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Chapter 436 Chen Jiusi’s action plan!

"He, he knows that I can get back the Records of the Eight Kings?"

Wang Baobao looked at Zhao Ya in surprise. Zhao Ya said, "He said that the King of Qi is not a fool. Once he sent the letter, the King of Qi should take some action. After all, the lips and teeth are interdependent."

"If something happens to our father and we just stand by and watch, he will be the first person the court will target in the future."

"If our father can be rescued, he will be the first person Tuotuo will deal with, and the King of Qi can survive. This is the rule of the political game."

"Politics is all about balance. If the balance is broken, the consequences will be disastrous."

Zhao Ya had learned a lot from Chen Jie recently, and she told Wang Baobao about it. Wang Baobao was silent for a moment and said, "This Chen Jiusi does have some insights."

In fact, it is not a coincidence that Chen Jie has insights. He has always been insightful. So why was he only discovered by Wang Baobao today? The reason is very simple. In the past, Wang Baobao was always in a high position.

Therefore, when he looked at Chen Jie, he always looked down at him. The result was that no matter how outstanding Chen Jie was, he could not see him and did not want to acknowledge him.

But now that he is in trouble and has fallen on hard times, when he looks at Chen Jie with equal eyes, he finds that Chen Jiusi is quite outstanding.

This is how he felt now. No matter what Chen Jie did, he was a little surprised, because only at this moment could he look Chen Jie in the face.

"I want to see Chen Jiusi! Now is not the time for him to practice in seclusion."

Zhao Ya heard this and said, "Well, okay, come with me."

As she spoke, Zhao Ya took Wang Baobao to the backyard. When Chen Jie first came to Cangzhou, he rented a small courtyard here, and then a group of people lived here.

He directly chose to study martial arts in seclusion. Actually, Chen Jie's seclusion now would not bring any significant leap in his martial arts, but with the war approaching, Chen Jie still needed time to adjust his martial arts state and make his condition better so as to cope with the fierce battle to come.

The trip to Dadu had two goals. The first was to rescue his father-in-law, Prince of Ruyang Chagan Temur.

The second is the Tao fruit hidden in the royal storehouse, which can improve one's own strength and allow oneself to enter the first stage of the molten spirit.

Entering the God-Melting Realm means entering the ranks of the world's top group of people, and by the same token, the enemies you face will become increasingly powerful.

The magical skills and secret techniques that Chen Jie relied on in the past are not as powerful as before. Chen Jie needs to reorganize his fighting power in order to deal with the severe situation that he is about to face.

Chen Jie now has a total of three martial arts skills. One is his innate martial art, the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomenon. This martial art is definitely the best in the world. It has been passed down for thousands of years and has been integrated by countless people. The power of the entire martial art is higher than that of the martial arts used by the strongest people in the world.

It also includes the skills realized by living Buddhas, such as the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill of Living Buddha Bashipa.

Of course, this does not mean that the Dragon Elephant Prajna technique is weak. If Ba Siba were to use it on Chen Jie, crushing Chen Jie to death would be no more difficult than crushing an ant.

However, if the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique had not been performed by Living Buddha Bashiba, its power might have been weaker and could not compare to the Human Emperor's skills passed down from ancient times, such as the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomenon Technique.

Therefore, Chen Jie's innate skills are still powerful, but it also has a shortcoming, that is, it is incomplete. So far, Chen Jie only has two complete chapters, the Spring and Summer skills. The Winter skills are incomplete, and there is no clue about the Autumn skills so far. This is Chen Jie's most headache problem now.

In addition to the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomenon, Chen Jie also has two other martial arts. One is the unique skill of horizontal training, the Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms. Chen Jie has now reached the highest level of this skill. He has mastered all eighteen palms, and can use the Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms to its strongest power by using the Melting Spirit Realm.

Although he may be a little inferior to Guo Juxia who defended Xiangyang back then, that difference is not brought by this technique, but is a personal talent.

To make an analogy, it's like the upper limit of a martial art is 100, but some gifted people can activate the strength of this martial art to 120%, this is gifted talent.

