Perhaps because he had witnessed the Jizhou Trading Company commit such profit-driven, faithless deeds, Chen Yi remained highly wary of them.
As the old saying went, money could make ghosts turn millstones.
Especially an organization like the Jizhou Trading Company, which excelled at clearing the way with money.
They must have amassed no small number of experts with Silver Coins, bribed officers, and informants.
Jizhou was the birthplace of the Jizhou Trading Company, so even more officers there obeyed their orders.
There was no guarantee that the deputy envoy coming to take office in Shuzhou this time did not have the Jizhou Trading Company's shadow behind him.
However, Chen Yi might be able to use this as a clue to deduce the court officials hiding behind that person.
It was not a bad opportunity.
At that thought, Chen Yi looked at the sky and found that he had already lost the mood to paint an ink-wash landscape.
Just as he was about to return to his side room to practice the Four Symbols Technique, Xiao Wuge came running over after finishing his Stake Training.
"Brother-in-law, Eldest Sister told me yesterday to visit Grandpa and pay my respects today. Are you coming too?"
Chen Yi considered it, then nodded. "All right."
He then changed into a clean set of Brocade and took Xiao Wuge toward Qingjing Residence.
The Brocade was dark blue, tied with a jade belt of the same color. A jade pendant hung at his waist, and his handsome features, along with his tranquil and natural bearing, seemed to drift away with the breeze.
Xiao Wuge naturally did not think Chen Yi had changed much.
Yet as they walked along, every maidservant and servant they encountered was slightly dazed upon seeing Chen Yi.
They all felt that this second