It doesn't matter what the lord is.

He Yue and Shuang were unaware that someone was eavesdropping outside. He Yue poured himself a glass of wine and turned to ask:

"Do you have any other questions?"

Several staff members exchanged glances, and it was clear that they were not convinced, but the supporters had already gained the upper hand.

He Yue took a sip of wine and said:

"No problem, just apologize first."

The aide who led the opposition pursed his lips and said:

"Although I cannot fully trust Miss Shuang yet, I am willing to cooperate with you on this matter."

Frost smiled and said:

"You are all ready to give a speech tomorrow?"

A girl who had defended Shuang before said with a smile:

"Everything is ready. The Internal Affairs Department has always been watertight in its actions, so don't worry, Miss Shuang. In the past few days, the news of the city lord's disappearance has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Yuxi City, and people are panicking. The Internal Affairs Department has not taken any action just to create momentum. Tomorrow, my master will take over as the city lord with the city lord's order, which is both legal and in line with the will of the people. I just don't know how Miss Shuang is preparing? Do those diehards who support the city lord have any way to deal with them?"

Frost said:

"Anbu organizations are all out, all over the city. A large pit with a radius of several hundred meters has been dug outside the city. If there are people in the city who are really willing to be loyal to the city lord, I will give them a place to bury them."

He Yue drank the wine in the glass.

When Frost's eyes were on him, several aides exchanged glances imperceptibly.

He Yue laughed. She filled the glass with wine and raised it to Shuang. Then she realized that there was nothing in front of Shuang, so she asked:

"Can Miss Shuang drink?"

Shuang nodded and said with a smile:

"Yes. If you want to drink, I will accompany you."

"Drinking will cause trouble, so I won't drink too much."

He Yue said to his staff:

"An extra glass of wine for Miss Shuang."

Two staff members who had supported Shuang before, including the girl who had just asked her, hurriedly took the tray and wine glasses, poured wine from He Yue's wine pot, and brought it to Shuang. Seeing that it was the staff members who were more friendly to her before who brought the wine, Shuang instinctively let down her guard.

He Yue raised his glass just right and said:

"Then I wish you and me a pleasant cooperation."

After saying that, she drank it calmly and put the glass aside.

Frost took the wine glass from his aide and gently scratched the wine with his nails. The silver powder on his nails remained the same color as usual.

She then took up the wine glass with confidence and said:

"I just don't want to continue working in fear beside the current city lord. After this matter is accomplished, I am willing to assist you wholeheartedly."

After saying that, she picked up the wine glass and prepared to drink it all.

What she didn't notice was that the moment she looked up, He Yue seemed to raise her hand inadvertently and brushed off the empty cup on the table.

When the cup was still in the air, He Yue said calmly:

"But I don't want to."

The moment the cracking sound occurred, the two staff members pulled out daggers from their sleeves and put them on Shuang's white and tender neck. To be on the safe side, the staff members behind He Yue stepped forward together, each holding a weapon, and surrounded Shuang with short knives and long swords.

17. I am also an undercover agent

The moment Frost was controlled, excitement showed on the face of every staff member.

At this moment, the plan of my master finally paid off.

From tricking Shuang to the execution of the plan, they spent a lot of effort. They had been pretending to be grandchildren for too long, just for this moment of being grandfathers. An aide had an unconcealable smile on his face, turned around and said loudly:

"Sir, we succeeded—"

He hadn't finished his words when the look on his face turned into one of fear.

There were also two knives on He Yue's neck. And the most unbelievable thing was that the person holding the knife was actually their companion, a core member of the Internal Affairs Department who had followed He Yue from Yunhai to Yuxi City through life and death!

Someone immediately started cursing:

"Lao Ge, Cheng Zheng, are you planning to betray the Master?"

"How could our Internal Affairs Department produce traitors like you! Put down your knife now!"

"Have you forgotten all the kindness that the master showed you when he saved your life?"

Amid the scolding, the two aides behind He Yue did not move, like clay puppets.

Shuang slowly put down the wine glass, and her head fell back to its original position. The staff members pulled away their weapons, fearing that they would hurt her. Now their master was also in the hands of the other party. The situation was completely deadlocked. Shuang's safety was equivalent to He Yue's safety.

In this situation, Shuang slowly opened his mouth and said coldly:

"Since the Prime Minister said he is unwilling, that means he is not going to cooperate with me. So, all the things he did before were just tests?"

Although the relationship had already been torn apart, He Yue still said:

"Miss Shuang is very resourceful. She can even bribe people around me."

