After the Xie Clan finished manufacturing the first ten thousand arrowheads, they sent people to collect them. However, for the batches produced subsequently, the collectors were nowhere to be found. They claimed the arrows were not yet needed and instructed the Xie Clan to keep them in storage for the time being.
Everything seemed to be proceeding smoothly, so Xie Wenyuan did not give it much thought at the time. It was not until the case involving the Yu family and the illegal iron mines erupted that the Xuanying Bureau arrived in Heling and apprehended the craftsmen forging arrowheads in the Xie Clan’s smithy. Only then did Xie Wenyuan realize he had likely been set up. He immediately ordered the remaining arrows to be dismantled, the heads melted down, and the shafts burned. He had hoped that destroying the evidence would help them weather the storm, but he never imagined that the Xie Clan had a traitor in its ranks.
"Prince, we have been framed in this matter! You must help us!" Xie Wenyuan pleaded with a bitter, mournful expression.
Chapter 451