Just like the Taizu Changquan that is so popular in the martial arts world, anyone else using it can only be considered a second-rate martial art.

But if you replace it with the great hero Qiao Feng from that time, he can display a strength that is no weaker than first- or second-rate martial arts. This is a question of the compatibility of martial arts with the person.

Chen Jie is now able to unleash nearly 100% of the power of the Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms. The only thing he lacks is the talent for this martial art.

In addition to the Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms, Chen Jie also learned the Zoroastrianism's core martial art, the Qiankun Dafa.

The upper limit of Qiankun Dafa is higher than that of Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms. Qiankun Dafa is a quasi-superfluid skill, which may be second only to the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill of Living Buddha Bashipa and the Tai Chi Heart Method of Wudang.

It can be ranked on the same level as the Four Wonders of Shaolin, Yi Jin Jing, Xi Sui Jing, Golden Bell Cover and Nine Yang Divine Art.

It is a pity that Chen Jie has not yet comprehended the fifth level of Qiankun Dafa. If he could comprehend it, Chen Jie's combat power would be close to that of Han Shantong, the second best in the world at that time, Acalanatha.

The purpose of Chen Jie's retreat this time was, firstly, to wait for Wang Baobao, and secondly, to master the three martial arts, integrate them well, and distribute them reasonably so as to steadily improve his strength.

After Chen Jie's continuous efforts, he felt that his understanding of these three martial arts had become more proficient.

The combat effectiveness should have increased by about 10% to 20%.

At this time, Wang Baobao and Zhao Ya came to the backyard. Du Xiong was guarding the door where Chen Jie was in seclusion, like an iron tower.

This was the task Chen Jie gave to Du Xiong to protect him.

Zhao Ya came over and looked at Du Xiong and asked, "Has Jiu Si come out of seclusion?"

Du Xiong frowned and said, "No."

Zhao Ya said: "My brother is back and wants to see Jiu Si."

Du Xiong looked at Zhao Ya and said, "Princess, the master said that no one can disturb him unless he comes out of seclusion on his own initiative."

Zhao Ya said: "I know, but..."

Du Xiong said, "Princess, you are the lord's fiancée, and also the future mistress. You should know that when a warrior is in seclusion, he may enter a state of meditation. If it is interrupted at this moment, at best you will not make any progress in martial arts in your life and miss an opportunity to improve. At worst, your meridians may be disrupted and you may die."

"So, Princess, do you hope that something bad will happen to the Lord?"

The princess paused after hearing this, then sighed and said, "I understand."

Then he turned around and looked at Wang Baobao and said, "Third brother, wait a minute."

Wang Baobao heard this and said anxiously: "We can wait, but I'm afraid my father can't wait. Why would he be in seclusion at this time?"

Zhao Ya frowned when she heard this. Although she was very worried about her father, she was also afraid of disturbing Chen Jie.

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong."

Just when Zhao Ya was in a dilemma, Chen Jie suddenly opened the door. Zhao Ya was very excited to see Chen Jie and said, "Ninety-four."

Chen Jie said: "It's okay. As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. This is a big event. It is a further promotion of Tuotuo's power as prime minister. It is also a battle to protect the power of the vassal kings, so there is no need to rush."

After saying this, Chen Jie said, "The defenses in Dadu must be tight now. If we want to go in, it will be difficult not to expose our whereabouts. But if our whereabouts are exposed, Tuotuo will definitely target us, so we must try our best to keep them unaware that we have entered Beijing."

Wang Baobao frowned and said, "So you can find opportunities by retreating here?"

Chen Jie said: "Of course, do you know why I stayed in Cangzhou for so long?"

Wang Baobao asked, "Aren't you waiting for me?"

Chen Jie smiled and said, "Waiting for you is the first, and there will naturally be the second."

Wang Baobao frowned: "What's the second one?"

Chen Jie said: "Wait for someone."

Wang Baobao asked, "Who is it?"

Chen Jie did not answer but looked at Zhao Ya, as if testing him. Zhao Ya frowned slightly and pondered for a moment. After a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "Are you talking about those gangsters who suddenly appeared on the streets?"

