My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 1962: Lying Through One’s Teeth

Of course, he was not content, unable to gain any advantage from this matter, so he spread some rumors domestically, subtly suggesting that the mastermind behind this incident was the President.

Anyway, if the Aus Empire were to suspect, they would certainly suspect more of the Eagle Country’s involvement, and the President taking on this baseless charge was more than appropriate, of course, no evidence could be found, even if the Aus Empire suspected, there was nothing they could do.

However, such rumors within the country were very detrimental to the President’s reputation, and since that incident, the President’s public opinion support rating dropped by ten percentage points.

"Our Eagle Country and the Aus Empire are friendly brother nations, naturally we would not commit such acts. It must be those with insidious intentions who want to destroy the peace between our two countries, deliberately spreading these slanders to damage our friendship." Fengye Ningyuan, too, was an old fox, with a first-rate skill of speaking lies with his eyes wide open, appearing completely unaware.

Ji Lingkong had been sharply observing his demeanor in secret, not missing even the slightest change in expression.

The matter of the assassination attempt on his mother indeed found no more evidence and could only be left unresolved. But that did not mean that he and his father were truly unaware, that they would not speculate about who might be behind it.

Even though evidence was wiped clean, there were still slight traces, those traces vaguely pointed towards the Eagle Country.

And judging by the interests and objectives behind it, only the Eagle Country had the courage and motive.

As for who in the Eagle Country did it, was it really the work of their government? They wouldn’t dare to easily assert, but now that he was in the Eagle Country, learning through espionage about its domestic political environment and some rumors, his mind slowly became clear, forming a new hypothesis.

The Eagle Country’s President and Fengye Ningyuan were the two most powerful figures in Eagle Country, also from opposing factions.

Though this President held the exalted position of President, it wasn’t an easy seat to hold. He wasn’t from a major family, only fighting in the political arena with his own strength to gain his status, which made the political dynasties look down on him, at odds with him.

Especially with the powerful family like the Fengye Family, who also controlled military power, openly and secretly contending with him.

Ji Lingkong, upon arriving here, heard a lot about the secret struggle between the President and General Fengye, and upon hearing those assassination rumors, became more suspicious. That the President was the mastermind was not impossible.

For the sake of political achievements and the upcoming election, he might want to make the Yalan Country incident into a story, seize resources, develop the domestic economy, and win votes. This was possible since he indeed introduced many proposals regarding resource economics this year. This was also the reason why this rumor could spread so wildly, making many believe in it.

But Ji Lingkong did not believe it instead.

The easier it was for all sorts of evidence and coincidences to point towards someone, the more there was a big problem within it. Moreover, there was no direct evidence in the investigation proving any connection to this President.

Instead, the one spreading the rumor had insidious intentions.

If it was not the President, who else, as a strong political rival, the name Fengye Family entered Ji Lingkong’s hypothesis.

The Fengye Family also gained considerable benefits from this incident.

Upon coming to this country, he found a lot of information, and heard that Fengye Ningyuan controlled significant military power, and the person in charge of the garrison in Yalan Country was from his faction.

Of course, this was just a hypothesis, with not much evidence, but Ji Lingkong had a kind of intuition, believing that the Fengye Family was likely heavily involved in this matter.