The Legend of the Condor Heroes: I became one of the Five Great Masters by drawing cards

Chapter 20 Meeting a thief at night
This mansion is actually the private residence of Xu Hong, the richest man in Juzhou.

The Xu family of Juzhou is a prominent local family that has flourished here since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Therefore, although this house is not as luxurious as the Prince Zhao's Palace, it is also ingeniously designed and extremely sophisticated.

The richest man, Xu, stood in front of the door and waited patiently until Yang Kang and his party got off the carriage, and then he led them into the mansion attentively.

At the corner of the street, several people were secretly looking over here.

"Fourth Lady, once the Jin envoy arrives, I'm afraid the Xu Mansion will be guarded much more tightly. We are not as good as them."

One of the men dressed as farmers spoke in a low voice.

The woman he called "Fourth Lady" was about thirty years old. Although she was wearing coarse clothes, a pair of tattered cloth shoes stained with straw, and her head was wrapped with a hairband, her figure and temperament were far superior to those of an ordinary peasant woman.

"No need. I don't even care about a few Jin soldiers."

She glanced at the members of the delegation and shook her head slightly.

"We've already wasted quite a bit of time on this, so we shouldn't delay any longer. Besides, since the imperial envoy is coming, Mr. Xu will surely host a grand banquet, so this might be a good opportunity."

She didn't see any experts, and was worried that if it took too long something might happen in the village, so she simply proceeded as planned.

The words are divided into two parts.

The Qi and Lu states have always been very particular about hospitality. Mr. Xu, the richest man, prepared a feast to welcome the young prince.

A group of Shandong men clinked glasses at the table and got Yang Kang drunk.

But he was rarely treated as a guest of honor, and he actually enjoyed it.

Gu Ping'an was cautious and pretended to be drunk early, finding an excuse to sneak back to his room.

Since the day he brought Mu Nianci back to his room, Yang Kang tacitly assumed that the two of them had gotten married. Every time he arrived at a station during this mission, he arranged for the two of them to sleep in one room.

Mu Nianci felt that it was beyond the rules at first and was very shy, but in order to hide it from others, Gu Ping'an always treated her with courtesy. As time went by, she gradually got used to it.

Seeing Gu Ping'an enter the room with a red face, she quickly handed him a cup of hangover soup that she had prepared in advance.

"Thank you for your concern," Gu Pingan smiled at her, took the bowl of soup and drank it all, "But it doesn't matter, I was just pretending."

He was handsome to begin with, and his confident smile made him look even more energetic. Mu Nianci was mesmerized for a moment.

"You are looking at me so seriously, but is there something wrong with my face?" Gu Ping'an still didn't understand the girl's thoughts. Seeing her staring at him in a daze, he asked curiously.

"Nothing, nothing." Mu Nianci came back to her senses and felt her face getting hot. She quickly lowered her head to clean up the cups.

Gu Ping'an didn't ask any further questions and put the benches in the room together to use as his bed for tonight.

Although the two of them were in love, he knew that Mu Nianci was shy and had been like this all the way.

"You've had a hard time on the road today, and you've been drinking too much. You should get some rest early."

Mu Nianci moved a quilt from the bed and carefully spread it out for him. Her movements were gentle and skillful, and quite virtuous.

Gu Ping'an extinguished the candle and lay down with his clothes on. He vaguely heard the subtle sound of Mu Nianci changing clothes beside the bed, and he was a little distracted for a moment.

He is at the age of full vigor and vitality, how can he really be free from desires?

But he knew that Mu Nianci had always been chaste, and he was worried about offending the beautiful woman, so he reluctantly acted like a gentleman.

However, it is hard to say how long it can last.

By nightfall, the welcoming banquet had already ended, and the courtyard was completely silent, with only the occasional chirping of insects.

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A very subtle sound came from the roof. Gu Ping'an suddenly opened his eyes and was at the window in the blink of an eye.

He gently opened the window a crack and peeked out.

Several black figures passed by in the moonlight, their footsteps slightly heavier than before, but not obvious.

In terms of lightness skills, he is on par with Yang Kang.

There's a thief!

Is he coming for Yang Kang? A thought flashed through Gu Ping'an's mind, and he decided to follow him to find out what was going on.

He climbed out of the window and ran after him.

Several figures passed the villa arranged by the Xu family for Yang Kang, but did not stop and continued to go to the inner house.

This made Gu Ping'an a little puzzled.

If it wasn't to assassinate the Jin envoy, then what else could it be?
He followed a few people at a close distance, avoided two teams of patrolling servants, and soon arrived near a small building in the inner house.

This small building is strange. It looks inconspicuous, but there are six burly armed guards guarding the door.

Even the main house that we just passed by on the road was not as heavily guarded as this place.

At this point, several men in black finally stopped, and Gu Ping'an quickly dodged and hid in the shadow of the corner.

The leader flew to a high place and took a look around to confirm that the patrolling family was still far away, then made a gesture to the people below.

The men reached into their pockets and each pulled out a half-foot-long bamboo tube and brought it to their lips.

The blowgun darts fired silently, and several thick needles were shot out at the same time, all hitting the target.

Apart from the leader, there were four men in black left, and four guards fell down at the same time.

The only two remaining guards were stunned at first, and then wanted to raise a warning, but it was too late.

The black-clad leader leaped down from the heights, kicked one of the guards in the chest, and grabbed the throat of the last guard with one hand.

In just the blink of an eye, all six guards were wiped out.

The men in black did not kill the man. The one who was choked was just unconscious. Only the one who was kicked away looked a little worse.

The leader left the unconscious guard behind and whispered, "We only have half a quarter of an hour, don't delay!"

Judging from the voice, she seems to be a very heroic woman.

Someone immediately came to the door and pried open the lock in a few breaths, and the rest of the people entered one after another.

Gu Ping'an tiptoed to the window, wanting to see what they were planning.

"Fourth Madam! I don't know how much silver this Xu guy has extorted from the people. There's so much silver that we can't even take it all away!" A shrill male voice came from inside the house, sounding both surprised and angry.

Immediately, another person shouted, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Take it!"

"Silver and money are too heavy to carry, and the property deeds are useless. I only take jewelry and large banknotes!"

The one who gave the order was the woman called "Fourth Lady".

Several people swept through the place like a whirlwind, picking up only the lightest items and soon filling their bodies.

"Separate the work and meet at the same place!"

"The Fourth Lady" was not greedy and asked a few people to evacuate separately, while she stayed behind to cover their retreat.

This group of people didn't seem to be cooperating for the first time. They each chose a direction to escape without even looking back.

Seeing that everyone escaped safely, the fourth lady felt relieved and prepared to withdraw herself.

"Lady, please wait."

Gu Ping'an saw that the men left some room for maneuver when they attacked, and after listening to their conversation, he felt that they did not look like villains, but rather like outlaws who robbed the rich and helped the poor.

He didn't intend to live under the Jin people's rule for the rest of his life, so he wanted to make friends with them.

The fourth lady had just breathed a sigh of relief when she suddenly heard someone speak. It was like a bolt from the blue, and her hair stood on end.

Her first reaction was that she had been discovered by the guards of Xu's residence. She was so frightened that she turned around and slapped him.

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