Chapter 294 - Chapter 294: Dead End
Chapter 294: Dead End
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
It had only been half a month since they last met, but Luo Han looked much more haggard.
Hearing Luo Cheng’s words, Luo Han smiled bitterly. He was no longer as high-spirited as before.
“I still have to tidy up the house. My father and mother will be here soon with their families! There’s chaos in the capital. We’ve already been implicated. If we stay any longer, we’ll probably lose everything. My father said that it’s time to leave!” Luo Han said.
“Your entire family is moving here?” Luo Cheng looked at Luo Han in surprise and asked, “This place can’t compare to the capital! Are you sure your family can tolerate it? Not to mention the dangers of the journey, how can your family withstand the climate that is very different from the capital’s?” Luo Han smiled bitterly when he heard Luo Cheng’s words.
“Where can my family go apart from coming to me? Luo Cheng, let me tell you the truth! With the current situation of the Luo family, even if we move to another prosperous place, someone will attack our family. If we move to Sichuan, those people in the capital won’t be able to extend their reach so far, so we can live a stable life!”
“Besides, I’m the county magistrate here, and with your faction, this is the safest place! Moreover, I’ll probably be the county magistrate for many more years. Whether I can be promoted in the future will depend on my luck!” Luo Cheng frowned when he heard this.
“How did this happen? Uncle Luo has always been an upright and levelheaded official. How did he end up like this?”
“Now, a few princes are competing in the capital, and no one is willing to give in. The emperor’s health is deteriorating daily, so he doesn’t have the energy to interfere. The crown prince is even more ruthless now and eliminates anyone who doesn’t work for him. The crown prince monitors even neutral officials. My father was chosen to serve as an example of what happens if people don’t obey him!” Luo Han told him the truth.
Luo Cheng fell silent. He knew that at this point, Luo Han and his family could only come to Sichuan to settle down.
Luo Cheng reached out and patted Luo Han’s shoulder, but didn’t say anything to comfort him.
Between buddies, words were unnecessary sometimes.
Then, Luo Cheng told Luo Han why he had come to town today.
“Luo Han, I came to see you today for something important!” With that, Luo Cheng poured out a pile of silver from his money bag.
“What are you doing? If you need my help, just tell me! Giving me so much money makes me a little uneasy!” Luo Han asked Luo Cheng as he spoke. “Look carefully at what’s different about these silver ingots!”
Luo Han glanced at Luo Cheng with a suspicious expression. Then, he picked up the silver ingots from the table and looked at them carefully.
“There’s nothing different about them. Aren’t they just silver ingots?”
Seeing this, Luo Cheng took out another money bag and some more silver ingots.
“Try comparing them again!”
When Luo Han heard this, he picked up the silver ingots that Luo Cheng had presented afterward and placed them beside the piece of silver in his hand. He compared them carefully.
Luo Han immediately realized what was wrong.
“What’s going on?”
“I received these silver ingots from my wife’s noodle shop. Coincidentally, I was there yesterday, so I found the merchant who took out these silver ingots and bought some cloth. Then, I took out a silver ingot and asked them to give me some silver as spare change. In the end, I obtained this bag of silver ingots!” Luo Cheng looked at Luo Han and said.
Luo Han wasn’t an ordinary person. He was a county official and had grown up in the capital, so he was shrewd and experienced. “No wonder you rushed over. This is indeed a serious matter!” “What should we do now?” Luo Cheng asked Luo Han.
“In the past, I could have told my father to spread the news in the capital. But now, it’s difficult to deal with this matter! I wonder who did this! No matter what, this is not a good thing. It’s a disaster for both of us!” Luo Han said.
“That’s why I came to you! Luo Han, you and I might both become scapegoats!” Luo Cheng said solemnly, “I keep feeling that those people still haven’t let me off! I’ve thought of thousands of possibilities, but I haven’t thought of this possibility! I have to say that the person who set up this scheme is really brilliant! He rendered us helpless and it’s difficult for us to save ourselves!”
Luo Han thought about it carefully. This trap was indeed perfect. Even if they discovered it, there was nothing they could do. They couldn’t deal with it in a foolproof way, and dealing with it would likely cause trouble in and of itself.
Therefore, they couldn’t do anything and couldn’t take the initiative to expose themselves. They even had to help these people cover things up.
This was because once they were exposed, it was unknown if the mastermind would be caught, but Luo Han and Luo Cheng would definitely become the scapegoats.
“What do you think? From what I know of you, you’re not someone who just resigns yourself when you’re schemed against. Tell me what you think!” Luo Han asked, staring at Luo Cheng.
Luo Cheng shook his head and sighed.
“Actually, I haven’t thought about what to do about this! It’s difficult for people involved to extract themselves and consider the situation objectively.” “Are we just going to take it lying down?” Luo Han was getting impatient.
Luo Cheng didn’t speak, but he was indignant as well.
But he really couldn’t think of any good countermeasures now. He didn’t know what to do.
At this moment, Luo Cheng suddenly recalled what Li Xiaoran had said to him.
Luo Cheng suddenly had an idea.
Perhaps Li Xiaoran could really help him.
“Consider it again. I’ll go back and think about countermeasures too. If there are any updates, let’s meet up again. You should go settle your family down first!” Luo Cheng said.
Luo Han nodded and drank his wine gloomily with a frown on his face.
That night, Luo Cheng and Luo Han slept very uneasily.
After dinner, the two of them went back to their respective homes.
After Luo Han left Luo Cheng’s house, he pondered over what Luo Cheng had said.
When he reached the corner of a street, Luo Han suddenly stopped. After looking around, Luo Han suddenly sped up and turned to run.
Before long, a figure appeared and chased after Luo Han.
Unfortunately, by the time the dark figure rushed over, Luo Han was already gone.
Just as the figure was wondering if he should leave, a sword was placed on his neck.
“Who are you? Why have you been following me?”