Detective Ghost Empress-Chapter 509: The empty box

Liu Hui Ying's words were neither loud nor slow, she did not fight back by yelling and screaming as Zhou Xuaran was doing instead she retorted to him quietly causing the man to look at her with a glare.

Zhou Xuaran glared at Liu Hui Ying before turning to look at the guards next to him and then said, " What are you doing? Pick him up and throw him out, this man has lost his mind for the sake of money and he is sayin' whatever he wants."

" Are you sure that you want to throw him out?" Liu Dong Ming questioned the guards who were walking towards Liu Hui Ying. His voice was colder than the King of Hell as he looked at the few guards who tried to touch his daughter. " Unless you want to lose your arms, stay back!"

The guards stiffened, and they turned to look at Zhou Xuaran who did not dare to say anything to Liu Dong Ming before turning to look at Liu Dong Ming who stood in front of them like a guard dog. In the end, they took a step away from the man in front of them as they could not afford to offend him.

Once they stepped back, Liu Hui Ying heaved a sigh of relief and continued, " This might sound disbelieving but the lost money is still in the Yamen, Your Majesty."

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" Haha, did you hear that your majesty?" Ji Yang turned to look at Zhai Tianyu and chortled as if he had heard the biggest joke. " The money that was stolen is actually in Yamen!"

Ji Yang was smiling but in truth, there was a dangerous glint in his eyes as he looked at Liu Hui Ying. He then turned to look left and right at the ministers who looked dubious and then bewildered.

" The officials all watched the tax money escorted inside the Yamen building when it was empty and the county magistrate of the other city watched the box filled with money when it left. Does anyone dare to steal the money in front of so many ministers? I think the Liu family thinks that everyone else other than them is an idiot."

He was quite glad about taking care of everything from the start. If not then he would have surely been in trouble.

Liu Hui Ying did not even retort to Ji Yang instead she continued to look at Zhai Tianyu and said, " If His Majesty allows the Yamen officers to bring the box which held the money before it was stolen, I can show you how the money was 'stolen'."

" What nonsense! The box is as empty as it can be," Ji Yang shouted causing Liu Hui Ying to smile at him as she said, " Exactly since the box is empty there should be no trouble if I want to see it right?"

Ji Yang looked a bit reluctant though he trusted his master, he was afraid that this man might really bring the money out.

' But the money has vanished through magic right… even if this young man brings it back, I can still find trouble with him?' Ji Yang thought.

Zhai Tianyu looked confused. He did not understand what Liu Hui Ying was doing but he still nodded and then asked the Yamen officers to bring the box to the court. After all, getting the money back was more important than anything else!

The guards nodded and then retreated.

It took them fifteen minutes to bring the box back to the court. Once the box was moved into the courtroom, Liu Hui Ying walked over to the box and touched the surface of the wooden box. Now she hoped that the tinkering that Jia Li had done would work just fine. Because they were in a hurry they did not even test it out properly and rushed to the court if something went wrong ——

Liu Hui Ying's eyes darkened. No there was no such thing as failure in this situation. She had to deal with this matter swiftly and cleanly no matter what.

Glancing at Zhai Tianyu, she smiled a little humorously and said, " If I solve this case, can this young servant receive ten taels of gold?"

" You! You are not only imprudent but also shameless! How dare you ask for money from his majesty?" Ji Yang sarcastically spoke to Liu Hui Ying who smiled at him and then said softly,

" Then should I ask for money from you, Master Ji? I came from far away to solve this case. Shouldn't I receive a little reward for solving the case that no one could?" Liu Hui Ying questioned causing Ji Yang to shut his mouth.

Zhai Tianyu was also helpless, he knew that his wife was greedy but he did not think that she would act the same in front of everyone else as well. However, he only found her cute along with a bit exasperating. He waved his hand and then said to Liu Hui Ying," As long as you can get the money back, I promise that you will get ten taels of gold and silver."

This was also a good time to make it up to Liu Hui Ying, if this woman found out that he was the one who stole the money from her warehouse at least he would have a way to save himself.

" It's a deal then, your majesty."

Liu Hui Ying then turned to the box and opened the lid before saying, " Please pay attention, everyone." She showed the empty box to the people in the court who stared at the box with a curious look in their eyes. "The box is empty right now," she then closed the lid of the box and pointed to a small latch that was hidden behind the wooden lid and said, " But if I pull this away."

She unattached the latch and then turned to look at the rest of the crowd, " Will the box remain empty?" As she questioned she opened the box.