Shuang did not respond to this sentence, but just asked:

"The Prime Minister must have been planning this for a long time. He knows that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is no match for my Anbu in terms of military force, so he pretends to agree with my idea of ​​seizing the throne, and while planning according to the idea of ​​seizing the throne, he intends to free up his hands to deal with me. First, let the main forces of the Anbu organization disperse in the city, and then wait for an opportunity to trick me out. Tomorrow is the day of the uprising. No matter how dangerous it is tonight, I will visit in person. This is the Prime Minister's greatest opportunity."

Shuang narrowed his eyes and said coldly:

"But the Prime Minister is still worried that I have a higher level of cultivation or someone is secretly protecting me. In order to let down my guard, the Prime Minister has taken great pains to deliberately arrange for his staff to have different attitudes towards me, so that I feel that I can divide and win over, and no longer worry about you guys rising up in groups, which is a miscalculation of the situation. After that, the Prime Minister poured his own wine to give me the impression that the wine is not poisonous. The Prime Minister toasted me, and he chose the two staff members who supported me before. He poured the wine from his wine pot to give me a sense of openness and aboveboard, all of which was to further reduce my vigilance. But I still think I'm smart, suspecting that there is no poison in the wine and that there is poison in the cup, so I made a final test. After getting nothing, I naturally felt that I was suspicious. I didn't expect that the flaw was when I was drinking. Isn't the Prime Minister worried that my cultivation is too high and he will kill these people directly?"

Of course He Yue would not tell her that he had already prepared himself to be killed in return.

From the moment he decided to plan the assassination tonight, he had already put his life and death aside.

Even with the current ending, he was still able to remain calm and composed, because she really didn't care about exchanging her life with Shuang.

The core members of the Internal Affairs Department are all there, and Yuxi City can still operate as usual. The loss of a leader will reduce the upper limit by a large margin, but with these people, the lower limit will not be too low. On the contrary, without Shuang, the remaining members of the Anbu have no reason to betray Yuxi City, and will naturally reconcile with the Internal Affairs Department tacitly.

He Yue said calmly:

"Compared to those things, I am more concerned about how you turned the people around me against you."

Shuang raised her eyebrows and answered in a tone that couldn't be more normal:

"They were wandering around with you and had nothing, but that doesn't mean they don't have families now. When people have nothing, they don't care about anything. Heroism and patriotism can come and go at will, but once they have it, they can't avoid the love between men and women. I have all their wives and daughters in my hands, so naturally they will be obedient."

He Yue sneered:

"Lied has given you too much power. You've even extended your hand to my Internal Affairs Department!"

For some reason, Shuang said cheerfully:

"I was wrong in this matter, but since the Anbu has the power of supervision, they have to infiltrate every corner of Yuxi City to a certain extent, including the Internal Affairs Department."

He Yue frowned. Not because of Shuang's answer, but because of her tone.

Shuang said slowly:

"Your Excellency is in charge of all matters, big and small, in Yuxi City, just like a prime minister of a country. Personnel appointments, legislation and justice, coordination of the operation of various departments... all matters, big or small, are all up to you, and you have done them very well. But plotting and assassinating are the dirty work that I do, and you shouldn't do it, and you can't do it well. You think you have taken care of everything, but I think you have many flaws. For example, it seems natural that you asked your staff to bring wine and took the opportunity to assassinate me, but if you want to toast, you should have set the cups at the beginning. If you want to drink alone, you shouldn't have prepared a second set of wine glasses in the room."

The cold blade was pressed against He Yue's jade neck, and the slightest movement would lead to her death.

The look of doubt on He Yue's face deepened.

A smile appeared on Shuang's face, and he said softly:

"Sir, don't you think about it? Since I have control over your close associates, why should I risk attending the banquet alone tonight?"

The expression on He Yue's face suddenly changed, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief:

"Are you testing me?!"

Shuang kept smiling, raised his hand slightly, and the two aides behind He Yue put away their knives.

Shuang said slowly:

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister may not know that Qian Teng came to my Anbu base before coming to the City Lord's Mansion that day. When he told me the news, I sent the Anbu's strongest assassin to the front line to rescue people. Tonight is also not a peaceful night. Various forces are surging. Pingzi, who ranks second in strength, is currently leading people to fight against assassins from other families. The Anbu organization has indeed come out in full force and laid a dragnet throughout the city, but it is not to fight against the City Lord's loyal dog, but for other purposes. If I wanted the City Lord to die in the demon clan, I would not have to transfer the seventh-level perfect assassin away from Yuxi City on the first day. With her around, the Anbu can kill whoever they want, and Your Excellency the Prime Minister has no chance to put a knife on my neck."

