The night was as deep as ink.
Inside the main bedroom in the North Courtyard, the red gauze tent was warm, and eight jade-like bodies lay sprawled across the bed.
Lin Mo lay in the very center, Su Wanqing resting her head on his left arm, while Liu Ruyan tightly held his right arm in her embrace, his breathing steady.
Suddenly...
"Lord! Lord!!!"
An urgent cry came through the consciousness link. It was Lin Ershi, who was in charge of the mountain stronghold's defense tonight.
Almost at the same time, heaven-shaking battle cries erupted from the southeast direction of the mountain stronghold!
"Kill...!!"
"Breach the stronghold gates! Capture and execute the bandit leaders!!"
Lin Mo abruptly snapped his eyes open.
His consciousness instantly cleared. He broke free from the nest of tenderness and gently slid his trapped arm out.
Su Wanqing let out a soft groan, opening her eyes in a daze. "What is it..."
"Stay here," Lin Mo said in a low voice, quickly throwing on his outer robe. "Government soldiers are raiding at night."
As soon as those words left his mouth, the women on the bed all woke up with a start.
Liu Ruyan's face turned slightly pale, but she forced herself to remain calm, grabbing her undergarment and draping it over herself. "My lord, your concubines..."
"Stay in the room, lock the doors and windows, and don't come out no matter what happens outside," Lin Mo said in a calm tone. "I'll go take a look."
With those words, he had already stepped out of the bedroom, his consciousness fully and synchronously patched into Lin Ershi's perception.
"Lin Ershi! How is the battle situation?"
"Lord! It's a night raid by government soldiers! There are at least five hundred of them! All of them are professional soldiers