After finding a person in charge of the Dark Guard's intelligence department, Su Xin left it alone. This had always been his way of doing things: it was enough for him to handle the broad matters, while a whole host of subordinates naturally took care of everything else. Otherwise, if he had to handle every little thing himself, what was the point of having so many men under him?
As for whether Tong Wuyang could swiftly take control of the situation, that was not something Su Xin needed to worry about.
If Tong Wuyang smoothly took control of the Dark Guard, then all was well. If something went wrong, it would only prove that he was too useless and had squandered Su Xin's regard. At that point, Su Xin could simply find someone else to take charge of the Dark Guard. After all, there was no shortage of martial artists in the Jianghu skilled in the art of intelligence gathering.
A month passed just like that before Huang Bingcheng suddenly brought Su Xin an invitation. It had come from the Xiao Family.
The reason the Xiao Family had sent the invitation was simple: Xiao Huang was preparing to marry, and his marriage partner was the legitimate daughter of the Shangguan Clan.
As the confirmed heir of the Jiangnan Xiao Clan, Xiao Huang had quite a few women around him, and he was not the sort who abstained from worldly desires.
Yet all those women were merely his concubines. His true wife was not someone he could choose for himself; she had to be designated by the Xiao Family. Put simply, it was a political marriage meant to strengthen the Xiao Family.
Among the Six Great Clans, the Shangguan Clan was second only to the Xiao Family in strength, so a