Chapter 417 - The Coup (1/2)
Chapter 417: The Coup
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Fang Wenshi+ and the Xu siblings were extrens of ‘betrayal’
“It goes without saying that Zhong Heng definitely wants to surrender to the Golden Roc Fort and benefit himself He doesn’t care about our survival any Wenshi+ said to the Xu siblings; he careed to negotiate
“All of the , and no one can hope to take it away frodom, he hid most of the bank notes away and beca was a pretty decent person…” said Xu Yanwei; she was enraged as well “Military counselor, what do you think we should do?”
Fang Wenshi+ was full of a It had been a long time since he was able to de of this coup as a chance for him to keep himself sharp “This is pretty easy There’s no lack of people loyal to the Dragon King in the city and we should unite the We’ll let… Xu Xiaoyi beco the Golden Roc Fort When the Dragon King…”
Xu Xiaoyi got a shock when he heard the counselor’s suggestion He waved his hands in protest and replied, “No way, no way I can’t become Prime Minister Furthermore, I’m not brave I can still handle those sneaky tasks, but I’ll chicken out if you askWenshi+ aiting for hienerously, “Alright, then I shall help you out and become Pris did not have estion; they were more concerned about a concrete plan for their coup
“I’ve a perfect candidate—Lin Xiaoshan His loyalty to the Dragon King is unquestioned and the swordshly skilled Furtheruards and it’ll be easy to strike…”
“Er, we’re not really going to kill the Priht?” Xu Xiaoyi was suddenly a little hesitant “After all, he hasn’t said he’s going to surrender Shouldn’t we at least find soorously out of habit “If we don’t get rid of him now, it’ll becoather evidence; we’ll let Zhong Heng negotiate with the Golden Roc Fort During that time, he’ll show his true colors, and we’ll gestion got the is
That said, Xu Yanwei still had doubts about an issue “There’s soht with that Lin Xiaoshan,” she said
“What about him? I think he see is sincere,” replied Fang Wenshi+ He felt that he was pretty accurate at judging people and was therefore surprised at Xu Yanwei’s reaction
“He… see’s maid… I can’t put it to words, but whatever it is, they seem very close,” she replied Xu Yanas extremely sensitive about such s really were even before the parties involved
“The Dragon King’sWenshi+ was more surprised now, but at the saer the only person interested in the woht It shows that his loyalty is even more believable now”
Just like this, the plot for the coup was decided upon
Fang Wenshi+ had co one hour
Firstly, he would personally go to convince Lin Xiaoshan to secure the support of the Priuards
The next step was for Xu Xiaoyi to ths He would keep a close watch on all the movements of the soldiers and citizens in the city to uncover those potential surrenders
Last of all was for Xu Yanwei to participate as well She would request to take part in the upco talks as Special Envoy of the royal faather first hand evidence of Zhong Heng’s intention to surrender She was most suited to undertake such a task as she was a woman and her participation would not arouse the suspicion of Zhong Heng
The talks were to take place during noon time of the next day; the three of thes co on King but did not believe that the Prime Minister would surrender Also, he did not wish to take part in the coup
Fang Wenshi+ spent a considerable a to persuade Lin Xiaoshan He pointed out all the signs to Zhong Heng’s upco betrayal but the ination He had no choice but to use his trump card “Lin Xiaoshan, to be honest, I’ve always trusted you If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have roped you in I’ve always brushed away rumors about you, but now it see to hide,” Lin Xiaoshan replied calmly He was neither a swords under Tuo Nengya—he was following the Dragon King entirely out of his own free will
“Is that so? Would you dare to repeat that in front of Jiang?”
Lin Xiaoshan blushed rose, his hand on the hilt of his saber “What do youWenshi+ raised his teacup and slowly enjoyed his tea, not lifting his eyes to look at Lin Xiaoshan “Why, are you planning to kill me to keep it a secret?”
Lin Xiaoshan blushed even o of his saber and sat down in a flurry “Don’t spout nonsense,andis comparable to the others”
“Loyalty is not expressed in words but by actions Now’s your chance,” replied Fang Wenshi+ He was secretly pleased with hi what a close shave it was If Xu Yanwei had not let slip that piece of previously unimportant information, he would be in an aard situation now
“The successful defense of the city up till now is due almost entirely to the Prime Minister’s efforts We can’t just overthrow hie taboo to change co war Therefore, we have to gather evidence first and Xu Yanwei is working on it now You have to play a part too”
Lin Xiaoshan agreed to join in reluctantly on the condition that there had to be concrete evidence that the Pri and surrender to the Golden Roc Fort
The plot was slowly taking shape Fang Wenshi+ could feel the excite Heng for fear that he would divulge his real intentions by accident
During an exactly on time As both parties were distrustful of each other, it took a lot of back and forth before the site for the talks was decided upon Eventually, the coalition forces besieging the city made concessions They retreated about five kiloate and then cleared a space to set up a sole tent located between the encaate