345 Chen Jiusi deceives his father-in-law with clever words
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The wooden head rolled to Chen Jiusi's feet, and Chen Jie looked shocked.
Watching him die with his eyes wide open.
Chen Jiusi was also confused. What was going on?
Why did Wang Baobao suddenly turn against him?
Not only Chen Jiusi, but everyone present was stunned when seeing this scene. After all, all this happened in a flash.
For a moment, the people around were unable to react. They stared stupidly at Wang Baobao in the field, the head rolling to the ground, and the headless body falling to the ground.
There was complete silence.
The scene fell into a brief silence, and after a long time, everyone was unable to react.
At this time, Wang Baobao put away the sword in his hand, raised his hand and said: "Cease fire!"
These words shook the whole place, and everyone in the field heard Wang Baobao's words immediately. The White Deer Army on Wang Baobao's side obeyed the order and stopped fighting.
Seeing that the Bailu Army stopped, Wu Daojun turned to look at Chen Jie, and saw that Chen Jie also raised his hand and instantly stopped the actions of the Suzaku Guards, and both sides stopped fighting.
Chen Jie looked at Wang Baobao and asked, "What do you mean?"
Wang Baobao didn't say anything else after hearing this. He turned around and made way for me, saying, "Go ahead. I'll just pretend I didn't see you today."
Chen Jie was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Wang Baobao with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Let us go?"
Wang Baobao said, "Let's go."
Chen Jie narrowed his eyes and said, "Thank you very much."
Chen Jiusi has never been a indecisive person, so he just walked away.
But before they had walked far, Wang Baobao said, "Wait a minute."
Chen Jie stopped and looked at Wang Baobao and asked, "Do you regret it?"
Wang Baobao said: "A real man never regrets what he does."
"Chen Jiusi!"
Wang Baobao called out Chen Jie's name and said solemnly, "Don't let Yaya down. She has given everything for you."
Chen Jie fell silent upon hearing this, turned around, clasped his fists and said to Wang Baobao solemnly, "Don't worry."
Wang Baobao nodded slightly. In fact, there is no need for too many words between men.
And promises often don't require too many words.
Wang Baobao waved his hand and said, "Make way for them."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Bailu Army broke up their formation and made way for Chen Jie and his men.
Chen Jie didn't say anything. Wang Baobao looked at him as he was about to leave and said, "Chen Jiusi, next time we meet, I won't hold back!"
"I can't do that either!"
Chen Jie waved goodbye.
After that, Chen Jiusi led the Suzaku Guards away. Seeing Chen Jiusi leaving so arrogantly, Huobi Ma rode his horse to Wang Baobao and asked, "Are you just going to let them go like this?"
Wang Baobao asked, "How about we really kill him here?"
Huobi Ma asked, "How do we explain this to the imperial court? And should the princess pursue him or not?"
After these words came out, Wang Baobao said: "Why are you chasing after me? What this damn thing said just now reminded me."
"Yaya has already run away from her marriage. This news cannot be covered up. And to the royal family, Yaya's behavior is a sign of treason and infidelity, even if we capture Yaya back."
"The court will no longer allow Yaya to be the queen. Even if it is really as he said, after Yaya is sent to the palace, she will be sent to the cold palace and even become a slave."
"So, I can't catch Yaya now, otherwise I will harm her."
Wang Baobao said.
"If we don't capture Yaya, she will definitely not be able to stay in our Ruyang Palace. The only place she can go is to Chen Jiusi. So I can't kill Chen Jiusi, otherwise who will Yaya rely on?"
At this point, he said angrily, "I really can't understand what's so good about Chen Jiusi. Yaya didn't even want to be the queen of a country for him, and even did something like running away from marriage."
"Now I can only pray that Chen Jiusi can return to his territory safely."
Looking at Wang Baobao's helpless look.
Huobi Ma asked, "What about this guy?"
"He was an imperial envoy of the imperial court. If he died here, he must give an explanation to his superiors."
Wang Baobao glanced at Huobi Ma and said, "Didn't you see the thief Chen Jiusi being killed with one sword?"
Huobi Ma was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "Sir, the wound on this guy's back is so obvious, it must have been done by one of our own people, right?"
Wang Baobao glanced at Huobi Ma and said, "The thief Chen Jiusi is extremely cruel. After killing someone, he even burned the body to vent his anger. When we arrived, the imperial envoy Tuomu had already been burned to ashes!"
