Closing the city gates ahead of time at this moment was tantamount to deliberately blocking the Lin Jiang Department's carriage outside the city.
The sky had already darkened. If they could not enter the city, there was only a dead end waiting for them.
Even if they wanted to turn around and search for the location of a Pure Land, they would certainly be too late.
"Too coincidental."
Deputy Commander Gu frowned slightly.
Under ordinary circumstances, closing the city gates early in accordance with the changing weather was not unusual.
But now, although the sun was sinking in the west and the sky was dim, it was not yet dark enough to require the gates to be closed ahead of time.
"People from the Liu family."
Deputy Commander Zhou said in a low voice, "The Six Great Clans in the Inner City all have direct descendants occupying high positions in the Prefectural Governor's Mansion."
He glanced at Deputy Commander Gu and said, "The news that Banner Bearer Impermanence left the city should have been sent to the Liu family immediately."
The news had reached the Inner City, after which the order to close the city gates early had been issued and relayed to the Outer Southern City Gate.
Back and forth, the timing was just right.
The three people present understood at once.
Among the soldiers guarding the city today, there was an informant from the Liu family.
"What should we do?"
Deputy Commander Gu asked, "Either listen to the Liu family and offend this Fifth Master to death, or delay for a while and do this Fifth Master a favor?"
Deputy Commander Zhou did not speak.
He felt that he had no ties with the Lin Jiang Department.
More importantly, they had already formed a grudge over Zhao Jing's