Pei You and Gao Ying turned toward where Zu An was looking and were shocked. Only now did they realize that there were already quite a few people gathered by the port where the imperial envoy was. The one in the lead was precisely Sun Xun, who had left earlier.

“Don’t tell me he actually dares to start trouble with the imperial envoy?” Pei You sneered. They hadn’t even been all that scared of him when they were in the Hub of Freedom, let alone here where they were back on home turf.

Those from the capital’s major clans would always carry a bit of arrogance when meeting those from provincial areas. They were even here on the emperor’s orders and part of the imperial envoy, so there were even fewer reasons for them to have any reservations.

Gao Ying was a bit calmer. He said in an overcast voice, “Let’s get on the ship from the other side and see what’s going on first.”

Visiting the Hub of Freedom wasn’t anything too glorious. Sun Xun might have come over to start a fuss. None of them had revealed their faces in the Hub of Freedom, though, so they could just refuse to...