Perfect Encounter - Chapter 105.2

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Chapter 105.2

Big Long nodded. “Mr. Huo’s suicide note claimed that King Hui was behind everything. He couldn’t go back, so he wished Cao Yihan could safely return to Emperor De’s side, show him the letter, tell him the truth, and eliminate the rebellious ministers early to save his life.”

An Ruochen understood, “So the failure from five years ago is still on King Hui’s mind. He still wants to take the throne through war?”

“Based on the timing of the spy’s infiltration, he’s been plotting and arranging since that time. He has learned to play smartly this time. First, he doesn’t dare to start a nameless war. Second, South Qin suffered twenty years ago, and Emperor De also hopes to make peace, which could be seen from Mr. Huo’s arrival. That is why King Hui arranged for a spy, hoping to anger Great Xiao so that Great Xiao would send troops first. Even if Great Xiao doesn’t move, with all those provocations, South Qin will unite with East Ling to seek justice from Great Xiao, and it will be considered a masterpiece.”

An Ruochen was dumbfounded, “In his whole life, he went through a lot of trouble only to be an emperor? Then the bloodshed in wars, the lives sacrificed, all that is nothing? And trying to lure us, Great Xiao, to send troops first, then where does South Qin stand a chance of winning?”

“With the war on the border, the country’s capital would also be affected. Factions would be busy fighting in the court with invisible swords, and King Hui might take advantage of the chaos to seize power. It doesn’t matter if the soldiers and generals don’t have a chance of winning. To King Hui, it’s fine as long as he gets the throne. Even if it comes down to peace talks or even relinquishing his hold over part of South Qin’s land and paying war reparations, as long as he becomes the emperor, all this doesn’t matter.”

“How could there be such an unscrupulous person.” An Ruochen was indignant, “But what about our Great Xiao’s spies?” She thought about it and gritted her teeth, “Alright, alright, glory and wealth and all that, I get it.”

Big Long added, “Mr. Huo must have been forced to commit suicide.”

“That’s what I thought too. I thought the assassin hid in the house early, put a knife on Mr. Huo’s neck, and forced him to write a suicide note. After Mr. Huo’s death, he hid back in the same place. Everyone found the body in a mess, and because it was a suicide, no one explored, and the guards would retreat. The assassin took this opportunity to escape. But there’s an implausible thing in this. There’s no way the assassin could give Mr. Huo the chance to write the second letter. If you say the Lord Governor is suspicious, maybe there was no assassin in the house. The Lord Governor or someone else forced Mr. Huo to kill himself, or else he did it himself. Mr. Huo had no way out. With all eyes staring at his house, he had no way to hide from his ears and eyes and then contact others, so he had to write another real suicide note for Mr. Cao secretly.”

“But since he was able to write another suicide note, why didn’t he write who forced him to kill himself, but only wrote that the person behind it was King Hui.”

An Ruochen froze. It made sense.

“He omitted the real culprit, so maybe the real culprit could see the letter.”

“Mr. Cao?” An Ruochen was surprised. If that was the case, then he was too good at pretending.

“No. Cao Yihan is impossible. His identity and his purpose are all wrong. King Hui is highly cynical. There’s no need to plant false evidence like this. Besides, from the factions of power in South Qin, only King Hui was capable of seizing power.” Big Long pondered and asked, “You said that handwriting came from Master Jing Yuan?”

“Yes. The villagers said she was thirty or forty years old, tall, thin, cold, and did not like to talk or get close to people. It’s a pity I didn’t find her.”

“Tang Xuan naturally had his purpose for bringing assassins up the mountain.”

An Ruochen reacted, “He wanted to kill Master Jing Yuan? Master Jing Yuan tipped us off that she was a traitor?” She immediately thought again, “If so, my fourth sister is alive!”

Big Long said, “I remember one person.”

“Who?”

“South Qin’s number one assassin, Zou Yun. Her reputation is famous. Great Xiao also knows about her. Back then, Lord Huang, who wanted to hire an assassin to assassinate King Hui, was exterminated by her. She is a wanted person in South Qin, but there has been no news of her over the years. I heard rumors from the jianghu but never met her.”

An Ruochen’s eyes glowed: “General, tell me more about South Qin. What about King Hui? What about hiring assassins and this killer? Now that the clues are complicated, and all of them are our guesses, the most direct method is for me to find Tang Xuan and use these to force him to tell the truth.”

Back inside the city, Governor Yao Kun entered the prison, dismissed the guard, and walked to Tang Xuan’s cell.

“Lord Governor.” Tang Xuan smiled calmly.

Yao Kun didn’t smile as he did and said. “Qian Pei came to me and asked me to release you.”

Tang Xuan laughed, “I’ve caused trouble for Master Qian and the Lord Governor.”

Yao Kun ignored his hypocritical politeness and added, “If he hadn’t come to me, I would have been just suspicious of you. But after he came to me and said those words, I became certain that you are a spy, and so is Qian Pei.”