Is Taiyi Academy targeting us?
Most importantly, those four regiments had only been placed under Water Engineer Scholar's command; they weren't his old subordinates. As a rising star who had only come to prominence in recent years, Water Engineer had no veteran followers of his own, nor any large established faction.
In the end, Water Engineer Scholar was just a rising star who had been promoted ahead of the usual schedule. His foundation wasn't all that solid. The academy's senior officials had simply ordered the regiments below to accept his command.
Since they weren't Water Engineer Scholar's loyal old subordinates, there was no reason for them to cover for his lies.
That meant Water Engineer himself and his personal guards might not be telling the whole truth. But the men in those regiments had been questioned by the academy's senior officials in a secret investigation that deliberately avoided Water Engineer. They had absolutely no reason to lie for him.
So was the Spirit Vein actually a complete fabrication?
The provisional conclusion was that no Spirit Vein existed at all, and the Water Engineering Department had never reported one. The whole thing had been staged by Gong Lei Grand Scholar.
Yet One-eyed Deputy and the others knew about the Spirit Vein. They had even seen someone claiming to be one of Water Engineer's attendants deliver a letter to Gong Lei Grand Scholar with their own eyes.
What's more, after returning from his inspection of the Water Engineering Department, Gong Lei Grand Scholar had described the Spirit Vein in great detail, making it sound like something extraordinary.
At the time, One-eyed Deputy and the others had repeatedly urged Gong Lei Grand Scholar to claim credit for the Spirit Vein.
But now, faced with Shuijing Grand Scholar's investigation findings, they still didn't dare