Did you remember the old case from the 13th Year of Yan Huang, when several capital officials in Huang Ting got caught up in a Ponzi scheme? The ones who suffered the heaviest losses were dozens of wealthy households, whose silver was swindled away by the scammers—over five million taels in total. Since the mastermind was a former official of Wu, as well as a 20th Rank Che Hou with the Will of the Martial Artist to commit fraud, Shen Tang had tossed the task to Wei Cheng and left the old geezer to deal with his old buddy himself.
It was now the summer of the 17th Year of Yan Huang.
Had the Ponzi scheme been cracked?
No.
Shen Tang suspected that the old geezer Wei Cheng was slacking off.
Ever since Wei Cheng began investigating his old buddy, the scammer Che Hou had committed fraud far less frequently. Perhaps he knew danger was closing in and was keeping his head down. In any case, he hadn't been very active these past four years. Shen Tang was busy from dawn to dusk, and without the option of cheating with her Sage Ruler account, just handling the daily affairs of state as a human was exhausting enough. Where was she supposed to find the energy to catch the head of a Ponzi scheme?
She trusted Wei Cheng to give her an explanation.
After all, Wei Sheng was her loyal follower to the death.
What did all this have to do with Jiang Sheng, who was on vacation?
As it turned out, quite a lot.
After Jiang Sheng went on vacation, he'd planned to take his wife back to his ancestral home to burn incense and pay respects to their ancestors. Returning home in glory was better than wearing fine clothes