After receiving Xiao Chen's message, Sikong Ming quickly contacted the Seventh Prince in secret. The Seventh Prince was one of Chu Wuming's people, so he naturally wouldn't reject Sikong Ming's request.
Using the Seventh Prince's power, Sikong Ming bribed the Fifth Prince's mother, Imperial Concubine Qu's personal maid that night. This maid was called Chun Hua, and she was deeply loved and trusted by Imperial Concubine Qu.
After being bribed by Sikong Ming, Chun Hua followed Xiao Chen's plan and told Imperial Concubine Qu that Xiao Chen was currently in Zhenshan City in Hulao Pass, and the deputy general of the Zhenshan Army, Zhao Tuo, had some relationship with her. If Imperial Concubine Qu could fork out some money and was willing to personally write a letter to him, he would definitely assassinate Xiao Chen. Furthermore, Xiao Chen was currently in the Zhenshan Army's territory, so General Zhao Tuo's chances of success were very high.
Hearing Chun Hua's words, Imperial Concubine Qu was indeed moved. After her son was killed, Imperial Concubine Qu's position in the palace instantly plummeted.
After all, in the royal family, there were many times when a mother's status depended on her son. Now that Imperial Concubine Qu's son was dead, Imperial Concubine Qu naturally had no value. Furthermore, Chu Mu had already declared Xiao Chen innocent. As a result, the killing intent in Imperial Concubine Qu's heart had never dissipated. Even in her dreams, she wanted to kill Xiao Chen to avenge the Fifth Prince.
She had always wanted to kill Xiao Chen, and now she finally had the chance to do so. Imperial Concubine Qu agreed to Chunhua's proposal without a hitch. She personally wrote a letter and had someone secretly deliver it to Zhenshan City in Hulao Pass to General Zhao Tuo.
Imperial Concubine Qu was already moved. On the other side, General Zhao Tuo could be considered an absolute core figure in the Zhenshan Army. However, Zhao Tuo didn't rely on his own strength to be able to enter the upper echelons of the Zhenshan Army, but it was because of Zhao Feng.
The two of them were blood brothers, and their parents had passed away when Zhao Tuo was just born. Therefore, Zhao Tuo could be said to be raised by Zhao Feng. Therefore, Zhao Feng could be said to be Zhao Tuo's elder brother and father. It was because of this that Zhao Feng spoiled Zhao Tuo a lot.
Under Zhao Feng's care, Zhao Tuo had become a true upper echelon of the Mountain Suppressing Army. His position was only below Zhao Feng's. However, compared to Zhao Feng, Zhao Tuo was extremely greedy and arrogant. It was because of this that Xiao Chen chose him.
From what they knew so far, Zhao Feng was an extremely stubborn person. Although he wasn't completely loyal to the Imperials, it was impossible to recruit Zhao Feng directly. Therefore, the only way to get Zhao Feng to join them was through Zhao Tuo.
After waiting quietly in Hulao Pass for half a month, the person sent by Imperial Concubine Qu finally met with Zhao Tuo in secret.
Because this matter couldn't be discovered, the person sent by Imperial Concubine Qu couldn't use the Teleportation Array. Every time the Teleportation Array was used, there would be a special official in charge of recording it. Therefore, the person sent by Imperial Concubine Qu could only go all the way from the Imperial Capital to Hulao Pass. In this way, half a month wasn't considered slow. After all, it was a long journey.
Along the way, there were people from Tianchen Residence secretly monitoring this person. Therefore, when the person sent by Imperial Concubine Qu entered Zhenshan City, Xiao Chen had already received the news.
"He's finally here? Very good." Hearing this news, Xiao Chen smiled faintly. Since the person had arrived, the plan could officially start.
There was no need to worry that Zhao Tuo would refuse because this person was greedy. In order to kill Xiao Chen, Imperial Concubine Qu had spent a lot of money. In the face of such a generous reward, Zhao Tuo agreed without thinking.
After persuading Zhao Tuo, the person from the temple left Zhenshan City.
After receiving the deposit from Imperial Concubine Qu, Zhao Tuo played with the interspatial ring given by Imperial Concubine Qu in his mansion while thinking about how to deal with Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen was one of Chu Wuming's people. Zhao Tuo naturally knew that he couldn't make a move in public. He could only assassinate him. After thinking about it, Zhao Tuo finally decided to make a move tonight. Anyway, Xiao Chen was only at the Dao Querying Realm. Killing him was as easy as flipping his hand in Zhao Tuo's opinion.
Zhao Tuo didn't know what happened to Xiao Chen in the Imperial Capital. Therefore, he didn't take Xiao Chen seriously at all. After making a decision, Zhao Tuo quickly gathered more than ten of his trusted aides. The lowest cultivation was at the Dao Querying Realm. Together with Zhao Tuo himself, Zhao Tuo believed that it was foolproof to kill a small Dao Querying Realm cultivator with such strength.
After making a decision, Zhao Tuo led the group to secretly sneak into Xiao Chen's courtyard that night. There were no accidents along the way. Zhao Tuo and the group arrived outside Xiao Chen's room smoothly.
Things progressed more smoothly than expected. Of course, Zhao Tuo didn't know that this was all deliberately arranged by Xiao Chen. Otherwise, with the strength of the people from the Heavenly Stellar Residence, Zhao Tuo and the others wouldn't even be able to enter the courtyard, let alone reach Xiao Chen's room.
Zhao Tuo deliberately let Zhao Tuo and the others in. Looking at the tightly shut door in front of him, Zhao Tuo nodded slightly to the person beside him and whispered, "Do it. Remember, do it cleanly. Don't leave any evidence."
Hearing Zhao Tuo's words, the person nodded slightly. Then, his figure moved and he immediately rushed into the room.
He had already inquired about Xiao Chen's residence. At this moment, the room was still lit with soft candlelight. The light illuminated the entire room very clearly.
Just as the person rushed into the room, he looked around and found that there was no one in the room. Immediately, the person felt that something was wrong. He turned his head and shouted to Zhao Tuo, "General, there is no one in the room. Something is wrong."
The room was lit by candlelight, but there was no one in sight. Hearing the person's words, Zhao Tuo frowned and strode into the room. After personally confirming, Zhao Tuo also felt that something was wrong. He immediately said in a deep voice, "Let's go."
The situation was a little strange. Zhao Tuo immediately chose to retreat. However, just as Zhao Tuo was about to leave, several figures quickly flew out from outside the courtyard. The person in the lead was Xiao Chen. Beside Xiao Chen, Zhang Qi, Gu Xiu and the others were already waiting for him.
With his escape route blocked, Zhao Tuo's face darkened. At the same time, Xiao Chen also said with a cold smile.
"General Zhao, you came in the middle of the night with a knife and a spear. What do you want? Do you want to assassinate me? "
All of this was originally planned by Xiao Chen, so he naturally knew the purpose of Zhao Tuo's visit. However, Zhao Tuo didn't know. Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Zhao Tuo was stunned at first, but soon he said with a smile on his face.
"Young Master Xiao, what are you talking about? How could this General come to assassinate you? It's just that I suddenly remembered something tonight and specially came to ask for your advice. How could I know that you are not here? We were just about to leave."
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