Chapter 71 Playing Big [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

At the edge of the red wall, Wan Renshan, with his hands behind his back, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "After all, he is her nephew, so it is normal for him to make a fuss. Maybe he is hurt, so he got angry at me this morning--"

"..."

The old man said it lightly, but Wei Mingqi felt that he had caused him a lot of trouble, especially this time. If the woman from the Zhao family was not sober-minded, she would probably hate him as well.

There has to be an explanation after all.

Wei Mingqi told him the whole story of yesterday's incident, and finally said:

"I have the power to protect myself now. Just dismiss me from my post this time. First, I will give an explanation to the court. Second, we will both be relieved. I will still help you with any problems in the future."

Wan Renshan seemed not to hear him, and turned to ask about the military crossbow: "Who do you think is behind those rangers?"

"Hard to say."

Wei Mingqi frowned self-awarely:

"I have too many enemies. Let's not talk about the people in the martial arts world. I have cleared out so many people in the West Prefecture alone. If anyone wants to suspect me, it could be any party."

"Then let's take a look at it——"

Wanrenshan stretched out his finger calmly:

"The Jianghu is one side, and the remaining people in the West Mansion like Luo Heng are also one side. What are they busy doing at this time?"

Wei Mingqi frowned slowly. Under the surveillance of the East Palace spies, the actions of these underworld forces that were related to him or the "slippery fish" of Chaotian Palace were not secret.

Since the news of his leaving the palace spread, these forces have been ready to take action, but because he had the support of the imperial court at that time, these people were still cautious.

Then two catalysts appeared.

One is that Wei Mingqi used the power of the "remnants" of Chaotian Palace to clean up the old clans in Xifu. In the eyes of some people, not only did his own "ambition" show signs of revival, but even the fish that escaped their liquidation were gathered together.

The remnants represented by Yu Qing and Wang Zaiming surfaced, which was even more of a shock to them than Wei Mingqi himself.

Secondly, there are the old men from the West Mansion like Luo Heng who fled from the capital when they saw the situation was not good. It was because of their coordination that these forces showed signs of uniting and taking action.

But just as Xie Beiling began to persuade him to go to Xifu, because he was in the capital, because he had the support of the imperial court, because of Wanren Mountain and the Twelve Regiments guarding the capital, these signs were just signs.

Not everyone has the confidence to disobey the imperial court and bring people to Beijing to assassinate him as an imperial official, so so many forces are still in a silent period before contacting each other and reaching a unified consensus internally.

Following this line of thought, Wei Mingqi felt that if he were Luo Heng and others, he would not do insignificant actions on the eve of the storm.

Killing a few of his men is nothing. As long as he is crushed to death with a thunderbolt, King Yuqing will know that these remnants who have been exposed can still become powerful? It's not impossible to kill them all at once.

"After careful consideration, it certainly doesn't look like the work of Dian Cang Lou and Luo Heng."

Wei Mingqi frowned and murmured softly:

"But there is no doubt that they were coming for me. Their purpose was probably to intensify the conflict between me and the imperial court in the Beijing camp. In fact, they did it."

Wan Renshan was pleased to see that he understood immediately, and continued the topic:
"After finding out the source of these crossbows, do you still want to go to Xujiabao?"

Wei Mingqi nodded.

Seeing this, Wan Renshan continued: "If you really found out something, given your personality, what would you do?"

There was silence beside him for a while.

“…That’s quite sinister.”

Wei Mingqi had completely come to his senses and said, "If I raise my butcher knife again, those hesitant forces in the martial arts world will surely make up their minds. Plus, even if the imperial court doesn't deal with me, it will definitely turn against me. I will have enemies all over the world." Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

Unconsciously, he seemed to have been set up by someone? It seems that there are bad people among the crowd, everyone is fighting and killing, are you playing tricks on me?
"It's not surprising that the person behind the scenes knows my temper. You can find out by looking at my past deeds. But he seems to know Zhao Chengsi and the Zhao family very well, and he has the power to bring this batch of military crossbows into the capital..."

Wei Mingqi gradually came up with the answer in his mind:

"The only people who have the energy to kill me should be Southwest. They want to stir up trouble in Beijing so that they can take the opportunity to kill me."

The price of the Four Spirits' rare object, Longweixiu, is immeasurable. It is also a legacy of the Daqian royal family. The small southwestern court will definitely get it back at all costs.

But the capital is the core of the Guanzhong court, with heavy troops stationed at its side. It would be difficult to send someone to kill him and then take Long Yuan away.

That's why they have to muddy the waters here, and it would be best to let a large number of gangsters come in, so that it will be easier for them to take advantage of the situation.

"Old man, then let's take advantage of their trick?"

Wei Mingqi, who had figured it out, looked ruthless: "You cut off ties with me, leaving me isolated and helpless, and then when the turtles are in the jar, we'll kill them ruthlessly!"

"How can this be considered a happy experience?"

Wan Renshan looked over and said, "How about we two, grandpa and grandson, have a big game this time?"

"Isn't that big?"

Wei Mingqi almost suspected that he had heard it wrongly, and turned to look at him curiously:
"How would you like to play?"

"..."

There was no one around at this time, so Wan Renshan stopped and asked him, "You have met all three generations of the Zhao family this time. What do you think of the Zhao family?"

"Traitor."

Wei Mingqi said without thinking: "Your own grandson was beaten to death but you still endure it. It's obvious that you have big plans. If it were me, I would not hesitate to lead troops to attack the palace."

"..."

Wanrenshan looked at him helplessly.

With that kind of mouth, if he could be more talkative and softer, he would have owned half of the Wu family's kingdom, and there wouldn't be such a standoff with the two women in the palace.

"He's actually not as tolerant as you think."

Wan Renshan pointed out: "If he could have endured it, he would not have given so much of the annual salary of the 12th Battalion to his son. Although people are close or distant, and there is nothing wrong with human relationships, but in the end, this coward was exposed."

At this time, Wei Mingqi thought of the crossbows and black-clad cannons in the warehouse of Fenwei Camp.

"If nothing unexpected happens in the capital, Zhao Yanjun might be able to continue to endure it while exposing his buttocks. I don't know how long he can endure it. Maybe he won't have this chance even after he dies."

"But we should always be prepared for the worst. We have already seen the signs, so it would be best to strangle him to death. Besides, it can also make that old turtle have thoughts that he shouldn't have behind his back, which shows that there are many people in our Guanzhong court who have evil intentions."

"I couldn't find any opportunities in the past, and they never missed any mistakes. This time, I might as well use you as a target to lure them out."

"..."

Wei Mingqi only now realized that the old man's murderous intent had always been greater than his.

"So what are you going to do?"

(End of this chapter)