The topic keeps circling back, but never truly gets clear.
When Qin Kun first arrived, Head Wan aggressively encouraged everyone to invest in the bank; later, he organized resource integration and collected a lot of money, causing the business scene in Fujun to bee chaotic.
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When Qin Kun retired to his hometown, he brought with him a thousand elite soldiers from Capital City, as he was to be ennobled here.
When Qin Kun heard that the soldiers from the capital were assaulting his men, not the Dragon Fang Gang, he immediately began to have doubts.
Could it be that Cai Siyuan had defected to the Emperor?
Impossible! The reason Qin Kun felt secure enough to retire and focus on strengthening his own empire here was because he trusted Cai Siyuan. Cai Siyuan was a person Qin Kun had promoted himself, many of the high-ranking generals in the army department were his confidants, and now the elite soldiers from the army department were besieging him?
Something must have gone wrong in the army department.
Regardless, Qin Kun decided to flee to Quan County with his elite soldiers.
The governor of Quan County, Su Weifang, was also a confidant of Qin Kun!
In other words, from Capital City, to Quan County, and then to Fujun, all the governors along this line were Qin Kun’s confidants, which allowed Qin Kun to move away from the capital so fearlessly.
When Qin Kun and the governor arrived in Quan County, they found a place to rest.
Once a senior court official, and future Emperor, of course, he could not show up in such a sorry state. Therefore, he sent Zhou Honghai to inform Su Weifang.
Zhou Honghai had been waiting outside of the Governor’s Mansion in Quan County for a while, yet Su Weifang hadn’t came out yet.
Zhou Honghai was pletely unaware that at this moment, Su Weifang was sitting in the grand hall of the Governor’s Mansion, with a delicate cup and dim sum placed before him. Su Weifang’s subordinates had already entered twice to report that Qin Kun was resting outside the city gates and urged Su Weifang to go and meet him.
Su Weifang didn’t dare move, he just ordered his subordinates to leave and continued to sip his tea as if nothing was out of the ordinary. After a couple of sips, he raised his head to look at the man sitting across from him.
The Emperor arrived yesterday afternoon.
He wasn’t wearing a dragon robe, just a black silk tunic, yet he was sitting there tranquilly sipping his tea, seemingly oblivious to what was happening. However, he emanated a powerful aura that made the atmosphere tense.
Wasn’t the young Emperor supposedly an inept, easily manipulated ruler?
Why hadn’t Su Weifang found that to be the case?
Despite being in his twenties, the Emperor’s every move was extremely steady and mature. His smallest gesture sent Su Weifang’s heart racing.
Moreover, as soon as the Emperor arrived yesterday, he had started a conversation about family matters with Su Weifang. “Lord Su, I heard that your youngest son recently arrived in the Capital to take the imperial examination, is that correct? He’s been studying hard for over a decade. If he passes on his own merit, he could serve the Dajin. You’ve surely taught your son how to be a loyal subject, haven’t you?”
“I also heard that Lord Su weled a grandson two months ago. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, very similar to you. Your family is enjoying blissful harmony and the joy of family ties. Lord Su, you are truly fortunate.”
“….”
The Emperor didn’t utter any explicit threats; these words, however, were more effective than threats. In other words, the fate of the Su family was in the Emperor’s hands; if he made any move, he would be endangering the lives of his entire family.
So, how dare he intervene in Qin Kun’s affairs?
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