Lei Sun was nothing like Su Mengzhen. He was a petty man, so as soon as he sensed danger, he became suspicious of Fu Zongshu and started guarding against him.
He had Six and a Half Hall's chief hallmaster, Di Feijing, begin moving their most loyal men elsewhere. He also assigned extra guards to Lei Chun.
He still didn't dare disobey Fu Zongshu, but he handed the task over to Lei Mei. He sent her far too few men, though, and told her to find people on her own.
He promised Lei Mei that if she could kill Liu Anshi, the northern business would be hers.
Lei Mei was the daughter of Lei Zhenlei, the former hallmaster of Thunder Hall. Thunder Hall in Jiangnan still had many loyal people. If the assassination really succeeded, it would have nothing to do with Six and a Half Hall.
Of course, he knew that wouldn't be enough to explain himself to Fu Zongshu. So he decided to make Fu Zongshu too busy to look after himself.
Then he glanced at the well in his courtyard. His brother-in-law was locked down there—the man who had kept Fu Zongshu from giving himself up to men, Guan Qi, the leader of the Mitian Alliance.
As it happened, he had received word that Fang Yingkan, Chancellor Cai's adopted son, had secretly sent people to Six and a Half Hall several times to scout the place.
In the past, it had been under close surveillance, so Fang Yingkan's men couldn't get anywhere near it.
Since he was going to release Guan Qi anyway, there was no way he could keep so many men stationed there. Nor could he withdraw them all at once.
So he simply reassigned some of his men to monitor Lei Mei's attempt on Liu