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In the darkness of the night, two figures could be vaguely seen walking one in front and one behind.

The figure in front was very cautious, looking back every few steps, and looking back every few steps. It made people feel like a guilty thief.

The figure behind her was also observing her movements carefully, thinking, "This woman is really hesitant."

Although he grumbled in his heart, he still had to follow.

"Oh! This woman finally walked out. This seems to be the territory of Hukou Town. Could it be that her contact is in this town?"

This shadow guard is called Ying Twenty. Because he is quite smart, he was sent here to follow Lady Li.

"Strange! Why do I feel like someone is following me? Could they have let me go on purpose?"

Madam Li felt like there was someone behind her, but she was not quite sure and was very confused.

"Oh! Women! Women, you are still somewhat alert. I have followed you for so long, and finally I found something wrong."

Ying Twenty said this in a somewhat nonchalant tone.

His hearing was extremely good, so what Lady Li was muttering naturally could not escape his ears.

To be on the safe side, Lady Li did not follow the previous route, but instead wandered around in the alleys.

"Hukou Town" is a relatively large town, and it just so happened that County Magistrate Pei and his men were temporarily stationed in this town.

Hukou Town is a mixed bag of people, with all kinds of people. The public security is just average.

Because it was mostly managed by Master Wu before, he didn't take it too seriously.

After returning from "Taomu Mountain" this time, Master Wu was taken to prison by County Magistrate Pei, who was going to torture him to see if he would reveal the person behind the scenes.

However, Shadow Guard Twenty didn't know that Master Wu was indeed being instructed by someone.

The person who ordered her to do this was the person he was following, Lady Li. Lady Li wanted to contact Master Wu this time.

Because no one leaked the news, she didn't know that Master Wu had been arrested.

"Finally got rid of him, he was so annoying." Mrs. Li zigzagged around.

I finally got rid of the tail behind me and felt relieved.

She walked to the gate of a courtyard and knocked a few times. An old woman inside opened the door and then immediately closed it.

"Give me some hot water and clean clothes. I want to take a shower. I stink so bad."

After Lady Li entered, she had a look of disgust and a bitter expression on her face, as if she was disgusted by the smell of herself, and gave instructions to a teenage maid next to her.

"Yes! I'll go right away! I'll go right away."

The maid seemed to be very afraid of Madam Li and did not dare to neglect her at all.

She was very scared, afraid that she would accidentally anger Lady Li.

"Humph! If you have other ideas, you better hide them.

If I find out, you will suffer the consequences."

Madam Li saw the maid's expression and gave her a few more warnings.

"No! I dare not! Madam Li, don't worry! I will not betray you.

My grandmother and I's lives are in your hands, I know the limits."

The little maidservant said these words tremblingly, and her legs began to shake uncontrollably. She didn't even dare to look at Madam Li.

"That's good to know! You also know my methods, if I find out.

If you are even slightly unfaithful to me, neither you nor your grandmother will have a good ending."

At this moment, Li Niangzi looked a bit vicious. Her beautiful face also looked very distorted, which was seriously inconsistent with her beauty.

"I understand, Madam Li, I won't do that, I definitely won't.

I will go downstairs to prepare some hot water, you can take a rest first."

After the little maid finished speaking, she quickly ran to the kitchen and started to boil water. She did not dare to slack off at all.

In fact, this was the home of the old woman and the maid who opened the door just now, but they were forcibly occupied by Madam Li.

So they dared to be angry but not to speak out. The little maid's father was taken to another place by Madam Li, where it seemed that a very important person was imprisoned.

Madam Li threatened them with her father's life, and they dared not disobey.

Madam Li returned to the room where she had rested before and dozed off, leaning on the bed.

When he was angry with the little maid just now, he had already released most of her depression caused by being hunted down in "Taomu Mountain".

In the alley not far away, Ying Twenty appeared in a corner. He had indeed lost the person just now, so he wandered around outside for a long time.

However, not just anyone is qualified to be a Shadow Guard, so their ability to track people is naturally not bad.

After a while, he arrived at the yard where Lady Li lived. After pretending to walk past the door, he turned around and went somewhere else.

He couldn't alert the enemy yet, so he planned to just continue to stay nearby.

It was already midnight and most people had already fallen asleep.

"It seems that her destination is here. She won't run away once she finds the place."

Ying Twenty said to himself, and then walked towards the inn in the town, ready to rest in the inn for a night. We can talk about it tomorrow.

"Waiter, do you have any rooms here? Please open one for me. And prepare some hot water and food. Don't worry, you will get the money."

Ying Twenty saw the waiter's inquiring look, and then he took out a large piece of silver from his pocket.

It looked like it weighed about ten taels and was thrown directly onto the table.

"Okay! Okay sir, but there is only one room now, and accommodation costs five taels per night. If you also need to prepare hot water and food, this may not be enough."

The waiter tried to keep his voice as low as possible, and the last words he said were almost as soft as a mosquito.

But Ying Twenty still heard it, and he suddenly became angry.

"What did you say? Five taels of silver a night, and I gave you ten taels to prepare meals and hot water. Isn't that enough?

Are you running a black shop? Aren’t you afraid that I will report you to the police and have you arrested?” Ying Twenty got angry when he heard that what he gave was not enough.

He thought there was some left, but it turned out not to be enough. Could this really be a shady shop? He was just too unlucky.

"That's not the case, sir! Please listen to my explanation first. It's just that the weather has been getting hotter recently, and nothing can grow in the soil.

The food was transported from very far away places.

Moreover, the weather is so hot that many things are damaged when they are delivered, and the cost is getting higher and higher.

There is no other way! It is not easy for our family to survive until now.

If the situation gets worse, I probably won’t open the store again.”

The waiter saw Ying Twenty's serious expression and tried his best to explain why it was so expensive.

When Ying Twenty heard this, he did not answer him immediately but fell into deep thought.