"What have you been doing at home?" Yang Chuxia asked as she entered the study.
"Take a look at this!" Ye Zi’an pressed her into a chair and handed her a book from the side, a letter tucked inside it.
"What’s this?" Yang Chuxia placed the book on the table and picked up the envelope.
"Open it and see," said Ye Zi’an.
Upon his word, Yang Chuxia opened the envelope and pulled out an old and yellowed sheet of paper.
After seeing the content on the paper, she widened her eyes instantly.
Ye Zi’an took out his wolf-howl pen, removed the nib, gently poured it out onto the table, revealing an item, a gold bar made of pure gold.
Yes, a gold bar. It looked nothing special from the outside, about as thick as a middle finger and no longer than a pinky finger.
Yet this inconspicuous item triggered countless people’s meticulous scheming.
Yes, you guessed right, this was the item that Mu Shaoling and Baili Yan were looking for, the item that Ye Zi’an’s mother brought out.
Apparently, Ye Zi’an’s mother wasn’t naive. She knew how valuable the item was and hid it secretly after obtaining it. It was only after her death, when she informed Ye Bosheng, that he recovered it and put it into this wolf-howl pen.
Then he wrote this letter. It’s unclear what he was thinking, to put such matters in a letter rather than talking about it directly. Wasn’t he afraid of it being seen by others? Especially when the Ye family wasn’t only made up of father and son at that time.
In the letter, Ye Bosheng basically mentioned everything he knew about Brother An’s mother. He then urged Brother An not to seek justice for his mother. As long as he studied well and achieved success, that would be enough to be worthy of his mother.
However, there was one thing that Ye Bosheng did not write, perhaps he did not know. What exactly is the gold bar for? Is it to unlock a treasure, some private army, or an intelligence network?
One thing is certain, this is definitely not an ordinary gold bar.
"Brother An, what do you plan to do?" Yang Chuxia asked upon seeing the item.
Ye Zi’an shook his head, "I haven’t figured it out yet." He was genuinely undecided, not pretending.
"Brother An, would you like to hear my opinion?"
Yang Chuxia returned the gold bar to the wolf-howl pen and put the letter in a nearby pot, then lit it with a lighter. After the letter had burned out, she said, "Keep it hidden, do not hand it over. If you’ve been claiming from the start that you have no knowledge of it, stick to your story, insist you know nothing. Judging by Mu Shaoling’s attitude, he doesn’t even know what the item he’s looking for looks like. Even if you put this in front of him now and tell him that this is what they’re looking for, they might not believe you. After all, this item looks too ordinary. Instead, they might suspect that you have hidden the real item and try to test you from time to time."
"Besides, I’ve always found it strange. Are there really no heirs left in Capital City’s Luo family? The old master of the Luo family implied that the item should only be passed onto Baili Yan, the eldest son of the eldest daughter, if the Luo family falls. But, unfortunately, didn’t the Luo family crisis get resolved? If so, why is Baili Yan still seeking this item? Although Baili Yan does have Luo family blood, he is, after all, part of the imperial family. I suspect that the Luo family does not really want to give this item to the imperial family."