to make one inspection in the evening.
At night, they would no longer accept goods from any trading houses for inspection. In any case, this sweep would not last long. For their own safety, the various trading houses would have no objections to occasionally cooperating with Haina City.
Moreover, this steward was not constantly at the Hall of Clear Appraisal. As far as the timeliness of Zhao Yidong's intelligence was concerned, he likewise did not meet the requirements. A single day would have been enough for him to cause a grave blunder, so he could naturally be excluded.
The other four people who had been ruled out were disciples responsible for receiving visiting merchants. There were quite a few merchants in the city, and even though all four were cultivators, they were extremely busy.
Thus, they were not responsible for inspecting and verifying those goods, and naturally had no access to them.
"Now, only four people remain. They have all been there recently, inspecting and sorting the collected items!"
As Su Hong spoke, she took out four jade slips from another pile at hand. These four jade slips respectively recorded detailed information on those four people.
Because this matter had arisen in such haste, the information on these four had not yet been sorted out. Thus,