Rebirth of Corrupt Officials

Chapter 46.1

Was everything going well?

It appeared that everything had unfolded as anticipated by Rong Shaobai.@@@@

Jiang Xiaochuan sat across from him and remarked, “Among all the players in the game, there are probably few who can appreciate the art of making tea as well as you do now.”

Or perhaps none at all.

This time’s confrontation was essentially orchestrated by Rong Shaobai behind the scenes. If it were a gamble, there would only be one victor – Rong Shaobai.

Rong Shaobai’s eyes narrowed with a smile at Jiang Xiaochuan’s observation, exuding a relaxed demeanor. He held the ear of the pot in one hand and gently pressed the body of the pot with the fingers of the other. The tea belly of the protruding purple porcelain pot was round and emitted a soft glow, yet its surface was not entirely smooth. It was evident that the quality of the porcelain was exceptional.

Instead of directly addressing Jiang Xiaochuan’s comment, Rong Shaobai shifted the conversation to the purple porcelain pot: “In the mountains of Yixing, a purple porcelain pot stamped with a seal costs one yuan; halfway up the mountain, it becomes two yuan; at the foot of the mountain, it may fetch five to ten yuan; once out of the mountains and into the country, the lowest price for a purple porcelain teapot is hundreds of thousands – the disparity is immense.”

The purple porcelain teapot was a premium tea set, with Yixing producing the finest quality, and the Gongchun teapot being the most widely recognized among them. However, many people were unaware of why purple porcelain teapots were so expensive; they only know of their high price tag.

Jiang Xiaochuan also had a cup in front of him, but his eyes fell on Rong Shaobai’s face, which didn’t have an overly intense expression. However, some clues came together in his mind: “So, Qiu Yi’s case is actually just a cover. That’s when you started this plan, right? You found someone from the military region who could cooperate with you, or this collaborator already existed. Then, with the help of the outbreak of the case, you gave yourself no choice but to provide sufficient excuse to participate in this dispute over cheap guns and ammunition. Otherwise, how could the Qingtuan and Hong families start fighting so unscrupulously? They dared to do this only after they determined that you, the Rong family, were not a threat.” Although, in the end, the Qingtuan and Hong families, were still completely faded by Rong Shaobai.

Rong Shaobai expressed surprise that Jiang Xiaochuan could figure out the key to this so quickly. He raised his eyebrows: “Mayor Jiang responded very quickly. This Rong has to wonder if you got any news before. I heard someone said, that a reporter named Xue Cuiming has been secretly investigating the Rong family.”

Xue Cuiming?

Jiang Xiaochuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Rong Shaobai was talking about Xue Yan. He suddenly felt the urge to laugh. He pressed his eyebrows, shook his head, and smiled: “I don’t know.”

Rong Shaobai didn’t like that response. As if he wanted to say more about Xue Yan, he just said one more sentence: “Just because I don’t touch Xue Yan doesn’t mean that others can’t touch him. In a place like the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, if he doesn’t have any backing, what he is doing now is no less than seeking death.”

People who had an excessive sense of justice usually didn’t end well.

However, Jiang Xiaochuan’s behavior was very cold, which was beyond Rong Shaobai’s expectation. Jiang Xiaochuan actually said: “For such a person, one more person is not much of him, and one person less than him is not more much, so that’s it.”

It sounded like Jiang Xiaochuan really didn’t care about Xue Yan’s life and death, as if he had nothing to do with this person. Not even friendship.