Cloud Celebration Pavilion.
"What would you like to ask, sir?"
The plump man from before had vanished, replaced by a mature woman as luscious as a ripe peach.
"The matter of the Liu Family!"
Aaron took out some silver.
"Sir, you're hardly the first to ask about this..." The woman gave a coy laugh. "But this pavilion does know the inside story... I'm afraid your silver isn't enough, though!"
"Oh?"
Aaron directly pulled out a gold leaf. "How about this?"
"More than enough, more than enough..." The woman's eyes lit up as she said with a smile, "Three days ago, someone saw a white-haired martial artist charge into the Liu residence. They say his martial arts were extraordinarily high. He killed quite a few guards, then personally slew the Liu Family head before perishing together with the Liu Family's old master!"
In just a few short sentences, Aaron seemed to feel a certain shock—and a hatred carved deep into the bones!
"Who was it?"
"As that white-haired martial artist was dying, he declared his name to be Ma Zhu. He had come over what happened to White Peony all those years ago..."
Aaron was drinking tea and nearly choked on a mouthful, but he calmly swallowed it. "What White Peony?"
In truth, he had been personally involved with both Ma Zhu and White Peony.
Well, he had only heard about the latter.
"About ten years ago, White Peony was the top courtesan of this prefecture. Later, she offended the Liu Family's eldest young master—the current Liu Family head—and was sent to a brothel to receive customers... They say she could not bear the humiliation and eventually took her own life..."
The woman sighed. "That Ma Zhu... was likely someone who had admired White Peony back then. He formed a deep