Although he was hardly anyone important, Chaerhan really did not have much of a brain.
Chaerhan had never considered using his subordinates to pressure others into staying out of this Holy Land Struggle.
In fact, even now, he had no idea what any of this was about!
Had he not known that the man before him was almost certain not to lie about something like this, Chaerhan would have suspected that he was simply making up an excuse to deal with him!
"You didn't know about this? Weren't you the one who sent those people out?"
Xu Tong's Avatar became interested in the matter as well.
He caught the scent of a conspiracy.
If this really was not something Chaerhan had done himself, then someone else must have used his name to carry it out.
Moreover, whoever had done it was surely among the people standing before him.
The beneficiaries of such a scheme were precisely these people.
Besides, using Chaerhan's name to do it would cost the culprit nothing.
With nothing to lose and something to gain, why wouldn't they do it?
Chaerhan turned to look at the people behind him, utterly bewildered.
Although he was not particularly clever, he was not completely brainless either.
He knew perfectly well that anyone capable of doing such a thing would have to hold roughly the same standing as him, or an even higher one.
Among the younger generation, the only people who fit that description were those standing behind him.
As for those more powerful than them, none of them had the opportunity to participate in this Holy Land Struggle in the first place.
Second, they also had their reputations to consider.
If someone of the same generation used a tactic like this, it would not draw much criticism.
But if