Cheng Guangshan frowned, sinking into deep thought. A moment later, he murmured to himself,
"I never would have expected this. Two shipments of Official Grain hijacked... this is a grave matter. The stability of all of Jade Peak County is at stake.
"The Four Great Families sending men disguised as bandits to seize the two grain shipments—that can be explained by greed. But why incite the refugees as well? What are they trying to do? Plunge Jade Peak County into chaos? They have nothing to gain from that."
Cheng Zongyang shook his head. "Whatever their objective is, we're in no position to interfere, let alone pay it any mind.
"The most important thing right now is to leave the County Town while we still can. If we get trapped and chaos erupts, we'll be lambs to the slaughter."
