Thud, thud, thud!
At that moment, someone suddenly knocked lightly on the door from outside.
Xia Mingqing's brows tightened slightly. He then raised his left hand and gave the door a light sweep.
The door opened in response, as though an invisible hand in the void had pushed it open.
Immediately afterward, a light-footed figure quickly arrived at Xia Mingqing's side, lowered her head, and leaned close to his ear.
"Your Highness, urgent news!"
"Something has happened to the Luo Family. Lord Luo Jin is dead!"
Upon hearing this, Xia Mingqing's composed expression turned ashen, black as the bottom of a scorched pot.
"What did you say?!"
"My benefactor is dead?!"
"How is that possible?!"
Xia Mingqing abruptly looked up at the messenger, then rose directly to his feet.
"My benefactor had the protective restrictions left behind by the Surveillance Division."
"Other than a martial artist at Outer Strength Grandmaster Greater Mastery, no one could possibly harm him."
Xia Mingqing forcibly suppressed the fury in his heart and stared fixedly at the person before him who had brought the news.
Had this messenger not been Chen Luomeng, his most trusted maid, he would have thought someone had the audacity to toy with him.
Seeing Xia Mingqing's reaction, Lu Haodong at the side was greatly shocked.
But once he heard that Luo Jin had died, he had no time to remain shocked and stood up as well.
"Luo Jin is dead?"
"This..."
Luo Jin, the Peace Prefecture Inspector, had actually been killed. This matter was likely going to shake the heavens!
Which old monster with a death wish had done this?
Xia Mingqing had now accepted the fact of Luo Jin's death, but his face remained full of doubt and disbelief.
"Other than this prince and that old undead Tao Zhenbang,