Chapter 105: Killing to silence

others Wu Cairen looked up at the mansion and walked into it under the guidance of the servants. It

was called a mansion, but in fact it was just a house that was not much bigger than an ordinary landlord's house. However, with the current strength of Wu Weiliang and his brothers, this house was the best house they could live in. No matter how

luxurious or big the mansion was, Wu Weiliang and his brothers did not have the ability to afford it. Their economic conditions did not allow them to be so extravagant.

"What should we do now?" The sentry who followed Wu Zetian here did not rush in.

"You continue to watch here, I will go back and find some people, then we will catch them all in one fell swoop, and the prince will definitely reward us when we return."

"Okay, you go quickly and come back soon."

After talking, one of them left, leaving the other to continue squatting here to watch.

Wu Weiliang and others were overjoyed to learn that Wu Zetian had arrived, and they thought their happy life was about to begin.

In fact, the moment Wu Zetian stepped into this place, they were not far from the gates of hell.

"It is really a great honor for Wu Cairen to come to my humble home! Please take a seat quickly." Wu Weiliang invited Wu Zetian to sit down and ordered people to prepare tea and snacks.

After the maid brought tea and cakes, she withdrew.

"Wu Cairen, we didn't handle the matter well last time. We are really ashamed. Please forgive us!" Wu Weiliang said.

"It doesn't matter. One failure is nothing. Doesn't the art of war say that victory and defeat are common in the military? We can just continue next time." Wu Zetian said.

Wu Weiliang and others were shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. According to the three people who escaped back, the reason they failed was because they encountered the imperial guards.

In the end, these imperial guards actually came to protect the target of their assassination.

This shows that the identity of their target is extraordinary. Otherwise, why would the imperial guards escort the target back to Chang'an?

With the current strength of their Wu family, they can't compete with the target at all, so Wu Weiliang and others don't plan to attack this person again.

Until now, they still didn't know who their target was, and they didn't dare to ask.

This Wu Cairen actually wanted them to continue the assassination. Isn't this making

things difficult for them? "You can put the assassination aside for now. Now is not the time!"

Just when they didn't know how to answer Wu Zetian's words, Wu Zetian's words were undoubtedly the sound of nature, and the next sentence made them even more overjoyed.

"Although you didn't complete the mission, the noble still intends to help you so that you can have a chance to be promoted."

"Thank you, Wu Cairen! I wonder who this noble is?" Wu Weiliang said.

They were grateful to Wu Zetian and thought that this was an opportunity that Wu Zetian had brought them.

But they didn't know at all that what Wu Zetian said was not true at all. They would never be promoted, and there was no nobleman at all. It was all made up by Wu Zetian.

"Although you messed up this time, the nobleman is magnanimous and decided to forgive you once. As long as you can do more things for the nobleman in the future, you will definitely benefit from it."

At this point, Wu Zetian paused, pointed to the food box in the hand of the maid and continued, "This is the food given to you by the saint. The nobleman asked me to bring it here for you to taste. Eat it while it's hot."

Wu Zetian signaled the maid to give the food box in her hand to Wu Weiliang and others. There was food that had been poisoned.

"Thank you for the food, it's a gift from an elder, so I dare not refuse!" Wu Weiliang said.

In their view, this was what Wu Zetian said, a way for the noble to show their loyalty.

Eat my food, and from now on, you are my people.

If they eat it, they will be tied to the same chariot with this noble, and everyone will be in the same camp in the future.

Watching Wu Weiliang and others eat the food in the food box, Wu Zetian showed a barely perceptible fierce light in the corner of her eyes, and the corners

of her mouth slightly raised. Turning back, she nodded slightly to the maid, who immediately withdrew and distributed the food that had been prepared long ago, letting everyone here eat it.

Since they want to kill people to silence them, no one here can be spared.

After talking for a while, the maid came in from outside. Wu Zetian knew that everything had been done, so she stood up and said goodbye.

"It's getting late. My deadline to leave the palace is coming, so I won't stay here any longer!"

"Let's see Wu Cairen off!" Wu Weiliang and others stood up to see her off. They saw Wu Zetian to the door and watched her carriage disappear from sight before they went back.

Not long after, Wu Weiliang and others, as well as everyone in the house, were poisoned and died.

At this time, the person who had gone back came to the person who was squatting and said, "Ma Liu, what's the situation in there?"

"Yang Wu, Wu Cairen just left not long ago. There is nothing unusual about the people inside. Did you bring the person?" Ma Liu asked.

"Don't worry! I've called the city defense troops from Luoyang here!" Yang Wu said, and with a wave of his hand, the city defense troops emerged from the darkness and guarded the house in front of him.

"You two, what should we do now?" asked the captain of the city defense troops.

If the two people in front of them hadn't said that there might be a murderer hiding inside who could have assassinated the prince, they wouldn't have come here. They

had no idea what was going on inside, and they were afraid that if they caught the wrong person, what would they do?

He knew about this house, because there were royal relatives living inside, and if they didn't handle it well, they would be the ones to suffer.

But if they didn't take action, if there really was an assassin hiding here who was plotting to kill the prince, they would be held responsible if their inaction caused the assassin to escape.

After weighing the options, they were more inclined to go in and capture the person. After all, if they really captured the wrong person, there would be someone to take the blame for them. What else could they be afraid of?

"What else can we do? Tell them to come out and surrender. If they don't surrender, just charge in," said Ma Liu.

"Okay!" The captain of the city defense army turned around and shouted, "Everyone inside, listen up. Someone has accused you of illegally gathering and harboring imperial criminals. You are now surrounded. Don't resist. Come out and surrender quickly to get lenient treatment."

After shouting for a long time, there was no movement inside. It was still like a pool of stagnant water, so quiet that it made people uneasy.

"Everyone inside, listen to me..."

"Stop shouting! Something is wrong." Yang Wu stopped the captain and asked him to stop shouting.

"What's wrong?" Ma Liu asked.

"Don't you think it's too quiet in here? I'm worried that there's something fishy inside." Yang Wu said, turning back to the captain and said, "Send your men in immediately to see what's going on inside?"

"Understood!" The captain replied, waving his hand and saying, "Brothers, come on."

The city defense soldiers immediately broke in.