Jiang Lin, much like Guo Song, was among the children of the trusted aides who initially followed Pei Yu in his campaigns to conquer the world, and the two of them were selected from a young age to follow Pei Zhan.
Their skills were naturally honed over the years in the northwest, where they stayed close and trained arduously.
The Xu family's residence was already showing some irregularities, and choosing to enter through the lit areas was because the unlit places were more likely to hide unexpected dangers.
The village at night was quieter than during the day, but fortunately, the ground after the rain was soft with mud, so their landing was silent.
Jiang Lin led two men into the southeast gate, where an elderly house servant with graying temples dozed off, reclined on a bamboo chair. The trio skirted the side wall and, relying on their memory from the day, chose to pass through the kitchen, heading north.
