Chapter 137: Death Ends a Life, Not a Grudge
Not long after Cheng Rang fled, a streak of light came tearing through the sky from the direction of Shangyu County at breakneck speed.
"My Lord! My Lord! Are you unharmed?!"
The newcomer was none other than Zhang Mu, the County Commandant of Shangyu.
Ever since Li Shun had assumed the post of Acting County Magistrate, the two had interacted on occasion, though in truth they had always kept to their own affairs without interfering with one another.
Earlier that day, when word spread that someone intended to challenge the new magistrate atop Three Elders Peak through public debate, Zhang Mu had been no different from everyone else, content to watch the spectacle unfold.
Never had he imagined that the matter would escalate into open violence, with a rebel attempting to murder an imperial official.
Zhang Mu knew this Acting Magistrate's background all too well.
Li Shun was the inheritor of the Confucian Spring and Autumn Brush lineage, the grand-disciple of Grand Censorate Dong Chunqiu, and, moreover, the only imperial clansman currently known to the world.
It was precisely because of these extraordinary identities that an ordinary commoner like him had been permitted to serve as Acting County Magistrate of Shangyu.