"Your Majesty, you mean...we are showing weakness?"
Wei Zong asked curiously.
"It's just a temporary show of weakness."
The emperor didn't take it seriously and said: "During this period, let him gather as many people as he can. If you want to kill him, make him crazy first."
After saying that, the emperor glanced at Wei Zong again: "Wei Zong, believe me, as long as you shrink your hands, Cao Gong will probably become even more unscrupulous."
"This...I understand!"
Wei Zong nodded, indicating that he understood.
Soon, as expected, in the following days, Wei Zong directly reduced his manpower, and then all the spies began to huddle in the Secret Agent Department, paying no attention to what was going on outside.
As for Cao Gong, since he lost his undercover agent in the Secret Service, he didn't know what Wei Zong's plan was.
However, he didn't care at all. No matter what Wei Zong thought, since he no longer cared about it, he felt even more relieved and continued to gather martial artists.
Now, there are thousands of martial arts warriors who have come to Kyoto.
Almost half of the world came.
Although there seem to be a lot of people, they are scattered throughout Kyoto, and they are actually very inconspicuous. They have been hiding inconspicuously like this.
Now is not the time. When the final number of people is gathered, there may not be as many as seven or eight thousand people.
Of course, there must be many more people in the real world than these.
However, these characters all have a certain reputation in the world and have certain martial arts skills.
Most of the people in the world are low-level errand runners, handymen, and even the lowest-level robbers and thieves.
Such people only know a few tricks of the trade, and whether they come or not has no impact.
And these people who came were either from a major sect, or they were independent martial artists who were trained under their masters. They were all confident in their own martial arts and wanted to overthrow the imperial court.
You know, according to the big man's promise, as long as they assassinate the emperor, the big man will directly launch a rebellion and lead the army to capture the palace. When the time comes, when the new emperor ascends the throne, they will all follow the dragon's merits and gain glory and wealth.
It's at your fingertips.
Stimulated by such desire, coupled with their hatred for the previous court, they directly chose to join Cao Gong's camp without even thinking about it.
Of course, until now, many people still don't know that the big man they want to follow is Cao Gong. Only some warriors with higher status know this.
And these people were all around Cao Gong at this time.
"Everyone, everyone has almost arrived. I think... we can take action tomorrow night!"
At this time, he was in a secret room of unknown location.
Cao Gong was speaking with a stern expression, and opposite him, five people were sitting. Each of these five people was a person with profound aura and extraordinary martial arts skills at first glance.
The reason why he chose this place instead of his own mansion was because Cao Gong was really scared by Wei Zong. He was also a little worried that Wei Zong would suddenly come to assassinate him. If Wei Zong came to assassinate him, there would be no one.
He can be stopped.
Therefore, he could only choose to hide here. Except for a few of his confidants, no one knew that he was here.
At this time, when he came to meet a few Jianghu elders, he also chose to be here.
At this time, after hearing Cao Gong's words, an old man who looked quite immortal frowned, and then said: "Master Cao, is it too urgent to act tomorrow?"
"Taoist Master Han!"
Cao Gong glanced at the other party. The other party was the master of Jiuding Temple, Chen Qing, who was also the oldest among these old men.
At this time, Cao Gong said calmly: "Opportunities are rare. Besides, the nights are long and there are many dreams. Naturally, the sooner the better for this kind of thing. If the opportunity is delayed, it will not be that easy to find another good opportunity.
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"We will act immediately tomorrow night. We are afraid that the emperor will not have time to react. If we act later, after he is fully prepared, it will not be so easy for us to kill him so easily."
What Cao Gong said seems to make sense.
At this time, Chen Qing was convinced by Cao Gong's words.
Then, he seemed to have thought of something again, and continued to ask: "By the way, Mr. Cao, then Wei Zong... have you thought of a way to deal with it?
If he is really as powerful as you say, and if you want to kill the emperor, I am afraid you will have to pass him!"
"Of course I've already prepared this!"
At this time, Cao Gong suddenly showed a strange smile on his face.
Then he said calmly: "Actually, I am not unprepared at all in private. My subordinates have always had a team that is training quietly. The purpose is to deal with martial arts masters like you. When the time comes,
As long as one of you is responsible for holding Wei Zong back, my men will be able to kill him."
"real?"
In fact, Chen Qing mostly didn't believe what Cao Gong said at this time. After all, he also knew that if Cao Gong really had a way to deal with Wei Zong, he wouldn't hide here because he was too afraid of Wei Zong.
The reason why Cao Gong didn't even dare to return to his home was because he was afraid that Wei Zong would come and kill him?
If he really had a way to deal with Wei Zong, what would he be afraid of?
Just have a hard time with Wei Zong.
When Wei Zong came, he had his men kill Wei Zong and it was over soon. How could it be as troublesome as it is now?
In fact, Cao Gong looked at the expressions of Chen Qing and a few others and thought of their thoughts.
So, he seemed to want to make a few people believe it, and then said calmly: "I know you don't believe it, but... I do have my own way.
If those people under me want to be effective, they must be protected by others. Only if someone restrains Wei Zong can they kill Wei Zong.
Unfortunately, I don't have anyone who can restrain Wei Zong at all."
Several Jianghu veterans finally understood what he said.
Apparently, he wanted to let himself and others contain Wei Zong, and then his people would do something evil behind him.
This was a wishful thinking...
Tsk tsk tsk...
Several people thought of Cao Gong's idea, but they didn't say anything. No matter what Cao Gong thought, anyway... in the end, all they had to do was kill Wei Zong.
Besides, if Cao Gong really succeeds, he will be the next emperor. I can't offend him at this time. It's not worth it.
Therefore, even a few old people in the world did not say anything at this time, which was regarded as acquiescing to Cao Gong's plan.