Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1362

Seeing that Qian Jingguang remained silent, Mai Zhide hesitated for a moment before continuing:

"I can't tell you exactly how many people were involved in this money laundering case because I don't know either."

"But I know one thing: everyone is involved in this for the money; they just want to make more money in their hands."

"You said this matter has blown up too much, and you got the money and you're satisfied, but what about everyone else? Don't be so selfish!"

At this point, Mai Zhide's tone suddenly changed, and a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

"If even someone as peripheral as you can earn 200,000 taels, then shouldn't the others earn even more?"

"This is a matter that could cost the whole family their lives. If others don't have a lot of money in their hands, who would risk their entire family's lives to do this?"

"You think you're the only one who's afraid? Everyone's afraid, but everyone knows in their hearts that there's only one chance, so you have to gamble and fight!"

Qian Jinguang understood that Mai Zhide was right. Since it was a matter of losing one's head, fifty taels meant death, and fifty thousand taels meant death too.

Since you've already made the decision, naturally you want to get as much money as possible; otherwise, why risk your life?

To put it bluntly, the reason he's in this state is because he's already got the money and his greed has been satisfied.

Right now, he's just worried that he might have the life to take the money but not the life to spend it. If he hadn't gotten the money yet, he'd probably be a completely different person now.

Mai Zhide understood what Qian Jinguang was thinking, but he chose not to point it out and instead offered a soft reassurance.

"Throughout history, the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was the lowest. Even if they were high-ranking officials in the outside world, they lived a frugal life at home."

"Everyone just wants to live a slightly more comfortable life. Isn't that why you chose to join us?"

Although Qian Jingguang didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that this was indeed why he joined.

However, the unease and anxiety in his heart could not be dispelled by a few words, even if Mai Zhide tried to comfort him.

For Qian Jingang, as long as the case of the money shop remained unresolved, his heart would not find peace, and he would always be filled with fear.

Mai Zhide knew that talking was useless, but he had to speak, so he could only try to persuade him again:

"Honestly, I don't know what you're afraid of. There's no evidence to prove that the money exchange case is related to us."

"Moreover, Wei Wu has taken all the blame now. All we can do is wait and drag this case out indefinitely."

"As long as the court can't find any evidence, it won't implicate us. At that point, the case will be firmly pinned on Wei Wu."

At this point, Mai Zhide suddenly smiled and said in a flippant tone:

"Like right now, we're sitting in a room drinking tea, while Wei Wu? He's probably stuck in a corner of his cell with cockroaches and rats for company!"

Mai Zhide said this to make Qian Jinguang feel more at ease, but Qian Jinguang was not affected by his words.

Instead, after he finished speaking, she suddenly turned her head and looked at him intently, asking a question.

"What if the imperial court finds evidence? There are no secrets that stay hidden forever."

"Evidence? How do we find it?"

Faced with Qian Jinguang's questioning, Mai Zhide simply retorted with a light question, and then continued before Qian Jinguang could speak:

"Those people below, all those who needed to be dealt with have been dealt with. Not a single one is alive. Does the imperial court expect corpses to talk?"

Upon hearing Mai Zhide's words, Qian Jinguang also asked a question in return.

"What about the people up there?"

Upon hearing this, Mai Zhide's brows immediately furrowed, and he asked with some displeasure:

"What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what you understand it to be!"

Qian Jingguang responded without backing down, and then continued:

"As you said, quite a few people were involved in this. Are these people silenced? Can they be kept silent like corpses?"