At the general’s headquarters, Zhou Hengshan was listening to his subordinate’s report. His fat cheeks kept twitching harder and harder until he burst out laughing like a madman. “Hahahaha! This is the best news I’ve heard all year long! So, have we caught him yet?”0

“Not yet. Ye Qing is no ordinary warrior. He injured a dozen or so men and escaped in the end,” a deputy general replied.0

“Useless! Over one hundred men, and still you fail to catch Ye Qing? Truly useless!” Zhou Hengshan grunted. “Spread the news that Ye Qing killed the prince and our men when we tried to arrest him. He is to be treated as a rebel and killed on sight.”0

“General, don’t you think we’re going a little too far?” The deputy general hesitated.0

“Too far?” Zhou Hengshan leaned forward and looked down on the deputy general. “Ye Qing killed the Harmony King’s son, a prince of Chu. That’s a death sentence, isn’t it? He also killed members of the Hengshan Army and escaped. That’s treason, isn’t it? What’s there to be afraid of?”0

“One more thing. Tell our people that those who claimed Ye Qing’s head will receive a three-rank promotion and ten thousand silvers.”0

“At once.” The deputy general nodded and left the room.0

“Humiliating me has a price, Hong Jianglong. Today’s the day I pay back what you did to me tenfold!”0

Zhou Hengshan’s mad laughter resounded throughout the room. “Hahahahahahahaha…”0

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“Ye Qing...0