Upon hearing the potentially subversive speech delivered by Hu De at the banquet and after showing his own stance, having left Hu De to talk throughout the night about granting the mayor of Mingyan City more power to oversee the city's preparations for war, Gu Hang thought that it was very likely this Mr. Mayor would be in danger.
The privileged wouldn't let him off.
Therefore, as Hu De left, Gu Hang dispatched his own guard to follow him.
It was initially just a precautionary measure, but it indeed proved useful.
Clearly, if the guards from the Tenth Brigade had not arrived in time, the ambushers would have nearly succeeded.
They had deployed a sniper, lying in wait on Hu De 's route home, and there was a second measure in place. Should the sniper fail, a large gang of recruited thugs would burst forth to ensure Hu De's death.
But unfortunately for them, these tactics failed in the face of the Governor's guards.
