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Chapter 576 Assassination (8)

Chapter 576: Chapter 576 Assassination (8)

"As his voice trailed off, the last assassin’s neck was snapped cleanly and efficiently!"

She took out a small bottle of Corpse-Dissolving Liquid from the Ancient Space and dropped a single drop onto each corpse. In a short while, the bodies completely vanished into the air, leaving not even their clothes behind, only a faint smell of rotting flesh.

An Yiqing pulled out a small spray bottle and meticulously sprayed every corner of the basement. She had formulated a disinfectant herself, which was colorless and odorless, capable of eliminating any chemical substance. Not to mention that modern detection technology would fail to find anything—if they even managed to trace it back to the An Family, An Yiqing guaranteed that with their level of technology, not a single trace would be discovered!

The night passed quickly. The next day was when the An Family would need to be busy.

The sound of gunfire and screams from the previous night had pierced the sky, and although it hadn’t carried far, the loud gunshots had been clearly heard by the few scattered residents nearby. If Old Master An hadn’t called the authorities afterward, the military might have been deployed that very night.

Gunshots at Old Master An’s house was a serious matter.

Old Master An had always been low-key; whether he was going out or staying home, he preferred not to have Guards with him if it could be avoided. There had been times when Guards secretly followed him and incurred his wrath when discovered.

Old Master An’s thinking was very simple: he was an ordinary citizen decades ago, and he still considered himself an ordinary old man. On normal days, to ensure peace for the An Family, Old Master An allowed Guards and bodyguards to stay nearby the villa at night. But for the past few days, because it was the New Year, he had given them all a holiday.

Little did anyone expect that this alone would create an opportunity that several assassins would seize.

The next morning, the An Family Villa’s phone started ringing off the hook.

The big shots of Xuanjin were calling one after another to inquire about what had happened, and Old Master An recounted truthfully that someone had hired assassins to kill members of the An Family, but they had fought them off.

Upon hearing this, the two leaders were immediately enraged. They were aligned with An Muyun and Gu Zhongyi, and these two old Commanders, revered by everyone in Xuanjin, commanded great respect. Now, assassins had brazenly attempted to kill the An Family right under the Tianzi’s nose! Wasn’t this a slap in the face of Xuanjin, a slap in their own faces?

If it hadn’t been for that little girl from the An Family or the third son from the Gu Family the previous night, Commander An would probably have died a violent death, and the whole of Xuanjin would have been shaken! The consequences would have been unimaginable!

The leaders spent a whole day shutting themselves away with the nation’s leaders, smoking away in a room as they deliberated how to deal with the matter.

"King, about this matter... should we get involved?" Speaker Pei Yuanzhi touched the empty cigarette box on the coffee table with a sigh and took a sip of tea.

"Ah, this is difficult!" Monarch Hua Zhifeng rubbed his thinning salt-and-pepper hair and heaved a helpless sigh, "Elder An is an old Commander whose fame strikes fear far and wide in Xuanjin. Now, news of this assassination attempt has spread throughout the entire power circle, and who knows how many people are watching us closely, waiting to catch us out."

"Exactly! If we don’t intervene, those gossips will accuse us of being heartless. But if we do, there’s sure to be bloodshed, and then those troublemakers will come out to make a fuss!" Pei Yuanzhi scrunched his eyebrows tightly, then used the intercom to ask his secretary for another pack of cigarettes.

There was a knock on the door, and a scholarly-looking man in a grey retro outfit entered. Around thirty-one or thirty-two, the man had an intellectual appearance, clearly a man of considerable learning.

This man was named Wang Shuai, and he was the close secretary to Monarch Hua Zhifeng. He had been on the job for three years and had always been precise in his work and speech, never making a mistake, and had earned Hua Zhifeng’s trust.

"Elder Hua, Elder Pei, you can’t smoke any more. The doctor said you’re only allowed one pack a day at most, no more," Wang Shuai said with an efficient smile, then set down a pot of freshly steeped tea, "Great Red Robe, your favorite."

As the youngest secretary to the King in history, Wang Shuai wouldn’t have held his position for so long if he wasn’t competent. Understanding the leaders’ preferences was a fundamental part of his job as a secretary.

Sure enough, Hua Zhifeng and Pei Yuanzhi, who had been a little morose over their inability to smoke, immediately brightened up at the sight of the fragrant Great Red Robe tea.

"Ah, young Wang understands us so well," Pei Yuanzhi said with a soft chuckle as he picked up a teacup, looked up at Wang Shuai, and asked, "If you were looking after the An Family matter, what would you do?"

Wang Shuai was taken aback at the question, glanced at Pei Yuanzhi and Hua Zhifeng, and wasn’t sure what they meant.

"Just speak your mind, young Wang. This matter has nearly turned my hair white with worry. You’re a young man, with a nimble mind; help us find a solution," Hua Zhifeng said with a sip of his tea, smiling wryly.

Wang Shuai’s thoughts were clear, and he could see that Hua Zhifeng and Pei Yuanzhi were truly troubled.

After mentally reviewing the entire situation, he smiled politely and said, "Elder Hua, Elder Pei, just pretend you don’t know about the An Family’s situation. Isn’t there a young lady in the An Family?"

A young lady?

Upon hearing Wang Shuai’s words, both Hua Zhifeng and Pei Yuanzhi looked surprised. Then they immediately realized what he meant and burst out laughing, excitedly slapping their thighs.

"Ha-ha! The young man has the right idea! How could we forget about that girl?" Hua Zhifeng laughed heartily, "That girl is no pushover. She’s only been in Xuandu for a few months, and she’s already turned everything upside down! Someone wants to assassinate the An Family, and she’s the least pleased about it!"

Pei Yuanzhi, quick on the uptake, soon grasped the implications. "Are you talking about that An Yiqing girl? Right, she is indeed talented, and we might have overlooked her. King, are you suggesting that we should just let things be and let that girl make her moves?"

"Hehe, I didn’t say that," Monarch Hua Zhifeng replied with a meaningful smile, saying thoughtfully, "Lately, both you and I haven’t been feeling well, lying in bed to recuperate, oblivious to the outside world. We don’t know about the assassination attempt on the An Family, we don’t know about An Yiqing pursuing the mastermind, and we certainly don’t know about that third son from the Gu Family joining that girl in her madness. We’re just two sick old men, who know nothing."

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