News of what had happened at the Imperial Ancestral Temple that morning was sealed off at once, but there was no way to keep it under wraps...
At least, not with just a Ma Xiong trying to contain it.
For one thing, plenty of people in Linzi City could get the truth out of Ma Xiong himself, and he wouldn't dare keep his mouth shut.
The first to learn of it were naturally the powerful figures within the Capital Patrol Inspection Office.
People like Chongxuan Sheng, on the other hand, were closely connected to those involved.
The Li Family heard the news later than the first wave, but not much later.
About half an hour after Jiang Wang left, someone came in to report it. The two accounts were cross-checked, and everything matched exactly what Jiang Wang had said.
At the time, the Old Matriarch of the Li Family was sitting in the seat of honor, leisurely sipping tea.
The current Marquis of City-Crushing, Li Zhengyan, and Li Zhengshu were discussing the matter.
Ever since Li Zhengyan had secured his position as family head, the old lady rarely offered her opinions on family affairs.
Aside from drinking tea and listening to opera, she occasionally took her Dragon-Headed Cane to beat Li Longchuan.
But when someone below mentioned that, before the incident at the Spirit Shrine of the Marquis of Nine Returns, Jiang Wang had come from the Spirit Shrine of the First Marquis of City-Crushing, having just made offerings to the First Marquis of City-Crushing...
The old lady couldn't help saying, once more, "What a good boy."
Li Zhengyan and Li Zhengshu exchanged glances and both smiled.
After leaving the Li residence, Jiang Wang returned to Xia Mountain Villa.
No matter how turbulent Linzi was at that moment,