Chapter 315: You kid were finally caught by me! (Seeking subscriptions)

After Lin Mo entered the ancient tomb for more than ten days, Wei Manying felt it was very strange—by logic, he should have returned by now.

Recently, Seeing Xiao Ming wasn't in Shanghe City, and no one was pestering her, so she simply came to take a look.

As a result, just after arriving near the Long Di's tomb, she saw a pile of soldiers and officials of the May Tian Ce Dynasty here, numbering tens of thousands, and they had even blocked the scene.

At that time, Wei Manying had a bad premonition, and it was only after getting closer that she discovered the people of the May Tian Ce Dynasty were digging the Long Di's tomb.

If it weren't for some cultivators nearby watching, Wei Manying wouldn't have appeared rashly, or she might have been caught.

Very few people knew about the Long Di's tomb, and others were descendants of the Yuan clan; only Lin Mo wasn't, so Wei Manying judged that it must be Lin Mo who tipped them off.

Excavating the Long Di's tomb was a huge merit; Lin Mo's approaching her was estimated to be for this purpose.

After figuring this out, Wei Manying wished she could skin Lin Mo alive.

Suffering from not being able to find Lin Mo, she was just planning to return to disband the Wei family's residence in Shanghe City, when who knew Lin Mo would come.

"Listen to my explanation; this matter has nothing to do with me. I grew up in Shanghe City since I was small. To tell you the truth, I have a grudge against the emperor of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, and joining the Ministry of Works was also a compromise, and you also know the technique I cultivate—I have no benefit at all from betraying you..."

Lin Mo explained for a long time with the sword against his neck.

If the Long Di's tomb had always existed, he could work hard to improve his cultivation, please Qiu Xianyu, and perhaps get some resource rewards.

Once the Long Di resurrected, he would be a hero of the restoration.

To put it bluntly, if I, Lin Mo, had any evil intentions, I would also want to swallow the resources in the tomb alone—I would have to be sick to go and report you.

And, if I were to report, how could I come here alone? Wouldn't I have brought people to catch you long ago?

Lin Mo was a person with a meticulous mind, and he was very patient, doing things very calmly.

After he explained like this, Wei Manying's killing intent weakened a lot.

"Then how did the people of the May Tian Ce Dynasty appear there?"

Wei Manying interrogated, the long sword in her hand not moving away from Lin Mo's neck.

Pondering for a moment, Lin Mo had an idea in his mind and then said: "Could it be Seeing Xiao Ming?"

Hearing Lin Mo say this, Wei Manying frowned and asked: "What evidence do you have?"

Lin Mo organized his thoughts and said: "Don't forget, Seeing Xiao Ming is the person with the best ability to handle cases in the Ministry of Justice. He stayed by your side for so long—do you really think he didn't discover anything? Perhaps you don't know, but you only need to go to the Imperial Capital to inquire, and you will know:

The Wang family hiding remnants of the previous dynasty, and the case of the Crown Prince's death—all were discovered by Seeing Xiao Ming. To be precise, it was discovered by Seeing Xiao Ming alone. Your Yuan clan developed for a thousand years, and suddenly became so miserable—it can be said that it was all caused by Seeing Xiao Ming alone."

Lin Mo wasn't shifting the blame, nor did he intend to deliberately mess with Seeing Xiao Ming.

But from his perspective, it seemed it could indeed be understood this way.

Although that official of the Ministry of Personnel named Fang Qian had some ability, that guy was a new hire, and his work was only to investigate local officials, so it was estimated that there wasn't much of a problem.

Lin Yue'e was also unlikely; if she had investigated it, she would have caught Wei Manying long ago.

So after thinking about it, it was very reasonable to throw this pot to Seeing Xiao Ming.

Wasn't it just right that Seeing Xiao Ming happened to leave Shanghe City? He returned to the Imperial Capital with his front foot, and the officials of various departments came with their back foot.

Lin Mo saying this, Wei Manying felt it was very reasonable.

But there was one point she didn't understand, and she asked suspiciously: "I observe Seeing Xiao Ming is just a lustful and incompetent person, full of flowery words—he doesn't look like a person with such ability."

Lin Mo said seriously: "That is because you underestimated Seeing Xiao Ming. When this kid was cultivating in Shanghe City before, he was very good at the way of playing the pig to eat the tiger. Have you ever thought that what you saw was what he wanted you to see?"

The more he said this, the more afraid Wei Manying's face became.

Wandering among men for so many years, she thought she could play various men in the palm of her hand, but she didn't expect to be deceived.

If it were really as Lin Mo said, Wei Manying felt that Seeing Xiao Ming's disguise ability had reached the point of being flawless, pretending as if it were true.

"There is one point I don't understand: since this is the case, then why doesn't he catch me?" Wei Manying felt she was starting to be unable to see through Seeing Xiao Ming.

"It's very simple: he wants to cast a long line to catch a big fish, to see where you will go to rely on after this setback, and then he will follow the vine to find the melon—these are all old routines of the Ministry of Justice." Lin Mo was also talking nonsense seriously.

This time Seeing Xiao Ming was truly wronged, carrying a huge pot for no reason.

"What should we do?" Wei Manying felt that now running wasn't an option, and not running wasn't an option—could it be that she was waiting to die here? 【31

Unable to think of a solution, she simply asked Lin Mo directly.

"Your identity may already be exposed; it would be better to go and test Seeing Xiao Ming's attitude directly."

"What do you mean?"

"Take the initiative. We will return to the Imperial Capital first and set a trap to lure Seeing Xiao Ming to a banquet. If his attitude remains unclear, we can..."

As he spoke, Lin Mo made a throat-slitting gesture, and Wei Manying nodded.

The two of them plotted for a long time, never once imagining that the Dragon Emperor's tomb might have been found by Li Chen himself.

In the Imperial Capital, Seeing Xiao Ming was currently furious.

As a Chief of the Ministry of Justice, his official rank was not low, and it was perfectly normal for him to recruit subordinates to handle matters for him in his daily life.

This time, he had carefully selected over a dozen subordinates; they had all been strictly screened, were not only loyal but had also successfully passed the Ministry of Justice's tests.

Even his master, the Sage's remnant soul, had inspected them and confirmed there were no issues with these people.

Next, as long as they went to the Ministry of Personnel to register their files, these people could officially join the May Tian Ce Dynasty, receive their Ministry of Justice badges, and become established officials.

This should have been a joyous day for everyone, but who would have thought that the Ministry of Personnel official recording the files would be Fang Qian?

The moment Seeing Xiao Ming saw Fang Qian, his heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly remembered that he had once offended this Ministry of Personnel official in Shanghe City for the sake of Wei Manying.

At the time, he hadn't taken Fang Qian seriously at all and had even spoken rudely to him.

Now, it was a case of enemies meeting on a narrow path; Fang Qian happened to be at the critical stage of his subordinates' employment process.

The moment Fang Qian saw Seeing Xiao Ming, he sneered inwardly: You brat, I've finally caught you!

I hadn't even gone to deal with you yet, and you delivered yourself to my doorstep; don't blame me for what happens next.

On the surface, Fang Qian remained calm. He took the materials Seeing Xiao Ming handed over, flipped through a few pages, then frowned and said in a cold tone: "Official Xiao, these dozen or so subordinates of yours have questionable backgrounds. According to the rules, I need to investigate them personally. Only after the investigation is clear can I process the employment registration."

Fang Qian's meaning was very clear: I will process the registration whenever I finish the investigation.

(End of chapter)