Chapter 726 - 21: Assassination of the King, Division of Goryeo

Upon hearing this, the smile on Wang Song’s face suddenly froze.

But it quickly recovered, with an even broader smile, "Young master seems to blame me again."

As he spoke, he glanced at the attendant beside Gu Ming, and scolded, "It must be that you haven’t explained the reason to the young master clearly!"

"I’ll deal with you later!"

He gestured invitingly, "Young master, please."

"Allow me to explain in detail to the young master, if the young master is still dissatisfied, I will submit to his judgment!"

At this moment, Wang Song didn’t have the slightest demeanor of a king.

Yet, this act made no one underestimate him.

On the contrary, his series of actions intensified Gu Ming’s resolve to kill him.

—This person cannot be left alive!

Even if this action might cause the division of Goryeo.

But a country that plays both sides cannot remain here!

Gu Ming’s gaze shifted, he slowly walked forward, going along with Wang Song’s intent, sat inside the hall, and listened carefully to his explanation.

"Young master, don’t be angry...."

"This act of mine is out of helplessness...."

"..."

Compared to his attendants, Wang Song’s acting skills were evidently superior.

If it weren’t for the years spent in Goryeo, having seen this many times, Gu Ming might have had to admit that he would have been deceived by him.

Time passed by quickly.

From start to finish, Gu Ming never spoke, maintaining a stern expression, silently listening to Wang Song’s words.

And it seemed Wang Song didn’t notice anything unusual.

From beginning to end, a faint smile lingered on his face.

But as time continued to flow.

Seeing that Gu Ming’s eyes remained steadfast, he seemed to gradually notice something amiss, his expression grew more rigid, and he began to frown.

But before he could think any further.

In an instant, the sound of shouting and killing was heard.

Immediately after, an armored soldier rushed in, urgently reporting:

"My king!!!"

"Report to the king!!!"

"Someone has rebelled! There is a rebellion in the city!!"

Wang Song hadn’t yet reacted, when at that moment, Gu Ming suddenly erupted, unhesitatingly drawing the sword at his waist, and thrusting it straight into Wang Song’s heart!

With a "puff" sound,

blood splattered everywhere.

With intense chest pain, Wang Song was momentarily incredulous, staring wide-eyed at Gu Ming: "You... you actually....."

He wanted to ask, as the envoy of Kyushu and representative of the Gu Clan, how could Gu Ming act this way?

Did he not fear tarnishing the thousand-year reputation of the Gu Clan?!

But he couldn’t voice it out, blood gushed from his mouth.

However, Gu Ming seemed to understand the doubt in his eyes and coldly gazed down at him, solemnly answering: "The responsibility of the Gu Clan lies in securing Kyushu and stabilizing the realm, not in clinging to an empty reputation."

"Your kind are double-dealers, tearing my territories apart and disrupting my grand plan, how could you be allowed to continue?"

"Today’s matters are not driven by personal vendetta but for the sake of the state— even at the cost of a thousand years of reputation, Kyushu cannot tolerate such hidden malice by its side!"

As his words ended, Wang Song toppled over at this moment.

Gu Ming did not hesitate for a moment.

He immediately charged at the stunned guards and attendants.

Gu Yi also silently observed all this, feeling quite astonished.

Of course, his astonishment wasn’t because Gu Ming would do this.

But because he actually succeeded.

This plan seemed somewhat whimsical regardless of the viewpoint.

However, after pondering for a while, he was relieved.

This is the matter of the foreign race.

Not to mention current developments, even in original history, foreign dynasties had plenty of seemingly whimsical attempts to assassinate a king.

No, it’s not just foreign races.

This was often the case within Kyushu as well.

Not to mention before the formation of rituals, even after formal establishments, such things persisted.

For example.... the era where even the emperor dissolved in water.

Some things, despite seeming nonsensical, inexplicably make sense.

.....

—Great turmoil arose.

The entire Kaijing instantly fell into chaos.

Gu Ming did not have the people in Shuntian Hall rescue him, but ordered them to attack the Liao embassy directly.

He planned to resolve these people completely amidst the chaos.

To prevent some from hesitating and truly seeking refuge with the Liao.

The division of Goryeo was inevitable.

From the moment he decided to do this, it was already irreversible.

Different ideologies were bound to form different camps.

Especially when there’s a Liao capable of challenging Great Song now.

What Gu Ming aimed to do was to minimize those who could turn to the Liao.

Gu Yi observed all of this silently.

This time, he did not hesitate to use his means, choosing critical moments to heal Gu Ming.

Including the seafaring Gu Qie was the same.

Although in Gu Yi’s view, the abilities of these two seemed mediocre.

But their character, coupled with the Gu Clan’s thousand-year accumulation, ensured that these two would play a significant role in the current era.

While Gu Yi was reluctant to waste his achievement points, he wasn’t saving them for a festival.

When it was necessary, he would certainly intervene!

That’s exactly why,

Gu Ming indeed slaughtered his way out of the Imperial Palace, leading those people, laying waste across the entire Kaijing.

The situation was utterly chaotic.

Although escaping the Imperial Palace was unexpected for Gu Ming.

Such matters naturally couldn’t go smoothly.

The Goryeo nobles supporting the Liao almost instantly reacted, and soon learned of Wang Song’s death.

They immediately took up the banner of avenging Wang Song, inciting the citizens of Kaijing to engage in slaughter with Gu Ming and his cohorts.