Chapter 355 - So Complicated (1/2)
They clearly saw it was Feng Yong Rui's painting. But... But... why? There were so many officials that would attend the banquet, so why were these men ȧssigned to kill him? Was there a special reason?
Yao Ying and Lin Jian looked at each other with wide eyes and mouthed at the same time, ”Isn't it Xiao Fang's father?!”
Then, they had a gut feeling that the person who hired these two men might be the Han Emperor. However, why did he hire them?! Was it because of the blood letter? Or, maybe because he didn't want to be connected to this matter altogether...
They thought the target of those two men would be the Han Emperor, who knew that it was actually Xiao Fang's father --- they needed to warn him through Ah Man after they finished listening to these people's conversation. However, time passed by in a slow-motion for them, because they were too worried after knowing the target.
They had to pass the news to Feng Yong Rui as soon as possible.
”Do you remember what you should do if you fail to kill the target or maybe... being captured after killing the target?” The eunuch asked in a low threatening voice. He squinted his eyes viciously at the two men, which made those ȧssassins feel afraid. Just by looking at this, Yao Ying and Lin Jian could see that the eunuch wasn't simple.
The two ȧssassins knew that after receiving the ȧssignment related to the palace, there would be little chance for them to survive. However, they had prepared themselves beforehand, so they weren't feeling too surprised by their employer's heartless demand. Besides, they had never been given a chance to refuse the job --- they took their families as hostages ah~!
Both of them nodded their head obediently and answered at the same time, ”We know. Don't worry! We won't make any mistake.”
After that, one of them carefully asked, ”Then the third prince's promise...?” He didn't dare to ask for more, thus, he could only give the eunuch a hint through his halfway question.
The eunuch laughed lowly while answering them confidently, ”Of course, it will be done just as we promised. The third prince will guarantee your family's safety and they will never lack anything for the rest of their lives.” After that, he glared at the ȧssassin who said the third prince's name and warned, ”After this, don't ever say the name of your employer once again. Do you hear me? Tell the name of the person that we have discussed before.”
The eunuch looked around carefully and when he saw that no one was around, he sighed in relief. He sneered at the two ȧssassins and thought inwardly, 'They were so stupid! How could they say the third prince's name that easily!'
The eunuch wasn't satisfied with these two people because they weren't the best, but he had no choice. This was a last-minute plan and they couldn't find any suitable people --- except these two in such short notice. There were a lot of loopholes in this plan, but their fraction couldn't turn a blind eye from such a good chance to stir a commotion. The eunuch smirked to himself. His master was really clever and he would wait along with the master to see their fruit of labors.
Both men sighed in relief and they thanked the eunuch in advance. They didn't know whether the eunuch's master would really do as he promised, but they could only do this to save their families. It would be better if they could get out of this alive, so they could take their families away and hide after this matter was dealt with.
Yao Ying and Lin Jian looked at each other in surprise while having the same thought, 'The third prince?!'
Yao Ying whispered to Lin Jian in a low voice, ”Do you believe that this is the third prince's work?” Somehow, it didn't seem right to him... unless there was an unknown enmity between the third prince and Feng Yong Rui. However, Qi Hao had never mentioned about this thing before. Their fault was for not investigating about the complicated political matter in the Han Kingdom beforehand.
After all, they only planned to help Xiao Fang without involving themselves with the political matter of another kingdom any further. Who knew that knowing about this matter was actually quite crucial? However, it was too late ah~!