Thousand-Faced Shadowless

The next morning.

The side hall of the Gaolin County Yamen.

The sky had only just brightened, yet the side hall was already packed with people.

Zhu Hanjiang, Cao Zhen, and several members of the Scarlet Valorous Guard all stood in the hall.

A corpse lay in the center of the hall.

The corpse's face was no longer Zheng Yuan's sallow, gaunt visage. Instead, it bore a completely unfamiliar face. Its cheekbones were high, its nose slightly sunken, and its brows and eyes sinister. Even in death, it exuded an unsettling chill.

Zhu Hanjiang stood before the desk, staring fixedly at that unfamiliar face.

After a long while, he finally looked up at Lu Chen.

"You're saying he was the killer who murdered Fei Tong?"

Lu Chen nodded and recounted the entire sequence of events to Zhu Hanjiang once more.

Cao Zhen stood beside the corpse, his fists clenched so hard they cracked, his expression exceedingly grim.

He had never imagined that the killer who had secretly harmed his brother had been right beside him.

He might even have fallen victim to that killer one day.

The other members of the Scarlet Valorous Guard exchanged glances, their expressions equally ugly.

An impostor posing as Zheng Yuan had been lurking in the County Government Office for so long, entering and leaving with them, investigating cases with them, and discussing matters with them.

That was even more chilling than simply losing a member of the Scarlet Valorous Guard.

Because it meant the enemy's hand had reached into the County Government Office long ago.

He had always stood beside them, listening to every deployment they made.

No wonder members of the Scarlet Valorous Guard had been dying one after another lately, while they had been unable to uncover anything.

Zhu Hanjiang's face was