Confession

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in the thirty-first year of Jianping, the pacification army surrounded Qingshui County, Qinzhou Prefecture. Righteous Person Liu Sanlang secretly sent men to contaminate the city's water supply. Within five days, drinking water had run out, and several thousand White Lotus rebels could only quench their thirst with urine.

On the twenty-eighth day of the ninth month, unable to sit and await death any longer, the rebels abandoned the city under cover of night and attempted a breakout. The government army slaughtered them from all sides, winning a great victory in the open country.

In this battle, rebel leader Tang Er and 823 men including Li Sheng were slain, while rebel leader Dong Chong and 2,491 others were captured. Countless supplies and baggage were seized.

Rebel leader Wei Bixiong fled into the mountains and forests with several hundred remaining followers, and his whereabouts had been unknown ever since.

The moment Sun Shaozong saw the name Wei Bixiong, everything suddenly became clear—no wonder he had felt there was something suspicious about the name Cao Quji!

Wei Bixiong was obviously a false name!

Wei referred to Cao Wei.

And "seek fortune and avoid misfortune" were two sides of the same coin.

He had clearly hidden his real name within his false one.

Moreover, after going five days without water and being forced to drink urine to survive, it was only natural that he would develop a habit of conserving water after escaping alive.

Sun Shaozong gave the records another cursory scan. Once he had confirmed there were no omissions, he rearranged all the case files, making sure it would be difficult for anyone else to tell what he had actually reviewed.

Since this rebel leader, "Wei Bixiong," had vanished without a trace, the court would