Chapter 84

It was only then that Shen Heting realized he had been played by his little nephew from Yuzhou. When he had visited, the boy’s conduct to his face was one thing, but what he did behind his back was quite another. Yundong had claimed they were merely roving bandits, but what kind of bandits could injure Yundong to this extent? It must have been a group of highly skilled experts in disguise. Shen Heting’s expression darkened. Shen Qingxu was only fourteen—how could he be so calculating? Yet, why did his schemes feel so hurried, so shallow? Trafficking people right under the nose of the Imperial City, tampering with a petition from the masses, and peddling weapons in Jingzhou, which was barely a stone’s throw from Yuzhou? Everything was too easy to investigate, and everything pointed directly at him. Shen Heting could not decide if this was brilliance or stupidity.