Chapter 152: Got you
Far from her new home, Chi Lian was on a different kind of mission, one which would be her first step in building her own private force in this world. T4 had done a deep scan of the entire Empire’s court and from that scan; she knew that so many of the privileged families were training secret guards.
Deep in their homes were dungeons and secret tunnels which led to their secret bases in the city. She wondered if the emperor was aware. If he was, why was he doing nothing about it? Was he confident or arrogant because they all lived in a place he controlled?
If the emperor did not know, should she somehow make him aware? Chi Lian had a lot to consider before sticking her nose in the muddied waters after all, even the Jun’s had their own secret force. Moreover she was planning to build one for the Chi’s as well. Perhaps it was best to remain an ignorant fool. Cowards lived longer after all.
The presence of those secret tunnels solved a very big problem for her, moving in and out of the emperor’s courts undetected. One such tunnel already existed in the basement of their new house. She had claimed private use of it so that no one would know of its existence unless she told them about it. Her only problem was the fact that she did not know who originally dug the tunnel or why. However, that worry did not stop her from using the tunnel to exit the house and find her way into a dark alley in the city behind the ancient catacombs which were used for filming a lot of historical dramas.
It was dark; most of the streets were being illuminated by dense yellow lights. A good number of movies where being shot at the moment and the catacombs were crawling with a large number of people dressed in ancient costumes. Even in the dark, the busy atmosphere was no different from how it was during the day. She even caught sight of someone dressed as a zombie. If there was a good place for one to blend in easily, it was here.
She was on a mission, heading to Xilian hotel about thirty minutes away to catch her elusive prey.
"T4 is he still there?" she asked. she had been asking this same question every ten minutes or so.
"Yes host, after he made a call from his room ordering for braised pork trotters and chicken feet from the restaurant he has not yet moved."
"Great, then we should deliver his food."