Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 558 Zhao Fa's Little Thoughts

Fang Guozhen still trusted Chen Jie a lot. After listening to Chen Jie's words, he told Chen Jie to do as he pleased, and that he would wait for Chen Jie in the formation.

After a brief conversation with Fang Guozhen, Chen Jie left first, and he also came up with a plan on how to save Fang Guozhen.

"Third brother, wait for me. I'll come to rescue you in the next few days. Just hang in there."

Hearing Chen Jie's words, Fang Guozhen laughed and said, "Haha, don't worry, Brother Jiu Si, I've persevered for so many days. Don't worry, I'm fine. You can go now."

"Then take care, Third Brother, you must take care."

After saying this, Chen Jie turned and left, heading straight outside. Hearing that Chen Jie had left, Fang Guozhen, who was trapped in the great formation, was still disheveled and unkempt, but his eyes were exceptionally bright. At this moment, his eyes were filled with the light of survival. Yes, I can definitely survive.

Chen Jie thus exited the great formation before him, and then followed the route into the mountain, descending step by step. When he reached the halfway point, Chen Jie saw Basong's corpse. Although they had once been enemies, it must be said that Basong was also a hero of his time. In addition, there was also the corpse of Xue Nu.

Chen Jie dug two deep pits on the spot, then threw the two men into them. He then found a huge rock and stuck it between the two pits, blocking them from entering.

Snow Maiden and Basong were a pair of star-crossed lovers. They both loved each other, but unfortunately, what happened back then prevented them from forgiving each other until their deaths.

Chen Jie cannot forgive Basong on behalf of Xue Nu, but he knows that if they could, they would want to be closer to each other, yet they remain unable to see each other until death.

Having figured this out, Chen Jie looked at the two deep pits again and felt quite satisfied. These pits really did fit the meaning: the two were close to each other, but would never see each other again.

Having done all this, Chen Jie turned and went down the mountain, heading straight for the palace.

By this time, the flames of war in the palace had been completely extinguished. The members of the Divine Dragon Sect had successfully dealt with the false emperor's army in the palace and rescued Zhao Fachai. The old prime minister played an unprecedented role. After a passionate speech by the old prime minister, all the princes and ministers in the palace abandoned their evil ways and began to support Zhao Fachai as the new emperor.

When Chen Jie came down the mountain, the entire palace had already begun to put out the fire and deal with the rebels. With the end of this coup, there was naturally a new batch of rebels to deal with. Zhao Fachai was also supported by many ministers to become emperor, and he was sitting in the main seat of the palace at this time.

However, Fang Zheng and his group remained very respectful. But the ministers in the court felt somewhat apprehensive, because they saw five thousand members of the Divine Dragon Cult guarding the place, each of them looking menacing and not someone to be trifled with.

When Chen Jie arrived, he saw Lei Ming dealing with something. Lei Ming immediately asked Chen Jie, "Hero Chen, how is it?"

Chen Jiedao said, "The National Preceptor Basong has already been executed."

Upon hearing this, Lei Ming breathed a sigh of relief. The members of the Divine Dragon Cult were still on edge, for a simple reason: they were afraid that the Imperial Preceptor would return with his men, and they were genuinely worried that they wouldn't be able to withstand his power.

However, now that the Imperial Advisor is dead, things are much simpler. All that's needed is to protect the palace and restore order.

Having figured all this out, Lei Ming had a plan in mind. When Chen Jie asked where the others had gone, Lei Ming immediately replied, "Them? They've all gone to the inner palace. The old prime minister is going to support Zhao Fachai as the new emperor, and they've all gone to watch the excitement."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie was not surprised. After thinking for a moment, Chen Jie said, "You go ahead and do your work."

Chen Jie followed slowly toward the palace. Standing there, he saw Du Xiong excitedly saying to Zhao Facai, "You finally took back the throne, hahaha... good, good!"

"From now on, my brothers will be emperors too."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fa smiled and said, "The fact that we were able to turn the tide and reclaim the throne this time is all thanks to Brother Du and everyone else. I will cherish this opportunity."

Upon hearing this, Du Xiong immediately put his arm around Zhao Facai's shoulder and laughed, "Hahaha...that's because you're lucky, brother!"

Zhao Facai laughed along, but then the old prime minister cleared his throat and coughed.

Then, looking at Zhao Fa, he guessed, "Your Majesty, since you are going to inherit the throne, you must pay attention to etiquette and not be so unruly."

Zhao Facai was taken aback upon hearing this, and then carefully removed Du Xiong's arm from his shoulder. Although the movement was small, it was noticed by Chen Jie.

Although Chen Jie didn't say anything, his brows furrowed slightly. Zhao Fa's small gesture, though insignificant and not a big deal, represented a subconscious attitude that didn't seem very friendly.

As Chen Jie was pondering this, a person suddenly appeared beside him and knelt down, saying, "Greetings, Your Excellency."

