Chapter 28 part2 (1/2)

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Chapter 28: A Murderous Intent (Part II)

”There's no rush, there is still ti Ruan said with a sht about the question she had asked Li Mi whilst in the carriage: ”Daren, do people on the way to the capital have to pass this temple?”

”Yes,” Li Mi replied ”This te within a radius of several tens of li<sup>[1]</sup>”

[1] th, approxiht in ti play?”

”Lu Zhu” Jiang Ruan answered

Lu Zhu ca has been arranged, Miss”

It was late at night in the depth of winter, and surrounded by inky blackness, dead silence presided over the temple Only the sound of the cold wind, like a whimper, could be heard

The la was a wisp ofon the snowy land At thatout the faint ht Under the heavens, the earth was shrouded in a blanket of darkness

In the silent darkness, several furtive figures suddenly appeared in the courtyard The figures paused at a few roo one of the roole file

Into the noiseless silence of the courtyard dropped one or two soft chimes of small bells

Thewith a hint of chilliness She smiled faintly and whispered, ”Lian Qiao, Bai Zhi”

Both servant girls nodded in unison, got up, opened the door, and walked out

Jiang Ruan stood in thein the room next door, but had not slept there Instead, she had hidden in this adjoining room the whole tiet<sup>[2]</sup>