A human head!
A row of human heads had been placed outside the entrance to the Song Family residence!
Each head was enclosed in a stone box, their faces peaceful, without the slightest trace of pain. It was easy to imagine that they had died swiftly—so swiftly that there had been no time for pain or struggle to show on their faces.
"They're all members of the Song Family. Otherwise, no one would have sent them to the Song Family."
"Song Tian was the general stationed at Yumen Pass. Even after someone killed him, they sent his head back."
"Grand General Zhenyuan—that must be an incredibly high-ranking official. To die so tragically..."
Passersby pointed and whispered about this bizarre incident of sending human heads.
Everyone knew the Song Family's position in the Xifeng Empire. Someone had actually dared to provoke the might of the Song Family, killing its important commanders and then sending their heads to the entrance of the Song Family residence.
This was no longer merely a provocation!
This was a declaration of war!
A declaration of war against the Song Family! A declaration of war against the Xifeng Empire's Old Immortal, Song Gudú!
Clatter—
The Song Family gates swung wide open, and Butler Song Ning led a group of guards out to the entrance.
Seeing the long row of head boxes arranged side by side atop the steps, Song Ning's expression changed drastically. "Put them away at once."
"Yes." The guards answered in unison, each one suppressing his nausea and fear as he hurried over to pick up a box containing a human head.
Once the head boxes had been lifted, an even more troublesome problem emerged.
For a household like the Song Family, carrying so many dead men's heads inside was profoundly inauspicious. What was more,