Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: Life is like a Dream

It is possible that the mechanism is in a mysterious cave inside, and the others are just deliberately covered up. However, it is difficult to search the entire mountain carefully in the dead of night. Li Yuyan had to give up and return to Xiangmu Island with Su Leiye.

Just after returning to Xiaoyuan, I ran into Fu Youqi outside.

"Admiral Fu." Li Yuyan nodded with a smile.

Fu Youqi had just returned not long ago, and he knew that Li Yuyan would never really let go. He must have come from Huangdao. He had been searching for several days but had not found any suspicious places in those mysterious caves. He didn't believe that Li Yuyan could figure it out.

"Uncle Yue is a member of the Fengyun Gang. He has marks on his body that only Fengyun Gang members have. There must be other Japanese pirates on this island. Lord Li should be more careful in what he does." Fu Youqi said.

Li Yuyan smiled too politely and said, "Thank you, Admiral Fu, for your reminder."

Fu Youqi originally wanted to persuade Li Yuyan to leave Xiangmu Island as soon as possible, but thinking that he probably couldn't persuade the other party, he didn't say anything.

Li Yuyan returned to the room, changed his clothes, and after a simple wash, he went back to the bed and held Wei Bingyan in his arms.

"Are you back?" Wei Bingyan stretched out her sleepy eyes and asked in a quack.

"Did I wake you up?" Li Yuyan stroked her back gently and looked at the sky outside. It was almost daytime.

She woke up when he just left her, but she knew she couldn't help him at that moment, so she didn't say anything. She was originally waiting for him to come back, but she was really tired from work today and fell asleep again.

"No, I've been out for a long time. Have you made any new discoveries?" Wei Bingyan found a comfortable posture in his arms. Her voice was a little hoarse because she had just woken up, and it was very touching in the silent night.

Li Yuyan's heart moved and he hugged her even tighter.

"We found a hidden secret room in Mazu Temple..." Li Yuyan's deep voice slowly rang out, telling Wei Bingyan what happened in Mazu Temple tonight, "I'm afraid it won't be so easy for Uncle Yue to admit his guilt and be punished. There are more than one Japanese pirate on the island, so we need to investigate further."

As expected, Mr. Yue had some connection with the Japanese pirates at sea at that time. "Can you make it in time? When can you postpone the bid opening?"

At that time, he used his injury as an excuse to postpone the bid opening date by ten days, and now there are only three days left.

Li Yuyan was not worried at all, "It will be soon enough."

When Wei Bingyan heard him say this, she knew that he was confident. After they said a few more words, they snuggled up to each other and fell asleep.

The next day, Li Yuyan and Su Leiye appeared on the desolate island again, but this time Fu Youqi also brought his people with him. The two reached an agreement in their minds and helped each other find the mechanism.

Afterwards, they looked for a way to open the secret passage in an inconspicuous small cave inside.

As expected, the cave in the mountain is a blindfold! I don't know who planned these two secluded islands and secret rooms at that time. They are extraordinary.

The secret room in the mysterious cave was similar to the one in Mazu Temple, only more vast. They were looking for the official silver that was robbed at that time in the hidden secret room. After calculation, they were sure that there were only 500 million taels of official silver left, and nothing else was found even after searching the entire bustling island.

"It must have been melted down into private silver." Fu Youqi said angrily, "These damn pirates on the sea, if it weren't for them, how could the Tang Dynasty still need to be provoked by weak countries like Rongdi today!"

Li Yuyan smiled and asked, "How is Admiral Fu going to deal with the silver?"

"I have ordered people to surround Xiangmu Island. Those silvers originally belonged to the national treasury, so they must be returned intact." Fu Youqi said.

"As it should be!" Li Yuyan nodded slightly.

Wei Bingyan had no idea how much this old man Yue had confessed to and how he had been punished. When the brave soldiers surrounded the entire Xiangmu Island, she was already packing her bags to return to Baiyue City.

The fishermen on the island had never seen so many brave soldiers. They were terrified and didn't know who had done something wrong to deserve such attention from the government. They even decided not to go out to fish and hid in their houses, not daring to come out.

After a day of interrogation by Fu Youqi and his team, they were finally able to confirm that half of the fishermen on the island were descendants of the Japanese pirates at sea at that time. However, they had never known that there was a hidden secret room in the Mazu Temple, and they had no idea what their ancestors did at that time. They thought that they had all been fishermen for generations.

Uncle Yue later confessed that after they looted the government silver, they had a fight over the allocation of the silver due to discord among the brothers in the gang, and in the end only more than a dozen people survived.

They changed their appearance and reappeared on Xiangmu Island, becoming fishermen and marrying the fishermen's daughters-in-law from the island. Perhaps they did not want their descendants to accept their own sins, so those Japanese pirates at sea never directly stated their identities, and never touched the official silver.

Except for him, all the fishermen on the island were innocent, because all the Japanese pirates at sea at that time had died, leaving only him.

If the fishermen on the island did not know the secrets of the Mazu Temple, then who carved out these hidden chambers? Where did the melted government silver go?

Regarding this, Uncle Yue would rather die than reveal a single word.

Being unwilling to talk does not mean that nothing can be found out. The people behind will not necessarily watch helplessly as 500 million taels of silver are taken away by the government. They may make a desperate attempt in the end.

However, regardless of whether the person behind shows up in the end, the case of Xiangmu Island has come to an end. Next, it will probably be Fu Youqi and others who will investigate.

Wei Bingyan went to ask Old Master Wei to go back to Baiyue with them, but Old Master Wei had a grudge against himself because of the robbery of the official silver at that time, so he wanted to stay until the case was solved before going back. He and Old Master Fu were the ones who could provide the most stable information to Fu Youqi.

In this way, only the couple would return to Baiyue City first.

"Xiangmu Island is now full of brave soldiers, so the old man will not be in danger here." After skillfully steering the boat, Li Yuyan saw that Wei Bingyan was still looking at the direction of Xiangmu Island reluctantly, and felt that she was worried about Old Man Wei.

Wei Bingyan curled her lips slightly, "Grandpa has Uncle Hai by his side, I know he won't be in danger..." She was just distracted, "Aren't you curious? If the secret room of Mazu Temple was built more than 30 years ago, then when the silver was burned, didn't the fishermen notice it?"

She didn't believe what Uncle Yue said. She thought there must be Japanese pirates on the island who knew the secret.

"That's why they set up a hidden secret room in the temple. Even if mist rises when melting silver, the fishermen will only think it is the temple fire emitting a sacred atmosphere. Moreover, I guess most of them are started at night." Li Yuyan said.