Pei Xu nodded, looking up at the ceiling beams, while his mind drifted back to the day he was bitten by the venomous snake.
That woman was not from the palace, yet she had appeared right on his customary route. He had initially mistaken her for some noble lady, but later investigations turned up no such person. Even at the time, he had suspected he was being set up, only he never imagined the mastermind was someone close to him.
Pei Jingheng had already discussed with Pei Xu who was behind the Corpse Puppets in Lishan; although there was no hard proof, the finger pointed unmistakably at certain individuals.
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