Chapter Forty-Five: The Flaw

  Two men in black were shocked, and they quickly cut open the tent with a knife and rushed outside. The sound of clashing weapons and occasional cries of pain could be heard. After everything had calmed down, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Qian Buduo led Wang Rui inside.

  Qian Buli looked at the captive who was lying beside a wooden pillar with his throat cut, and sneered: "I didn't expect He Jiongming to be in such a hurry to kill people and silence them!"

  Wang Rui also let out a cold laugh and didn't say anything.

  "Assassins? Caught alive without?"

  "Sir, all the assassins have been killed."

  "He Ge Ming really is overestimating himself, does he think we're all idiots and can't see through his scheme?" Qian Bu Li coldly swept a glance at the remaining three captives: "Take them out and execute them, there's no use in keeping them!"

  "Wang Rui hastily said: 'Sir, we haven't even asked for a confession yet. If we can grasp evidence of He Jiongming's guilt...'"

  "You're too naive!" Qian You shook his head: "He Kuoming is an earl of the empire, and everything he does is under the orders of the queen. What can you do with evidence? Are you going to arrest He Kuoming and the queen together? Who's going to make the arrest? You or me?"

  "That... should we just tolerate it?!" Wang Rui was getting a bit anxious.

  "This is politics, you'll learn about it later!" Qian Buli smiled indifferently: "No matter what He Jiongming wants to do, we just need to be more careful and that's all. As for...". Qian Buli pointed at the several captives in front of him: "They are all useless, whether they make a confession or not is the same to us." After finishing speaking, Qian Buli walked out of the tent with big strides, behind him came Wang Rui's angry shout: "Come here! Take these people out and flay them, break their tendons! Damn it, how dare you collude with foreign enemies? If I let you die easily, from now on I'll walk with my head down!"

  A group of soldiers rushed in, pinning the remaining three captives to the ground. Three or two of them stripped off their clothes and dragged them out by their hair.

  Money didn't leave a smile, he knew there were many ways to interrogate, not to mention others, just one kind of fatigue interrogation could make few people get through. Now he had no time to waste on these captives. First, use the assassin to wear down their determination, then bring up He Jiongming's name, hinting that He Jiongming's conspiracy was not a secret, and he wasn't interested in what he knew about them at all. Finally, push them to the edge of death, this way someone would collapse eventually?!

  Qian didn't stay in the tent for long before Wang Rui rushed in excitedly, holding up two pieces of paper: "Sir, look!!"

  Qian did not leave, took over the two papers, looked at them carefully, and nodded after a while: "It turns out to be like this, I think they won't be so foolish, don't they understand the principle of inviting wolves into their homes? Hehe..."

  "Sir, shall we take care of this matter?"

  "Alright, you go ahead and arrange it." Qian nodded slightly.

  "Understood, sir." Wang Rui turned around and walked out of the tent.

  "Wait a minute." Qian Buli looked at Wang Rui with an ambiguous smile for a while, and just when Wang Rui felt uneasy all over his body, Qian Buli said: "You did several things wrong today, do you know where they were all wrong?"

  "I beg your pardon, sir."

  "Your flaws are showing too much! Firstly, the assassin you sent out should have killed the guards along with the target, not just knocked them unconscious. Of course, it's all an act and not real killing, but can't the assassin bear to kill more people? Secondly, the assassin's performance was too exaggerated, they should have killed quickly and quietly, instead they did it one by one like a cruel show! Thirdly, when the assassin is discovered, do you think their first thought would be to escape or complete the mission? Even porters can be willing to die for their job, but your assassin doesn't even have that kind of determination?"

  Wang Rui did not expect that his seemingly perfect performance would have so many flaws, and he stuttered: "Th... of course, this little trick of mine couldn't deceive Your Excellency."

  "I'm not saying this to blame you, I just hope you can think more carefully next time when doing something like this." Qian Buli smiled: "Do you know why I value you the most? It's because of your prudence! Prudence is harmless."

  "I understand, sir." Hearing Qian Buli's words from the bottom of his heart, Wang Rui was very moved.

  "Don't put your hopes on the stupidity of your opponent, or you will become more and more stupid yourself. Think carefully about what I'm saying."

  "Wang Rui knelt down on one knee: 'Sir, Wang Rui has learned his lesson!'"

  "I'm glad you understand my efforts." Qian nodded and casually placed the two papers on the candle flame, igniting them: "Then tell me, how can we handle that matter without arousing Zha Muhe's suspicion?"

  Wang Rui furrowed his brow and began to ponder, Qian Buli smiled silently, but in fact he had already made up his mind. However, he must let his subordinates learn to think independently, every time they encounter an unexpected situation, they need to make their own decisions, otherwise Wang Rui and the others will never truly grow up.

  Wang Rui thought for a long time before relaxing his eyebrows, and said while weighing his words: "Sir, when I led the cavalry to raid their baggage train, I wasn't able to annihilate them completely. A few of them escaped, perhaps... now Zhamuhe already knows that the baggage has fallen into our hands."

  Qian nodded and said in an encouraging tone: "Very good, go on."

  "We can bring out the weapons, burn all the food and clothing with a fire, dig a big hole to bury them, then restore the soil and do a good job of camouflage, so that others can't easily find any flaws."

  "If... your disguise is too good and Zha Muhe really doesn't discover it, what should you do? Won't your plan fail?"

  "It's better to fail like this than to have our plan exposed by Zhamuhe because of our poor disguise!"

  "It's comforting to know you've thought of this." Qian smiled and said, "Go make arrangements."

  "Adult, then...then your..." Wang Rui did not expect Qian Buli would act according to his own plan.

  "Our thoughts are almost the same."

  "Really? Lord!" Wang Rui was both surprised and delighted, unexpectedly able to think of the same thing as the Supreme Lord, this was truly a great honor.

  "Fighting is not a child's play, if your plan has any flaws, how can I let you go with peace of mind? Go."

  "Yes, sir."