Xie Zhenxing had heard of the fearsome reputation of the Xuanying Bureau. They were the Emperor's sharp blade, known for ignoring protocol and stopping at nothing to achieve their ends. Much like Liu Muhai, Xie Zhenxing had assumed upon his capture that the Bureau was merely using him as leverage to force Xie Jinliang into submission.
Never in his wildest dreams did he expect them to have captured Wang Feng, the bandit leader from Heming Mountain. The Xuanying Bureau was the Emperor’s sword, but the bandits of Heming Mountain were the butcher’s knife in the hands of the Xie family. In Muyuan Prefecture, no one dared to oppose them, for that knife would surely find its way to their throat. Their relationship was a secret of the most dangerous kind.
Xie Zhenxing racked his brain, unable to comprehend how the Xuanying Bureau, having arrived in Muyuan Prefecture so recently, could have discovered Wang Feng. When had they even caught him? Questions sprouted in his mind like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, but now, the answers no longer mattered. The presence of Wang Feng meant that he, and everything he knew, was finished.
Chapter 131