Chapter 10: Treacherous and Self-respecting

Chapter 10: Treacherous and Self-respecting

No! There must be something wrong!

Standing silently in front of Basong's body, Sun Shaozong frowned more and more tightly.

This sudden and resolute death of Basong seems to be in line with his psychology of not hesitating to die and gain fame at first sight, but there were a few fishy things after examining one by one in detail.

Jing Ke and others died with regret, mostly out of loyalty, in order not to implicate those behind the scenes.

On the surface, this seems to be the same with Basong, but don't forget that his purpose was to retain his name for generations, not loyalty. Since he was not afraid of death for fame, shouldn't he show his heroic spirit first, and then take all the blame on himself?

What's more was that the identity of Basong and his accomplices has been exposed. If he suddenly commits suicide, it would only make people turn their doubts toward the officials of the state of Zhen.

But what kind of sacrifice for the country and estrangement is this?

Could it be that...

Sun Shaozong suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that Basong's assassination of Niu Yongxin was originally to frame the state of Zhen?!

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With this in mind, many doubtful points can be explained.

For example, the assassins sneaked into the Qinglin mansion, waited for an opportunity to assassinate, and placed their people to poison the guard commander. These steps were all carefully planned. However, after they succeeded, they had enough time to leave, but they returned to the place where they had lurked. It was like being blessed with a halo of a retarded intelligence!

Shouldn’t it be common sense for the assassins to run away immediately after giving a blow, no matter how hard it is? In particular, they assassinated the envoys of the Heavenly Kingdom!

According to the available information, even if these guys didn’t fall into the hands of themselves and others, they would inevitably be hunted down in the future. At that time, their strange plan would not only have no effect but would properly bring disaster to the State of Zhen.

In addition, Basong was just a ranger in the state of Zhen, but he easily built up a sub-base in the Qinglin mansion and even planted a spy in the embassy kitchen. This kind of strange detail can not be explained simply by the words ”dissipating one's fortune!”

On the contrary, if all this was the ”counterplan” set up by the Qian Xiang state to annex the State of Zhen, all the strange things will have an answer!

As he said this, he suddenly saw Ruan Rong on the side and hurriedly added, "It's also good for Governor Ruan to get out of trouble and go home as soon as possible."

Ruan Rong heard the words and said to Sun Shaozong, "Thank you, Brother Sun."

What Feng Xin heard was that the boss was not happy. Although he didn't dare to express his opposition, he came up and muttered, "My Lord, it took us a long time to catch these assassins. How can we just give it to those Qian Xiang people just like this?"

"What else can I do?"

Sun Shaozong glanced at him and said with a strong sense of righteousness, "We are now the people who are made guilty. We must stay in the embassy and wait for the release. These assassins can only be escorted to the Great Zhou Dynasty by the government of Qian Xiang state."

"This... This..."

Fengxin still refuses to give up, but he doesn't know how to persuade Sun Shaozong. Just before he faltered, Sun Shaozong pulled him to his side and whispered, "We can give them these people, but the reputation belongs to us! Choose some eloquent brothers and escort the prisoners to the Ministry of Justice with them. As long as enough people are watching on the road, one person will be left to publicize today's events. Remember not to exaggerate, just decorate it a little!"

After hesitating for a while, he added, "It's better to think of some slogans in advance. They should be easy to understand, such as ”The Half-day Strange Case of Lieutenant Sun.” In addition, we must emphasize that we are doing this to avenge Lord Niu. Don't say anything about making amends for mistakes."

After hearing these words, Feng Xin immediately clapped his chest with joy and said, "Don't worry, My Lord. The whole people in the Qinglin Mansion know us. We all know how wise you are!"

With these words, he went to the election with great interest.

The way Sun Shaozong thought of the Chinese four-word idiom, the meaning of relying on foreign forces to elevate its status!

Although this country is not comparable to the Western powers, it was at least the first powerful country in Southern Xinjiang. If the news that Qian Xiang people were praising the guards was sent to the Shuntian mansion along with the team escorting the assassins, would the imperial court be willing to severely punish them?

Of course, it's not safe to rely solely on public opinion. After all, ordinary people are not as good as dogs these days, not to mention ordinary people in the vassal states.

So Sun Shaozong was going to find another senior official of the State of Qian Xiang to act as a third party to smoothen our unfavorable situation.

If public opinion pressure still couldn’t make the imperial court change its mind, he was afraid that he could only take Feng Xin and the others to become bandits!

This was the reason why Sun Shaozong wanted to stay in the Qian Xiang Kingdom for the sake of his guilt. There was at least a two or three-month buffer period for escorting the assassins, which was enough for Sun Shaozong to arrange his escape strategy.