Jing Zhengwei's death had remained unknown to everyone.
The place where Qin Leyin killed Jing Zhengwei was far too secluded. Afterward, both of them were taken aboard the ship by the Qin family, and by then, Jing Zhengwei's face had already been ruined—first, Qin Leyin had ravaged him like a doll, then turned him into spring mud that nourished the flowers, making him sustenance for Qin Leyin to survive. By the end, his remains naturally looked little better than medicinal dregs.
Without knowing Jing Zhengwei well, one might not even be able to claim his corpse.
Therefore, aside from Le Yu, only three people knew the exact truth of Jing Zhengwei's death: Qin Yueyang, Qin Yueshi, and Shi Huaifeng.
As for everyone else, the more rational ones basically believed that Jing Zhengwei had died in the chaotic night of flames. The more sentimental ones believed that Jing Zhengwei had fallen unconscious and been hidden away by some beautiful village girl to recuperate—don't ask why it had to be a village girl; that was how novels always wrote it—but no matter what, very few people would think that Qin Leyin had anything to do with Jing Zhengwei's death.
No one knew that Qin Leyin couldn't let go of Jing Zhengwei. After all, in most people's eyes, Qin Leyin had merely been Jing Zhengwei's favored guest and business partner. If Yin Minghong was Er Gouzi's steward, then Qin Leyin could be called the office secretary. How many members of the Silver Blood Society relied on Qin Leyin's analysis to divine their superiors' intentions?
Even Qin Leyin's interception of Lan Yan's military funds had not gotten out. Lan Yan had no habit of publicizing his defeats, nor any interest in using himself as a sacrifice to enhance his opponent's reputation. He certainly would