Chapter 338

He couldn't even live well himself.

There was really no need to be loyal to the mastermind behind the scenes.

"The Qu family? The Hou Jue of Jingyuan?"

"Yes, the Hou Jue of Jingyuan and his eldest son Qu Lixing, they colluded with us for profit."

His face was covered in whip marks, dripping with blood.

Looking at the exceptionally ferocious Jiang Huai speaking the truth weakly.

These words made both Jiang Ji and Bai Lang become solemn.

Because the number of marquises was not many, nor was it few.

The Liang family of the Yongchang Hou Jue Prefecture and the Gu family of the Ningyuan Hou Jue Prefecture were both marquis prefectures.

However, their strength among the marquises could only be considered second-rate.

And now, those with relatively strong power.

Were the four new noble marquises.

Hou Jue of Yongping, Xu Lingyi!

Hou Jue of Ningguo, Xie Yu!

Hou Jue Yan, Yan Que!

The rest was this Hou Jue of Jingyuan.

Xu Lingyi need not be mentioned much.

Hou Jue Yan, Yan Que, he was the elder brother of the current Empress Liu E.

His temperament was indifferent and upright; in his youth, he was high-spirited and a close friend of Marshal Lin, helping the Retired Emperor recruit and conquer the world. He had also met Jia Hui before, reminding him to keep a low profile.

Hou Jue of Ningguo, Xie Yu, the husband of the Eldest Princess Liyang.

The Hou Jue of Jingyuan was Qu Yanxing's father, who had once served as the Minister of War; he was skilled in both civil and military affairs, and had many disciples in the military.

In terms of status, he was actually far superior to Xu Lingyi!

Don't look at the fact that both of their titles were Hou Jue.

But if one were to discuss power and military merit, the two were simply not opponents of the same level.

The status of the Hou Jue of Jingyuan surpassed that of the Hou Jue of Yongping, Xu Lingyi.

It was just that the Hou Jue of Jingyuan was the Retired Emperor's man.

Xu Lingyi was the Emperor Yongshun's man.

The reason Xu Lingyi's status was special.

Was simply because Emperor Yongshun had no one to use, so in order to improve his own power, he had been working hard to promote young people, promoting and reusing Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi was like this!

Ling Buyi was like this!

Wu Youjue was like this!

Prince Dongchuan, Gongzichu, was like this!

And now Jia Hui, also like this!

Their common characteristic was.

Generally extremely young.

And originally all were marginal figures.

Either a concubine's son.

Or from a humble background.

Only then could Emperor Yongshun feel at ease to reuse and promote them.

Come to think of it, it wasn't that Emperor Yongshun was special.

Because this was actually a common situation for new emperors throughout the ages.

A new emperor brings new ministers.

As a new emperor, naturally, one must use the talents one has promoted to feel at ease and smooth.

What was slightly different from other new emperors was.

Other emperors did not have the Retired Emperor pressing down on their heads.

So although those new emperors would reuse young people.

They would not be as extreme as the current dynasty.

After all, without the Retired Emperor, many old ministers would choose to defect to the current new emperor.

Emperor Yongshun, however, could not.

He was truly forced too hard!

A puppet is just that miserable, even if you are an emperor.

"Hou Jue of Jingyuan, why did he want to plot against my Master?"

Staring fixedly at the other's eyes, Jiang Ji pressed him.

Jiang Huai found it difficult even to shake his head, just saying: "I don't know, I was originally a fisherman, and it was because of the sea ban that I was forced to become a pirate."

"It wasn't the Hou Jue of Jingyuan who gave the order personally; usually, the one who had contact and communication with me was his eldest son, Qu Lixing."

"But telling you is useless. You must know that the sea ban is the ancestral system of the Great Gan; how could you possibly shake it."

He thought this matter was related to the sea ban.

Jiang Ji immediately followed up: "Do you have any evidence of the Hou Jue of Jingyuan colluding with you pirates?"

"There is no written record or anything of the sort. The other party is very cautious; even his eldest son, Qu Lixing, never met me directly, letting his subordinates handle things."

After hearing this, Jiang Ji and Bai Lang both knew that the matter was difficult to handle.

There was no ironclad evidence.

Relying solely on the words of a pirate.

Neither the imperial court nor the emperors could arrest the Hou Jue of Jingyuan's family because of this.

As for why the Hou Jue of Jingyuan wanted to kill Jia Hui.

I'm afraid only the two father and son knew.

Therefore, the matter became a bit tricky!

The purpose of the two groups of people.

Jiang Ji and the others had not really figured it out.

However, figuring out what force it was.

At least it wasn't a total loss.

It was still very useful.

As such.

They left the prison.

Jiang Ji said to Bai Lang:

"You are responsible for the investigation of the Spring and Autumn Dao."

"I am responsible for the investigation of the Hou Jue of Jingyuan."

"I will report these messages to the Master, and we will share information if anyone has any."

"Yes!"

Bai Lang agreed.

The two had originally divided the work and cooperated.

One focused on the nobility, one focused on the common people.

That night!