Chapter 1045: Take Action
Chapter 1045: Take Action
Qi Er sprang up from the bed with a carp-flip.You Er first made a "shh" gesture, then said, "This place is definitely a black inn. They want to kill us and then take our money."
Qi Er didn’t make a sound, just looked at You Er calmly. He knew that since he’d been woken, You Er must already have a plan in mind.
You Er said, "Two rooms over on the left, there’s one of their accomplices inside."
He pointed at two trusted aides. "You two go over first, tie him up, and gag him."
The two trusted aides opened the door and went out.
You Er said, "We’re going downstairs."
The remaining trusted aide said, "We’re just going to confront them like this?"
You Er shot him a look. "Or what?"
"A mere black inn, just a few petty thieves—are we saying we don’t even have the courage to face them?"
"If so, how would we ever dare face the enemy on the battlefield in the future?"
The trusted aide felt somewhat ashamed. "That’s not what I meant. I just think we don’t really know how many people they have, or how strong they are. Charging in like this, isn’t it a bit too risky?"
You Er thought for a moment and said, "You have a point. Then we’ll be more cautious."
"But we can’t stay in this room. Too easy for them to wipe us out in one go. We’ll go out and hide on the second floor. If they want to make a move, they’ll have to come upstairs."
The trusted aide was a bit nervous. "Then... do we kill them as they come?"
You Er shook his head. "Keep them alive."
"Even if they’re not good people, we can’t just kill at will."
"This can’t be the first time they’ve done something like this. We’ll hand them over to the government and see how the government deals with them."
"Wait for my signal before you act."
With that, You Er stepped out of the room, then hooked his legs up and hung himself upside down from the roof beam.
Qi Er and the trusted aides each concealed themselves.
The two trusted aides tied up Niu San as well, then hid themselves.
In the backyard behind the first floor, the father and his two sons were also in discussion.
The Shopkeeper said, "There’s still one who isn’t asleep, that’s a bit troublesome."
"Doesn’t matter. Once we deal with the ones in the room, the three of us can’t handle one brat?" the eldest said.
The Shopkeeper nodded. "All right then, grab your gear, we’re going upstairs."
The eldest held a dagger in his hand, the second son had a thumb-thick stick of incense and a kitchen knife, and the Shopkeeper carried an oil lamp as well as a dagger.
The daggers and kitchen knife were just in case; they usually didn’t use such things, otherwise blood would splatter everywhere and be a pain to clean up.
All they needed was to use the sedative to knock people out, then smother them to death and drag them to the backyard to bury.
You Er and the others waited for a while, then saw the Shopkeeper and the two waiters carry a lamp upstairs.
The second son first pressed his ear to the door to listen, trying to tell if the people inside were sound asleep.
He listened for a while, and hearing nothing at all, he held the stick of sedative over the lamp in his father’s hand to light it, then shoved it in through the crack under the door.
The father and sons then patiently waited for the sedative to take effect.
You Er saw that no one else was coming up from downstairs, and figured it was just these few. He suddenly said in a deep voice, "Move!"
The father and sons, who were sitting by the door waiting, jumped in fright at the sound.
Before they could even stand up, several black shadows leapt out of the darkness.
You Er kicked the wrist of the second son holding the kitchen knife. The second son’s hand went numb, and the kitchen knife clanged to the floor.
Qi Er moved just as fast, kicking the eldest to the floor, then planting one foot firmly on the hand holding his dagger. The eldest screamed like a slaughtered pig from the pain.
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