24 The Legend Part 6 (2/2)
The bodyguard took the scroll and opened it. In the scroll was a hand-drawn map of the little hut. ”My Lord, what is this?” The bodyguard asked with a confused look.
”Send some bodyguards to guard the place marked on the map. Do not let anyone know of these two activities. There should be an elderly woman and a girl. They saved my life, but one assassin escaped. I can't afford to be careless,” Prince Mua Kong said with an iceless expression and a glint of killing intent in his eyes.
The scene changed ;and it was the night time there.
That night, Prince Mua Kong was looking through some documents in his study room when someone knocked on the door.
”Come in,” Mua Kong answered.
A bodyguard came in. ”My Lord, we were dispatched early this morning to the place you marked on the map but...” He sounded a little nervous, thinking of a better way to break the news to the prince but there really was no better way to break the news. Regardless, the prince would be mad so he continued, ”But there wasn't anyone living in the hut and the place looked like someone raided it.”
Prince Mua Kong stood up as he slammed the book in his hand onto the table and glared at the bodyguard. ”Have you searched thoroughly?” His voice sounded colder than ice which sent chills to the bodyguard's bone.
The bodyguard cowered lower than before and nodded.
”And you found no one?”
”Yes.”
”Useless!” Mua Kong slapped his hands on the table causing the table surface to crack. ”I'll go there myself tonight,” he declared in rage.
That night, Mua Kong secretly went out of the palace with a few bodyguards.
Dawn was approaching when they arrived deep in the mountain. The little hut looked like a tornado had just blown through the area. Prince Mua Kong could not find the two people he wanted to protect. He felt a sense of hopelessness. He knew ;it was the work by the same group of assassins. He could only hope grandma and Hli Ja were okay since they could not find their bodies. The next thing was to find the assassins. There had to be a clue somewhere. He thought of the same thing as his father, to send spy and intel to infiltrate the other two countries and he would investigate from within.
The next scene began and 'six years later' appeared on the big screen.
In a town bustling with people and businesses, a beautiful young girl ran out the door in a hurry from a little house. She turned around and waved back. ”I'll see you later grandma.”
She ran happily to a famous restaurant, Lotus Flower Restaurant. She went to the kitchen and greeted the head staff. ”Hi, I'm Hli Ja. I will be here temporarily working in the kitchen until the owner comes back. I will be in your care for the next two weeks.” The head staff was well aware that she would be helping for the next couple of weeks as the owner and his family made the trip to see their mother-in-law who ;was on her death bed. Their mother-in-law lived in the next city so the owner would be gone for a couple of weeks. Their son Cher Pheng was a good friend with her and they asked her to help the restaurant while they were away.