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Chapter 162: Phoenix's Promise, the Opportunity of the Scarlet Sky Sword

Li Guanyi invited Pojun to sit down and made tea for him. Pojun praised him and said:
"Good tea."

Glancing at the corner of the wall, he did not see the white hair. He felt regretful. After drinking the exquisite tea that his lord had personally brewed and poured for him, Po Jun said, "The plan has been successful, lord."

The young strategist put down the teacup and said:
"Emperor Chen has seized the position of Prime Minister Tan Tai Xian Ming. At this time, while maintaining the progress of the entire grand ceremony, he began to take back the royal power with a ruthless approach. Part of the civil officials and the aristocratic families were suppressed, and part of them were divided."

"At the same time, he was even holding talks with Ying State and Turks."

"This is when he is at his strongest, but it is also when the State of Chen is at its weakest. Many systems of the State of Chen have been weakened to a certain extent because of his actions of concentrating the monarchy in his own hands and replacing the controller. This weakening will take some time to recover."

"And the great sacrifice will make this state of weakness continue."

"In other words, the time has come for you to rescue Qilin."

Po Jun exhaled, stretched out his finger, and said, "This is no longer a matter of strategy. All strategies are only to weaken the opponent, strengthen ourselves, and create opportunities. There will be no better opportunities in the short term."

"On the day of the grand ceremony, I will place the seven kings' carriages outside the Suzaku Gate. After you rescue Qilin, you can drive away quickly. I will prepare a place for you to change cars on the way and erase all clues so that you can escape."

“And depending on the situation, you have a variety of options.”

"If nothing else happens at that time, you will keep Qilin in a safe place and come back immediately; but if the situation changes..."

Po Jun took a deep breath and said, "Drive the carriage and leave Jiangzhou immediately."

"Do not hesitate."

"Leave immediately."

Li Guanyi looked at the Pojun in front of him. There seemed to be turbulent waves in the eyes of the young strategist. He said gently: "From a small part, you can see the whole picture. From what I have seen, I feel that there should be some big changes during the grand sacrifice."

"The right thing to do is to take advantage of this chaos and leave immediately if you have gained something."

"Use the power of the Xue family to cover up, and use your title as a support. In a short period of time, take Qilin out of Jiangzhou's control area and enter the mountains. Don't mention the loss of Qilin or you will be suspected. The disappearance of Qilin itself is enough to anger Emperor Chen."

"He didn't care about evidence at that time."

Po Jun licked his lips, his eyes glowing with excitement, and said:

"After Tan Tai Xian Ming's provocation, this guy's mind has begun to waver. A conspirator, a man who should be deep, has suddenly lost his composure. For people like us, this is the beginning of defeat."

"Qilin's disappearance will completely destroy his calmness."

"Deal the biggest blow to his defenses! Ha, he will collapse. No matter how cunning and calculating a tyrant is, his emotions will fluctuate drastically at this moment."

"Put it this way, my lord. Whether it's the emperor, Tan Tai Xian Ming, or other counselors, whether they are strong or weak, our performance is not constant. Smart counselors can make stupid moves, and stupid mortals can also have good tricks. Performance is within a range of ups and downs."

Li Guanyi looked at Pojun and asked, "What about you?"

"You mean me?"

Po Jun smiled and said calmly, as a matter of course:
“I don’t have any lows.”

"I only have normal invincibility and extraordinary performance."

"Tan Tai Xian Ming, Qilin is enough to make Emperor Chen fall to the lowest state after his calm collapse. His judgment and thinking will be greatly weakened. I will find a way to create a time difference for you to have an alibi, and then create a 'false death' for you."

"After faking your death, it turns out that you were actually guilty of dereliction of duty due to the court change, and you fled for fear of punishment. This is not a big problem. It is likely that according to the rules, your title will be used to cover the crime. Because of the time difference I prepared for you, he will not suspect you at the beginning."

"At least, you are not the first suspect."

"In this state, it is enough to buy you enough time to get the Xue family out."

"I can also use Emperor Chen's anger to help you clear some of the troublemakers in the court of Chen..."

"Don't worry about me. I have borrowed the power of the seven Turkic kings."

"Emperor Chen, no matter how crazy he is, will never be disrespectful to the Turks and the Ying Kingdom."

"Tsk, not to mention his other mental tactics, balances, and cultivation, in this regard, he is not as good as the Seventh King."

