Chapter 105: Mister Ji Bo

“What did you find out?” asked Nan Xun.

Jun Huang shook her head. “Qi Chen is hiding something from me. He didn’t talk about the corruption among the court officials in detail. He was being deliberately ambiguous, and it seemed like he was talking around something. His change of attitude must be his secret benefactor’s doing.”

Nan Xun echoed her feelings. After a pause, he said, “The people I ordered to keep watch outside Prince Chen Manor spotted someone suspicious a few days ago. However, their face was hidden, and it was late at night. My people had to keep their distance to avoid detection. The figure is likely to be the one who has been helping Qi Chen.”

“We’ve been attracting too much attention,” Jun Huang said with a sigh. “They must have gotten wary. Now it will be difficult for us to find information to use against them.”

They fell silent. Qi Chen must have ordered his people to destroy any incriminating evidence still in their possession. It was likely that he hadn’t informed Jun Huang because Jun Huang had never gotten her hands dirty. There wasn’t anything...