Chen Jie didn't turn his head, but simply said, "Gematai, you've all won, so why are you still kneeling before me now?"

Gematai immediately said, "They are ungrateful, but I will always understand that without your help, we would never have been able to defeat Basong, let alone obtain the divine power we have today. Your Highness has become a little too proud."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie turned around and looked at Gematai, asking, "What do you think of the old prime minister?"

Upon hearing this, Gematai exclaimed, "He's a traitor comparable to Basong!"

"Oh, stand up and tell me why?"

Chen Jie chuckled as he looked at Gematai, who said, “Although this man is not skilled in martial arts, he controls all the officials in the entire Siamese kingdom. All these officials follow his lead and can easily sideline the emperor. This is not good, and he is out of control. He might even turn around and teach the emperor how to do things. What else is this man but a traitor to the country?”

Chen Jie laughed and said, "Hehe, not bad, Gematai, you have quite a unique perspective."

Upon hearing this, Gematai said, "It's all thanks to the adults' excellent teaching."

Chen Jie chuckled upon hearing this and said, "You have a sweet tongue, but I wonder if you are like them, a person who is all talk and no action."

Gematai said, “I don’t know what honeyed words and treacherous words are, but I am a grateful person. If it weren’t for you, sir, we would still be wandering outside. It is because of you that we are where we are today. Your Highness may be misled by the old prime minister, but I will not. I will always know that you are the benefactor of the entire Siam.”

"Hehe... okay."

Chen said "okay," then looked at Gematai and asked, "Gematai, are you willing to pledge your allegiance to me?"

Chen Jie directly asked Gematai, who was taken aback and looked at Chen Jie with some confusion, saying, "My lord, aren't I pledging my loyalty to you right now?"

Chen Jie said, "You must truly pledge allegiance to me, and you will not be confined to this small country of Siam. If you do well, I will make you the governor of Southeast Asia, and you can even come to the Central Plains. When I become emperor, you can also obtain a title in the Central Plains and enjoy wealth and honor far exceeding what you have now."

Gematai was stunned and looked at Chen Jiedao: "Sir, I..."

Chen Jie said, "Don't rush, think about it, and then answer me. Remember, if you pledge allegiance to me, you may not be able to pledge allegiance to your prince!"

Upon hearing this, Gematai fell silent for a long time before finally saying, "I...I am willing to pledge my loyalty to you, sir."

Chen Jie said, "Answering so quickly is not good. It will be too late to regret it later."

Upon hearing this, Gematai said, "I, I don't regret it, I will never regret it. If you don't trust me, you can feed me a poison pill, as long as you give me the antidote regularly. That way, you won't have to worry about me being hypocritical."

Hearing Gematai's words, Chen Jie's lips curled up slightly and he said, "Hehe, interesting!"

After saying this, Chen Jie said, "Eat it."

Chen Jie had already produced a pill in his hand. Upon seeing the pill, Gematai reached out without hesitation to snatch it and eat it. However, at that moment, Chen Jie grabbed the poison and crushed it into powder.

As the poison powder slowly dripped down, Gematai looked at Chen Jie in confusion, not understanding what Chen Jie meant. At this moment, Chen Jie said, "Hehe, I'm not Basong. I wouldn't feed poison to my subordinates. If you want to be loyal to me, that's enough."

After saying this, Chen Jie said, "I'm giving you a task. After we leave Siam, find a way to kill the old prime minister, and then cultivate some of your confidants to place in various important positions in Siam. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Gematai immediately replied, "Yes, sir, I understand."

Chen Jie said, "You are smarter than Hei Ligu. He can only be a good guard, but you are different. Don't let your talents go to waste."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

Gematai seemed to understand, then his eyes lit up with something, and he thought for a moment before saying, "If, if my thoughts conflict with Your Highness's, what, what should we do?"

Chen Jie said, "I said, all you need to do is be loyal to me. In other words, it doesn't matter if your ideas conflict with Zhao Fachai's, as long as they don't conflict with mine."

"Yes, I understand."

When Gematai spoke, Chen Jie said, "Alright, stop staying by my side. It's arousing suspicion. You should leave now."

Upon hearing this, Gematai immediately replied, "Yes, I understand."

Immediately afterward, Gematai left the spot and quickly disappeared.

At this moment, Chen Jie walked towards the palace hall with a smile. Du Xiong saw Chen Jie at a glance, immediately abandoned Zhao Fachai, came to Chen Jie's side, clasped his hands and said: "My lord, Achai has been rescued."

At this moment, Zhao Facai also came over, and upon seeing Chen Jie, he slightly clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Brother Chen."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Du Xiong and said, "You should address him as His Majesty the Emperor, not A-Cai."

Du Xiong was taken aback by these words, and Zhao Fa guessed, "Brother Chen is making fun of me. What can't you call me? In front of you brothers, I am no longer some emperor."

