Su Xin had clashed with Qiu Baichuan, and several Six Fan Sect constables had died. Qiu Baichuan felt utterly humiliated.
He, Qiu Baichuan, had been the uncrowned king of Bashu Circuit for so long, and this was the first time he had ever been made to lose face so badly.
Most of all, Su Xin had killed several of his constables, dealing a heavy blow to his authority within the Six Fan Sect.
The ordinary constables thought about it simply: you took your men to cause trouble for Su Xin, but he came away without a scratch, while you returned in disgrace—and a few of your brothers were dead. What were your subordinates supposed to think of you, Qiu Baichuan?
Qiu Baichuan admitted that Su Xin was strong, but after all these years in the Six Fan Sect, he had never seen anyone who played by so few rules.
If Su Xin had been fighting him within the Six Fan Sect, Qiu Baichuan would have been ninety-nine percent certain he could use the reputation and authority he had built up in the Bashu Circuit branch over the years to completely strip Su Xin of power and send him slinking back to Jiangnan Circuit.
But Su Xin was now helping Prince of Shu's Mansion grow stronger. Qiu Baichuan had no idea what Su Xin was after, but he knew that once Prince of Shu's Mansion had grown powerful enough, he would be in for a rough time.
For now, however, he couldn't directly use the Bashu Circuit Six Fan Sect to deal with Su Xin. That wouldn't be political maneuvering; it would be outright rebellion.
Just like the Six Fan Sect constables Su Xin had killed earlier, those men had died for nothing.
Su Xin was Jiangnan Circuit Chief Constable, and