Chapter 897 Open Spears, Hidden Arrows

Chapter 898: Open Spears, Hidden Arrows "Lei Ying, Gong Shaoci's trusted subordinate..." Shi Chun murmured with confusion as he took the jade slip. He remembered this Lei Ying very well. Back when Duan Xiangmei was beaten and Wu Jinliang stood firm against him, if not for the Miao family's face holding things down, it almost couldn't have been settled. Could it be that the man still nursed a grudge over that old affair? Waiting until they had become Heavenly Court officials to take revenge—how irrational would one have to be to pull something like that? Could it be that because he and Wu Jinliang were either in hiding or in prison, he never found the right opportunity to strike? After using magic to read the jade slip's contents, he furrowed his brow. "That time... it was smooth sailing. I didn't encounter any assassination attempts. Who sent this?" Feng Chi replied, "I don't know. It was delivered anonymously not long after rumors spread outside claiming that your mount could locate Sandalwood Gold veins. After seeing what was in this jade slip, I went to Jiang Wushou to confirm the details of your trip. Jiang Wushou said there were indeed some suspicious individuals spotted inside Great Order City—a woman. But you said it was nothing. When I pressed him for specifics, he wouldn't say more..." Shi Chun immediately recalled Jiang Wushou's reaction during that secret meeting with the red-robed woman and deflected with a single sentence, "The assassination had nothing to do with that woman." Feng Chi had similar suspicions. "Could it be that when Wu Jinliang and Duan Xiangmei forced Lei Ying to apologize back then, Lei Ying still holds a grudge to this day?" Shi Chun raised a point of doubt. "Then why only assassinate me? There should have been plenty of opportunities to go after Duan Xiangmei." He shook the jade slip in his hand. "What we need to know now is whether what's written here is true.