Kapitel 356: Chapter 343: Just a Mere Third-Rate

"It wasn't his doing," Jia Xu shook his head and said, "At most, he was just taking advantage of the situation. This person is calm and composed, with extraordinary intelligence. He wouldn't act so hastily."

"So, you're saying it's a case of using a borrowed knife to kill someone," Guo Jia said with disdain. "Going with the flow, chaining circumstances to one's advantage, it would be odd if Chen Yuanlong couldn't see through that."

"Some aristocratic families are just like that," Chen Xi said casually, taking over the conversation. "Let's not worry about them. In any case, this matter is definitely the work of someone within Xuzhou, whose goal at most is to sideline Governor Tao and use that to expand their family's power."