A grand suppression bandit expedition. There were a total of seventeen large boats and twenty-six small boats... Martial arts heroes, local fishermen, and government constables, all participated. Yet the lake area was vast, and despite the grandeur of the force, once they reached the depths of the lake, the clamor was suppressed.
After searching for several days, they found not a single clue. The silver tael allocated by the Nangong Family and the Bian Family was quickly consumed. Seeing the bandit suppression efforts failing, everyone was at a loss and felt particularly desolate. Bian Bianyun sighed, "Sister Qiao, it's not that we aren't doing our best, but the Flower Thieves are cunning, a chronic disease and malignant tumor of the Jianghu, very difficult to easily eradicate."
