Chapter 140 Beating Them At Their Own Game (1/2)
Guan Xi Lin suppressed his voice and said: ”There are people watching us outside the house and I noticed it when I went out earlier.”
Hearing those words, Feng Jiu paused a moment and then said: ”You and Leng Shuang just be your usual selves and go out when you need to. One more thing, ask Mother Qing and the other maids out front to stay in their rooms after dark and are not to come out no matter what they hear outside.”
”Mm. I will go relay the instructions now. You be careful yourself as well.” Guan Xi Lin reminded a little worriedly.
”I know.”
Feng Jiu replied as she nodded with a smile, rather curious whose eye had they attracted this time? Afterall, ever since the Xu Family had been annihilated, the various powers within the Cloudy Moon City had all been generally peaceful and they had all abided by the laws, without anyone stirring up trouble.
Although she didn't know who was behind it, but she was certain she would soon find out.
It was night and the manor was quiet and still. The maids in the front yard had all already retreated back to their rooms and locked their doors and windows to go to sleep.
In the back of the manor, Feng Jiu struck her grandfather's sleep acupoint and went to sit down outside in the courtyard to play a round of chess with Guan Xi Lin while Leng Shuang remained behind to stand guard inside the room.
Maybe they had felt that the people in the manor were not people they needed to fear and when eight shadowy figures infiltrated the place, the went straight towards the back where the courtyard of the owner of the house would be. Once they got there, they leapt up onto the perimeter wall and saw the two people playing against each other in a chess game.
”Kill off the man and bring the woman back!”
The leader of the black robed men ordered in a sinister voice and the moment his voice fell, several figures flashed from the shadows as they pulled out their swords to charge at the two people within the courtyard.
Hearing the words spoken by the leader of the black robed men, Guan Xi Lin and Feng Jiu discreetly exchanged a quick glance as Feng Jiu whispered something under her face veil and then stood up in a panicked fl.u.s.ter.
”Eek! Big Brother!”
She screamed out in fright and hid behind Guan Xi Lin.