But as soon as Le Bu gave the order, huge cauldrons were set up throughout the refugee camps of Ampton City, and porridge distribution began. There were more than six hundred distribution points in all, and everywhere in the refugee camps, people stood in long lines to receive free food.
Zhang Tie's food distribution in the refugee camps did not make anyone suspect he had any other motive. For a celebrity like Le Bu, even if he was so rotten in private that sores festered on his head and pus ran from the soles of his feet, his public image still had to shine brilliantly. He attended charity auctions, sponsored orphanages, and took part in such charitable activities several times every year. That was the rule of the game in their circle.
This porridge distribution was also seen as Le Bu's attempt to dispel some of the negative effects and ugly rumors brought about by the murderer "Peter" killing someone outside the Gold Coin Tavern two days ago.
Lai An and his mistress's bodies had been discovered by Lai An's underlings that very morning. Naturally, the debt was once again pinned on "Peter."
"Peter" seemed to have already fled Ampton last night. Le Bu had sent experts after him, but there was still no news.
Everyone in Ampton who cared about the matter was waiting for the day when the experts sent by Le Bu would bring Peter's head back. Yet no one knew that Peter had, at this very moment, become Le Bu.
That same morning, Zhang Tie had the steward quietly dismiss all of Le Bu's women in Ampton.
Le Bu never explained his reasons to servants. Given his mercurial temperament and his terrifying, vicious methods, none of those below him dared ask why. Because they had encountered