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The Qingyu Mansion Xu Family, with its towering gatehouse and strictly guarded residence, demonstrated the unassailable might of Qingzhou's sole Seventh Rank Clan.
Right now, in the main hall of Xuzhou, a majestic elder in his fifties was watching the kneeling stern man below with an icy gaze.
"You're saying that Xiao family brat ran away?"
Although there was no anger in the elder's voice, the stern man's body shivered uncontrollably.
"Family Head, please forgive my incompetence. Just as we were apprehending the boy, we happened to encounter agents from the Jinyiwei, allowing that Xiao family child to escape."
As if sensing the atmosphere in the room growing more oppressive, he hurriedly added, "However, it was clear that the Jinyiwei agents merely stumbled upon us by chance. Also... in a besieged fight by our brothers, one of them fell from a cliff. There's absolutely no hope he survived."