"Ahem..." Upon hearing Zhao Facai's words, the old prime minister coughed again.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie glanced at the old prime minister and said, "Old prime minister, you don't seem to be feeling well. Would you like to go back and rest?"

Upon hearing this, the old prime minister stared wide-eyed and said, "No, no need, I'm fine."

Seeing the old prime minister like this, Chen Jie chuckled and said, "It's good that you're alright. I was just worried that the old prime minister was sick, otherwise no one would be able to clean up this huge mess in Siam!"

"Thank you for your concern, Master Chen. Governing a country is different from the way of you martial artists. As long as my mind is still sharp, it doesn't matter if my body is a little weak."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie chuckled and said, "Good, the old prime minister is indeed insightful." Chen Jie flattered him with a smile, and then he saw Fang Susu and Fang Zheng walking over. At this time, both of them were covered in blood, and their clothes were also stained red with blood.

Even Zhang Cuishan, who was following behind Fang Susu, had his robes stained with blood, indicating that they had killed quite a few people in the battle at the palace.

Upon seeing Chen Jie, Fang Susu immediately asked, "Uncle, has the Imperial Preceptor Basong been brought to justice?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Yes, the Imperial Preceptor Basong has been killed!"

Ah!
Upon hearing this, everyone present was overjoyed, their eyes widening in surprise: "Basong is dead!"

They all looked on in disbelief. Seeing his expression, Chen Jie said, "Yes, that's right, Basong is dead!"

"This, this is wonderful!"

Everyone was overjoyed. Basong had been a huge burden on their hearts, and now that the burden had been lifted, everyone felt relieved. They then looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Where is Basong's body?"

Chen Jie said, "I've already buried it."

"Why don't you believe what I say?"

Chen Jie looked at them and said, and everyone laughed and said, "What are you saying, Uncle (Brother Chen)? How could we not believe you!"

"It's just that the fact that such a strong man as Basong died so easily is something we're not quite used to."

After listening to what the others said, Chen Jie said, "Basong is a human being, and humans can die. What's so surprising about that?"

After saying this, Chen Jie looked at Zhao Facai and said, "With his death, the Kingdom of Siam will be in your hands. You must govern this country well, as the people of this country have suffered a lot."

Zhao Fa guessed, "Brother Chen, don't worry, I will definitely be like my father, working hard to govern the country and be a good emperor."

Zhao Fa guessed, and upon hearing this, Chen Jie smiled and said, "Hmm, very good."

Then Chen Jie looked at Fang Zheng beside him and said, "Ah Zheng, I've seen your father!"

Ah!
Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Chen Jie excitedly, saying, "Uncle, you, you saw my father! How is my father now?"

Chen Jie said, "He's still trapped in the demon-subduing formation in the back mountain. We have to find a way to rescue him!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng said, "Let's go, I'll go save my father right now!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "I went there and couldn't rescue the person, but you think you can?"

Fang Zheng was stunned upon hearing this and looked at Chen Jie, saying, "Ah, Uncle, what, what should we do?"

Fang Susu also said anxiously from the side, "Uncle, we can't let our father be trapped in the mountains forever. This can't go on!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie glanced at the two of them and said, "That demon-subduing formation is extremely powerful. I cannot break the formation to rescue your father. I'm afraid we'll have to think of some other solutions."

Upon hearing this, Fang Susu and Fang Zheng both looked anxious, while Chen Jie looked at Zhao Fa and guessed, "Does your royal family have any diagrams of the demon-slaying formation in the back mountain?"

Zhao Fachai said, "There should have been one before, but it seems that it was taken away by the Grand Preceptor later."

Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng said to Fang Susu, "Let's go search the Holy Sect!"

After saying this, the two of them led their men and charged towards the Holy Sect. The Holy Sect was already in chaos. The Grand Preceptor had died in battle, and the entire Holy Sect had no decent fighting force. Therefore, they were easily overwhelmed by Fang Zheng and his group of fierce and menacing members of the Divine Dragon Sect.

The entire Holy Church immediately began to collapse. Fang Zheng and Fang Susu's goal was very clear: to capture the high-ranking members of the Holy Church and then interrogate them about the fate of this array diagram.

After a whole night of work, the conclusion reached was that the array diagram had been taken away by Basong, and it was very likely that Basong had destroyed it. After Basong read the array diagram, he silently memorized it and then destroyed the original diagram. In this way, the entire back mountain array became his private playground for killing and robbing.

Upon receiving this news, Fang Zheng and Fang Susu were nearly driven mad. Good heavens, this bastard actually destroyed the array diagram! This was outrageous! His father was counting on this array diagram to save him!

With heavy hearts, the two returned to the palace and explained the situation to Chen.

