Luoyi, Duke Mi's Mansion.
Xi Qiangu, the Western Patrol Envoy, suddenly flew into an inexplicable rage while eating. It was said that a maid had accidentally spilled some soup, whereupon the Western Patrol Envoy erupted on the spot, smashing the bowls and dishes and having the maid beaten to death right there.
Wei Gang, publicly the second steward of Duke Mi's Mansion but in truth the chief secret agent installed by the Western Patrol Envoy Department, waited cautiously outside the study.
The urgent report received from the Western Patrol Envoy Department that morning was not good news. On the contrary, it would certainly send Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu into another thunderous rage. Yet it had to be reported, so he waited for Xi Qiangu's anger to subside before delivering it.
In his view, the Patrol Envoy was truly unlucky.
The Xi Family had also been victims of the Heaven-Shaking Theft Case. Because of His Majesty's support, they had been dragged into this whirlpool, and after more than ten days, it still had not been sorted out.
The princes, dukes, and nobles who normally behaved like cats before the Xi Family had, under Prince Xun's leadership, turned into man-eating tigers. Not one of them was willing to give an inch.
The Heaven-Shaking Theft Case had been investigated for more than ten days without yielding a single clue. Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu, whose energy was tied up in it every day with no way to break free, was suffering an unbearable headache.
In order to extricate himself as soon as possible, Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu had laid a small trap, intending to manufacture a culprit and wrap up the case early.
A culprit had indeed been manufactured, but unfortunately, those princes and marquises refused to acknowledge it, because there