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The first time they met was in the city of Jingchu, in Xiangzhou.
Ye Beizhi received a task worth three hundred silver taels at the Wuchang branch hall. The target was Hu Guangxiao, the leader of Xiangzhou's Green Bamboo Gang.
After arriving in Xiangzhou, Ye Beizhi didn’t rush to make a move. He spent a few days gathering information on Hu Guangxiao and learned that his target had recently begun frequenting a brothel called the Clearmoon Pavilion.
It was said that there was a newly arrived courtesan, who entertained not with her body but with her musical talents. She had the appearance of a celestial maiden and her skill on the zither was extraordinary. Listeners likened her music to the melody of the heavens.
However Ye Beizhi was not interested in that. All he cared about was the information that Hu Guangxiao would visit Clearmoon Pavilion that night.
As night fell, Clearmoon Pavilion was festooned with lights. Ye Beizhi, clad in black, crouched on the rooftop opposite the pavilion and seamlessly blended into the shadows. He quietly listened to the gentle zither music drifting from Hu Guangxiao's ...
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