Chapter 170 – How to Elegantly Take Down Meng Liang (Part 7)
Jiang Pengji was already adept at hiding and blending in, and now, dressed in a black cloak with her face covered, the night provided her with perfect concealment.
However, she wasn’t there to save anyone, so when she leaped over the gambling house wall and into the courtyard, she intentionally left a glaring opening.
【Zixiao Flower】：Gotta give a thumbs up for the stylish wall jump, it really gives off that classic martial arts film vibe!
【Canteen Auntie】：sighs But I still hope our streamer can show some graceful acrobatics like soaring through the sky. This looks cool, but it’s just too grounded! Normally, shouldn’t they easily take off with a flourish?
【Ayan】：@Canteen Auntie, you’re not calling that a person, are you? It sounds more like a bird!
【Old Driver Alliance】：Feels like I’m the only one in this whole stream who read through the truth behind the streamer’s other moves.
What truth?
Of course, it was Jiang Pengji’s seemingly unintentional, even somewhat deliberate actions before scaling the wall.
She could have sneaked in without alerting anyone, but she deliberately glanced around, knowing that stepping out from the wall’s shadow would expose her to the brighter moonlight, even if just for a fleeting moment—something that an ordinary person might overlook.
However, Meng Hunyun and his crew had been guarding the front and back entrances of the gambling house for some time, their senses heightened. How could they possibly miss her?
“Crap! Someone suspicious just went in!”
As Meng Hunyun noticed, the former scout beside him murmured, and the expressions of a few of them darkened.
“Is that someone from Liu Residence, or one of Meng’s retainers?”
Meng Hunyun analyzed, “Liu Residence is a well-known noble clan in Hejian County. If they wanted to rescue someone, they wouldn’t be so sneaky as to simply find an excuse to take down the gambling house. Anyone this cautious and with such skills should be one of Meng’s retainers.”
“Captain, should we go in now?” the scout quietly asked.
Originally, they had dispatched a brother inside, hoping to knock out the guards without alerting the gambling house, and then work together to rescue Meng Liang. But now they couldn’t wait any longer. What if they ran into that shadow just now? Wouldn’t quite the brawl break out then?
Meng Hunyun hated Meng Liang to the bone, but he also wouldn’t deny the capability of Meng’s guards.
If they truly crossed paths, Meng Hunyun might lose another brother.
With these thoughts, Meng Hunyun waved his hand, darkening his expression. “Go!”
Meng Hunyun, tall and imposing, could easily reach the wall’s edge with a raise of his arm, so jumping over was a breeze for him.
After a couple of steps, he sprinted and hopped up the wall, pushing off to slip over effortlessly.
The others followed suit, jumping in one after the other without making a sound.
Hidden in the shadows, Jiang Pengji watched as they all made their way inside, her lips curling underneath her black mask.
The show was about to begin!
【Zixiao Flower】：#StarryEyes, Newbie here in the stream, who was that leader who just jumped the wall?
【Canteen Auntie】：I may be an old hand, but I don’t know who that is either.
【Old Driver Alliance】：I put together the content from the streams and the characters encountered so far into a rough relationship chart. Based on the plot, that person should be the unfortunate captain.
【Ayan】：The captain? The one who got green-eyed by Meng Liang, crowned with the vast grasslands of Hulunbuir?
【Old Driver Alliance】：From my analysis, that’s the most likely candidate, but I can’t rule out the possibility that the streamer might have flirted with some new rookie while the stream was off yesterday… If that’s the case, then that person’s identity is a big mystery.
Meng Hunyun and his crew soon discovered something was off—it was far too quiet.
His nerves were on edge, and an ominous premonition swelled within him.
Could it be that Meng Liang had really figured things out, luring them in to catch them all in one fell swoop?
Just as Meng Hunyun hesitated to prepare for the worst, two unusual objects caught his attention.
Those two objects were tucked away in the shadows, precisely in a spot easiest for the human eye to overlook—so dimly lit that they were hard to spot.
“They’re alive, but they’ve taken a hit to the neck and won’t be waking up any time soon.”
The scout, upon receiving Meng Hunyun’s glance, approached to investigate, realizing those weren’t strange objects but two of the gambling house’s thugs. The skin on the back of their necks showed dark bruises, revealing just how brutal the attacker had been—if it had been any harsher, they might be dead!
“Let’s go!” Meng Hunyun commanded.
The places where thugs were supposed to be standing were completely empty.
So where had those people gone?
As Meng Hunyun noticed several others quickly knocked unconscious and hidden away in the dark, a chill ran down his spine—he was facing a true expert.
“The marks are consistent, and the strikes were incredibly swift. It seems to be the work of the same individual. These thugs didn’t even stand a chance and ended up knocked out on the ground,” the scout lamented. “What a talent, and yet they’re serving Meng…”
If this were during the reign of the Meng Clan in the Great Xia Dynasty, it would certainly be something all martial artists aspired to. But the Meng Clan now?
Ha, all that loyalty wasted!
The captain could sacrifice himself for the Meng Clan, but how did they repay him?
They indulged that wretched Meng Liang, allowing him to harm the captain’s wife and daughter!
Meng Zhan, the old man who fathered that wretched Meng Liang, was no better!
As a father, when his son committed such grievous sins, instead of thinking of how to punish him and rectify the situation, he instead tried to cover up the truth about his wife and daughter’s demise. If Meng Liang hadn’t carelessly let something slip, the captain would probably still be in the dark.
“Enough of that.”
Meng Hunyun wasn’t mindlessly loyal but also didn’t like to casually belittle his former employer.
Just a wall away, Jiang Pengji sat on the eaves, capturing their conversation with keen ears, her eyes flickering slightly.
Under the eaves, the thugs guarding the wood room yawned and looked extremely weary.
One of them patted the shoulder of the other and mumbled, “Keep an eye on things for me, bro. I’m gonna catch a quick nap.”
“Sleep easy, this dump doesn’t have anyone bothering it. If the boss shows up to check, I’ll holler for you.”
This gambling house still had a bit of “prestige” nearby, so the average low-life wouldn’t dare stir trouble. The thugs they kept on payroll usually just needed to watch the door, occasionally going out to “collect debts.” Their work was quite relaxed, and aside from the boss’s occasional patrols, they could afford to slack off while on guard duty.
As soon as the two finished speaking, they felt a rush of air and caught a brief glimpse of a shadow passing by, followed by a sudden chill.
One raised a hand to rub his arm, shivering a bit as he said, “D-did you see anything just now?”
The other’s teeth rattled as he stammered, “Y-you saw it too… a shadow?”
Confirming that he wasn’t just imagining things, both felt a wave of weakness in their legs.
