This matter was intentionally orchestrated, but what does it have to do with him?
His duty as a Shadow Guard was to obey the Emperor's orders and to protect the Emperor's safety; anything else was of no concern to them. Upholding justice was the affair of The Court of Judicial Review and Shuntian Prefecture.
He did not get to see the person in the carriage, as at the time he was strictly guarding the Emperor's surroundings.
He sent two men to follow, and when the first returned and reported the cause, confirming it was not a chaos stirred up by assassins, he only then came out.
The second man had followed the carriage all the way and had just returned to report that it was a relative of some minister, whose family retainer had been captured and blackmailed.
He wore a kind smile as he strolled back leisurely.
Now back at the Guo residence, Guo Neng sat in the hall, clutching a letter in his hand, his eyes filled with malice, his whole body trembling with rage.
