"Go on."
Seeing the Old Master ready to lend him an attentive ear, Chen Yi's composed face showed a faint smile.
It was slight, but sincere.
He had come to see the Old Master intending to lay his cards on the table.
There were two reasons.
First, the Old Master was an important and indispensable link in his plans.
If the Old Master could cooperate by making some reasonable responses, they could deceive the vast majority of people to a certain extent.
Second, there were some things Chen Yi had no choice but to let the Old Master know.
He also wanted to use this opportunity to sound out the Old Master's thoughts for some of his subsequent plans.
Such as those concerning Liu Hong, the Liu Family of Jingzhou, and so on.
If the Old Master was unwilling to strike to kill, who else in all of Shuzhou could openly slay them?
Conversely.
If he resorted to little tricks such as assassination, it would do nothing but harm their efforts to resolve the Xiao Family's predicament.
Just imagine how Shuzhou's many government offices and the Imperial Court would react if he assassinated Liu Hong.
They could hardly avoid suspecting the Xiao Family.
Chen Yi understood this, which was why he had decided to visit the Xiao Family.
"To avoid leaving anything out, I think I need to start from the beginning..."
The beginning Chen Yi spoke of was the founding of Hundred Herbs Hall.
It was, by and large, a rather clichéd story.
After completing his training, he had left the mountains and come to Shuzhou, seeking a place to settle and make a living.
Wang Ji had been driven out of the Xiao Family by Xiao Wan'er for making a grave mistake, and thus had met him.
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