It was indeed not easy to investigate. Cao De had already deployed everyone to monitor Xue Ping and his confidants day and night, searching in the most probable places, yet to this day, no useful information had surfaced. They were well hidden.
If they couldn't be located for some time, this delaying tactic would have to drag on. For the time being, it really wasn't feasible to take action.
He had already made arrangements for other matters, only waiting to discover their whereabouts, and then he could secretly dispatch men to swiftly eradicate them. That would be the moment for Shen Ming to be rightfully acknowledged and for Xue Ping to be settled with.
As for Xue Wanjun...
"O ospreys of the river isles, fair and demurely the lady..."
