I Endured for Three Years, Yet They Want Me Dead

Zhang Tao endured for three years, solely because he possessed an ability unknown to others—discerning truth by sound. The company's founding members were sidelined, and he was reduced to a menial worker, watching as the usurper, President Chen, claimed the empire for himself. It wasn't until the other party sought to cut off his last retreat: "Keeping you is like keeping a dead man." — Description from novelcodex.org