Chapter 78 Devoid of Conscience (1/2)

The sounds of iron hooves could be heard very clearly in the silent night despite it was very far fro didn't follow too closely, he only listened to the noises the horse carriage h a few alleys of Pingxi City while keeping a distance between thee see realized that it had ly wanted to see if there was anyone following behind it But in the end, Yan Liqiang was never discovered Such sneaky behavior had piqued Yan Liqiang's curiosity even more

More than twenty e made a turn into a small alley behind the main street then stopped at the back door of a courtyard

This area seexi City, filled with le of theates that were obviously distinctive fros

The courtyard was enormous, the double-courtyard residence at the front faced the street across of it There were stores sonboard, it seexi City However, at this time, the boutique had already closed for the day just like the rest

It was pitch black in the alley and the visibility was very low

Trailing behind the horse carriage, Yan Liqiang arrived at a turn in the alley He looked around and realized that there was a courtyard beside hihts nor any voices in the yard He leaped and kicked against one of the walls in the small alley with his foot and hooked onto the top of the courtyard wall two h with one of his hands He then exerted force in his hand and cli it a few steps before he jumped onto one of the roofs He bent down and scurried like a cat on the roof before hopping onto another and laid flat on his stoe He peeked his head out and silently watched the situation in the se was somewhere below him at the eleven o'clock position, just thirtyon his stomach He had chosen this spot because he could have an overlook of everything happening in the small alley below him

Half of that Shatu e was hidden by his hat, leaving only his eyes exposed After stopping his carriage, he cli to be very cautious Aftersure that there was no one else in the alley, he went towards the back door of that courtyard and banged on the door with the door knocker

The Shatu man knocked a series of times It sounded like there was so knocks, just like a secret code

After he was done knocking, he waited by the door

Not more than ten seconds later, a lantern lit up in the rear courtyard A man in his thirties came out fro the lantern along with him They came to the small door in the backyard then cracked the door open first to take a peek outside They only opened the door and came out when they saw the Shatu man

The shop oho came out from the boutique leaned his head close to the Shatu ed a feords But since their voices were too soft and Yan Liqiang was so far away from them, he couldn't catch a word of their conversation

After they had finished speaking, the Shatu e door and beckoned to the shop owner One of the two servants that caed out a big roll of beast leather from inside and then carried it with the help of another servant to a room in the textile courtyard

The two servants ca roll of beast leather froe to one of the rooms in the courtyard

After that, the Shatu e without any further delay The man who looked like the shop owner took another look around before he went back inside the courtyard and shut the back door

In a glance, that Shatu oods to this boutique It looked like it was a nor odd about it However, Yan Liqiang still felt so was off

First of all, both parties were being a little too sneaky and seeood Secondly, he couldn't stop feeling that the Shatu ood and honest person ould just earn some money as a mere coachman Also, when he left just now, the person who looked like the shop owner didn't give hi couldn't shake off the feeling that was so fishy about those two rolls of leather which the two servants from that boutique had carried into the textile courtyard