Chapter 250: The Overlooked Spirit Monster Gatekeeper, Stirring Up Trouble (6k)
Yu Ziqing and Song Chengyue were staring at each other, both somewhat speechless.
Yu Ziqing actually thought that, no matter how petty Song Chengyue was, he wouldn't be so sloppy when it came to professional matters.
Some things that the Faceless Men of Dazhen couldn't uncover, were dug out by the spies placed by the Jinyi Wei.
Li Xingchen's face was still aching, being fined was a minor issue; anyway, none of these people truly lived off their salaries.
It was just this unexpected situation that was quite coincidental, but it made sense.
Among similar agencies across the Three Divine Dynasties, overall, the professional skills of the Jinyi Wei were the strongest, the escape skills of the Shadow Department were the strongest, and the combat power of the Faceless Men of Dazhen was the strongest.
Regarding professional skills, it was normal for the Jinyi Wei to look down on the Faceless Men of Dazhen.
Although underestimating opponents to some extent is something that shouldn't be done.
"Alright, fortunately, Emperor Zhen didn't intend to pursue this matter too severely, otherwise your men would have been exposed.
You shouldn't worry about Stone; he's cultivating, not being bullied."
Yu Ziqing wasn't too keen on exposing Stone's secrets; he will still be cultivating in the future, and if everyone knows his secrets, what can he do then?
"Ahem, this time it was an accident, I really didn't intend to screw them over, I was just preparing in advance so that if it needs to be used, I won't panic."
Listening to this, Yu Ziqing felt a sense of familiarity.
After thinking a bit, he suddenly realized he might have said something similar to Song Chengyue.
Now, he felt empathetic as to why whenever he said those things, Song Chengyue always thought he was talking nonsense.
They both felt a bit awkward because Song Chengyue had the same feeling.
The impression they had of each other seemed to be that of no good bird...
With the awkward atmosphere ended, they each found an excuse to leave the Seventh Floor.
On the other side, within Dazhen territory, Emperor Zhen looked at King Xiang and sighed helplessly.
"Why don't you go ask if it's because of Gu Shitou being beaten, that the Jinlan Mountain side is dissatisfied and caused these issues.
Originally, I didn't want to act against King Liang for the time being, but now I can't act either."
"Probably not, if it were people from Jinlan Mountain, they might have directly gone and smashed King Liang." King Xiang shook his head, expressing his judgment.
Emperor Zhen did not comment, but continued.
"Ask first, if it is, then I will seize this opportunity to handle King Liang."
King Xiang was puzzled; he truly didn't know Jinlan Mountain had this capability.
But it was indeed a bit coincidental, and Li Xingchen's people only intercepted the intelligence; they didn't even catch anyone, not a shadow.
This thing, it was difficult to make public.
King Xiang could only send a message to Yu Ziqing to ask.
Yu Ziqing replied: It has nothing to do with me, Stone got beaten because he lacked ability, that rascal deserved it.
But when the reply reached Emperor Zhen, he summoned Li Xingchen that day and made arrangements to further investigate based on the intelligence content, and within three months, steadily deal with King Liang.
If King Liang was willing to cooperate, he would spare him in memory of his ancestors.
Otherwise, according to his charges, he could wipe out the entire King Liang Mansion, which would be fair and reasonable.
Yu Ziqing, upon seeing this result, was extremely frustrated; he hadn't expected that one day he would take the blame for others.
He sent a message to Stone that day, planning to beat him to death when he returned.
Then, the mighty Song somehow got wind of this.
Song got up overnight and began helping Yu Ziqing gather information on those six people.
As the saying goes, get rid of your friend to save yourself.
Yu Ziqing beating Stone to death was probably unlikely, but beating him to paralysis, making him bedridden for a few months, wasn't out of the question.
If he were unlucky, maybe he'd truly kill him.
Yu Ziqing inadvertently taking the blame, Song Chengyue could only quickly find something for Yu Ziqing to do.
Once busy, he'd forget about Stone.
In less than seven days, the first wave of information was sent to Yu Ziqing.
The data on three ministers was extremely detailed.
Song said time was limited, this was just the first batch, and there might be more later.
As for the other three, their identities were more sensitive, wouldn't be so quick, but the first batch of information would be sent as soon as possible.
Sure enough, Yu Ziqing got the data, especially the tracking records, and no longer focused on Stone.
Among the Six Ministers, the Minister of Personnel had only been in office for a short time, and the previous ones had died tragically, ruling him out.
If he were No.2 in the White Water Egg, he'd have to be extremely tolerant to keep some secrets about Jinlan.
Moreover, the age doesn't match.
Minister of Revenue, same reason, plus this one's cultivation background, follows the route of intellectuals, impossible to have a White Water Egg replace him.
Just like Yang, no White Water Egg can replace him; knowledge and culture, you either understand or don't understand.
As for the last one, who was excluded from suspicion from the beginning, the Minister of Industry, was simply because he wasn't qualified to know many things...
Yu Ziqing now obtained, the information on the heads of the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of War, and Ministry of Justice.
Basic information, reading it was sufficient, Yu Ziqing focused on their tracking records.
For officials of this level, they have no leisure gambling, each departure from the Capital City must have official business.
And such records have always been very detailed, but hoping to obtain records spanning a thousand years is indeed difficult.
Yu Ziqing took out another record, sent by No.4.