Chapter 85 - 69, Leave_2
Wu Hongbiao’s expression turned solemn as he said, "It is not the Jing Dynasty that betrayed me, but Si Cao. I’ve told you before that I will never let the political dirtiness of some waver my faith. I also believe that your uncles will rise again, rid the court of scoundrels. The people of the Jing Dynasty have suffered enough; I will not betray my motherland over a few villains."
Chen Ji was silent; this was the first time he had heard the word "faith" since arriving in this world.
He didn’t want to dwell on this issue, so he asked the question he most wanted to ask, "You say it was that Si Cao with an awe-inspiring green-faced and fanged mask, skilled with knives, who wants to kill us—why do you think so?"
Wu Hongbiao looked puzzled and said, "Si Cao is just Si Cao, why add so many adjectives? There is only one Si Cao."
Chen Ji shook his head, "Just answer my question."
Wu Hongbiao recalled, "The person who came to kill me initially deceived me, saying that Si Cao had an order, summoning me to the Cao Guild in the East Market to pick up a shipment. I am a Pigeon Level spy; throughout Luocheng City, aside from you, only Zhou Chengyi and Si Cao have the authority to know my information. Moreover, on the day the assassin came, I also asked them to show Si Cao’s token, and they did."
"What’s Si Cao’s token?"
"A ’Luocheng Chronicles’ with a special stamp from Rongbao Office; the stamp has one corner chipped off on the upper right, impossible to counterfeit."
Chen Ji finally understood that Wu Hongbiao didn’t know of any other Si Cao, nor did he know that a new Si Cao had arrived in Luocheng City to replace the former one.
Thus, according to his own deduction, it was Manager Yuan who wanted to kill them, not Coachman Si Cao.
But Chen Ji needed to make sure that Wu Hongbiao wasn’t lying.