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Chapter 1280 - 1280 622 The Beauty at Midnight (Second Watch)
Chapter 1280 - 1280 622 The Beauty at Midnight (Second Watch)
?Chapter 1280: 622 The Beauty at Midnight (Second Watch) Chapter 1280: 622 The Beauty at Midnight (Second Watch) After all the hassle, Gu Jiao emerged from the residence to find the sky had already darkened.
Normally, even if it were dark, it wouldn’t matter much; Shengdu was so bustling that businesses operated well into the night. But her luck was out—she ran smack into a curfew.
The number of pedestrians on the street swiftly dwindled as shops on either side began closing one after another.
Gu Jiao was completely bewildered.
What in the world was going on?
Had she forgotten to check the almanac before leaving home?
She had inquired before: In Shengdu, the city gate of the inner city wouldn’t close until two quarters past the hour of Xu, and it was just past the hour of Xu now, so she still had half an hour.
It seemed she wouldn’t make it in time to gather information about the Medical Hall today.
She needed to leave the city quickly and could not walk; she wouldn’t make it in time otherwise.
Gu Jiao quickly identified a carriage parked in an alleyway.
It had been a long time since she’d engaged in this sort of robbery, but today she had done just that.
The coachman was absent.
Who knows if he was off attending to some other task, but there was someone in the carriage—the candlelight cast the silhouette of a man inside.
Intending to put on her mask, Gu Jiao reached for it and discovered it was missing.
It must have been lost somewhere.
No matter, she thought. Without the mask, she grabbed a handful of wall grey and smeared it on her face, then tightly grasped the dagger in her hand, jumped onto the carriage, and pressed the dagger to the man’s neck.
“Don’t move,”
she threatened with a low and inexperienced youthful voice.
This was a young man dressed in a plain white robe with a dark blue gauze coat draped over it, his waist belted with jade. His side-profile was refined and exquisite, with long, delicate eyelashes.
Even having seen a beauty like Xiao Hen, Gu Jiao had to admit that this was a remarkably handsome man.
He appeared to be about the same age as Xiao Hen, with a noble bearing and composed demeanor; he did not show a trace of panic even with a blade against his throat.
Gu Jiao said, “Drive me out of the inner city, and I won’t hurt you—south city gate.”
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