Zhao Chong’s words today were like the endgames on a chess board, each step shocking and bizarre. Li Ke was also considered a smart person, and when he heard this, he was surprised and puzzled.

Naturally, Li Ke asked, “Why?”

Of course, Zhao Chong knew what he was asking.

This was because in everyone’s eyes, King Wei was the person who wanted King Wu dead the most. However, Zhao Chong told Li Ke that it was the King of Wei who wanted to save him.

Anyone with a normal mind would feel extremely strange and incomprehensible after hearing this.

“Why? I don’t know either.” Zhao Chong said, “I won’t explain anything to this subordinate about the master. He instructed me to execute it, that’s all.”

“Then how did he give the order?”

“It’s a long story.” Zhao Chong took a sip of tea and said slowly, “Perhaps King Wei learned the secret report from the palace that His Majesty the Emperor secretly recruited you back to the capital.” Anyone could guess that the matter was related to the Legislative Chancellor. This was naturally a great crisis for King Wei. Therefore, he gathered his confidants to discuss countermeasures. Among them was Wei Ting, an imperial physician. At that time, Wei Ting should have advised King Wei to get rid of you halfway, but King Wei … did not agree.

Li Ke frowned, thought for a while, and then nodded, “reasonable.” Although Fourth really wanted me to die, he definitely wouldn’t die at this moment. Because in this situation, as long as something happens to me, he will be the most suspicious. Fourth was not stupid enough to put himself at a disadvantage. Because he was always smart, he knew that Father Emperor always hated to fight between brother and sister. Even if he got rid of me halfway, he wouldn’t be able to become the Crown Prince. The reason was very simple. Father Emperor definitely would not give Jiang Shan to someone who killed his brothers! “Therefore, although the person who wants me dead the most is Fourth Brother, the one who doesn’t want anything to happen to me on the road is also him!”

“But he can make you … disappear, right?” Zhao Chong laughed strangely.

Li Ke’s expression changed, “What do you mean?”

“If you are King Wei and don’t want King Wu to return to the capital, but you can’t kill him, what’s the best way?”

“Kidnapping? House arrest?”

“Isn’t that so?” Zhao Chong chuckled and said, “To be honest, I admire King Wei quite a bit.” On the surface, he looked careless and friendly, but in fact, he was as careful as a castle. After Wei Ting returned to his mansion, he was quite angry and kept cursing in his heart, “King Wei is not a wise lord in the end, so it is difficult to become a great weapon.” I guess the reason must be that King Wei rejected his plan to ambush and kill him halfway. So Wei Ting decided to do it himself. That day, he ordered me to lead people to ambush and kill you on the path to the pass. Not long after, I was secretly summoned by King Wei to inquire about Wei Ting’s movements. At that time, I guessed that there must be a difference of opinion between King Wei and Wei Ting. I also gave Wei Ting’s plan a try and told King Wei about it. “Guess what King Wei said?”

Li Ke took a deep breath and let out a long sigh. He shook his head, “I guess Fourth will say that there is no need to stop Wei Ting. You bring someone else behind you. When Wei Ting’s people make a move, you will save them. Kill all of Wei Ting’s people, intercept King Wu and put him under house arrest.”

“Yes, not exactly.” Zhao Chong smiled. His laughter was very mocking and a bit harsh. He said, “I’ve never thought that the people in the Jianghu Green Forest would be ruthless. I didn’t expect that the people in the royal family would have darker hearts and more ruthless hands.”

“What exactly did he say?!” Li Ke was a little angry and clenched his fists.

“He said” Zhao Chong paused for a moment, then said, “If King Wu dies in a chaotic battle, then forget it. Let my men quietly withdraw as if they don’t know anything.” If King Wu can break out of the encirclement, then I will intercept and block you from the periphery. By the way, kill all of Wei Ting’s people and silence them. “At the same time, don’t forget to leave behind some clues for people to track down Wei Ting.”

“So ruthless! … Fourth Brother, you’re too ruthless!” Li Ke gritted his teeth until his bones rang.

