Chapter 59: The Burning of Tianqi Gang_2

Afterward, Sun Yixie led Lei Buji to another courtyard next door. The details of their surprise attack on the guards would be omitted here, as the process was basically the same as in the first courtyard, which involved Sun Yixie drawing attention while another struck from the shadows, sometimes utilizing knockout drugs and sometimes not, adapting to the situation as it arose.

About fifteen minutes later, all twenty guards within the five courtyards lay unconscious.

Only then did they return to the first courtyard to begin releasing the prisoners.

Sun Yixie had given Lei Buji a heads-up that the first thing they would do upon opening the doors was to explain—"Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai had pretended to join Shen Youran, which is why they could now rescue you." This needed to be communicated to prevent misunderstanding; otherwise, some people might attack Brother Sun after being released, which would be unfortunate.