Chapter 218: Thief

Nan Xun contemplated Jun Huang’s words silently. He checked over each of the men’s mouth to make sure that they were all dead from swallowing poison, and that their tongues were all cut off. He stood up and nodded at Jun Huang. “We should leave.”

Jun Huang nodded. From a distance there were torches coming their way. Realization struck both of them. So this was what the trap was.

They knew someone wanted to catch them. Even though they didn’t know who that person was, the person was no doubt their enemy, and a cunning one at that. Jun Huang looked away from the source of the torchlight. Nan Xun put the jade tree back into the box and wrapped up the box with a handkerchief. He held it in his arms before turning to Jun Huang.

Jun Huang knew that she wouldn’t be able to run fast enough to get rid of their tails. She resigned to her fate and went up to Nan Xun. With a...