Just as the sky was getting light, many furtive figures appeared on the street inside the south gate of Qizhou City.

In the city gate, the oil in several windproof lanterns was almost exhausted, and the flames became much dimmer. Several state soldiers on duty cursed under their breath as they stood in the city gate, moving their almost stiff bodies.

The furtive figures on the street carefully avoided the gazes of several state soldiers and looked at the closed city gates with a hint of expectation.

Outside the city gate, in the dense woods beside the official road, a few melodious bird calls were heard.

The sparrow, covered in dew, yawned, opened its eyes, stretched lazily on a branch as thick as a goose egg, and then slid down from the branch.

The tall and skinny Aque landed silently like a cotton ball. He curled up under the tree and looked around instinctively and vigilantly. A few sparrows chirped on the branches above his head. Aque smiled and stood up lazily.

In the dim morning light, one can see two long eyebrows on Ah Que's handsome face, like two long and thin swords, slanting towards his temples. The eyebrows, which were originally quite handsome, were distorted by Ah Que's lazy smile, and they were as lazy as two well-fed cats curled up on his forehead.

Yawning again, Aque walked through the woods and came to the official road.

Looking back in the direction of the tiger's fangs, Ah Que cursed with a low laugh: "A bunch of killers, dread! The smell of blood can be smelled from more than 20 miles away. Is it worth it just for some gold that can't be eaten or drunk?"

After stretching his body and ruffling his bun, A Que tore open his tight-fitting clothes, pulled out a dagger and cut several long slits in his clothes. He rolled twice on the official road paved with yellow sand and suddenly looked extremely embarrassed.

With a bell sound, the faint light curtain above the city of Jizhou quietly withdrew, and the long shouts of the city gate officers came from the gate towers of the four city gates. Then, the sound of iron chains rubbing against each other was heard, and the four city gates of Jizhou City opened at the same time.

Aque ran breathlessly along the official road. Before the south gate of Qizhou City was fully opened, he rushed in headfirst and almost bumped into the tips of several state soldiers' guns that were raised in shock.

"Who are you? What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you want to die so early in the morning?" The soldiers guarding the city gate were frightened by Aque so early in the morning and shouted angrily.

“Call the police, call the police!” Ah Que’s face was distorted, his long eyebrows dancing with murderous intent on his handsome face. He was furious and a little panicked as he shouted loudly: “Call the police, call the police, someone is killing people, someone is robbing, our gold has been robbed!”

Pushing away several spears that were pointed at his chest, Ah Que ran toward the city along the road, yelling all the way.

On both sides of the street inside the South Gate, many shop assistants who had just opened their doors leaned out of their shops with excitement and curiosity, staring at Ah Que with wide eyes. Reporting to the police? Murder? Robbery? Oh, there's something to talk about all day!

Those sneaky figures laughed almost at the same time!

They all recognized Ah Que, one of Chu Tian's two most loyal followers. Early in the morning, Ah Que, dressed in rags and covered in dirt, ran into the city of Qizhou, shouting and yelling that he wanted to "report to the police"!

Several people stamped their feet suddenly, clenched their fists and waved their arms.

Hey, maybe it's because the thing that my master raised was successful? That's 15,000 taels of pure gold!

Many people turned around and ran towards their master's house. While jogging, they had to suppress the smiles on their faces and hide their heads and tails so that people around them would not notice their "unusual movements". It was really hard for them to endure.

In the city gate tower above the South Gate, a middle-aged scholar in a green gown pushed open a window, smiled at the back of Ah Que running wildly, and nodded happily: "Go and report to the governor that Lieutenant Li and Captain Zhao have succeeded!"

Two attendants dressed in green hurried down the city gate tower, jumped onto two large spotted horses that had been prepared long ago, and headed for the prefect's mansion.

Ah Que ran breathlessly along the road, yelling hysterically as he ran: "Call the police, call the police, there's murder, robbery, so many people have died, so many people have been killed, my God, so many people have died! Gold, gold, my eldest brother's gold has been robbed, fifteen thousand taels of bright yellow gold!"

Living in the city of Qizhou is hard for everyone, whether they are butchers selling meat, vendors running breakfast stalls, dung collectors collecting night incense, cleaners taking out the garbage, or servants who go out to buy groceries, as well as constables, yamen runners, clerks who have just got off work after night duty in major government offices, many people gather in the streets, drinking soy milk, eating noodles, gnawing on sesame cakes, and stuffing wontons, each of them is busy.

As Aque ran along, many street thugs recognized him at a glance.

"Brother Que, would you like a bowl of wontons?"

"Don't call him, look at his appearance, something's wrong!"

"What could it be? What could it be? Could it be that Chu Dangtou's gold was robbed?"

"If they were robbed, it would be expected. How could Chu Dangtou, a mere fishmonger, have the power to protect more than 10,000 taels of gold?"

"Tsk, looking at Brother Que'er's appearance, how many people must have died?"

Gradually, some street people who liked to watch the fun threw a few big coins on the breakfast stall and followed Aque enthusiastically, jogging all the way.

Gradually, thirty or fifty idle men followed Aque and came to the mansion of the governor of Qizhou, making a lot of noise all the way.

The vermilion lacquered gate was covered with golden door nails, and on the left and right stood two three-meter-tall one-horned stone sculptures of Suanni. On both sides of the gate stood twenty-four burly soldiers in pure silver armor, lined up in a row, the gold-plated spears in their hands emitting a faint glow in the morning light.

Seeing from afar a large group of idlers following Ah Que, a soldier took a step forward, pointed at Ah Que and the others and shouted, "This is a strategic location in the prefectural government, how dare a bunch of filthy scoundrels act so presumptuously? Back off, or I'll catch you all and beat you to death!"

With a buzzing sound, twenty-four soldiers in unison stabbed forward with their long spears. The long spears broke through the wind, making a dull buzzing sound, and the momentum was amazing. Except for Ah Que, the other idle people stopped on the street more than ten feet away, not daring to take another step forward.

Ah Que ran forward two steps breathlessly, then tripped and fell down in a very embarrassing manner. He rolled and crawled forward seven or eight steps. He got up panting and shouted at the soldiers, "I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm here to report to the authorities!"

The soldier who had just spoken pointed at Ah Que and shouted, "Report to the authorities? Is the prefectural governor's mansion the place for you to report to the authorities? If you have any grievances, go to the government offices in Qizhou. The prefect is in charge of the military and political affairs of the state. What do you have that you dare to disturb the prefect?"

Aque didn't say anything. He strode towards a bronze drum on the right side of the gate of the prefectural government.