Chapter 187 The Time Has Come
Hu Weiyong smiled and said, "It's urgent. I need your help right now. Why don't you agree, Brother Tu?"

"This..." Tu Jie lowered his head and remained silent, appearing very hesitant.

Hu Weiyong said: "If you don't agree, that's fine, just treat it as a joke."

Tu Jie still kept his head down and remained silent.

Hu Weiyong was not angry, but became more diligent: "In fact, the most urgent task at the moment is to cut off one of your majesty's arms. The Chunhe Palace Qianhu Suo is now in full swing, spying on us everywhere, making us timid. Therefore, if we want to assassinate the emperor, we must first assassinate their eyes and ears. I have made up my mind and have decided to take down this Qianhu Suo. I have already made up my mind on this matter."

Tu Jie then perked up again and said, "I'd like to hear the details."

Hu Weiyong did not shy away from talking about his plans and arrangements.

Tu Jie was shocked when he heard this and took a breath of cold air.

Seeing him like this, Hu Weiyong smiled and said, "Why, what do you think?"

Tu Jie said worriedly, "I'm afraid everyone has their own agenda... and is unwilling to risk their lives."

Hu Weiyong said disapprovingly: "This is easy. I have my own way. You will know when the time comes."

"What's the matter?" Tu Jie said, "I wonder if Mr. Hu has any clever tricks."

But at this point, Hu Weiyong showed a profound look on his face, and said: "You will know the answer in the day and night of tomorrow. It's not that I don't trust Brother Tu, but this matter is of great importance and cannot be spoken lightly. Brother Tu can go back and prepare and wait for good news. After the matter is completed, it will be time to rely on Brother Tu."

Tu Jie did not want to ask any more questions. In fact, the news Hu Weiyong had just told him had already shocked him. He hurriedly bowed and said, "In this case, our lives and property will be entrusted to Mr. Hu. Mr. Hu... do your best."

Hu Weiyong stroked his beard and smiled faintly, watching Tu Jie leave.

As soon as Tu Jie left, a scholar in a Confucian robe and a silk scarf appeared and said to Hu Weiyong, "Mr. Hu, why did you ask Tu Jie to escort you just now? Didn't we make all the arrangements long ago?"

Hu Weiyong looked very confident and said with a smile, "Although Tu Jie is a talkative person, he is always timid. Now that a storm is about to come, he actually came to visit us, and he seems to be impatient."

After a pause, Hu Weiyong continued, "I treat him as a brother, so I naturally don't doubt him, but this move is indeed suspicious. Could it be that this person has been bribed, or has exposed us?"

The scholar frowned and said, "Then..."

Hu Weiyong smiled and said, "That's why I said this on purpose to test him. This is just a fantasy. With Tu Jie's cowardly character, he would never dare to do such a thing. But if he has really been bribed and has evil intentions, he will definitely agree to it in order to gain my trust. But if he hesitates and dares not accept it, it fits his indecisive character."

The scholar immediately showed a look of sudden enlightenment and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder Hu Gong saw him hesitating just now, but Hu Gong told him a lot of secrets. Hu Gong's mind is really unfathomable."

Hu Weiyong simply said: "This person can be used, but we have to be on guard. The information given to him may be true or false, false or true. We just need to continue to act according to our plan."

As he spoke, Hu Weiyong looked at him deeply and said, "Have you arranged everything?"

The scholar hurriedly said, "Everything has been arranged. The outcome will be clear tomorrow night."

Hu Weiyong nodded, his eyes gleaming with a light as sharp as an ice knife, and said, "Our life and death, honor and disgrace will all depend on that night."

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Deng Qianqiu frowned as he listened to Tu Jie's vivid report.

Zhu Chong took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask, "Does this old dog really dare to rebel?"

Zhu Di was eager to try, and said: "Great, wonderful, let's go and capture Hu Weiyong now. This is the first achievement. From now on, the emperor will look at us with new eyes, haha..."

Zhu rolled his eyes at his two brothers and said, "You are so ignorant despite all the things we have learned. It would be easy for the emperor to arrest Hu Weiyong. Why would you and I do it? What the emperor wants is to not alert the enemy so that we can catch Hu Weiyong and his followers. If we go to arrest him now, it would be strange if the emperor would be nice to us."

Deng Qianqiu waved his hands and said, "Don't make noise, don't make noise, there might be something strange here. Hu Weiyong's arrangement is obviously problematic, I'm afraid... these are just tricks to deceive people. This old dog is not a human, he is like a brother to Tu Jie, but who knows, he is still on guard against Tu Jie."

Tu Jie was shocked and asked hurriedly, "Why did Captain Deng say that? Is what he said false?"

