With one arm around Lu Wushuang and the other holding Cheng Ying, Song Qingshu called out to Huang Rong, and together they vanished into the night sky. Not long after they left, the constables of Shanyin entered and saw the miserable scene in Shen Garden. Their limbs immediately went cold. They knew this was a serious matter.
"Notify every city gate at once. Strengthen the defenses, and do not let anyone leave the city!"
"Pass down the order: search every household for suspicious people who may have appeared recently. Focus on inns, brothels, and similar places!"
Song Qingshu and Huang Rong vaguely heard the constable captain's orders. Huang Rong frowned. "I'm afraid we can't return to the inn."
Song Qingshu nodded in agreement. Dealing with the inspections would be troublesome enough, let alone expelling the poison from the two women.
"Then where are we going?" Huang Rong continued.
Song Qingshu had originally intended to take them back to Cheng Yaojia at Lu Mansion. But when he considered that detoxifying the two women would require a great deal of water, there was no way to avoid alerting the servants of Lu Mansion. It concerned several women's reputations, and great households were full of loose tongues. It was truly inconvenient to go there.
Abandoning the idea of going to Lu Mansion, Song Qingshu suddenly remembered a small stream not far outside the city. He said to Huang Rong, "Leave the city first!"
Although night had already fallen and the city gates were closed, they could not stop martial artists capable of flying over walls and roofs. Song Qingshu and Huang Rong quickly scaled the city wall and slipped outside. Not long after they landed, someone came galloping over to order stronger defenses and strict guarding of the gates. Figures soon filled