Chapter 751

Great Tang, Jin Ling.

Zhangsun Wuji's mansion.

Li Tai, wrapped in a black cloak, came mysteriously to Zhangsun Wuji.

Seeing Li Tai in this state, Zhangsun Wuji couldn't help but be surprised.

"Prince of Wei, why are you dressed like this? Are you hiding from someone?"

Currently, the Emperor was not in the capital, so there shouldn't be any need to avoid anyone, right?

Li Tai angrily tore off the cloak and threw it on the ground.

"Qin Mu is too much; he actually used such a sinister trick to mess with me. If I hadn't been alert on the road and discovered the Japanese's tracks in advance, I fear I wouldn't have come back!"

Speaking of this, Zhangsun Wuji remembered.

Qin Mu had indeed used a sinister trick.

He tied the corpses of the Japanese pirates to pillars by the sea to show them off. He also posted notices next to the corpses, saying that Li Tai was righteous and had betrayed them.

The Japanese had long questioned Zhangsun Wuji and said they wanted to take revenge on Li Tai!

It was just that Zhangsun Wuji had put all his heart into the matters of the Harsha Empire. How could he have time to think about Li Tai?

He had long forgotten about that matter!

Fortunately, Li Tai's life was big; he had actually escaped the Japanese's pursuit and escaped back alive.

Zhangsun Wuji hurriedly ordered the butler to cook a bowl of pearl calming soup for Li Tai to help him calm his shock.

"Prince of Wei, since you have come to your uncle's place, you don't need to be afraid. I will send someone to deal with those stupid Japanese pirates later!"

"That bunch of people truly fail at more than they succeed!"

Only then did Li Tai slowly calm his anger, and his emotions stabilized a bit.

"Uncle, Qin Mu is also particularly hateful! He first forced me to duel with Li Ke. When I decided to buy poison darts to kill Li Ke, he intervened and replaced my poison darts with non-poisonous ones."

"Otherwise, this time I could have legitimately killed Li Ke."

After listening to Li Tai's complaints, Zhangsun Wuji felt nothing in his heart.

He did not empathize with Li Tai.

In his view, killing brothers was the tradition of the Li royal family, which was no surprise.

Moreover, that Li Ke was not his nephew.

"Prince of Wei, since the opportunity this time was missed, it was missed. Right now, you have a better opportunity."

Li Tai had originally looked exhausted and decadent.

Upon hearing these words from Zhangsun Wuji, he immediately perked up.

"Opportunity? What opportunity?"

Zhangsun Wuji leaned forward and lowered his voice.

"The Emperor is not in the capital; he secretly went to Great Qin as an envoy in disguise."

"Father is not in the capital?"

Li Tai's brain immediately became active.

A bold idea suddenly popped into his heart.

"Uncle, do you mean we should send another team of assassins..."

Zhangsun Wuji raised his hand and knocked Li Tai on the forehead.

"I think you've lost your mind! This kind of thing must be foolproof before it can be done. Where do we have any trustworthy assassins right now?"

Indeed!

Assassinating an Emperor required absolutely loyal people to be sent to do it.

Otherwise, they would turn around and sell you out. Instead, you would end up with a crime of rebellion!

Li Tai was knocked and felt a bit confused.

"Uncle, then what do you want to do while taking advantage of the situation?"

Zhangsun Wuji sighed in his heart.

Li Tai had a bit of intelligence. It was just that he was too ruthless!

Zhangsun Wuji was a bit worried that one day, Li Tai would also strike at him without hesitation.

So, he had to keep a hand in reserve to guard against Li Tai.

"Prince of Wei, you go to Du Ruhui first and steal the questions for this imperial examination. Let's contact the major noble families first and leak the questions to them."

"While the Emperor is not in the capital, let's get this major event of the imperial examination done properly."

Li Tai understood.

Winning over the noble families and accumulating power was the first priority right now.

However, it was hard for his father not to be there; if he didn't take this opportunity to do a little more, he felt it was a waste of the opportunity.

"Uncle, what we lack most now is elite assassins. Do you think we should start training a batch now?"

If Li Tai could do it himself, he would definitely not ask Zhangsun Wuji for his opinion.

After all, this kind of secret force was safer in his own hands.

Zhangsun Wuji happened to think the same.

"Training dead soldiers requires finding someone you can trust. It's a pity the Japanese are too stupid and cannot be relied upon!"

"I have just spotted a candidate, but I still need to test him."

It was easy to handle if there was a candidate.

Anyway, assassins probably couldn't be used for a while.

Li Tai drank the pearl calming soup, left the Zhangsun mansion, and went to find Du Ruhui.

After Li Tai left.

Zhangsun Wuji also put on a wide cloak and left the Zhangsun mansion.

Outside Jin Ling.

Tang Shan Villa.

This was private property of the Zhangsun family, with picturesque scenery and hot springs inside.

Zhangsun Wuji rarely came here; every time he came, it was to meet with the old guys of the noble families. Five people wearing wide cloaks sat in a circle in the room.

They were some of the behind-the-scenes big shots standing at the top of power in this world.

"Hmph, Zhangsun Wuji, we shouldn't have trusted you. Now, not only were the young ladies of each family not saved, but even Lu Yu was dragged into it!"

"Our four families losing some grain is one thing. But this face—this time we've lost it all!"

Zhangsun Wuji's face was calm.

Waiting for the few old men to finish complaining, he raised his eyelids and spoke.

"This cannot be blamed on me; it is your own young ladies who were fascinated by that Qin Mu."

Saying this, the four old men were even angrier.

More than a dozen noble young ladies had all decided to stay in Great Qin's Changancheng, and not one was willing to return.

It was equivalent to slapping all the noble families hard in the face!

"If this hatred is not avenged, the indignation in our hearts will not be calmed!"

Zhangsun Wuji took a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to the old man on his left.

"Pass it on after reading."

The circle of people finished reading it and began to fall silent.

No one spoke for a long time.

Zhangsun Wuji sneered.

"Why, when a real opportunity for revenge is placed in front of you, you hesitate?"

He knew these old guys too well.

Each one of them had deep schemes and was almost refined into a spirit.

Their so-called anger was just feigned; they wanted some benefits from him.