Chen Jie laughed and said, "That's right, Tuotuo played a little too big a chess game."

"Or maybe his ambitions are too big. He wants to weaken the feudal lords and seize power, and he also wants to strike down Zoroastrianism, so that the rebel army will fail at the last moment."

"He wanted it both ways, and ended up getting nothing."

"In fact, if he wants to reduce the power of the feudal lords, he should block the capital now and prevent anyone from entering the capital, so that no one can report this matter to the emperor."

"As long as he can hold out for half a year, or a year, the great cause of reducing the feudal lords will be accomplished, and it won't be too late to reach out and deal with the rebels."

"Or he can specialize in dealing with the rebels. Although this process is difficult and long, if he can lead the court to work hard and stop scheming and fighting for power, he might actually succeed. If he succeeds, it will be a great achievement for generations to come."

"But he wanted both. He captured the Little Ming King and held a massacre in the capital, preparing to spread his net to lure the Red Turban Army in the north, the main force of the rebellion, into his net and then catch them all in one fell swoop."

"I also want to guard against the rebellion of the kings and go to the capital to see the emperor."

"That's going to be difficult. On the one hand, we're letting people in, but on the other hand, we're preparing to keep people out. The result is unlikely to be good."

"So Tuotuo's move is very contradictory."

Chen Jie analyzed. After listening to Chen Jie's analysis, Wang Baobao and Zhao Ya looked at each other and agreed with Chen Jie's opinion.

This step is a bit too big, so it's easy to pull your balls.

Zhao Ya said: "Logically speaking, a smart person like Tuotuo should understand the interests involved here!"

Wang Baobao said: "What's so strange about this? People's ambitions may expand too quickly, and in the end they find that they can't control themselves. This kind of thing happens quite often."

Chen Jie watched the conversation between Zhao Ya and Wang Baobao, and then asked, "Don't you find it strange?"

"What's weird?"

Zhao Ya and Wang Baobao looked at Chen Jie, and Chen Jie said, "Wang Baobao has used so many methods, and one prerequisite is that he needs the cooperation of the Living Buddha."

"Whether it's the commander of the Baoxiang Army, the head of the military officers, or mobilizing so many masters in the capital to serve him, without the approval of the Living Buddha, Tuotuo would not be able to achieve all of this. You should not be surprised why a figure like the Living Buddha would help Tuotuo?"

"Isn't he the pillar of Daqian?"

Chen Jie asked.

After saying this, Wang Baobao and Zhao Ya looked at each other, also puzzled. Wang Baobao looked at Chen Jie and said, "Then why do you think so?" After hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Wang Baobao and said, "What do you think the Living Buddha cares about?"

"Didn't you say it all? It's about Daqian's safety."

"Then does he care who the emperor is, or how much power the emperor has?"

"Please give more details. If someone said that he could restore the Great Qian Empire, bring peace to the four seas, and bring the five directions under his rule, but only wanted a little more authority, do you think the Living Buddha would agree?"

Chen Jie asked.

Silence, Wang Baobao and Zhao Ya were both in deep thought.

After a long while, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "You mean Tuotuo promised the Living Buddha that he would help Daqian stabilize the situation and eliminate the rebels, but the reward is to reduce the power of the vassal states and gain greater authority?"

Chen Jie smiled and said, "Why not? Tuotuo told the Living Buddha that he needed more power to eliminate the rebels and help Daqian regain its power."

"Now the power is controlled by the princes, who do not respect the imperial court, so he wants to seize power and eliminate the rebels."

Zhao Ya said: "The Living Buddha agreed to Tuotuo, but he was not the kind of person who would blindly trust others, so he put forward a condition that Tuotuo must show him some results first."

"That's why Tuotuo took the risk of starting operations on two fronts, proving that he does have the ability to destroy the rebels."

"It was during this massacre of kings that they used the young Ming king as bait to lure the Northern Red Turbans to the capital to rescue him, and thus capture him in one fell swoop."

"At the same time, his current strength is not enough, and he needs to reduce the power of the vassal states to strengthen himself and show you something."

At this time, Chen Jie took out a note from his arms and handed it to Zhao Ya and Wang Baobao.

