Chapter 1045
With Li Waner's residence at the center, the outer perimeter was guarded by Fan Muye's Liyang Soldiers, while the carefully selected bridal escort team, composed of elites, was within. However, the true responsibility for the defense rested with the martial arts experts that Song Youqu had painstakingly recruited from the Jianghu.
The defenses were extremely tight; it seemed not even a fly could get through.
Even at night, Zhang Baihe did not relax his vigilance. On a night of dark moon and high winds, a time apt for murder and arson, the dead of night was precisely when thieves would act.
To go from the Jianghu to the officialdom, how could one lack ambition for fame and gain? Though Zhang Baihe often assumed a detached demeanor, once he was kept by Li Xingzai, he devoted himself wholeheartedly, thinking of establishing merit and career success in exchange for a chance to secure titles for his wife and shade for his sons.
