Chapter 116

Although he didn’t know what the Ghost had been doing during this time, he hadn’t heard any news of the Ghost for a long time.

Li Si’s originally panicked heart slowly calmed down.

He felt that the Ghost must not know that he had also participated in the events of five years ago.

That was why he was so steady now.

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In the courtyard.

"Leader, that matter doesn’t seem to have been done by Li Si."

Xing Hun stood before Donghuang Taiyi and recounted everything he knew.

They had also heard of the tax silver case that had recently shaken the entire court.

Originally, they had thought that this matter must have been done by Li Si.

After all, with Li Si’s strength, he was capable of taking down this one hundred thousand taels of tax silver.

But they soon discovered something was wrong.

Ying Zheng had already shifted the focus onto Li Si.

If this matter had truly been done by Li Si, he would definitely have found a scapegoat.

Yet so much time had passed, and the entire case still had no progress.

This inevitably made Donghuang Taiyi and the others perceive something unusual.

"How is the situation on Ying Zheng’s side?"

Donghuang Taiyi inquired.

"Recently, Ying Zheng has handed over all the matters in his hands to Zhang Han and Gai Nie."

When Xing Hun said this, his expression was also not very good.

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Ever since becoming the Imperial Preceptor of the Great Qin,

Ying Zheng had always valued Xing Hun highly.

Many matters would be handed over to Xing Hun to handle.

But ever since the last incident occurred, Ying Zheng had slowly distanced himself from their group.

"Tell me, do you think Ying Zheng knows something?"

A trace of speculation flashed in the depths of Xing Hun’s eyes.

Although some of the Hundred Schools of Thought opposed the Qin, others relied on the Great Qin to obtain cultivation.

In Ying Zheng’s eyes, their Yin-Yang School should have been a very useful pawn.

Why would Ying Zheng suddenly discard such a capable pawn in his hands?

"Do not overthink it; he is not just suspecting you, he might be suspecting everyone."

Donghuang Taiyi knew Ying Zheng’s current situation.

He dispelled the doubts in Xing Hun’s heart.

"During this period, has Ying Zheng really not let you enter the palace even once?"

Donghuang Taiyi still found it somewhat unbelievable.

After all, Xing Hun, Moon Goddess, and Xu Fu were the most capable pawns he had planted inside the Qin Palace.

If Xing Hun had not gained Ying Zheng’s heavy use, then Moon Goddess and Xu Fu would likely be even less so.

After all, Moon Goddess was too indifferent, while ambitious people like Xing Hun were more favored by Ying Zheng.

"Go back and find an opportunity to probe."

Donghuang Taiyi said.

A flash of contemplation flickered in his eyes.

If Ying Zheng truly gave up on trusting them because of this matter,

it might cause great setbacks to his subsequent plans.

He must think of a way to make Ying Zheng place his trust back onto these people.

Xing Hun nodded, and his figure immediately vanished before Donghuang Taiyi.

He was also preparing to go back and investigate what had happened that caused Ying Zheng to ignore the entire Yin-Yang School.

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Wang Residence.

Wang Jian listened quietly to the servant’s report regarding the court affairs during this period.

Ever since he learned that news last time, he had directly claimed illness and was unwilling to attend the morning court.

Ying Zheng also did not know why, but he had directly approved Wang Jian’s memorial.

During this period, although Wang Jian had not attended the morning court, he had heard about all the turmoil in Xianyang City.

"You mean to say that His Majesty reprimanded Li Si because of the great drought in the Northwest?"

"And subsequently, because of Li Si’s mistake, the imperial court’s one hundred thousand in disaster relief silver was lost?"

When Wang Jian mentioned the one hundred thousand in disaster relief silver, he took a deep breath involuntarily.

This one hundred thousand taels of silver.

It had actually disappeared directly.

To say that no one was playing tricks in this, he himself would not believe it.

"General, that one hundred thousand in relief silver was dumped into the moat right by the side of the moat."

"And then it completely disappeared without a trace."

Those who could follow Wang Jian were naturally servants who had fought alongside him on the battlefield.

These servants had all been baptized by blood and slaughter.

Each one was an extremely capable expert.

The news reported to Wang Jian had all been investigated.

"Have you gone into the water to see if there are any traces under the water?"

Wang Jian asked with a furrowed brow.

"This subordinate personally sent men into the water to investigate."

"There is absolutely no trace of any silver in the water."

"If there had been people lying in ambush under the water early on, they would definitely have left traces."

"But I carefully checked those, and did not find any traces."

A flash of doubt also flickered in this subordinate’s eyes.

He was also very puzzled as to how this batch of silver had disappeared without anyone knowing.

"Tell me, could it be that what fell into the river wasn’t really silver?"

Wang Jian considered this point.

"This subordinate once thought so too."

"But there were many people present at the scene who all saw it."

"I also secretly went to ask those people in private; those people saw with their own eyes that the white, shiny silver all fell into the water."

"Those people swore to me that they absolutely could not have misidentified it."

If it were one or two people, this subordinate would not have believed their words so easily.

But what if dozens or hundreds of people present all said so?

Wang Jian took a deep breath.

This was indeed an irrefutable fact.

"His Majesty actually held Li Si accountable directly because of this matter."

"This does make me somewhat surprised."

"You must know that Li Si has always been highly valued in front of His Majesty."

Wang Jian’s brows slowly furrowed.