Supplying defective goods to the military... Qu Jianlei frowned. How self-destructive do you have to be to do that?
In truth, having come from Shenzhou on Blue Star, he felt considerable disgust toward such things.
The Empire's military could not compare to Shenzhou's. It was full of all sorts of sordid dealings and had never earned his approval; there were even deserters in his team.
But no matter what, they should not have supplied defective goods to the military—how were their own troops supposed to fight with those?
Seeing his expression, Jing Yuexin could guess what he was thinking and explained.
"The two people directly responsible were Luo family descendants. There is basically no saving them."
By military rules, this was an exceptionally heinous crime. If their cultivation was below Supreme, they would not even have a chance to atone.
Even Supremes had to keep atoning until they achieved earth-shattering military merit—usually, they atoned until they died in battle.
"The Luo family's request is that the others not be affected too severely."
In Imperial society, implicating one's family was far too common, and the two men's crimes were serious enough.
Qu Jianlei shook his head. He often wiped out entire clans himself, so he could hardly be too hypocritical.
"You just killed Young Master Qiao's whole family... didn't their families profit from it?"
"I heard they had their reasons," Jing Yuexin replied solemnly. "If not for that, I wouldn't have gotten involved."
"Let's go take a look. If we can help, we help. If it isn't appropriate, we let it go."
Qu Jianlei blinked and looked at her in confusion. Why are you so insistent?
Not long after he returned to his room, Duo Gan entered and asked with a smile.
"If we can gain something from the Luo family,