Su Fei spoke slowly, his gaze fixed firmly on Zhou Cang's eyes.
"Tell me, when Hundred Households Officer Song left the city to investigate the case, why were you and those Grandmasters from Watermoon Manor able to intercept him so precisely? That was far too convenient. Did someone tell you the time and route of his departure?"
Upon hearing this question,
Zhou Cang's body visibly stiffened. His eyes flickered, and he instinctively avoided Su Fei's gaze.
He hesitated for a moment, seemingly weighing something, as beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Marquis Su, if I answer your question, what if the White Lotus Sect sends someone to kill me? I don't dare say."
Su Fei's tone abruptly turned cold. His martial saint realm fifth level aura erupted, pressing down on Zhou Cang until he could barely breathe.
"Oh, you don't dare say?"
"You're afraid the White Lotus Sect will send someone to kill you, but you're not afraid of me, is that it? Fine, fine, fine. I'll just beat you to death right now."
Zhou Cang trembled all over in fright at Su Fei's words and hurriedly spoke.
"Please don't, Marquis Su! I'll talk! I'll talk, all right? The exact time and location came through channels from people within the White Lotus Sect. We were merely following orders. All we had to do was go to the designated location and kill Hundred Households Officer Song."
"But I have a guess about this. My guess is that your Cloud Province Thousand Households Office has a spy from our White Lotus Sect."
"It was the spy who leaked the information."
Su Fei's heart jolted.
"A spy within the Cloud Province Imperial Guard."
What he said made sense.
The White Lotus Sect wielded enormous influence. Buying someone off or planting someone within