Recurrent Affirmations

At the first hint of dawn, a corpse was finally dredged up. It was carried aboard on a wooden plank and placed on the deck of the imperial inspector's official vessel.

Luo Pei had never cared whether something was ominous or not. Now he frowned as he looked at the eunuch who had still been threatening him yesterday afternoon. Seeing that the eunuch was thoroughly dead, he sighed.

"What a needless tragedy. It was only a minor punishment to begin with. He could have been sent back to the palace or the Prince's Residence to be disciplined. Instead, he tried to flee in secret, only to fall into the water and drown—and now even this imperial inspector has to shoulder some responsibility."

After saying this, he ordered, "Verify his identity. If there is no mistake, once the official vessel docks, have him sent back to the Capital City and handed over to the people from the Ministry of Justice."

"Though the dead are honored above all, he attempted to murder a Circuit Inspector first and fled afterward. If he was innocent, why would he have fled?"

"Since he was guilty, handle it according to procedure."

By the time Liu Zhan came out after hearing the commotion, Luo Pei had already settled the matter. Everyone had seen that the eunuch had fled out of fear of punishment. It could be said that this flight had only confirmed his guilt.

Even if Prince Qi wanted to protect him, he had to avoid suspicion for the moment. But Liu Zhan thought that after turning the assignment into such a complete mess, Prince Qi himself probably wished he could grind the eunuch's bones to dust.

Of course, Luo Pei would still have a mark entered against him, but Luo Pei had been Prince Shu's