Huobi Ma's eyes lit up when he heard this and he said, "Yes, I understand."
Wang Baobao said, "Give orders that today's events must not be spread to anyone else, even to the prince. Do you understand?"
After these words were spoken, Huobi Ma said, "Don't worry, I have already given the order."
At this point, Huobi Ma said, "By the way, sir, I have something to tell you."
Wang Baobao looked at Huobi Ma, who said, "The prince also knows about the princess' escape."
Wang Baobao said, "Well, my father is a thousand miles away from here, how could he know?"
Huobi Ma heard this and said, "Sir, the prince has gone to Anqing Prefecture to suppress the bandits."
"Anqing Prefecture? Suppressing bandits?"
Wang Baobao looked confused and asked, "What big bandits are there in Anqing Prefecture that are worthy of your personal intervention?"
Huobi Ma said with a strange expression, "It is said that they went to wipe out the thousand bandits in Jitou Mountain, Anqing Prefecture."
"One thousand, and a giant bandit? What level is the leader?"
After these words came out, Huobi Ma said awkwardly: "Wolf, Wolf Smoke Realm!"
After hearing this, Wang Baobao almost laughed out loud. Great, father, you are like this too...
Wang Baobao couldn't think of a good word to describe Prince Ruyang's behavior for a moment. After all, it was indeed too shocking that a dignified Rongshen Realm master led 10,000 elite Bailu troops of the empire to encircle and suppress a thousand giant bandits in Jitou Mountain.
Wang Baobao thought for a moment, then looked at Huobi Ma and asked, "How did the prince know about this matter, Princess?"
After hearing this, Huobi Ma said, "The prince sent someone to look for you today, but he encountered the princess' escape. Then the person didn't see you and turned around and left to report to the prince."
"This Anqing Prefecture is not far from Liu'an. I think the prince will probably block the princess's escape route."
After hearing this, Wang Baobao's face darkened and he said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
After saying that, Wang Baobao looked at Huobi Ma and said, "Huobi Ma, you will be responsible for the aftermath. Personal Guard Battalion, follow me."
Wang Baobao led his personal guard battalion away. Huobi Ma looked at Wang Baobao's receding back and said, "He said he didn't care, but in fact he cared more than anyone else."
After saying that, he started his cleanup work.
At this time, Chen Jie and the Suzaku Guards had already left the area, riding their horses forward and heading straight for Huangzhou Prefecture. In order to go to Huangzhou Prefecture, they had to pass through Ehugang.
Just now, Chen Jie and Zhao Ya had agreed to meet up at Ehugang.
Chen Jie also instructed Chen Xiaohu and the others to meet up at Ehugang.
We walked like this for about half an hour and finally arrived at Ehugang not far away.
There was a big mountain in this Ehugang area, and on the top of the mountain there was a huge stone. The shape of the stone was very strange, and from a distance it looked like a tiger lying there.
It is precisely because of this feature that this place is called Ehugang.
"My lord, the Evil Tiger Hill is ahead."
Chen Jie looked at the pitch-black Ehugang. For some reason, he felt like he was suffocating. He took a deep breath.
Calm yourself down.
Wu Daojun looked at Chen Jie and said, "What's wrong, lord?"
Chen Jie looked at the Ehugang and said, "This place is dangerous. We just experienced a fierce battle. If we are ambushed here again, it will be dangerous."
Wu Daojun asked, "Then let's take a detour?"
Chen Jie shook his head and said, "It's not possible to take a detour. Let's send a few people to scout the way ahead."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Daojun said, "Zhu Zong, take a few people to the front to take a look."
After hearing this, Zhu Zong immediately took people to check it out, but they didn't come back after a long time.
There was no signal at all, and Wu Daojun's heart skipped a beat.
He looked at Chen Jie, who also had a serious expression on his face. Something was wrong.
Thinking of this, Chen Jie looked at Wu Daojun and said, "Something is wrong."
Wu Daojun said: "Probe again."
As he spoke, Wu Daojun waved his hand and said, "Zhao Zhong."
Zhao Zhong clasped his fists and said, "Yes."
After saying that, Zhao Zhong also sent people to check it out. Chen Jie frowned and watched the team disappear into the depths of Ehugang.
After waiting for a while, the result was very obvious. Zhao Zhong did not come back.
Wu Daojun's face had turned extremely pale. He was 100% sure that something was going on at Ehugang.
