The Forbidden City, the Imperial Study.
Wei Jinzhong stood bowing beside the Emperor of Great Ming. "Your Majesty, the Sun Moon Holy Cult's people have returned to Blackwood Cliff. Our plan failed."
The Emperor of Great Ming opened his eyes. "Failed? How could it have failed?"
Lin Lang had been crippled. Didn't that Great Wheel Ming King Jiumozhi want to become Cult Leader? Didn't he want to become Great Ming's Imperial Preceptor?
The court had paid an enormous price just to secretly sway one elder of the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
Earlier, not only Lin Lang but also Ren Yingying, Jiang Xiaoyu, and Hua Wuque had been absent. If Jiumozhi had acted, success should have been certain. Who could have resisted him?
They had even promised the brothers Yin Ku and Yin Yeku the positions of Left and Right Envoys of the Sun Moon Holy Cult. Would those two still have opposed him?
Under those circumstances, how could it have failed?
Even if Jiumozhi had failed, what about Zhang Wuji of the Ming Cult?
Hadn't the Eastern Depot said they had arranged for someone to leak the information to Zhang Wuji? Didn't Zhang Wuji want to become Imperial Preceptor of Great Ming? Didn't he want to return to Great Ming?
They had prepared two approaches. How could both have failed?
Wei Jinzhong shook his head. "This servant does not know. All I know is that Jiumozhi captured the elder and the others who urged him to rebel and imprisoned them in the dungeon, awaiting Ren Yingying and Lin Lang's return."
"We have no information on Zhang Wuji's movements. Our people cannot get anywhere near him. They cannot even find any trace of him."
"We also spent a considerable sum hiring people from Green Robe Tower to kill Lin Lang, but