“Yes!” Zhao Chong sneered, “I’ve truly witnessed King Wei’s sinister and vicious behavior. Even I’m ashamed of being inferior to him.” If Prince Wu died, the debt would definitely be on Wei Ting, and it had nothing to do with him. It was because there was more than one person present at the meeting of the Wei Palace. Wei Zhengjin intercepted him halfway, but the Wei King rejected him sternly. Everyone knew that he could testify for the Wei King. As for Wei Ting, he was destined to become a foolish ghost who would die for him, because he was indeed secretly acting behind King Wei’s back. If Prince Wu did not die, then Prince Wu would also disappear for a long time, until he, Prince Wei, was seated in the Eastern Palace. Afterwards, Prince Wu was rescued by someone sent by Prince Wei. At that time, King Wei had already settled down in the Eastern Palace. Apart from being powerless, King Wu had to sell King Wei a huge favor to save his life. With His Majesty the Emperor, King Wei could also please him. At the same time, the rescue of the Prince of Wu would shatter all the suspicions of the outside world about the Prince of Wei. “At that time, people will feel that King Wei has been silently suffering from the misunderstanding of the world, and his image will instantly become tall and brilliant!”

Li Ke frowned and shook his head with grief and indignation. “Indeed, it was a seamless plan to kill many birds with one stone …” To tell the truth, even I have to admire Fourth Brother. His mental arts are much better than mine. ”

“Could it be that such a person is more suitable to be an emperor?” Zhao Chong sneered.

Li Ke shook his head sadly, “I don’t know …”

“What a pity, what a pity” Zhao Chong smiled. “Jiang, he’s still old and spicy. With how ruthless Wei Ting is and how smart King Wei is, he can’t defeat His Majesty the Emperor in the end. How about I say, that kind of person is suitable to be …”

“Shut up!”

“Alright, I won’t talk anymore.” Zhao Chong chuckled and said, “I’ve been loyal to the Emperor for some time now, but I haven’t done anything for him.” However, people like me can only do this once. The second time, it didn’t work. After learning of Wei Ting’s and King Wei’s plans, I would like to inform His Majesty the Emperor immediately. Unfortunately, I can’t enter the palace and see his people. So I had no choice but to make my own decisions. On the one hand, I led more than 20 killers under Wei Ting to ambush Jingzhou’s Anding County. On the other hand, I released my sentinel pigeons and gathered more than a dozen Green Forest loyalists that I had secretly recruited to go to Stabilize and wait for orders. Your Highness, don’t underestimate these dozen people. All of them were top-notch experts. It was like General Yin Yang in His Highness’ mansion was a good fighter to charge into the front lines, but when it came to fighting with weapons in Jianghu … he wouldn’t be able to walk a single round or two in the hands of Mr. Zhao. But compared to the dozen or so people, I’m just a chicken and an eagle. ”

Li Ke was speechless and only nodded. He didn’t know much about Jianghu. However, Su Lianqing had also worked in the palace before, so she knew a little about the methods of people like her, Li Ke.

“So His Highness is quite safe here.” Zhao Chong smiled and said, “The people in this Taoist temple are all disguised by my people. Moreover, as long as there are any suspicious people within a few miles of this Taoist temple, I will immediately receive a letter. Also, this place is unknown to Wei Ting and King Wei.”

Li Ke nodded. “Just now, you said that you would report my death to your master. Is that to inform Wei Ting or King Wei?”

“All of them.” Zhao Chong said.

“In other words, both Wei Ting and King Wei think I’m dead now?”

“That’s right!”

Li Ke shook his head helplessly, “Aren’t you afraid that they will kill you to silence you?”

“Of course.” Zhao Chong smiled and said, “Right now, both of my masters want me to die as cleanly as possible. Therefore, I didn’t go to meet them. Instead, I used an extremely special method to report the letter to them. At the same time, I have to hide here for a period of time until His Highness is safe. Of course, if His Highness is safe, I will naturally be safe, right?”

“En … you’re really smart!” Li Ke said sincerely.

“Exaggerated.” “However, unless my true master, His Majesty the Emperor, finds out the truth to save us, we can’t be safe. But now, I can’t show myself again, nor can I tell His Majesty the truth. Therefore, we can only hope that the Jingzhou government will investigate the case and find out about Wei Ting, so that the Imperial Court will know about it,” Zhao Chong said.

“I hope so” Li Ke sighed and thought to himself, “Zhao Chong is indeed an extremely shrewd old martial artist. He had his own interests in doing all of this. He knew very well that Wei Ting and King Wei would kill him sooner or later to silence him. The only way out of this danger was to kill Wei Ting and King Wei. In order to achieve this, we have to rely on an even stronger master. Then, we can only remain my father’s emperor. Then, before he told me the truth, he asked me for a death-free talisman so that I could one day let him live freely if I wanted to. Evidently, he is gambling. He is betting that Father Emperor will win, and I will win … He is truly someone who does not do anything for himself. Heaven and earth are annihilated!

