Chapter 28: The Killing Intent Gradually Rises

This was not the first time Wei Zhuang had shown interest in Su Xuan.

As early as hearing that the King of Han had chosen Su Xuan as the candidate to investigate the case.

He had already developed a great interest in Su Xuan.

Because if the rumors were true, Su Xuan himself was somewhat incredible.

Summoning wind and rain was something that only existed in myths and legends, but Su Xuan not only did it, but it wasn't a scam; he had effectively resolved Zhao Guo's drought.

However, unlike Han Fei, although Wei Zhuang wanted to meet Su Xuan, he wasn't in a hurry to think about how to meet him. He believed that as long as Su Xuan was still in Zhao Guo, under this sky, they would meet sooner or later.

Especially now, Su Xuan had used the talk of ghosts to eradicate Emerald Tiger, one of the Four Fierce Generals of the Night Curtain, deeply offending Ji Ji Wuye.

Ji Ji Wuye probably already had killing intent toward him.

And coincidentally, he didn't like Ji Ji Wuye either. The people in the Purple Orchid Pavilion all wanted to deal with Ji Ji Wuye.

Perhaps they could pull this Mr. Su Xuan into "Flowing Sand".

After all, in dealing with Ji Ji Wuye, their goals were consistent.

In the General's Mansion.

Since Emerald Tiger was arrested by the King of Han and his mansion was confiscated, and all the assets were taken by the King of Han to compensate for the hijacked pay, Ji Ji Wuye's mood had also become extremely bad.

After returning to the mansion, he dismissed all the beauties who served him and sat alone on a chair in the hall, with wine in front of him, but he didn't drink. His face was ugly, and raging fire was burning in his eyes.

Emerald Tiger was not only the premier wealthy merchant of Zhao Guo but also one of the Four Fierce Generals under his command. It could be said that Emerald Tiger's money was all his money.

Emerald Tiger colluded with military and political officials to manipulate the market and amass wealth. It seemed like Emerald Tiger's greed, but in fact, it was all under his instruction. He wanted to indirectly control the entire Zhao Guo's trade through Emerald Tiger.

Once this was successful, the entire financial affairs of Zhao Guo would be decided by him.

By then, even if the King of Han was still the king of Zhao Guo, he would have to be restricted by him.

But Ji Ji Wuye never expected that he would lose this capable subordinate, Emerald Tiger.

Earlier, he had fabricated the ghost soldier hijacking case and turned it into a ghost debt-exacting affair. While embezzling one hundred thousand taels of gold, he had also successfully eradicated dissidents.

He was smug.

He had even thought about using this to completely defeat his old rival Zhang Kaidi.

But he didn't expect the subsequent development to be beyond his expectations.

First, the King of Han rarely disagreed with his recommendation and appointed Zhang Kaidi as the chief investigator, but chose that man named Su Xuan to investigate.

He thought that man named Su Xuan was someone who had some skills but only knew how to pretend to be a ghost. As a result, the other party really found out the truth and found the whereabouts of the missing pay.

Although, for Ji Ji Wuye, Su Xuan's talk of ghosts and other remarks were all nonsense and a scam.

But for the King of Han, these were not important.

What was important was that after confiscating Emerald Tiger's assets, the gap caused by the missing pay had been filled, and there was even a lot of surplus.

Ji Ji Wuye never looked for reasons in himself.

It was clearly him who embezzled one hundred thousand taels of gold first, which led to Emerald Tiger becoming the scapegoat.

At this moment, he hated the culprit who led Emerald Tiger to his end in the mansion. "Damn it, I was blind that day and didn't see you clearly. If I had known you would ruin my good deeds, I should have killed you then!"

Before Emerald Tiger suffered.

Although Su Xuan was working for the King of Han.

Ji Ji Wuye had always had the idea of subduing Su Xuan for his own use.

Not to mention the mysterious summoning of wind and rain, just the elixir Su Xuan refined for the King of Han, Ji Ji Wuye had also gotten a few through the Tide Enchantress's channel and tasted them; the effect was truly extraordinary.

But after this matter ended, no matter how extraordinary Su Xuan's methods were, Ji Ji Wuye's only thought about him was "kill him and be done with it"!

Even if Su Xuan was powerful and his methods mysterious, if he couldn't be used, it was better to kill him directly to avoid him ruining his good deeds again.

"Mo Ya!"

After Ji Ji Wuye's killing intent rose, he immediately called someone.

As his voice came out, black feathers flew down, accompanied by a figure in black feather clothes appearing.

"Notify the Tide Enchantress, find an opportunity, and kill that man!"

The King of Han didn't need such a person by his side.

The person favored by the King of Han only needed him, and he didn't need this man named Su Xuan.

If this man continued to stay by the King of Han's side, no one knew if he would ruin his good deeds in the future.

So, for the sake of the big picture, Ji Ji Wuye prepared to take a lethal blow.

After instructing Mo Ya, Ji Ji Wuye thought of Chancellor Zhang Kaidi and the King of Han, gnashing his teeth: "These two old guys!"

If at the beginning, the ghost soldier hijacking case was seamless because of his planning, and no one saw any flaws, then as Su Xuan later revealed the truth about the missing gold.

I fear these two had guessed some of the truth.

Zhang Kaidi knew Emerald Tiger was related to him, so he took the opportunity to kick him while he was down. The King of Han saw the mastermind behind the case and didn't want to cause a bigger storm, so he pushed the boat with the current and used Emerald Tiger as a scapegoat. After all, Emerald Tiger was just a merchant. Even if the pay disappeared, as long as his assets were confiscated, it would be enough to compensate for the missing pay.

In the palace.

After the ghost soldier hijacking case ended, Su Xuan's life returned to normal.

Refining elixir, taking medicine, and cultivating.

Although the days were monotonous, his strength was steadily rising.

Until someone rudely pushed open the door and broke into his place.

"Hey, can you really summon ghosts?"

Throughout the palace, who had the guts to break into his place and be so rude, besides the King of Han's favorite youngest daughter, Princess Red Lotus?

Red Lotus seemed to like pink clothes, perhaps because her title had the word "Red" in it. She was wearing pink clothes again today and came to Su Xuan, looking at him with curiosity.

"The Princess rushed to my place so impatiently, just for this?"

"That..." The word "of course" hadn't been spoken yet, but Red Lotus felt it was inappropriate. One should be steady. How could she say she came to Su Xuan because she hadn't seen a ghost yet and wanted to see one? That would make her seem too unsteady.

So she quickly changed her words: "Can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do?"

Once these words were spoken, Red Lotus felt something was wrong.

How could she say such a thing?

Thinking that this might make people think wrongly, her pretty face flushed slightly.