The Ingenious One Episode 23 Recap, Plot

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Currently, in the southern capital city, various government agencies are passing the buck to each other, not only failing to solve cases but also delaying the opportunity to do so. Su Mingyu spent a lot of money to bribe the catchers of the government agency, carefully inquiring about the entire process of the stolen tribute silver. When it came to the missing million tribute silver, all the officials remained tight-lipped, and no one had seen a heavy ship carrying goods and silver.

The ship had more than thirty people on board, and all of the one hundred and thirty-plus strong men disappeared without a trace, dead or alive. If it were suspected that the guards had stolen the silver themselves, they would have to abandon their wives and children and ensure that no one leaked the news, which was really difficult. Therefore, Yun Xiang believed that two groups of bandits had simultaneously appeared in the southern capital city, with extremely similar and sophisticated methods, indicating that they were the same group of people, and that last time Mo Bufan framed them, he must have had another plan.

In fact, Yun Xiang did not want to say too much, for fear that Su Mingyu would be implicated. However, Su Mingyu was completely unrestrained, which moved him and made him regard her as a dear friend. Shu Yanan sat in the corridor, pouring her sorrows out with wine, and gradually heard the conversation between the two, immediately thinking that her younger brother Kou Yuanjie was responsible for this.

On that day, Kou Yuanjie attacked and killed the official, taking the official documents and instead of leaving the city, he returned to the city to meet with Ye Xiao. He instructed Ye Xiao to break the silver into pieces. Ye Xiao knew that Kou Yuanjie was deliberately causing trouble, but he was afraid to offend Ling Yuan and was wary of Kou Yuanjie's ruthless methods, so he had to reluctantly accept the task.

Yun Xiang took the initiative to find Shu Yanan, but Shu Yanan was drinking alone in her room and ignored his knocking. After Yun Xiang left, Shu Yanan went to find Kou Yuanjie alone, intending to teach him a lesson. However, Kou Yuanjie had no intention of holding back. Shu Yanan, considering their close sibling relationship, placed him in a suburb of the city and warned him not to harm Yun Xiang.

Kou Yuanjie couldn't understand why his sister had left Ling Yuan three years ago. Shu Yanan was silent for a moment upon hearing this and then revealed a little-known story. At the time, Ling Yuan was in turmoil and Kou Yuanjie, the chief, forced his daughter Shu Yanan to marry Nangong Fang to secure the future of Ling Yuan. Shu Yanan strongly opposed it to avoid conflict between her mother and Nangong Fang and chose to leave home in hiding.

After hearing about Shu Yanan's ordeal, Kou Yuanjie was indignant and believed that what her mother did was too much. It was equivalent to ruining her daughter's happiness for a lifetime. However, Shu Yanan didn't pursue it further because of her own mother, so she urged Kou Yuanjie to leave Nan Du as soon as possible. Otherwise, with Yun Xiang's intelligence, he would definitely guess that there were two forces in Ling Yuan in Nan Du.

Liu Gongquan brought Princess Mingzhu to the governor of Nan Du to search for clues about the Water Ghost robbery case. Master Shao personally arranged food and drink to entertain them. Because the theft of Gong Yin in Nan Du was a big deal, Liu Gongquan didn't bring any official documents or assignments, so he didn't have the authority to investigate. Princess Mingzhu grew up following Lord Fu, so she naturally had ways to deal with government officials. She quickly convinced Master Shao to let Liu Gongquan take the lead in the case. It was also because Master Shao had something on Princess Mingzhu, and they had to follow her orders.

To dispel Yun Xiang's suspicions, Shu Yanan went to the black market herself to find important clues. According to the information provided by Kou Yuanjie, she revealed to Yun Xiang that Zhang the blacksmith was hired by a masked man named Yuan Ye to melt the silver, and this person was Ye Xiaoxin's confidant. Yun Xiang did not doubt the information brought by Shu Yanan. Little did he know that Kou Yuanjie's real plan was to use him to completely solve Nangong Fang by investigating Ye Xiaoxin.

Yun Xiang comforted Shu Yanan and asked her to close her eyes, taking out a hairpin he had carefully prepared. Shu Yanan was deeply moved, and their feelings quickly warmed up, but their relationship became more complicated. Yun Xiang then analyzed that even if this group of people melted the official ingots into a hundred thousand pieces of silver, it would still be very difficult to transport them. It is likely that they would have to be scattered and the only suspicious place was the Tang family's gambling house, which could be used to launder the stolen silver.

At the same time, Liu Gongquan was also analyzing the ins and outs of the matter, knowing that it involved many relationships, including those in the court and the martial world. In the outskirts of the city, a large amount of official silver was being melted in a painted boat, and then taken by others to the gambling house and other places to exchange it for old silver to cover up their tracks.

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