"Big Leader? Lingchi?" Chen Ji looked at Old Ears in disbelief, "These two words... I couldn't have guessed them, your experiences must be quite diverse."
Old Ears looked slightly embarrassed, "Had a stint as a mountain bandit when there was nothing better to do, just muddling through life."
Chen Ji said calmly, "Just muddling through life couldn't land you in a fate as extreme as lingchi. Did you dig up the Imperial Mausoleum?"
Old Ears patiently explained, "I was bored and wrote a doctrine for the stronghold, didn't expect to gather a bunch of followers in just two or three years."
Chen Ji hesitated to speak. Creating and spreading apocryphal books, gathering crowds to establish a cult and cause chaos, the leader would face lingchi. This was true not only in the Jing Dynasty but also in the Ning Dynasty.
He wondered, "What did you write that actually attracted followers?"
