"The investigation has yet to uncover anything." The scholar's expression was somewhat stiff. This was hardly something worth being pleased about to him.
Jin Tai slowly turned and walked to the window, saying indifferently, "Bai Qi, do you take me for a three-year-old child? If you cannot even get to the bottom of such a trivial matter, then I think you should let someone else sit in that seat of Ming Emperor." The implication could not have been clearer—he plainly did not believe him.
"I'd like to give it to you. Do you dare sit in it?" The scholar snorted and likewise walked to the window, standing shoulder to shoulder with Jin Tai. "Cut the bullshit. I have no mind to beat around the bush with you over this. It is not that I did not do my utmost to uncover the truth, but that there are no results for now. Everyone connected to that matter is dead, and some key figures even committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Don't you find that strange?"
"Committed suicide out of fear of punishment?" Jin Tai abruptly turned his head, his sword-like brows flying into his temples rising. "This matter is indeed strange and unfathomable. It seems your control over the Netherworld truly leaves much to be desired. Someone actually dared play such tricks right under your nose. Have you not found the mastermind behind it?"
"You need not concern yourself with my affairs. I know what I am doing." The scholar braced both hands on the windowsill, watching the scattered fireflies glittering in the You wood Forest, and said calmly, "Rather, you should thoroughly investigate your side as well. There is something I must remind you of. This time, it was not merely the Black Nether Army and the father-in-law of