Zhao Ya took it and looked at it, her brows furrowed. Wang Baobao looked over and was also surprised and asked, "Is this true?"

Chen Jie said: "This was sent by my secret sentry in Longxing Prefecture. It is absolutely accurate."

Wang Baobao frowned and said, "You still have secret agents in Longxing Prefecture. When did you place them?"

Chen Jie smiled and said, "Of course it was placed there the last time I went to Longxing Mansion. If I want to marry your princess, how can I do it without using some tricks?"

Wang Baobao frowned, but Zhao Ya smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to hide it so deeply. You are deliberately plotting against me."

Chen Jie said: "A slender lady is a good match for a gentleman. If I don't use some tricks, how can I win the heart of a beauty like Yaya?"

Seeing Chen Jie like this, Wang Baobao frowned and said, "Okay, okay, let's get down to business."

He couldn't stand Chen Jie's flirting, so he could only frown and refuse to prevent the two of them from causing bigger trouble.

Zhao Ya knew that her brother was here, so she knew to restrain herself and did not continue what Chen Jie was saying.

He just looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Is your information accurate?"

Chen Jie said: "It's absolutely true. Look, there's even time to mobilize troops."

At this moment, Wang Baobao also frowned, because there was only one line of information written on it, and the content was very simple.

The prince received a secret letter, and then secretly sent Master Wuxiang to lead 30,000 White Deer Army to march north to Dadu.

It is obvious that this is to seek support from the White Deer Army. In this way, Tuotuo's purpose of detaining Prince Ruyang and quickly seizing power is also to use the White Deer Army to help him pacify the capital.

In this way, it makes sense why Tuotuo insisted on fighting on two fronts.

Chen Jie analyzed the situation, and Wang Baobao looked at Chen Jie and said, "So what should we do next?"

Chen Jie said: "It's simple, the Eight Kings' Travels Records have been obtained."

Wang Baobao nodded slightly, took out the Records of the Eight Princes from his bosom, and handed it to Chen Jie. Chen Jie took the Records of the Eight Princes, read it from beginning to end, and then pointed to the first chapter and said, "The King of Qi's writing is quite good."

Zhao Ya looked at it and said, "Indeed, then Jiu Si, let's go to the capital and present this to His Majesty."

Chen Jie shook his head and said, "We can't hand it over to His Majesty. What are our identities? You, Zhao Ya, are the queen who escaped, and he is the only traitor wanted by my court."

Chen Jie pointed at Wang Baobao, and Wang Baobao said, "I can do it."

Chen Jie shook his head and said, "You are not good enough yet. Your status is not high enough to convince the emperor. This thing can only become a powerful weapon if it falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives."

Zhao Ya said: "Old Prime Minister Hama."

Chen Jie said: "Yes, it is Hama. Submit this memorial as Hama, and let your brother be a witness, so that the court can be convinced."

"Let your majesty rest assured. After all, the only one who can compete with Tuotuo is Hama. When the emperor questions Hama, his civil officials can come and give advice one by one. Don't think this is unimportant. Even if there is irrefutable evidence, it still requires a group of people to speak up in order to achieve the goal. Don't you agree?"

Zhao Ya said: "Yes, that's right, this thing should be given to Hama."

Wang Baobao said: "Then let's go into the city and look for Hama."

Chen Jie said, "We will do it in two steps. After we enter the city, you take the Eight Princes' Travels and find a chance to meet Hama. Give it to him and ask him to help you find a way to see the emperor."

"Then it's Yaya and me. After we enter the city, we will first find the prince's location. If there is a chance to rescue the prince, we must also find a way to rescue him. If your brother is unsuccessful, we can also fight our way out with the prince."

After hearing this, Zhao Ya and Wang Baobao nodded in agreement with Chen Jie's solution.

Just like that, the group began to pack their bags. Chen Jie instructed A Da, A Er, and A San to go to Cangzhou Prefecture to buy some disguises, as their identities would be too conspicuous when they entered Dadu this time.

He is either a runaway prince or princess, or a wanted criminal of the imperial court. If he doesn't disguise himself, wouldn't he be spotted by Tuotuo's spies as soon as he enters the capital?
How can we act secretly at that time?

