Lord Cao was also greatly shocked. "Lord Zhou, you too believe that what happened in Chi Kingdom was this boy's attempt to eliminate Chi Kingdom's national strength?"
"Of course!" Lord Zhou said. "When he entered Great Corner, the Great Corner military parade underwent a massive upheaval—it must have been his doing. The Great Corner Confucian Temple was destroyed, causing the imperial examinations to be canceled—that too must have been his doing! The Destruction of Wenxin Pavilion in Chi Kingdom was his doing, and the 'Crown Prince assassination case' that triggered Wenxin Pavilion's destruction was likewise his doing!"
Lord Cao's face changed drastically. "Lord Zhou, do you have evidence for these words?"
"This boy acts without a single drop leaking through. How could he leave behind incriminating evidence for something so taboo? But Lord Cao, do you know the difference between how the wisdom path handles matters and how the worldly path handles matters?"
"What difference?"
Lord Zhou said, "The worldly path judges traces! The wisdom path judges chains!"
What did that mean?
When ordinary people did things, one needed to look at evidence. Evidence was the trace!
But when people of the wisdom path acted, one could not merely look at evidence, because one simply could not find a wise man's evidence. One only needed to look at the chain of logic, at the result! So long as the result aligned with his original intent, then it had definitely been done by him.
Lin Su entered Great Corner three days before the Iron Blood Legion's military parade. The implication could not have been clearer!
What was the Iron Blood Legion for?
It was meant to slaughter Great Cang!
Would Lin Su have wanted to see that?
Obviously not!
Therefore, whatever happened during the parade, never mind whether Lin Su had