Chapter 149: All is well

In the distance, the sound of wooden clappers could be heard, "It's midnight, three o'clock in the morning, everything is fine..."

Zhu Gaoxu continued to sit in the dark for a long time, and finally stood up.

He first took out a piece of incense from his cloth bag, then blew on the fire stick to light the incense, while turning his head to watch by the light of the fire. After the incense was lit, he held his breath, inserted the incense into the gap between the wooden tables not far away, and then covered the fire stick. He immediately walked out of the house and closed the door tightly.

Zhu Gaoxu carried a cloth bag on his back and a high stool in his hand. He quietly groped his way out of the house, walking forward carefully, sticking close to the wall.

Walking out of the alley, there was a lamp at the gate of the mansion in the distance, and the light was brighter. Zhu Gaoxu sometimes walked quickly, sometimes walked carefully, trying to stay in th