The main and side gates of Duke An's Mansion were tightly closed. Just as the echo of the scream faded, a dozen guards, each armed, leapt from various positions on the walls. With a flurry, they rushed forward, surrounding the Grand Tutor's Mansion's protector and the man in black.
The man in black, upon seeing these a dozen or so fiercer-seeming guards, did not evade. Instead, to distance himself from the Grand Tutor's Mansion's protector, he moved closer to Duke An's guards.
"Who goes there?!" A tall, middle-aged guard stepped forward from the group and shouted.
The leader of the Grand Tutor's Mansion's protectors paid no heed to where he was. His family's Grand Tutor was a renowned first-class official of the Great Xia Dynasty, and ordinarily, anyone encountering their mansion would have to give them some face.
