Chapter 518 - 439: Going Big (Part 3)
Once Marquis Lingyang falls, the Ye Family will inevitably scatter like monkeys from a falling tree. If they get implicated, it would be a crime of confiscation and extermination. The properties of the Ye Family will definitely be confiscated, and many will be eyeing these assets. Who has the best chance of taking over these properties?
Originally, Lin Miao only intended to take over the Xue Family Manor outside the city, but now it seems that if the Ye Family collapses, with his current financial strength, he can completely acquire all the properties left by the Ye Family.
After all, having money lying in the books without earning interest is a loss.
The Ye Family’s Shengyuan Hall, herbal shop, herb processing workshops, and shops, how much silver would it cost to acquire these assets under normal circumstances?
Once the Ye Family collapses and the court confiscates their assets, the court certainly won’t keep them; they will be auctioned off.
Relying on his relationship with Pei Jian, as long as there is no embezzlement, buying these properties with real silver, no one can criticize him.
The premise is that they must confirm the charges against Marquis Lingyang.
The Green Blade Sect will definitely do everything possible to destroy the evidence. This is their only way of self-preservation. Once the evidence is destroyed, there is no proof of their crimes, and the court has no reason to take action against a first-class sect for no reason.
This is something the court can’t afford to bear the consequences of.
This is why Su Chen rushed back to Dongshan from Lanzhou in advance, and why Bai Feng followed quietly.
They came to intercept the Green Blade Sect.
"How many people did Aunt bring?"
"Two hundred people, twenty-three with Blood Fusion Realm cultivation, and two Su Family Meridian Passage Realm consecrators," Su Chen said.
"Did Senior Luo Yusheng come?"
"He went back to the Snow Mountain Sect. Even if he receives the message, he can’t return in a short time." Su Chen shook his head.
"Didn’t you recruit anyone useful in Great Yue?"
"I did recruit some Nanyue martial artists, not many, about twenty, with the highest cultivation being the Great Perfection of Blood Melting Realm." Su Chen nodded. Since he decided to become the successor of the Su Family, he naturally needed to cultivate his own base, not only internally within the family but also externally to recruit useful people.
He previously just wanted to have fun and didn’t want to settle down so quickly. After the Su Family encountered the horse plague incident, he saw that even a powerful family like the Su Family could fall apart at any time. As the second generation of the richest family, he had to take on his responsibilities to be at ease, otherwise, one day, he wouldn’t even have the chance to "wander".
"Mr. Su, do you want to play a big game?" Lin Miao asked.
"Dear brother, what do you mean?" Su Chen’s eyes lit up sharply at these words, as he was naturally bold and had a strong adventurous spirit in his bones.
"If the evidence is destroyed, then Marquis Lingyang will naturally be unharmed. But if we preserve the evidence, you know the consequences, right, Mr. Su?"
Su Chen nodded. Marquis Lingyang, the Green Blade Sect, and even Consort Xue and her son King Qi would all fall into the quagmire.
"If I were the Sect Leader of the Green Blade Sect, what decision would I make if I encountered this situation?"
"Escape."
"How to escape? Where to flee?"
"Beihu!"
"If he flees to Beihu, what should he bring for Beihu to accept him, a stray dog?" Lin Miao asked again.
"This..."
"Once the Green Blade Sect escapes, it releases Marquis Lingyang. The charges of smuggling and treason can all be pinned on the Green Blade Sect, don’t you think?"
"But the Green Blade Sect colluded with Marquis Lingyang..."
"As long as there is such a possibility, is His Majesty willing to believe it or not?" Lin Miao countered.
After all the effort the emperor put into supporting King Qi, he messed it up himself. Having an excuse to exonerate him, the emperor would naturally go with the flow.
Certainly, Marquis Lingyang will be punished, but not fatally.
But the Green Blade Sect will surely be wanted as national traitors for colluding and betraying the country. This result, the Green Blade Sect is well aware of.
Moreover, if Marquis Lingyang wants to protect himself, he will surely betray the Green Blade Sect. The Green Blade Sect has no second option.
"So, Mrs. He?" Su Chen, being smart, immediately understood Lin Miao’s implication that if the Green Blade Sect escaped Da Li, they would definitely take Mrs. He with them.
Mrs. He is the wife of Marquis Lingyang, the legitimate wife of Xue Chunlai, Marquis Lingyang. Having a hostage in hand allows them to control Marquis Lingyang.
And the "grandson" of Marquis Lingyang is also one of the hostages. When the Green Blade Sect tries to escape, only a small part can leave, as most of the family members cannot leave. Therefore, to ensure the safety of these people, having hostages is necessary.