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Wu Jinsong startled. “You…” But seeing that He Lingchuan was sitting here right in front of him just fine, he realized that nothing serious should have happened. “Did you get hurt?”
“I alerted the constables, then they ran.”
“I need to report back.” Wu Jinsong stood up. “The government office is drafting a wanted notice right now, and the posters will be up soon. Come with me and describe the envoy-killer to the sketch artist.”
“How much is the reward?”
“For an urgent diplomatic incident like this, if we catch the killer, at least a hundred taels.” Wu Jinsong could only estimate. “If it’s just providing a lead, then maybe twenty taels.”
Hoh, twenty taels of gold is equivalent to two hundred taels of silver. As expected of Fufeng City, even the reward for just providing them with a lead is already plenty. He Lingchuan extended his chopsticks toward him. “Well then, twenty gold. Pay up.”
“You—” Wu Jinsong’s face lit up. “You know where they are?”
“They don’t know for sure I witnessed anything. At most, they’re guessing.”
The other party had been planning to kill him based merely on speculation. After all, in cases like these, it was better to kill the wrong one than let the right one go. Nevertheless, it did not change the fact that the black-clad youth was...
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