"No, something unexpected happened this morning.
They recruited several hundred people from who knows where, including old people, women, and children.
Together with the Tang Family Guards, they made up a huge crowd.
They even had over a hundred firearms in their hands. We had no chance of winning if we tried to seize him openly," Luo Kaimei said, shaking his head.
"Could our plans have leaked? Otherwise, how did they get so many people together? Even children, old people, and women joined in, all to cover his escape back to Su Mei Island." Mo Heizi swept a chillingly murderous glance over several Blood Slaughter Hall assassins.
"That's impossible! I heard those people are all planning to sell themselves to the Tang family. They intend to take a look at Su Mei Island before deciding. Their leader is called Bai Guiyun. They're a band of unruly mountain folk from near Yangzi Pass in the Northwest," Luo Kaimei said.
"They probably fled here after war broke out in the Northwest. Old people, women, and children account for more than half of them, while there aren't many able-bodied young men," said Wu Jingyi, deputy hall master of the Provincial Blood-Killing Hall.
"People like that? Has Tang Wen had his brains kicked in by a donkey? Why buy a useless bunch like them? They can't do much work, and he still has to feed, clothe, and house them. What a waste of silver," Mo Heizi said, looking puzzled.
"Heh, that brat probably has his eye on the women among them," Zhan Biao, Blood Slaughter Hall's number-three assassin, said with a dry chuckle.
"What makes you say that?" Mo Heizi asked.
"Tiger Mountain Stronghold should originally have had quite a few people, but once the Northwestern War began, the Imperial Court conscripted all the