Chapter 153 [Last Chance]

"Mr. Yuan, do you have to give me an explanation for this matter?"

Lin Ruofu looked at his long-time friend and adviser.

In all these years, he had never spoken to him in such an unfriendly tone as today.

The counselor with a mole on the corner of his mouth did not look panicked after hearing this. He just bowed slightly to the person in front of him and said slowly:
"My Lord, I also find this matter extremely strange.

Regarding the news that Li Chengqian was going to start a rebellion, I had already arranged a lot of people to spread out, but strangely, there wasn't much trouble.

This is really puzzling.”

During this period, counselor Yuan Hongdao, under the orders of Lin Ruofu, spread the news that Li Chengqian was going to rebel.

However, there was not a single ripple.

Logically speaking, once such treasonous remarks were spread, they would quickly become a hot topic and known to everyone.

However, the situation in Kyoto is now calm.

No one seemed to have heard of it.

This is an open conspiracy, a strategy to attack the heart, and a strategy to kill with a borrowed knife.

It is indeed truly vicious.

However, the result of no reaction at all is extremely puzzling.

The only possibility Lin Ruofu could think of was that something went wrong with Yuan Hongdao.

"Li Chengqian must have guessed about the assassination at the border, and that there was a traitor in the high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty who betrayed him.

Therefore, his return to Beijing this time was definitely not just to get married.

With his thunderous and ruthless methods, he would never let this matter go easily.

We will definitely investigate it thoroughly and kill everyone without mercy.

So, we don’t have much time…”

Lin Ruofu frowned tightly.

This prime minister, who is second only to the emperor, now feels that he is restricted in his actions and cannot do what he wants.

I've never felt this way before.

Until...his opponent was Li Chengqian.

Lin Ruofu never imagined that with his top-secret cooperation and the secret help of military spies, the assassination attempt by Northern Qi still failed to take Li Chengqian's life.

In that fatal assassination plan, the Grand Master personally took action.

There won’t be another mysterious grandmaster who will protect Li Chengqian this time, right?
However, even with such a thorough and thorough plan, they were unable to kill the rapidly rising Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace.

Moreover, Northern Qi was defeated step by step under his offensive, so he had to borrow rain from heaven and take advantage of the weather and terrain to decide the outcome of the battle.

At this point, Northern Qi was completely defeated and had no strength to fight.

"Is there really someone in this world who is immortal?" Lin Ruofu's face grew slightly gloomy.

This kind of gloomy expression is most likely to appear on the faces of failed and incompetent people.

However, at this moment, it appeared on the face of the prime minister who was in charge of the six ministries of the court.

In fact, Lin Ruofu hasn't shown this kind of expression for decades.

Today is the first time in decades.

It has been so long that he almost forgot that people can have such an angry expression when they are helpless.

"No, I don't believe it!" Lin Ruofu's narrowed eyes once again burst out with a strong murderous intent.

Cruel and ruthless with the intention of using any means necessary.

The struggle in the court is a life-and-death struggle.

Therefore, if he does not take action, it will be fine. But once he does, it will be a fight to the death.

"We must hit the target this time, otherwise we won't have another chance." Yuan Hongdao reminded.

As he spoke, the mole at the corner of his mouth trembled slightly.

Lin Ruofu glanced at him and said, "Mr. Yuan, please share your thoughts on this last chance to kill the opponent."

Yuan Hongdao seemed to be thinking. After a moment of silence, he said:

"Prime Minister, killing Li Chengqian is by no means an easy task.

There are a few things we need to consider before we get started.

First, there are many masters hidden around him, and those four maids alone are not something that ordinary people can deal with.

Apart from this, it is not yet known whether there are other mysterious masters protecting him.

But one thing is certain, that is, although Li Chengqian is extremely intelligent and ruthless, he has a fatal flaw that we can use to our advantage."

"What defect?" Lin Ruofu asked.

"That is, he doesn't know any martial arts, which gives us the opportunity to kill him," said Yuan Hongdao.

Hearing this, Lin Ruofu nodded to show his agreement and said:
“If he was a grandmaster, or just an eighth or ninth rank warrior, it wouldn’t be that easy to kill him.

However, since he doesn't know martial arts, that provides us with a slight possibility of a decisive kill."

Yuan Hongdao suddenly frowned for a moment and said:

"Prime Minister, have you ever thought of a possibility? It's not that Li Chengqian doesn't know martial arts, but he just hides it very deeply.

Our plan will fail.”

Hearing this, Lin Ruofu was silent for a long time before he said:

"That's absolutely impossible. If he knew martial arts, he would never have been injured so badly in the Royal Courtyard without taking action.

That time, he almost died on the spot.

There should be no doubt that he does not know martial arts.

Mr. Yuan, please continue, is there anything else? "

Yuan Hongdao nodded and continued:

"Secondly, we need to consider when, where, and under what circumstances to kill him, and how to leave no trace at all."

Lin Ruofu paced back and forth in the study room and thought for a while before saying:
“The Royal Courtyard might be a good choice.

Li Chengqian definitely doesn't have his own spies and men there.

Isn't he interested in Wan'er? If we can lure her to the Royal Courtyard and kill her, it might be a good choice of location."

Yuan Hongdao looked at the black chess piece in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said:

“The Royal Courtyard is a secluded place that won’t attract too much attention.

Moreover, that place is the royal territory, which is indeed a perfect place to take action.

In this case, we need to consider the third question. "

"explain."

"How to clear ourselves of suspicion of being involved with the Prime Minister's Mansion is the most crucial and important step.

If there is even the slightest deviation or mistake, His Majesty will be furious and will order the confiscation of property and extermination of the entire clan."

As Yuan Hongdao spoke, it seemed as if that desperate scene flashed through his mind.

Punishing nine generations of a family has always been the most severe form of punishment in ancient times.

That is really a complete massacre, without leaving any bloodline in the world.

From then on, this ethnic group completely disappeared from the world.

There won't be any bloodline inheritance or worldly air.

Lin Ruofu fell into deep thought about this last point.

After a long time, he seemed to have made some extremely painful decision.

"Wan'er is my daughter. If she also died in the royal courtyard and was buried with Li Chengqian, then naturally the Lin Mansion would not be suspected..."

Hearing this, even Yuan Hongdao, who was very cruel in his interrogation methods, couldn't help but tremble violently in his heart when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)