The sky gradually darkened, and the evening wind grew chilly.
After the operation during the day, not many were captured and brought back to the guard station, except for Qu Xin, who was caught in the thatched cottage and several other assassins. Most members of You Ying, who were responsible for guarding and alerting outside the house, died under the Jinyi Guard's siege.
It wasn't that the You Ying assassins lacked martial arts skills, but rather that the difference in numbers was too great.
The Jinyi Guard, after all, belonged to the Great Ming Court, and they could mobilize forces that no civilian organization could rival, especially since You Ying itself was a secret organization not big in numbers.
