After an uneventful night, as dawn broke, the guards of the Qi Family began their work quietly.
Someone rode a horse nearby to buy food, and also to scout the way.
Someone went to fetch water, prepared hot water, and waited for their masters to wake up for washing.
Others set up pots, taking rice, flour, meat, and eggs bought from a nearby village at high prices by their companions, ready to prepare a hearty breakfast.
At the break of dawn, Qin Yao called Liu Ji out to work, while she went back to catch up on sleep.
Liu Ji, holding his pot, looked at the orderly busy crowd across from him, regretting that he woke up too late. Otherwise, he could have helped fetch water and shown his face in front of the scholars.
But it was still fine now; without the excuse of fetching water, there were many other opportunities.
So, when Ding Shi and Liu Li woke up from their sleep, they found Liu Ji had somehow set his pot next to the Qi Family's cooking utensils.
