Chapter 1109

Yuan Shu's residence.

After staying in the residence for one night last night, Yuan Shu woke up early in the morning and left the city.

Although he said he wasn't afraid or didn't care, Yuan Shu was still very afraid of his uncle Yuan Wei if he were truly discovered.

So, after waking up in the morning, he didn't dare to linger in the land of tenderness and left the city early.

Back courtyard.

Hongchan, returning from the East Market, carried a basket in her hand.

Her attire had also been changed to that of an ordinary maid in the residence.

The guards at the small gate of the back courtyard, seeing it was Hongchan, didn't say anything and opened the gate to let her pass.

Hongchan smiled slightly at the two guards and then took out two bags of candied fruit from the basket.

"Two big brothers, these are candied fruits I specially brought for you from the East Market. Take them and have a taste. It's just a small token of my appreciation."

"Hehe, how can we be so embarrassed to always eat Miss Hongchan's things?"

The two guards were polite in their words, but their hands were very honest.

Although they were just guards on duty at the back gate, they weren't as lucrative as the gatekeepers.

But maids and servants in the back courtyard of this residence always had to offer some tribute to enter and exit smoothly.

The two guards were used to it.

Moreover, Hongchan was a maid favored by Yuan Shu.

The two naturally had to be polite.

Hongchan smiled slightly: "I often trouble the two big brothers; I am also embarrassed."

"The two big brothers go ahead and get busy; I'll go in first."

The guards let her pass with great joy.

Hongchan, carrying the basket, entered the back courtyard through the small gate.

The back courtyard was mostly where maids and servants lived.

After returning to the residence from the back gate, Hongchan headed toward her living quarters.

However, before she could reach her quarters, she encountered a maid coming toward her.

"Oh, Sister Chan'er, you are here," the maid suddenly spoke.

Hongchan was just about to greet her when she heard the maid coming toward her say: "A few people came to the front residence just now and were looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Hongchan was slightly stunned.

"Is it the General?"

Hongchan asked.

The maid shook her head and pointed to the place where Hongchan lived behind her: "It was some guards. I don't know if they were guards under the General. They..."

Before the maid could finish her words, a man in black tight-fitting clothes, leading four guards with swords at their waists, walked out of the separate courtyard where the maids lived in the back courtyard.

Separated by more than ten meters, Hongchan saw the few guards, and the guards walking out of the separate courtyard also saw Hongchan.

"Sister Chan'er, it's them..."

Hongchan looked at the guards in the distance, her heart suddenly skipping a beat, but there was no change on the surface.

The leading guard pressed one hand on the sword at his waist and walked toward Hongchan's direction.

"You are called Hongchan?" the black-clad leading guard asked.

"That is this servant. Several..."

"Take her!"

Before Hongchan could finish her words, the black-clad guard leader waved his sleeve.

The four guards behind him immediately stepped forward.

Hongchan's gaze froze.

Exposed!

The next second, Hongchan's hand reached directly into her wide red sleeve.

Swish!

A cold light flashed, and a sharp dagger flew out of Hongchan's sleeve.

A guard who didn't have time to react was hit directly in the throat by the dagger, and he fell to the ground, clutching his throat with wide eyes.