Chapter 250: The Goguryeons Secret Tunnel! (1/2)

Chapter 250: The Goguryeon's Secret Tunnel!

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong swiftly explained the entire matter to him without any reservations. King Sosurim's whereabouts had always been a mystery, and catching him was no easy feat.

However, considering the scale of the operation this time round, it was impossible for King Sosurim to not supervise the operation personally.

This would be their last chance to deal with King Sosurim. Wang Chong believed that given Ma Yinlong's intelligence, he would surely be able to deduce this much.

Thus, after explaining the entire matter, Wang Chong sat alongside Miyasame Ayaka as he patiently awaited the other party's response.

The entire room fell silent. Ma Yinlong stood motionless with a lowered head. No one could tell what he was thinking.

Wang Chong and Miyasame Ayaka were also waiting motionlessly for his reply.

Wang Chong was confident in his plan, but in the end, it was all conjecture. After a period of more than a decade, no one could say for sure what was on Ma Yinlong's mind.

And honestly speaking, Wang Chong's confidence was slowly falling. Ma Yinlong didn't seem to be a person whom he could easily convince.

”How do you want me to help you?” Ma Yinlong finally raised his head and asked after a long minute.

Hearing those words, a smile finally twinkled in Wang Chong's eyes.

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Deep in the night, when the shadows of the trees were dancing, a crescent moon hung high above a remote courtyard.

Looking upon the first base of the Goguryeons, Wang Chong could see Goguryeon guards keeping watch all around the base, and there seemed to be a tense atmosphere lingering in the air.

In a short period of time, they had lost contact with more than a dozen Goguryeon warriors, and some of them were even True Martial realm cultivators. What was even more unnerving was that they seemed to have simply vanished from the world, leaving not a single trace behind. No one could say for sure whether they were dead, or had gone somewhere else.

Such a situation had never happened before, at least not on such a scale. As the person in charge of the first base, Li Jiuhuan was feeling extremely frustrated.

”How is it? Do we still have no clues on their whereabouts?”

Li Jiuhuan asked with his hands behind his back before the dim candlelight. He was only in his thirties, but he had a masculine face that seemed to belong to a decisive leader.

”Lord, we haven't found any clue yet. Our men have searched through every nook and cranny in Great Tang, but there are still no signs of them. In my humble view, I think that it's unlikely for them to be alive,” a masked Goguryeon assassin kneeling on the floor reported earnestly. His hair was unkempt, and he had three sabers placed by his waist.

The Goguryeon military had a very strict hierarchy, especially among those deployed beyond the empire. All assassins and soldiers had to obey every single command of the local commander.

”Is there any movement from those Great Tang ducal residences? Are there any recent conflicts with the nobles here?” Li Jiuhuan asked.

After the matter became known, his first thought was that perhaps these fellows had a conflict with the scions of the nobility of Great Tang, and these scions tapped into their backing to eliminate them.

Such a matter had happened in the past before.

In a place like Great Tang where scions roamed all around, it was inevitable for one to come into contact with them given sufficient time.

While the same couldn't be said about every single scion, there were often some vicious ones. Also, given the Great Tang's strict laws against murder, they would make sure not to leave any traces behind.

Sometimes, it was impossible to find even the corpse!

A true “clean up” would mean that not even an ant would be able to find a trace. Under such circumstances, it would be impossible to track down the culprit.

As such, Li Jiuhuan's first thought was that they might have offended some formidable fellow, and ended up being eliminated.

For the men of Great Tang, the concept of restraint didn't seem to apply to Goguryeons.

”We can't eliminate this possibility, but it is very low. There are simply too many people who died this time. The second base and third base have suffered casualties as well. Our current thought is that someone is working against us. But of course, it's too early to eliminate other possibilities yet,” the assassin replied respectfully.

There were professionals in charge of looking into this matter, and he was only responsible for objectively reporting the results.

Frowning, Li Jiuhuan fell silent.

Honestly speaking, it wasn't too much problem for more than a dozen Goguryeon warriors to die silently in the city. What worried him was the timing.

Li Jiuhuan didn't fear that someone was working against them, he only feared that it might hinder his lord's plan.

The only thing to rejoice over was that the disappearances occurred outside the base. Thus, it was unlikely for the person working against them to have noticed the existence of their base.

This was the only thing they could be glad of.

But of course, all these had to be credited to the lord. After all, this base was established by him singlehandedly, and no matter how thoroughly the Bureau of Military Personnel and Bureau of Punishments searched, they had never found the existence of their base.

Thus, for the lord above them, they held unreserved trust and respect!

”What did our lord say?” Li Jiuhuan asked suddenly.

”Our lord means for us to stay out of it for the moment. 'There are bound to be sacrifices if one wishes to achieve great things. Even if all of the bases have to be sacrificed, we mustn't make any move that would attract the notice of the Great Tang royal court!'—these are the words taken from the lord directly,” the assassin reported respectfully.

”I understand.” Li Jiuhuan was stunned for a moment, but he soon recovered from his daze. ”Please tell our lord that I understand what I must do.”

”Un. Half of the warriors from our empire has arrived, and soon, we'll be able to rattle the Great Tang at its core. Lord, why don't you just wait a little longer? Lord King Sosurim possesses incredible foresight. If we can deal a heavy blow to the Great Tang royal court through this operation, the deaths of our warriors will be well worth it. After all, those who have come here must have the knowledge that they might die at any moment. What do you say?” the assassin kneeling on the floor asked.

Li Jiuhuan nodded his head silently.