Chapter 730: Son of a Merchant (2/2)

Yin Na saw the brownish marks on some part of Huo Jin's chest She recalled the other day they were on his back

"Did yourabout? It h when no one looked after you," she mumbled and securely covered him from the quilt

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A chuckle escaped Sheng Li's mouth when he heard Zhe Yan's words He did not know that such a young man would i Li asked hilanced at him and then at Zhe Yan

"What if I will use you asLi queried him He wanted to examine the loyalty of Zhe Yan towards hi him about Lord Lian's activities

Zhe Yan put stress on his mind

"Your Majesty, instead of 'pawn', you can useto enter the lion den," Zhe Yan affir Li had not expected this answer frohted him "You, surely aren'tLi said and it confused him

"May I knohy?" Zhe Yan asked

"BecauseLi was still upset with his earlier behavior So man He used to see the same words to him, sometimes

"I never doubted His Majesty," Zhe Yan ive me," he lowered his eyes "His Majesty can ask the people in the Fish Market how I told the people to not support Lord Lian I am truly a person of yours," he tried his best to convince Sheng Li

"Brother Sheng, Zhe Yan is right I witnessed how he told them they were foolish to believe Lord Lian," Jian Guozhi stated

Zhe Yan was astonished to hear that the First Prince was around hi Li asked Zhe Yan

"I will be eighteen this week," Zhe Yan pro Li was astonished to see the way Zhe Yan talked to him, so couo's ie in hi!" Sheng Li finally became serious

"Lian Zoumu is the son of a merchant, who died a few iven by the Governor He had an illegal a taxes

To avenge his father's death, he decided to abolish the taxation systeion, and this way he rose," Zhe Yan started to explain to them

He stopped after a few minutes when Jian Guozhi questioned him, "How do you know so much about him? Even the Governor and other officials do not know about it" He then gazed at Sheng Li

"The First Brother is right You know hi Li asserted

"His Majesty and His Highness are wrong I went to the adjacent city in search of work last ood amount for labor," Zhe Yan clarified

"But this is unknown to everyone," Jian Guozhi said with skepticishness," Zhe Yan stated

"How?"

"I, by chance, have entered the place where he goes in the evening and shared this story to one person," Zhe Yan asserted

"What?" Sheng Li exclaimed "Who's the person?" He then asked

"The portrait of his dead father," Zhe Yan answered

Sheng Li snickered

"I a, You

r Majesty I heard it with my ears Lian Zoule day I did not think at that tiroould increase this way," he stated

"It is iain the trust of the people this way," stated Jian Guozhi and looked at Sheng Li "So," he concluded

"There is no one I saw–" Zhe Yan stopped when Sheng Li interrupted hi to understand the enee for his father's death but without so Li pronounced with a serious tone