"Speak, where did Yu'er die, and how did he die? You'd better lay it all out for me—every detail, no lies. Otherwise, I'll send every single one of you down to join him in the grave!"
The Zheng Mansion's hall was suffused with a suffocating aura of cold dread emanating from the elderly woman, who stared daggers at the group of kneeling guards.
Her lips, cracked like ancient bark, spat out her words one syllable at a time.
*Though fear froze the hearts of the guards, their trembling bodies forced them to recount everything they knew.*
"Second Master's body was discovered outside the city, in a place known as Yuan Yang Village.
Yesterday, we followed Second Master out of the city to the outskirts near a bandit village. Before reaching it, Second Master gave us some excuse and told us to wait at the bottom of the mountain.
He took only Commander Yang with him and entered the village alone.
