novelraw Chapter 705 The Culprit
Chapter 705 The Culprit
Chapter 705 The Culprit
“That’s what he thought before he colluded with Zhao Bi.” Lu Qing nodded and said to the fake Lan Wang, “But as their interests became entangled, he also discovered a fact that he had never realized before through dealing with Zhao Bi, and naturally he reconciled with Zhao Bi.”
"What...? What fact?" The imposter Lan Wang's expression turned somewhat strange.
"The truth is, you are the one who killed your master."
"Nonsense!" The imposter Lan Wang's breathing became rapid. Clearly, this was the statement he feared and didn't want to hear the most, so he instinctively showed resistance and couldn't calm himself down at all. "Ishanen knows how Zhao Bi led people to slaughter our sect back then!"
Of the entire sect, only the two of us escaped. It's only been a little over twenty years; has he forgotten?! Or is he blinded by greed and deliberately trying to forget?!
Zhao Bi is clearly our sect’s greatest enemy. He is the one who betrayed us after we had served our purpose!
He deliberately went so far as to eliminate everyone in order to protect himself and avoid incurring the wrath of Emperor Jin, fearing that we would reveal that he was the mastermind behind it all!
Ishan said that the two of us bear the blood feud of the entire sect, and one day we will make Emperor Jin pay for his blood debt, and kill that old bastard Zhao Bi, and use his blood to sacrifice for our sect!
"This is all Zhao Bi's fault! What does it have to do with me!"
It's clear that the claim that he was the culprit who killed his master really hit a nerve with the imposter Lan Wang, plunging him into a near-hysterical state. He practically shouted as he tried to boost his morale.
Zhu Yu turned her face away and laughed.
Just now, someone had said in great detail that Emperor Jin was the mastermind behind the murder of Lu Qing's entire family. However, now that his sore spot has been touched, his words are completely different from his previous statement. He has also indirectly admitted that the inhumane conspiracy against Lu Qing's entire family was indeed the work of Duke Yan.
“You said it yourself, those were your past ideas.” Lu Qing smiled more calmly. “People change, their goals and ideas change.”
Your second junior brother wants to seize the throne, but his little tricks are clearly not going to work.
Zhao Bi was a powerful nobleman who held immense influence in the court and was also a relative of the emperor. If he stomped his foot, the entire Dajin would tremble.
If Ishaen wants to gain power, he needs Zhao Bi's assistance.
It was during their collusion that Ishan realized that if you hadn't chosen to use the blood of the Jade Snowbird so openly and blatantly, making it immediately clear that the mastermind was from the Vatican and not just anyone from there, perhaps your entire sect wouldn't have been exposed, leaving Zhao Bi with no choice but to eliminate them completely.
If it weren't for your mistake, perhaps Zhao Bi would have continued to rely on your entire sect to do things for him, you would all have been highly regarded, and your master would not have had his head chopped off and hung on the city gate.
So ultimately, the root of the problem and the crux of the matter is you.
"It's not me! It can't be me!" the imposter Lan Wang roared.
No, it's you, and it can only be you.
Even if it wasn't you in the past, all the blame must now fall on you." Lu Qing stared into the imposter's eyes. "No matter what Zhao Bi did in the past, he now wields immense power and commands absolute authority."
By associating with Zhao Bi, Ishaan's ambitions can be further unleashed, and he can reap perhaps greater rewards than he originally expected. And you? Besides tormenting the people of Lan Di to the point of misery and severely weakening the nation over the years, and providing your junior brother with a considerable amount of witchcraft and poisonous incense, what else can you do for him?”
Lu Qing curled the corners of his lips and looked at the imposter Lan Wang, whose face was ashen. He saw that Lan Wang's weak body and limbs were trembling slightly due to his great anger: "Perhaps Ishaan doesn't want anyone, but at least for him, Zhao Bi still has some value to him and he can use each other."
What about you?
You're just a tool; use it as much as you can while it's convenient, and discard it easily whenever a better alternative becomes available.
The imposter Lan Wang glared at Lu Qing, wishing he could bulge his own eyes out. His eyes were bloodshot, and if he weren't still weak and powerless, he probably would have jumped up and rushed to Lu Qing's side to stab him with a knife.
For many years, he has always been the disciple in his master's eyes who is hardworking but not very talented. Although he is the eldest brother in the sect, he is not as outstanding as the second brother in everything and has never received much respect from his fellow disciples.
Many times, when Master gave important instructions, he would entrust them to Ishan to do the work for the sake of safety. And when any of the junior brothers had any difficulties or problems, they would never think of coming to him, their senior brother, first.
Occasionally, someone would approach him and immediately ask, "Senior Brother, have you seen where Second Brother is?"
When his master talked about himself, he would always sigh and lament that he had put in more effort than others, but always achieved less with more effort.
When he mentioned his second junior brother, Ishaen, his eyes lit up with pride and joy.
So for so many years, he had always had a worry that one day his master would pass the entire sect to Ishaen, the second disciple, making him, the eldest disciple, a laughing stock of the sect and looked down upon by everyone.
At the same time, he was worried that Ishan's mind and ambition seemed to be beyond what a small sect in Landi could satisfy.
If, in the future, he looks down on this small world within the sect and runs off to pursue greater achievements, and at that time, the master would rather choose someone from among the other disciples to inherit the sect than choose him, wouldn't he become even more pathetic?
It was this anxiety and worry that tormented him day and night that made him so eager to seize an opportunity to make a name for himself and prove that he was no less capable than his second junior brother.
Even though this opportunity was extremely risky, requiring the use of the Jade Snowbird, which was considered taboo even in the Vatican, and even though this opportunity would require him to bear the crime of poisoning an entire family of meritorious officials, he still accepted it without hesitation.
He thought that through this incident, he could establish his authority in the sect and become a beloved disciple of his master, no less important than his second junior brother. Perhaps he could even use his relationship with Zhao Bi to rise rapidly in the Jin Kingdom.
Unexpectedly, after poisoning the entire Lu family, what awaited him was not praise and commendation, but the destruction of his sect. He had barely escaped and endured more than twenty years of torment. Now, everything he had ever dreamed of was finally going to be realized by his second junior brother?!