Because he is not Xie Changkong at all! He is not even a rebel from Taiping Dao!

This person's true identity, if I guess correctly, is a retainer of the Duan family!

Like Zhong Dahe, he was also a retainer who went to Taiping Road through Wei Wuxie to unify his feudal status.

The real Xie Changkong has died long ago.

Because he liked to eat human flesh, he killed the water ghost's son and was killed by the water ghost in revenge.

The Duan family didn't know about this... No, in other words, the Duan family knew that Xie Changkong was dead, but the Duan family was very sure that no one else knew about it.

Therefore, the Duan family used a retainer to occupy Xie Changkong's identity to achieve a certain purpose.

The man who "served as magistrate of Fenggu County in the eleventh year of Yongtai" was not Xie Changkong at all, but the person in front of him.

This also explains why the secret report was intercepted by Duan Yuanming's people.

Perhaps there was no secret report at all, and all this was deliberately arranged by Duan Yuanming in order to expose the identity of 'Xie Changkong' and become more credible.

The retainers above Tongmai look very precious and luxurious.

But even the Shen family of Fengyang Prefecture can be sent out to carry out assassinations with unknown results. It shouldn't be too painful for the dignified Duan family in the capital to throw someone out at random.

What's more, with the power of the Duan family, when the retainer is finished using it, he might be able to recover it intact.

If so, then everything makes sense!

"But the question is, what is Duan Yuanming's purpose?"

Xu Chong was puzzled.

Going to such great lengths to send a retainer who is above Tongmai into his hands is obviously to convey some information through himself.

Who is this information intended for?

While I was thinking, a sound of footsteps came from far away and came closer.

Listening to the voices, they are two people.

"Sir, don't worry, the brothers will come to check every half hour to make sure there are no problems."

A flattering voice came from the cell door.

"Well, just open it, go out and wait."

This voice...

Duan Yuanming?
Chapter completed!