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Jiao Yu’s tail flicked. “Touring commissioner has been an empty title for a long time now.”
General Ling froze mid-step. “He represents Lingxu City, so does this mean that Lingxu City knows my kin have been murdered for the extraction of these beads?”
Even as they ran hard through the night, it did not stop the monsters from talking. Jiao Yu shook its head. “Lingxu City’s power structure is tangled and deep-rooted. You can’t wrap it up in a single sentence.”
He Lingchuan added, “And that gives us a paradox. Zhongsun Mou says the monster emperor—ah, the Lord Emperor—believes foreign agents killed the eastern imperial eagle courier. That’s why he sent Zhongsun Mou down to investigate, yet he’s also clearly aware of this whole business of killing monsters to harvest the beads.”
He Lingchuan sighed and said, “The water is deep. This isn’t going to be simple.”
He could smell conspiracy the way one smelled smoke before seeing flame.
Jiao Yu could not help but add, half-amused, half-exasperated, “If Zhongsun Mou knew that one little line he failed to follow up on let you spin out this much analysis, he’d regret it until his intestines turned green.”
He Lingchuan laughed softly. “I’m not sure he’s the type who understands regret.”
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