The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 857 Trading
After hearing Zhao Chen's slightly teasing words, the "enlightened beast" with a human face and a tiger body was silent for a long time before speaking: "How do you know it's me?"

These words undoubtedly confirmed Zhao Chen's guess that it was the current emperor himself!

In other words, the consciousness of the current emperor is now descending upon this enlightened beast.

Of course it was "identified"... Zhao Chen replied in his heart, but on the surface he held up three fingers and smiled calmly:
"You didn't reveal many flaws, roughly three."

"Which three points?" Kaiming Beast asked in a deep voice. It had shrunk to the height of a man, but it was still in beast form.

Zhao Chen played with the "Audrey's Gate" staff in his hand and replied calmly: "First of all, you told me many secrets of this secret realm through the mouth of that eunuch Cao when I first entered the palace. You acted too familiar with this place. Unless you have been here in person, it is completely impossible to explain.

"And the Queen told me that you actually inherited the fate and identity of the Kaiming Beast..."

The Kaiming Beast frowned and said, "This doesn't really mean anything. After all, I have seen the builder of the seal of this secret realm."

"Please be patient and listen to me..." Zhao Chen waved his hand and continued, "Secondly, I have guessed that the elder Yue Guiyi of the Mie Fa Sect is your man.

“And he was the only Master Dongxuan who was not attacked by the enlightened beast. You even cooperated with him to block the Taixi wizard Moridi and helped him capture the witch!
"It looks like you two already had a tacit understanding."

Hearing this, Kaiming Beast wanted to refute something, but Zhao Chen did not give it a chance and said directly: "The third point, which is also the biggest flaw, is that I know you are a very cautious person."

"Caution?" Kaiming Beast was puzzled and frowned even deeper.

"Yes, be careful! 'Yao Chi Chess' is extremely important to you. Even if you are being closely watched by the people of True Lord Yuan Tong, you can't completely rely on the Yu family or the elders of the Destroying Law Sect sent by you.

"You must have other means to influence the ownership of the 'treasures' in the secret realm!
"Combined with the previous two points, isn't the answer obvious?"

As Zhao Chen said this, he summoned out the chessboard that Yao Ji gave him, held it in his other hand, and displayed it in front of the Kaiming Beast.

The moment the Kaiming Beast, or the current emperor, appeared on the "chessboard", everyone's eyes were "stuck" on it.

Only after Zhao Chen felt that the other party had verified the authenticity and took it back, did the emperor sigh and say, "As expected of a 'candidate', even though I have tried my best to think highly of you, I still underestimated your wisdom.

"However, since you are so smart, I think you have seen through my plan...

"So, I won't beat around the bush. Just give me a price! What do you want in exchange for giving me the 'Yaochi Chess'?"

Zhao Chen shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry about the price for now. I still have a few things I want to ask you, Your Majesty."

Having finally captured the emperor, of course we have to take advantage of the opportunity to gain as much advantage as possible.

The emperor knew that things would not go smoothly, so he did not get annoyed. He just nodded and said, "At this point, I will try my best to tell you, except for the questions that I cannot answer or that will be extremely dangerous if I answer them."

I don't dare to ask too dangerous questions! After Zhao Chen muttered in his heart, he said carefully: "Your Majesty, did you get in touch with Emperor Gaozu through Master Yue?"

“Yes…but I’ve never been sure if it’s His Majesty Gaozu behind him.

"The purpose of selling the witch to him this time is also to test his background." His Majesty the Emperor shook his big head and said.

"What was the result of the test?" Zhao Chen asked.

“Even if he is not Taizu, he must have the ‘Shengxuan’ royal family of my Ming family behind him.

"You should know that ordinary 'Shengxuan' don't have the ability to tamper with the remains of the evil god, not to mention that they have asked a 'Happy Bodhisattva' to use his power to simulate the power of the evil god."

At this point, the emperor paused and said meaningfully, "And as far as I know, that 'God's Tooth' was indeed awarded by Emperor Gaozu to a Joyful Bodhisattva who served him quite diligently." Served quite diligently... Emperor Gaozu also played quite a lot in those days!
The emperor's words also indirectly confirmed Yue Guiyi's background, making his judgments about Gaozu and the candidates more credible, so Zhao Chen's mouth twitched a few times and asked again:
"Your Majesty, do you dare to confront Master Yuantong without knowing who is backing you? Do you dare to rashly use King Liang to open the seal?"

"Some things can be done but cannot be said. The key is to see how much 'resistance' you encounter." The current emperor answered vaguely, but he was sure that Zhao Chen understood.

Zhao Chen nodded thoughtfully, not dwelling on this topic any more, and asked, "Your Majesty, what arrangements do you have for the Yu family?
"Did you know that Yu Cheng has been replaced?"

What? The head of the Yu family, Yu Cheng, was replaced? When? The emperor was shocked when he heard this. He immediately realized the conspiracy through Zhao Chen's words and quickly figured out the cause and effect, as well as why Zhao Chen came here first to take away the "Yaochi Chess".

"Thank you!" The emperor thanked him sincerely at first, then he stopped hiding anything and explained, "The wizard in the tower who notarized the contract between the witch and Moridi is my man...

“In addition, the wife of the head of the Yu family also obeys my orders.

"I really didn't expect Yu Chao to be replaced!"

As he spoke, the emperor, who looked like an enlightened beast, showed obvious fear on his face.

If he still follows the original plan, he will be stepping into Yuan Tong's trap.

Of course, this was just an expression the emperor pretended to have. As a candidate for "Xuan Du Lu Wen", he had long lost most of the emotions of ordinary people. It was no exaggeration to say that he was not a human.

Apart from Concubine Ning, there were not many people or things that could stir up his emotions.

"One last question. Since you are able to descend upon the enlightened beast guarding the palace gate of this secret realm, why don't you fight for the 'Pawn of Yaochi' yourself?"

This is also Zhao Chen’s biggest question.

“Because the enlightened beast here is still a pawn, it makes no essential difference whether I descend upon it or not.

“And how can a chess piece be the master of the chessboard?

"I'm not qualified at all..."

As for his true form? His every move was being watched, so it was impossible for him to follow King Liang into the secret realm.

This is pretty much what I guessed... Zhao Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then got back to the point:

"Although I cannot sell you the 'Yaochi Chess', I can rent it to you for a period of time so that you can use it without restrictions.

"As for the rent... I have three requirements."

Rent? That's fine too... The emperor had no intention of bargaining and simply nodded, "You tell me."

Seeing that the emperor who had been plotting against him behind his back had become so "submissive", Zhao Chen felt secretly happy. He smiled and said with a proud look on his face:

"First, I need a detailed profile of the 'candidate'...

“I know that knowledge of this level is inherently contaminated and generally not recorded in writing, but you can just list the names, identities, and deeds of the candidates.

"Give it to me as a biography, and I will analyze the connections within it myself."

(End of this chapter)