Chapter 453…
Chapter 453…
So when Liu Qiuwu went to meet his friend, he was surprised to see Qiao Ruicheng. However, he quickly suppressed his surprise and stepped forward, bowed and said, "Qiuwu greets His Majesty. I didn't know Your Majesty was here. Please forgive me."
Qiao Ruicheng leaned back in his chair, looking at him with a smile in his eyes: "Mr. Liu, there is no need to be polite. I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Liu Qiuwu looked up in surprise. In fact, he had vaguely guessed it. After all, the place was chosen by a friend, but King Xian was the only one here. But what surprised and puzzled him was why King Xian suddenly wanted to see him?
"So it's the prince who wants to see me?"
"It's me," Qiao Ruicheng admitted openly, then raised his hand slightly, "Master Liu, please sit down."
Many thoughts flashed through Liu Qiuwu's mind at once. He walked to the guest chair and sat down. Then he asked, "Why did the prince want to see me?"
Qiao Ruicheng smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, don't be nervous. I have no ill intentions in looking for you. I just happened to know some interesting things."
Interesting things? Liu Qiuwu raised his eyes slightly, met his gaze, and said, "Is it related to me?"
Qiao Ruicheng didn't beat around the bush: "I heard that the Liu family has a happy event coming up. Master Liu has recognized his nephew who was living away from home?"
Liu Qiuwu's eyes darkened slightly, and his cold voice was cold because of the harsh correction: "No, my sister's whereabouts have not been found yet, where did the child come from?"
"Oh? Is that so? It seems that I have misunderstood."
Qiao Ruicheng casually smiled and ignored the tentative attempt.
Liu Qiuwu glanced at him and knew exactly what was going on, but he was not sure whether he came here just to dismantle Liu Jinsheng's identity or to take more into consideration. No matter what, he had to take it seriously.
He knew very well that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as he had a relationship with King Xian, he could act as the middleman!
So he smiled, sighed helplessly, and said in a rather troubled tone, "Your Highness misunderstood because he listened to those misleading rumors in the streets, right? Before, there was a country boy who came from nowhere and insisted that he was my elder sister's orphan. Later, he was injured while saving my third uncle and was taken to my house for recuperation. This led to the misunderstanding of outsiders."
"This is the truth." Qiao Ruicheng showed an expression of discovery.
"Yes." Liu Qiuwu looked at him and pretended to hesitate, "Just now, the prince said he knew some interesting things. I wonder what they are? Would I have the honor to listen to them?"
Qiao Ruicheng looked at him with a smile and said, "Of course, this matter has something to do with Master Liu."
Finally getting to the point, Liu Qiuwu asked, "Is it related to that guy?"
"Mr. Liu is smart." Qiao Ruicheng gave him an admiring look.
Isn't this obvious? Liu Qiuwu was speechless, but still cooperated with him and said solemnly: "Please tell me, Your Majesty."
Qiao Ruicheng put away his nonchalant smile and said, "Master Liu is so smart, how could he not think this person is suspicious?"
Liu Qiuwu pursed his lips and chose to reveal his true feelings: "It is indeed as the prince said. I have always felt that he came from an unknown background and must have other intentions behind his unreasonable behavior. However, before I could find out the details, he was taken into the mansion by my third uncle. Now he is under my nose. If he really has ill intentions, he will be exposed sooner or later."
Qiao Ruicheng's eyes were sharp, "So Master Liu is waiting for him to fall into his trap."
"Yeah." Liu Qiuwu simply attributed Liu Jinsheng to business competition. "Although the Liu family has always maintained integrity in business, it is inevitable to offend some of its peers due to vested interests."
It was a very logical suspicion and Qiao Ruicheng couldn't find any fault with it.
"But it's not necessarily the case. Mr. Liu, he is not someone your rival family has found. He is the eldest prince's man. I remember that Prince Qiao visited you quite often for a while, right?"
Liu Qiuwu's eyes fixed.
"Are you serious? The interesting thing that the prince mentioned... is this?"
Qiao Ruicheng laughed and asked, "Isn't this very interesting? Just like those opera singers. But don't worry, Master Liu. Master Qiao is also very busy now and has no time to meet people."
Liu Qiuwu had certainly heard about Qiao Wenjin's affairs. Now hearing what he said, he couldn't help but wonder how much of it was his doing, but none of this mattered.
"Your Highness, have you found out? Is Liu Jinsheng really one of theirs?"
Qiao Ruicheng looked him straight in the eye and uttered four words: "Absolutely true."
Liu Qiuwu pretended to be silent, his expression very solemn. After a while, he stood up and clasped his fists to Qiao Ruicheng in thanks: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for telling me."
Qiao Ruicheng said nothing else, only asked: "What are your plans, Master Liu? Do you want to keep him by your side to monitor you, or..."
Liu Qiuwu frowned and thought, and couldn't help but think of the kidnapping of his nephew's child. Perhaps he could use this opportunity to turn the passive situation into active one, first get rid of Liu Jinsheng, and then reveal that he had found the whereabouts of his elder sister, so he said in a loud voice:
"The Liu family is only focused on business and has no interest in other things. Since we know that his motives are not pure, we cannot keep him."
Qiao Ruicheng curled his lips and said, "Very good. If Master Liu is not convenient to do it, I have someone who is happy to do it for you."
Liu Qiuwu looked inquiringly, "My Lord, is there anyone who has a grudge against him?"
Qiao Ruicheng looked at him with a smile.
"Is there a grudge, or a big one? If you run into trouble in the future, Master Liu, you can come here to find me."
Seeing that the other party was going after the eldest prince and his men, Liu Qiuwu readily agreed: "Then Qiuwu would like to thank His Majesty first."
His intuition told him that they would contact each other again after the Liu Jinsheng incident, and what he had to do now was to go back and inform his nephew and the others and arrange everything.
So when Xia Mo and Ling Chuan heard the news from Liu Qiuwu, they were very happy. It would be beneficial for them to get involved in Qiao Ruicheng's dark web.
They replied immediately, firstly asking Liu Qiuwu to be careful, and secondly asking if there was anything they needed to do after Liu Jinsheng was resolved.
Liu Qiuwu also quickly replied that it was not necessary. Since it was not necessary, Xia Mo and the others would naturally not act on their own.
So within less than a month, several major events happened in the capital.
One of them was the brother that the Liu family had just adopted, who died in an accident.
This time it was really related to Uncle Liu. No matter how Jin Xuhua investigated, the killers were sent by his enemies and had nothing to do with Liu Qiuwu.
An important chess piece died before it could play its greatest role, and the plan to swallow the Liu family was completely disrupted. Jin Xuhua was so frustrated that he almost coughed up blood in his throat. He had to shift his target and target the Shen family.
At that time, they didn't know that Shen Qingyun had already communicated with Shen Fu in a correspondence. It was better to believe it than not, and he had already started to investigate the Cangwu secret medicine.
After Liu Jinsheng's death, Liu Qiuwu and Xia Mofu waited and watched, waiting to see if Jin Xuhua had any back-up plans. If he really wanted to kidnap the child, the news should have gotten around to it after so long, so there's no way he wouldn't have had any back-up plans, but they didn't.
Therefore, they wavered and suspected that the person who kidnapped the child was not Jin Xuhua's people.
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