Geng Jing said, "My lord prince guessed right. There's something wrong with that Ding Jianian.

His reputation was excellent. He's always been known as fair and clean, and who'd have thought that in private he was a corrupt official, greedy beyond all measure?

We looked into his relatives and found that Ding Jianian really had bought up a great deal of land and property through them."

Ning Chen gave a slight nod. "Have you arrested him?"

Geng Jing nodded. "Arrested and questioned... Guess who this Ding Jianian really is."

Ning Chen gave him a long-suffering look. "Just tell me. I'm not in the mood for riddles."

Geng Jing said, "This Ding Jianian turns out to be the De Emperor's man."

Even Ning Chen was startled!

Geng Jing went on, "According to Ding Jianian, this Myriad Nations Society has actually existed for a long time, and he made contact with it on the De Emperor's orders.

The Myriad Nations Society has a lot of power. As long as you pay a big enough price, they'll get you whatever you want."

Ning Chen gave a cold laugh. "The Myriad Nations Society does have some skills. It very nearly killed this prince."

Geng Jing was stunned. "What happened?"

Ning Chen waved a hand. "That's in the past. Go on with what you were saying."

Geng Jing nodded and went on. "He says he helped the Myriad Nations Society this time on the De Emperor's orders too."

Ning Chen asked, "Who made contact with Ding Jianian this time?"

Geng Jing took a portrait from inside his robe and held it out. "Please look, my lord prince. Miss Yudie drew this from Ding Jianian's description. This is the man behind the whole affair."

Ning Chen took the portrait and studied it for a while. Then he said one thing. "Dressed like there's been a death in the family. He really does look like Kang Luo."

Geng Jing said, "His name is Bai Yixian, though whether that's his real name remains to be seen... From what he told us, we've already found traces this Bai Yixian…