Po Jun made his judgment and said, "A man like Emperor Chen is not an ordinary person. He has a strong will, the mentality of an emperor, the ambition to conquer the world, and the heart of a hero who is willing to endure for the sake of his goals."

"Everything he did was actually done by many heroes and overlords in history. There was a king on the grassland who mortgaged his wife to the enemy and asked for 3,000 cavalry to conquer the world. What Emperor Chen did was just an ordinary thing in this vast history."

"He's just a little bit bad..."

Po Jun said:
"Incompetent."

Li Guanyi grinned. This guy is still as sharp-tongued as ever.

Po Jun's smile faded slightly, and he said seriously: "But this is just a strategy. Strategies are only auxiliary. They are necessary, but they cannot be completely trusted."

"My lord, there are too many unclear things in this grand sacrifice. This is not a battle between two armies, but a clash of multiple forces. No strategist can predict everything under such circumstances."

"I will play it by ear, and I ask you to do the same."

“If you encounter any situation, just let it go.”

“Don’t worry about the ending.”

"I'll clean up the rest for you."

"But, be careful of Tan Tai Xian Ming."

Po Jun's expression was unusually serious, and he said, "The selfless strategist is the most terrifying."

"Tan Tai Xian Ming has removed his seal of prime minister, but it also means that he no longer has to be bound by his biggest flaw, Emperor Chen."

"I don't think he's completely desperate. I suddenly remembered that he once went to the Astrology School to participate in the assessment of the Pojun Department, but he failed in the end. He returned in a panic and fell into a heavy rain. He was still reading in the dilapidated temple, calm and unhurried."

Li Guanyi asked: "Is it because his strategy did not pass the requirements of the Pojun lineage?"

Pojun said: "No."

"My teacher once said that."

He seemed to be quite hesitant, but he still said:

"The old men of previous generations thought that Tan Tai Xian Ming's strategy was too radical."

Pojun's lineage is full of strategists who want to sweep the world with war. Do they think that Tan Tai Xianming was too radical when he was young? Li Guanyi's expression was slightly tense. Pojun said, "In addition, I have revised the general-level iron pagoda armor."

"Add parts to the inner armor to fit your body shape, my lord."

"When you are older, you can remove these parts and restore the standard heavy armor. I have stored these things in Guanyi City. If it is in the capital, it will be difficult for you to take the armor away. It doesn't matter in Guanyi City."

"After this, I will go to Ying State to stir up the world, and you will go to Jiangnan. I hope you can practice your magic skills. The world is so big that you can't achieve great things without martial arts. But without a superior martial art, even if you take advantage of the situation to soar, it will be difficult to last."

"The people of Yaoguang have ordinary strategies, but their formations are among the best in the past few hundred years. She is still young, but she has passed the test of the Yaoguang family and can go down the mountain. I heard that before she went down the mountain, she defeated her master and master's master with the formation."

"Nothing else matters. With her by your side, I believe you can easily escape from any danger."

"in addition……"

Pojun looked calm as he told Li Guanyi everything one by one, no matter how big or small. Finally, he let out a breath, looked at Li Guanyi, stood up, and said with a smile: "Well, that's all Pojun wants to say. You can't stay here any longer."

"My lord, the world is in chaos. We will meet again next year after this farewell."

"I hope you will have transformed yourself into a dragon by then."

"You don't have to see me off. The world is so big, and we have to walk our own paths together."

The young strategist smiled slightly, bowed casually, and left calmly, heading towards the world. Li Guan watched Po Jun walk away. The grand sacrifice had not yet begun, and when this grand event of the world was over, this young strategist would enter the game alone.

He will step into a bigger vortex where the world's number one general, Emperor Ying, is.

Then, he personally lit the first flame of the troubled times.

Po Jun’s strategy will either lead to great success or great failure.

What he wants is never mediocrity!

When he returned to his residence, the seven Turkic kings were drinking. This handsome grassland king put his scimitar on his knees, and then used a dagger inlaid with gems to cut mutton to eat. He boiled it in plain water and then ate it with chat.

He sang a brisk ballad. Seeing Po Jun coming back, the Seventh Prince smiled and said:
"Have you met the person you wanted to meet, sir?"

Po Jun narrowed his eyes and smiled, "You really saw it."

