That night, both Chu Danqing and Guo Ming wore uncertain expressions.
From Cheng Wei, they learned part of the truth.
First, the disaster relief grain allocated by the Imperial Court to Yangxian County had vanished without a trace. Master Ren Gongdao had been dragged into investigating the matter and simply had no time to concern himself with his son's slaying of the Three Corpses.
He did not even know that his son was in Yangxian County.
Only then did Chu Danqing understand why the Ji Family had been transporting grain for the authorities. Even the county governor had no other choice but to take a desperate gamble.
Cheng Wei had come to Yangxian County because the elders of his family had arranged for him to secretly investigate its situation.
Yet before he had even reached Yangxian County, an accident had occurred.
"If Master Ren Gongdao never came, then why did the person who set up those measures at South Mountain and West Jiu disguise himself as him?" Chu Danqing truly suspected that the entire situation had spiraled out of control.
The simplest point was this: Master Ren Gongdao was tracing the whereabouts of the disaster relief grain for your Yangxian County, yet you turned around and cut off his son's Dao Path.
Even if this matter were forcibly suppressed, the Way of Peace and the Imperial Court would develop a rift. With this as the fulcrum, it could easily become a crack and eventually lead to a complete break.
Guo Ming rubbed his temples. "Leave that aside for now. Cheng Wei, you have confirmed Bai Yao's location, right?"
Bai Yao was Master Ren Gongdao's son.
If they wanted to salvage the situation, they had to find Bai Yao. Judging by the current circumstances, Bai Yao had been abducted here, and