Third Key

There were many documents on the bookshelves, and there seemed to be thick and thin books on every shelf.

In the two inner corners, beside the two innermost bookshelves, there were many large wooden boxes.

Xue Yan opened the large wooden boxes first and found that there were rare treasures inside. There was gold and silver, and there were also many antiques and calligraphy paintings. It was obvious that Fan Jianxi was not an honest person. An honest person would not hide so many assets. These were the people's wealth he was keeping!

Then, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan flipped through the things on the bookshelves.

There was a record of how much tax each county in Lizhou had collected from the common people over the past two years. Dianhe County was part of this list. This record was a general record. It was detailed to each village, which was equivalent to a unit. It was not detailed to every household and every person.