Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

Chapter 296: Plan B

Seeing Luo Xiaoran's doubts, Chen Ji looked at Huineng deeply and asked Luo Xiaoran:

"Do you remember the day of the Harvest Party when we unexpectedly met outside Anruo Temple?"

"remember."

"At that time, Chen Lingyi suddenly appeared, but I didn't receive any news, which was very strange.

I asked Wei Lin to investigate with all his strength, and finally found out that Chen Lingyi had someone to meet and protect her all the way to the northern border, so she came quietly, and this person was Huineng.

I went to ask Huineng, and he did not deny it. Then I learned that the list of spies he gave me last year was obtained by pretending to surrender to Chen Lingyi.

Last year, when Chen Lingyi came to Anruo Temple to pray on behalf of Emperor Tianqi, Huineng found a way to catch Chen Lingyi's eye and became her spy.

Before Chen Lingyi left the Northern Territory, she handed over a part of the dark network of espionage lurking in the Northern Territory to Huineng, hoping that Huineng would bring these spies to bring her news from the Northern Territory continuously.

Little did I know, Huineng turned around and handed the list to me, but he did not tell me that he had become Chen Lingyi's spy. He just reminded me not to get rid of the people on the list immediately, but to find a way to use them or get rid of them with a legitimate reason.

It was also at that time that I used this part of the dark web to find out An Luhai, a spy who was highly valued by Chen Lingyi, and began to replace the information he sent to Chen Lingyi to confuse the various forces in Kyoto. "

So that's how it is. Luo Xiaoran lowered her eyes, feeling a little complicated.

"But why didn't Hui Neng tell you at the beginning that he had found a way to become Chen Lingyi's spy, but waited for you to discover it yourself a year later?"

Hearing Luo Xiaoran's question, Chen Ji seemed to have thought of something funny, and his eyes softened a little.

Huineng, who was sitting by the window, also laughed in tacit understanding, which made Luo Xiaoran frown.

When Chen Ji asked Huineng, Huineng said that he wanted to remain secret and not reveal his identity casually, even to Chen Ji...

"He was testing me. Like I said, he was kind of my teacher."

Soon, Chen Ji became serious and asked Luo Xiaoran:

"Do you remember I told you that Chen'er had been assassinated before, and that assassination was done by Chen Lingyi at Huineng's request.

When Chen Lingyi came to the northern border, she did not bring many people with her, so many things had to be done by local spies. Around Yizhou, the most likely people to do this were Huineng and An Luhai.

At that time, my people were watching An Luhai and he did not behave abnormally.

So, I tried to deceive Huineng, and he admitted it, saying that the assassination was just to appease Chen Lingyi, and I chose to believe him.

I knew Chen Lingyi would not give up on getting rid of Chen Er, so I arranged more secret guards to guard the palace, but I didn't expect that the person who tried to assassinate Chen Er the second time was still Huineng! "

"Wow - Xiao Ji'er! You said you saw Bai Xue here, but it turns out you were lying to me! You are so cunning!"

Bai Xue was the female assassin who fought with Wei Lin when Chen Xingchen was assassinated for the first time. There was a small white scar under the right corner of her eye.

"But I also tricked you!

Bai Xue's martial arts skills were not inferior to Wei Lin's. One reason why she deliberately lost the fight to create the illusion of a failed assassination was to cover the people who sneaked into Prince Yan's Mansion with her, find out the location of the kitchen, and make a plan to add drugs. Another reason was to protect her.

At that time, I was already preparing for the second assassination."

Even at this time, Huineng still had the leisure to tease Chen Ji and compete with him. He really had a good attitude.

After saying a lot of things proudly, he looked up and saw Chen Ji and Luo Xiaoran looking at him expressionlessly. Huineng tactfully calmed down his high emotions.

"I don't want to come for the second assassination attempt! But if I don't do it, Chen Lingyi will let someone else do it. It's better for me to go in person. Maybe there is room for maneuver."

Luo Xiaoran frowned even more tightly. If she understood correctly, Huineng was saying that he killed Chen'er for Chen'er?

"Don't make excuses anymore! Tell His Royal Highness Prince Yan that Chen Lingyi is planning to assassinate Chen Er again. Only by making preparations in advance can you protect Chen Er's safety to the greatest extent."

Huineng saw Luo Xiaoran’s indignant face and couldn’t help but shook his head and sighed.

"Luo Xiaoran, you are now so angry that you can no longer make correct judgments."

When Huineng finished speaking, Luo Xiaoran was stunned.

Chen Ji's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

Could it be that Huineng wanted to solve the problem once and for all?

"I want to solve this problem once and for all. After I complete this task, I can make Chen Lingyi completely give up thinking about Chen Xingchen!"

Once and for all? Luo Xiaoran seemed to understand what Huineng meant, but why did things turn out like this?

At this moment, Chen Ji asked the next question:

"Chen Lingyi didn't bring many people with her when she came to the Northern Territory. Where did the people you brought into Prince Yan's Palace come from?"

Huineng chuckled and started to feel proud again:

"A small number of them were sent to follow me by Chen Lingyi because she was worried about me. After all, I messed up the last assassination attempt!

Most of them are my own subordinates. You know, I am old now, I sleep less, and I have nothing to do, so I just casually trained some very powerful assassins. "

Chen Ji: …

Luo Xiaoran: ...

"My goal this time is to 'kill' Chen Xingchen and let Chen Lingyi's people see with their own eyes that Chen Xingchen is dead. Then Chen Xingchen will be safe.

But I didn't expect that an accident happened in the middle. A group of killers couldn't find a little kid named Chen Xingchen. How could I stage an assassination drama?

It's good that Chen Xingchen escaped, but I'm not prepared to replace his body!

Just when I was regretting not having a good Plan B, a spy under Chen Lingyi found me carrying a sack.

I opened the sack and found a child's body inside. The spy relayed Chen Lingyi's order and asked me to go back and put this body together with Chen Xingchen's body.

Chen Xingchen couldn’t be found for a long time, but a child’s body was brought to me. I knew it was God helping me!

I killed this spy and all of Chen Lingyi's people who saw this scene, creating the illusion that they died in a fight with the secret guards of Prince Yan's Palace.

Then, I changed the child's body into the clothes I found in Chen Xingchen's room.

The shoes were too small, so I had to chop off the child's toes.

The child didn’t look like a five-year-old, so I had to cut off a section of his legs as well.

I thought I was being very secretive when I did this, but I didn't know that there was a pair of eyes staring at me in the dark. "