Jiu Zizai seemed to have other matters at hand, staying in Liangzhou City for only a few days before leaving, then heading swiftly towards Jiangnan Road. Almost two days after Jiu Zizai left, Wuxin and Tie Lin, who had been detained for half a month, finally left the Ministry of Punishment.
As the days passed the Double Ninth Festival, the temperature grew colder by the day.
Wang Anfeng sat at a small stall outside the Ministry of Punishment, occasionally glancing at the tightly guarded side door.
He noticed that today, the Ministry of Punishment was particularly empty compared to usual. All the martial soldier arrest officers found excuses—not to go out on duty or to call in sick—simply were not present at the ministry.
