Chapter 865

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Hengchuan looked like a young farmer. He had dark skin, ordinary facial features, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a rustic air about him. Even when he was in the state of the Oneness of Heaven and Men, as if he was a member of heaven and earth, contented and carefree, he still looked like a farmer. It was just that he had become a hermit farmer who farmed his own land and looked at the mountains leisurely.

But now, there was a smile on the corners of his mouth, and he spoke with fervor and assurance. He was full of confidence and calmness, and his whole face was glowing as if he had become a different person. He was full of wisdom and confidence, and he didn't look like a farmer at all.

A person's temperament, not their appearance, determined their occupation. Jiang Hengchuan had profoundly "explained" this point.

"Well said." Mengqi suddenly said. He patted the back of his right hand with his left hand, as if he was applauding, but there was no smile on his face.

Jiang Hengchuan smiled and turned to Qiu Fei. "Brother Qiu, you don't have to be afraid. Before we kill the devil, we still need you to work together. Even if the devil gives up on killing and chooses to work together to open the inner mansion, we won't hurt you. Otherwise, the devil will get the fruits of his labor.

"And if you happen to kill the devil, you'll be fine because Brother Su won't let anything happen to you. The best situation is that the three of us can keep each other in check. If only he and I are left, won't he feel uneasy? After all, the Spirit-spirit Oath can't cover every situation. There are always loopholes. He doesn't break it only because he doesn't have enough benefits. "

He frankly said that the cooperation between him and Mengqi was a temporary one. Both of them had their own ideas. He intended to persuade Qiu Fei with this.

Qiu Fei's interest was piqued and he looked at Meng Qi.

"I was just exaggerating just now to persuade him to work together," Jiang Hengchuan said using Secret Voice-sending.

At this moment, Mengqi smiled and said,

"But I think your last sentence is right, Civil Star."

"Civil Star?" Qiu Fei gasped. He could tell that there was something wrong with Jiang Hengchuan, but he had never thought that he was Civil Star! The Civil Star who had disturbed the entire situation in Maoling!

Jiang Hengchuan's smile changed slightly, but it didn't change. He was still confident and calm.

"When did you see that? I mean not only did you see that I was suspicious, but that I was Civil Star. "

He didn't deny it and directly admitted it. He lowered his hands and restrained his aura, as if he was chatting. But Qiu Fei and Mengqi both knew that he could attack at any time.

"To be honest, I didn't expect that at first. You invited Master Wang to 'play chess' with him and competed with him on the layout. But you turned yourself into a chess piece, as if you were an insignificant member. You didn't feel like the mastermind. It was really unexpected." Meng Qi was carrying the heavy Heaven Inflicted Pain. His black robes were slightly wet from the drizzle. He replied with a smile as well. He was neither anxious nor angry, just like a friend talking to a friend.

"At that time, Eldest Young Master Wang told me that no matter what choice I made and how I responded, I couldn't escape the fate of falling into the trap. This made me very confused. Later, I gradually had some ideas. How could a talent ranked in the top ten of the Ranking List of Young Masters be so impulsive? No. You didn't even give me a chance to finish my sentence? "

Jiang Hengchuan smiled and nodded. "There are only two important aspects to a trap: the victim and the victim. If the victim is the one who set the trap, then the victim will step into it no matter what. As long as the setting is set up properly, the victim can take the opportunity to kill the victim. Then, they can 'regret' their impulsiveness."

"If I didn't go to the Wind-listening Villa and returned to my yard, I would have found a corpse in the coffin and the victim came to me." Mengqi sighed. "And if you couldn't kill me on the spot, you could turn hostility into friendship. You could join hands with me as the victim and put me, an unexpected chess piece, into the chessboard."

Qiu Fei listened attentively. It seemed that he wanted to study other people's layout and conspiracy, so that he wouldn't fall into their trap and treat his enemy as a benefactor.

Jiang Hengchuan smiled and nodded. "Yes."

He was very calm and confident. He didn't feel the slightest pressure facing Mengqi and Qiu Fei.

"After Chu Guan, the Xiang Chief of the Dajiang Gang, committed suicide, I was sure that you were one of the masterminds. But I didn't expect you to be Civil Star." Mengqi calmly explained his change of thought. "At that time, you didn't expect that I could really 'ask' the contents and find Chu Guan, did you?"

Jiang Hengchuan's smile faded a little. "Indeed. I didn't expect that you could make that craftsman recall Chu Guan. Otherwise, I would have killed him long ago. Remember this lesson. Only dead people don't reveal secrets. Later, I had to sacrifice Chu Guan to mislead them. "

"You told your subordinates on the street by Secret Voice-sending when we went to find Green-ribbon Dai?" Mengqi asked with interest.

"Yes." Jiang Hengchuan's tone was still calm. "I wanted to let Chu Guan escape, but I changed my mind when I went out. I wanted to take this opportunity to mislead you and provoke Master Wang."

"After you came to your senses, you must have realized that asking for Civil Star's help to take revenge was too deliberate. It seemed like a trap. Who would expose their own people like that? As a result, Civil Star will disappear from your hearts. Grand Wang Prince will see through my trick and understand that I am provoking him. His desire to play chess will be stronger, and his attention will be diverted to this. He will ignore other things. "

Meng Qi sighed and said, "Fortunately, I suddenly calmed down and cleared my mind. I figured out the trap of thinking level at once. When you reminded me the next day, I was sure that there was something wrong with you. Then I beat you at your own game to see what you really wanted to do. I absolutely didn't believe that your real purpose was to compete with the Grand Master Wang in planning."

