Defeating Gu Cangming! King Song! Nobody Sleeps Tonight!
Deep within the imperial city of Zhongzhou City.
The Bronze Crane Lamps of the Imperial Advisor Hall swayed slightly in the night wind, making the draped gauze curtains inside the hall flicker with uncertain light and shadow.
The hall doors were tightly shut, and the figure kneeling outside had already waited for a full cup of tea's time, the cold sweat seeping from his forehead staining a small dark patch on the Bluestone Slab.
He did not dare to urge.
Because the person inside the hall was never in a hurry.
Finally, a cold and ethereal voice came from within the hall, like an undercurrent beneath the ice, devoid of any emotion: "Enter."
The hall doors silently slid open a crack.
The kneeling eunuch bowed and hurried in, maintaining a bent and lowered posture throughout, his gaze daring only to fall on the ground three feet in front of his own toes.
He passed through layers of gauze curtains, finally stopping about five paces from the figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the Great Hall, and prostrated himself.
"Reporting to the Imperial Advisor, something has happened at the Song Prince's Mansion."
The hall was quiet for a breath.
"Speak." That voice still had no ripples.
"Around midnight tonight, someone broke into the Song Prince's Mansion. The four guest retainers of the mansion, Tie Hengshan, Zhao Fentian, Liu Wuhen, and Shen Yangui, all died in battle."
The eunuch's voice was trembling. "The underground great hall was breached, and Pei Yuanfeng's whereabouts are unknown. Steward Gu stepped in to intercept but failed to capture the opponent, and both sides engaged in a fierce battle above the mansion, leaving half of the Prince's Mansion in ruins."
"Who?"
"Yellow Court Dao Master, Zhang Chu."
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