103: If you dare to kill me, Chen Pingping, I will kill Zhan Dou.

Chapter 103: You Dare to Kill My Chen Pingping, I Dare to Kill Zhan Doudou! (33)

Southern Qing, Imperial Study.

By Emperor Qing's side, there was only Hong Sixiang.

"Si Xiang, a Great Grandmaster openly killing someone has never happened in so many years. Wu Zhu has given Us a difficult problem!"

"This incident is different from 'Si Gu Jian killing Lin Gong'. This time, it was an diplomatic occasion where people from three countries were present, under the watchful eyes of many!"

Hong Sixiang said, "The Four Grandmasters not making a move is a mutual understanding between them."

"Northern Qi's state letter merely made this clear. Ku He wants revenge, and he wants to kill a key figure of Great Qing!"

Emperor Qing sneered, "He wants to kill one of Our generals, and then We send you to kill his Saintess?"

"I'm afraid Ku He will intercept you halfway, seeking a battle between Great Grandmasters, which would be more troublesome."

Hong Sixiang suggested, "Why not announce to the outside world that Wu Zhu is not a Qing Kingdom citizen? He doesn't care anyway."

Emperor Qing shook his head, "Wu Zhu wouldn't care, but if that were the case, Fan Xian would be disheartened. If Fan Xian is disheartened, Wu Zhu would become estranged."

"Who do you think Ku He will target?"

Hong Sixiang frowned and said, "Director Chen, The Eldest Princess, the Crown Prince, Qin Ye, Prince Yong, and the Second Prince."

"If not for Great Grandmaster Ye Liuyun, Ye Zhong would also be a possibility."

Emperor Qing tapped the back of his chair and said, "Yun Rui and the Crown Prince are in the palace; Ku He wouldn't dare to act rashly."

"The others... Chen Pingping, Qin Ye, Prince Yong, the Second Prince."

"If Ku He is thinking for Qi Country, he will definitely kill Chen Pingping."

"If he acts according to his own preferences, he will definitely kill Prince Yong."

"A Great Grandmaster killing someone is impossible to guard against!"

It hadn't been long since Wu Zhu's assassination of Lin Gong, and facts had already proven that no matter how many experts there were, they couldn't stop a Great Grandmaster.

"How have you handled the matter I assigned to you?"

Hong Sixiang bowed and said, "This old servant has already met Young Master Fan, but he refused to reveal Wu Zhu's whereabouts."

"This old servant conveyed Your Majesty's words to him, and he listened and promised to restrain Wu Zhu from publicly killing people again."

Emperor Qing snorted coldly, "Hmph! If Wu Zhu publicly kills again, it will completely disrupt Our years of planning!"

Qing Kingdom was in a dominant position among the three countries; Si Gu Jian and Ku He would not actively provoke it.

This was the reason Emperor Qing could hide for many years, and also the source of his confidence in his schemes.

Wu Zhu's public killing provoked Ku He's retaliation, which put Emperor Qing in a very passive position, so Wu Zhu absolutely could not be allowed to do such a thing again.

This incident of a Great Grandmaster acting must also be stopped in time, and absolutely not allowed to develop and spread.

In Emperor Qing's plans, it was not yet time for a decisive battle between Great Grandmasters.

"Fan Xian is seriously injured, but Wu Zhu is not by his side. Where could he have gone?"

Emperor Qing couldn't guess the reason for a while, so he turned to ask about the reactions of others.

"The state letter arrived several days ago. What were the reactions of these people?"

Hong Sixiang said, "The Eldest Princess and the Crown Prince are as usual; they spend most of their time in the palace."

"Director Chen and Old General Qin both publicly stated that whoever Ku He kills, it is that person's glory, indicating that they are Great Qing's number one meritorious official!"

"The Second Prince also said that if Ku He could hear him, he should come and kill him quickly, to leave Director Chen and Old General Qin for Qing Kingdom."

"His Highness Prince Yong acted as if nothing happened, perhaps thinking that Ku He wouldn't target him."

