The sky gradually dimmed, the setting sun red as blood. On the streets, pedestrians hurried home.
At this seemingly peaceful and beautiful moment, a fleeting afterimage like a startled swan suddenly sliced through the tranquil sky.
Moving too fast for the naked eye to follow, it leaped swiftly between the buildings along the street, leaving behind a continuous string of afterimages.
"Eh, did you see that clearly?"
"Why did I feel like I saw a person with one leg flying over there?"
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"Xiao Jin, are you fucking drunk?"
"A person with one leg? Why not say you saw a person with no head!"
Within the yamen, in a quiet and comfortable courtyard, two figures sat beside a stone table in a small pavilion.
The two men in the pavilion were Hua Tianhai, the old Gang Leader of the Heavensea Gang, and Hong Zhi, Prefect Lord of White Path Prefecture!
Hong Zhi had invited Hua Tianhai over, and they had been talking freely for roughly one incense stick's time.
Yet even now, Hong Zhi had not gotten to the point.
Hong Zhi probed around for a while, but he could never glean any information about Hua Yunfei.
After a round of rambling conversation, Hong Zhi finally saw through it. This old fellow Hua Tianhai seemed to have long been on guard against him.
Looking at Hua Tianhai, who remained calm and composed throughout, Hong Zhi stopped beating around the bush and directly brought up Hua Tianhai's son, Hua Yunfei.
"Senior Hua, I asked you here because of Heavensea Gang Leader Hua Yunfei!"
At those words, a flicker of disturbance passed through Hua Tianhai's brows, but he swiftly regained his composure.
"Prefect Lord, please speak!"
"What crime has my son Hua Yunfei committed?"
"If that unfilial son has violated the laws