Ning Chen hadn't gone after the geomancer for no reason.

Plenty of people had seen him escort the coffin himself on the day of the funeral, it was true, but they were mostly common folk. They had neither the nerve nor the means to rob a grave.

The geomancer had chosen the site. He knew exactly where the grave lay and which way it faced.

The robbers' tunnel had been dug by a professional.

And a geomancer knew no end of people from every walk of life, high and low.

So the geomancer was the first man Ning Chen suspected.

If he wasn't the one, Ning Chen would apologize and make it up to him.

If he was, Ning Chen would make him sorry he'd ever been born.

Under the laws of the Great Xuan, digging up and robbing a grave was a capital crime to begin with.

For now all they could see was the robbers' tunnel. No one knew yet what state the inside of the grave was in.

Ning Chen had no choice but to have the coffin raised and Uncle Chai buried again.

Uncle Chai had been in the ground only a few days, and now his grave was being opened a second time.

The coffin had been wrecked. A big hole had been hacked through the lid and the body had been moved... Ning Chen had to send someone to the coffin shop to buy a new one.

It took until sundown before Uncle Chai was finally laid to rest in peace.

On his way back to the Ning residence, Ning Chen ran into Gu Yichun hurrying toward him.

"He got away?"

Ning Chen could tell from his face that he probably hadn't caught the geomancer.

Gu Yichun looked deeply ashamed. "By the time this small man got there, the man was gone and the house was empty... This small man failed in his duty. I ask my lord prince for punishment."

The geomancer lived in the outer city. By the time Gu Yichun arrived, he was long gone.

"Get up!"

Ning Chen, of course,…