Ever since Qin Qiong left Bali Two Worthies Manor, You Junda had been bad-mouthing him to Cheng Yaojin. Cheng Yaojin told him bluntly, "Peaceful Lang isn't that kind of man."
"You can never know what's in another man's heart or what he might do," You Junda said. "What if he really goes and informs the authorities?"
"You're judging a gentleman by your own petty standards," Cheng Yaojin said.
"But what if he does?" You Junda asked.
"In that case, come with me and secretly follow Peaceful Lang. We'll see what he does," Cheng Yaojin said.
So the two secretly followed Qin Qiong, keeping close track of his every move.
"Brother, I was wrong. I'm a petty man. I misjudged Brother Qin." After learning that Qin Qiong had dyed his face and beard to bluff his way into Dengzhou, You Junda slapped himself hard twice.
"Words won't help now. I'm going to raid the execution ground. You can decide what you want to do," Cheng Yaojin said.
"I'll go with you, Brother," You Junda said.
The two then headed straight for the residence of the King Backing the Mountain.
The King Backing the Mountain had just decided to take Qin Qiong as his adopted son when a subordinate came to report, "Your Highness, Cheng Da and You Jin, the men who robbed the imperial convoy, are here. They say the 480,000 taels they stole weren't enough to spend, so they've come to borrow some more from you."
"Those insolent bastards!" the King Backing the Mountain roared. "I haven't gone looking for them, yet they dare come looking for me! They must have nerves of steel!"
Surrounded by his twelve Grand Protectors, he mounted Ten-Thousand-Mile Yan Yun Zhao and rode out of his residence, heading straight beyond the city walls.
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