The soldiers held the three men down, afraid they would run.
Zhan Chi's brow furrowed. He kept a close eye on the woman in the crowd. 'If she makes a single strange move,' he thought, 'I absolutely cannot let her get away.'
"Left General, we found nothing in the rear courtyard."
"Left General, we found nothing over here either."
"Left General..."
The search parties reported back one after another.
The Left General turned his suspicion toward the three men.
"General, we found another one," two soldiers announced as they emerged, carrying the butler.
Zhan Chi's expression tensed.
"Good heavens, how could you beat the old butler into this state?" Zhan Yi's old face wrinkled in distress when he saw him. "I told you to be careful during the search! How could you beat someone?"
The Left General shot them a look. "What happened here?"
"We knocked, sir, but no one answered for a long time..."
"So you beat him unconscious?" Zhan Yi cut the soldier off.
