The Yong'an Inn was usually managed by the innkeeper, but everyone knew there was a silent mastermind behind the scenes. What they didn't know was that this unassuming innkeeper was actually a humble carriage driver in the service of King Dun Yu's Residence!
Li Xin gazed at the night sky, sighed deeply, and murmured with melancholy, "Since my master got a wife, this is all I've been doing—these clandestine activities under the cover of darkness. What have I become?"
Counting the incidents, he wondered, how many had there been?
Gathering intelligence from various sources, that was a minor issue.
The first time Huangfu Lingyao ordered him to cut off the hand of a servant in a medical hall, he was shocked!
He had asked at the time, "Master, why would this servant provoke your anger?"