Xie Minghe, a Condensing the Core expert of the Xie Clan who had wandered abroad for years, suddenly returned and abducted Zhang White Ribbon of the Brocade-clad Patrol Cavalry. The incident immediately shook Jiangdu and Danyang, and the shock was still spreading.
The female inspector Bai Yousi, who was in Jingkou, raced back. The Jiangdu Grand Camp and the officials who received the news also mobilized as though their clothes were on fire. Even the Eight Great Families of Jiangdong whose estates had been confiscated in Danyang Commandery and Jiangdu Commandery became furious... They could hardly help it. Everything had already ended, and the twelfth lunar month was almost upon them, yet this bastard Xie Minghe suddenly pulled this stunt, getting every household surrounded all over again.
The Xie Family in particular came within a hair of having a crossbow shoved into the face of every family member, young and old. To demonstrate his sincerity and position, Xie Minghe's own father volunteered to go to Jiangdu City as soon as he understood what had happened, saying he wanted an audience with Duke Lai.
But there was nothing to be done. No matter how angry everyone was or how thoroughly they searched, nobody could easily find Xie Minghe. A Condensing the Core expert could be just that outrageous: he swept someone up and suddenly vanished, leaving you without the slightest idea where to look.
"What is this you've written?"
Dusk had not quite fallen, but the twin moons were already visible, their crescents hanging at an angle. North of Jiangning City, at the mouth where the Qinhuai River entered the Great River, Xie Minghe paid no attention whatsoever to the city's boiling chaos. He simply sat at ease on a patch of broken rocks, stroking his beard as he examined the