Chapter 312 - Yearning Rhapsody
The first time they met was in the city of Jingchu, in Xiangzhou.
Ye Beizhi received a task worth three hundred silver taels at the Wuchang branch hall. The target was Hu Guangxiao, the leader of Xiangzhou's Green Bamboo Gang.
After arriving in Xiangzhou, Ye Beizhi didn’t rush to make a move. He spent a few days gathering information on Hu Guangxiao and learned that his target had recently begun frequenting a brothel called the Clearmoon Pavilion.
It was said that there was a newly arrived courtesan, who entertained not with her body but with her musical talents. She had the appearance of a celestial maiden and her skill on the zither was extraordinary. Listeners likened her music to the melody of the heavens.
However Ye Beizhi was not interested in that. All he cared about was the information that Hu Guangxiao would visit Clearmoon Pavilion that night.
As night fell, Clearmoon Pavilion was festooned with lights. Ye Beizhi, clad in black, crouched on the rooftop opposite the pavilion and seamlessly blended into the shadows. He quietly listened to the gentle zither music drifting from Hu Guangxiao's room.
After waiting a moment longer, Ye Beizhi glanced at the moon. It was time.
He stood up, pushed off with his feet, and leapt from the rooftop, diving straight toward the window.
Inside the room, Hu Guangxiao was reclining on a soft divan with a broad smile as he watched the beautiful woman across from him pluck the zither strings. Unknowingly, he was tapping along the rhythm of the song.
Suddenly, a shadow burst in through the window!
Hu Guangxiao’s face changed drastically. He immediately straightened up, preparing to call for the guards outside the door.
Before he could react, a flash of white light shot toward him!