Chapter 659

"Absolutely impossible!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Ningyu stared straight at Chu Qiong with her phoenix eyes, her tone brooks no doubt.

"How could this Cui Xinghe not be the number one poisoner of Da Qian?"

"Everything that happened on the Jin Luandian, you and I both witnessed. That 'Living Yama' clearly couldn't answer, and only answered after getting close to Cui Xinghe."

"And as the number one poisoner, he must be an old schemer who hides himself to the extreme. How could he be so flamboyant?"

"How could this assassination be wrong?"

Seeing everyone's expressions, Chu Ningyu couldn't help but raise her voice, as if to corroborate her own thoughts.

On this point, she was firmly convinced.

This was clearly the truth she had discovered only after peeling back the layers; how could it be wrong!

Chu Qiong said with an ugly expression, "Great Princess, cleverness can be the undoing of the clever. That 'Living Yama' has always been insidious and cunning; it cannot be ruled out that he deliberately induced us to transfer our hatred and find a scapegoat."

"This cannot be ruled out as his tactic!"

Chu Ningyu's eyes flickered, but she still said.

"But if that's the case, how do you explain the palace guards that suddenly appeared when we assassinated Cui Xinghe?"

"How could a mere Fifth Rank Secretariat Drafter have palace guards secretly protecting him? This clearly doesn't conform to common sense!"

As these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

On this point, they had also once been firmly convinced.

But none of those present were fools. Once the Wupen Case came out, they immediately felt that what Chu Qiong said made a lot of sense.

But the problem was, how to explain the guards that appeared outside the Cui residence?

But if Cui Xinghe was Da Qian's number one poisoner, why was it Gao Yang who stood out in the court, and why were his methods also starting from human nature?

"Could it be that Da Qian has two poisoners?"

Chu Ningyu frowned and voiced this possibility, but quickly denied it.

"That shouldn't be; this is even less in line with common sense. There can only be one number one poisoner in Da Qian!"

At this time, Mo Tiancang spoke up.

"Whether it is or isn't, one test will tell. When my senior brother arrives and brings the Mo family heirloom, the Luban Lock, whether it's Cui Xinghe or Gao Yang, they will immediately reveal their true colors."

Seeing this, Chu Ningyu nodded.

"Then let's wait for the founder of the Mo family to arrive in person. With his sharp eyes, he will surely be able to distinguish the true and false poisoners of Da Qian."

Seeing this, Chu Qiong said, "Great Princess, should the tactics targeting Cui Xinghe—the poisoning, the assassination, the splashing of dirty water—continue according to the plan?"

"That concubine who originally belonged to Cui Jian is the person we planted in Changancheng. Now that she has become Cui Xinghe's person, as long as you give the order, Cui Xinghe will die tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Ningyu shook her head. "Let's wait a while."

"After hearing about this Wupen Case, let alone you all, even my heart is exceptionally flustered."

"This Gao Yang... really might be setting a trap, deliberately inducing us to assassinate Cui Xinghe."

Chu Ningyu's expression was ugly, her gaze directed straight toward the direction of the Dingguo Duke's Prefecture.

At this moment, she was also a bit confused.

"..."

"This Great Princess of Chu, could she have become suspicious?"

Dingguo Duke's Prefecture, inside the small courtyard.

Gao Yang sat on a stone chair, his fingers tapping on the stone table rhythmically, a look of annoyance on his face.

Cui Xinghe was an excellent candidate for a scapegoat. Without Cui Xinghe to take the blame, his danger would undoubtedly increase significantly.

Although he had many methods and his guards were fully staffed, having someone to take the blame and stifle danger in the invisible was undoubtedly more secure.

"Young Master, what are you thinking about?"

At this time, Lü Luo's voice sounded as she walked over carrying a plate of sliced fruit.

Gao Yang looked back and happened to see Lü Luo, with her exquisite little face and pure appearance.

"Nothing much, just sighing that it's really hard to be a good person these days."

"Never mind that. Have the Lin family and her daughter been settled?"

Gao Yang explained and then asked.

Hearing Gao Yang's voice, Lü Luo's eyes lit up instantly.

"They have been settled. Master personally sent people to take them to the soap factory. There are guards and Gao family troops protecting them day and night, so their safety is greatly guaranteed."

Gao Yang nodded indifferently.

The soap factory and the white sugar factory had already drawn troops from various places to guard them, and Wu Zhao had personally sent guards to protect them and strictly inspect them.

Except for Wu Zhao, he was the only person in the entire Da Qian who could mobilize people from within.

After all, this concerned huge amounts of money, especially for Wu Zhao; this was the foundation for pioneering a ten-thousand-generation legacy, and it was her absolute reverse scale.

Lu Wen was petty and would not let it rest; the entire Court of Judicial Review would face a wave of strict investigation.

The Lin family being at this soap factory was a good choice.

"Young Master, you have a very kind heart."

Lü Luo looked at Gao Yang, her eyes full of admiration.

Gao Yang was stunned; he didn't expect Lü Luo to give him such an evaluation.

"In all these years, you are the first person to say this Young Master has a kind heart."

"I have to say, this Young Master's heart is quite complex."

Gao Yang said indifferently, feeling quite emotional.

And being looked at with such admiration by such a little girl was, after all, quite satisfying.

Lü Luo looked at Gao Yang and said with almost certainty, "Young Master only looks bad, but you are extremely good to the people around you."

"People outside, they don't understand Young Master at all!"

Gao Yang hurriedly said, "Lü Luo, don't flatter this Young Master; this Young Master doesn't want to be any good person."

Lü Luo was stunned, then said, "Young Master, why?"

"Isn't 'good person' a very high evaluation? Some scholars would give anything to be praised, why does Young Master treat it like a curse?"

Lü Luo was full of curiosity; she really couldn't understand.

Gao Yang said briefly, "Lü Luo, if an old man fell in front of you, if you don't help him, he might die; if you help him, you might be blackmailed into bankruptcy."

"Would you help him or not?"

Instantly, Lü Luo was stunned.

"Young Master, it's just helping an old man, how could one be blackmailed into bankruptcy? How could there be such bad people these days?"

"Just treat this Young Master's words as a hypothesis. What would you do?"

Instantly, Lü Luo hesitated.

"I should still help him, I think."

Gao Yang glanced at Lü Luo and then said, "Insincere words. I punish you to provide this Young Master with an 'irregular service' tonight."

Lü Luo's face turned red, her voice like a mosquito's: "Young Master..."

"There are too many bad people in this world, too many evil people, so the price of being a good person is often too high."

"Just like this hypothetical old man, just like the Lin family's matter."

Lü Luo was stunned, then lowered her head.

"But Young Master, you still did it..."

"That's because this Young Master is the eldest son of the Dingguo Duke's Prefecture and the Minister of Revenue of Da Qian."

Gao Yang continued, "Do you know how much this Young Master lost because of the Lin family's matter?"

"First I lost thirty taels, then another three hundred taels. Damn it, now I still have to solve Lu Wen's trouble, and I owe several vicious schemes, but what did this official get?"

"A 'good person' card, some free praise from the commoners, and... a letter."