303 Trapped
"After we discovered this location, the ones pulling the strings grew desperate. They had Li Zhoucheng deliberately lure us here and then arrange for assassins to kill Elder Song."
"As for the explosion on the mountain, Li Zhoucheng must have arranged it. His intention was that if the assassins failed, they could use the Shi Tou to bury us all underneath."
"He was utterly determined not to let us leave the mountain alive. I just don't know what went wrong in the interim for the explosion to detonate prematurely."
Zhao Zhitong nodded. Indeed, she had seen the black-clothed assassins engaged in a fierce battle with the yamen clerks when she came out. Detonating the Shi Tou on the mountain at this time was truly inopportune.
Zhao Zhitong's brow furrowed with worry. "As you said, Li Zhoucheng and the people behind him are bent on seeing us all dead here, especially Elder Song, as he poses the greatest threat to them."
