Chen Ran walked as he muttered, "Military officer, why are you letting Mu Xiaofeng taking credit?"
"Take credit?"
Shen Leng laughed and said, "Do you really think that the imperial officials are easy to be trifled with? Even though I am one rank higher than the magistrate, I am in the military. I have no authority to meddle with this. If they were to pursue the matter, I will be convicted of a heavy crime."
"But if they were to investigate, isn't it easy for them to trace it back to us?"
"It is easy. If His Majesty were to ask Zhuang Yong or Cen Zheng, he can easily find out that I'm the one behind it."
"In that case, what should we do?"
Chen Ran looked flabbergasted. "How heavy is the crime?"
"Death."
Shen Leng shrugged. "In the best case scenario, we will still be executed. Becau
