Wen Xingtian made a sarcastic remark.
Ye Changqing snorted and cursed under his breath, "Who are you trying to fool? If anything happened to Zuo Xiaoduo, nobody would be more anxious than you! You smashed through a wall and ran off that day, and you still haven't paid for it. My illegitimate son? Whoever fathered that illegitimate son knows perfectly well."
"..." Wen Xingtian was utterly speechless.
"The Qiu Lineage is implicated. They were plotting to seize Hidden Dragon High Martial," Ye Changqing said suddenly.
Wen Xingtian jolted. "Did that information come from Minister Nan?"
"Yes."
Ye Changqing frowned. "But after Qiu Xiaoqian was arrested, the Qiu Lineage disappeared. And Qiu Xiaoqian was very much on the fringes of the family..."
He looked thoughtfully at Wen Xingtian. "What do you think?"
Wen Xingtian said meaningfully, "This business... heh heh, the Central Plains King?"
Ye Changqing smiled faintly. "There was evidence to arrest Qiu Xiaoqian, so Minister Nan dared to act. But the Central Plains King... without evidence, even Minister Nan can't make a rash move against him."
"But why would the Central Plains King do this?" Wen Xingtian frowned.
"There's no point pondering the reason, because we won't figure it out. But after Qiu Xiaoqian was arrested, the Central Plains King hid the Qiu Lineage quite openly, secure in the knowledge that he had nothing to fear."
"Because he's certain that, given his status, nobody can simply arrest him without solid evidence!"
"Damn him!"
"Right now, we need to find where the Qiu Lineage is."
A light flashed in Ye Changqing's eyes. "At the very least, we now have an extremely clear direction."
Wen Xingtian snorted. "If the Qiu Lineage has already reunited in the underworld, where are we supposed to go to arrest them?"
"The Central Plains King