“But this Bayview Seafood Restaurant…” Governor Chen took a glance at Baili Jia Jue’s side face as he said that. “I’m afraid it’s not that easy to close it down as it involves the power of those in the Capital. It will be a waste of effort if we can’t achieve the desired outcome after creating a big stir.”
Baili Jia Jue did not say anything; he was holding a scroll in his hands. One was unable to tell his emotions by looking at his side face.
Governor Chen always knew that His Highness was unpredictable. But right now, he really wanted to find out what was on his mind so that he could at least know how things stood, and be more confident in handling them.
Of course, Baili Jia Jue knew what he was thinking and said calmly behind the scroll, “Governor Chen, what do you think we can do to punish a General, who has won in a war before but jeopardize the neighborhood, for the heavy offense?”
“This…” The words lingered between Governor Chen’s lips but he simply lowered his gaze and said, “I’m dull, I could not think of a method.”
Baili Jie Jue knocked the paper with his long fingers and said with a faint smile, “Leverage his strength and hit back.”
Governor Chen could not understand his words as he did not know the ins and outs of the incident. But there was one thing he could be sure of, based on the hot temper of Liao Qingtian, he would not take the incident that happened today well and he would definitely send edict to his head.
After all, Bayview Restaurant is not an ordinary restaurant.
I still have no idea what kind of disturbance will be created by those people up there…
Forgiving him for being old, his brain was not functioning as well as it ought to be when he worked for the Third Prince.
However, there was one thing that Governor Chen had guessed correctly.
Liao Qingtian had really written an edict, he even specified that the edict must be handed to the Elder Residence in the Capital. He wrote down every single word with his eyes full of hatred.
Four or five officials who were on Liao’s side were standing next to General Liao, licking his boots. “General Liao, you’re so clever to send the edict to the elders. I’m afraid this Wei will have to smack himself in the face. He’s such a fool to flaunt his prowess even before investigating the background of our Bayview Restaurant!”
“He’s just a villain holding sway.” General Liao blew dry the ink stain on the brush. “He thinks he’s the one in power simply because the governor of three provinces is supporting him, how dare he gets savage in front of me. I shall see how he will be frightened out of his wits and get lost when the elders come.”
Some of them nodded in agreement. “Such a useless character will just hold us back. But General, shall we warn Bayview Restaurant and collude our confession to avoid messing things up?”
“We shall do it. This Wei is witty and we need to be aware of him. Better find a way to get him into a terrible fix and lose his position as an official. In that case, we can ask Chen to release my nephew and others as well.” General Liao rolled the buddhist prayer beads in his hand, yet it was unable to suppress the evil aura coming from him.
The other officials exchanged glances with each other and said, “This is the provincial capital, Wei is merely an outsider. Although he stays at yamen, all the yamen runners are our men. There will be people reporting to us in an instant if we want to know any information, he will not get the edge on this matter at all. However, it seems like Lord Liao has taken him lightly before this. We have already heard about what he did when he was at Fuping County. Part of the reason he managed to arrest Lord Liao is that he has the support from Governor Chen and the other reason is due to the fact that he has a good private advisor with him. As long as we find a way to cause trouble to the private advisor, it will be more than enough to give him a headache!”
“Private advisor?” An elegant and tall figure, who looked down on General Liao, immediately appeared before his eyes. He sneered and said, “Let’s do it then. Forget it if he is so arrogant, but even his private advisor doesn’t know how to act according to the circumstances. Serves them right…”