Chapter 42

This exceeded the expectations of many people.

The officials of Ji Wuye's faction looked at each other, wanting to say something, but the ghost had appeared, and the strange aspects shown when answering Zhang Kaidi's questions were too real, making one have to believe that ghosts and gods truly existed in the world.

But should they just give up on Jade Tiger like this?

As officials of Ji Wuye's faction, they had taken good care of Jade Tiger in ordinary times, and naturally, they had received many benefits from Jade Tiger during festivals.

If Jade Tiger got into trouble, it would be equivalent to them losing many benefits.

So before Ji Wuye could speak, those officials who were in collusion with Jade Tiger began to think of wording to absolve Jade Tiger.

But before they could speak.

The Han Wang spoke first, "A good Jade Tiger!"

"Men, immediately arrest Jade Tiger for me and retrieve the lost military pay!"

The Han Wang's words contained deep anger.

It was clear he had determined that Jade Tiger was the mastermind who took the military pay.

If it were just this sentence, there would still be room for maneuver, but the key was that the Han Wang said another sentence, "At the same time, thoroughly investigate all officials associated with Jade Tiger for me. If there were no insiders helping, as a mere merchant, it would be impossible for him to replace the military pay!"

Once this sentence was spoken, many people who wanted to speak closed their mouths one after another, and everyone felt insecure.

Although the nights of the State of Han were the world of Yemu.

But on the surface, the person sitting on that throne was still King An of Han.

The people of the State of Han might not know about Yemu, but they would absolutely know about the Han Wang.

Following these two sentences from the Han Wang.

Everyone knew that Jade Tiger... was finished.

Even if the disappearance of the military pay was not his work, as long as he was tainted with this suspicion, he would have no possibility of escaping.

Realizing all this, Ji Wuye's face turned gloomy.

If the others wanted to absolve Jade Tiger of his crimes because they had received benefits from him, then his case was related to Jade Tiger's interests; it could be said that the money Jade Tiger earned was essentially his money.

Now, Jade Tiger was wanted by the Han Wang, which meant he would lose his vital money bag.

Ji Wuye never expected that after he embezzled 100,000 taels of gold in military pay, he would cause such big trouble.

If there were a next time, he would definitely embezzle the military pay, but at the same time, he would definitely eliminate that person beforehand.

He looked at Su Xuan, his eyes burning with anger, wishing he could kill Su Xuan right there in the court.

Jade Tiger had fallen!

No matter how rich this premier wealthy merchant of the State of Han was, when the palace guards who were supposed to protect the Han Wang's safety rudely rushed into his mansion, this extravagant wealthy merchant still had no power to fight back.

Even though he claimed he was wronged, no official dared to take the initiative to protect him.

When all is said and done, it was because the one who truly wanted to arrest Jade Tiger was the Han Wang.

This was the King's will!

Yemu was, after all, just a curtain of night.

The Han Wang was the true sky of the State of Han.

Carefully speaking, this could also be considered a cycle of cause and effect. When Jade Tiger colluded with officials from both military and political sides to manipulate the market and collect countless ill-gotten gains, causing countless people to be displaced, he should have expected that one day, he would receive retribution.

He might be very rich, but in the final analysis, he was just a merchant.

After the Qin Guo's Shang Yang reforms and the implementation of the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce, the status of merchants became increasingly low. Although the State of Han had once imitated the Qin Guo to carry out reforms and had the Shen Buhai reforms, they ultimately did not succeed.

But the point of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce was learned from the Qin Guo.

So when the Han Wang arrested Jade Tiger, this giant merchant, not only did no one dare to stand up for him, but many people clapped and cheered.

He was just a merchant with low social status; why was he so rich?

In the past, he could rely on his network to act recklessly, but now, after the Han Wang took action against him, no one could protect him!

As for whether the lost military pay could be found after arresting Jade Tiger, at first, the Han Wang cared about this matter, but later, he didn't care.

Because he discovered that Jade Tiger was truly too rich.

The wealth confiscated from his mansion far exceeded the military pay of the border army for a year.