Chapter 108 - 82, silencing
"Manager of Li Ji’s Clothing Store saw a group of Jianghu martial artists running out of Hongyi Lane last night?"
"Yes, my lord, those four Jianghu characters were in quite a hurry and looked very suspicious."
The snow in Luocheng City had not yet melted.
The cold wind swept over the ground, howling as it went, causing the flickering torches to swing and light up the hands of the Spies as they suddenly gripped the hilts of their waist knives, as well as the white breath they exhaled under their bamboo hats, like hungry wild beasts sighting a new prey.
The Spies instinctively turned to Chen Ji, waiting for him to make a decision.
Chen Ji, his face covered with gray cloth, bowed his head in thought.
As the saying goes, thrice strikes of the Execution Stick can shatter the camaraderie of Jianghu, and in three pages of confessions, every sentence has a brother in it. These several Jianghu knights were not tough nuts to crack, if the Spy Department caught them, they would surely implicate the Princely Heir and Bai Li.
But if he deliberately did nothing, West Wind was no fool either.
Within the wavering light, the burning oilcloth of the torches melted, and droplets of fire fell onto the cobblestone path.
Suddenly, the wind ceased and the light stopped flickering.
Chen Ji lifted his head to look at the Spy who had reported the news, saying calmly, "Bring the manager of Li Ji’s Clothing Store to me for questioning."