"You were so sure that I was up to something. I thought that after a few things, our friendship and tacit understanding had deepened. I didn't expect you to be so shrewd. I was almost fooled by you." Jiang Hengchuan sighed as if he was praising Meng Qi.

"Of course, life is like a play. It all depends on acting skills …" Mengqi silently criticized. "After Brother Qiu and Eight-armed Flying Dragon, I realized that Dongyang Villa was your real goal. But I still couldn't understand why you were so sure of accomplishing it. Why did you make such a simple thing so complicated and attract Master Wang, Qing Yu, and the others? "

"Yes, why?" Jiang Hengchuan teased. He seemed to be in a good mood.

The corners of Meng Qi's mouth curled up, and he said slowly, "It was not until Tower Lord Ren sighed in front of me that he could do nothing about his friend's death that I suddenly came to my senses and raised my thoughts to the level of the whole chessboard. I'm afraid that Eight-armed Flying Dragon and Three Eagles of Cloud Ridge have a close relationship with Tower Lord Ren. If you act normally, you're likely to expose yourself and attract the threat of experts of the Exterior. Therefore, you generously invited the masters of the Ranking List of Young Masters nearby, especially Master Wang. Once they arrive, the mysterious Tower Lord Ren will naturally be cautious and dare not act recklessly."

"As for you, you took advantage of this mess to do all kinds of meaningless things. You pretended to compete with Master Wang in terms of setting up, but in fact, you were diverting his attention to cover your real purpose. Then you killed Brother Qiu and Eight-armed Flying Dragon, got the two fragments of Dongyang Seal, and secretly took away the item in the Inner Mansion."

Jiang Hengchuan gradually stopped smiling.

"It's a pity that you realized it too late."

"The most important thing for a conspiracy to succeed is to hide one's real purpose. Once this is done, the rest are just minor details. It doesn't need to be intricate or ingenious."

This was Civil Star's understanding of setting up and conspiracies.

Mengqi didn't care about Jiang Hengchuan's pity. "You set up the trap at the beginning not only to kill me or turn me into a chess piece on the chessboard, but also to expose yourself to attract Master Wang's attention. Then you misled him and made him suspect that you were Tower Lord Ren's subordinate and that he was the real Civil Star."

"The key was Aurora Electric Sword, Xiao Zhenhai. Otherwise, you wouldn't have needed a spy to participate in the trap. You could have killed three ordinary people and found a subordinate."

"A trap contains several purposes. They hide and cover each other. You're indeed Civil Star."

"You led me to suspect Tower Master Ren. Firstly, you wanted me to divert my attention. Secondly, you laid a trap for Grand Master Wang's thinking level. You were certain that there was something wrong with Tower Master Ren. At first glance, Tower Master Ren must have been framed and framed by you. But if you think about it in depth, isn't it also a way to clear his name? A way for a subordinate to clear his name?

If Ren Pingsheng hadn't known that he had been recruited and deliberately exposed that he knew Qu Jiuniang, Meng Qi would have suspected that Ren Pingsheng, Xiao Zhenhai, and Jiang Hengchuan were in cahoots. Once again, he would have been shaken by their real purpose and wouldn't have thought of spying on Xiao Zhenhai.

Hearing so much analysis, Qiu Fei broke into a cold sweat. Fortunately, he didn't meet Ledgerkeeper of Lives and Civil Star when he was in Jianghu. Otherwise, he wouldn't know who his enemy was!

Jiang Hengchuan exhaled. "You're smarter than I thought."

"I just don't understand one thing. After knowing you for so many days, I believe you're not really a cold-blooded person. Why did you kill Jiang Tabo?" Mengqi sighed.

The frozen expression on Jiang Tabo's face was more of disbelief than fear. He probably didn't understand why the person who killed him was his cousin, who was very close to him!

Jiang Hengchuan's expression became rich for the first time. There were some regrets, some hatred, and some sadness. "He betrayed me. Because he lost a lot of money in gambling, he sold some of the secrets he knew to Ren Pingsheng! I should have stayed in Daxing and lived in seclusion. I should have watched Master Wang play a game of chess with the air. I should have thought hard about what happened in Maoling every day, so as to lead the chaos to the peak and cover up our real action of killing Eight-armed Flying Dragon and Brother Qiu. "

"I had a Lucky Chance in Daxing, so no one would have thought that the Dongyang Villa was the target of the chaos in Maoling!"

"Unfortunately, he betrayed me and was discovered by Huo De. A letter sent me back to Maoling. I had no choice but to act in person as an exposed pawn. On one hand, I used myself to attract attention and mislead people. On the other hand, I relied on you to inquire about Brother Qiu's allies and find Eight-armed Flying Dragon."

Mengqi sighed. "I see."

His face became solemn. "I began to guess that you were Civil Star because of an idea that came to my mind. I wanted to attract attention with myself, and then I suddenly saw the light. Isn't this a portrayal of you, Brother Jiang? But there's a key point. It's not enough to have someone to attract attention. You must have someone to cooperate with you in the dark, someone that others don't expect. Otherwise, how could you hide your real purpose? "

"As long as you get one more Lucky Chance, Master Wang will definitely suspect you. Only when three Lucky Chances are different can you open the Inner Mansion and take away the treasure without anyone knowing."

Meng Qi smiled. "Moreover, Brother Jiang, you're not panicking at all. You seem to have a card up your sleeve. You're patiently waiting and speaking, which further confirms my judgment."

Qiu Fei suddenly understood. He looked at Mengqi in surprise. "You mean …"

"Yes, Old Zhong is your ally!" Mengqi stared into Jiang Hengchuan's eyes.

Jiang Hengchuan applauded and smiled. "Good, very good. But he is not an ally, but a companion."