LETHAL FLOWER

"Alright, I will save your father, and in return, you have to work for me as long as I say. And yes, I will help your family if they are in great dangers." Shuang stated after awhile.

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Southern City, Immortal Inn, 5th floor.

"Master, the girl was being registered to the Ren family just a few months ago. And she's also the girl who was abducted by 'Sparrow' during the pursuit that was lead by Captain Su the last time. As for how she was ended by Senior Ren Kang's family, we are still working on that issue. We did some investigation on families all out the Empire that have a missing family members or reportedly died from earlier of this year. There are a total of 60 people. 43 of this was reportedly died and all from poor families and commoners. The remaining 17 were reportedly gone missing. All from the families of officials and noble families and one of this family was the first daughter of the Ming Empire's Left Prime Minister Zhu."

After hearing the report of his shadow guards...Weiyi was contemplating, his gaze was unfathomable but upon a closer look, a trace of faint smile on his lips was barely noticeable in the eyes.

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Three carriages entered the Southern City Southern Gate in a queue. The first carriage has three people inside. A middle age man, a handsome young man and a veiled young girl in a pastel peach colored dress. When the gate guard saw the person inside the carriage, he immediately straightened his back and paid respect. Afterwards, he let the three carriages entered without inspecting anymore the two more queueing carriages. The three carriages move forward and joined the other big and small carriages in the wide main road. After awhile, the two carriages moved towards the other direction while the first carriage continued straight.

Shuang slightly opened the window of the carriage as she peeked through the people outside and observed the big City. Southern City is the biggest city among the four big cities in the Ming Empire. The main road was bustling with a crowd of locals and travelers but it's still not that very crowded. People were walking on both sidewalks while the carriages were running slowly but steadily in the center of the road. Travelers and locals who were out of the city will go in the entrance gate while those who were leaving will go in the exit gate on the other side of road. The infrastructure of the buildings were mostly two storeys up to five storeys high.

The carriage slowly left the main road and entered another gate that was fully guarded. Above the gate, was black wooden placard that has a golden words written on it. 'Southern City Lord's Prefecture'. The place was big with various building inside. The buildings were distanced away from each other.

Xuyin open the door of the carriage and Gu Jingshen step down followed by Uncle Jiang.

The woman in her late thirties immediately approached Gu Jingshen.

"Shen'er!" The woman in green cried as she hugged the young man. "Thank goodness your back and safe!"

"Mother, I'm back!" Gu Jingshen smiled as he gently tapped the woman's back.

"Big brother!" The young girl in a yellow dress at the woman's side, greeted as well.

"Shen'er, how's your trip? " Xiao Liling asked her son with anticipation.

Gu Jingshen let out a sighed before he said,

"Mother, I-I bring someone."

Shuang slowly get down from the carriage while Xuyin assisted her. The people suddenly sucked in their breath the moment they looked into that hypnotizing obsidian eyes.

"Mother, this is ---" Gu Jingshen can't finished his words because the ladies in front of him were no longer there.

"Aiya! Welcome to our residence! What's your name? This is the first time my son brought a girl in our home! I know my son is a little bit unruly and stubborn but he is a good and a loving child. I hope you will give him your understanding and patience..." Xiao Liling eagerly received and assisted the speechless Ren Shuang.