After Cai Jing finished speaking, Cai Tao fell silent.
He had only considered secrecy and reliability before, but he hadn't really thought about this matter.
Now, upon closer consideration, Cai Jing did have a point.
After all, this was about confronting the current Prime Minister directly.
Especially now, in the reign of Emperor Huizong, the current Emperor was not like Emperor Shenzong or Emperor Renzong in the past.
Cai Jing held great power. Even though the Cai faction was currently weakened, it would only take a word from him to get rid of a small Censor.
If the Qian family sent their own kin to the forefront of this matter, and the news leaked, would they not fear Cai Jing's desperate counterattack?
“But if it’s not them, then who else could it be? Besides Mr. Yuan and his associates, those who know about this matter would only be Han Mo and the remaining seven great families!” waP.kanshu伍.net
After pondering for a long time, Cai Tao spoke again.
“There are simply too few useful clues. If I were to guess, I couldn’t figure out who is making a move, but I always feel there’s something more to this matter…”
Upon hearing Cai Jing’s words, Cai Tao picked up the letter again, carefully scrutinizing every word on it.
Although the writer of the letter did not reveal their name, they had clearly written about the Cai family’s embezzlement of the Pu family’s assets.
While this clue alone could help him narrow down the range of suspects, the range was still too broad.
“Since the target of their impeachment is Han Mo, this matter should have nothing to do with him…”
After hesitating, Cai Tao began to eliminate possibilities.
“Although it appears that way on the surface, I just feel that this matter is not as simple as it seems. If you look closely at what this young man has done since entering officialdom, do you really think someone like him would not leave himself a fallback plan?” Cai Jing spoke while shaking his head with a bitter smile.
Although he had no evidence, he had a strong feeling in his heart that this matter was most likely related to that young man, Han Mo.
“Are you perhaps overestimating him? How dare he make a move against us?”
No matter what Cai Jing said, Cai Tao still couldn't believe that Han Mo would dare to directly attack their Cai family.
“When he was in the Imperial Academy, he dared to offer advice to the Crown Prince. What makes you think he wouldn’t dare to make a move against us?”
“But what benefit would he gain by making a move against us? Judging from the last incident, even if he and that Mr. Yuan are not allies, they should have an unusual relationship. We joined forces to eliminate the Pu family. If he attacks us, is he trying to eliminate the Cai family?”
As he said this, Cai Tao himself felt a sense of disbelief.
After all, even if Cai Jing was widely criticized now, and everyone was pushing him down, it would still be some time before his complete downfall. Han Mo would not choose to make a move at this time.
“That is precisely what puzzles me the most! What is the reason?”
At this point, Cai Jing also started to get a headache.
“How about I find an excuse to arrest that fellow surnamed Qian, and then…”
Nothing seemed right, and Cai Tao was becoming increasingly angry the more he thought about it.
Gritting his teeth, Cai Tao came up with a less-than-ideal solution.
“Don’t handle this matter yourself. Let your subordinates do it!”
After a moment of thought, Cai Jing still agreed with a frown.
Without more clues, this seemed to be the only method they had left at this point.
After all, the money they had embezzled amounted to a staggering twenty-four million guan!
At this delicate juncture, this sum of money had become a fatal prize.
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“Has the message been spread?”
As midnight approached, Jiang Yan finally drove his carriage back to the manor outside the city.
As soon as he got out of the carriage, Yuan Xingchi came to greet him.
“It has all been spread, but sir, why did we choose Qian Zhuo this time? He’s just a side branch descendant of the Qian family, and even the Qian family doesn’t take him seriously. Can he accomplish this matter?”
Seeing that there was no one around and the coachman, frowning, asked the question that puzzled him the most.
“I never intended for him to accomplish this matter from the beginning. The reason I chose him is precisely because of his status as a side branch descendant of the Qian family!” Yuan Xingchi smiled and said casually.
“Then isn’t he bringing disaster upon himself this time?”
Hearing him say that, the coachman couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Wasn’t this framing someone?
“Do you think he is clean?” Yuan Xingchi asked with a cold smile, then threw a small booklet to the coachman.
“He’s Wang Fu’s man?” The coachman couldn’t help but exclaim after reading the contents of the booklet.
He had always thought that this fellow had a good reputation as an official, but he didn’t expect him to be Wang Fu’s man.
“He’s just a pawn, a cold piece on the board. Otherwise, he wouldn’t still be a mere Censor at over forty years old!”
“Then the son-in-law this time…”
At this point, the coachman couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
Letting Wang Fu’s man impeach Han Mo, what if it backfired? Wouldn’t they become sinners for all eternity?
“Can you be a little louder!” Yuan Xingchi glared at him impatiently before speaking again.
“But sir, what if that fellow surnamed Wang insists on targeting my lord…”
“If you have so much free time, you might as well focus on how to please your lover! Wang Fu and Cai You are currently solely focused on Cai Jing and have no time to deal with such matters!” Yuan Xingchi said dismissively.
“But what if, what if something happens, then we would become sinners for all eternity…”
“Stop being so unnecessarily worried. I think it won’t be long before Qian Zhuo is imprisoned! My lord needs a Cai Prime Minister who is barely holding on, not a powerful prime minister. In other words, we need to ensure Cai Jing remains in his position, and also let Prime Minister Cai spit out something else!”
“Yes!”
After hearing his explanation, the coachman dared not ask any more questions.
He had originally thought that he had improved a lot recently, but now it seemed that for many things, talent was more important…