The Seventh Prince looked at the handsome strategist in front of him and laughed, "I also have eyes, but it doesn't matter. However, you will still accompany me to the Central Plains, right?"

"I will step into the Central Plains, so that I can gain a foothold in the grasslands, marry the princess of Ying State in the Central Plains, and return to the grasslands to fight with my father and brothers. There will be bloody storms and constant threats along the way. We have plenty of time to get to know each other."

"If I cannot convince you after such a long time and cannot make you stay under my command willingly, then Ashina should let you go and let you go to the hero you choose."

"If I don't have such a heart, how can I accommodate the countless tribes in the entire grassland in my heart?" Ashina threw the dagger in his hand to the strategist in front of him.

The king of the Turkic steppe sat cross-legged and smiled softly, "Whatever."

"I won't hurt you sir."

He placed his hands on his knees and lowered his eagle-like head:

"From now on, please give me some advice, sir."

Po Jun thought, if he stabbed him with a knife at this time, would this majestic king fall down? Such a hero, galloping between heaven and earth, would eventually become an enemy, but he threw the knife in his hand and just sighed:

"The heroes of the grassland should not underestimate such a person."

"Those fat princes under the golden tent will not be your opponents."

The Seventh Prince looked at him, smiled and said, "The chaos on the grassland is my opportunity, and it will also be part of your strategy, isn't it?"

Pojun curled his lips and stabbed the knife into the map on the table:

"it is good."

………………

Li Guan put away the map of hidden armor given by Po Jun. He also felt the atmosphere of impending storm. Then he changed into casual clothes and went to Changfeng Tower. Li Zhaowen had prepared a banquet. She was wearing a moon-white gown and a gold-thread hair crown, looking at the street in the wind.

The wind blew her hair and hem, adding a touch of gentleness to her handsomeness.

"Brother Li is here?"

She turned sideways, calmly, and smiled and bowed: "I haven't had time to congratulate Brother Li yet, your martial arts are outstanding and your name is well-known!"

Li Guanyi said: "It's just luck."

Li Zhaowen laughed: "I'm lucky, but I can't be as famous as you. It's impossible for me to defeat the famous swordsman Xu Huiyang in a row, and I can't fight back and forth with Yu Wenhua who has activated the secret technique of Dharma and finally win."

"Oh, don't be so modest, come and sit down!"

She pulled Li Guanyi to sit down, and after three rounds of drinking, she dismissed the attendants and said, "I invited Brother Li here today, firstly to congratulate you, and secondly, to remind you..."

Li Zhaowen said: "The capital is in troubled times. In Jiangzhou City, there are more and more martial arts masters. There are also many forces from Ying State, Turkic, Western Regions, Chen State, and Zhongzhou. It's like a black cloud. I don't know when it will collapse completely."

"Brother Li, you are very famous. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that you will be affected."

"It is best to retreat while the going gets tough and avoid this period of time."

Li Zhaowen's voice was gentle and sincere. Li Guanyi thanked him. The young man with the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix smiled and took out another object, saying, "In addition, I will leave after the grand ceremony. This object is a gift for Brother Li as promised."

"What did Erlang give you? Why is he so mysterious..."

Li Guanyi took it, took a look at it, and looked solemn.

Li Zhaowen opened the folding fan in his hand with a snap and said with a gentle smile:
"How is Jiangzhou's No. 1 restaurant?"

Li Guanyi immediately handed it over and said:
"Too expensive."

He is a money-grubber, but he knows how hot such an industry is.

I accidentally sold myself.

"No, it's not expensive. Brother Li, your value is much more important than this Jiangzhou No. 1 Restaurant."

Li Zhaowen put his hand on the contract and pressed it on the table. Then Li Guanyi and Li Zhaowen both put their hands on the contract. Their eyes met. Li Zhaowen looked at the young man in front of him and took a half step back.

Then he thought for a moment and smiled, "Well, how about we continue the bet? The first time, it was you, Brother Li, who agreed to the Grand Festival competition, so I'll give you this Changfeng Tower."

"The second time, if you have the chance to see me again next time."

"I'll tell you my true identity, how about that?"

Li Guanyi replied: "The second son of the Duke of Ying, huh?"

Li Zhaowen was startled for a moment, then she smiled. She stood up, opened the folding fan in her hand, covered her lips and face, and just smiled and said, "Wrong, wrong."

