Chapter 166: Not Leaving His Side
The three of them had barely returned when they came upon Shen Anran in the courtyard pavilion, seeking Li Musheng's guidance in martial arts.
The corners of the courtyard were hung with gauze palace lanterns, their warm amber light casting a glow over the lotus pond and flowering walls.
In the night air, Shen Anran and Li Musheng sat across from each other, and a soft evening breeze came through, setting the copper bells at the eaves gently swaying. The scene looked uncommonly peaceful and beautiful.
Hu Rui'an and the other two stopped in their tracks at the courtyard entrance, none of them wanting to disturb the moment.
But then Hu Rui'an caught a few words drifting over and his expression shifted at once.
Asking for guidance in martial arts was one thing, but what he had not expected in the slightest was that what Shen Anran was seeking Li Musheng's guidance on was the "Zhanliu Blade Art."
Who had ever heard of someone seeking another person's instruction in their own family's blade art? That was no different from handing over the cornerstone of the family's martial lineage with both hands.
Hu Rui'an immediately did not dare listen any further, and prepared to take Wu Shang and Cheng Zhong away. Eavesdropping on martial arts was neither honorable nor permissible, and he was genuinely afraid of Shen Liancheng and his family coming to him for trouble over it.
But just at that moment, Li Musheng turned his head and spotted Hu Rui'an and the three, and with a somewhat unexpected air called across to them, asking, "Commissioner Hu, how did your business go?"