Free Web NovelChapter 1645: Chapter 24: Proud Yet Powerless (Part 2)
"I saw him on the execution ground, someone was cutting his flesh, piece by piece it fell. I saw his expression, I knew he wanted to curse, to shout grievances about how the Court treated the four major Green Badge families unfairly..."
"He wanted to curse but didn’t."
"Because the four major Green Badge families still have living members, because I am still alive, he didn’t want to cause trouble for me."
"Grandpa Wu does not intend to take on more apprentices. Of the four major Green Badge families, only I remain as the inheritor."
At this point, Lin Youxie seemed to finally rein in her emotions, and she looked at Jiang Wang with a discerning gaze: "Why did you suddenly bring up this person?"
Qi Country has developed too quickly, grown too powerful too fast, and in this process, too many people have been overlooked...
Li Youjue was not from Equality Country at the beginning, his circumstances were completely different from Yan Tu’s.
He couldn’t find a way out amidst the glorious history and the current decline of the Green Badge aristocracy. As a Green Badge, he was powerless at the death of Lin Kuang. Even someone as exceptional as Lin Kuang died without significance. What could he do then?
Where lies the future of the four major Green Badge families? It’s evident he was confused and lost.
He made a different choice from Wu Lie and Lin Youxie, but his concern for Lin Youxie was not fake.
Humans are inherently complex.
The more Jiang Wang saw, the less he dared to make judgments about a person.
He merely said: "Du Fang has an acquaintance from his hometown, named Gu Xing. He was formerly a main general in the Wind Pursuit Army, and left the military to go overseas in the thirty-eighth year of Yuan Feng, now he’s the Island Master of Hegemon Island.
Lin Youxie’s eyelid twitched.
Hegemon Island belongs to the Da Ze Tian family!
And she was already suspicious of the Tian family!
Wu Lie had quietly been investigating the Tian family for years. He had gathered a considerable amount of clues but was never able to get core evidence.
If the Island Master of Hegemon Island, Gu Xing, was related to what Du Fang did back then, it would undoubtedly be crucial evidence linking the Da Ze Tian family to the assassination of Concubine Lei!
"I understand." She gave Jiang Wang a deep look: "Thank you."
After saying this, she stood up directly.
Watching her decisive manner, Jiang Wang couldn’t help but say: "Actually, life is long, you’ve already waited for so many years, there’s no need to rush."
Lin Youxie rested her hand on the car door, calmly saying: "But His Highness Shisi can only die once."
Jiang Wuqi only dies once, and the Emperor Qi grieves for him only this once.
The opportunity for a thorough investigation of old cases may not come again.
Because the child cut from Concubine Lei’s belly back then is no longer...
The car curtain falls, and she’s disappeared.
Only the faint scent of herbs remains, still describing her.
Jiang Wang was silent for a long time.
If...
If the current Queen was indeed the mastermind behind the assassination of Concubine Lei, and the Tian family was the knife she wielded back then.
If what Du Fang did was truly related to Gu Xing, it was an enactment of the Queen’s will, under the control of the Tian family.
Then smashing Lin Kuang’s corpse in front of Lin Youxie, besides serving as intimidation, also carried a strong sense of venting frustration.
No matter what Lin Kuang did, how "ungrateful" he was, he was already dead, taking vengeance on a three-year-old girl is exceedingly petty.
If the Queen of a nation is so narrow-minded... How could it be the nation’s fortune?
If the person behind all this were the Queen, it makes many things understandable, linking all existing clues together.
But why would the Queen want to harm Concubine Lei?
Seventeen years ago, Jiang Wuqi hadn’t even been born, and the Lei family’s influence was negligible. How could Concubine Lei pose a threat?
Jiang Wang couldn’t figure it out for a moment.
But he already understood his inner choice—
He was also in search of answers.
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Time trudged on, Jiang Wang diligently cultivated, waiting for news.
The Shadow Guard’s investigation into Gongsun Yu’s tongue-cutting incident, Lin Youxie’s investigation into the Hegemon Island Island Master Gu Xing...
Jiang Wang didn’t feel the need to personally handle everything; professional matters are left to professionals. Transcendent power is his foundation.
So he waited, so he cultivated.
But the first to visit was Zheng Shangming.
It was the month of winter, the frost wind already cold.
At the Jiang Mansion, from the housekeeper to the gatekeeper, everyone had donned brand-new cotton clothes.
They appeared full of vigor and renewed spirit.
Finally, there was some semblance of a grand family’s appearance.
Zheng Shangming arrived against the north wind, garbed in martial attire, very neat, and his imposing demeanor grew more evident. After managing in Beiyaduwei for so long, he was gradually taking over Zheng Shi’s authority.
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However, Jiang Wang also had no doubt that if he were to take over as Beiyar Commander, he would cooperate very happily with him.
For Zheng Shangming now is a qualified successor, someone sufficiently clear-headed.
Who knows what to do and what not to do.
Zheng Shi is even more adept at gauging the comfort points of all parties.
Yet sometimes one couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of pity, that the original Zheng Shangming could no longer be seen.
Recalling past events, like the north wind blowing on the southern tower.
Jiang Wang, clad in a blue robe, stood alone in the courtyard, a flame flower flickering in and out at his fingertips.
The explanations for Flame Flower Burning City flowed slowly in his mind.
In terms of "Flame Flower" alone, this Dao technique, uniquely created by Zuo Guanglie, Jiang Wang has yet to see a few fire-based Dao techniques on the same level that could rival it.
As the foundation of Flame Flower Burning City, one could almost say it constructed Zuo Guanglie’s fire-based Dao Technique System.
