After leaving Anping Ward, Chen Ye did not return to Jingguo Mansion right away.
He wound his way through the nearby alleys, turning this way and that, until he reached the bank of an inner river running between the streets.
He found a secluded spot and stood there surveying it for a while. Once he had confirmed that no one was nearby, he removed his outer clothes, wrapped his ordinary robe and the cloth covering his face around some stones, and threw them into the river.
Watching the clothes sink to the riverbed, Chen Ye went over the entire affair again in his mind.
From beginning to end, he had never shown his face. No one had seen his true appearance.
He had not even made any physical contact with Lu Cong before beating him to death.
Even if the others wanted to investigate, they would have nowhere to begin.
Given Lu Cong's standing in the Lu Family, they likely would not take the matter too seriously.
Once they failed to uncover anything, it would simply fizzle out.
As for the imperial court and the authorities, they did not concern themselves with martial folk killing one another in the Capital City.
So long as things did not get too out of hand, they usually just went through the motions.
Chen Ye had nothing to worry about.
There had been no omissions from start to finish.
Standing by the river, he tied up his hair again and checked his reflection in a puddle at the alley entrance. Only after confirming there were no more flaws in his appearance did he stride toward Su Guang's home.
Chen Ye had long since become thoroughly familiar with Su Guang's residence.
It took him nearly two quarters of an hour, but he arrived at Su