Chapter Seventy Assassination (Part 2)

  Du Bing and Wang Rui remained standing still like statues, as if they hadn't heard Qian Buli's order.

  "You two!" Qian Buli suddenly raised his voice: "Did you hear?"

  Du Bing and Wang Rui suddenly came to their senses, and the two of them exchanged a glance, revealing a strange expression in their eyes. Birds of a feather flock together, and people with similar interests gather together. Money doesn't leave his favorite generals, so he wouldn't be foolish! How could Sun Zhongde suddenly go crazy and assassinate General Qianbuli? Just at dusk, General Qianbuli had called Sun Zhongde into the commander's tent alone for a secret conversation. Ah, yes... the secret conversation... If it were said that the captain of the Imperial Guard, Cheng Da, was planning to assassinate Qianbuli, they would still have some faith in him, after all, you can't guarantee someone's loyalty just by knowing their face. But when it comes to Sun Zhongde, Du Bing and Wang Rui's first reaction is that this is all a plot by General Qianbuli! Otherwise, how could you explain the secret conversation between them?

  "Hurry up and pass on the order!" Qian Buli shouted again.

  "Yes sir." Du Bing and Wang Rui hastily retreated from the tent, just in time to see Commander Ren leading a company of infantrymen marching towards them.

  "Is everything all right with your parents?" Ren Shuai asked in a low voice.

  Du Bing shook his head.

  Ren Shuai's expression relaxed, and he immediately leaned over to ask in a low voice: "Do you think... it was one of our own people who did it?" Ren Shuai was the leader of the infantry, and the entire central army's defense layout was arranged by him. He had confidence in himself, and under such strict precautions, it was impossible for an external enemy to infiltrate the central army to assassinate Qian Bu Li, unless there were a few treacherous people lurking in the army who held important positions.

  Du Bing smiled and nodded his head.

  Ren Shuai's eye muscles twitched: "Who is it? Do you know?" His voice was filled with a thick murderous aura.

  "I know him, you also know." Du Bing revealed a playful smile: "He is the adult's personal guard, Sun Zhongde."

  Ren Shuai's reaction was similar to that of Du Bing and Wang Rui at the time, standing there in a daze, his eyes first shocked and then filled with doubt. After a long while, Ren Shuai looked at Wang Rui, hoping to get some confirmation from him.

  Wang Rui nodded: "That's right, it was Sun Zhongde. These were the words of the Commander himself."

  Ren Shuai's whole person was like a deflated balloon, listlessly saying to Wang Rui: "Sir, is that all you have to say?"

  "Let's thoroughly search the entire camp, we must capture Sun Zhongde, this rebel and his accomplices! Ah... The master says he wants him alive."

  "There are still comrades......" Ren Shuai revealed a bitter smile: "Alright, I'll issue an order for the entire camp to search! We must catch them and bring them back."

  Ren Shuai turned around and was about to leave, but was pulled back by Du Bing's grasp on his arm. Du Bing then dragged Ren Shuai aside and whispered in a low voice: "You little brat, stop pretending to be stupid with me! I don't believe you can't see the trickery inside! Do you really want to go catch people?"

  "Of course!" Ren Shuai said innocently: "If the master says who is an assassin, then whoever it is will be an assassin. If the master tells me to catch someone, I'll go catch them!"

  "Damn it!" Du Bing was really angry: "You little brat, I'm doing this for your own good. If you really catch Sun Zhongde, the master will definitely swallow you whole!"

  "Is that possible?" Seeing his old friend was considering for himself, Ren Shuai also didn't dare to continue pretending to be stupid. He revealed a cunning smile: "You still don't know the adults' mind? I think Sun Zhongde has long escaped from the military camp!"

  "That's not necessarily true." Wang Rui interrupted, "Don't forget what the superior ordered us to do, he told us to capture him alive! Perhaps the superior is worried that Sun Zhongde didn't have time to escape from the military camp and was discovered by us, and mistakenly hurt Sun Zhongde."

  Ren Shuai was taken aback, nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, so... I'll search the central army for a while first, then go to seal off the camp gate, give them time to escape."

  The soldiers standing far away saw the three generals huddled together whispering to each other, and thought that the generals were thinking of ways to catch the assassin. Who would have thought that what the generals were actually thinking about was how to let the assassin go.

  "If you gave him time, he wouldn't have even had a chance to escape from the camp gate! What would you do?" Du Bing said coldly on the side. Du Bing was very dissatisfied with Ren Shuai's pretending to be stupid earlier, so he deliberately made a point of teasing Ren Shuai.

  Ren Shuai pondered for a moment, then burst out laughing, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "If Commander Sun is going to such great lengths to have Sun Zhongde do this, it must be a top-secret matter. However, if he doesn't even have the ability to escape from the camp gates, with skills like these, he'll definitely disappoint Commander Sun in the future! Rather than having everyone dragged down by him later on, I might as well take him out with one sword strike right now!"

  Ren Shuai's words were very powerful, and this was also the first time he had shown his sharpness in front of Du Bing and Wang Rui. Du Bing nodded heavily, apparently very approving of Ren Shuai's approach. Wang Rui, on the other hand, was sizing up Ren Shuai with a fixed gaze, as if reevaluating him. Du Bing and Ren Shuai were old acquaintances, while Wang Rui had also known Ren Shuai for some time, but his original position was very low, so they only knew each other without much interaction, unlike Du Bing who understood Ren Shuai well.

  "What's wrong? Don't recognize me?" Ren Shuai revealed his signature silly smile again.

  "Ah...". Wang Rui coughed slightly, shifting the topic: "General Du, General Ren, in your opinion, what's behind Commander's move this time?"

  "There's no mystery at all!" Ren Shuai laughed and turned around: "Search the person, then go back to sleep. What's the point of thinking so much? We're not in charge!"

  Ren Shuai walked further and further away under Wang Rui's astonished gaze. Du Bing smiled and patted Wang Rui on the shoulder: "Ren Shuai is right, we don't need to think so much."

  "Oh?" Wang Rui's words suddenly shifted to Du Bing's face: "I remember that General Du told me a while ago that I'm far inferior to you in terms of guessing the superior's intentions, so how come it's become unnecessary now?"

  "Want to guess the superior's intention, you have to see what kind of person the superior is. Do you think we can guess the superior's mind just by ourselves?" Du Bing smiled magnanimously: "Moreover, some things must be guessed, while others don't need to be thought about too much. For example... when the commander lies to us in front of our faces, it's enough for us to have a number in our hearts, no need to think about the superior's intention."

  Wang Rui fell into silence, repeatedly ruminating on Du Bing's words. Du Bing patted Wang Rui's shoulder again and walked away.

  It's just getting started, you're fainting, your evaluation is too early... This has only just begun!