Night falls, East Town, a corner of the deserted mountain.
A magnificent manor stands quietly on the slope.
A few people arrive in front, and they see two torches burning at the gate, illuminating the two large characters at the entrance.
Ai Manor.
"Knock knock knock!"
"Is the owner home?" Lu Zheng calls out at the door.
"Coming, coming!"
"Creak—"
The door gently opens, and an old man dressed in coarse linen steps out, looking up and down at Lu Zheng and the others, his cloudy eyes filled with confusion, "Gentlemen and lady, you are here for..."
"We were out for a stroll and missed our lodging. Could we stay here for the night?"
Only Lu Zheng and three others came; You Che, who was supposed to come, got called back to the Anomaly Suppression Bureau due to other matters, so he handed over the investigation of Elder Ai to Lu Zheng to see if the facts were as Feng Jin described.
