Chapter 1155: Promiscuous Woman
A single round of arrests revealed the full spectrum of human behavior.
Some burned themselves to death as a final attempt at dignity. Some remained composed even at the moment of death, ending their own lives with a pistol to the mouth, using their deaths to protect others.
Some refused to be captured, scheming meticulously as they fled.
Of course, some were dragged straight out of bed, completely unprepared and utterly disheveled.
Wang Jiaoyan chose to flee to Wang Jiaohe’s estate, betting that Zhang Yuelu would not dare storm the residence to arrest her.
This was, to some extent, an act of a turtle retreating into its shell.
But Wang Jiaohe was not at home. He was at the Sheji Palace attending an emergency council discussing Lin Tianhe’s escape. Qi Xuansu was participating remotely via a projection.
This was not a formal Daoist Mansion Council, so in addition to the Deputy Mansion Masters, some Spirit Guards and several superintendents were also present.
Great Sage Jiang personally presided over the council. After a brief opening, Xu Jiaorong began her report.
The incident had erupted abruptly, so Xu Jiaorong did not have much information and could only start explaining from the beginning.
Xu Jiaorong began the briefing. “This so-called inspection tour was premeditated. According to our colleagues in Shibo Hall, the plan had been set long ago, but it was originally scheduled for the second half of this year. Lin Tianhe abruptly moved the schedule forward around the time we began investigating relevant parties. So it’s fair to say that certain movements within the Daoist Mansion greatly alarmed him. Some colleagues later reported that after Chen Shuhua defected, Lin Tianhe shut himself inside his office for an entire day.
“So we deduce that Lin Tianhe believed Chen Shuhua’s case would implicate him. Or rather, he sensed the shifting winds through that incident. He anticipated he would soon be investigated and knew that delaying further might leave no chance to flee. Since he had long prepared an escape plan, he judged it better to run early than risk complications later.