CapĂtulo 2262: Chapter 2259: Who Is It Really
âItâs just a board game, whatâs the big deal? Plenty of people play it privately. Our establishment doesnât use it as a selling point, so when it comes to explaining, we can just say it was unintentional. Would Chu Heng really go to the Emperor over such a trivial matter? That would be petty, and the Emperor wouldnât want his favorite to embarrass himself like that.â Elder Qi San curled his lips, showing no guilt over snatching someoneâs achievement or business.
It was clear this person had no scruples.
âIn that case, go ahead and do it.â
âI still have a few abandoned estates here that arenât worth much, but I can sell them to the Chu family at a high price,â Minister Qi said.
Elder Qi San nodded, âBy the way, Brother, who do you think is secretly helping Chu Heng?â
âIf we donât find out this person, weâll always be on guard against him.â This was why Minister Qi had been cautious in his dealings with Chu Heng, not acting rashly but always causing him minor troubles.
Elder Qi San backed down against Tang Dongfeng because his intuition told him that if he continued to compete, he would surely lose.
Losing fifty thousand taels was better than losing one hundred and fifty thousand taels.
Minister Qi squinted his eyes meaningfully, âI only know that the lady of the Chu family loves to disguise herself. She once went to the Lu Family Medical Hall to study medicine and has been supervising at Jingyuan every day recently.â
âI saw the two servant boys by Tang Dongfengâs side this time, both had skills and neither was female.â Elder Qi San immediately suspected the identities of the two servant boys.
After all, the one who caused Old Song to lose so miserably was the servant boy who entered the scene afterward.
It was evident that the trump card Tang Dongfeng brought was that servant boy.
âAre you sure?â Minister Qi didnât say it aloud, but in his heart, he was already convinced that one of those two must be Ye Muyu.
But he also knew Elder Qi Sanâs abilities; there was no way he could be so close and not recognize them.
âThere canât be a mistake; Iâve carefully observed,â Elder Qi San was also a bit puzzled.
âPerhaps itâs people Chu Heng has trained. He has secretly trained quite a few. Otherwise, he wouldnât be able to easily send someone to take over every time a shop needed staffing.â Minister Qi had always paid close attention to Chu Heng, âMoreover, Chu Heng himself is very skilled; training a group of excellent people is no difficult task.â
âAnd you mentioned that the Chu familyâs Book Collection Pavilion has books about playing dice. The Chu family has collected quite a bit over the years, especially some unorthodox methods. With these books, training staff becomes quite straightforward.â Minister Qi couldnât help but suspect that every move Chu Heng made had a deeper meaning.
Indeed, every move Chu Heng made was filled with deeper meanings.
He had always been cultivating his own people.
What Minister Qi didnât know was that the key figure in all those unorthodox contents was âYe Muyuâ.
As for Chu Heng training personnel and searching for various books, it was all to cover up Ye Muyuâs true abilities.
With these actions, even if someone thought Ye Muyu was formidable, they wouldnât think that all the books in the Chu familyâs Book Collection Pavilion were personally written by her. Making them believe this would be harder than saying Chu Heng was deliberately elevating Ye Muyu.
Especially for veteran officials like Minister Qi, who wouldnât believe what they saw, but only what they deduced.
Understanding these personalities is why Chu Heng moved so steadily each step of the way.