Lianjiang City's Inner City was worlds apart from the Outer City.
Street riffraff were few and far between. There was no noise or disorder; the streets were spacious, paved with fine bluestone slabs and tended by dedicated cleaners. They were immaculately neat.
Even with carts and horses coming and going, they raised not a speck of dust.
One mansion after another stood in rows, with high walls, red-tiled roofs, upturned eaves, and carved beams and painted rafters. What a grand sight.
All the county's prominent families and powerful clans lived here.
The Shen Family, Fan Family, Li Family, Zhou Family, Hu Family, Yang Family, and others.
At the Hu Family residence, Hu Dingtian strode in, his face dark and his steps hurried. The skirt armor at his hem clanked with every step.
"Young Master Hu!" Several gate servants recognized Hu Dingtian at once and hurried to bow.
"Shall we inform the master that you're back?"
"Get lost!" Hu Dingtian was already irritated. His sharp bark startled the servant, who didn't dare say another word.
"Young... Young Master..." An old steward saw Hu Dingtian in a towering rage and grew apprehensive.
"Where's Dingwen? Tell him to get his ass over here!" Hu Dingtian snapped.
"Third Young Master went to meet some friends. He isn't at the residence."
"What's he doing?"
"He should be... betting on cricket fights with someone." The old steward didn't dare hide the truth from his eldest young master.
Ever since the eldest young master had gone to the Prefecture City and become a military officer, the killing intent around him had grown heavier and heavier.
When he was angry, his aura fell on everyone nearby like a heavy hammer.
After the old steward finished speaking, he could feel the oppressive atmosphere around the eldest young master grow