"Fine. Brother Song and I will disguise ourselves and make a trip to Gusu. Zhang Kangnian, Zhao Qixian?" Wei Xiaobao called out, raising his head.
"Your subordinates are here. What are your orders, Lord Wei?" Hearing Wei Xiaobao's summons, the two pushed open the door and entered with ingratiating smiles.
"Find someone to impersonate me and continue on the road as usual with great fanfare. Brother Song and I will head to Suzhou first." Wei Xiaobao took out a stack of banknotes and divided them between the two. "Tell the brothers to stay sharp. This time is very dangerous, and everyone must be careful."
"To have a superior as considerate of his subordinates as Lord Wei is truly a blessing we cultivated over eight lifetimes," Zhao Qixian said with a chuckle.
"Isn't that so? With Eunuch Gui around, life was so easy..." Zhang Kangnian suddenly slapped himself across the mouth. "Look at my memory. Now it's Lord Wei."
"All right, all right, enough bootlicking. Go make preparations." Wei Xiaobao waved them away.
After watching the two close the door behind them, Song Qingshu looked as though he had suddenly remembered something and called out, "Right, Brother Wei. We're traveling light this time. If we bring that little miss from the Shui family along, she'll be rather inconvenient..."
Before Song Qingshu could finish, Wei Xiaobao stared at him as though he were a monster. "Brother Song, such a breathtaking beauty, and you can bear to have her killed?"
Seeing that Wei Xiaobao had misunderstood him, Song Qingshu said with a face full of exasperation, "I meant that we might as well let her go..."
If only a grown man accompanied me all the way, wouldn't the journey be unbearably dull? Wei Xiaobao instinctively refused. "Aren't we trying to avoid attracting attention?