After Xiao Jinghong left, Xiao Manor became much calmer.
The maidservants and servants in the manor kept their mouths shut about Hundred Herbs Hall, as though someone had specifically instructed them to do so.
Yet Chen Yi knew that beneath the manor's apparent calm, some strange and treacherous matters lay hidden.
For one, those personal guards were still running about outside.
With Liu Si'er injured, the task of inspecting the various medicine halls had fallen entirely upon Wang Lixing, and several additional personal guards had been assigned to him.
Several more personal guards had gone to the Judicial Department to assist in tracking down the people who had appeared outside Hundred Herbs Hall that night.
Among them were Elder Demon Jia of the Phantom Sound Sect, the four-man group that had fled, and the black-clad man who had wounded Liu Si'er.
With such arrangements, counting the personal guards who had followed Xiao Jinghong, there were clearly far fewer armored soldiers left in Xiao Manor.
It was only natural for the Xiao Family to be quieter.
The other matter worth noting was the Xiao Family's Disciplinary Hall.
Of the Jianghu guests caught earlier, after two nights of interrogation, some had finally opened their mouths and named Linglan Pavilion as the one who had ordered them.
In less than half a day, Linglan Pavilion, which had been open for under a month, was sealed by the Judicial Department, strips of sealing paper pasted across its entrance.
According to Liu Quan from the accounting department of Jishi Pharmacy—
Many yamen runners had gone to Linglan Pavilion in the East Market and directly hauled Qian Kuan and the others off to the Yamen.
It was also said that Qian Kuan had loosened his lips that very afternoon, admitting that he and several other Linglan