Chapter 337: Snake Trails in the Grass
# 337. Snake Trails in the Grass
Xu Qi'an's face froze, and his heart surged with waves of realisation, bringing an overwhelming impact.
At that moment, his mind felt electrified, countless pieces of information boiling within him, with countless overlooked details churning and surfacing.
*Previously, I never thought the involvement of an Arcanist behind the Tax Silver Case was a serious point of suspicion... So it turns out, the Tax Silver Case was aimed at me all along?*
Xu Qi'an felt his scalp tingle.
Looking back at the Xu family's situation during the Tax Silver Case:
Xu Pingzhi failed to protect the tax silver, losing an entire 150,000 taels. Emperor Yuanjing’s decree was: Xu Pingzhi would be executed publicly, while his male relatives across three clans would be exiled to the frontier, and the women consigned to the Jiaofangsi.
In other words, if it weren't for his transmigration and his subsequent heroic efforts to solve the case, Xu Qi'an’s fate would have been exile.
*Exiled to the frontier... then have the fortune within me taken back?*