Chapter 228: Is This Motivation Enough?

"Lin Zhao!"

Watching this scene quietly before him, Shen Yu did not know how to evaluate it. But to be able to make so many people willing to follow him, at the very least, he possessed a charisma that ordinary people lacked.

He could feel that there were many secrets in Lin Zhao's heart, but these things had already departed with him; now, this information could not be obtained no matter what.

"System, sign in!"

"Sign-in successful, obtained Floating Life Like a Dream!"

In an instant, as a shimmering light flashed by, countless pieces of information surged into his mind, making Shen Yu feel somewhat dizzy for a moment.

However, he quickly organized and sorted through all the information, making it entirely his own to use.

Floating Life Like a Dream is a special technique, and it also belongs to a type of Illusion Technique. But it can stimulate the deepest hidden secrets in a person's heart, revealing the true side of their heart.

Floating Life Like a Dream, added to the previous Mirror Flower Water Moon illusion, is simply a double kill!

"This wave, not a loss!" After collecting the reward, Shen Yu went straight to the study and successfully found the list Lin Zhao had mentioned; it was densely packed with the names of people in high and powerful positions everywhere.

These people not only colluded to tamper with the granary, but even now, some are still living in a drunken dream, turning a blind eye to the starving people everywhere—all these people deserve to die!

Next, Shen Yu came to the secret chamber under Lin Zhao's bed. Since he had promised the other party, Shen Yu had to come and take a look.

Lin Zhao was a smart man; there were some things he must have guessed as well.

You must know, when Shen Yu sealed the Sifang Chamber of Commerce, the Sifang Chamber of Commerce president, Wan Cheng, had clearly been struck in the heart pulse by the butler and was on the verge of death on the spot.

With the heart pulse severed, it should have been impossible to survive. Yet, Shen Yu was later able to obtain information from Wan Cheng's mouth, which could only prove that Wan Cheng had been saved. The fact that he could be saved in such a situation was enough to prove everything.

Therefore, Lin Zhao was willing to gamble one last time, hoping that Shen Yu could take a look at the person in this secret chamber to see if she could also be saved.

However, he was destined to be disappointed. The person inside had long since died; she could not live!

"Who are you?" Just as Shen Yu was carefully examining the woman in the secret chamber, a slight sound suddenly came to his ears, and in a moment, a figure had arrived before him.

"Commander of the Secret Guard of the Lin Family, Lin Kai!"

"Secret Guard of the Lin Family!" After glancing at the other party, Shen Yu silently placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.

"Lord Shen, do not misunderstand. I have no ill intent; I just want to know, can the Madam actually live?"

"This is your Madam? Lin Zhao's legal wife?" After glancing at the woman on the bed, Shen Yu was only somewhat surprised, but he quickly accepted it. Regarding some things, he had actually long since had his suspicions.

"The person has been dead for many years; she cannot live!"

"How can that be?" Walking forward with some agitation, Lin Kai said with a hint of pleading, "Lord Shen, look carefully again; the Madam clearly has a pulse and is breathing!"

"Those are just illusions. Having a pulse and breathing cannot represent anything. Even if she appears lifelike, the person has long since died and cannot be saved!"

For the person lying before him, even when Shen Yu used the "Sacred Heart Art," there was not the slightest reaction, which showed that her vitality had long since been severed; it could not be continued, and it was impossible to save her.

"Lord Shen, are you truly certain?"

"Are you questioning this official?"

"To be honest, even if there were one breath left, a sliver of vitality, I could save her. But now, there is not a single trace of vitality. The Musheng Flower has no power to bring the dead back to life at all!"

"Bastard!" Slamming a palm against the nearby wall, Lin Kai said coldly, "I knew it, the Master was indeed deceived!"

"You seem to know a lot!" Glancing at the other party, Shen Yu asked with great interest, "That's right, the Secret Guard is the place that holds the most secrets. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to tell this official about the matters inside here?"

"Actually, it is no harm to tell Lord Shen; this story is not complicated!"

"Five years ago in winter, when the Madam was playing outside the city, her handkerchief accidentally fell onto the river. That handkerchief was a token of love given to her by the General, and the Madam had always treasured it!"

"In her anxiety, the Madam went onto the frozen river to retrieve the handkerchief, but who would have thought that the ice would shatter at that moment, and the Madam fell into the river. When she was pulled up, she no longer had any breath."

"Moreover, at that time we also discovered that the Madam was already pregnant. From then on, the General became extremely despondent, not sleeping or resting for several days."

