Cui Xiao couldn't wait for Cui Hui to arrive.
At midnight, he received a message sent by Cui Long.
Cui Xiao hurriedly threw on his clothes and got up. He had no time to straighten himself out, so he tidied his clothes as he walked. Even a blind man could see how much he valued that woman.
"What happened?"
The steward from Cui Long's residence had been panting by the time he arrived. His legs had practically been smoking as he struggled to keep up with Cui Xiao, who walked at an unhurried pace yet moved astonishingly fast. He complained to himself that these scholars were all cut from the same cloth. They had two legs like everyone else, yet two steps from them were enough to make ordinary people break into a jog. Wiping away his sweat, he said, "The residence was attacked."
"An attack? Was your woman frightened? Were there any casualties at the residence? Who did it? Were they Rebel Army members hiding in the city?"
Cui Xiao had expected these days to be anything but peaceful.
Whatever Cui Long's reasons, it was an indisputable fact that she had conspired with Eternal Life Cult followers to open the city gates. It was also a certainty that the wealthy households in the city had been searched and plundered. Whoever had suffered heavy losses would hate Cui Long to the bone. An ambush and assassination were bound to happen, and Cui Xiao had long ago ordered people to guard the area around Cui Long's residence, keeping her safe through the crisis.
"We caught only two alive. The rest killed themselves."
Their clothes had been disguised, so it was impossible to tell where they came from.
Cui Long was worried the two survivors might find a chance to kill themselves,