Chapter 197: Han Cuiyuan
With both Mu Qingxia and Mei Yan in hand, there was no one left in the Mei estate who could stand in Hu Rui'an's way.
Under the control of the Life and Death Talisman, Mei Yan could offer no resistance and spoke without reservation, disclosing everything, things he should say and things he should not say alike.
As deployment orders issued personally by Mei Yan went out from the Mei estate one after another, the Tianjin Guards within the city began to move, setting out through the night toward Lan Province.
The Tianjin Guards in other cities and towns throughout Sheng Province would receive the orders by falcon messenger in turn and act according to Mei Yan's commands.
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At the garrison of the Sheng Province army, atop a tall watchtower, a figure of a man past fifty stood with his hands clasped behind his back.
The night was dark as ink, and the wind howled all around him.
The man wore a plain dark robe, its hem snapping in the wind. No military blade hung at his waist, only a bronze tiger seal.
His gaze was like a blade cutting through the darkness before him, driving straight toward the lights of the city in the distance.