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If he encounters a situation that is difficult to deal with, or when he is unsure of his success, he will become indecisive and constantly plot and scheme, and will only take action when he feels confident.

To sum it up in one sentence, he was very afraid of death, and without absolute certainty, he was unwilling to expose himself, and even more unwilling to do it himself.

People who are used to using conspiracies and intrigues will gradually become more gloomy in character.

Zhou Chen stayed with Zhan Pianpian all the time. At night, they took a carriage to the bank of Liujing River and watched the night view of Liujing River.

After a day, Zhan Pianpian was very tired. After returning home, he went to wash up and rest. Zhou Chen went to the study alone.

"Master, this is the invitation sent by Director Chen of the Inspection Institute."

Tong Quan handed the invitation sent by the Inspection Institute to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen took it and took a look. It was indeed an invitation from Chen Pingping, inviting him and Zhan Pianpian to meet at Chen Garden outside the city tomorrow.

"Send a message saying we will go there tomorrow."

"Yes, Master."

Chen Pingping's Chen Garden is different from ordinary official residences. Chen Pingping placed all the rewards given by Emperor Qing in Chen Garden. Chen Garden not only covers a large area, the yard is extremely luxurious, and there are all kinds of rare and precious animals and plants. There are also many people in it, and there are no more girls than those in brothels.

Chen Garden is so luxurious because Chen Pingping deliberately made it so. After all, as a subject, if you have no desires or demands, how can the superiors trust you?

The next morning, before Zhou Chen and Zhan Pianpian set off, Chen Pingping had already arranged a carriage to pick them up.

Zhou Chen was not polite and asked He Qin to rest today. She took Zhan Pianpian into the carriage alone. Sang Wen refused to go with them again, saying that he was not feeling well.

In the carriage, Zhan Pianpian was talking enthusiastically with Zhou Chen about Chen Pingping.

"Even though I'm in the inner court of the Imperial Palace, I know the name of Chen Pingping from the Qing State Inspection Institute. It's very popular in our area. People say he has a green face and fangs, is fifty feet tall, has three heads and six arms..."

Watching Zhan Pianpian's babble, Zhou Chen found it very interesting. This child had not left the palace for a long time and was very naive. She might believe whatever others said.

"If you think like this, you will be very disappointed when you meet him later."

"Doesn't he look scary?"

"He doesn't look scary, but when he gets angry, he might be a little scary. But he won't get angry in front of you when I'm here, so don't worry."

Zhan Pianpian smiled sweetly and said, "I'm not worried. With you by my side, I won't worry about anything that happens."

Chen Garden is outside the city of Kyoto. Only outside the city could a huge Chen Garden be built. If it were inside the city, there would be no such large mansion except the imperial palace.

After leaving the city, the carriage drove for another quarter of an hour before arriving at Chen Garden.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw Yingzi pushing Chen Pingping and waiting at the gate of Chen Garden.

"Duke Zhenguo, Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"Dean Chen."

Zhan Pianpian also called out "Dean Chen" as Zhou Chen did, and looked at Chen Pingping with curiosity, wanting to see whether this king of spies who made countless people in Northern Qi tremble in fear was really that terrifying.

Chen Pingping said enthusiastically: "Duke Zhenguo, Your Highness, please come in."

Walking into Chen Garden, it is indeed different from ordinary houses and mansions. Exotic flowers and plants can be seen everywhere, even peacocks and some uncommon small animals.

"I collected these from various places and brought them back to Chen Garden to keep them. They can also entertain me from time to time."

"President Chen is so elegant."

Zhan Pianpian's eyes were almost dizzy. In just a short while, she saw many flowers, plants and animals that she had never seen before.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Chen Pingping immediately called people over to play music and dance. It must be said that Chen Pingping really knew how to enjoy himself. The people he invited were all beautiful women, and the musicians were also very outstanding.

After watching some singing and dancing and listening to some music, it was time for lunch. Chen Pingping was very enthusiastic and set a table full of delicious food.

Just after lunch, a small incident occurred.

The shadow wrapped in a black robe kept winking at Chen Pingping, and Chen Pingping spoke reluctantly.

