Chapter 468
Night fell upon the Changxing Inn.
He Sheng leaped from his bed, glanced out the window, and then opened the door to step outside. As he passed Zhan Feiyu's room, he gently knocked three times on the door, two short and one long.
He Nuan, who had been asleep, was instantly startled awake. She glanced at the still slumbering Zhan Feiyu, quickly got up, and dressed, a layer of wariness settling into her clear eyes.
Hearing He Nuan's movements within the room, He Sheng then leaped from the window at the end of the second floor. After a few agile bounds, he reached the back door of the inn's courtyard. "Who is it?"
"Not clear yet, estimated to be ordinary martial artists," replied a man dressed in black, standing in a dark corner. If he hadn't spoken, it would have been difficult to even notice his presence.
Since leaving Suzhou Prefecture, He Sheng and his companions had remained vigilant, fearing an ambush along the way. Fortunately, the journey had been uneventful until they reached the territory of Qianzhong Dao.
Liuxian County was not far from the prefectural city. With someone launching a night raid on the inn at this hour, He Sheng couldn't fathom their identity. "Let's observe the situation. Prepare the carriage. If it becomes dangerous, take the young lady and leave first."
In the darkness, the figures outside the inn's walls had not noticed He Sheng and his group lurking in the shadows. The man in the lead spoke in a gruff voice, "Why haven't they arrived yet? We can finish up quickly and get back to sleep."
A companion standing nearby glanced back at the Changxing Inn and complained impatiently, "Making us come out in the middle of the night for such a trivial matter. It would be much easier to act during the day."
"Haha, you can't blame Old Wu for this. The constables are here, and we can't just snatch that girl and run in broad daylight."