"It's just one possibility. Of the rivals you've mentioned, there isn't anyone I particularly want to kill." Jiang Wang chuckled. "Do I really look like someone who enjoys killing?"
He did look rather gentle and refined... But hadn't he also said he didn't like stirring up trouble? Zuo Guangshu thought to himself.
He gazed at Big Brother Jiang and urged him in a conciliatory tone, "Every one of these people has an extraordinary background. Even Chu Yuzhi has the military behind him. Whoever we kill, it'll be hard for us to get out of it unscathed."
"Can't the Duke of Huai Mansion handle that?" Jiang Wang asked.
"..." The more seriously Big Brother Jiang spoke, the more nervous Zuo Guangshu became. The childish lilt he'd been deliberately suppressing slipped out. "Their backgrounds aren't bad either..."
"What if no one finds out? What if no one knows we killed them? By then, the Mountain and Sea Realm will be over. They can't go into the Mountain and Sea Realm to investigate, can they?" Jiang Wang pressed him with one question after another.
It was still spring. He didn't know why it was already so hot.
Or perhaps it was just stuffy inside the carriage.
Wiping away his sweat, Zuo Guangshu said, "Brother Wang, everyone's entering the Mountain and Sea Realm for the secrets Lord Huang Weizhen left behind. Do you really have to kill someone for fun?"
Jiang Wang glanced at him. "This is called exploring the rules. I need to know how far we can go, so when we face a real choice, we won't waste time. At a time like that, what we waste might be more than just time... Do you understand?"
Zuo Guangshu nodded, though he only half understood.
He had always been diligent, and in places