The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 601 Planning
Lu Wushuang carefully observed Li Miao's expression.

Her words likely revealed the very foundation upon which Li Miao relied most... This was undoubtedly the most serious offense. Although there was a reason for it, she really didn't know how Li Miao would react.

Are you surprised?

Will I be angry?

Will I still... have murderous thoughts?
"That's how it is."

To her utter surprise, Li Miao simply shrugged and admitted it nonchalantly, as if he were merely admitting to having eaten a few bowls of rice for dinner.

He even teased Lu Wushuang, who looked uneasy.

"What's with that expression? What, are you afraid I'll turn cold and kill you to silence you?"

He patted Lu Wushuang on the shoulder.

"Stop fooling around, little deer."

Did I hide it?

Lu Wushuang was taken aback at first, then suddenly laughed.

Indeed, she was overthinking it.

Li Miao never deliberately hid it.

He never concealed his intentions... or rather, in his eyes, no one was ever worthy of making him pretend, not to mention that he was now just one step away from the six paths uniting. Even if his background was exposed, so what?

He can break through his cultivation level by killing people, so what can he do even if he knows?

Who does he want to kill...? Can anyone stop him?
"Moreover, you are not the first person to know these things... Back when the Battle of the Imperial Mausoleum took place, Master Ji already knew about them."

"She just won't say it to my face."

Li Miao smiled.

"So, don't worry too much. Tell me, what did you mean when you said that my plan to kill the Emperor probably wouldn't succeed? And what does that have to do with you giving Nanako to the Shinto Church?"

Lu Wushuang breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, it's actually very simple."

“You just said that you have never hidden your methods. Ji Tianrui, I know that the Shinto Sect can probably guess a thing or two.”

"If you want to deduce cultivation techniques and break through realms, you must do things that can influence the general trend of the world. If you want to change dynasties or establish a new sect, there probably isn't enough time, and you may not have the patience to do it."

"The only thing that can be accomplished in a short time is probably killing a very important person."

"With your martial prowess, if you wanted to kill someone, it would be difficult for anyone to survive without the intervention of Xu Fu and the old man on the river... But what if we change our approach?"

Lu Wushuang said in a low voice.

"If you don't want anyone to die at the hands of a specific person... the safest, simplest, most effective, and absolutely accident-free method... is only one."

"Strike first is the strongest!"

boom! ! !
Before Lu Wushuang could finish speaking...

A loud bang came from afar, and although it was amplified by the great distance, it was still deafening.

Li Miao suddenly vanished from his spot and reappeared at the alley entrance in the next instant. He shaded his eyes with his hand, looked in the direction from which the loud noise came, and laughed silently.

"Okay, okay, let's play it this way, eh?"

Lu Wushuang walked over, and Li Miao asked with a smile.

"Little Deer, which way is it?"

He pointed in the direction from which the loud noise came. It was late at night, everyone was asleep, the lights were out, and there was no light in the night sky, except for a single fire in the far distance.

The fire was atop an extremely tall tower, resembling a torch from afar. The sound of the building collapsing could be heard from a distance, suggesting that the building would completely crumble before dawn.

Lu Wushuang nodded.

"That's right, that's the Imperial Palace."

"The place where the Emperor and his direct descendants reside."

"The Shinto Church has made its move."

Li Miao paused for a moment, then laughed.

"Interesting, interesting."

"I've only ever heard of this kind of tactic in jokes from my past life."

"Shintoism, they really know how to play the game."

He had already understood what Lu Wushuang meant.

The emperor's palace was attacked, at the hands of the Shinto cult.

The Shintoists killed the Emperor. This was a move that even Ji Tianrui hadn't anticipated. In Li Miao's words from his previous life, it was as if the mastermind behind the scenes had wiped out all his subordinates to prevent the protagonist from gaining experience points.

This is Shintoism's response: you want to kill the Emperor? I'll just destroy the Emperor myself!
Absurd and laughable.

But it is truly effective.

This effectively thwarted Li Miao's plan to first kill the Emperor, then storm the Ise Grand Shrine, liberate Zhang Sanfeng, and then kill Xu Fu and Kawakami.

"interesting."

Li Miao smacked his lips.

"Good means."

Lu Wushuang shook her head.

"I heard the sword saint say this tonight, and for a moment I couldn't believe it, but I had no choice but to believe it... According to him, the Shinto Church made this decision only a few days ago."

"I didn't expect them to act so decisively."

“But, sir.”

Lu Wushuang turned his head almost imperceptibly to look at Miyoshi Ryota behind him. The two were talking in the Central Plains dialect, which he couldn't understand, so he stood in the alley, bewildered and stunned.

Lu Wushuang watched for a while and then said softly.

"There is still a chance for things to turn around."

"The key lies with Nanako."

Li Miao turned and smiled.

"Oh?"

Lu Wushuang said in a low voice.

"The Shinto Church acted extremely decisively. In order to prevent you from breaking through the Six Paths Unity realm, they not only killed the Emperor himself, but also all the Emperor's bloodline hidden among the people."

"Except for one person."

"Sasakura Nanako".

Lu Wushuang said in a deep voice.

"She is the last descendant of the Emperor's bloodline and the only one who is legally entitled to inherit the Emperor's position."

Li Miao asked in confusion.

"Then you shouldn't have handed Nanako over to the Shinto Church. They've already killed the Emperor, what's one more?"

Lu Wushuang shook her head.

"That's the main point."

"This is the reason why the sword saint who is loyal to the previous emperor met with me tonight—they, who practice Tai Chi and are loyal to the emperors who want to break free from the control of Shintoism, are hiding in Shintoism. They will be responsible for protecting Nanako."

"They want to make a deal with you, or rather, with DaShuo."

Lu Wushuang leaned close to Li Miao's ear and whispered something.

Upon hearing this, Li Miao suddenly raised an eyebrow, as if he had heard something amusing, and laughed with great interest.

"so?"

"No wonder you suddenly brought up the matter of tribute... Let me think, in the third year of Emperor Chengzu's reign, there did seem to be such a thing."

"Given my status... it's not that I can't do this. I can just ask the old man to issue a supplementary imperial edict afterward."

"If this matter can be accomplished, although it cannot be said that the Japanese pirates can be completely eradicated, it should be reduced by eight or nine tenths. I should also be able to use this to deduce the True Constant Technique, which can be considered both a public and private benefit."

Li Miao smiled.

"Yes, let's do it that way."

Seeing that Li Miao agreed, Lu Wushuang finally breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worried that Li Miao would blame her for acting on her own initiative, and only now could she finally relax.

Once she calmed down, she finally noticed other things.

"grown ups."

Lu Wushuang looked around.

"Isn't Ji Tianrui with you?"

Li Miao replied with a meaningful smile.

"Master Ji."

"She has other things to do... If all goes well, she might be able to find out about Amaterasu soon."

(End of this chapter)