Deng Qianqiu said, "At least not all of it is true. Think about it. If Hu Weiyong dared to rebel, could he succeed with these arrangements alone? From beginning to end, he never mentioned the person in the Yiluansi. They have been working in private for so many years. If there were no Yiluansi people covering for them, how could they have kept it secret? How could the Yiluansi be completely ineffective in such an important matter? Therefore, the so-called plan this person mentioned... is just a cover. The real plan must be hidden under this cover."

After hearing this, Tu Jie frowned and lowered his head.

Deng Qianqiu glanced at him and said, "You can go back first. I will tell you when I need you."

Tu Jie said awkwardly, "Yes." As soon as Tu Jie left, Zhu Di couldn't help but said with great joy, "Tu Jie now knows that Hu Weiyong had concealed the truth from him. He must have repented and realized Hu Weiyong's sinister intentions. I see that he looks unhappy, haha..."

Deng Qianqiu glanced at Zhu Di and said, "Really? I don't think so."

Zhu Di was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why, Master, what did I say wrong?"

Deng Qianqiu said: "In my opinion, Tu Jie is not regretting Hu Weiyong's deception. On the contrary, he is quite regretful now. Think about it, since he is hanging out with Hu Weiyong, doesn't he know that Hu Weiyong is also using him? We are all smart people, not fools. Even if Tu Jie is timid, he is not so stupid."

"Tu Jie finally submitted and worked for us, but it was only because his ambition and desire were overcome by the fear of what was to come. He thought that Hu Weiyong had little chance of success, so he had to serve us obediently. But think about it, now he knows that Hu Weiyong still has many tricks up his sleeve, and Hu Weiyong is far from being as simple as he imagined, so he will never regret making friends with Hu Weiyong and being fooled by him."

Deng Qianqiu continued with a smile: "He would think that if he had known this earlier, he would have followed Hu Weiyong all the way to the end. Perhaps, if Hu Weiyong really succeeded, he would become a great contributor to the emperor and remain rich and powerful forever."

After hearing this, Zhu Di was stunned. Deng Qianqiu's analysis was far darker than he understood.

He couldn't help but frown, and subconsciously said: "If it is really as Master said, then this Tu Jie is indeed terrible, but Master's words really enlightened me. I understand, I understand."

He actually showed a look of joy and happiness on his face.

Zhu Chong, however, did not have such joy. He was now rubbing his hands and eager to try, but he stared at Deng Qianqiu and said, "Master, then what exactly is Hu Weiyong's back-up plan?"

Deng Qianqiu couldn't help but frown after hearing this, revealing a bit of annoyance, and said, "That's the problem. What exactly does this person want to do? It's really hard to figure out. I have to figure it out carefully. What kind of hidden card does this person... have? And what about the Yiluansi, exactly..."

Deng Qianqiu did not continue. At this moment, he was lost in deep thought. In fact, he had always had a strange feeling, that is... Hu Weiyong in history was by no means a mediocre person, but why was he so confident that he dared to rebel against Zhu Yuanzhang?

After living two lifetimes, Deng Qianqiu must have known that Hu Weiyong's rebellion did not succeed. So... where did Hu Weiyong's confidence come from?
Deng Qianqiu racked his brains, constantly comparing history and reality, and constantly chewing on the various information that Tu Jie had just provided.

The matter was of great importance, so Deng Qianqiu dared not relax at all and had to put in his utmost effort.

Although Zhu Chong and the others were also very curious, they were tactful and did not dare to disturb Deng Qianqiu at this time.

Suddenly, Deng Qianqiu's eyes widened, and he suddenly thought of something, and said, "I...seem to understand. Yes, it is very likely that this is the case..."

Immediately, Deng Qianqiu punched the table hard.

Zhu Chong immediately came up to him, looked at him with sharp eyes and asked, "Master, what do you mean?"

Deng Qianqiu said, "I will write a letter immediately and send it to the palace. However... I don't trust anyone else, so I have to trust His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. I will write a secret letter right now, and you must not hesitate and go to the palace immediately... His Majesty will know it as soon as he sees it."

Zhu Chong: “…”

Well, he finally asked lonely.

Deng Qianqiu did not hesitate and immediately took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to write. Soon, a report was completed.

.........

The next day, late at night, a thin layer of clouds obscured the moonlight.

Hu Weiyong sat upright in his study. He kept this posture and waited for a long time.

All in all, he hadn't slept for a whole day and a night, but now he still looked energetic.

At this moment, someone came in hurriedly and said, "Master, it's almost midnight."

Hu Weiyong opened his eyes suddenly, a barely perceptible coldness flashed across his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Send a signal, tell them... to take action."

The man nodded: "Yes."

But at the moment when this person was about to turn around and leave, Hu Weiyong suddenly said, "Come back."

The man hurriedly stopped.

At this moment, Hu Weiyong narrowed his eyes slightly, which made people feel a little eerie. He said, "After taking the heads of your majesty and Deng Qianqiu, they must not be destroyed. These two things are useful to me."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)