Xie Yu Drew Her Sword (Please Keep Reading)

What?!

Xie An sucked in a sharp breath. A bone-deep chill ran through him from head to toe.

The Xu Household might not have rivaled the Xie Household, but it was still one of the wealthiest families in Qingwu County's outer city. Xu Zhengtai had started out as a military-household blacksmith, mastered martial arts, and become a Dark Force Martial Master early on.

Later, he had taken control of mines, forged ironware and weapons, and opened brothels, gambling houses, banks, and draft offices. His family's fortune had to be worth over a hundred thousand taels of silver.

And just like that, they were gone?

Qiu Lan said between gasps, "I just passed the Martial Arts Training Ground and heard it from Cai Xia. Master and Uncle Shui have already gone to the Xu Residence."

Xie An washed up in a hurry, threw on a fur coat, and headed out.

"Zhou Ji, bring my blade. Li Dao, saddle the horses."

By the time they reached the gates of the Xu Residence in the west of the city, it was nearly eleven.

A crowd had gathered around the grand gatehouse.

"How did the entire Xu Household get wiped out when everything was fine?"

"I got here early and peeked through the crack in the gate. I saw corpses with their chests dug open. Probably the work of a Specter..."

"..."

Xie An swung down from his horse and pushed through the layers of onlookers.

More than thirty constables stood guard at the gate, each holding a broad-bladed saber.

Their leader, Liu Zhong, knew Xie An. He came over as soon as he spotted him. "Young Master Mingxi, what brings you here?"

Xie An headed straight for the gate with Zhou Ji and Li Dao. "Constable Liu, what's it like inside?"

Liu