"Aren't you?"

"No, no, I am not the second son of the Duke's Mansion. I hope we can meet again next time."

Li Zhaowen's fan-shaped eyes and lips almost made his stomach hurt from laughing. With a divine light in his eyes, he said leisurely:

"You will know it by then."

Li Guanyi said: "Erlang, why are you like this?"

Li Zhaowen half-jokingly stepped forward, his jade belt slightly raised, his left hand behind his back, his right hand folding fan snapped shut, and he lifted the young man's chin, leisurely and calmly saying:
"I see heroes in the world as beauties."

"Brother Li, I am determined to win you."

Li Guanyi was dumbfounded, his whole body was shivering. Li Zhaowen burst into laughter, almost crying, and said, "It's just a joke, it's just a joke, come on, keep drinking! We'll part ways after the grand ceremony, and we don't know when we'll see each other again."

Li Guanyi thought about it and frankly accepted the deed of Changfeng Tower. He drank with Li Zhaowen until dusk, returned to Xue's house, and handed the contract of Changfeng Tower directly to Mr. Xue, asking the old man to handle the matter. The old man looked at Li Guanyi with a strange expression on his face.

"You're not going to sell yourself out, are you?"

Li Guanyi refuted righteously: "How is it possible!"

On the morning of the second day, Li Guanyi went to work for the Jinwu Guard. However, when he arrived, he saw Zhou Liuying, Ye Buyi, Gong Zhenyong and others with strange expressions. Many young Jinwu Guards looked like they were trying to hold back their laughter. In the end, no one knew who couldn't hold back their laughter, and everyone laughed.

The entire Jinwu Guard was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Li Guanyi was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?" He asked many times, but Zhou Liuying just put his arm around his shoulders and kept patting them hard, laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe. Only Ye Buyi stuffed a scroll into Li Guanyi's hand, and even Ye Buyi couldn't help but smile.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh. I can't laugh as happily as you do even though I made money."

Li Guanyi muttered as he opened the file.

He saw himself.

Li Guanyi is ranked 67th on the list of famous heroes in the martial arts world.

Well, this is very reasonable, because the famous heroes list looks at the battle record, which is cumulative, somewhat similar to Li Guanyi climbing the ladder in various games in his previous life to accumulate battle records. Yuwen Hua and Geshu Yin have never been around in the martial arts world. On the famous heroes list, Li Guanyi's halberd only defeated Xu Huiyang.

Sixty-seven. Not bad. What are you laughing at?
Then he saw the nickname——

【Dachen Jinwu Guard】

"???"

Li Guan was stunned.

Confirmed several times.

"Dachen Jinwu Guard, Li Guanyi?"

Then everyone burst into laughter. Zhou Liuying rolled on the ground with laughter. General Gong Zhenyong cursed a few times, saying, "What are you laughing at? What are you laughing at? Stop laughing. What a shame! Laugh, laugh, laugh!"

"stand up!"

He kicked Zhou Liuying.

Then he walked over, stretched out his hand and patted Li Guanyi on the shoulder, glanced at the file, raised the corner of his mouth, suppressed it, and said seriously: "That's it, hahaha, well, that's it, call it by title outside, hahaha, hahahaha, call it by title, it's good."

"It's good, hahahahaha."

"Hahahaha, the sixty-seven famous heroes in Jianghu, the Jinwu Guards of Dachen. Jinwu Guards? Hahaha! What a great name!"

General Gong Zhenyong couldn't help laughing.

Li Guanyi grinned, wanting to find the guest from Tianxia Diyi Lou and beat him up.

Do I have a grudge against you?

What a nickname!
After laughing for a while, Gong Zhenyong asked the boys to stand in line and said, "Tomorrow is the grand sacrifice, and the Jinwu Guards have an important responsibility..." He gave a lot of instructions. After Li Guan heard about the configuration of Qilin Palace, he planned to sneak over at some point.

Gong Zhenyong said: "In addition -"

"During the grand ceremony to honor the ancestors of the Chen Kingdom, the appearance of the Scarlet Emperor would inevitably overshadow the main event, so on the first day of the grand ceremony, the Scarlet Sky Sword will remain in the Forbidden Palace."

"We, the Jinwu Guards, will guard it."

"Li Guanyi, Zhou Liuying, Ye Buyi, you three are responsible!"

(End of this chapter)