The prefect ordered the city gates sealed, and bailiffs went from door to door conducting searches outside. Lu Bin and Ji Chengyuan no longer showed their faces; these young masters of the capital had moved from the pleasure houses to the post station, and every street corner outside was swarmed with watchers.
A few days later, the air was thick with panic.
The Ji clan arrested countless people, packing the prisons to the bursting point, and the sounds of wailing echoed through the night without a stop.
Chapter 54