Treading on Snow Without a Trace was dead. The news spread quickly.
Ever since he burst onto the scene with the shocking serial thefts from the Shu State Silver Vault three years ago, no fewer than a hundred cases in the Jianghu have been attributed to Treading on Snow Without a Trace. By some estimates, he had stolen over ten million taels of silver.
Yet this very master thief, who could appear and disappear without a trace, was now dead—beheaded by the Jing'an Guard.
Beyond the shock, the people of the Jianghu grew even more wary of the Court. After all, if even Treading on Snow Without a Trace could be captured and beheaded, who could guarantee they wouldn't fall into the hands of the Jing'an Guard if they broke the law?
People had barely had time to process the news of Pei Shaoqing's immense righteousness in leading a thousand riders to save his friend, and now the capture of Treading on Snow Without a Trace had made his name spread far and wide yet again.
