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Qiu Zhiheng repeated, "Xing Qiushan, a junior pickmaster of the Ghosthand Sect, saw Li Banfeng on Yangting Road."
Lu Dongliang set his pen and paper aside and gave him a thoughtful look. "Do you think we can trust his word?"
Qiu Zhiheng answered, "From the way he spoke, he probably isn't lying. But whether the person he saw was truly Li Banfeng, we still cannot be sure."
Lu Dongliang had Qiu Zhiheng bring Xing Qiushan over. It was Xing Qiushan's first time entering the Lu Family's main residence. He followed the chief steward the entire way, barely daring to breathe, and nervously entered Lu Dongliang's study.
Lu Dongliang looked Xing Qiushan up and down. "Ghosthand Sect?"
Xing Qiushan nodded, shoved his sleeves up past his forearms, and blurted, "Master Lu, I swear on me life, I didn't touch a thing on the way in."
Lu Dongliang laughed. "Why would you bring that up? Do you think I would be worried that you would steal from me?"
Xing Qiushan also felt it was inappropriate to say that, but he was facing one of the most powerful men in Puluo. His mind went completely blank, and he couldn't remember what he was supposed to say next.
Lu Dongliang asked, "When did you see Li Banfeng last night?"
"A little after eleven last night…" Xing Qiushan recounted the entire incident and especially emphasized, "Bloke had a beard, but the face was the same as Li Banfeng's photo. Master Lu, I'm tellin' ya true. I didn't get it wrong."
Lu Dongliang glanced sideways at him. "You mean to say Li Banfeng went to Greenwater...
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