"Master is saying that Liu Feixue will send someone to assassinate us."
Shen Ruoxuan raised his eyebrows, his eyes sharp, and Hai Ling nodded.
Knowing this woman as she did, she knew she wouldn't let it go easily. She was a master who couldn't stand being taken advantage of. What happened during the day had clearly made her lose face. She left in front of Feng Zixiao, but the anger in her heart might not have subsided. Besides, she had the Black and White Duo under her command, so it was no surprise that someone would come to cause trouble for them tonight.
"Yes, based on my understanding of her, she will send someone over."
"Then we'll make sure they never return. I'll immediately place illusionary incense in each room, and each of us will take an antidote. We'll be fine, but when those guys come, they'll be forced to breathe more than they can breathe, and then they'll kill each other. Then we'll send them to the Liu family."
Shen Ruoxuan spoke in a sinister tone. He was usually gentle, and his sharpness at this moment was rare. Hai Ling agreed with his approach: "Alright, you take care of this matter."
Shi Mei, however, was worried about Hai Zhuling's unborn child: "Won't that fragrance harm the baby?"
"No, don't worry."
Shen Ruoxuan spoke up, "How could he possibly use a hallucinogenic fragrance that would harm the child?" After speaking, Shen Ruoxuan left and began to administer the drug to each room.
Inside the room, Hai Ling gave the others a task: "Mei'er, before dawn tomorrow, you all need to disguise yourselves so that no one can recognize you, and then spread the word that Madam Liu is Jiang Feixue, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. I want to see how she deals with the people of Shuangxi Town."
"good,"
Shi Mei and Shi Lan responded with smiles. Hai Ling glanced at the people in the room, then looked at Mingzhu and said, "Let's stay together tonight. You don't know martial arts, so you mustn't fall victim to an assassin's ambush."
"I understand, Ling'er."
Mingzhu nodded; she didn't want to be a burden.
Inside the room, everyone tidied up and prepared to rest. Shen Ruoxuan came in again and put out incense with hallucinogenic effects. In fact, this incense was extracted from flowers and herbs and was not very poisonous, but it could easily cause people to hallucinate and kill each other. It was not a big problem for the baby. If it weren't for the child in his master's belly, Shen Ruoxuan would have used a highly poisonous incense to kill those who inhaled it.
However, for the baby's sake, he made a simpler incense, then took out the antidote and had the people in the room take it.
"Alright, now you can all sleep peacefully. The entire third floor is occupied by those guys. They might not even know that someone lives in this room. No matter which room they go into, they'll surely kill each other. Then we can sit back and reap the benefits."
"Um."
Hai Ling smiled and nodded. Shen Ruoxuan left, and the people in the room took the antidote, then washed up and rested.
Thanks to the illusory fragrance set up by Shen Ruoxuan, the people in the room were not worried. Hailing, being pregnant, went to bed early, Mingzhu slept on another couch, and Shimei and Shilan took turns keeping watch to prevent assassins from attacking their master at night...
Meanwhile, in an inn a hundred miles away, a stunningly beautiful man was leaning back on a couch in his room, looking gloomy and agitated as he flipped through a book in his hands. His deep eyes held a sharp and chilling aura.
None of the men on one side of the room dared to speak; they remained silent.
Just as a sound came from outside the door, the person inside raised an eyebrow and coldly said, "Come in."
A subordinate entered and respectfully reported, "Master, someone has found out the whereabouts of the Empress?"
Upon hearing this, the man who had been feeling agitated earlier suddenly sat up, his body radiating light, his eyes gleaming with a dark, burning light as he stared intently at his subordinate.
The subordinate felt quite pressured looking at his master. He swallowed hard and then reported even more respectfully and carefully: "Your Majesty, the Empress is currently in a small town called Shuangxi Town outside Donglin City on the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"Shuangxi Town?"
Where are they now and what are they doing?
The person inside the room was Ye Lingfeng. In the past few days, Ye Lingfeng had sent people to investigate Hai Ling's whereabouts. Because he was extremely anxious, he was gloomy and cold. His powerful low pressure made those who followed him feel pressured. Today, he finally found out about Hai Ling and the others, and he finally relaxed a little.
Shi Zhu and the others breathed a sigh of relief. If they hadn't heard from the Empress, this man would probably have gone mad, and they would have been the ones who suffered the most.
Fortunately, they now had a location to follow, and the group breathed a sigh of relief, all looking at their subordinate who came in to report.
The subordinate then replied, "Nothing much happened. The Empress and her entourage are temporarily staying in Shuangxi Town, but the people from Wuyinglou did rob a family surnamed Liu."
It was because the people from Wuyinglou robbed the Liu family that they were able to find out their whereabouts and know that they were in Shuangxi Town. If they hadn't robbed that family, they wouldn't have been able to find out their whereabouts.
"Alright, you can go now."
Ye Lingfeng waved his hand, and his subordinates withdrew, leaving the room quiet.
Ye Lingfeng's dark eyes were shrouded in a thick mist, a hazy blur. Thinking of Ling'er, his heart ached. She was carrying his child, and yet she was also under the influence of the Soft Love Silk. They couldn't see each other right now, but he could secretly follow her and protect her. As long as she was safe, that was all that mattered.
"Shizhu, proceed to Shuangxi Town immediately,"
"Master, it's the middle of the night."
Shi Zhu thought that it was the middle of the night, and if he was going to leave, he would leave first thing tomorrow morning. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was met with Ye Lingfeng's gloomy and cold gaze, which made him lower his head in fright. He had forgotten how much his master wanted to see the Empress.
"Let's go."
The group left the inn overnight and headed to Shuangxi Town.
At midnight, uninvited guests arrived at the Dark Pavilion Inn. These people seemed to be very familiar with Dark Pavilion. As soon as they arrived, they went straight to the third floor and jumped in through the windows in several groups. However, soon they heard noises from inside the rooms, including low growls of killing and cries of pain.
Hailing, Shimei, and the others have woken up and put on their clothes.
There were no assassins in their room. When the rooms were arranged, Shen Ruoxuan and Shi Mei and Shi Lan, for their mistress's safety, arranged for her to stay in the innermost corner room. This was a blind spot, and most people would not even consider this room. They would search the outer rooms first. Shen Ruoxuan had put illusion incense in all the other rooms, so those who came in through the window were all affected by the illusion incense and started killing each other.
Before long, someone shouted, "Oh no! Retreat!"
Then someone broke through the window and escaped. However, most of the people who came tonight were killed or injured, and only one or two people left. Those with higher levels of skill were alerted at the last moment and managed to escape.
Hai Ling and the others sat in the room waiting, and soon they heard a light knock on the door, and Shen Ruoxuan's voice came from outside.
"Master, I'm coming in."
After he finished speaking, he pushed open the door and walked in, smiling as he said, "They're all injured or dead. We're sending them back to the Liu family's doorstep as a big gift."
"OK."