Night lay deep, and the Marquis Mansion returned to its former quiet.
But Chongshan Pass had yet to settle down.
Yang Zhengshan had gone back to his bedroom to farm, but Luo Jinsong and the others had not gone to rest. Gu Yunjian definitely had not come alone; there were certainly still Star Moon Sect people inside the city.
This month, the Front Battalion of Chongshan Town was responsible for Chongshan Pass City's defenses. After learning that assassins had invaded the Marquis Mansion, Front Battalion of Chongshan Town's Guerrilla General Luo Feiyu and Camp Sitting Officer Yang Chengxu immediately led the soldiers in a search.
Luo Jinsong and Li Chengguo also joined the search. After all, the ones who had invaded the Marquis Mansion were from Star Moon Sect, and no one here understood Star Moon Sect better than they did.
The area they searched was mainly the North City, because after nightfall, all the city gates between the South City and North City would be shut. Aside from a warrant from the Regional Commander's Mansion, no one was permitted to open the gates. The soldiers of the Town Garrison Camp would not acknowledge even the heads of the Governor's Office or the Garrison Eunuch.
As for how Gu Yunjian and Kou Rong had entered North City, that was actually not difficult.
At night, it was almost impossible for ordinary people to enter North City, but for martial dao experts, entering North City was still very easy, because they could scale the city walls.
Although there were soldiers on duty and patrolling atop the walls, the soldiers' cultivation levels were all rather low. For them to sneak into North City silently from around those soldiers was no hard thing.
Aside from military camps, North City contained only the various yamen