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After leaving Qin Canglan’s courtyard, Su Xiaoxiao ran into some trouble.
With the heightened security at the Duke Protector’s estate, escaping was no longer an option.
She still didn’t understand why the estate had suddenly gone on high alert.
Could they have somehow guessed that someone would try to gather intel tonight?
Or had something happened that she didn’t know about, and she had simply had bad luck and walked into it?
Then she suddenly remembered, the street vendor who had poisoned the old marquis had died.
The vendor’s mistress was someone from the Duke Protector’s household.
If the enemy couldn’t find Xiangzi, they might suspect something had gone wrong and that their plot had been exposed.
If that were the case, the people from the Zhenbei Marquis’s estate might indeed try to secretly investigate tonight……
“If that’s the case, then the heightened security makes sense.”
Su Xiaoxiao found a relatively quiet corner, tugged her gloves tight, and nimbly leapt over the wall.
The moment she landed, a cold arrow shot toward her.
She caught it barehanded, grabbing the gleaming arrowhead with effortless flair.
The guard who had shot it was stunned.
This… little chubby assassin actually caught the arrow… with her hand?
You had to know that the arrowhead was very sharp.
Su Xiaoxiao spun, then hurled the arrow straight back at the guard.
The guard panicked and quickly blocked it with his bow.
But even then, the sheer force sent him stumbling back several steps!
What terrifying strength!
His expression turned serious, and he shouted, “Intruder! We have an intruder!”
The guards of the Duke Protector’s estate rushed in from all sides, surrounding Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao didn’t waste time talking. She rolled up her sleeves, and started fighting.
Her movements were far more agile than when she first began training.
Every time it looked like a guard was about to catch her, she would dodge it like a slippery eel.
However, two fists couldn’t fend off so many hands.
The sheer disadvantage in manpower gradually wore down her stamina.
Three guards blocked Su Xiaoxiao’s front and sides, while another came silently from behind, attempting to ambush her.
Just as he closed in, a hidden weapon shot through the air and struck his wrist.
The guard screamed in pain, and his longsword clattered to the ground.
Su Xiaoxiao spun around and delivered a solid punch, like pounding a sandbag, sending the man flying.
The one who saved her was another figure dressed in black.
He didn’t linger in battle. Instead, he grabbed Su Xiaoxiao and soared into the air, disappearing into the boundless night with the aid of lightness skills.
“After them!” the guards shouted.
The Duke Protector’s estate had elite cavalry. Mounted guards quickly chased after the two.
“Su Mo?” Su Xiaoxiao asked.
The black-clothed man paused for a moment, surprised, then nodded. “Mm.”
“What are you doing here?” she asked, puzzled.
Su Mo replied coldly, “That’s what I should be asking you.”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Talk all you want, but don’t slow down. Keep going.”
Su Mo hesitated to speak, ‘why do you think I slowed down?’
The cavalry of the Duke Protector’s estate were some of the most elite in Great Zhou.
They split into three units, one team chased directly behind Su Mo and Su Xiaoxiao, while the other two flanked wide to encircle them.
Su Xiaoxiao glanced back from the rooftop. “Hmm, they actually have tactics.”
Su Mo said flatly, “These are Qin Canglan’s cavalry. What did you expect?”
Su Xiaoxiao casually replied, “Oh, so this Qin Canglan is that amazing?”
Su Mo looked at her, puzzled. “Shouldn’t you be calling him Grandfather?”
Su Xiaoxiao shrugged. “I never acknowledged him.”
Su Mo’s body trembled in mid-air, and he nearly fell, “Don’t move around!”
Su Xiaoxiao obediently pulled her hand back and said, “Okay, okay.”
Then she moved again.
Su Mo: “?!”
The advantage of cavalry was speed, but their obvious disadvantage was that they couldn’t enter tight or narrow spaces.
Su Mo abandoned the main streets and raced across the rooftops of residential buildings.
“They shouldn’t be following us now.”
He said, then landed in front of a house with tightly shut doors and windows.
Then he glanced at Su Xiaoxiao. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” Su Xiaoxiao shook her head.
This girl’s physical endurance was no joke.
Anyone else would’ve thrown up from all the bumping by now.