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Sometime during the night, the rain stopped.
A round moon hung in the sky, scattering silver light across the lake’s surface.
* * *
The return trip went smoothly, and there was not even a pothole big enough to twist an ankle. He Lingchuan brought Third Master Gan back into the county city.
It was already deep into the night, and everything was silent. Not only was there not a soul on the road, but there also was not even a dog barking.
He Lingchuan hauled Third Master Gan down from the horse and pulled the rag from his mouth. “A deal’s a deal. I’ll let you go. But if you come looking for trouble again…”
He had promised earlier that so long as Third Master Gan led him to the spirit medium, he would be spared.
Third Master Gan had had that rag stuffed in his mouth the whole way. His throat was parched, and he could barely form words. Still, he forced himself to speak. “N-no… N-never… I-I won’t… ever again!”
Only then did He Lingchuan release him. “Scram.”
Third Master Gan staggered. Afraid He Lingchuan might change his mind, he gritted through the pain and limped off—half running, half hobbling—toward home.
With a flick of He Lingchuan’s finger, a little spider hopped onto Third Master Gan’s back and went along for the ride.
Just because he said that he was not going to kill him did not mean that he would not guard against...
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