Inside the courtyard.
The atmosphere was terrifyingly oppressive.
With Cao Jinxing and Chen Gui looming over them like two mountains, and eighty personal guards blocking every escape route, including three guard captains at the middle stage of Tongyou, Duan Qingqiu and Shentu Hai dared not act rashly. Shi Dao and Hou Rong were trembling even more.
Shi Dao already regretted it.
I should never have come here to make a fool of myself!
Damn Xue Shidao! He dared covet anyone's woman, and now he's enraged that reckless Cao Jinxing. Everyone in this courtyard is Chen Gui's trusted man. Our people are all protecting Qiu Luan. There's no time to summon them!
What am I supposed to do?!
Something's wrong...
Although Shi Dao was of one mind with Qiu Luan and did whatever he ordered, he knew nothing about their bribery of the Mongols and collusion with the enemy. After all, that was a crime punishable by the confiscation of property and extermination of one's clan. He had still been thinking that Cao Jinxing was fabricating accusations against a superior out of thin air, and that once the search turned up nothing, Chen Gui would have to imprison him even if he wanted to protect him!
But Hou Rong's expression gave him doubts.
As time passed, he could feel Hou Rong growing increasingly nervous... His calves were trembling, and more and more cold sweat covered his forehead.
Shi Dao's heart lurched.
They couldn't really have colluded with the enemy, could they?!
The Embroidered Uniform Guard specializes in searching homes. If anything is hidden here, they'll definitely find it...
The thought had barely crossed his mind.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, two streaks of light, one gold and one white, shot into the courtyard and plunged straight into the ground in front of Hou Rong.