But Wu Daojun didn't know what to do.
Because they have to go to Ehugang, the princess and her companions arrived there first, and it is very likely that they are now trapped in Ehugang.
They couldn't even take a detour, so could they just ignore the princess?
However, they didn't know what kind of dangers were in the Evil Tiger Hill. If they sent someone in, they would be in vain. This was also very dangerous for them. They were in a dilemma.
Wu Daojun looked at Chen Jie helplessly and said, "I'll go!"
Seeing this, Chen Jie raised his hand and said, "Don't go, I'll go in and take a look."
Chen Jie knew that it was a blessing in disguise, and that disaster was inevitable. He could not send people forward one by one, otherwise it would be a tactic of adding fuel to the fire, which was unwise.
Thinking of this, Chen Jie rode his horse forward and took a torch from a soldier.
Wu Daojun saw this and said, "My lord, let the guards accompany you."
Chen Jie waved his hand and said, "No need."
If he rejected his men's kindness and stayed with them, wouldn't he be restricted in what he did and would have to take care of the lives of these guards? It would be better for him to go alone on his horse.
Moreover, if in danger, Chen Jie would be able to escape better.
In this way, Chen Jie, riding a horse, rushed towards Ehugang with a torch.
Not long after walking, Chen Jie suddenly heard a humming sound.
Woo woo woo…
Chen Jie looked and saw several people hanging on the road on both sides of the road. Chen Jie looked over and his eyes instantly focused, because he saw the person hanging. It was none other than Zhao Zhong, whom he had just sent in. At this time, he and a group of people were all tied up and hung on a tree.
When he saw Chen Jie coming in, he immediately started whimpering.
Chen Jie stretched out his hand and shot out a gust of wind, and saved these people. Then he saw Zhao Zhong running over in a panic and said, "My lord, be careful, there is an expert."
Chen Jie said nothing when he heard this, but he looked around vigilantly, with Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms hidden in his hands, ready to take action at any time.
"Why did you let someone hang on the tree?"
Chen Jie asked.
Zhao Zhong said: "When we arrived here, we were attacked, and then we covered our mouths and noses and hung on the trees."
Chen Jie narrowed his eyes and asked, "Have you seen Zhu Zong and the others?"
Zhao Zhong heard this and said, "No."
Chen Jie was silent for a moment, then said, "Zhao Zhong, take your people and leave here first."
Zhao Zhong heard this and said, "My Lord, please let me accompany you. At least I'll have an extra helper."
Chen Jie heard this and said, "No need. The other party probably doesn't want to kill me now, otherwise they wouldn't have just hung you on the tree."
"And even if the other party really wants to kill me, you guys won't be able to do anything. Besides, if you follow me, I'll have to worry about your comfort, so it's hard for you to give full play to your strength."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhong immediately said, "Well, then I will listen to you, my lord."
After saying that, he waved his hand and immediately led his men to evacuate from here.
Chen Jie continued to ride his horse forward and took a few steps. Then he saw Zhu Zong and his group on the tree and rescued them according to the law.
At this time, Chen Jie asked Zhu Zong about the situation. Zhu Zong replied: "The one who attacked us should be a master, with a cultivation level as high as that of a dragon. I was knocked down before I could react."
After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Well, have you seen the princess and the others?"
Zhu Zong shook his head.
Chen Jie asked him to take his men and leave first.
Chen Jie continued to move forward. He had a feeling that someone was deliberately leading him to Ehugang.
Sure enough, not long after walking, Chen Jie heard a humming sound again. Looking up, Chen Jie saw that Shi Gengming, the Soul-Breaking Spear, Chen Xiaohu, and their subordinates were all hanging on the tree.
They all cried when they saw Chen Jie. Chen Jie's eyes fixed on this and he thought to himself, who is behind this?
As he was thinking this, he saw two people coming out of the darkness in front of him. They were dressed in black and looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Chen Jiusi?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked towards them and asked, "Where is the princess?"
The two men did not answer, but looked at him and said, "Our master wants to see you."
Chen Jie looked at the two of them and said, "King Ruyang?"
The two did not answer, but their expressions told Chen Jie that his guess was correct, it was Prince Ruyang who wanted to see him.
Chen Jie understood and took a deep breath. Even an ugly son-in-law also wanted to meet his father-in-law.
Thinking about this, Chen Jie followed the two of them and walked forward.
