I'm Ecstatic About Transmigrating Into a Novel As the Villainous Empress's Follower

39: Section 39Chapter 22: Interrupting the Spell, Stealing the Protagonist’s Cool Moment!

”Human intervention?”

Hearing Shangguan Xue’s words,

Prefect Liu, Head Constable Chen, and Commander Yue all looked at her, puzzled.

When the tax silver was robbed,

besides a gust of demonic wind, they hadn’t seen anything else!

If it truly was human intervention,

shouldn’t they have seen people?

”The three of you, think about this: how heavy is three hundred thousand taels of silver?”

Shangguan Xue elaborated, ”If the carriage transporting the tax silver truly held three hundred thousand taels of silver, how could it pass through four bustling markets and cover nearly thirty li in just one hour...”

”I understand!”

Head Constable Chen, who had years of experience handling cases, was the first to react.

He exclaimed loudly, ”There was no silver in the carriage at all! The tax silver was swapped out before it even entered the capital!”

”Why?”

The Female Commander of the Divine Martial Division was puzzled.

The people of the Divine Martial Division lived by martial arts and rarely needed to use their brains.

”The timing doesn’t match!”

Head Constable Chen glanced at her.

He explained, ”The carriage transporting the tax silver was pulled by inferior horses; their speed is average. If it were fully loaded with three hundred thousand taels of silver and traveling thirty li, it would take at least an hour and a half...”

”So that’s it!”

”Someone embezzled the silver beforehand...”

”And then used a Deception Technique to shift the blame onto a demonic creature!”

Prefect Liu suddenly understood.

The Female Commander also grasped the situation then.

The three of them exchanged glances.

They couldn’t help but nod.

Now that the case had a lead, solving it using the combined strength of their three divisions would no longer be difficult!

”Lord Shangguan is truly exceedingly intelligent! We thank Lord Shangguan for the guidance!”

Recovering his senses,

Prefect Liu immediately flattered Shangguan Xue.

However,

Shangguan Xue, who should have felt pleased, blushed slightly upon hearing his words.

Because just now,

she actually hadn’t had a single clue.

It was only because she heard Cao Yang’s prompt that she instantly grasped the key point.

She turned back and glanced at Cao Yang,

only to see the corner of Cao Yang’s mouth slightly raised.

He gave her a faint smile: ”Miss Shangguan is truly clever. Your Majesty sending you to assist This Marquis was truly the right decision...”

”If it weren’t for you, This Marquis might have returned empty-handed...”

Shangguan Xue shot him a sideways look: ”Don’t worry, I will report the truth to Your Majesty.”

If the merit belonged to her,

she certainly wouldn’t shirk it.

But if the merit didn’t belong to her, she wouldn’t claim it falsely either.

Looking at Cao Yang,

it was clear that his prompt just now was not random.

For solving this case,

this rogue fellow deserved the greatest merit... However,

thinking that this rogue fellow was actually more intelligent than her, able to spot the core issue immediately, Shangguan Xue couldn’t help but feel a little indignant.

She served as the Little Strategist beside Her Majesty the Empress.

How could she be inferior to a mere sycophant beside His Majesty today?

Thinking this, Shangguan Xue’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she felt quite depressed.

Could it be that this fellow

was not as much of a rogue as he seemed...?

...Having obtained the lead.

And clarified the new direction, Prefect Liu and the other two prepared to resume the investigation.

They intended to trace the source,

and find the mastermind who dared to embezzle the tax silver!

”Prefect!”

Just then,

a Yamen Runner quickly approached.

He spoke urgently to Prefect Liu: ”The jail just reported that Xu An, the nephew of Head Guard Xu, claims to have important clues regarding the tax silver robbery case and wishes to see Your Excellency!”

”Xu An?”

Prefect Liu was suspicious.

They already had a lead.

Could this Xu An have some new information?

He looked towards Cao Yang.

And asked for instructions: ”Marquis, what do you think?”

”Since he claims to have a lead, there’s no harm in seeing him.”

Cao Yang smiled.

Just now, the Villains Eye had lit up, and a new Protagonist script appeared before him.

Presumably, now

was the time for the new Protagonist to make his entrance... ”Yes!”

Prefect Liu bowed and nodded.

Then he turned and instructed the Yamen Runner: ”Bring the person over!”

The Yamen Runner accepted the order and withdrew.

Soon,

a young man wearing prison clothes and shackles on his hands and feet was brought forward.

Cao Yang looked toward him.

A cluster of golden Luck light appeared.

Along with it was an Attribute Panel visible only to him:

[Name]: Xu An [Identity]: Transmigrator, Protagonist of the Detective Genre