Chen Jie was quite experienced in disguising himself as Chen Jie. In fact, it was easy for him, Wang Baobao and others to dress up as the princess. The most difficult part was to dress up as the princess.

The princess also has another identity, that is, the emperor's wife who escaped from marriage. If this identity is discovered, not only Tuotuo, but even the emperor will not let her go.

Therefore, the princess is the most important. Not only does she have to avoid Tuotuo's eyes, but she also has to avoid the emperor's eyes. In the end, even if all these people's identities are exposed, the harm may not be as great as if the princess's identity is exposed.

After figuring this out, everyone decided to focus on changing the princess's appearance.

Someone suggested changing the princess's partner to an old man, so that no one would think that an old man would be the princess.

However, Chen Jie rejected it outright. The princess didn't look like an old man. Details determine success or failure, so wouldn't it be easy for people to notice her?

Then someone suggested dressing the princess up as a rich young man, which is how she is dressed now.

Chen Jie still refused, because although the princess liked to dress like a rich young man, a person with a keen eye like Chen Jie could often tell the princess's gender at a glance, so dressing as a man was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

After realizing this, everyone was at a loss as to how the princess should change her appearance.

Finally, Chen Jie gave a perfect suggestion, an ugly female hero.

After hearing this, everyone was not surprised that there was a female knight in the martial arts world. What was wrong with the princess being a female knight in the martial arts world? She was acting in her true colors, except that her appearance was so ugly.

Just when everyone was worried, Chen Jie slowly took out a treasure.

That’s right, it was the martial arts treasure I got from Liu Caidie, a human skin mask.

This martial arts artifact is very effective. When it covers the face, even a master in the Melting God Realm cannot see his face clearly. Chen Jie has tried this before. When he went to Guangmingding, Du Zundao and Duozhihu could not see it.

Later, Chen Jie tried it and found that even Peng Yingyu couldn't tell the difference. Chen Jie felt that the mask was almost impeccable.

Except for encountering land immortals, of course it doesn't mean that land immortals can be seen directly, but because land immortals are too mysterious and unpredictable, they don't know what methods they have, so it is difficult to tell whether land immortals can be seen or not.

But this is not important. After all, there are only two immortals on land in the whole world.

One is Zhang Sanfeng and the other is Ba Siba, how come they met by chance?
And even if they did collide, how could they be seen through so easily?
The probability may be only one in a few million, which can be ignored.

Chen Jie took out a human skin mask and put it on Zhao Ya's face. Soon, a woman with burn scars on her face appeared in front of everyone, and no one could find any flaws.

At this time, Chen Jie had someone change Zhao Ya into the coarse cloth clothes of a female martial arts heroine, and then gave her a very clumsy long sword.

In this way, a rough-handed and clumsy female hero emerged vividly.

Seeing Zhao Ya like this, everyone couldn't recognize her for a moment, and they were all extremely surprised.

Is this still the princess?

Chen Jie was very satisfied with his masterpiece. Zhao Ya looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't recognize herself.

Chen Jie smiled and began to dress himself up. Soon, he transformed himself into a middle-aged knight with a scar on his face and an untidy beard.

At this time, Chen Jie pretended that Wang Baobao was a one-eyed man, making him look a bit like a bandit.

And Ah Da, Ah Er and Ah San all dressed up as peddlers transporting goods.

Moreover, everyone replaced their horses with slow ones, and Ada, Aer, and Asan also bought a few ox carts so that they could disguise themselves as merchants traveling to the capital and trading furs.

As for Du Xiong, he disguised himself as a young wealthy businessman.

After dressing up like this, everyone's image was completely subverted. Everyone looked at each other and couldn't believe that this was their former self.

Chen Jie saw that everyone was almost dressed up, and finally checked carefully and said: "This time we will go separately, Yaya and I will go first, the little prince will go with Du Xiong and his group, and Ah San, you will go last."

"Repeat the goal of this trip to the capital."

"Find the prince, find Hama and give him the Eight Princes' Biography."

"Well, action!"

(End of this chapter)