The greater the force used, the easier it would be for traces to be found. If one wanted to keep others from the clues longer, then the only way was killing more people who could help with the investigation.

That was why when he ignited this Jiang Family barrel of gunpowder, Wen Xuanshu already threw in all of his forces on this matter.

The ones he wanted to assassinate weren’t only Jiang Yanchi and some of Jiang Family’s important figures, there were also many officials who carried suspicions towards him, people who might help the people in those black gold carriages, people who might help the emperor investigate these traces and clues.

For the sake of making the situation even more chaotic, he even sacrificed some of his own men, killing some officials who had nothing to do with the situation. This way, in the early phases of investigation, it would be like investigating a homicidal maniac who had no reasons to unleash such crazy slaughter.

In his opinion, in this type of chaos, some powers from Tangcang, Great Mang and even Wenren Cangyue’s forces would definitely take action. There was no way they wouldn’t try to stir up the chaos even further, indirectly helping him acquire even more benef...