Chapter 428 (1/2)
Chapter 428
Chapter 428: Scheme of the Brothers
Translator: chuchutrain Editor: DavidT, Rock
Yu ManLou's body was trembling . Right now, the ideal scenario he envisioned of Justice killing Ling Tian was not as simple as it seemed . He had labored tirelessly for that scenario, pulled his hair and beard repeatedly, all waiting for Ling Tian's death . That would be the moment when Sky Bearing was thrown into chaos and would be ripe for the picking of the Yu Family . Once the Yu Family had a foot in both Northern Wei and Sky Bearing, together with the backing of Han TieXuan from Western Han, everything would be Yu ManLou's to rule under the heavens!
Yu ManLou had estimated an eighty percent chance of success! If everything worked out, he had confidence he could wipe away the old and destroy the Shui Family before the date of the sixty-year battle, after which he would stabilize his hegemony over the next two years!
As such, he did not even hesitate to sacrifice the niece he had treasured greatly since childhood, Yu BingYan, as well as argue against his second brother, almost to the point of falling out . To him, for this final objective, anything and everything could be sacrificed!
However, never in his dreams did he envision that at such a critical point, the Above Heavens would suddenly show their faces and even face off, wounding Justice and themselves! This would mean that the problem of Ling Tian would not be solved for the moment . If Justice's injuries were serious enough, Ling Tian could potentially escape the half year limit, and by then, his problems would be huge!
At this point, Yu ManLou wanted to vomit blood!
All of his plans were based on the demise of Ling Tian, so if the latter was really able to escape for this half year and return to Sky Bearing… right now the Ling Family was on tenterhooks, not willing to offend Yu ZhanShui and Yu ZhanKong, but if Ling Tian survived, that fellow would never give him face! Those that he thought needed to be killed would be given no quarter . . .
If that time came, then all his plans would go up in smoke! Such an ending was something Yu ManLou could not accept at all!
Yu ManLou paced for two rounds, looking as though he had something to say, but upon looking at the faces of his brothers, he could only force the words down . His second brother was considerably good to Ling Tian because of his daughter, and if not for the fact that his own son Yu LiuYun had died in an accident, his brother would have long ago fallen out with him . As for his third brother, G.o.d knows what sort of mythical potion Ling Tian had fed him, for him to subconsciously move towards Ling Tian's camp . . .
Yu ManLou could only resort to breathing in deeply to curb the anger in his heart before asking, ”What about the successors to those people that got a.s.sa.s.sinated?”
Yu ManTang inclined his body a little in response, ”We've already put some capable and experienced officials in those posts, so there won't be many problems . ”
Yu ManLou let out an 'oh' of a.s.sent, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly clapped his hands, letting out a crisp sound .
A black-robed man appeared in the Martial Pointer Pavilion in front of the three brothers after the clap sounded, respectfully handing over a piece of white paper scribbled full of words .
Yu ManLou indifferently asked, ”What was the result?”
The black-robed man replied in a respectful manner, ”Reporting to Family Head, I've done a background check on the few officials who replaced those a.s.sa.s.sinated ones . My preliminary conclusion right now is that there are six of them who were sent here by the Water of Heavenly Wind, whereas the rest have unknown histories . All of these people used to belong to the Northern Wei Imperial Court . ”
”Ah?!” Yu ManTang and Yu ManTian let out a gasp of shock . ”Water of Heavenly Wind?”
”Indeed it's the Shui Family! So it's like this!” Yu ManLou let out a chilling smile . ”I nearly pinned the blame on the Ling Family instead!” Yu ManLou slowly stepped forward as a smile full of killing intent surfaced on his face . ”Since the Shui Family wants to be so unkind, then don't blame me for not upholding my morals! Send my order: in two days, under cover of night, all of these new officials are to be executed, none left alive!”