Chapter 167 Backer
At this time, Lu Juefeng was worried that if he told the truth directly, King Jingyin would be very surprised at first, and he would be more likely to be severely punished, so he said vaguely: "Some of Yin Ruchen's previous actions have interfered with my subordinates doing what I want, and of course, he has also interfered with Sun Guye's subordinates doing what he wants... That's why I worked with Sun Guye to deal with Yin Ruchen who had interfered."
King Jingyin looked at Yin Ruchen again and asked, "Miss Yin, he said that you interfered with the work of his subordinates?"
Yin Ruchen thought that he had indeed dealt with many corrupt officials in his previous missions, so he wondered: Could it be that Sun Guye and Lu Juefeng were the backers behind the corrupt officials? If so, then it is possible that he had interfered with the work of their subordinates. But if the "interference" that Lu Juefeng mentioned really refers to this kind of thing, it proves that what he himself instructed his subordinates to do was not a good thing.
Yin Ruchen replied: "I just interfered with some evil officials doing evil things."
Although Yin Ruchen's words were short, they hit Lu Juefeng's heart like a heavy hammer. He wanted to slowly tell the truth to King Jingyin, so that King Jingyin would have some time to accept it. But after Yin Ruchen's words came out, even if he didn't immediately confess that he had asked his subordinates to do evil things, he didn't know what to say.
"Lü Juefeng, have you ever instructed evil officials to do evil things?" asked King Jingyin.
Lu Juefeng looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer this question.
"If it is, it is. If it is not, it is not. What's so difficult about answering?" King Jingyin frowned.
"The people under me did some bad things, and it does have something to do with me. However, the officials who did the evil things have already been punished..." Lu Juefeng said hesitantly.
"Speak clearly! If your subordinates did evil things at your instigation, just say it was you! What do you mean by 'somewhat related'? You are being vague! What exactly is going on?" King Jingyin said sternly.
Lu Juefeng had his subordinates do more than one evil thing, and he didn't know which one to bring up to make his crime seem lighter. Unexpectedly, at this time, Sun Guye interrupted and said, "He asked his subordinates to levy heavy taxes and threaten the people who refused to pay with force. He also asked his subordinates to hand over part of the money they got to him, and said that he would be responsible if anything happened. Because Yin Ruchen fought against the threat of force for those who refused to pay, and made things worse, it attracted the attention of a certain official, and as a result, his subordinates really got into trouble, and he took advantage of the situation. In the end, his subordinates were punished, but he is still safe and sound in this position. If he hadn't asked me for help at that time, and I hadn't thought of a way for him, he would not be able to speak here long ago!"
This time, what Sun Guye said was indeed the truth. The "certain official" he mentioned was the powerful and honest official Zhou Rong. Because he hated Zhou Rong very much, as the person who had blocked his financial path, he refused to mention Zhou Rong's name at this time no matter what.
Lu Juefeng knew that what Sun Guye said this time was the truth, but he didn't say it in a way that he could accept, so he didn't admit it directly: "Sun Guye just wants to drag me into this!"
Only then did Yin Ruchen realize that the person behind the evil official who oppressed the people was Lu Juefeng.
(End of this chapter)
