Chapter 1207: Fleeing the City, the Prince Arrives "No!"
"City Lord!"
The guards rushed into the compound and immediately reached Qinghua Yueming's corpse.
Fear surfaced on every face as they looked at the body that had been split in two.
As the city lord's guards, they had actually watched him die right before their eyes. Once word of this spread, death was all that awaited them.
Instinctively, the captain of the guards turned toward the members of the various families and growled, "Seal the city gates, now!"
"If the bastard who killed the city lord escapes, we're all finished!"
"You were all here today. Even though you weren't involved, the Royal Family won't care about that. They'll simply wipe everything out."
At these words, the members of the families snapped awake as though roused from a dream.
They were no fools. How could they not know that he spoke the truth? Precisely because of this, the unease in their hearts reached its peak.
Just as he had said, if they could not find the killer, a devastating blow awaited them. They might even all lose their lives.
At that thought, the family heads cast aside all other concerns and barked, "Quick, seal the city!"
"Go to the City Lord's Residence and activate the City-Protecting Grand Formation! We absolutely cannot let that man escape!"
"Mobilize everyone in your families and search! Dig three feet into the earth if you have to, but find that bastard!"
"..."
At this moment, everyone panicked, feeling terror rise from the depths of their hearts.
If they could not find the assassin who had killed the city lord, a devastating blow awaited them all-one that could very well prove fatal.
Under these circumstances, they felt utterly helpless. After all, this was a calamity that had fallen