Who Exactly Cheated Whom?

"Huo Yuanjun, Shen Qiwen?" Chen Luo looked at the report in his hand and read the two names aloud in confusion.

Chen Xiliang nodded. "That's right. The two people Gu Sect wants to rescue this time are them."

"Fortunately, General Chen had made arrangements in advance. Otherwise, they might very well have succeeded."

Chen Luo nodded. "What are these two people's backgrounds?"

Chen Xiliang stroked his beard and said, "Huo Yuanjun is the legitimate daughter of the Huo Family Patriarch. Our investigation found that during the Huo family's smuggling dealings with Gu Sect, she coordinated everything in the middle. She was the Huo Family Patriarch's right-hand woman and used her looks to win over the guards of Yinan City."

"Shen Qiwen is the son of the Great Elder of the Shen family in Qinglin City. He was responsible for receiving and coordinating the Shen family's smuggled goods."

"These two are both on the Imperial Censorate's list of people awaiting trial. However, their crimes do not warrant the execution by the three blades, so they were not placed on the death-row list."

Upon hearing this, Chen Luo pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head.

"No. There are people like this in every Noble Family under investigation. Why would Gu Sect spend such a heavy price to get these two out?"

"There must be more to it than what's on the surface."

Chen Xiliang nodded. "That was my thought as well."

"However, after investigating further, we truly found no other problems."

Chen Luo tapped his fingers rhythmically against the tabletop. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly asked, "According to the law, what punishment should these two receive?"

Sometimes, a line of thought was like walking through a maze. If one could not sort it out from the beginning, one