Night had fallen, and Nanshan Town, which should have been settling into its usual tranquility, was instead plunged into chaos.
Of Nanshan Town's nearly one thousand Inspectors, all except for the Guardians stationed at the mines were mobilized overnight on Li Jinghong's orders.
Teams of Inspectors went door-to-door, searching every house. Afterward, they would thrust lifelike Wanted Orders into the hands of the bleary-eyed commoners.
A generous reward—an amount most commoners couldn't hope to earn in a lifetime—coupled with the lure of a lifelong exemption from Forced Labor for one's entire family, sent Nanshan Town into a complete uproar that night.
And at Li Jinghong's behest, this uproar was rapidly spreading beyond Nanshan Town to the entirety of Qinghe County.
As one of Qinghe County's Inspectors, Chu Mu was naturally among those mobilized by Li Jinghong's command.
