The two of them returned to Huangpo Village, where Li Tianqing was already waiting at the village entrance, whispering, "Little Shi, people from Xinxiang County have arrived."
Hearing the news, Chen Shi felt a chill in his heart. He glanced somewhat flusteredly at Created Being Xiao Wu and lowered his voice, "People from Xinxiang County? Could it be that the case I committed in the past has come to light? Does Tianqing know which case has been exposed?"
He had committed far too many crimes. The Zhao family alone involved several, and later there was the case of killing the Xinxiang County Magistrate, the case of murder in front of a wealthy merchant's door, and the case of the county assistant being murdered—all of them crimes he had committed in Xinxiang.
As for his other crimes, they had been committed in foreign places; according to rural rules, Xinxiang County shouldn't concern itself with those, right?
Still, it was hard to say. After all, they all violated the Great Ming penal code.
He did not want "Chen Tang" to know about these crimes he had committed, worrying that "Chen Tang" might refuse to acknowledge him because of them.
Li Tianqing shook his head, saying, "I didn't dare ask in detail. I'm also worried that the matter of the Great Ming Treasure Ship has been exposed, and that other noble families will capture and torture us."
Created Being Xiao Wu laughed inwardly to himself. How could the whispered murmurs of two little fellows possibly escape his notice?
At such a tender age, how big of a case could he make? Are they more formidable than me?
Just as he thought of this, he suddenly recalled the towering crimes committed by Chen Shi that he had seen over at Sky Listener Venerable's place,