Chapter 38

After the three words "Jade Tiger" were spoken by Su Xuan.

Many people in the court hall took a deep breath.

They were not unfamiliar with this person.

This person was the premier wealthy merchant of the State of Han, possessing vast wealth, and his life was one of extreme extravagance, which once aroused the competitive spirit of the nobles. A few years ago, the royal Lord Jinglun competed with him in wealth. Jade Tiger used gold and jade for his house and pearls to pave the roads, and with brocade clothes as firewood, he caused Lord Jinglun to lose all his family property in less than ten days, and even his fief was forcibly bought by Jade Tiger.

Because Lord Jinglun had lost his family property on his own, even the Han Wang could not say anything.

After this incident, many officials in the court discussed Lord Jinglun as a joke.

They did not expect to hear the name Jade Tiger again today.

After Ji Wuye heard this name from Su Xuan, he was also stunned. Jade Tiger was his most capable subordinate, one of the four fierce generals of his Yemu organization, and his money bag. Although he didn't know how Su Xuan thought of slandering Jade Tiger as the mastermind behind the replacement of the military pay.

But at a time like this, he must protect Jade Tiger.

"Impossible!"

Ji Wuye appeared incomparably certain.

"On what basis does the General think it is impossible? Or is it that the General knows Jade Tiger, and so upon learning that Jade Tiger replaced the military pay, you are prepared to protect him?" Su Xuan asked Ji Wuye in return.

His words hit Ji Wuye's secret thoughts directly, causing Ji Wuye's face to turn gloomy immediately.

Having his secret thoughts exposed was truly an unpleasant feeling, but Ji Wuye still said coldly, "I do know this person, Jade Tiger. He is a famous wealthy merchant in our State of Han, known for his kindness and charity, often distributing wealth to provide disaster relief and paving roads and bridges. How could such a person hijack military pay?"

"And, when all is said and done, he is just a merchant; where would he get the ability to replace the border army's military pay!"

"Exactly, exactly! The General is right; we also know a thing or two about Jade Tiger, and it is impossible for him to do such a thing!"

"Yes, that's right!"

After Ji Wuye spoke, many officials belonging to Ji Wuye's faction spoke up quickly, and for a time, the momentum was great.

They were all Ji Wuye's people and knew a little about the existence of the Yemu organization.

They knew who Jade Tiger was.

If they didn't express their stance at this time, who knew if the General would vent his anger on them after Jade Tiger really got into trouble.

As Ji Wuye's faction launched their attack, Su Xuan was subjected to accusations and appeared somewhat isolated. Just at this moment, Chancellor Zhang Kaidi could no longer watch and continued to speak, "The General's words are wrong. As far as I know, Jade Tiger is a person of extreme extravagance; where is he like the kind and charitable person the General describes?"

"Although he is just a merchant, if one traces his history of making a fortune, one will find that in the process of his rise, many officials from both military and political sides have given him help... In other words, he has a relationship of interests with many of us present."

"For such a person, if promised great benefits, bribing military personnel to replace the military pay is not something that cannot be done!"

Zhang Kaidi had fought with Ji Wuye for many years and had some understanding of the forces under Ji Wuye; Jade Tiger was undoubtedly Ji Wuye's person.

For such a wealthy merchant to have directly caused the royal Lord Jinglun to go bankrupt a few years ago and even seized Lord Jinglun's fief, without anyone going to trouble him, was in itself an incredible thing.

This was all because Ji Wuye provided him with protection from behind the scenes.

By manipulating and bribing officials from both military and political sides and manipulating the market, he had collected an unknown amount of wealth for Ji Wuye over the years.

If Jade Tiger could be toppled today, it would also be a huge blow to Ji Wuye's forces.

Zhang Kaidi did not want to miss such a good opportunity to kick someone while they were down.

As Zhang Kaidi publicly expressed his stance.

The officials belonging to his faction also spoke up one after another.

Although the officials of Zhang Kaidi's faction could not compete with Ji Wuye in terms of numbers, this was the court hall after all, not a street fight where whoever had more people was stronger.

Although both sides were arguing, the one who could truly make the decision was still the Han Wang on the throne.

"Enough!"

Seeing that if this continued, the place would turn into a vegetable market, the Han Wang finally spoke.

He ignored Ji Wuye and Zhang Kaidi and asked Su Xuan directly, "Mr. Su, you say the lost military pay was hijacked by Jade Tiger. Do you have any evidence?"

Ji Wuye also looked at Su Xuan with cold eyes.

That's right! Everything must be based on evidence; he wanted to see what kind of evidence Su Xuan could produce.

Zhang Kaidi also looked at Su Xuan, wanting to know what the evidence was for Su Xuan saying Jade Tiger was the mastermind who hijacked the military pay.

Su Xuan said calmly, "The ghosts and gods told me!"

After hearing Su Xuan's words, Zhang Kaidi couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed. So, there was no concrete evidence, and he could only use the words of ghosts and gods as an excuse?

It seemed that toppling Jade Tiger today was impossible.

Ji Wuye's voice was cold, "When all is said and done, you still have no concrete evidence."

"Who knows if the theory of ghosts and gods is true or false?"

"It is just your one-sided story!"

"That is not necessarily true!" A faint smile curled at the corners of Su Xuan's mouth; even at this moment, he still did not show any panic, "Don't you want evidence? Don't you question the theory of ghosts and gods?"

"I can perform the art of communicating with the netherworld, communicate with the netherworld, let you all see the ghosts and gods, and listen to what they have to say!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone in the court hall was shocked.

The Han Wang on the throne also did not expect Su Xuan to say such things. Although Su Xuan said he could find the lost military pay, he did not say the specific method.

He did not expect that Su Xuan's so-called method was to let everyone see the ghosts and gods and let them tell everyone the answer.

Thinking of the eerie wind when Su Xuan performed the art of communicating with the netherworld earlier, it was so terrifying even before the ghosts and gods appeared.

If they appeared? What would they look like?

The Han Wang thought for a while and felt some fear.

But there were so many people here, and he didn't want to show cowardice, and he thought that with Su Xuan here, there was nothing to worry about.

He summoned his courage and said to Su Xuan, "Mr. Su, since you can summon ghosts and gods, then do it with all your might, so that everyone here can know whether ghosts and gods truly exist!"

Su Xuan nodded, and then took out a small, exquisite sachet from his body.