Chapter 903 Against each other
Chapter 903 Against each other
"So they all took the bait?" King Han asked in a slow voice.
Lin Fan gave a slow nod in response before saying, "They all couldn't wait to take the bait that was offered to them. Even if they are smart, it seems that they are quite willing to take this risk. It seems that they can't control their greed at all."
King Han revealed a faint smile before saying, "How do you think that I've been able to control them this entire time?"
This was the plan that Lin Fan had come up with after listening to what King Han had said about the heads of the three founding families.
He knew what kind of personality that they had, so he had been able to manipulate them into not going against the royal family as much as they could during this time. It was just that King Han hadn't been able to stop them completely as they were determined to see this matter through to the end.
Since Lin Fan knew their personality as well, he created this trap for the three family heads.
He would lay the seeds of doubt between them and pit them against each other.
His position allowed him to perfectly manipulate them into going against one another, which was what he chose to use as his plan to deal with the three founding families.
Lin Fan had met with each of the three family heads and had sold them the same story.
Since they were greedy, they had all jumped at the offer that he had given them.
Since they were greedy, they wouldn't reveal this offer that they accepted to the others.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
That meant that from now on, there should be a decrease in communication and cooperation between the three founding families.
They would normally have to work together to take down the royal family, but now that they thought that they had found a backer, they would scale down that cooperation. They would trust that backer to have their best interest and work with them to take down the royal family, putting them in that royal family's place.
Sometimes, the greed of people was just too easy to stoke, especially when they were exceedingly greedy.
After a moment of silence, Lin Fan said, "For now, just wait until they bring their funds willingly to me. That will be considered a form of compensation for everything that they've done to her."
King Han slowly nodded in agreement even though it was clear by the look in his eyes that there was something else that he wanted to say.
As the ruler of this kingdom, it was only natural that he would want to solve this issue that was plaguing his kingdom as soon as possible. It was just that I didn't want to give them a swift release from all of this.
I wanted them to suffer for as long as possible before putting them out of their misery.
That was the least that I could do to take revenge for Duanmu Ming Xue.
Though he didn't say anything about the matter of stalling it out, King Han did have something to say in the end.
"How far are you going to take it?"
King Han was surprised to hear this, but then he shot a grateful look to Duanmu Ming Xue before saying with a serious look, "What are your conditions?"
"Those that put her in that situation will be handled by me, that is the bottom line that I can't back down from." Lin Fan said in a cold voice.
Hearing him say this sent a shiver down King Han's spine, but he nodded in agreement to this.
King Han was already prepared for this since he knew that he wouldn't bend on this. After all, this was the reason that Lin Fan was doing all of this in the first place, so naturally he wouldn't back down on this.
Though it was a bit painful since the ones that were responsible for this were the ones that actually held power in the founding families...
If they could keep them as slaves for the royal family, then it would surely raise their Han Kingdom to a new level. But he knew that it was impossible, so he didn't think too much about it.
The other reason was because those people had done quite a few terrible things in the past.
They were not clean, so as the ruler of this kingdom, King Han didn't actually want to keep them around.
Being able to punish them for their crimes was a good enough consolation prize.
After seeing this nod, Lin Fan continued by saying, "If they aren't related, then they will be turned to you to manage. If you don't watch them properly and let them do what they want..."
He didn't finish his words, but the threat that he was making was very clear.
King Han also knew that this would be the case, so he once again nodded in agreement.
Lin Fan paused for a moment before lowering his voice to add, "In addition, there might be the chance that you'll get involved with the Five Great Sects if you ally with us. So be prepared when the time comes."
This time, King Han couldn't remain as calm as he had been before.
When he heard this, he deeply knitted his brows.
Getting involved with the Five Great Sects was something that was completely different from just solving the issue of the three founding families.
The Five Great Sects were at the peak of their world and anyone who got involved with them wouldn't have a good ending. Especially since it didn't sound like this involvement with the Five Great Sects was a good thing.
King Han looked at Lin Fan with this look on his face, but Lin FAn just calmly looked back at him as if there was nothing wrong.
This made King Han knit his brows even more.
But in the end, he said with a sigh, "It's in the future, right? Right now, the most important thing is taking care of the blight of our country and stabilizing our power. So for now, I'll work with you."
Then after a pause, he felt like he had to add, "Of course, if I betray you in the future, I hope that you won't take it personally."
Lin Fan gave a chuckle before giving a nod.
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