Upon hearing this, Cao Tianbao immediately stood up and strode outside.
Lu Ze, who must have been feeling suffocated all this time, also got up and followed.
The others gradually left the guest hall. By this time, the boatman had been brought back by Lu Zhang's men, and he stood trembling in the courtyard. As soon as he saw the noblemen in splendid attire coming out, he was so frightened that he knelt down with a thud.
"Stand up and speak!" Cao Tianbao shouted loudly, "Don't kneel there as if you've been greatly wronged!
I ask you, do you recognize the person in this portrait?"
The guard beside Lu Zhang was quite perceptive. Upon hearing Cao Tianbao's question, he immediately re-unfolded the portrait he had been holding and put it right in front of the boatman for him to see clearly.
The boatman shivered as he looked at the portrait and shook his head, "Sir, this humble one does not recognize the person in the portrait."