Emperor Qing grinned, "The Second Prince... he really dares!"

In the Second Prince's Residence.

The Second Prince, Xie Bi'an, and Fan Wujiu were eating hotpot and listening to music.

Xie Bi'an said, "Your Highness, Director Chen and Old General Qin both praised your backbone and courage!"

Li Chengze tossed his hair, revealing a confident smile.

"What good is there in killing me? Keeping me allows me to contend with the Crown Prince, causing internal strife in our Qing Kingdom."

"If Ku He isn't out of his mind, he will definitely kill Director Chen and Old General Qin."

"Old General Qin is older and often dozes off in court; Director Chen is the most dangerous one!"

Fan Wujiu, while reading a book, exclaimed, "Your Highness's insight! Chen Pingping should be the most nervous."

"Officials in court now admire Your Highness greatly!"

Li Chengze continued, "Our Great Qing is the strongest country in the world, and Imperial Father cannot show weakness to Northern Qi."

"I've already found out that the state letter sent back to Northern Qi contains only two words."

"'Come kill'!"

Fan Wujiu excitedly slapped the table, "A Great Grandmaster should have such audacity."

"You dare to kill my Chen Pingping, I dare to kill Zhan Doudou!"

Li Chengze quickly stopped Fan Wujiu's fervor, "You'd better hope the two Great Grandmasters know when to stop and don't make it too ugly."

"If Ku He truly succeeds in his revenge killing, he will definitely move into the Imperial Palace to protect their little emperor."

"Although I dare to speak out, if both sides truly fight to the death, it will eventually be my turn!"

Fan Manor.

Wu Zhu finally brought back the Cultivation Technique. "Fan Xian, with this Cultivation Technique, you can dissipate the Sword Intent in a month."

Fan Xian, smelling the familiar fragrance, let out a cry of surprise, "Uncle, it smells even better this time. Are you seriously injured?"

Wu Zhu truthfully said, "I need a year to recuperate, but Ku He is also barely clinging to life."

"Before I leave, I will teach Shadow a few moves and have him try his best to protect you."

Fan Xian flipped through the Secret Manual, and his suppressed mood immediately improved greatly. The Overbearing True Qi he had Cultivated since infancy would finally not be crippled.

"Uncle, if it weren't for you, I really don't know how many times I would have died."

"You injured Ku He? Then he can't come to the capital to take revenge and kill people, right?"

"Now, Director Chen should be the most dangerous, always at risk of being assassinated by Ku He."

Wu Zhu firmly said, "Fan Xian, do not publicize the fact that I am injured or that Ku He is injured."

"I have already appeared in public once. Now is a good time to recuperate and hide for a while. No one must discover my whereabouts."

"Young Miss's box key... I'll retrieve it when I've recovered from my injuries."

Fan Xian knew that Wu Zhu might have secrets, so he didn't ask further and immediately agreed.

Prince Yong's Residence.

Jing Ni also reported the movements of these individuals, but the matters of Wu Zhu and Ku He were beyond the Net's intelligence.

"Chen Pingping, Qin Ye, and Li Chengze are all very calm."

Li Chang'an said, "Li Chengze knows that his chances of being assassinated are lower than those two old men."

"Qin Ye knows he's old, and it wouldn't be worth it for Ku He to kill him."

"Chen Pingping has long been plotting against Emperor Qing. If Ku He truly wanted to kill him, Chen Pingping would tell Ku He his plan, and Ku He wouldn't make a move."

Jing Ni chuckled, "Your Highness's insight is truly profound. So, the most dangerous one is Li Chengze?"

Li Chang'an calmly said, "Wrong, it's this Prince!"

He was a prophet, of course he knew Ku He's fanaticism for religion and his devotion to Ye Qingmei.

When he played at the Altar of Heaven, Ku He probably already harbored murderous intentions.

However, with Li Chang'an's current Cultivation, he wasn't afraid of Ku He's assassination.

At that time, two tanky fighters would fight for a long time, and neither would be able to kill the other.

