Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Chapter 216 The Iron Hand Group's Final Decision

Leopard, who had never spoken since entering the secret room, suddenly spoke.

"But, we have received 200,000 taels of silver from them. If we don't kill Li Cunxi, our Iron Hand Group's reputation in the martial arts world will be completely ruined."

The smile on Yuan Qi's face suddenly froze.

Just now when Yun Gu said that Li Cunxi could not be assassinated, he thought there was nothing wrong with what Yun Gu said. Now it seems that what Yun Gu said is too problematic.

If they sent someone out to assassinate Li Cunxi, they would have to face the state machinery immediately. If the assassination failed, they would have to face the crazy revenge of Li Cunxi, Di Renjie and Wu Chengsi. If the assassination succeeded...

What will be the consequences of a successful assassination in the capital? The last batch of assassins sent to help Wu Sansi deal with Xue Aocao, but none of them came back alive.

Besides, even if they succeeded in killing Li Cunxi, what would happen? If Di Renjie went crazy and followed the clues to find them, none of them would survive.

Yuan Qi, who felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over him, glanced at everyone unwillingly and finally asked:

"So, should we send someone to assassinate Li Cunxi next?"

"Long Feng, what can you say?"

Long Feng, who was named by the leader, did not hesitate. He stood up directly, put his upper lip on his lower lip, and said:

"I think we should eat some fresh river food today. Small shrimps and crabs are rare this season, but I can get them if you guys want to try something new."

"But I still suggest that you brothers eat some fish with me. Fish soup is also good in this season."

"I can treat you brothers to some food and drinks, but it's better not to spend more than two taels of silver, because if you spend more than one tael of silver, I will cry poor to my brothers... Don't look at me as the eldest brother, I am actually much poorer than my brothers."

Yuan Qi couldn't stand it anymore when he heard Long Feng playing the "read and reply randomly" game with him.

"Long Feng, sit down! Hu Yun, you tell me!"

Hu Yun, who was named by the leader, was filled with grief. Could he choose the best option out of this dilemma?

With a turn of his eyes, the quick-witted Hu Yun immediately wanted to learn a new way of speaking from Long Feng - to reply randomly after reading the message.

You see, Long Feng’s move was so confusing that even Yuan Qi was speechless and had to let Long Feng sit down.

"I think we can have some noodles. After all, the eldest brother is very tight on money. If the brothers eat too much, and the eldest brother asks me to pay for it, I will feel embarrassed to not give it to the eldest brother. Brothers, your second brother is also from a tight family. I can only give one or two taels of silver at most. If the brothers don't eat or drink well..."

"Shut up!" Yuan Qi's eyes were full of ferocity. "You are the second senior brother, how can you learn from Long Feng? You have to make a decision for me, Hu Yun!"

Does Hu Yun have any ideas? Of course Hu Yun doesn’t have any ideas.

If he had an idea, would he learn from Long Feng and do the random reply?

"Master, we have no way of making a choice in this matter." Hu Yun said helplessly.

“But we are now standing at a fork in the road. One direction is to kill Li Cunxi and bear the consequences ourselves. The other direction is not to kill Li Cunxi, and then the reputation of our Iron Hand Group will be ruined.” The sect leader walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"Yes, no matter what choice we make, we will be trapped in a dilemma. If we are not careful, our whole life may be in danger." Long Feng said helplessly.

Seeing that he couldn't get an answer from his two best assistants, Yuan Qi had to settle for the second best and looked at his fifth assistant, Bao Chong.

"Bao Chong, what do you think?"

Bao Chong stood up hurriedly, lowered his head, and said, "I don't want to."

Yuan Qi gnashed his teeth and said viciously: "Is there no one among you who can help me solve my problems? We are a big family of Iron Hands. Now we are in a dilemma, and you are pretending to be deaf and dumb!"

Chen Yiquju, who had been silent for a long time, stood up and said respectfully: "Master, you have said that we are in a dilemma now. If we are not careful, we will lose everything, so we should be more cautious."

"Qi Hai, if you have any ideas, just tell me." The angry Yuan Qi finally felt a little better. "After you tell us, we can discuss it together."

"Master, first of all, you are our backbone. You must be firm in your own ideas. Our ideas are secondary, and your ideas are the most important." Chen Yiqu said seriously.

“My thoughts are the most important?”

"That's right. Your ideas are the most important. You are our guiding light and our driving force. Only when your own ideas are firm can we follow your footsteps closely. Otherwise, how can we know where the road ahead is?"

"That makes sense, but I'm also in a dilemma and don't know what to do!"

"Then you should choose one between the two. You can ask us for our ideas, but you can't take our ideas as your own. You have to have your own ideas. Our ideas are just to add some impetus to your ideas, that's all."

"Well, keep talking."

Yuan Qi breathed a sigh of relief without realizing it.

All the hall masters either pretended to be deaf and dumb, or read the text out of order, which made him very angry.

Fortunately, there is a young man like Qi Hai who has been in the world for many years and is well versed in the ways of the world. Although every word he says asks him to make his own decision, it makes him feel warm in his heart.

With mixed feelings, Yuan Qi looked at Chen Yiqu with much more appreciation in his eyes.

"Master, I think that as long as you make a decision, no matter what happens, the brothers will follow you." Chen Yiqu raised his voice, "The brothers will follow your steps closely. Wherever you point, we will fight there!"

"Okay, Qihai, I feel relieved with your words." Yuan Qi took a deep breath, "I have decided to assassinate Li Cunxi!"

All the hall masters stood up, ready to listen to Yuan Qi's orders.

Long Feng and Chen Yiqiu exchanged glances quickly, and then turned to Yuan Qi, ready to see what else Yuan Qi would come up with.

"I order the Third Hall Master Qi Hai, the Fourth Hall Master Bao Chong, the Fifth Hall Master Shi Xiong, the Nineteenth Hall Master Xiang Jun, as well as the Twentieth Hall Master Hu Wei and the Twenty-first Hall Master Zhang Zhi who are in Luoyang to work together to assassinate Li Cunxi. No matter what the outcome, they must kill him."

"As long as you kill Li Cunxi, your mission will be completed regardless of whether Li Cunxi is dead or alive. I know you are all unwilling to go, after all, Li Cunxi is definitely not easy to assassinate, so, after you come back, each of you will be given an extra 200 taels of silver."

"Moreover, even if the operation fails, none of you will be punished."

It was the first time Yuan Qi said something like this, and it felt pretty good.

"Come on you guys."