TGCFNM -Chapter 525 Leave None Alive

After Bai Su told Chu Ling what she had seen, Chu Ling only thought for a moment before deciding not to get involved.

First, there were only three men in black. Fu Qingyu was a martial arts expert, so it was impossible for him to lose to just the three of them. Second, if they stepped in to help, they would immediately be categorized into a faction. When the matter of Fu Qingyu’s assassination attempt was investigated, they would have to testify in court.

And to put it bluntly, Chu Ling didn’t trust Fu Qingyu. She couldn’t be sure whether this was something he had staged himself, so she decided to stay put and wait.

Chu Ling tilted her head slightly, signaling Wan Sanjin and the others to hold their breath and remain still. Then she quietly raised her head for a quick look before immediately lying back down again—clearly showing she had no intention of interfering.

Bai Su floated above and watched. She saw that Fu Qingyu had to protect Grand Tutor Fu while also guarding the people following him. Fighting the three men in black at the same time was extremely difficult for him. He was obviously struggling and even had his arm cut.

Seeing this, Bai Su’s thoughts stirred. After confirming the distance, she floated a little closer. Unexpectedly, she noticed the moon token hanging at the waist of one of the men in black.

She immediately stopped, leaving only a cold sneer on her face.

After the three men in black were killed, Fu Qingyu clutched his injured arm. Hearing Grand Tutor Fu’s furious voice, the guards escorted Fu Qingyu away first.

Once everyone had left, Bai Su did not go back to report. Instead, she waited a while longer.

Soon, another man in black appeared. He searched the three corpses, took away their moon tokens, then hung new tokens on their waists before silently leaving.

“Xiao Ling, come here!” Bai Su called.

Chu Ling instantly sprang up and rushed toward the place where the fight had happened. Following Bai Su’s instructions, she found the waist tokens and slipped them into her sleeve. She then called Wan Sanjin and the others over to carry the three corpses to a hidden location.

Su He took out some poison. “I also made corpse-dissolving liquid. Didn’t expect we’d actually use it.”

After telling everyone to step back, he sprinkled the liquid, and the three corpses quickly dissolved into nothing.

Only then did Chu Ling take out the waist token she hadn’t examined carefully before. Her eyes widened.

“What does this mean? Has it turned into Prince Su attempting the assassination?”

Wan Sanjin took it and looked. “Seems like it. But isn’t it too obvious? If they really used this, wouldn’t it look like a frame-up?”

“That’s probably the effect they want,” Su He said as he carefully put away the poison. “After all, everyone knows Prince Rui and Prince Su don’t get along, and neither of them likes Fu Qingyu.”

“So this really was staged?” Wan Sanjin frowned, his expression not looking very good.

Chu Ling raised a hand to interrupt them. “When I found the token just now, I noticed traces of someone leaving. Let’s follow and see.”

Bai Su nodded slightly at Chu Ling and chased ahead.

Chu Ling and the others covered their faces and followed behind. Along the way, by tracking broken branches and faint shoe marks on tree trunks, they finally found the trail of the man in black.

Bai Su signaled for them to stop and went forward alone.

Chu Ling gestured, and she and Wan Sanjin’s group silently hid themselves, waiting quietly.

Ghost Scholar lowered his eyes and looked at Chu Ling. “For this hunting trip, Fu Qingyu’s original plan was probably to be ‘accidentally’ injured, and the attacker would likely be either Prince Rui or Prince Su. And because he is the orphan of the former Crown Prince, many officials would follow him—those people would all become his witnesses.”

Chu Ling frowned slightly.

“But I’m not sure whether His Majesty has tacitly approved him acting this way,” Ghost Scholar sighed softly. “We’ll just have to wait until he returns injured and see how His Majesty reacts. That should make everything clear.”

Chu Ling let out a slow breath, her gaze sharpening.

“I suspect the place ahead might be the base of those men in black. If we get any closer, we’ll probably be silenced.”

Su He patted Zhang Dong.

Zhang Dong untied a pouch from his waist, revealing a row of blowpipes—the same ones Su He had used before when poisoning Prince Qi.

“You don’t need to get too close. When the time comes, just blow it around randomly. I’ve also prepared thirty of these smoke bombs,” Su He said, glancing at Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua carefully took out a thumb-sized smoke bomb. “Coroner Su said this one is even stronger, so I need to be extra careful.”

Chu Ling couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up. “Officer Su, you’re really something.”

Wan Sanjin finally relaxed a little, the tension on his face easing. “With this smoke, these people shouldn’t be too hard to deal with. I’m just worried… what if someone else arranged more assassins?”

Chu Ling: “…Even Officer Su can’t save your mouth.”

“If we really run into the situation Sanjin mentioned…” Su He slowly raised his hand, feeling the direction of the wind in the forest with his fingertips. “Then we tear open a small opening in the powder packets and hang them on the trees. Let the wind carry it.”

Chu Ling: “!”

Wan Sanjin looked faintly excited. “That works too!”

“But won’t the paper packets be discovered? Wouldn’t that count as evidence?” Zhang Dong asked worriedly, looking at Chu Ling.

Chu Ling turned to Su He.

Su He shook his head. “No. I wrote the two characters Lanyue on every packet.”

Chu Ling covered her mouth excitedly, afraid she might shout out loud. “Officer Su, you’re amazing!”

“Didn’t she bully us before? This is what you call returning the favor,” Su He said with a mocking expression.

“But Shi Lanyu will definitely know we did it,” Wan Sanjin said.

Chu Ling waved her hand dismissively. “So what if she knows? We were never on the same side anyway. Tearing off the mask doesn’t affect us much. Besides, the name Lanyue shouldn’t just be used here—it should also be used in the capital.”

After saying that, Chu Ling looked at Wan Sanjin.

Wan Sanjin’s eyes lit up. “Right! We’ve always known that many things were done by Chu Yue, but we never had evidence. Now we can spread everything she’s done under the name Lanyue!”

Chu Ling nodded. That was exactly what she meant.

Watching the group discuss their plan, Ghost Scholar showed a look of approval. “Unconventional methods, yet effective. You’ve all truly grown.”

Chu Ling looked a little proud.

At that moment, Bai Su returned with an ugly expression. “That place seems to be a secret stronghold. A rough count shows hundreds of men in black—clearly here to take lives. And they’re well trained. Even their casual movements are techniques I once taught their instructor.”

Chu Ling: “?”

“I told you before that the imperial family had a secret force called the Sun Moon Sect. That organization was later inherited by the Crown Prince. I was one of the Sun members, while the dead soldiers wore Moon tokens at their waists. That sect was supposedly burned to the ground years ago—it shouldn’t exist anymore.”

Ghost Scholar’s gaze darkened slightly. “Someone has likely revived the organization under the name of the former Crown Prince. If that’s the case, then it probably belongs to Fu Qingyu… or Grand Tutor Fu.”

Chu Ling casually said, as if it were nothing, “So how should I deal with them?”

“Kill them all!” Bai Su’s eyes turned icy. “The former Crown Prince is already dead. This organization now is just an empty shell wearing its name. The people from back then were nothing like these cowardly rats hiding in the shadows.”

Ghost Scholar nodded in agreement. “If these people carry out assassinations under the orders of Fu Qingyu or Grand Tutor Fu, it will certainly throw the court into chaos. And when the court falls into chaos, it’s the common people who suffer.”

Chu Ling nodded solemnly.

“I’ve decided,” she said.

“Kill them all. Leave no one alive.”