If Ku He dared to threaten to expose Li Chang'an's Cultivation, Li Chang'an would threaten Ku He to expose that Zhan Doudou was a girl.

Therefore, Li Chang'an was not afraid at all.

"After the Supervisory Council received this Prince's message, what was their reaction?"

Jing Ni replied, "The Supervisory Council purchased a large amount of paper, which should be as Your Highness predicted, to widely publicize Li Yunrui's crimes."

Li Chang'an had placed the details of Li Yunrui's collusion with Zhuang Mo Han to cripple Fan Xian on Chen Pingping's face, precisely to have Chen Pingping deal with Li Yunrui.

Fan Xian was almost crippled, and this even caused such a major diplomatic incident, all because Li Yunrui was stirring things up behind the scenes.

To vent Fan Xian's anger, and to remove an opponent for Fan Xian in the capital, paving a better path for him, Chen Pingping would inevitably deal with Li Yunrui.

The two countries' delegations had long since departed, and Zhuang Mo Han was probably already at the border. The exchange of Xiao En was a foregone conclusion, so Chen Pingping would definitely act.

If the delegations were still in the capital, after this matter erupted, Zhuang Mo Han and Yun Zhilan being detained would be a minor issue; even the agreement to exchange Xiao En might be annulled.

In that case, Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping's plan to extract secrets from Xiao En would fall through.

The next day.

Overnight, the streets and alleys of the capital were suddenly filled with flyers about Li Yunrui.

The common people who saw the flyers all discussed animatedly, because the matters mentioned within were too significant!

In Guangxin Palace, Li Yunrui naturally received the news immediately.

Imperial Attendant Bai was reading the words on the flyer to Li Yunrui, "...Now there is a patriotic scholar secretly residing in Northern Qi, Li Yunrui, a treacherous and cunning villain, betrayed a loyal national hero to Northern Qi..."

As she read, Imperial Attendant Bai suddenly said nervously, "Your Highness, the flyer says you have a private affair with Master Zhuang!"

"It says you betrayed Yan Bingyun to Zhuang Mo Han, so Zhuang Mo Han could exchange Yan Bingyun for his younger brother, Xiao En!"

Li Yunrui, who was grinding flower petals, could no longer remain calm. She snatched the flyer and began to read it.

"Nonsense! How could this Princess have a private affair with an old man!"

"What exactly is going on? Who is confusing the public!"

Li Yunrui was somewhat flustered. Now that the matter was so big, the Supervisory Council would definitely investigate!

More importantly, she didn't know how much else the person who scattered the flyers knew!

In Prince Yong's Residence, Li Chang'an also received a flyer.

On the paper Li Chang'an gave to Chen Pingping, the existence of the Junshan Society was clearly written, as was the process of Zhuang Mo Han and Yun Zhilan harming Fan Xian.

However, the flyers Chen Pingping distributed did not mention these matters, replacing the Junshan Society's transactions with a private affair.

Actually, this matter is easy to understand.

Because, since its establishment, the Supervisory Council had no information about the Junshan Society.

If the Junshan Society were written into the flyers, Emperor Qing would definitely heavily punish the Supervisory Council.

The reason Chen Pingping used the method of Fan Xian scattering flyers in the original play was to punish Li Yunrui and vent Fan Xian's anger.

If it weren't spread with such a big fanfare, Emperor Qing would not deal with Li Yunrui.

Li Chang'an believed that Chen Pingping would definitely mention the Junshan Society in his investigation report to Emperor Qing.

In that case, the Supervisory Council could still gain considerable merit.

Releasing this news should be enough to give Li Yunrui a hard time.

When Li Yunrui had no choice but to hand over the financial power of the Imperial Treasury, Emperor Qing temporarily had no suitable candidate, so Lin Wan'er could volunteer herself.

As for whether it would succeed, it depended on whether Li Yunrui's private establishment of the Junshan Society challenged Emperor Qing's bottom line.

The next day, in the Imperial Study.

Chen Pingping and Emperor Qing sat opposite each other, Chen Pingping already holding an investigation report.

