This line of questioning caused the entire room to fall silent.
Many people's eyes gradually widened, their hearts skipping a beat.
Putting on such a grand display, all for a mere small town?
This left the nobles of Jing Country, who had always regarded commoners as worthless, utterly dumbfounded.
Qing Mo directly ignored Xue An's "disrespect" toward the Ghost Monarch and swallowed nervously, "Yes... Yes! It was the Ghost Monarch's orders that led us to act this way, and you..."
He was just about to ask who Xue An was and what exactly he intended to do.
But Xue An gave him no chance to continue. He said plainly, "Very well. Then now tell me, where is that little girl you captured?"
"Little girl?" Qing Mo's entire body jolted, his face gradually turning pale!
"Hm?" Xue An fiddled with his fingers, not even raising his head as he replied, "I'll give you three breaths to provide me with a satisfying answer!"
