Divine Capital, the Nine Gates Commander's residence.
Wang Ziteng rose to greet his guest with a smile.
"Please, sit."
The visitor was forty-five or forty-six, dressed in a Bright Red Flying Fish Uniform embroidered with three Python Patterns. He was Dugu Ao, the man in charge of Gao'an Ward's Thousand-Household Guard Station.
"What is it?" Dugu Ao asked bluntly.
Although both served the Retired Emperor, an Embroidered Uniform Guard Thousand-Household Commander who grew too close to the head of the Capital Camp could easily draw public criticism.
But Wang Ziteng had sent him an invitation, and he could hardly refuse.
Wang Ziteng did not beat around the bush. He asked quietly:
"I'd like to inquire about Thousand-Household Commander Jia's whereabouts."
That little bastard had hidden his abilities far too well. His martial prowess was terrifying, but what Wang Ziteng feared most was that he had toppled a provincial magnate even on his journey back to the Capital. Now he already wore five Python Patterns!
After spending a single day in the Capital, he had vanished without a trace again. Wang Ziteng desperately wanted to know where the little bastard was.
The post stations in the various prefectures had no records of him, so he must have been changing horses and resting at Embroidered Uniform Guard stations.
A Thousand-Household Commander had the authority to consult the records at the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Experiences Office.
Dugu Ao frowned.
"Why are you asking?"
Wang Ziteng took a sip of tea and said frankly:
"To get something on him and bring him down in one stroke!"
He had thought it through. Investigating afterward would make it almost impossible to find any traces.
When Dugu Ao remained silent, Wang Ziteng added:
"Thousand-Household Commander Dugu, the Retired Emperor detests him."
"And don't you have a younger