Kneeling on the ground and listening, Shi Chun was rather puzzled. Since when did I become some bandit chief? Aren't we all just ordinary people trying to survive in the Land of Exile?
But on second thought, he conceded the point. Fine. From an outsider's perspective, with all our killing and robbing, do we still count as normal people? If we aren't wandering bandits, what are we?
In that case, calling him a bandit chief did not seem wrong.
At the same time, Qieshan's words left him feeling somewhat honored. Never mind being an insignificant nobody back then-I'm still an insignificant nobody in your eyes now, all right? If I hadn't gotten into trouble, how the hell would you know who Shi Chun was?
But when he heard Wu Jinliang mentioned, half his heart went cold again. What's going on? The Prison of Life wants to arrest Wu Jinliang too?
He regretted it. He truly regretted it. Had he known this was how things would turn out, he really should have listened to Wu Jinliang and hidden in the Nether Realm. How much better that would have been, sneaking out to steal or rob whatever they needed.
Speaking of Wu Jinliang, Queen Xin had actually heard of him too. When her subordinates reported on Shi Chun, they had mentioned Wu Jinliang as well. His name was so damned distinctive that it was hard for it not to leave an impression.
Now, hearing that they wanted this Wu Jinliang too, her expression darkened, and she turned once more toward the Palace-Dressed Woman beside her. Her meaning needed no explanation.
The Palace-Dressed Woman answered meekly again, "According to our investigation, Wu Jinliang is the second-in-command of the Eastern Nine Plains."
Naturally, a second-in-command also fell within the ranks of these so-called bandit