Fang Susu, her voice trembling with tears, pleaded with Chen Jie, "Uncle, please find a way to save my father!"

Fang Zheng was also standing to the side. Although he didn't say a word, you could tell from his expression that he was extremely anxious. It's just that as a man, he didn't express himself as much as a woman.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Don't panic. Although the main array diagram has been destroyed, I discovered that there should be sub-array diagrams inside. As long as we combine the sub-array diagrams, we can form a main array diagram and come to rescue Brother Fang!"

Upon hearing Chen Jie's words, Fang Susu's eyes widened suddenly and she exclaimed, "The formation diagram! Where is this formation diagram? I'm going to snatch it back!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "This array diagram should be hidden among the seven sects passed down by Bodhidharma. I have a copy of the array diagram from Yuanshui Temple, which is why I was able to penetrate deep into the array and hear Brother Fang's voice."

"Without this array diagram, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to enter the array."

Fang Susu said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's split up and seize all the array diagrams from these temples!"

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances. Fang Susu was about to make her move when Chen Jie glanced at her and said, "Susu, wait a moment."

Fang Susu looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong? Can't we just take it?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie glanced at Fang Susu and said, "We are now friends of the Kingdom of Siam. It would be unfriendly to try to seize it. Why don't we have His Majesty issue an edict ordering the other six temples to present the rubbings of this battle formation diagram?"

"Your Majesty, is this difficult?"

Chen Jie looked at Zhao Fachai, who replied, "This, this is not difficult at all, I will give the order right away!"

"His Majesty!"

Just as Zhao Fa was about to issue the order, the old prime minister suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, do not act rashly. You are still the emperor. How can you issue an order to command so many temples?"

"We can announce the coronation to the entire court tomorrow, discuss a date for the enthronement, and then talk about other things. It won't be too late then,"

"It's not too late, what do you mean by that, old man!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Susu was immediately enraged. She desperately wanted to save her father, but this old bastard said it wasn't too late. What did he mean by that? It seemed like he was trying to play the rogue with her.

Thinking of this, Fang Susu was instantly enraged. She glared at the old prime minister in front of her, ready to tear him apart alive. She didn't care if he was an old prime minister or an old bastard, she would beat him up first.

"Sister Fang!"

Seeing that Fang Susu was about to make a move, Zhao Fachai suddenly spoke up. Fang Susu and Zhao Fachai had a good relationship, so she held back a little for Zhao Fachai's sake, but her anger had already been ignited.

At this moment, Fang Susu looked at Zhao Fa and asked, "Why are you stopping me too?"

Zhaofa guessed, "It's not Sister Fang. Some things can't be rushed. I know you're very anxious right now, and I'm actually very anxious too. I also want to rescue Uncle Fang as soon as possible, but I'm not the emperor now. I'm afraid even if I issue an edict, no one will listen."

Fang Susu frowned and said, "They won't listen. If they won't listen, I'll beat them until they do!"

Zhao Facai smiled wryly and said, "Sister Fang, we're all family, why resort to violence?"

After saying this, Zhao Fa looked at Chen Jie with a pleading expression, meaning that only Brother Chen could keep things in order at this moment.

Chen Jie paused slightly, then looked at Fang Susu and said, "Well, Susu, what they said makes sense. Achai is not the emperor yet, so issuing an edict would be illegitimate. I'm afraid the other party won't care. Let's wait and see, there's no rush."

"Yes, yes, Brother Chen is right."

Zhao Fachai immediately spoke up, and Chen Jie glanced at Zhao Fachai and said, "Alright, it's about time. Let's rest for tonight. We can talk about it tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Facai said, "Very well, quickly someone prepare the best room for my brother."

The subordinates quickly responded and prepared a room for Chen Jie. They then respectfully saw Chen Jie off. Before leaving, Chen Jie glanced at Gematai, who understood but made no further move.

Soon Chen Jie and Fang Susu left. Fang Susu then looked at Chen Jie and said, "Uncle, why didn't you let me continue?"

Chen Jie glanced at Fang Susu and said, "Hehe, Susu, haste makes waste. Wait and see, don't rush."

"But the thought of my father suffering inside the great formation makes my heart ache."

As Fang Susu spoke, tears streamed down her face. Seeing her tears, Zhang Cuishan, who had been following behind her like a silent gourd, said, "Susu, don't worry, with Brother Chen here, we'll definitely be able to rescue Uncle Fang."

Fang Susu fell silent after hearing this, and Fang Zheng also spoke up: "Yes, Susu, with your uncle around, everything will be fine."

Chen Jie then looked at Fang Susu and said, "What's wrong, Susu? Don't you believe me?"

Fang Susu said, "I... it's not that I don't trust my uncle, it's just that I feel like Zhao Fa suspects they have some kind of conspiracy against us. Could it be that they don't want to release my father?"

Fang Susu spoke directly.

(End of this chapter)