Chapter 61: Assassination Under Our Nose
In the silent hall, everyone looked at Chen Ke, with anger, contempt, entanglement, and disbelief in their eyes.
Everyone is wise after the event, and they may not see clearly before the event happens.
But when the event happens, as long as the whole process is reversed, everything will be clear.
The five-step killing song deduced by Di Yijian is advanced layer by layer and linked together.
And the role played by Chen Ke as a spy of the demon clan is reflected in these five steps.
The previous four steps were successful, and only the last step was unexpected.
Because of the vigilance of the elders of the academy and the life-saving protection of the warriors under the King of Shu, the entire assassination operation failed.
It must be said that this is a blessing for His Royal Highness the King of Shu and a blessing for the Haotian Academy.
The face of the King of Shu Xia Yunchang was gloomy, but his eyes seemed to be spitting fire and murderous.
He still remembers the horrific scene at the moment of the explosion. Several of his guards were blown to pieces on the spot, and blood and flesh splattered all over him.
The subsequent rays of light blades and sword lights hit the defensive barrier, and the harsh scraping sounds still echoed in his ears.
Xia Yunchang stared at Chen Ke and grinned,
"You are really a good subject and a good viscount of my Great Xia. Chen Ke, I do have some grievances with your Chen family, but that was a gentleman's dispute.
I never thought you would be so unscrupulous. Do you think that if you kill me, your Chen family will be the only one in power from now on?!"
Chen Ke's face was a little pale, not because of fear, but because of excessive blood loss before.
Facing the murderous gaze of the King of Shu, Chen Ke said calmly,
"Your Highness, don't rush to throw dirty water on our Chen family. I have a few questions that I don't understand."
Di Yijian didn't give Chen Ke a chance to speak. He quickly stepped forward and clasped his fists and said,
"Your Highness, the student has discovered a secret."
"What secret?"
Di Yijian said solemnly,
"A few days ago, Chen Ke secretly handed a booklet to his best friend Ma Xiaoshu. I felt something was wrong, so I secretly took the booklet back."
As he spoke, he took out a thin booklet from his arms, raised his hands, and said loudly,
"The booklet is full of slanderous remarks about Your Highness, especially the Yunzhou flood two years ago. Your Highness relied on the status of a royal family and a disaster relief minister to embezzle disaster relief funds up to 12 million taels of silver.
In order to cover up his tracks, he also sent people to break the dike and destroy the fields, leaving 300,000 people homeless. Fanyang County Magistrate Wu Zhongtian tried to expose your crimes, but you killed his entire family, and more than a dozen officials in Fanyang County died..."
"Enough, shut up!"
Shu King Xia Yunchang was so angry that he trembled all over, his face was hideous, and his eyes staring at Chen Ke were already bloodshot.
He walked step by step in front of Chen Ke, and enveloped Chen Ke with an undisguised murderous aura.
Then he came to Di Yijian, and looked at the booklet held up by Di Yijian with sinister eyes.
"It is a lie that confuses the people and ruins my reputation. What's the point of keeping such a thing!"
As he spoke, the King of Shu stretched out his hand and grabbed the booklet.
"Wait!"
Chen Ke caught a glimpse of murderous intent in Di Yijian's eyes, and was immediately startled.
Without time to think about it, he pushed the King of Shu aside.
"How dare you..."
Xia Yunchang was caught off guard and almost fell to the ground. He couldn't help but get angry.
Chen Ke snatched the booklet from Di Yijian's hand and threw it hard on the open ground.
Liu Zimeng was surprised and suddenly saw a few black lights flashing on the booklet, and his face changed drastically.
Wu Jiutian's face also changed. He waved his long sleeves, and a powerful spiritual power whistled out and wrapped the booklet.
Boom!
The booklet flashing with black light exploded instantly!
Smoke filled the air, flames shot out, and the energy shield covering it was stretched into strange shapes.
What was even more terrifying was that the black flames were highly corrosive and actually corroded the outer wall of the spiritual power released by Wu Jiutian.
Wu Jiutian's heart was full of spiritual power, and he released another spiritual power to wrap up the escaping fireworks.
In the hall, everyone was breathing heavily, and they were all frightened by the sudden appearance of Chang Gu in front of them.
Fortunately, the headmaster took action in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!
Xia Yunchang, the King of Shu, who was protected by his personal guards, was even paler, and his eyes were full of fear.
It was unimaginable that this booklet would explode.
Such a terrifying explosive force, such a strong toxicity, if it exploded in his hands...
Di Yijian's face was also pale, but a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
One step, just one step away, and he did it.
Chen Ke, you ruined my good deeds!
Di Yijian pointed at Chen Ke and said angrily:
"Chen Ke, you are despicable. You actually used me to plot against His Royal Highness the King of Shu!"
Chen Ke sighed lightly:
"Sweet potato spirit, stop acting, no one will believe it."
Di Yijian said coldly:
"You are the one acting, who knows what you are thinking!"
"Okay, stop arguing, Zimeng, you have something to say."
Wu Jiutian subdued the poisonous fire and sat back in his seat, saying a little tiredly.
Liu Zimeng strode forward, first glanced at Chen Ke coldly, then looked at Di Yijian, and asked in a deep voice:
"Di Yijian, how did you know about the action of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion to wipe out the Huichun Hall?"
Di Yijian was well prepared and answered respectfully:
"The student also heard it from an elder by accident."
Liu Zimeng nodded and asked again:
"Then did your elder tell you that the reason why the Hidden Dragon Pavilion was able to destroy the demon stronghold of the Huichun Hall was that Chen Ke provided the information!"
Everyone was shocked and looked at Chen Ke in surprise.
Di Yijian was also shocked, with a flash of panic in his eyes.
Liu Zhimeng clasped his fists to the King of Shu:
"Your Highness, it was because of the clues provided by Chen Ke that we were able to learn in the first place that the demons were trying to harm you!"
Xia Yunchang did not comment. He had long known that Liu Zimeng was from the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, but he just pretended not to know.
Since Liu Zimeng dared to say this in public, it naturally could not be false.
Liu Zimeng continued:
"From that day on, in order to prevent the demons from retaliating against Chen Ke, the Hidden Dragon Pavilion specially arranged two spies to keep an eye on Chen Ke's movements in the name of bodyguards."
Ding San and Ding Si, who were standing at the door, stepped forward and saluted to everyone.
Ding San said solemnly:
"After the Huichuntang case, Chen Ke's actions did not show any abnormality until the day before the monthly exam,
when someone sneaked into the Chen Mansion and secretly hid a package in the firewood room of Chen Ke's courtyard."
Liu Zimeng continued,
"Coincidentally, on the same night, someone also broke into Chen Ke's dormitory and hid a package under Chen Ke's bed."
Everyone couldn't help but look at the two packages scattered on the ground.
Four words flashed through everyone's mind:
frame-up!
Shanzhang Wu Jiutian suddenly stood up, looked at Di Yijian and sighed,
"Di Yijian, the five steps you analyzed before, the demon clan's assassination of the King of Shu, are all correct. But you don't know that there is actually a sixth step!"
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