The Human Emperor (200-400)

C383: The Relationship Between Clans!

After all, they had fought alongside one another, and they had gone through life-and-death situations together. Thus, Bai Siling and Xu Gan had put considerable trust in Huang Yongtu.

They had considered their foursome a tightly-knit team which they could entrust their lives to, so they felt deeply betrayed when that ambush happened.

"This is truly disappointing. Back then, we even tried our best to save him from the Iron Cloak Highwaymen, and this is how he repays us," Bai Siling said indignantly.

"It can't be helped, our paths differ from his. From the very start, the Huang Clan hoped to join King Qi's faction," Xu Gan sighed.

Compared to Bai Siling, he was less affected by the incident. He had witnessed many collusions and betrayals occur over profits in the capital, and he had known that there would come a day when he would have to step into that world as well.

In truth, there was nothing wrong with Huang Yongtu's action, except for the fact that he had chosen to bet on the wrong person. This was also where the two of them differed. While Huang Yongtu had chosen King Qi, Xu Gan had placed his stakes on Wang Chong.

The fact that Wang Chong could escape from the assassination proved that his judgement was right, Wang Clan was indeed worth his support!

"There's just one thing that I am unable to figure out. How did you know the traitor was Huang Yongtu, and not us?" Bai Siling asked, intrigued.

She had been contemplating this issue ever since returning from the ambush. Of the four of them, who was the one who revealed the information to the assassins?

But no matter how she thought about it, she felt that the traitor couldn't be any of them. Or perhaps, she was unwilling to doubt the comrades whom she had fought alongside.

Bai Siling even thought that there might be a mistake in her conjecture, and that this entire matter was just a huge coincidence, or perhaps there might be something else that she had neglected.

But when she received news that Wang Chong had appeared in Huanxi Manor, the final shreds of hope that she had clung to dissipated.

At this point, the only thing she wanted to know was how Wang Chong could be so certain that Huang Yongtu was the traitor.

"Actually, that wasn't too difficult to figure out." Sipping on the fragrant cup of tea he held in his hands, wisdom gleamed in Wang Chong's eyes.

"It might be difficult for others uncover the news that I would be participating in a mission of the training camp, especially considering the secrecy measures of the Bureau of Military Personnel, but they couldn't possibly stop King Qi and the Yao Clan from finding that out, and I have no doubt that they would do so, too.

"In the mission, I would have to leave the safety of the training camps and the capital. In other words, that would be an ideal opportunity for them to make a move on me, and there was no way they would allow this chance to slip past their fingers. However, before we could venture too far away from the capital, we were already assigned veteran cavalrymen, and that would make it difficult for any assassin to strike.

"Thus, the only opportunity they had left to strike was when I returned from Longxi. But to do so, they needed someone to liaise with them from within, preferably one of us four."

At this point, Wang Chong sighed.

"Honestly speaking, I wished that I was just overthinking it, and maybe King Qi wouldn't touch me at all. However, the outcome has proven me wrong.

"Do you still remember what I said to you all after meeting the Big Dipper Army commandant right after the battle?" Wang Chong asked.

"I do. You said that you had to leave," Xu Gan replied.