Cooperation

Chapter 83: Cooperation

Over the past two days, Yu You'an had already sorted through all the tangled interests involved.

Compared to the old methods used by the Hanging Mirror Bureau, the Archive Method Qin Yi had proposed did indeed improve the efficiency with which the officials investigated aberrant species to a certain extent, but it had not brought about any qualitative transformation.

This was an achievement, a political bargaining chip that could open a path to advancement.

If Qin Yi had Su Jingsi report it under his own name, he would receive rewards bestowed by the Emperor and enter the field of vision of the court's great ministers. Coupled with his age, he would most likely receive many offers of recruitment and patronage.

The great aristocratic clans liked people such as Qin Yi most of all.

Capable, politically clean, and born from the grassroots with no foundation.

In their eyes, Qin Yi was an uncut jade they could manipulate and shape, not an invader who could threaten their position.

Yet the assassination had happened.

So Yu You'an could only lean toward another possibility.

Mao Ji, the Unfettered Spirit Cult.

Although, among the information she currently knew, the only connection between the two was a single name, it undeniably fit the peculiar circumstances of the assassination.

After hearing Yu You'an out, Qin Yi showed no alarm. He smiled faintly and asked directly, "That is a barely reasonable guess, but have you considered this? If I really am that deity of the Unfettered Spirit Cult—

What would be my purpose in appearing at the prince's side? Faced with the current situation, what do you think I would do?"

Yu You'an replied evenly, "Kill me, then control Jingsi."

Qin Yi nodded lightly. He liked talking to smart people. "That's right."

Yu You'an narrowed