What they had said was true. The South City Gate had the greatest number of soldiers and servants guarding it. After all, the largest road to the neighboring city passed through here, and there was also a ferry landing where travelers could follow the river to many commandery cities, including Big Bird City.
Zeng Mu and the others were headed somewhere outside Big Bird City. Naturally, they needed to reach the city as quickly as possible before continuing on foot, so they had chosen the water route. That was one reason they had to leave through the South City Gate.
The second reason, of course, was that Yenaier still had not had enough and wanted to vent a little more anger. Even this was after Zeng Mu and Pitman had both persuaded her to hold back. Otherwise, her original plan had been to turn the Zhou Residence upside down.
The soldiers guarding the South City Gate were fully armed, exactly as the men who had spotted the group from hiding earlier had described.
There were exceptions, however. Beneath a tall Chinese parasol tree that had to be at least ten years old, two soldiers carrying sabers sat with a Zhou Family guard on the leaf-covered ground, chatting.
The three had known one another for years. They had once served in the same battalion, but later, one had chosen to become a guard for the Zhou Family, while the other two had found jobs with the local authorities.
"I never imagined Zhou Xiao Jia would actually die, much less in a brothel! Ha, that'll make quite the romantic tale once word gets out. Anyone who doesn't know the details will think he died in some beauty's arms."
"Oh, come on. You call whores beauties? Wallflowers, more like. Tsk, tsk. Still, I