Pei Ye grabbed his sword and stood up, "Where is the Gate Guard's station?"
"...Inside the imperial city." Xie Chuantang came to his senses as well, gripping his sword to stand, and took long strides back.
Both men mounted their horses and galloped towards the northeast. It was already the Hour of Si, and on the main streets, indeed, not a speck of silver armor could be seen.
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Hong Xingping had held the position of General of the Household of the Centre for nine years.
For some, this was a moment to gather strength, but for Hong Xingping and many others, it was an upper limit that simply couldn't be broken through.
He came from Duanzhou in the Hebei Circuit, just like Li Zhao, fourteen years his senior, and having entered Shengjing more than a decade before Li Zhao. Coming from a modest background, all he could rely on was his martial prowess.
Like Li Zhao, he had come to Shengjing with grand ambitions.
