Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 510 - 509: Read Some Serious Books

Zhu Yu looked at the rune speechlessly: "Did I do something in the past that made you so worried?"

The rune scratched his head: "Earlier, I’ve read some storybooks... In them, when the heroes slayed bandits, there would always be some young lady who felt they shouldn’t take lives lightly..."

"So... I’m afraid you misunderstood us..."

"If everyone here more or less knows the plans of the High Priest and his group, and if I soften my heart and let someone go, who then runs to report, it could really allow the villain to gain power and take over the world, leading to countless innocent deaths in vain.

I can tell which is more important, the small righteousness or the greater good."

Zhu Yu said, sighed, lifted her arm, and patted the rune’s shoulder: "Read some proper books in the future."

After speaking, she quickly caught up, continuing to follow beside Lu Qing, who had slowed her pace and was looking back in confusion.

The rune’s dark face turned slightly red from Zhu Yu’s last tease, but he also felt relieved by her earlier words, quickly caught up, holding his sword hilt tightly, ready to deal with any sudden situation.

However, when they stepped out of the broken moon gate and saw the situation outside, they immediately realized— they were overthinking it.

Whether those servants from the Great Priest Mansion knew anything or how much they knew no longer mattered.

The fake Fortress Lord had already dealt with the few servants outside before going in. Those doing odd jobs, and even the child who tried hard to stop them from entering, lay lifelessly on the ground. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

The rune went over for a closer look, confirming that those people had all died, and quite neatly at that, every single neck broken without exception.

Zhu Yu looked at those children and couldn’t help but sigh again.

Given that the fake Fortress Lord had killed them, it naturally indicated that they knew something about the plan to some extent.

In the end, these people died at the hands of their own, so they had no grievances, just chose the wrong side and met such a fate.

But these children were young, and it’s hard to say whether they were tricked, bought, or muddle-headedly sent here by their families.

And given their age, the extent of their participation in the schemes here was very limited.

When Zhu Yu first came, she felt that these children, although trying very hard to stop them, considering their abilities, such obstruction was futile.

So was arranging such a group of children to repeatedly block people from entering truly meant to rely on them to succeed?

Or was it that this arrangement itself was just for show, since children can’t fake it, they would naturally try their best to block, thus ensuring no flaws in the process, which was exactly what the people behind the scenes wanted.

Inside and out, to make this show perfect, these unfortunate kids were destined for a wrongful death— either killed by those forcibly breaking in or silenced by the fake Fortress Lord.

In the room where they were in retreat with the High Priest’s corpse, four protectors, though dead and half-decayed, were clearly tall and large when alive.

Zhu Yu didn’t believe that with the High Priest’s prominence in Bhutan, he could only find four such protectors but couldn’t muster some strong Protectors.

With this thought, the truth behind this becomes more and more apparent.

"So this was a well-staged play for us, all parts are done, not even leaving extras alive, truly a masterpiece of dedication!" Zhu Yu looked at the courtyard full of corpses, sighed, and asked Lu Qing, "What do we do now?

The play has gone this far, is it over?

That fake Fortress Lord couldn’t really expect you to wholeheartedly join hands with them because you believed his nonsense, could he?

I always felt like he wanted you to believe him, but the so-called alliance afterward was entirely a deception, leading you to think you could ally with them to avenge your family.

But... why do this, I still can’t figure it out."

"The other side has been plotting for so long, it wouldn’t be just for such a small purpose, to kill all these people, leaving no one alive." Lu Qing smiled, "That fake Fortress Lord couldn’t possibly be helping us by doing this, saving us from dirtying our hands with blood.

I guess, he thinks he can lure me in and then retreat unscathed, which is why he killed all those servants not from here before showing up, not leaving anyone alive, including the guards sent by the King Fan.

Think about it, those guards were King Fan’s men, if they lived, there’d be an account of what happened here.

But now, the High Priest is dead, his protectors are dead, the servants of the Great Priest Mansion are dead, even the guards sent by King Fan are dead.

Doesn’t this make the situation very intriguing?"

"He wants to frame us for killing the High Priest?" Zhu Yu knitted her brows, "And then what? Use King Fan to kill us by proxy?

But doing so makes no sense?

If his purpose was merely this, he could escape after killing those outside, no need to come in and talk nonsense with you.

Moreover, now that King Fan’s health still needs Yan Daoxin’s care, and it’s clear the High Priest had problems, King Fan should know this well, so even if they can’t clear you of the suspicion of killing the Great Priest Mansion people, King Fan should not show no mercy for his own survival." Zhu Yu thought hard and suddenly realized, "What Yan Daoxin told you before, what he was most worried about during these days."

Lu Qing asked Zhu Yu, "Do you still remember what Yan Daoxin told you before, what’s been worrying him the most these days?"

Zhu Yu recalled, "He’s most worried about how long King Fan’s current ’last burst of energy’ can last...

So... could it be...?"

"Yes," Lu Qing nodded, indicating she did indeed suspect this, "The High Priest’s plotting and arrangements couldn’t possibly be just this, although why he died during his retreat is still a mystery to be unraveled, there definitely isn’t only one so-called competent person like the High Priest in this plan.

Even if King Fan isn’t at the end of his rope yet, once the Great Priest Mansion is wiped out, someone will make sure King Fan’s life cannot be preserved."

Zhu Yu couldn’t help feeling shocked, her heart even raced a few beats faster, but upon seeing Lu Qing’s calm demeanor, she realized the "going with the flow" Lu Qing mentioned earlier seemed to include this situation at hand.