Chapter 98 An Attacker behind the Battlefield

Yang Ning was clear that the pills in the bottle must be poison, so he smiled faintly and asked, “It seems that I have no choice, but I don’t understand something. Can you tell me?”

“What do you want to ask, Your Excellency?” Zhao Yuan knew that everything was under control, so he wasn’t anxious.

Yang Ning asked, “Forty percent of the grain was collected as the tax in the fiefdom, and it is not false, so the account books the third lady has checked must be fabricated.”

Zhao Yuan replied, “Right. In fact, it won’t take much time to make false accounts.” He smiled. “Those account books have been made to welcome you. I know that Gu Qinghan would surely check the accounts, so I was prepared in advance.”

“To welcome us?” Yang Ning’s heart sank. “Did you know earlier that we would come?”

Zhao Yuan chuckled. “Your Excellency, why don’t you think it over? We sent the tax silver to you in the past few years successively and hav