Li Xianghong considered the lord's decision for a moment, then glanced at Fan Wuzhe on the floor. "Dong Wenshu must have come for him. How do you intend to deal with him, Lord Po Yuan?"
Po Yuan also gave it some thought before saying slowly, "Moon-Inquiring City's affairs belong to someone else. They have nothing to do with our Divine Mountain. As for how Moon-Inquiring City deals with him in the future, that is none of our business unless they come to us. Since that hall master's ancestor once taught the Demon Empress, the prestige of the 'Demon Empress' alone warrants honoring the shade his ancestor left behind. The rest is a family matter. Send him back and let the hall master handle it himself."
Li Xianghong understood his meaning. She turned to the messenger. "Tell Dong Wenshu to go home first. We will personally deliver the man to him shortly."
"Yes." The messenger accepted the order and left.
Outside the City Lord's Manor, he relayed the City Lord's message to Dong Wenshu and his son, who had come to visit.
Those words were as good as confirmation that the rumors outside were true. Fan Wuzhe really had been arrested.
Dong Wenshu cupped his hands. "May I ask why the City Lord arrested Fan Wuzhe?"
"That, I do not know. Mr. Dong Wenshu, please head home first." The man extended a hand, politely showing them out.
What could father and son do? The City Lord had already given them an answer. They could hardly overstep further, so they could only take their leave.
Few of those living below the mountain were qualified to climb to its summit. The treatment father and son had received was already a rare honor.
The two descended the mountain. They had barely returned to Morning