The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 198

Chapter 198 What A Brilliant Plan
I don’t want to. As soon as Chen Mubai finished speaking, Chu Xizhi raised his sword-brows and his cold voice sounded, “Suddenly, it’s just a cover for Chu Yanzhi. You really wouldn’t let me borrow his strength and bring it back to the Northwest Horse City, right? You’re a businessman. Haven’t you heard of a saying that a meat bun beats a dog and never comes back?”

BaoKang king and tu li these two father and son are not a fuel-efficient lamp, whether in the eyes of the big yue, west cool or north desert, the horse market in the northwest is a popular, he doesn’t want to do the wedding dress for north desert in the end.

“Your Highness, do you want to use … Your Highness, don’t you think this is too risky? If you alarm the snakes, all your plans will be wasted!” Chen Mubai frowned and said with a worried expression.

Could it be that he was willing to take such a big risk in order to return to the capital as soon as possible?

Chu Xizhi turned around and finally looked at Chen Mubai. The corner of his lips tilted and he raised his eyebrows, “What exactly did I do to make you belittle my IQ? Hmm?”

After hearing Chu Xizhi’s words, Chen Mubai awkwardly raised his hand to cover his mouth and cleared his cough. “It seems that the grass-roots people misunderstood His Highness. May I know what kind of plan His Highness has?”

You won’t let him come out, will you?

Chen Mubai thought to himself.

Chu Xizhi glanced at Chen Mubai and said, “Don’t worry, even if my mind went crazy and I let you come forward, do you think you can afford such a big scene?”

As soon as Chen Mubai said this, he felt a burst of tightness in his chest. “You, cherish it. No matter what, I can still be called your cousin. Isn’t that too much for you to say?”

Chu Xizhi raised his eyebrows and curled his lips into a sinister smile. “This king’s words just now are indeed unreasonable. In this king’s first lesson, the Headmaster taught this king to respect the old and love the young. Therefore, please don’t mind this king’s quick words just now. This king is here to accompany my cousin, isn’t it?” As he spoke, he took a step back and bowed to Chen Mubai with a high expression.

Looking at the man in front of him, Chen Mubai felt an old blood stalk in his throat. He could not vomit or swallow it, let alone feel aggrieved. Seeing Chu Xizhi bow to him again, he hurriedly dodged to the side and hurriedly bowed three times to him. “Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t. Your highness, it’s better for the grass people to accompany you, right?”

In front of this man, he really couldn’t speak so quickly for a moment. He might be able to stop his blood from surging and fainting with a single sentence.

Seeing the expression on Chen Mubai’s face, Chu Xizhi smiled. He walked to Chen Mubai’s side and reached out to help him up. He looked at him solemnly and said, “Mubai, although I have never said anything, I am very grateful to you and the Chen Clan. It is her fortune and mine to have a relative like you in Xiwei.”

Chen Mubai raised his head and looked at the sincerity and gratitude in Chu Xizhi’s eyes. He suddenly warmed up and hurriedly cupped his fists and said to Chu Xizhi, “If it’s a family, there’s no need to say thank you. Unless …” Chen Mubai suddenly smiled. “Unless His Highness is unwilling to call Cao Min this cousin brother-in-law.”

Chu Xizhi looked at Chen Mubai’s calm and honest expression and couldn’t help but smile. He raised his hand and bowed to Chen Mubai solemnly and quickly said, “How dare my brother-in-law? Please take care of my cousin brother-in-law.”

“Aiya, that’s enough. Don’t act like a sour scholar. Isn’t this mocking me for not being admitted to the academy?”

This was the first time he was addressed as cousin brother-in-law in such a respectful manner. This was especially true for Swallow King Chu Xizhi. This made Chen Mubai feel extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing Chen Mubai’s expression, Chu Xizhi smiled and shook his head. “You can say it yourself. Don’t run over to Xiwei and complain that my brother-in-law doesn’t respect you, big cousin brother-in-law.”

“Then it depends on your cousin’s performance in the future.” Thinking of his own cousin standing behind him, Chen Mubai instantly felt that his waist was much more upright.

If he had known that his cousin’s card was so useful, why would he have been suppressed to this extent by Chu Xizhi all along the way!

“Brother-in-law, please give me some advice.” Being interrupted by Chen Mubai, Chu Xizhi only felt that the boredom in his chest had dissipated a lot.

“Cough cough.” Chen Mubai cleared his throat. “May I ask cousin husband, what are your plans for the northwest? Can you reveal it?”

If he didn’t show his face, didn’t let him show his face, and didn’t use the power he secretly cultivated, then even Northern Desert would only show his face? So, how did he get it back to the horse market in the northwest?

“If you want to take it back to the northwest, you naturally have to send someone familiar with the northwest.” At this point, Chu Xi smiled and looked at Chen Mubai, “Cousin is so smart, shouldn’t it be hard to guess?”

Chen Mubai frowned.

Ever since the Chen Clan secretly supported King Yan Chu Xizhi, the Chen Clan had been involved in the affairs of the Great Yue Empire, and there were even many shops secretly gathering intelligence for Chu Xizhi. Hearing Chu Xizhi’s words, a name immediately appeared in his mind.

“Zheng Lin!”

Former Duke of Zheng, Zheng Lin.

Northwest Ma City had been held in the hands of the Zheng Clan for decades. Even though it had been uprooted by Crown Prince Chu Yanzhi, the old party of the Zheng Clan was still hibernating in the northwest. In terms of familiarity with the northwest, there was no other candidate in Great Yue apart from the Zheng Clan.

“But Zheng Lin alone might not be able to take down the Northwest?” Chen Mubai said worriedly.

