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Li Xuan replied, "I was poisoned at the time, and my condition was critical; my life was in danger."
"I had no choice but to immediately go into seclusion to suppress the toxins in my body."
"It was last night by the time I suppressed the toxins."
"At that time, there was no time to report it, so I could only rush to the prison to expose Liu Kun's affairs."
Yang Yan nodded slightly and then asked, "So, what about your strength?"
"According to the file, your strength is only at the mid-stage of the ninth rank. How could you have seriously injured Liu Kun, who is at the mid-stage of the eighth rank?"
Li Xuan smiled faintly: "Lord Jinluo, have you forgotten about the spiritual fruit from earlier?"
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08. Resolving the debt, Chu Caiwei's curiosity, refining metallic sodium
Yang Yan paused for a moment: "You improved using spiritual fruits?"
Li Xuan replied, "That's right, I relied on the spiritual fruit to advance to the late stage of the eighth rank."
"That's why I was able to defeat Liu Kun inside the prison cell."
This explanation follows.
All the mysteries surrounding Li Xuan were resolved one by one, and everything seemed reasonable.
Upon hearing this, Yang Yan fell silent, speechless.
His years of experience in handling cases told him that what Li Xuan said might not necessarily be the truth.
but!.
All of these explanations are reasonable and without any problems.
Even though he sensed something was wrong with Li Xuan, he could only give up.
Furthermore.
Li Xuan was indeed a victim, and he also promptly exposed Liu Kun's crimes, thus making a contribution.
Also, everyone has secrets.
It's not necessary to dig into everything thoroughly.
As long as it's not something that harms the Great Feng Dynasty and is outside the scope of the night watchman's duties, he has no right to pursue the matter.
"All right."
"Your suspicion has been cleared."
Yang Yan nodded slightly and returned to her seat.
At this moment, the prefect spoke up and said, "Regarding Liu Kun's matter, we have already interrogated Zhou Li."
"Unfortunately, there was no evidence, so we had to put it back."
"In addition, Liu Kun mentioned something else: you owe Zhou Li three hundred taels of silver because of gambling?"
Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.
He said, "That is true, but it happened when I was drunk and confused, and I was tricked into paying it."
"I request an investigation into this matter to clear my name."
The prefect nodded.
Then, under Li Xuan's watchful gaze, he picked up a piece of paper from the side.
He handed over the note and said, "After investigation, it is confirmed that you were indeed framed."
"This is the IOU I got from Zhou Li, I'm returning it to you."
Upon seeing the IOU, Li Xuan's eyes lit up.
He stepped forward and took the IOU in his hand.
After taking a look, I confirmed that it was the IOU he signed.
He used both hands forcefully to tear the IOU to shreds.
From now on, there's no need to worry about owing money.
Seeing this, the prefect added, "Regarding your merits, the prefectural government will reward you accordingly."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, you can go back now."
But Li Xuan remained unmoved and did not leave.
He raised his head slightly and said solemnly, "The case of the missing tax silver was not the work of demons, but a man-made disaster!"
As soon as these words fell.
Yang Yan and the prefect were both taken aback and immediately looked at Li Xuan.
Chu Caiwei's expression froze for a moment, her cherry lips slightly parted, revealing the snack she had just put in her mouth.
"Are you sure?"
She quickly swallowed the snack and asked impatiently.
Yang Yan also asked solemnly, "Li Xuan, do you have any leads regarding the tax silver case?"
The tax-related silver case has gone on for so many days without any leads.
The government office, the Imperial Observatory, and the night watchmen all bore immense pressure.
If there is still no progress in two days, they will definitely be severely punished.
All three of them were under immense pressure and racking their brains.
Now that they hear Li Xuan say he has clues and information, they naturally take it very seriously.
Under the expectant gaze of the three.
Li Xuan's lips moved as he slowly began to speak.
“When I was guarding Xu Pingzhi in the prison cell, he told me about this matter, learned about the case file, and knew what happened.”
"From this, we learned clues and questions."
"Really?" Chu Caiwei's big eyes lit up, and she quickly moved closer.
As he drew closer, Li Xuan smelled the unique fragrance of a young girl emanating from her.
After glancing at it, Li Xuan said to Chu Caiwei, "Miss Chu, do you know how heavy 150,000 taels of silver is?"
Chu Caiwei was taken aback.
Then, while doing arithmetic, she parted her lips slightly and said.
"One jin is sixteen liang, and one hundred and fifty thousand liang of silver is nine thousand three hundred and seventy-five jin!"
After calculating it, she looked at Li Xuan with a smug expression.
He was clearly proud of his impressive arithmetic skills.
Li Xuan smiled and said, "Miss Chu is not only beautiful and charming, but also exceptionally intelligent; she is both talented and beautiful, and I admire her greatly."
Wear it a thousand times, but flattery never wears it.
Furthermore, Chu Caiwei is indeed very good at arithmetic.
Upon hearing this, Chu Caiwei's face immediately lit up with a radiant smile.
Her beautiful eyes, when she looked at Li Xuan, revealed appreciation and pleasingness.
"That's right, 150,000 taels of silver, which is exactly 9,375 catties."
Li Xuan slowly said, "According to Xu Pingzhi, he left the city from Guangnan Street at 2:45 a.m., passing through four bustling markets along the way, covering a distance of thirty li."
"With the slow pace of a tired horse, it would be impossible to reach Guangnan Street by the hour of Chen (7:15 AM) while dragging such a heavy load of silver."
"Tax collectors shouldn't be on Guangnan Street at this time."
Chu Caiwei was stunned, and asked softly, "But the tax silver arrived at Guangnan Street at this time, so how come?"
Yang Yan was also puzzled upon hearing this.
The prefect standing nearby was in the same boat, filled with questions.
Seeing this, Li Xuan said, "There is only one possibility in this situation."
"The tax money is fake!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the prefect immediately denied it, saying, "What you said is incorrect."
"According to the testimonies of the people in the case file, there was no problem with the carriage falling into the river and the silver falling into the water. How could it be fake?"
Li Xuan remained calm: "Seeing is not necessarily believing."
"As far as I know, there is something that is indistinguishable from silver in both color and texture."
"But the weight is completely different!"
The prefect asked, "What is it?"
Li Xuandao: "Metallic sodium!"