60 The Pas (1/2)

Mai saw the frustration in Han Bings gaze when he passed her the tight bundle of information that had been acquired. The birds could only send so much so he got people to send the messages to different people until they eventual reached him.

Once Mai read through the reports she realized why Han Bing was so frustrated. The Emperor had completely changed his operations. It seemed as if running the country was no longer his top concern or even a concern at all.

”Why would he do this?” Mai asked the two men in front of her.

”No idea” Zheng Li said ”from the information you can gather that he's seems as if he is getting people back for something.” Zheng Li slanted his head side ways deep in thought.

They went around in circles as they tried to peace the information together. Three family had been completely annihilated leaving no person left alive. Other family had been put under house arrest, with the rest of the aristocratic being held captive in the palace. Soldiers had orders to kill any who resisted including high officials.

The servants had started to clear the table from the dinner dishes. Zhi Ruo was being unusual as she kept stopping when she heard certain family names being mentioned. It didn't matter if they were the families killed in cold blood or the ones in house arrest. Each seemed to affect her just as much as the last.

Zhi Ruo pulled up a chair with a sunken look as she continued to listen to the threes discussion over the events.

”the weirdest thing of all is that giant block, you know that block like landmark burnt down” Zheng Li said. ”what does that have to do with anything going on?”

No one was watching but Zhi Ruos face turned a pale white as she sucked in a sharp breath.

Mai turned towards Zhi Ruo in concern and asked ”is everything okay?”

Zhi Ruo stared blankly at the table, Her eyes had glossed over from recalling the past. Everyone sat at the table in silence waiting for Zhi Ruo to come back from her haunted past.