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Taishi Ankang's face darkened.
That Wang Shouzhe was indeed not so easy to fool.
However, given his status, there were some things he couldn't say. He could only hopelessly look at Commandery Prince Wu Dianshan for help.
"Why need to feign ignorance, young Shouzhe?" Wu Dianshan reluctantly advised, "Cao Youqing is a prodigy of the Sacred Land... a heir of the Purple Xiao lineage."
"Commandery Prince, are you saying that a prodigy of the Sacred Land can collude with wanted fugitives and murder at will?" Wang Shouzhe looked shocked, "Where then is the authority of Daqian Law? If a wunderkind of the Sacred Land can arbitrarily be above Daqian Law, what are we territorial families worth? Shouzhe might as well take my household and seek shelter in the Sacred Land."