“Speaking of which, there are rumors in the market that Qin Mubai in Kansai has the opposite intention. What’s going on?” Zhao Chong’s words interrupted Li Ke’s train of thought.

“I don’t know either.” Li Ke shook his head, “I firmly believe that this is just a rumor! I would rather believe that the sun will set tomorrow than that Qin Mubai will rebel!”

“You don’t believe me, but a lot of people are willing to believe me!” Zhao Chong smiled and said, “Everyone knows that King Wu and Qin Mubai are inseparable from each other. Thallium is inseparable from each other. Now that King Wu has disappeared, the rumors that Qin Mubai is going to rebel in Kansai will probably make many people in the court even more panicked.”

Li Ke’s heart shook. “That’s right! If we link the two together, there will inevitably be people spreading rumors again, saying that King Wu used a bitter scheme to flee to Lanzhou pretending to be dead and conspired with Qin Mubai to rebel? Or, because Qin Mubai heard the news of King Wu’s death, he angrily arose to avenge King Wu?”

“It seems that the latter is more likely!” Zhao Chong curled his lips and said, “Daoist Master, don’t tell lies. If King Wu wants to compete for the treasury, the greatest reliance will naturally be on Young Marshal Qin who holds more than half of the Tang army and half of the Kansai Young Marshal Qin. And King Wu’s greatest hope in the future is for King Wu to become the Crown Prince. If something goes wrong with Young Marshal Qin … Young Marshal Qin will inevitably do something out of line in order to protect himself!”

“Break! “Li Ke’s expression really changed.” Although I know that Mubai Zhonggan’s loyalty and courage can’t be against me, if he knew that I was assassinated halfway, it would be hard to say what he would do! Even if you don’t avenge me, if Fourth becomes the Crown Prince, the first one to be eliminated will be Mubai! Ants were still alive, not to mention the army marshals who held hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands? “!”

“In other words … Qin Mubai might be forced to rebel?” Zhao Chong rolled his eyes and said, “That joke is really too big! It doesn’t matter who revolts in this world, only him … Haha! He has flattened such a powerful Tibet, and he has conquered such a vast Western Region. If he waved his army and stepped on the Central Plains, who can stop him?”

“This is not a question of who can block it … No matter who wins or loses, then our Great Tang’s rivers and mountains will truly be finished!!!” Li Ke sat up straight and bowed to Zhao Chong, “Brother Zhao, please find a way to tell Qin Mubai the truth no matter what. Otherwise, it would be a great disaster!”

Zhao Chong scratched his forehead with a bitter smile and said, “Your Highness has already addressed me as a brother. How can I afford it? Let me think about it, let me think about it. If I can send someone Qin Mubai trustworthy to Lanzhou to stop Qin Mubai, do you think it’s feasible?”

“Who should I send?”

“Haha!” Zhao Chong laughed loudly, “There is only one person Qin Mubai trusts the most in Chang’an City!”

“Who?”

“Of course … Princess Gaoyang!!”

“I forgot, Gaoyang has already returned to the capital.” Li Ke frowned, “But, how should Gaoyang know the truth?”

“There’s no need to let her know the truth.” Zhao Chong said seriously, “Think about it, if Qin Mubai rebelled, who would feel the most pain?” –How could a son-in-law be a daughter when he brought troops to beat up her father-in-law’s house? Therefore, what we need to do now is not to report to anyone, but to send my people to continue stirring up trouble in Chang’an City, to tell the story of the Kansai Qin Mubai’s rebellion with a nose and eyes, the more realistic the better. At that time, the entire court would be in a hurry, the Emperor would be in a hurry, and naturally Princess Gaoyang would be in a hurry. Then, she will definitely take action! ”

“This!” Li Ke’s eyes widened. “This is too inappropriate!”

