At the stroke of dawn, a horse-drawn carriage drew to a halt outside the Yuan Clan's manor. Yu Lu and Xie Xie were waiting beside the horse-drawn carriage with their luggage on their backs, and Cui Chan was making his way out of the manor while yawning lazily. He was wearing an ivory-colored robe of exceptional material and tailorship, and trailing along behind him was the young boy, who had a dejected and reluctant look on his face.

"Where are we going, Young Master?" Yu Lu couldn't help but ask.

"I'm taking you to seek out an education in Great Sui Nation. The two of you were meant to be students of Mountain Cliff Academy to begin with," Cui Chan replied in a lazy voice.

Yu Lu and Xie Xie exchanged a bemused glance upon hearing this.

The coach driver was one of the spies of the Great Li Empire, and he was seated in a completely still manner at the front of the carriage. Cui Chan bent down to lift up the curtain covering the entrance of the carriage, then suddenly turned and instructed, "Get Wang Yifu to come and replace you as coach driver. You stay in Dragon Spring County and continue to keep an eye on Dragon Riding Alley and Apricot Blossom Alley."

The spy nodded in response, then got down from the carriage and departed in silence.

Around 15 minutes later, Wang Yifu arrived to replace the coach driver. Yu Lu was looking directly ahead with a composed expression, while a cold look surfaced in Xie Xie's eyes, and she didn't seem to have been very fond of Wang Yifu.

Wang Yifu was the man who had been tasked with killing Song Yuzhang. He had once been a general of the Lu Empire, but he hadn't been reduced to a prisoner of the Great Li Empire, nor had he...