2024-07-31
A Grave Threat
Liang Chuanshan learned of the matter that very night.
That same day, the Wang Family Residence where Wang Xianwen lived was sealed off, and every member of the Wang Family, young and old, was taken to the Patrol Guard Headquarters for questioning.
Though the identities of those masked men were not on the wanted list of the Bounty Order, clues found on their bodies roughly confirmed that they had been sent by the bandit army.
As for the two survivors, they kept their teeth clenched tight and revealed nothing until their deaths. They were remarkably tough.
Wang Xianwen had likely colluded with them only because they had half-threatened and half-bribed him, leaving him no choice but to compromise.
Once the matter was exposed, though, only one of him and Song Changming could leave that place alive.
Either he died, or Song Changming did.
They had prepared thoroughly, but unfortunately, they had all underestimated Song Changming's individual strength.
Compared to when he had wiped out the Nine Bends Society, Song Changming's strength had grown far too much in the single day following that burst of Potential Unleashed.
Only Song Changming himself knew of this increase in strength, resulting in a serious discrepancy in their intelligence. Their assassination mission failed, and Song Changming struck back with overwhelming force.
As soon as this happened, Liang Chuanshan immediately ordered the Patrol Guard Headquarters into its highest state of alert. The entire Houli Street district was searched more intensively, and anyone suspected of having ties to the bandit army had to undergo thorough inspections and repeated checks.
The unrest in the Prefecture City stirred up by the Tengya Mountain Bandit Army had yet to end.
During this period, troops from the County Governor's Mansion even appeared in certain districts, solely to