He Yue narrowed his eyes and looked at Shuang. He did not immediately ask his staff to withdraw their weapons. Instead, he asked:

"What do you want?"

Frost smiled and said:

"The Prime Minister doesn't trust me, and I don't trust him either. If we're talking about testing each other, it's mutual. If the Prime Minister doesn't attack me tonight, I will assassinate him tomorrow when he's giving a speech and take over the Internal Affairs Department. I would rather exhaust all the resources of the five cities to bring back the city lord."

Although she had a smile on her face, her voice was cold, leaving no doubt that she would do this.

He Yue looked down, thought for a moment, and said:

"Put the knife down."

18. Don't lie to me

The staff then put away their knives and returned to He Yue's back, not forgetting to glare at the traitor.

After the room fell silent, Shuang slowly stood up and said:

"I admire you very much, you have a better appearance, more amazing talent, and like me, he has seen through the fickleness of the world. I cannot rebel because I have nowhere else to go. If I really helped usurp the throne and murdered the city lord, the Lingwu Lord would capture me and skin me alive. But you are different. You have the opportunity to be independent or defect to another family, but you still stay here when the storm is coming. If it were me, I might not be able to do it."

He Yue stared at her and asked:

"Will it be dangerous tonight?"

"meeting."

Shuang simply replied:

"But they are just some thorns that have been in Yuxi City for decades, and some bugs that have sneaked in recently. They won't really turn Yuxi City upside down. It's just a few more deaths. At most, I will sacrifice half of the Anbu to accompany them in their burial!"

She stood up, her clothes fluttering, leaving only her back.

The two aides who had drawn their knives to threaten He Yue followed Shuang out.

When the door closed, He Yue sighed, poured a glass of wine and drank it slowly, and the staff behind him also said nothing.

After a moment, He Yue laughed and turned around and said:

"This Shuang is quite reliable. She is right. From her perspective, she really has to be on guard against us, just like we have to be on guard against her. After all, there is no connection between the various departments of Yuxi City. Our team in the Internal Affairs Department is from Yunhai, the people in the Military Affairs Department are from the Zhaochen family, and Shuang used to be from Lingwu. When Li De was here, everyone had their own duties. Once Li De was in danger, it was normal for us to be suspicious of each other. Since we have worked together to get through this hurdle, we should stick together in the future. Don't target the Anbu because of today's unpleasantness. We just need to take care of our own business."

After He Yue spoke, the staff members who were originally dissatisfied nodded in agreement.

He Yue stood up, waved his long sleeves, and said:

"Just like Shuang said, there will be a lot of unexpected events tonight. Let her handle the bloody matters, and we will go to the Internal Affairs Department. I will be in charge personally to ensure the normal operation of Yuxi City at all costs."

The staff members all saluted and responded:

"Yes!"

He Yue also left with his staff.

What she didn't know was that after leaving the meeting room, Frost's expression under the veil changed several times.

She did have the intention to test He Yue, but deep down, she also had another idea. If He Yue really defected, it would be a great achievement for her to kill He Yue. With this achievement, she could completely gain Li De's trust, and she would not have to worry about him settling all the old and new grudges every time she did something wrong like now. In the final analysis, she was just an accessory that was sent to Yuxi City, a little extra when she was exchanged for Xi Luo. If we talk about who is the most insecure among the senior executives of Yuxi City, Shuang is the first.

So when she was trying to persuade He Yue to rebel, she really put in a lot of effort, and what she said was not just a show, but she really intended to force He Yue to rebel, and then put down the rebellion. But when He Yue came to talk to her in secret tonight, she knew that she would never have this opportunity again, so she changed her face like turning a page, and immediately changed her attitude.

Finally, Frost sighed.

It was a good thing for Yuxi City that He Yue did not betray. When the nest is overturned, all the eggs will be broken. Yuxi City can no longer withstand such a change. Killing the rebellious He Yue was certainly a great achievement, and confirming He Yue's loyalty was also a great achievement. When Li De came back, he would naturally understand her painstaking efforts.

After Shuang and Heyue left, the door of the meeting room was kicked open.

Bai Huang was followed by a large patrol team, and he shouted righteously:

"You two bastards, this is your doom..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Huang had a lot of questions in his mind:

"Damn, where are the people?!"

No one knows what happened that night.

The wind was strong, the rain was pouring, and the thunder was rolling. The shouts of killing were buried, and the blood was quickly washed away by the rain. But everyone knew that Yuxi City was not peaceful tonight, and it could even be said to be quite dangerous. Don't go out on the street if you don't have anything to do, don't run around on the street, and naturally this includes A-Mo who was hiding in a house.