Dai Huabin held his back ramrod straight,
candlelight reflected in his cold, gloomy eyes,
being escorted back to the Duke's Mansion had thrown all his plans into disarray,
originally, after secretly killing Zhou Yi, even if those four Evil Soul Masters were caught and interrogated by Shrek,
he would have been in no danger,
to keep things secret,
there were three layers of middlemen between him and those four Evil Soul Masters, and now two of them were already dead,
there was no way anyone could trace it back to him.
At Shrek, he was just one student among many; even as the young master of the Duke's Mansion, he was inconspicuous,
everyone knew that he and Zhou Yi were enemies, but he wasn't the only one who had a grudge against her,
nearly every student Zhou Yi had taught
wanted her dead,
they just weren't as capable of taking action as Dai Huabin.
If he really returned to Shrek and knelt before Lu Ran, it would inevitably attract a great deal of attention, and Shrek's higher-ups would certainly realize that he was highly suspicious,
and with Lu Ran being narrow-minded and vindictive,
he wouldn't let Dai Huabin off easily,
if he really whispered in Yan Shaozhe's ear that Dai Huabin was involved in Zhou Yi's death, Dai Hao would certainly try to maintain relations between the two sides by proving his innocence and allowing Shrek to investigate him,
then he'd be completely finished!
He couldn't withstand an investigation!
"..."
Countless candles burned quietly all around him,
Dai Huabin clenched his teeth until they ground together, because that damn emperor, Xu Jiawei, had forced him into a dead end!
If he really returned to Shrek,
if he wasn't suspected, then fine; he could get away unscathed,
but if they suspected