Although Chen Mubai was only a businessman, his gaze was not as short as a businessman’s. Otherwise, he would not have immediately promised to take out one million taels of silver in front of Chu Xiwei after receiving a letter from Xiao Xizhi. The Chen Clan was famous, and there were many jealous people. Back then, his grandfather had married his aunt Chen Qingwan into Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, and he had no intention of borrowing the power of the official clan to protect the Chen Clan. Now that his cousin Xiao Xiwei had married King Yan Chu Xizhi, regardless of whether the Chen Clan stayed out of it or not, in the eyes of others, the Chen Clan had long since been classified as a King Yan sect. Moreover, the Chen Clan’s business had become more and more smooth in recent years, and his aunt Chen Qingwan was already ill. The relationship between the Chen Clan and Zhongyong Marquis Mansion was no longer the same as before. It was uncertain when they would be targeted, and they urgently needed a strong backer. Thus, King Yan Chu Xizhi was their only choice.

Chu Xizhi smiled indifferently. He turned around and looked into the distance over the grey bricks and tiles. “Raising soldiers for a thousand days is for a short period of time. Now, it’s time.”

Was he using the forces he had secretly raised in the Purple Mountain?

Chen Mubai frowned. Just as he was about to retort, he suddenly remembered the reason why Chu Xizhi had called him here suddenly. At that moment, a light suddenly flashed through his mind.

That’s why.

He lent the troops to Zheng Lin to bring them back to the northwest, but he let Tuli show up in the northwest. In this way, even if the Emperor and Crown Prince Chu Yanzhi became suspicious, they would only go to the Northern Desert.

Wonderful plan! What a brilliant plan!

Thinking through all of this, Chen Mubai suddenly felt enlightened, and immediately admired Chu Xizhi to the ground.

As expected of the person chosen by his cousin, he really had a brilliant plan!

“Brother-in-law, when are you going to make your move?” The more Chen Mubai thought about it, the more excited he felt.

Chu Xizhi withdrew his gaze and glanced sideways at him. “What are you anxious about? Right now, the time has not arrived yet. Tomorrow, I will enter the capital.”

Chen Mubai didn’t think much of the words in front of him, but when he heard them, his entire body trembled and he couldn’t regain his senses for a long time. “Gang, what did you just say?”

Chu Xizhi looked into Chen Mubai’s eyes and did not say anything.

Chen Mubai pursed the corners of his dry lips and his expression gradually became serious. “Your Highness, are you joking with me? Are you going to the capital? Are you crazy?”

How much effort did his cousin and Prince Qin take to get him out of the capital, and now he wants to go back? Wasn’t this a trap? Just now, he was still calm for him. He did not hasten to succeed in his plan to alarm the snakes. Not even a moment later, he was about to run under the eyelids of the Emperor and the Crown Prince. Wasn’t this a slap in the face?

“I’m worried about her …”

After hearing this faint sigh, all the words of dissuasion were helplessly swallowed by him. Chen Mubai looked at Chu Xizhi. A faint light surged in his ink pupils, faintly mixed with a trace of water vapor. He could even see the worry and worry in the depths of his eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that perhaps he had underestimated King Yan Chu Xizhi’s feelings for his cousin Xiao Xiwei. Perhaps, in Chu Xizhi’s eyes, his cousin Xiao Xiwei was more important than the so-called rivers and mountains, and more worthy of his protection.

Chen Mubai lowered his eyes and pulled the corner of his lips. A trace of bitterness crept into his smile.

Compared to Chu Xizhi, he could only be considered a mortal in the end. His past self-proclaimed extraordinary looks really like a joke. It was because if he was Chu Xizhi, he would definitely not leave the world behind for a woman. However, Chu Xizhi did it.

Xi Wei was fortunate enough to be carefully cared for by this man.

“Your Highness.” Chen Mubai raised his hand and bowed solemnly to Chu Xizhi.

He had known Chu Xi for so long, but never before had he truly admired the man in front of him like this.

Focus on love and righteousness, brave and resourceful.

He was not only worthy of Xiwei’s trust! It was worthy of their Chen Clan’s entrustment! It was even more worthy of the trust of the entire world!

Chu Xizhi looked at Chen Mubai and smiled. Then, he turned around and looked into the distance.

Perhaps, his actions were foolish in everyone’s eyes, but that was only because they did not truly love someone.

Whether it was rivers and mountains or power, it was only a wisp of quicksand in his hands. No matter how tightly he grasped it, it would eventually slip away from his fingers. Only Xiwei was his love, his heart, and his life. He can do anything, he can do nothing, but Xiwei can’t.

Suddenly, bursts of burning pain came from his palm.

Chu Xizhi lowered his head and raised his hand to slowly spread out his palm. The broken mark on his left palm was shocking.

“Your Highness, this is” Chen Mubai clearly saw the broken pattern on Chu Xizhi’s palm.

Chu Xizhi closed his palm and looked at Chen Mubai as if nothing had happened. “Is cousin still proficient in photography?”

“Not at all.” Chen Mubai smiled.

Chu Xizhi smiled, “Didn’t you say that you wanted to go up the mountain to beat the roe deer? Why, aren’t you going?”

“Go, go.” Chen Mubai replied repeatedly. Then, he happily pulled Chu Xizhi’s hand and introduced what prey often appeared in the back mountain. In a flash, he forgot about the broken patterns on Chu Xizhi’s palm.

Your Highness, this matter is heaven-defying and extremely dangerous. Even if you succeed, you and I don’t know what will happen at that time. Have you thought about it clearly?

Grandmaster Suffering’s words suddenly rang in his ears.

Defying the heavens and changing one’s fate, one must first devour

If this was really his price, he hoped that it would be later …