When Xu Qing and the others arrived, the Imperial City's array formation was activated into a probing state. Although there was an element of coincidence in this matter, there was a greater possibility that it was as Erniu had said. This was deliberately done by others.
This was indeed the case.
When Xu Qing and the others stopped outside the Imperial City's array formation, in the inner-ring Imperial City, someone was sneering in a hidden place. At the same time, even more forces in the Imperial City were watching.
To them, Xu Qing and the others from Fenghai County were strangers with astonishing backgrounds. However, their understanding came mostly from records and intel.
They had never really come into contact with Xu Qing.
In this complicated Imperial City, one wouldn't easily come into contact with strangers.
Hence, observing was the choice of the vast majority of forces in the Imperial Capital.