Chapter 334 - 209: Attacked on a Snowy Night
Thoughts flashed rapidly through her mind as she quietly reached for the long xiao by the bedside, gently pushing out the short knife hidden within. She carefully moved out from under the covers, crouched behind the bed, and reached for a small blue bottle placed on top of the medicine chest.
Ran Yan pressed her ear against the ground, trying to distinguish the footsteps, but to her surprise, she realized that there seemed to be more than one person!
From the curtain to the inner chamber, a distance of merely two or three zhang, if she were to shout for help now, she feared that the rescuers might not arrive before she was caught or silenced, and moreover, Wan Lu was still sleeping in the outer room...
With this thought, Ran Yan’s heart grew somewhat cold, hoping nothing had happened to Wan Lu...
Ran Yan took a brief glance and thought that hiding behind the curtain and catching them off guard would be the best strategy, but she estimated that those people would reach the inner chamber any second now, leaving no chance for her to get there.
She gently pulled the stopper from the blue bottle and scattered the powdery medicine inside at random throughout the room, especially into the nearby brazier where she threw in a good amount of the powder, soon filling the entire room with a rich floral scent.
Having quickly completed this task, Ran Yan covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve and pressed her ear to the ground, trying hard to judge the distance, but she sensitively picked up on a faint rustling noise.
Ran Yan felt a cool breeze brush over her head, indicating that the intruders had already entered the room.