Chapter 433 - 289: Even if 10,000 Die, What Does It Have to Do with Me_4
Rong Yichu smiled slightly and said, "Since Lord Qin speaks straightforwardly, I will not beat around the bush. I came to meet Lord Qin today for one thing: Yundong is already in chaos. Lord Qin, the Astronomical Bureau should make its move before it’s too late!"
Qin You frowned and said, "What do you mean by this, Mr. Rong? Even now, the situation in Yundong is a tangled mess. How could the Astronomical Bureau spare the energy to get involved in Yunxi? Previously following your plan to divide Yunxi into three was already the Bureau’s greatest effort."
Rong Yichu smiled and shook his head, saying, "Lord Qin, Lord Yang, this time when I left the Capital City, I neither went to the Ten Thousand Mountains nor to Yunxi, but came directly here. This means there are some things I already know. Do you need me to point them out?"
Qin You kept a calm expression and said, "I don’t understand what Mr. Rong means."
Rong Yichu continued to smile and said slowly, "A long time ago, I heard about Lord Yang’s death plan. Now thinking about it, the current situation in Yunzhou...is the real death plan, isn’t it?"
Qin You held his teacup without speaking.
Rong Yichu said calmly, "Forty years ago, Lord Yang angrily berated the late emperor in the court and was expelled from the Capital City. He then traveled to Yunxi and established the Cyan Gorge Covenant, thereafter spending thirty years wandering the Yunzhou officialdom.
Two years ago, Dragon Pass was lost under the Grand General’s command. Three hundred thousand troops fell and were buried, after which the White Lotus Sect directly seized the Northern Territory. Meanwhile, Marquis Liu’s battlefield setbacks led to a loss of power, and the Astronomical Bureau played both sides to restrain Marquis Chengyang..."
At this point, Rong Yichu paused and looked at Qin You and Yang Yuzhi, saying calmly, "Do the two of you still need me to continue? The real death plan was never the White Lotus Sect, am I right?"
Qin You and Yang Yuzhi exchanged a glance.
Yang Yuzhi chuckled lightly and said, "Mr. Rong...the reputation of a wise counselor is well-deserved. This strategy is the one I am most satisfied with in my life. Having schemed for forty years, I believed no one in the world could unravel it. How did Mr. Rong see through it?"
Rong Yichu shook his head and said, "Lord Yang, your plan is indeed impressive. If not by chance, I would have had no opportunity to see through it. I discovered by accident that Lord Yang visited the Huayue Building in the Capital City forty years ago, and little known is the fact that His Majesty, who was then King Wei, also went there."
Yang Yuzhi asked in confusion, "You guessed it just because of that?"
Rong Yichu continued, "There is one more critical point. My Lord once told me in a letter that Yang Yuzhi, a peerless talent of his era, ultimately resided in a corner of Linjiang, which is truly a pity.
My Lord’s remark about Lord Yang enlightened me, and after unraveling the threads, I made a bold guess, only then barely glimpsing the tip of the iceberg."
Yang Yuzhi sighed and said, "New talents emerge in every generation. Mr. Rong, there’s no need to be modest. Since you’ve uncovered my plan, what do you want, Mr. Rong?"
Rong Yichu said slowly, "Marquis Chengyang has a vendetta against my Lord, so I align myself with you two. What you seek is the stability and prosperity of Great Xia, while what I seek is merely a place for my Lord to live out his life in peace.
Therefore, in the upcoming plan, my Lord must be involved and the Court must restore his name. Otherwise, gentlemen, your death plan may have to wait a few more years, until my Lord has the capability to protect himself amid these tumultuous times. Otherwise, I will not let you execute this death plan. My Lord cannot become a sacrificial pawn."
Qin You narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Mr. Rong, do you realize that if we delay for a few more years, millions might perish, and countless people will be left homeless?"
Rong Yichu chuckled lightly and said, "What does that have to do with me? What Rong Yichu seeks is only one thing: that my Lord may live safely in this world. If something happens to him, never mind a million people, even if ten million die, what’s that to me?"
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