On the first day of April, at noon.
Hidden in the shadows of the night, listening to the final stroke of the bell, Qiushu—whom both Jian Xin and Qiu Ji had searched for long and hard—was standing atop the gate tower of the West Gate of Qiucheng, her eyes fixed intently on a single spot. There, a formidable army was stationed!
Moreover, it was not just this gate; all four city gates were heavily guarded by massive forces, with the west side being the most heavily fortified of all, as if Di Zhongan had correctly calculated that Qiushu would try to escape through the West Gate.
Chapter 423