Four days earlier.
Although security was thought of in the capital, it was easier to avoid detection by pretending to be merchants. At daybreak, a Caravan belonging to a popular spice merchant from western Liang rode into the city after being cleared at the gates. Four cloaked men rolled out from under the carriages as the caravan made its way through the business district.
The cloaked men moved stealthily through the connecting alleyways, they avoided the guard stationed on the street of the capital. They stopped at the back door of a famous tea house and, the taller of the fall men, Yu Tao knocked quietly at the door. Seconds later uncle Lu the steward of the Lu family answered the door, "Eldest young master, you have arrived", he opened the door wide and stepped back to let them in. He shut the door and pulled the bolt forward after Lu Yaozhu stepped in.
