Your family has a traitor!
On this trip north, Hou Yuxiao had been following closely by Zhan Taiqing's side the entire time, fully aware of the efforts she made to ensure the success of the journey. From the beginning, where she ostentatiously took thousands on ships, to the immediate stealthy departure upon landing, then using carriages and horses alternately to travel in unconventional haste. Plainly speaking, it was all to prevent others from successfully intercepting her.
But, they were intercepted nonetheless.
And it was an ambush just outside Tao City on Wangchuan Road. Considering how those black-clad figures were waiting, it was evident they had prior intimation.
Zhan Taiqing had brought none of the Holy Church's experts with her from Yongzhou, and no one else knew her whereabouts except Hou Yuxiao, who had been by her side the whole time, and that woman named Ding Xiang.
Of course, he wouldn't be the traitor, so it could only be Ding Xiang.
