The sound of the midnight watchman's wooden clapper drifted across the moat.
Shen Xitang pressed against Xiao Heng's back, the black-satin hem of his Flying Fish Garment brushing against the moss of the palace wall. Their figures, skimming the wall, were reflected upon the water's surface, torn into jagged shards by the undercurrents—just like the Eastern Depot agents swallowed by the whirlpools when they escaped through the underground river from the subterranean palace three days ago.
"The third wall brick of the Xuanwu Gate." Xiao Heng's breath brushed against her earlobe, carrying the chilling cold characteristic of the Return to Void Gu poison. "When Emperor Chengzu rebuilt the Forbidden City back then, he left seven 'live gates'."
Chapter 110