Making Their Own Arrangements (Bonus Chapter for Busy Old Guo)

Watching the white pigeon vanish into thin air after leaving the one-li radius around him, Ye Weiming finally let out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he silently marveled to himself.

Thanks to Fan Yao for the godly assist!

In this matter, because of unequal information, differing mission objectives, and a slight gap in intelligence, Pei Tuhou had only seen the first layer, while Ye Weiming had already seen the fifth.

Yet even someone as clever as Ye Weiming had fallen into a mental trap.

From beginning to end, the entire affair carried the unmistakable scent of Cheng Kun.

Thus, Ye Weiming had subconsciously assumed that Cheng Kun, a shrewd old schemer, had to be the one in charge.

An enemy like that would naturally be much more troublesome to deal with.

It was not until Fei Yu's blind-cat-catching-a-dead-mouse reminder that Ye Weiming finally realized something: Cheng Kun could not possibly be the one overseeing this operation!

For one thing, no matter how cunning Cheng Kun was, he could never earn the absolute trust of the Ruyang Prince. Much less could the prince hand over command of the estate's experts to him.

In fact, the more astute Cheng Kun appeared, the more wary the Ruyang Prince's Estate would be of him.

For another, Cheng Kun's style was not that of a commander plotting in secret and winning victories from a thousand miles away. He was more like Jia Xu—a poisonous strategist.

Looking through the original plot guide provided by Yin Bukui, that fellow had apparently hidden himself deeply from start to finish. Even within the Ruyang Prince's Estate, he was one of its most mysterious figures.

Before the Lion Slaughter Assembly, he had never even appeared in the same scene as Zhao Min!

Someone like that could neither