"Liulang! Liulang, where did you go? Liulang!"
It was Mu Chuan's voice.
Gu Jiao had been gone too long, and Mu Chuan, having waited in vain, went out to look for him with Zhao Wei, Yuan Xiao, and others. A little Palace Maid from the central and harmonious court also came with them.
This was a small miscellaneous courtyard of the central and harmonious court, generally deserted, with a small wooden hut for janitorial tools, a high wall, and several big trees.
And now, Gu Jiao was squatting under a big tree near the high wall, in front of her a man lying in a pool of blood, and three unconscious eunuchs were lying near the little hut behind her.
"What, what's going on here?" Yuan Xiao asked, dumbstruck.
"Liulang!" Mu Chuan strode over.
Yuan Xiao and Zhao Wei followed swiftly.
As they passed the small hut, they all glanced at the three eunuchs sprawled out in disarray.
Yuan Xiao shook his head at the two of them.
He could sense that these three were already breathless.
