Chapter 730 - Escape at Night (2/2)

Even if Qinghu was delayed by something, he should have sent someone back to inform her.

Qinghu did not show up outside the window until she waited from dusk to midnight and became a little uneasy.

To Lin Mengya’s surprise, Qinghu looked ghastly pale.

After entering the room, he began to pack up Lin Mengya’s things neatly without saying anything or even glancing at Hou Yuetian.

Seeing him acting so abnormally, Lin Mengya realized there must be something unexpected.

Lin Mengya did not stop him and merely smiled apologetically at Hou Yuetian. The latter nodded at her sensibly and left their room with his book on the art of war.

“Are we leaving now?” Lin Mengya asked.

Seeing Qinghu keep silent, she felt more and more uneasy.

Qinghu’s reaction only meant one thing.

“Yes, we must leave here immediately before they discover us,” Qinghu said.

Feeling her heart skip a beat, Lin Mengya froze for a moment.

Although Qinghu did not make it clear, she was well aware of whom Qinghu was talking about.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Mengya casually handed over the things within reach to Qinghu.

Qinghu lifted his head. Seeing her acquiescent gesture, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I thought you would…”

Lin Mengya shook her head with a bitter smile as she started to help Qinghu pack their bags.

Meanwhile, she said, “Did you think that I would insist on staying here to find out the truth so as to put you and me in a perilous position? I’m not a fool. This situation here has lasted for a period. Even if we manage to find out the truth now, we may not be able to solve it completely. In that case, why should we risk our lives? Moreover, besides us, others can also handle this, right?”

No one other than the group of scourges in the Candle Dragon Cult could frighten Qinghu so terribly that he even had to run away after learning that they were coming.

However, the Candle Dragon Cult’s involvement in this meant that there must be an unknown cruel conspiracy in this town.

Although she could not find out the truth in person, it did not mean that the government of Dajin would not take action.

Although the Candle Dragon Cult was powerful, it did not necessarily dare to interfere in the operation of a country on the surface.

They must know that the water that bore the boat was the same that swallowed it up.

If the Candle Dragon Cult pushed Dajin too far so that Dajin united several other countries against it, it would have a hard time.

However, it would be a piece of cake for them to get rid of Lin Mengya and Qinghu without being noticed.

Without the title of Princess Yu, she no longer attracted the attention of the entire Dajin.

Now she was insignificant to the Candle Dragon Cult.

They could kill her easily.

Soon, she finished packing her belongings. After that, she told Qinghu to inform Hou Yuetian and even left some of her clothing and other valuables in the inn.

Under the cover of darkness, they jumped down from the second floor of the inn through the window without alarming anyone.

Qinghu carried Lin Mengya, who was wrapped in a black rob, running on the empty street.

Lin Mengya clung to Qinghu’s chest nervously.

As she learned how powerful the Candle Dragon Cult was, she was increasingly aware how insignificant and incompetent she was.

She didn’t know what she had done in the last life so that she had to go against the Candle Dragon Cult in this life.

She was secretly lamenting her fate when she felt Qinghu was gradually coming to a stop.

After a while, she was gently placed in a carriage, where the seat was covered with a quilt.

“Get a sleep, and we’ll be safe after you wake up,” Qinghu said.

After settling her down in the carriage, he turned around and mounted his horse.

Lin Mengya sat in the carriage obediently. Through the window, she saw the hooves of the horses those people around the carriage were riding were all wrapped in thick cotton cloth.

In this way, they could travel silently even at night.

Qinghu, who was at the forefront, waved his hand and the caravan set out immediately.

Nothing other than their breathing indicated that this was a caravan about to leave.

Lin Mengya lay in the carriage, that was not as luxurious as the one she had taken before.

But she didn’t feel any uncomfortable because both the seat and the floor of carriage were covered with soft quilts.

The carriage quickly got out of the town. So far, they had not been discovered.

But she knew it was still too early to feel relieved, as the temple for the Mountain Deity, that determined the life and death of all the residents of the town, was not far ahead.

This was the only way out of town. If they did not take this path, they could either go back to the village, where Mrs. Tian lived, by the way they came or get into a pitch-black jungle.