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"Outrageous!" Li Xing shouted. "The Prefect in this book was clearly written based on the rumors about Prefectural Assistant Xia spread by the Bureau of Military Affairs. Do you know that attacking and slandering a court official is a serious crime?"

"I know, sir. But according to Jinxia law, this charge requires naming the person directly, and it makes no distinction between officials and commoners." Shopkeeper Zhang cupped his hands. "Lord Li, have you actually read this book? Though the Prefect's private conduct was lacking, he was quite capable in other respects and highly skilled at governing local affairs. His treatment of that Western Pole woman might seem unfair in many ways, but it was actually because he had fallen for her and did not know how to express it, revealing only his clumsy side. Would the Bureau of Military Affairs' rumors ever admit that Prefectural Assistant Xia was in fact an outstanding and capable pillar of the state?"

"This..."

Li Xing was actually left speechless by the question.

To be honest, he had not read the book closely at all. Catching spies was more urgent. The moment he received the news, he had immediately begun making arrangements, and everything he knew about Flowers Bloom had come from his subordinates.

But that was not what surprised him most.

The other man had immediately brought up Jinxia law, causing all of Li Xing's intimidation to fall flat. As the head of the Police Bureau, Li Xing naturally knew Jinxia law like the back of his hand, yet he had never expected a bookstore owner to be so well versed in the law!

Could he be the book's true author, a spy infiltrated by the Bureau of Military Affairs?

No... that was unlikely.

Before coming here, Li Xing had already investigated. Phoenix