"Your Majesty, the Supervisory Council has already interrogated Guo Youzhi's coachman. The coachman did indeed transport Zhuang Mo Han into the inner palace."

"It can now be concluded that there must be a transaction between The Eldest Princess and Zhuang Mo Han, and Guo Youzhi is a subordinate of The Eldest Princess!"

"In addition, the Supervisory Council's secret agents in Northern Qi secretly investigated Prime Minister Tie's identity. His identity as Shang Shanhu's closed-door Disciple might be fake."

"That young man named Prime Minister Tie is connected to a killer organization called the Junshan Society."

"But this organization is very secretive, and there is currently no concrete evidence!"

Emperor Qing looked at the memorial, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper. "Junshan Society? A killer organization? Junshan is within Great Qing's borders!"

"That is to say, Yun Rui and Zhuang Mo Han's private affair is pure fabrication, but Prime Minister Tie should be a young expert found by Zhuang Mo Han and Shang Shanhu from the Junshan Society!"

Chen Pingping continued, "The specific details of the transaction between The Eldest Princess and Zhuang Mo Han are probably only known to the two of them."

Emperor Qing snorted coldly, "That's not hard to guess. Li Yunrui wants to cripple Fan Xian's True Qi and destroy his Foundation!"

"Earlier, ruining his reputation didn't work, and assassination wasn't successful. Now she even colluded with Northern Qi to cause such an incident!"

"She wants to make Fan Xian unable to establish himself in court, and thus unable to take over the Imperial Treasury!"

"Ultimately, it's still about the Imperial Treasury!"

Chen Pingping concealed the matter of the Junshan Society involving a Great Grandmaster, because this force might be used by him.

The reason he dared to conceal it was his firm belief that in this world, only Wu Zhu could silently enter the Supervisory Council and place a piece of paper on his face!

Therefore, he guessed that these matters were heard by Wu Zhu in the Imperial Palace.

Wu Zhu informed Chen Pingping of these matters to allow him to vent Fan Xian's anger.

Indeed, Emperor Qing frowned and asked, "Who scattered these flyers yesterday?"

Chen Pingping stared into Emperor Qing's eyes and firmly said, "It should be Wu Zhu's doing!"

In Emperor Qing's heart, he already believed Chen Pingping's answer seven or eight tenths.

Besides Wu Zhu, who could eavesdrop on imperial palace secrets without being detected at all?

He called out to Eunuch Hou at the door, "Let Li Yunrui in!"

At this moment, Li Yunrui had already been waiting at the door for a long time.

Emperor Qing directly threw the memorial with the investigation report to Li Yunrui, "See for yourself the good deeds you've done!"

Li Yunrui picked up the memorial and read it in detail.

She saw that the Supervisory Council had already obtained concrete evidence against Guo Youzhi, and her face showed no emotion.

However, when she saw the three words 'Junshan Society', her pupils instantly contracted!

On yesterday's flyer, there was clearly no mention of the Junshan Society!

Why would the Junshan Society appear in the Supervisory Council's report!

Although the report only stated that Prime Minister Tie was found through the Junshan Society, it did not reveal the fact that the Junshan Society had a Great Grandmaster.

However, such an organization was already very difficult to explain.

Li Yunrui finished reading the memorial and intended to downplay the serious matters, "Guo Youzhi is indeed my subordinate, and I did meet Zhuang Mo Han."

"That was because I had many questions about Master Zhuang's writings, so I invited him to answer them."

"My betrayal of Yan Bingyun is purely groundless..."

She was about to continue, but Emperor Qing directly interrupted.

"What is the Junshan Society, and how could it contact Si Gu Jian!"

Hearing this question, Li Yunrui's heart tightened.

What kind of trick were these two old foxes playing? The report didn't say the Junshan Society was related to Si Gu Jian!

Chen Pingping subconsciously touched the armrest of his wheelchair. I didn't write that the Junshan Society was related to Si Gu Jian either!

Wu Zhu wouldn't have given a copy of that letter to His Majesty, would he? Impossible!

Then, how did His Majesty know!