“It’s just a small misunderstanding, sir. Lord Chu mistook me for one of the rebels, that’s all. It’s really my fault for not clarifying things sooner,” Ye Qing replied with a warm smile. But on the inside, he was cursing Lei Xiaodan’s foxiness.0

On the outside, Lei Xiaodan was encouraging him to tell the truth. But on the inside, he was really threatening him to gloss over the matter, or he would expose Chen Wuxin for who he was. Chen Ah Sheng was one of the leaders of the Thirteen Brigands, and unlike your petty criminal, he was so notorious that even the imperial court had a hefty bounty on his head. Anyone who colluded with him would be punished severely.0

The reason Lei Xiaodan revealed the fact that he recognized Chen Ah Sheng but didn’t call him out for who he was was to warn Ye Qing to say anything but the truth. Otherwise, he would not hesitate to drag him down with him.0

Technically, there was no harm in revealing the truth. After all, there was nothing shameful about destroying the Chaos Heaven Brigands. The problem was that he couldn’t reveal his deeds without explaining about his involvement with the Ghost Tower, and if his involvement with the Ghost Tower was revealed, then everything he did to shake them off would be for naught.2

Besides that, the Thirteen Brigands were...0