“Your Highness, there’s nothing wrong with this.” Zhao Chong smiled and said, “After all, Your Highness, you are not really dead.” Qin Mubai didn’t really want to rebel. This is called pushing the boat. The more rumors spread that Qin Mubai was going to rebel, the greater the pressure on King Wei. Because as long as King Wei dared to enter the Eastern Palace, Kansai Qin Mubai would dare to rebel! –In this way, even His Majesty the Emperor will have to carefully measure it. Even if you, King Wu, are really dead, does he dare to make King Wei his prince at this time? In other words, as long as you, King Wu, are born without a corpse, King Wei, he will never be able to enter the Eastern Palace! The reason was that Qin Mubai’s deterrence was simply too great! It’s so big that even His Majesty the Emperor has no choice but to be wary of it! ”

“!!!” Li Ke was shocked!

“What’s wrong, Your Highness? Did I say something wrong?”

“That’s right, it’s not wrong at all.” Li Ke took a deep breath and said, “Zhao Chong, it’s such a pity that you’re not an official!”

“No, I’m not interested in being an official!” Zhao Chong smiled. “Everyone in Jianghu doesn’t have a good impression of the government. Even though we are outsiders and some of us are ruthless and ruthless, most of us pay attention to the rules of Jianghu and the loyalty of heroes. As for people who are officials … I won’t say any more. Your Highness King Wu, after hearing my words, you don’t think Qin Mubai is a big hidden danger, do you? In the future, if you become the Crown Prince and the Emperor, you will have to get rid of it quickly? ”

“No.” Li Ke sighed and said, “A swordsman with two blades can kill the enemy and injure himself.” But if he abandoned the sword instead, he would become a real coward, and in the end, he could only be slaughtered by others. A person like Qin Mubai was a sharp blade. A king must respect him and make good use of him. If it was destroyed because he was worried that the sword would accidentally cut him, then what was the difference between being choked to death? I admire my father very much. He had beaten down the rivers and mountains of the Great Tang, and his subordinates were filled with talents like Qin Mubai, such as Medicine Master Li and other famous generations. However, I have never seen him fear anyone or kill any meritorious hero. Instead, I have treated his subjects like brothers and sisters. This was the true hero. He had enough confidence and believed that he had enough ability and charm to convince his subordinates and meritorious officials. Monarchs like liu bang, I have always been the most shameless. In the end, the reason why he kept killing meritorious heroes was because he had no confidence and confidence. In the end, he was a narrow-minded and short-witted Xiao Junior!

“Your Highness King Wu, you are indeed a heroic and martial artist! Haha!” Zhao Chong smiled and said, “But there is a saying that people can’t help themselves in Jianghu. Right now, you are only King Wu. Wait until the day you become the Crown Prince or the Emperor. If you still have such thoughts and generosity, then I really admire you!”

Li Ke also smiled, “Ke, always don’t like to say anything heroic.” However, I can really afford to say those few words just now. Speaking of which, if one day I, Li Ke, can really achieve something, it is all thanks to Qin Mubai’s accomplishment. To tell a naive joke, even if Qin Mubai wanted to share half of the land of the Great Tang, he was still righteous. However, I know that even if I give him half of it, he won’t take that guy. “The reason is very simple. I understand him. His ambitions are not here!”

“Oh?” Zhao Chong smiled and said, “Then what does he want?”

“Fresh clothes and angry horses, beautiful spirits; carefree and unrestrained, happy life!” Li Ke said, “In fact, if it wasn’t for his father’s death, he wouldn’t have been able to soar into the sky.” He was such a person, he only wanted to live a carefree and free life, happy and dripping wet! He didn’t want to be trapped by fame and fortune, and he didn’t want to be influenced by the secular rules. If he were given a peaceful land, he would be very happy to bring his beautiful wife and concubine to enjoy the blessings of a lifetime! ”

“That’s right! After all, he has everything a man wants the most in his life.” Zhao Chong said, “I feel that Qin Mubai is a truly intelligent person. He knows how to be content and has his own bottom line and principles. As long as he doesn’t take the initiative to provoke him and force him, he will definitely be safe and sound.”

“So … if Fourth becomes the Crown Prince or Emperor, Qin Mubai might really go against him!” Li Ke couldn’t help but take a deep breath, “Because to Fourth Brother, Qin Mubai is a thorn in his side, a thorn in his flesh.” Even if I’m not here, Fourth will have to get rid of it quickly! Because Fourth didn’t believe that he could control Qin Mubai! I dare say that if King Wei gains power, sooner or later, he will stir up Qin Mubai’s anger again! “Once this fire burns, the consequences … I really don’t dare to imagine!”

Zhao Chong grinned and said, “Didn’t you agree to that sentence? If you don’t do it for yourself, then heaven and earth will be annihilated?!”