"Do you know... why I locked Lord Jiang Lü up together with you?"
Looking at the assassin, Jiang Xiaobai smiled faintly.
Hm?
At those words, the assassin's brow visibly furrowed.
It lasted only an instant, but Jiang Xiaobai still caught it.
A reaction was good.
Exactly. A reaction meant there was room to talk.
"Actually, he's working for me now!"
The corners of Jiang Xiaobai's mouth slowly lifted as he continued, "Right now, he just wants me to help him put on a show for you."
At those words, a distinct trace of disdain appeared on the assassin's face.
That might fool a child, but he certainly wasn't buying it.
"Don't believe me?"
Jiang Xiaobai noticed the assassin's expression, but instead of getting angry, his smile deepened. "He's already told me that this operation involved more than... two of you!"
"There were... three of you, weren't there?!"
As Jiang Xiaobai finished speaking, the assassin's brow visibly tightened.
Jiang Xiaobai saw it and immediately had his answer.
Looks like... I guessed right!
There really had been a third person involved in yesterday's assassination attempt!
Jiang Xiaobai didn't stop. Still watching the assassin, he said with a beaming smile, "And Jiang Lü told me something else."
"The person who sent you to kill me was... Jiang Lü himself!"
Boom!
At those words, the expression on the assassin's face changed completely.
For the first time, disbelief surfaced in those cold eyes.
He quickly forced it back down.
But it was already too late.
Watching his reaction, Jiang Xiaobai sneered inwardly.
He had only suspected that Jiang Lü had sent this assassin. He hadn't expected it to be true!
And when bluffing someone, as long as the first knife struck home, everything afterward... became much easier.
Sure enough, the assassin finally spoke, his voice