Chapter 1889: Chapter 1886: Doing Good Deeds?

"Even if you know, Lord Chu, what ability do you have to speak up for those unjustly killed souls?"

Bai Yao extended her fingers, gently stroking her nails as if they were the most precious thing: "Justice? In this world, it has always been the powerful and influential who speak, and common sense is merely set by the rulers."

"Lord Chu, I am very interested to see you overthrow the imperial officials. By then, it will indeed be very interesting. I wonder how much of a storm you can stir up on your own."

Bai Yao laughed disdainfully, her laughter filled with mockery.

Chu Heng showed no apparent reaction to her words but continued to inquire about her deeds.

Bai Yao seemed genuinely eager to see him make a fool of himself, or perhaps she was curious to see how Chu Heng, who tried to remain impeccable and unsullied, would be gradually forced by reality to get tainted.

She believed there were fools in this world willing to use eggs to knock against stones for the sake of justice, even if it meant becoming enemies of most officials, but that person was definitely not Chu Heng.

As someone of the same kind, she could feel Chu Heng’s danger, so how could she possibly believe he was as harmless as he appeared?

Such a person could never sacrifice for justice.

Yet he insisted on calling himself just, even thinking of getting justice for those victims.

Ha.

Truly naive.

Bai Yao couldn’t help but lick her lips, her already daunting face gaining an extra touch of eeriness in the dark.

Only after Chu Heng extracted all the confessions did he turn to leave.

As he reached the doorway, Bai Yao, who had been watching him intently, spoke with a bizarre smile: "No wonder Bai Lan would fancy you. She indeed has skills. Why not take her as a beautiful concubine, Lord Chu?"

"Don’t say such things again; there will be no next time." Chu Heng’s indifferent gaze slowly withdrew from her, his tone not severe yet carrying a chilling warning.

Bai Yao’s face darkened, clenching her fist at her side as she watched Chu Heng walk away, a cold smile flitting across her eyes: "Bai Lan, no matter how good your taste, you cannot have him. Indeed, as my sister, you should be born just like me, to go to hell together."

Chu Heng examined the materials he had gathered.

Standing in his office, he sent several secret letters to Xiao Tianhao.

This case was too widespread; although Bai Yao hadn’t said it outright, all the information pointed to this fact.

The human traffickers had extensive manpower, involving half the state government offices, and most victims were young, beautiful men and women. In the capital, the number of involved officials was probably not small.

Among them, some seriously collaborated with Bai Yao and others, while some legitimately bought people through brothels and other places.

There were even cases of being tricked into selling sons and daughters, given as gifts to various mansions.

The connections were far-reaching.

Although Chu Heng held no fondness for Bai Yao, he could not deny her words. With his current status, he couldn’t eliminate them all.

Furthermore, as the case progressed, he couldn’t be wholly confident in pursuing it to the end.

But...

The drugs from the Southern Border had indeed caused a significant crisis. Previously, no one dared to use Gu insects in the Imperial Palace, yet now they had appeared.

Either the rules within the Imperial Palace had been broken, or there was an underground channel within the palace allowing the Southern Border’s drugs to be easily delivered.

At the same time, the most likely explanation was that someone, with guts and dissatisfaction, was trying to do something.

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