When Shao Peichen woke up again, it was already the next day, and the sun was hanging high in the sky, making it difficult to open one's eyes.
The sound of the adjutant knocking on the door and shouting forced him to wake up.
His mind was dizzy and he didn't know what to do.
The atmosphere in the Huo Mansion now is quite depressing. Shao Peichen slowly followed the adjutant. He didn't know where he should go now.
Shao Wenzhuo shot Zhu Hong and then committed suicide.
This made it impossible to proceed with the things that were originally planned.
Just walking slowly step by step, he took his adjutant and knocked on the door of Huo Tingyu's meeting hall.
"Enter."
Shao Peichen heard the people inside say this.
The door slowly opened, and the meeting hall was filled with people.
He walked in slowly and saw Huo Tingyu sitting on top and Du Yu kneeling on the open space in the middle, looking back at him.
Du Yu had just recounted the reason why Master Yuan Hui killed Zhu Hong. Du Yu's face turned pale and he said slowly: "That's what happened."
Shao Peichen didn't care about any messy understanding, he just walked aside blankly, casually pulled out a chair and sat on it.
Chen Jinjun, who had just listened to what Du Yu said, took a deep breath: "So, if he knew that Shao Peichen faked his death, then none of this would have happened."
Du Yu nodded, then shook his head: "To be precise, I asked him to do it at the banquet."
Shao Peichen sat aside and could clearly see the tense bodies of Chen Jinjun and Huo Tingyu, and could also clearly hear that everyone around them took a breath of cold air.
Du Yu smiled bitterly: "If he does it outside the city, the success rate is too low, and he will definitely die."
"But if he takes action at the banquet, not only will Zhu Hong be unprepared, but I will also be able to take him away."
"What I didn't expect was that he kept the last bullet for himself."
Shao Peichen looked at Du Yu and asked quietly: "Is it him you are talking about?"
Du Yu looked at Shao Peichen and saw that Shao Peichen, who had only a few white hairs last night, seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight. Not to mention his head full of silver hair, even the wrinkles on his face were getting deeper and deeper.
"It's him." The two people looked at each other from a distance, both knowing who the "him" in each other's words was referring to.
Shao Peichen nodded heavily and stopped talking.
"But now, because of Zhu Hong's death, the Republic of China government wants an explanation." Huo Tingyu slowly put down the note in his hand, which was the news he had just received from the Republic of China government.
"What can you say? Everyone is gone." Shao Peichen sneered.
The whole room fell into terrible silence following Shao Peichen's words.
Chen Jinjun cleared his throat: "This is no small matter. The escort wants to take away Yuan Hui's gun. The Republic of China government must know the cause of the matter. If you ask these questions now, it is just to get Yongzhou to surrender."
Huo Tingyu nodded: "Du Hong said when he came that he trusted Master Shao's decision before his death. The next target is Yongzhou."
With that said, Huo Tingyu narrowed his eyes and looked at Shao Peichen.
Shao Peichen didn't react at all. He just sat quietly in his seat, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"It's just an excuse. If the day comes that we really have to fight, I ask to take the lead." Ji Li snorted, stood up and clasped his fists at Huo Tingyu.
"Not that much." Huo Tingyu frowned and waved his hand to signal Ji Li to sit down quickly.
Chen Jinjun took a deep breath: "So, things can still turn around?"
Huo Tingyu hesitated for a moment: "The person who handled this matter was Zhu Hong's colleague, Guard Chief Dou of the Republic of China government. His intention was to fight."
"Did he follow Zhu Hong's will during his lifetime, or..." Chen Jinjun looked at Huo Tingyu.
Huo Tingyu shook his head and said that he didn't know the details.
Just when Chen Jinjun pinched his chin and wanted to take some measures to break the current deadlock.
Shao Peichen, who had been listless and somewhat gloomy, slowly raised his head and looked at Chen Jinjun.
His light brown pupils looked at Chen Jinjun, and then slowly looked at Huo Tingyu. His voice, neither loud nor quiet, stood out in the quiet meeting hall.
"Let's make a deal." Shao Peichen looked at Huo Tingyu expressionlessly.
Huo Tingyu frowned and asked him: "What?"
Shao Peichen stood up slowly and walked towards Huo Tingyu: "I have an old relationship with Chief Dou, he will give me this face."
He walked forward step by step, passed Du Yu who was kneeling on the ground, and slowly arrived in front of Huo Tingyu.
"What are your conditions?" Huo Tingyu looked at the aggressive Shao Peichen and asked him.
Shao Peichen stopped at the bottom of the two steps and raised his head slightly: "I want to live."
After saying that, Shao Peichen gently twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a rather sinister smile.
Chen Jinjun looked at Shao Peichen in confusion: "But no one wants your life now?"
Before Chen Jinjun finished speaking, Shao Peichen was already shaking his head: "I don't mean to live in the literal sense. What I want is to return to everyone's field of vision."
Back into everyone’s sight?
Chen Jinjun opened his eyes wide and looked at Shao Peichen's smiling expression.
Shao Peichen smiled in a twisted way: "My boss has guessed it."
Chen Jinjun looked at Huo Tingyu who was sitting aside: "I'm afraid it would be better for Mr. Shao to discuss this matter with Marshal Huo."
Huo Tingyu looked at Chen Jinjun. He was a little confused at first. What else didn't he understand at the moment?
"The ambition is not small." Huo Tingyu chuckled.
Shao Peichen wanted to take this opportunity to return to the big stage of the Republic of China government as a living person, but one of the conditions for returning was the city of Yongzhou.
Shao Peichen knew that Chen Jinjun and Huo Tingyu knew what he meant, so he said to Huo Tingyu: "This also helps the commander-in-chief, doesn't it?"
His light brown eyes were exceptionally bright and dazzling, as if they could shine through people's hearts.
"Tell me, Mr. Shao, what are your plans?" Huo Tingyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Shao Peichen curiously, still looking forward to Shao Peichen's proposal.
As Shao Peichen himself said, the current Yongzhou is undoubtedly a thorn in the side of the Republic of China government, so if you want the Republic of China government to give up its thoughts on Yongzhou, either Yongzhou surrenders voluntarily, or...
"I will tell those people that I am the master of Yongzhou."
As soon as Shao Peichen said these words, a pot exploded in the meeting hall.
Ji Li slapped the table and stood up, pointed at Shao Peichen, and looked at Huo Tingyu eagerly.
Huo Tingyu pressed his palms to encourage him to calm down, while he asked Shao Peichen: "What is the purpose of this?"
In fact, Huo Tingyu and Chen Jinjun had already guessed Shao Peichen's intention, but... it was not just the two of them who knew about this matter.
"In this way, they will not have a hostile attitude towards Yongzhou. As for Zhu Hong's death... the murderer is my brother, so I naturally have my own explanation." Although Shao Peichen stood at the bottom of the steps, looking up at Huo Tingyu,
But at this moment, Shao Peichen seemed to be holding the power of life and death in Yongzhou.
For Yongzhou, a behemoth like the Republic of China, if it were to go to war forcefully, it would be a waste of people and money.