"Your Highness, Prince Dai's Residence has tallied the dead. Our men killed a full eleven people, destroyed one of Prince Dai's taverns, wiped out the shop specially used to dispose of stolen goods, and even wounded Wen Xunpeng, who can now only lie in bed to recover. This has dealt a heavy blow to Prince Dai's momentum and greatly enhanced your prestige, my lord!"
"Not to mention anything else, I had people keep watch on Prince Dai's Residence and found that its servants and maids were all scared pale. They did not even dare step outside the main gate, trembling with fear. It was downright laughable!"
Sun Bolan deliberately made his report in a jubilant tone.
It had originally been a failed mission. Wen Xunpeng, whom Prince Qi had specifically ordered killed, had only been wounded. Yet after Sun Bolan dressed it up, it sounded as though the mission had been completed quite well.
After hearing this, Prince Qi truly calmed down considerably, but when he thought of how Wen Xunpeng had merely been injured, he still felt dissatisfied.
Narrowing his eyes, he asked coldly, "What does killing a few servants amount to? Didn't you say the swordsman you found was an expert? Why didn't he kill Wen Xunpeng?"
Sun Bolan secretly hated it as well. It was said that the Cold-Faced Swordsman was renowned far and wide, yet he had still missed his target?
What was even more hateful was Wen Xunpeng. He had thought that after Wen Xunpeng had been demoted and he himself had become the chief strategist, he could toy with him like a cat with a mouse and kill him whenever he pleased. Who would have thought that Wen Xunpeng would be so alert, fleeing in an instant?
Where was your unswerving loyalty?
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