Chapter 8: Midnight
In the blink of an eye, it was the third watch, the night was like a mirror, a full moon hung high in the night, and the street was much quieter.
The Yue family and his party moved quickly, and the disciplined guards finished their dinner early in batches and guarded the carriage.
And Steward Yue was out of caution, and as soon as he finished eating, he took Yue Hai to live on the top floor of the inn.
At the door of the inn, an old man in a green shirt looked like a torch, like a ghost, hovering around the inn.
At this time, Gu Xi, who was resting on the bed of the inn, had a gleam in his eyes, and when he heard the sound of rustling outside the door, he hurriedly straightened up his waist and moved to the door with light steps, his ears close to the door.
After a while, Gu Xi, who was behind the door panel, moved his steps, gently unwrapped his clothes, put on a black dress, and sneaked away from the window.
"The sky is dark, presumably Steward Yue has already rested, I want to see what the treasure of their Yue family escort is!" Gu Xi couldn't help but think in his heart.
At the dinner table just now, Steward Yue's respectful attitude towards Yue Hai couldn't help but make him suspicious.
Yue Hai once said that he was Steward Yue's nephew, but no matter how Gu Xi looked at it, there seemed to be a trace of respect in Steward Yue's eyes when he looked at Yue Hai.
Out of the window, Gu Xi kicked his legs, walked a few meters away, and stepped on the roof of the inn in a few steps.
Gu Xi's footsteps were very light and slow, stepping on the tiles under his feet, leaning down, wearing a black dress, perfectly hidden in the dark with the help of the night.
Fortunately, the guards placed by the Yue family to patrol around did not notice him, and Gu Xi followed the memory in his mind and looked towards the southeast corner of the inn's stables.
But just as Gu Xi was about to leave and walk to the stable to find out, three familiar figures in the inn walked out and attracted his attention.
Steward Yue......
Gu Xi paused, frowned, and looked at the three people who had sneakily left from the back door of the inn.
I saw that Steward Yue changed his clothes and led Yue Hai out the back door, followed by an old man in a green shirt.
Wrong!
As the chief housekeeper of the Yue family, why did he take the other two out late at night, and they still went through the back door......
Seeing that the figures of the three of them were getting farther and farther away, Gu Xi, who was lying on the roof, wondered in his heart: "The old man in the green shirt is a mid-stage cultivator of the Body Refining Realm, as the main force guarding the Yue family's treasure, how could he follow Steward Yue out late at night?"
After a short hesitation, Gu Xi secretly made a decision in his heart, and then stood up, climbed to the big tree next to him, and followed along the path by the wall.
He didn't dare to delay, just now Steward Yue sent someone to monitor him and his second brother, there must be a ghost in his heart!
On the way, Gu Xi cautiously swept over the rooftops, he didn't dare to chase deeply, after all, the old man in the green shirt was a monk in the middle stage of body refining, and he couldn't be discovered by him.
There were few pedestrians on the road, and soon the group quickly entered a richly decorated mansion.
The courtyard of the house was brightly lit and heavily guarded, and there were many secret sentries hidden everywhere, and even the guards guarding the gate of the courtyard were full of twenty or thirty people.
Gu Xi stopped around the corner and looked at the house.
He understands that although Luoxiang City is a big city, the identity of the people who can live here must be extraordinary.
Steward Yue brought people here late at night, I am afraid that it is also a big matter to discuss, and it is a matter of worrying about the lives of myself and my second brother, so it is better to sneak in first and investigate.
Immediately, Gu Xi squatted in the corner, ready to go, and saw a cloud in the air covering the moonlight, so he shook his figure, avoided the dark whistle, and climbed over the wall of the house by night.
Turning over the courtyard wall, I saw a team of patrolling attendants patrolling with torches, Gu Xi hurriedly stepped on the grass, and climbed a big tree dexterously with his feet.
Gu Xi's entire movement was smooth, without a trace of drag, and it was almost completed in an instant.
The squire on patrol only shook his head with a torch and scribbled away.
Gu Xi, who was standing on the branches, saw that people were far away, so he came down the trunk of the tree and jumped into the courtyard.
The house is a heavy place, ordinary people can't enter, and Gu Xi, who stepped on the threshold, couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that there were no peripheral patrol guards around.
Finally escaped the secret sentry and the patrolling guards, but what about the three Steward Yue who just came in?
Just when Gu Xi was suspicious, he vaguely heard the sound of several people talking from the back of the house.
It didn't take long for Gu Xi to sneak into the backyard with his good skills in the Great Wilderness.
As soon as he stepped into the backyard, Steward Yue's anxious voice resounded in his ears, Gu Xi hurriedly paused, and in a hurry, he got into the haystack placed on the side.
But what he didn't know was that under his urgency, there was a faint golden glow in his brown eyes.
"Lao Yue, if it's not a brother, I won't help you, the Chen family is as famous as the Yue family in Languo, and I'm a small businessman, so I really can't compete!"
An old and helpless voice came into Gu Xi's ears, and through the gap in the weeds, he could see the person who was coming.
This person is the same age as Steward Yue, but his body bones don't look as tough as Steward Yue's body.
"Old Qi, in a few more cities, we will reach the territory of our Yue family, if the third young master is successfully saved, you should know how much benefit the Yue family will promise you. Steward Yue took Yue Hai's hand and said anxiously.
"I know, but Luoxiang City is the territory of the Chen family, the forces here are criss-crossed, many people are staring at a piece of fat meat of our Qi family, and everyone in my family is pointing to me for dinner, if this matter is exposed, I'm afraid the Chen family will take me first!" The old man said helplessly.
"The head of the family is fighting for power with the Chen family, Lao Qi, you should know the strength of our family master, if the head of the family succeeds in getting the emperor's appreciation, the Chen family will not be far from destruction. Steward Yue narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a low voice.
As soon as these words came out, the courtyard suddenly fell silent.
The old man seemed to be expedient, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Old Yue, we are old friends, you tell me how sure your Yue family is?"
"Ninety percent ......"
Suddenly, Yue Hai, who was beside Steward Yue, raised his head, looked at the old man, and said with a smile: "As long as Uncle Qi, you are willing to help me survive, our Yue family will be ninety percent sure." ”
"Third Young Master, although that's a good thing to say, who knows if your Yue family will succeed, if the Yue family fails, my Qi family will also die, I can't afford to gamble!"
Hearing this, Gu Xi was basically sure that the person who had accosted him in the carriage was not the nephew of the Yue housekeeper at all, but the third young master of the Yue family!
It seems that the third young master of the Yue family must have been hacked by someone, and he has been chased by the killer until now.
"Haha, Qi Lao, since we have talked about it, you are a businessman, you can't afford to be profitable, I am willing to pay some price to ask you to send someone, what do you think?" Yue Hai said lightly, and his palm touched his waist.
"This ......"
The old man frowned, his face was embarrassed, but his eyes were always fixed on the jade pendant on Yue Hai's waist.