At 1:45 a.m., the morning mist of the Capital draped over the alleys like a thin veil. Jiang Wan stood by the side gate of the Lu Mansion, watching Zhou Mingyuan, the leader of the secret guards, leap onto the roof with three subordinates. Moonlight flashed across the Withered Plum Tokens at their waists. Lu Jingyuan took her hand, his fingertips brushing the silver bracelet on her wrist. "Don't worry. Zhou Mingyuan spent three years undercover in the Sky Wolf Stronghold; he can track down a prairie wolf."
Lüluo ran over clutching a cloak, dewdrops clinging to her temples. "My Lady, the gray-clad youth left Yuelai Inn at 5:00 a.m., heading toward the mass grave in the West City."
Jiang Wan gazed at the stars across the sky, suddenly recalling that the jade pendant the gray-clad youth had dropped the day before was engraved with the characters "Zi" and "Chou" on the back. From 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.—these were the hours when the Remnant Plum Pavilion was most active. She turned to Ren Yao and said, "Princess, please take your iron cavalry and secure the exits of the mass grave. Don't let anyone in or out."
Chapter 266