He Zhan answered: "There are witnesses seeing people from the Sikong Clan walking in and out of these two places, yet there is no record of any transaction between them and the Sikong. Furthermore, its guild master and the shop owner denied their relationship with the clan, so directly and outrightly that it makes it even more suspicious."
Feng Luotian pondered for a bit before asking again: "There must be more to it. There's no way you would conclude the investigation with just this." His mind raced through the possibilities, trying to piece together the puzzle with the limited information at hand.
He Chuan nodded and explained: "Yes. The people from the Sikong Clan only visited Axel Wood Shop once, but they dropped by Black Ring Guild every month. And here is the catch. Before the end of each month when the Sikong would pay the guild a visit, there would always be someone from the carpenter shop coming to the guild two weeks before that."
