Chapter 318 - Felt Conflicted (2/2)

Rong Qiu murmured his agreement. ”It seems like this man is dangerous. However, he's from another kingdom, so knowing this is already enough. It means the relationship between him and the Han Emperor is for mutual benefits --- not deep enough. It's certainly not based on trust either. This way it will be easier to brew some troubles between them.”

Yao Ling nodded. ”That's true...” She turned to Zhuo Li and asked, ”Anything else to report?”

”The man was angry at the night when the forbidden place was burning, but no maidservant or servant knew why,” Zhuo Li explained. ”He also killed his subordinate that day, hence the maidservants and servants are scared of him now.”

This confirmed their previous suspicion --- the man wanted Aunt Yue for himself too. It was either for personal gain or for the Qin Kingdom. They didn't tell Zhuo Li about Aunt Yue or Yao Ling's matter because they hadn't trusted him enough, thus, it was reasonable for Zhuo Li to not understand why the man was angry.

”Just that?” Rong Qiu asked.

Zhuo Li nodded his head. ”Yes, these are the only things that I can find out.”

Yao Ying nodded back. ”You are doing a good job. Finding these three points are already the best outcomes.” Yao Ying quite admired his skills, it really wasn't easy to find so many information in such a short time.

”Thank you, young master.” Zhuo Li was happy to be able to prove himself. He understood that they were still wary of him, but it was understandable. He could only prove his worth over time, after all, he tried to kill them at first.

Yao Ling asked Rong Qiu, ”Father, can you tell us your plan now?”

”Although Aunt Yue's house had been burned down to the ground, we can still find a few leftovers. We can use this to put the blame on the esteemed guest,” Rong Qiu told them his plan briefly. ”After that, we should let people gossiping about these findings, so the one who will catch him is Hong Wen.”

Hong Wen was from a different fraction, but the man was quite righteous. He wouldn't feel afraid to offend the esteemed guest.

”We should use an important thing that grandmother cherished and it's should be connected to her power too!” Yao Ling pointed out. If it was only a remnant of clothes or something like that, it wouldn't work. The esteemed guest could easily find a reason to dodge the accusing for that.

However, there would be no way Yao Ling would give them the scrolls. It was very important and she didn't want it to fall on the wrong hands. She also got a headache because it was the only thing that her grandmother had given her.

Yao Ying asked, ”Father-in-law, is there something important in that leftover?”

Rong Qiu shook his head. ”Nothing important...” He realized what Yao Ling said was true and compared to the thing that Yao Ling described, what he had found were only junks.

Everyone said nothing, thinking about what thing could be used to frame the esteemed guest. However, their knowledge of Aunt Yue was pretty limited and they weren't able to help.

Rong Qiu sighed sadly. He had a thing that his mother had given him when he was Uncle Qiu, but he was reluctant to part with it. If he gave them this thing, he would have no remembrance of his mother left... Thus, he felt conflicted.