64 Just This Once

Nan Hua nodded. She narrowed her eyes. "Is it too late to head over to the other secret passageway?"

Hou Lin furrowed his eyebrows. "They haven't reached the main hall yet. There might be a lot of soldiers waiting for them over there. Compared to this place, which only have one commander and several soldiers, there might be more people over at that side."

"I see. Let's go."

"Young Esteemed Miss?" Zhang Dan Shui was stunned to see Nan Hua ready to leave. He looked around him and felt awkward being left alone with so many dead bodies.

Nan Hua turned to look at Zhang Dan Shui. "What do you want?"

"Can I… work for you?" Zhang Dan Shui asked while gritting his teeth. He could guess that with his life already spared by this young girl, it might be a bit too much to ask. But he knew that having the chance to meet with them like this today would be extremely rare.

He didn't think that he would have another chance in the next few years.

"Young Miss, don't trust him." Hou Lin had already investigated Zhang Family and that family was not exactly a good one.

Zhang Dan Shui bowed down. "I'm nothing more than a concubine born son, so I might not worth much. However, I can show you my capabilities if you wish for me to. I'm just afraid that… I'll need protection."

Nan Hua shook her head. "Do you think a girl can enter the court?"

A girl…

Enter the court?

For a moment, Zhang Dan Shui forgot that the person who was talking with him was nothing more than a girl. He gulped his saliva down as he looked at the young girl in front of him, clearly feeling unsure about what he should say.

Waving his hand, Nan Hua turned her body around once more. "I'm Nan Hua. If you can survive this without anyone being suspicious of you, you can look for me in the future."

Nan Hua?

Zhang Dan Shui was flabbergasted but Nan Hua and Hou Lin had already disappeared into the darkness. He stood still in his place as he mulled the name.

"Nan Hua, the first daughter of Nan Family?" Zhang Dan Shui was trembling when he thought to himself. The name was not that unfamiliar to him since Nan Hua was one of the rare few high standing main daughter in the Capital City.

While Nan Shu Cheng was nothing more than a slightly high ranked official, Old Master Nan was a famed general. If not because of his old age and also the recent injury, it was clear that Old Master Nan's name would ring at the battlefield without stopping.

'Survive this…?'

Zhang Dan Shui looked at the mess around him as he silently closed the door and entered the side hall once more. He knew that the only person who knew that he was locked inside the side hall would be his younger brother.

As long as he got out of the side hall, everything would be fine.

A bitter smile formed at the corner of Zhang Dan Shui's lips. It might cause his younger brother to torment him more in the residence but he was sure that he could escape with his life from this incident safely.

Swish!

At this moment, Nan Hua and Hou Lin was rushing through the dark passageway. Hou Lin was looking at Nan Hua with confusion.

"Young Miss, why do you let that person live?" If it was him, he would have killed Zhang Dan Shui to prevent him from leaking out the truth. After all, leaving someone like that Zhang Dan Shui could be dangerous.

Nan Hua looked at the front and swiftly moved pass through fallen rocks. The closer they were to the entrance, the more rocks and woods there were. It seemed that the fact that this place was abandoned was true.

"Would anyone believe him?"

Hearing that, Hou Lin was stumped then he felt a bit ashamed. What Nan Hua said was correct. Would there be anyone who believed that a young girl at the tender age of 9 was capable of infiltrating the palace and killed a commander?

They would rather off believe that the sun was rising from the west.

Not to mention, the person in question was the quiet girl from Nan Family who was known to be following her mother all the time. It was even said that after losing her mother, Nan Hua had grown into a recluse who was even unwilling to get out of the residence if there was no important occasion.

No one would believe him.

With Zhang Dan Shui's low position in the Zhang Family, it was even less likely for him to be able to force others to believe him. He had no reason to leak out this piece of news either.

"But it's still dangerous, Young Miss."

"Just this once."

When Nan Hua was closer to Zhang Dan Shui, she could clearly see the traces of abuse on the young man's body. There were some bruises on his hands and neck. Black mark formed under his eyes, the clear indication that he lacked sleep.

In this world where sons were greatly valued, there were only some rare cases where the son would be bullied.

And that was if the main wife was jealous.

Or the son was so useless that the parents even wished to throw him away. But considering how Old Master Nan couldn't even bear to throw away his son, Nan Hua was more inclined to the first option. Zhang Dan Shui himself was very capable but he clearly didn't show any of his talent since he was still a low ranked official.

There might be someone in Zhang Family who was abusing Zhang Dan Shui, thus forcing the young man to hide his fangs.

"Will you follow my order?" Nan Hua asked faintly.

"Young Miss?" Hou Lin was stunned.

"Investigate Zhang Family."

This was the first time Hou Lin listened someone other than Old Master Nan gave an order to him.

However….