When he got to the front, Chen Jie saw a tent under a big tree with a light on inside.
A burly man was sitting there with a book in his hand, but it was obvious that his mind was not on the book at all.
There was an oil lamp lit nearby, and not far away there was a pillar with a woman tied to it. It was Zhao Ya.
Zhao Ya was tied to a pillar at this time with a piece of white cloth stuffed in her mouth.
Two guards were standing guard there.
Prince Ruyang was flipping through the book in front of him anxiously. At this moment, he saw from the corner of his eye that the two guards were bringing Chen Jie here. He slowed down and slowly turned the pages.
Seeing this, Chen Jie pretended not to see it and walked to the front of the tent.
When she saw Zhao Ya, her eyes were red and she made a whimpering sound when she saw Chen Jie.
Chen Jie was about to speak when he saw Prince Ruyang slam the book on the table beside him and said, "Chen Jiusi!"
Chen Jie immediately turned around, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty."
Prince Ruyang looked at him and said, "Long time no see."
Chen Jie said: "Yes, about one or two months."
King Ruyang looked at Chen Jie, sized him up and down and said, "Well, you do have some talent. After not seeing you for a month or two, you have actually entered the middle stage of the furnace."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately cupped his hands and said, "Lucky, lucky."
The feeling Chen Jie had when being scrutinized by King Ruyang was similar to the feeling he had when he first went to his father-in-law's house and was scrutinized by his father-in-law.
"Xiao Chen, I heard you can earn more than 30,000 yuan a month?"
"Ah, yes."
"Well, we still need to work harder..."
…
Chen Jie shook his head to clear his mind. After all, he was facing a strong man in the Rong Shen realm who could take his life at any time!
Bang!
King Ruyang looked at Chen Jie and slammed the table hard. Then he said with a serious expression: "You think I'm being polite to you, Chen Jiusi, you are so brave!"
As soon as these words were spoken, a raging flame was seen burning behind King Ruyang.
The internal energy was almost strong enough to become a substance. The next moment, this terrifying internal energy turned into a big hand and instantly grasped Chen Jie in its hand. As soon as he grasped it, Chen Jie felt his sternum crackling, as if it would break at any time.
Click, click, click…
Hearing his sternum crackling, Chen Jie suddenly looked up at King Ruyang.
King Ruyang said: "Chen Jiusi, if I crush you to death now, it would be as easy as crushing an ant. How dare you touch my daughter? Tell me, do you have any last words?"
Woo, woo…
Seeing Prince Ruyang suddenly attack Chen Jiusi, Zhao Ya struggled desperately, her eyes full of fear.
She knew her father. Although he was smiling and seemed easy to talk to, those who knew Prince Ruyang knew that he was also a murderer without blinking an eye. Sometimes he would kill people while talking to them.
This is how terrifying King Ruyang is.
At this time, Chen Jie was caught by King Ruyang. He could feel that King Ruyang really wanted to kill him. If he really pinched down with all his strength using the devil's claws condensed by his internal energy, with his injured body, he would be half-crippled if not dead.
Chen Jie gritted his teeth and resisted the pressure from King Ruyang.
He looked at King Ruyang and said, "Your Majesty, if you kill me now, you will regret it."
Upon hearing this, Prince Ruyang sneered and said, "Regret, haha, I never regret it."
"Is this your last words?"
Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie and asked. Chen Jie took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, it's easy for you to kill me now, but what about after you kill me? Have you considered the consequences?"
King Ruyang said: "What consequences? Do you still want to threaten me?"
"Your Highness has misunderstood. How dare I threaten you? But Your Highness, I have something to say."
"explain."
"My life is completely in your hands now. If you shake your hands, I will die. So every word I say is from the bottom of my heart. Please understand me."
After hearing this, King Ruyang looked at Chen Jie and said, "You say."
Chen Jie said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie and said, "If you say even one untrue word, you will surely die."
After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I, Chen Jiusi, never lie."
After hearing this, Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie with a playful look. He said, "I'm not lying. Guess whether he believes it or not."
King Ruyang thought, "Okay, if you have anything to say, just say it!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Prince Ruyang and said, "Your Majesty, I really like the princess."
"Shut up, your damn sincerity is worthless. If it weren't for your damn sincerity, would Yaya be so crazy that she had to elope with you?"
