Chapter 119

Li Si now clearly understood that the Ministry of War would absolutely not lend him any manpower.

But if he wanted to reconstruct the tax silver case, he had to borrow the personnel from the Ministry of War who had escorted the tax silver.

But these personnel were all men of the Ministry of War; if Liu Qizhong didn’t agree, he was completely helpless.

Watching Li Si’s back, a cold smile appeared at the corners of Liu Qizhong’s mouth.

They were originally from different power systems.

How could he possibly give Li Si this face and let Li Si’s power consolidate?

Not until Li Si had completely left did Wang Ben walk out from behind the screen.

"It seems he is already somewhat impatient."

A smile hung on the corners of Wang Ben’s mouth.

Impatient is good.

Only when one is impatient will there be loopholes in doing things, and only with loopholes will they have the opportunity to topple Li Si entirely.

"Old General, how is your health recently?"

Liu Qizhong asked Wang Ben.

He had also fought on the battlefield following the Old General back in the day.

And it was precisely because of the Old General that he was able to reach the position of Prefect of the Ministry of War.

These people naturally would not be ungrateful and forget the kindness the Old General had shown them back then.

So this was the reason why Liu Qizhong agreed immediately when Wang Ben came over this time.

"My health is fine."

"Many thanks to Prefect Liu for your concern."

Wang Ben smiled and said.

Although he didn’t understand why his own father wanted to pretend to be sick and not attend the morning court,

one’s own family matters should be known by one’s own family.

Wang Ben had no intention of telling anyone that his father was pretending to be sick.

"Please help me convey my greetings to the Young General."

Prefect Liu said with a smile.

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Following behind Li Si, Ying Mo’s mind had been thinking about what just happened.

Following behind Li Si just now, he naturally heard the conversation between Li Si and Liu Qizhong.

Ying Mo knew.

Liu Qizhong was Wang Jian’s man.

Li Si coming to find Liu Qizhong this time was actually wanting to find Wang Jian for help.

He truly hadn’t expected that Wang Jian would directly refuse Li Si.

Whether it was Wang Jian or Li Si,

these two people—one was the real culprit from back then, and the other was his suspect.

Although Ying Mo hadn’t investigated Wang Jian yet,

he also held a high degree of suspicion toward Wang Jian.

If these two people had truly participated in the events of five years ago,

then why were these two people at odds with each other now?

This was something Ying Mo did not know.

However, subsequently, Ying Mo chuckled.

He had trapped himself in a misunderstanding.

No, just because they completed a matter together didn’t mean they would become friends.

They completed a matter together only because this matter would bring them mutual benefits.

"Lord Zuo."

"Go back and immediately write this matter into a memorial and submit it to His Majesty."

Before getting into the carriage, Li Si turned around and said to Ying Mo.

Hearing Li Si’s words, Ying Mo immediately realized the purpose of Li Si calling him over this time.

Zuo Zhongtang was an Imperial Censor,

and he possessed the power to supervise the hundred officials.

Any matter he felt was not right could be submitted directly to Ying Zheng.

Although he was not favored by other officials, one could not deny that the power in his hands was somewhat significant.

"Please rest assured, Lord Li, I will definitely complete this matter."

Ying Mo said to Li Si, imitating Zuo Zhongtang’s tone.

After hearing Ying Mo’s words, a smile appeared on Li Si’s face.

"After this matter is over, I will definitely submit a memorial to His Majesty."

"You have been in this position for long enough; it is time for your son to also show his edge in the officialdom."

Ying Mo immediately imitated Zuo Zhongtang, showing a look of gratitude.

Zuo Zhongtang did indeed have a son, about seventeen or eighteen years old.

This son could be said to be Zuo Zhongtang’s pride.

And Zuo Zhongtang had always wanted his son to also walk the path of officialdom.

Clearly, Li Si knew this point clearly, which was why he used this as a reward for Zuo Zhongtang.

It was estimated that Zuo Zhongtang chose to follow Li Si because of this point.

Li Si was clearly very satisfied with Ying Mo’s attitude; after patting him on the shoulder, he smiled and got into the carriage.

Ying Mo squinted his eyes, watching the carriage go further and further away.

Until he could no longer see the shadow of Li Si’s carriage, his entire aura changed immediately.

Lu Li also came to his side at this time.

"Young Master."

"This Li Si is truly not simple."

"No matter who it is, they can become a blade in his hands."

"Five years ago, I don’t know how many people he utilized."

Ying Mo’s voice was filled with bone-chilling coldness.

Even if those people were utilized by Li Si without knowing it, he didn’t want to let those people off either.

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Inside the imperial palace of Xianyang City.

Ever since Zhang Han was punished, he had been lying in bed all day.

Ying Zheng could only hand over the matter of finding the one hundred thousand in disaster relief silver to Gai Nie.

But Gai Nie investigated all the forests, only to find that there were absolutely no traces.

In the forest.

Gai Nie carefully observed the traces inside.

In the front section, there were deep rut marks.

Clearly, these were the traces left by someone pushing a carriage through here.

And the axle marks were very deep, clearly indicating that there was something very heavy inside the carriage.

"Only if the carriage was filled with silver would the pressure marks of the carriage leave such clear traces."

Gai Nie searched forward along the traces, and the traces suddenly disappeared at one location.

Gai Nie surveyed the surrounding environment.