Li Qingxian remained silent and waited quietly.
"Did Mr. Gangfeng ever work with Minister Xue of the Ministry of Revenue?" the Coward King asked.
Li Qingxian froze, bewildered. Xue Ziliao of the Ministry of Revenue was an Upper Rank member of the Evil Sects, while his own father had been a Literary Cultivation Monument. The two had never worked together. What did the Coward King mean by asking this?
A powerful figure of his standing would never loose an arrow without a target by asking such a question.
Li Qingxian immediately recalled what the Coward King had said earlier. He had all but stated outright that the Night Guard lacked money, and now he had brought up the Minister of Revenue. This surely had something to do with money.
But why mention his father?
After a long silence, Li Qingxian said, "My late father never worked with Minister Xue, and I have never met Minister Xue myself."
"Oh..." The Coward King's voice was deeper than usual. He continued, "Do you have any prior connection with Vice Minister Feng?"
Li Qingxian immediately recalled the officials of the Ministry of Revenue.
The ministry's highest-ranking official was Minister Xue Ziliao.
Excluding the associate ministers, next came Left Vice Minister Feng Tianlun and Right Vice Minister Lu Kaizhao.
Back when Prince Yuan's son Tang Enxuan had sent Pang Mingjing to harm him, leaving him trapped outside Ministry of Revenue Street, Zhou Chunfeng had asked Left Vice Minister Feng Tianlun to intervene.
Feng Tianlun had not acted personally, however, instead sending his subordinate Xie Ming to lend a hand.
Afterward, Li Qingxian had heard that Zhou Chunfeng and Feng Tianlun were not particularly close. Zhou Chunfeng had asked another friend for help before Feng Tianlun agreed to intervene.
Luo Jing, who had helped him on