Speaking to this point, Lin Kai let out a heavy sigh, as if he could see that helplessness of Lin Zhao back then. But in the face of life and death, they were powerless.

"It was not until later that someone came to the door claiming they could save the Madam, and they produced the Musheng Flower. After taking it, the Madam truly became lifelike, and even her pulse and breathing returned!"

"Bringing the dead back to life is a fantasy. But faced with the efficacy of the Musheng Flower, the Master believed it, and he believed it without a shadow of a doubt!"

Laughing at himself, Lin Kai also shook his head slightly. When they saw that scene, it wasn't just the Master who believed it; in truth, even they had believed it.

"Afterward, this person said that to completely save the person, one must use a thousand Musheng Flowers boiled together to truly achieve the effect of bringing the dead back to life. Otherwise, one could only barely preserve a sliver of vitality!"

"But a single Musheng Flower requires the sacrifice of hundreds or thousands of people to bloom. How many people would a thousand Musheng Flowers require, and how could one gather enough?"

"Furthermore, the Musheng Flower cannot be preserved at all; even if frozen, it will completely wither in less than half a month. Therefore, to obtain a thousand Musheng Flowers at once, one must use a large number of people to fill the gap simultaneously!"

At this moment, Lin Kai clenched his fists tightly. The other party had linked everything together, step by step, until the Master was completely locked in and all his paths of retreat were cut off.

But by this time, Lin Zhao could no longer care about much else; for the sake of his wife, he could sacrifice everything, even if it meant betraying his own conscience.

"It just so happened that at this time, someone within the Changding Army secretly colluded with officials of the Nanling Granary to steal and resell grain, and this matter was discovered by the Master."

"So, he set his sights on the granary?" With a light snort, Shen Yu said indifferently, "He certainly has a lot of nerve!"

"Yes! By this time, the Master could no longer care about much. As long as the granary was temporarily emptied, then, as long as there was a place in the Beishan Region where a small famine could occur, with no grain or grass to provide timely relief, and starving people everywhere, the Musheng Flower could successfully bloom!"

"Lin Zhao, he actually dared to think of this, and he actually dared to do it!"

"The Master once said that as a general, if he knew of such a thing, he would surely assemble his troops and swear to kill such people who bring disaster to the country and the people!"

"But as a husband, even if an abyss lay before him, he was willing to jump down!"

"Good, very well said!" Clapping his hands, Shen Yu felt not the slightest bit moved; instead, his face was filled with coldness.

"But by what right does he, Lin Zhao, sacrifice others? To harm so many people for the sake of one person? His wife's life is a life, but the wives and children of others are not?"

"Have you ever seen those innocent commoners starving by the roadside? Are they just like weeds, to be discarded and wantonly persecuted by him, Lin Zhao?"

"To be honest, I sympathize with him, but if there is a next time, I will still kill!"

To all of this, Shen Yu only responded coldly. Lin Zhao was worthy of sympathy, but what about those innocent commoners? Were they not worthy of sympathy?

Without having seen such a famine, one would never know how soul-shaking those scenes were; it was a scene that people would never want to recall.

"Lord Shen, the Master also knew he was guilty. I knew from beginning to end that while this matter was being arranged, the Master was already preparing for his funeral; he never intended to live!"

Closing his eyes, Lin Kai seemed to be thinking of something, and a touch of sadness appeared on his face. However, shortly after, all these expressions faded away once more.

"Lord Shen, do you know where this Musheng Flower comes from?"

"You know?" Glancing at the other party with surprise, this was a question he had wanted the answer to earlier, but Shen Yu did not understand why Lin Zhao would rather die than tell him.

"Of course I know, this Musheng Flower was sent by the Mo Family, and the reason Master ended up in such a state is entirely thanks to them!"

"The Mo Family?" Feeling a slight shock in his heart, Shen Yu said somewhat uncertainly, "Wait, which Mo Family are you talking about?"

"Lord Shen, who else could it be that the General would trust so much, to the point of having almost no suspicion?"

"Impossible! Why would the Mo Family do this?" Regarding such an answer, Shen Yu dared not believe it, nor could he believe it. The Northern Frontier Twin Stars, are they to fall together!

"Lord Shen, my Master and General Mo Yu are known together as the Northern Frontier Twin Stars, and both hold high prestige both inside and outside the imperial court!"

"It is rumored that within the next ten years, the Commander of the million-strong army of the Northern Frontier will be chosen from between my Master and General Mo. Lord, do you think this motive is sufficient?"