Jiang Li's revelation would surely shock anyone who heard it, and some might even think she was lying. Ye Mingyu didn't think Jiang Li was lying, but he was at a loss to explain how she could be so well-informed about the matters concerning Tong Zhiyang, especially since she wasn't from Xiangyang. Moreover, she also knew about Tong Zhiyang's brother-in-law serving as Official Zhong in Yanjing City. Ye Mingyu believed that Jiang Yuanbai would have no reason to pay attention to a magistrate from Xiangyang, so this information couldn't have come from him.
How did Jiang Li come to know about it?
"The guards I brought back from Yanjing City," Jiang Li said with a smile. "They could be considered carefully selected by my father. I had one of them go to Tong Residence to inquire and, coincidentally, Tong Zhiyang was instructing someone to deliver silver to the mother and child. I had someone follow them and discovered that it was indeed true, and thus I learned this secret."