After saying only a word to Xiang Qian and the others, Jiang Wang took Chu Yao and left the Southern Frontier overnight.
He did not notify anyone at the Southern Xia Governor-General's Office. But flying across its territory, he could not possibly avoid Su Guanying's notice. That spared him the trouble of making another call.
In one night and one day, Jiang Wang flew all the way from Old Mountain in Xia territory to Linzi.
He did not stop once along the way. Chu Yao, on the other hand, woke up and fell asleep several times in his arms.
Upon arriving in Linzi, he did not return to his residence. He merely set Chu Yao down at the city gate and had the little disciple go back on his own, instructing him to notify the household to prepare things like funeral gifts.
He himself headed straight for the Marquis of Bowang's Mansion.
He did not have any especially deep impression of the old Marquis. Because of Chongxuan Sheng, he had always held some resentment toward the old Marquis, feeling that the old man had not kept his bowl of water level, causing Chongxuan Fatty to suffer too many grievances since childhood.
But for some reason, on this return to Linzi, one scene kept flashing through his mind along the way—
That day, sensing that the atmosphere was somewhat off, he had taken the initiative to see Doctor Ye Henshui out. The immense Marquis of Bowang's Mansion had winding paths leading into secluded depths. It was similar to, yet different from, the first time he had entered the mansion. He heard the old man shout Chongxuan Sheng's name, crying out that sentence in a voice at once frail and unyielding... "I'm going to die!"
He knew.
Everyone knew that Chongxuan Yunbo