When they arrived at the parking lot, Yinzhi left his guards behind and forced his way into Yinreng's car.
Yinreng: “…”
He and Yinzhi came in the same carriage today. With the eldest brother squeezing in, the not-so-small space in the carriage seemed a bit crowded.
Yinreng wanted to make a teasing remark, but after seeing Yinzhi's pretended indifference, he couldn't bring himself to make the teasing.
The boss must be hiding something from him.
I just don't know whether this guy is coming for him or the third brother.
Yinreng and Yinzhi were going back to the construction site. They were also going to follow the head of the Ministry of Works to explore the land next to Jiuli Mountain.
Jiuli Mountain is located northwest of Datangshan and Xiaotangshan, only more than ten miles away from the Xiaotangshan Royal Palace.
Yinreng planned to build several high-end manors there, package them and sell them to that group of profiteers at a high price.
When they arrived at the construction site, Yinreng observed Yinzhi's expression while sending Yinzhi to summon the leaders of the Ministry of Works.
After Yinzhi agreed, Yinreng found that Yinzhi had no intention of following him, and he knew in his heart that Yinzhi was coming for him.
The two watched Yinzhi walk away, and then Yinreng asked,
"Tell me, why did you go to so much trouble to follow me? What do you want to ask of me?"
Yinzhi was not surprised by Yinreng's sharpness. He just looked at the workers working hard coming and going and frowned.
"This is not the place to talk."
"You even picked..."
Despite his complaints, Yinreng still took him to a small courtyard that was half-finished.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Yinzhi looked back at the guards guarding the door, thought for a moment, and decided to drive them further away.
Then he came straight to the point.
"Transfer Longkodo out of the Ministry of Industry."
Yinreng was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that the boss was actually doing this for Longkodo.
But he and Longkodo had nothing in common, so why did he suddenly target Longkodo?
"What's wrong with Longkodo? Why are you so anxious to find a target on him?"
"I just don't like him..."
Yinzhi didn't want to say much. The fewer people knew about the third brother's affairs, the better.
As for those who drank with Longkodo today, he had to send someone to investigate and deal with them as well.
Yinreng made a "tsk" sound.
"He's been working at the Ministry of Industry for several years. You're only starting to dislike him now. Isn't that unreasonable?"
Although the boss has a hot temper, he is clear about right and wrong. Why is he looking for trouble with Longkodo for no reason this time?
There must be something fishy going on that he doesn't know about.
"Don't worry about this. I just want to ask you if it can be done!"
Yinreng: “…”
Which kind person would have such an attitude when asking someone to do something for him?
Yinreng rolled his eyes.
"If you explain the reason to me, I'll consider it. If not, then you can find someone else."
Yinzhi frowned even deeper, and after a moment of silence, he spoke,
"When I went to the shop to look for you, I passed by a private room. Inside was Longkodo and his cronies..."
Regarding the matter of Longkodo, Yinreng really cannot be bypassed. Otherwise, with Tong Guowei's influence in the court, few people would dare to confront the Tong family.
So Yinzhi accepted his fate and told Yinreng exactly what he had heard.
But what surprised him was that Yinreng's expression remained calm throughout the whole process.
So much so that at the end, he couldn't help but stop and ask,
"Have you known for a long time that the Third Brother was being hunted down? Is it a trap set by the Emperor for the White Lotus Sect?!"
——
“Bang!”
Just as Yinzhi finished speaking, there was a sound like something heavy falling from outside the east wall of the courtyard.
The two looked at each other, both having a bad feeling.
Yinreng ran straight out the door, while Yinzhi took a few steps to climb the courtyard wall and saw the figure running away in panic at a glance.
"Third brother!"
Yinzhi paused.
Yinreng also came to the outside of the courtyard and looked at Yinzhi standing there motionless, and sighed deeply in his heart.
What is going on?
It's all the boss's fault. To prevent the guards from eavesdropping, he drove them all away. Now, the person involved heard it...
A moment later, Yinzhi followed Yinreng into the courtyard.
Looking at the pale-faced third brother sitting on the ground, Yinreng couldn't help but glare at Yinzhi several times.
"Um... Third brother, the eldest brother has always been out of tune and has no control over his words. Just treat his words as fart..."
Yinzhi also knew that he was too reckless, so he did not refute Yinreng's words, and his eyes were always on Yinzhi's face.
Yinreng tried to persuade Yinzhi for a long time, but found that Yinzhi was not moved at all, so he stopped talking tactfully.
The courtyard fell into an eerie silence.
After a long time, Yinzhi spoke.
"So... Second Brother, do you know that the whole hunting down of me was a trap set by the Emperor for the White Lotus Cult?"
It seemed that his persuasion had no effect at all, and Yinreng felt somewhat powerless.
But things have come to this point. There is no point in hiding it any longer.
"I didn't know it at first. I guessed it on the way back to the palace."
"Then what is the basis for your guess?"
"Before the Emperor sent us to investigate the administration, I met Longkodo in a teahouse by the river."
"So you knew all along that Longkodo was going to Jiangnan to investigate?"
"……yes."
The two brothers asked and answered each other, and Yinzhi quickly analyzed the matter.
No wonder the second and fourth sons behaved so strangely when the emperor returned to the palace. It turned out that they had already known the truth of the matter.
But at that time they all had other things to do and no one got to the bottom of it.
It seems that he has the same idea as the second and fourth brothers. They all want to keep it secret from Yinzhi and let him recover before talking about other things.
But now... he had messed up everything.
Yinzhi felt a little regretful.
"Brother, how did you know about this?"
When Yinzhi was feeling upset, Yinzhi suddenly threw the problem to him.
It seems that the third brother only heard the most important sentence from him and nothing else.
Yinzhi felt even more uncomfortable.
If he hadn't been so anxious to question Yinreng...
Alas, he was determined to get rid of Longkodo today, so Yinzhi would hear the truth no matter what.
After a moment of hesitation, Yinzhi was left with nothing but calmness.
"I overheard Longkodo's drunken talk."
There's no way to dodge it anyway, so just stick your head out and you'll get a knife.
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