"Okay, I understand. You can go down now."
"Yes, yes, I'll take my leave. If the lady needs anything, just call me." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he nodded and bowed and retreated, leaving Shangguan Yunxiao alone, standing outside the door of the room she had booked, and was reluctant to go in.
The boss just said that the purple-robed gentleman lived across from her, so what should she do? Should she go in and rob him directly as usual, or be a little more tactful and leave a good impression on him.
For the first time, Shangguan Yunxiao was conflicted...
After hesitating for a long time, she turned around and returned to her own room.
All of this was clearly seen by a pair of purple eyes. There was a sly glint in the clear eyes.
Night fell silently. The black sky was like an airtight net, covering the land and swallowing up the noise of the day. Silence swept across the entire sky. It was quiet everywhere, without a single sound. Evil also became unbridled and began to approach the sleeping people.
Feng Ling's identity was special, so she didn't need to eat or sleep like humans. But after all, she was in the human race, so in order not to look out of place, she could only follow the local customs and lie on the bed obediently, dozing off.
As for a certain Ling, she spread a blanket on the chair, and she was probably dreaming at this moment. Ling'er was a special existence in Yunhai City. She had the habits of human beings, but also had elegance different from that of magic beasts. What kind of species she was, probably only her father knew.
A group of masked men in black sneaked in cautiously. They were dressed in black and covered their faces with black veils. They looked like bad people. After entering the inn, they walked straight to the door of Gu Qinghan's room, then took out a bamboo tube from his arms, pierced the window paper, blew it inside, and a white smoke spread out. Then he waved to his accomplices not far away. Another man in black stopped in front of Feng Ling's door, and when he saw the leader's signal, he immediately took action. The action he made was exactly the same as the man just now. But the only difference was that at the moment he pierced the window paper, a pair of black eyes and a pair of purple eyes opened at the same time. Feng Ling and Ling'er looked at each other, "Here they come!" and then communicated with their spiritual consciousness.
"As expected by the master, they can no longer hold back." Feng Ling winked at Ling'er and said with a smile. He always believed in Ling'er's words. The reason why he said this was purely to adjust the atmosphere, not to doubt the credibility of Ling'er's words.
After their eyes met, they each closed their eyes again, pretending to be knocked unconscious by the smoke.
After a while, the man in black slowly opened the door. Seeing that the people in the room had not noticed, he quickly walked to the bedside, took out the fire starter in his arms, and illuminated Feng Ling's face. "This man is really a top-notch guy. I don't know what the buyer was thinking this time, to let us disfigure such a beauty. Such a pretty face, if there are two cuts on it, it will be so ugly." A woman looked at Feng Ling and said.
"We are just doing it for money, we do what the buyer says, why are there so many questions. It must be that this bitch relied on her beauty to seduce the wife of the other party. This kind of thing is common in rich families, what's so strange about it." Another woman said, pushing the woman in front of her away, and stabbing Feng Ling's face with a knife. But before the knife fell, there was a "slap" sound, and the knife fell to the ground, and the two men in black also fell down.
"What's going on?" Feng Ling then sat up. Didn't the master say that he would take advantage of the situation? Why did they fall down instead? He was very sure that he didn't do it! "Master, did you change your plan?" There were only the two of them in the room. If it wasn't him who did it, then it would be Ling'er.
"They are not the group of people we saw during the day. Carry them out and continue to wait for their chance." Ling'er spoke to Feng Ling with her spiritual sense without opening her eyes.
They were not the group of lustful evil women that she had seen today. This could be heard from their conversation. The purpose of the group of women today was Feng Ling and Gu Qinghan, and they would not want to destroy their appearance. However, the people who sent them must have something to do with the group of people today. She was also sure of this. Therefore, that group of people would still come tonight, but they were beaten to it by someone else.
"Master, it has been dealt with. There is nothing wrong over there. They were just blinded by smoke."
"Yeah, I know. It's okay. Let them get some sleep." It's better than staying awake and fighting with each other until both sides suffer losses.
In the other room, Shangguan Yunxiao was sleeping soundly, but Tiexue, as the most outstanding shadow guard, had heard the noise outside a long time ago. But he was not a nosy person. His mission was to protect this useless prince. As for others, he would not even blink an eye if they died in front of him.
The moon appeared dimly for a short while before it was hidden by dark clouds again, looking even lonelier. A breeze blew at the right time, shaking the leaves in the courtyard, making a rustling sound.
Not long after the noise subsided, another group of men in black arrived. Their actions were not much different from the previous group. Unfortunately, they did not figure out the location of Gu Qinghan's room and blew the smoke into Shangguan Yunxiao's room.
Tiexue immediately became alert and covered his mouth and nose, but Shangguan Yunxiao fainted. Tiexue was helpless, watching the thief about to push the door open, without knowing the other party's background, he could only hide and wait for an opportunity to act.
After Scar pushed the door open, he did not confirm the appearance of the person on the bed. He wrapped Shangguan Yunxiao and Feng Ling in a quilt and carried them away. They were so happy that they did not notice that the man and the beast were following them in their own way...
Linzhou Prefecture:
Qinglan had already coaxed Chang Dashan to sleep. She looked at the wine jug on the table, and a fierce look flashed in her slender eyes.
After Lixia got the news from Scar in the afternoon, he prepared all this. He deliberately let Lixia drag Scar and he dragged Chang Dashan to the inn before them. In order to prevent Chang Dashan from noticing anything unusual, he added a little bit of sleeping pills to the wine, so he would sleep more deeply.
He slowly took away Chang Dashan's hand on him, picked up a robe from the ground, put it on, and then got off the ground. He walked to the window hesitantly, looking at the dark night sky, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.
That's right, the first group of black-clad men who went to the inn tonight were sent by Qing Lan. In fact, he was also helpless. But in this high-walled courtyard, if he wanted to live well, he couldn't lose the favor of Chang Dashan. He didn't want to hurt anyone, but he had no choice to protect himself.
When he thought of the two men he didn't know, who might have been disfigured, he felt cold all over. He crossed his hands subconsciously and stroked his arms. (To be continued)