Shi Daizi

After leaving Zhang An's home, Sun Shaozong was somewhat absentminded. One moment, he recalled the cases he had handled before, wondering whether there had been any oversights; the next, he thought of Zhang An's honest face and wondered whether, before he died, he had ever learned the truth.

Most likely, he had not.

Otherwise, given Zhang An's nature, he would probably have killed Wu Shi as well.

Sigh.

He could only hope this had been her first time having an affair, rather than that she had already been unfaithful years ago.

Otherwise, letting her go because of the child would have been far too improper.

Hya!

Lost in these random thoughts, he hurried all the way to the vicinity of Dali Temple. Just as the carriage turned at the crossroads and prepared to enter through the East Side Entrance, Zhang Cheng reined in the horses once again.

He craned his neck and looked toward the left for a few moments, then turned back to report, "Second Master, it seems something has happened at the yamen's main gate too."

Could there have been some sort of collapse at Dali Temple's main gate as well?

Sun Shaozong raised the carriage curtain in puzzlement and looked toward Dali Temple's main entrance. Sure enough, a crowd had gathered there, pointing and discussing something.

His first thought was that those merchants had come to block the gate again.

But Sun Shaozong immediately rejected that theory. Anyone daring to press Dali Temple for debt repayment likely had some backing, so they should not have been making a scene outside the gate.

After a brief hesitation, he instructed, "Take me to the East Side Entrance to sign in first. Then quietly go over and ask around to see what exactly happened."

Only then did Zhang Cheng urge