"She gave up her position as the empress of a dynasty and now she's eloped with you. If this gets out, what will happen to her reputation? Chen Jiusi, you deserve to die!"
It would have been fine if Chen Jie didn't mention anything else, but as soon as he mentioned this, King Ruyang became furious and started to attack Chen Jie crazily.
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at King Ruyang and said, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die, but I cannot die."
"Can't die, why?"
Chen Jie looked at Prince Ruyang and said, "Just as you said, the princess has eloped with me, and it happened in public. The news should have spread all over Lu'an Prefecture by now, and it is impossible to suppress it."
"Then Your Majesty, have you considered this? What will the princess do next? If she goes to the palace, she will definitely be made difficult by the royal family. She might even be forced to become a slave, and the emperor might even torture her in various ways because she has brought shame upon him!"
"You and I are both male princes. You know how much a man hates a woman's infidelity!"
"This is all your fault, you bastard!"
After hearing what Chen Jie said, King Ruyang's face turned furious, and he clenched his hands fiercely. Chen Jie's bones crackled, especially his injured chest. Chen Jie screamed in pain, but he gritted his teeth to prevent himself from screaming.
Seeing Chen Jie like this, King Ruyang looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, tell me for yourself whether you should die or not! You should die or not!"
Chen Jie was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat, but he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, it doesn't matter whether I should die or not. You are a father, are you going to force your daughter to die?"
After hearing this, Prince Ruyang stopped what he was doing and looked at Chen Jie viciously.
Chen Jie relaxed and said, "Your Highness, there is no other way. Sending the princess to the capital now is like sending her into a fire pit."
"You are a father, you would not want your daughter to suffer such inhuman treatment."
"Even if she doesn't come to the capital, I can still support her."
Ruyang Kingly Road.
After hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Prince Ruyang and said, "Your Highness, there is no impenetrable wall in this world. Your Highness is a wall in Jiangnan, but you cannot do without the support of the court, so you cannot have any rift with the court. If the court knows that you are hiding the princess, it will not be just a rift, so Your Highness, think twice."
After hearing this, Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie.
Chen Jie said, "Your Majesty, I say the same thing again. It's easy for you to kill me, just like crushing an ant. But Your Majesty, what benefit will you get from killing me other than venting your anger?"
"The princess will become enemies with you and your daughter because you killed me. If I die, the princess will have no one to rely on and will have to live in sorrow from now on. Besides, I have some friends in the martial arts world. If you kill me, my two elder brothers, Peng Yingyu and Ni Wenjun, will definitely seek revenge on the prince. Then there will be a fierce battle."
"Why bother?"
"If I don't die, there will be many benefits. The princess and I are truly in love. If the princess follows me, we can live in harmony. Moreover, I will become the prince's son-in-law. In Jiangnan, I will definitely follow your lead. Even if it's my eldest brother, I can help mediate. Then why not work together to maintain the stability of Daqian?"
"So, father-in-law, please think about it."
"Shut up, who is your father-in-law?"
Prince Ruyang shouted angrily, expressing his dissatisfaction with Chen Jiusi calling him adoptive father, but he did not get angry and kill Chen Jie.
Chen Jie knew that his deception, ahem, patient persuasion, and analysis of the pros and cons had worked.
Prince Ruyang was a qualified politician. He knew that things had come to this point and it was useless to say anything else. Chen Jiusi was right. Killing Chen Jie could only vent his anger temporarily, but would harm Yaya for life.
Keep Chen Jiusi?
Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie.
In fact, he didn't really care about the benefits Chen Jie mentioned. As a prince in charge of Jiangnan, he had his own pride and methods. His relationship with the court was not something Chen Jie could guess.
But Chen Jie said something that King Ruyang heard, which was that if Chen Jie was killed, Zhao Ya would definitely hate him.
Prince Ruyang cares a lot about what Zhao Ya thinks.
He didn't want his daughter to hate him.
Thinking of this, he looked at Zhao Ya, then looked at Chen Jie and said, "Forget it, it's like this, I won't say much. Chen Jiusi, you really like Yaya, right?"
Chen Jie said: "It's sincere and there is no adulteration."
King Ruyang said: "Then I will give you a chance. As long as you agree to one condition, Yaya can go with you."
After hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Prince Ruyang and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."
King Ruyang said, "I heard that you already have two women. Go back and divorce them. My daughter cannot share a husband with other women!"
Um!
Divorce! Divorce again!