Chapter 242 Fire Attack
Among this group of people, Murong Li has the most noble status, and the emperor has issued a death order that nothing can happen to him, but neither can anything happen to the others.
Therefore, if they were to stay separately, if something went wrong on either side, there would be no timely rescue, and there would definitely be casualties, and he would not be able to explain to the emperor.
The emperor gave him a thousand personal soldiers, but even a thousand of them could not protect these people, and his official career was over.
Murong Li waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Those people are mainly targeting me. You should arrange for the people to stay in each inn and have personal soldiers guard them."
"What about you, Your Majesty?" General Li frowned.
"Don't worry. Even if someone is so foolish as to try to kill me, what can they do to me?"
Murong Li's words were extremely arrogant and domineering. Murong Li had never taken action all along the way, nor had he truly revealed his strength. General Li had no idea how powerful he was.
General Li was stunned after hearing this. He was hesitant and wanted to give some advice, but Murong Li got upset and said, "Just follow my instructions. If anything goes wrong, I will take the responsibility."
General Li was helpless and bowed to Murong Li and went to make the arrangements. There was nothing he could do. Now this man was the most powerful one here and he could only obey orders. He hadn't seen that this man was like an invisible man along the way, never speaking or giving advice, just following orders.
General Yun took some of his men to an inn, and General Li took some of his men and Eunuch Hu to another inn.
Murong Li brought the Su family, Luo Dinghai's family of three, and three hundred personal soldiers to the largest inn in the city, the Good Luck Inn, which was the one owned by the middle-aged owner.
As soon as they entered the inn, the middle-aged innkeeper was secretly delighted and quickly asked the waiters to come out to greet them.
He came out in person to greet Murong Li and prepared to make arrangements himself.
However, Murong Li asked Jiang Bo and Liang Bo to go and book a room and get the room key. He and other people arranged the carriage in the yard to prevent the waiters in the inn from touching the horses.
They have been doing this all the time, for fear that someone with bad intentions would tamper with the horses.
Horses are important for their journey, and no accidents can be allowed to happen.
Moreover, half of these horses were moved out of Su Yue's space. Although the other horses had never stayed in the space, they had been drinking spiritual spring water along the way. Their physical fitness was also very good, and they were much stronger than ordinary horses when traveling. Therefore, the safety of these horses must be guaranteed first.
At the critical moment, you can abandon the car and run away on the horse.
After they had made all the arrangements, they left a coachman to guard each carriage just in case.
Then the group entered the inn.
Su Yue followed the old lady into the inn. She used her mental power to check around and after a quick scan, she found nothing unusual and nodded to Murong Li.
In fact, it was not that the middle-aged shopkeeper did not arrange anyone, but that he had already arranged people and was waiting for the opportunity to act.
But there are currently no lurking around the inn.
The middle-aged shopkeeper had investigated Murong Li and his group. Not only were the one thousand personal soldiers highly skilled in martial arts, but Murong Li himself was also quite skilled in martial arts. They couldn't find out where he was so skilled.
According to the master's previous warning, Murong Li is a person who keeps a low profile.
So they will never be exposed before the shape moves.
The old marquis and the old lady were arranged to live in the upper room on the third floor, and the eldest master Su and his wife and the second master Su and his wife were next to them.
Murong Li and the other person asked to be at the very edge. After the others had filled the rooms on the third floor, the rest would be arranged on the second floor, and the first floor would be given to the personal guards.
After a day's journey, everyone was exhausted. After taking a comfortable bath and having a full meal, they went to bed to rest.
There was nothing unusual in the inn during this period.
Su Yue and the other person returned to the room but did not go to bed immediately.
"Murongli, I think this inn is unusual."
The shopkeeper was so welcoming, as if he had known they were coming to stay and had prepared everything properly.
But the dinner that night did not contain any knockout drugs or poison, and the food was very good.
The shopkeeper's...
The food must be delicious. It was the best cook among his subordinates. It was the last meal anyway, so it might as well be good.
"Well, let's be careful. The shopkeeper and the waiters may look ordinary, but I always feel that they are all good at kung fu."
Murong Li looked at these people and thought they looked like ordinary people, without any flaws, but he felt that these people had taken the Breath-Suppressing Pills, and their aura was barely noticeable.
He didn't believe that those who didn't want him to return to the capital would not take action here, especially in the city.
There are many people in the city and the buildings are connected, which is very suitable for poison attacks and fire attacks. It is also not conducive to the escape of people without light skills.
It's not like the wild, where there's open space everywhere and you can escape however you want.
"Well, you go to sleep first. I'll keep watch tonight." Su Yue nodded.
"No, let's get some sleep first. We won't enter the space. They won't take action before midnight."
At midnight, people are sleeping the deepest, and it is also the time when the patrolling soldiers are most likely to get tired.
"Um."
The two of them simply slept in their clothes.
After falling asleep, Su Yue still used her mental power to check.
The inn was surrounded by personal soldiers patrolling the area. The innkeeper dozed off in the lobby, while the waiters were still busy cleaning and tidying up.
Everything is normal.
Su Yue yawned, blinked, closed her eyes and went to sleep.
midnight.
A group of men in black quietly approached the inn.
There were many big trees in the city. The men in black jumped lightly onto the trees and immediately merged with the trees. It was impossible to tell that there were people on the trees.
"It's dry, be careful with fire!"
The night watchmen walked through the streets and alleys, beating gongs.
Whenever they came under a big tree, he would always stop, either to rest because he was tired, or to stand at the roots of the tree to relieve himself.
Gradually approaching the Good Luck Inn.
"It's dry, be careful with fire!"
The night watchman struck the gong again and shouted at the top of his voice.
The patrolling guards saw that it was the night watchman and just glanced at him and ignored him.
But after the night watchman left, the patrolling soldiers became sleepy and yawned continuously. They had no choice but to take over as the next shift, and fell asleep as soon as they returned.
And wherever they passed, the bodyguards were also dozing off.
In half an incense stick's time, the patrolling guards were almost all fast asleep.
Suddenly, flaming arrows flew out from the big trees around the inn and whizzed towards the inn.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
Countless arrows flew over and hit the roof and walls of the inn.
As soon as the dry object touched the kerosene-filled arrow, it burst into flames in an instant.
"Oops!"
Su Yue and Murong Li were awakened and sat up immediately.
"Well, dizzy, we got hit."
Su Yue was shocked. She didn't expect that the arrow was loaded with drugs. When it hit the house, the drugs evaporated and spread everywhere.
(End of this chapter)
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