"Duke Zhenguo, I wonder if I can trouble you with something."

"what's up?"

Chen Pingping pointed at the shadow beside him and said, "This is my bodyguard. Shadow is a martial arts fanatic. He has always wanted to see the gap between himself and the grandmaster. He is too arrogant. So if it is convenient for the Duke of Zhenguo, please teach him a lesson and let him understand the gap between himself and the grandmaster."

Sorry, this is the only update today. My child has a fever of over 39.5 degrees. I have been tossing and turning all day. I finally wrote a chapter, but my eyes are really hard to open. I have to rest! I hope I won’t toss and turn at night. Alas.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1455: Beating Shadow, Night Banquet at the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests

"Shadow wants to spar with me?"

After hearing what Chen Pingping said, Zhou Chen turned his gaze to the shadow.

Shadow Man is as his name suggests, he is like a shadow of Chen Pingping. Wherever Chen Pingping is, there will be Shadow. Shadow has made a great contribution to the fact that Chen Pingping can live safely until now.

When Shadow saw Zhou Chen looking at him, he immediately said respectfully: "Sir, my martial arts have reached a bottleneck now. If I can learn from you, it may be useful."

"Heh, you're treating me like a whetstone. Do you want to learn from Ye Liuyun?"

In the plot, the reason why Shadow was so persistent in wanting to compete with Wu Zhu was partly because he knew that Ye Liuyun had comprehended the Liuyun Sanshou after competing with Wu Zhu, and had broken through to become a grandmaster in one fell swoop, so he also wanted to imitate him.

But he couldn't meet Wuzhu, and he didn't dare to look for other great masters, for fear that they would slap him to death.

Zhou Chen, the newly promoted grandmaster, became his target, but having witnessed Zhou Chen's horror before, he dared not have such thoughts again.

But after so much time had passed, he gradually got to know some of Zhou Chen's situations. He felt that although Zhou Chen had acted cold and ruthless before, he was not actually cruel. On the contrary, he was easy-going and very humane. That was why he had this idea again.

Shadow was a little embarrassed, but luckily he was wearing a mask and no one could see his expression.

Zhou Chen was just saying it casually. He didn't object to being a whetstone for others. Besides, he was the whetstone. Whether the shadow was a knife or not was another matter.

Ye Liuyun is just a special case. The reason why he was able to break through to the grandmaster level after competing with Wu Zhu is because of his extraordinary comprehension. Not everyone can become Ye Liuyun, otherwise there would be more than a few grandmasters in this world.

"You want to spar with me? Fine. I just don't know which method you want to use. If I use my true Qi, you might not be able to block a single move. If you want to learn from Ye Liuyun, then I will use a small amount of true Qi and focus on sword techniques."

Shadow was overjoyed: "Okay, thank you sir."

He believed what Zhou Chen said. If Zhou Chen used his full strength, he really wouldn't be able to block a single move. But that wouldn't be a competition, but rather seeking death.

Using only a small amount of true energy and focusing on sword techniques is the way of sparring that he wants most. It can also allow him to better understand the grandmaster and will be more helpful to his own martial arts.

He felt that if it was just a showdown of sword techniques, he might not be worse than Zhou Chen.

But he soon found out that he was totally wrong.

When they really started fighting, Zhou Chen changed several attack methods in more than ten moves. He tried his best to resist, but Zhou Chen's willow branch was even more terrifying than a sword. It hit him every time. His face alone was hit seven or eight times. If he hadn't had the mask, he would probably be disfigured now.

"Too slow. On the left, can't you tell the left from the right? On the top, this move isn't like this. How can you be so stupid? You can't dodge the same move three times, and you still want to learn from Ye Liuyun?......"

Zhou Chen had never fought with Wu Zhu, so he didn't know how big the gap was between his hundreds of years of fighting skills and those of the robots, but he felt that his fighting skills were definitely top-notch.

Shadow is good, with fast speed and sharp swordsmanship, but this kind of thing is afraid of comparison. When he met Zhou Chen, even if he didn't use any strength, it was enough to give him a hard time. It was a thorough dimensionality reduction attack.

Chen Pingping on the side couldn't bear to watch any more. He could see that Shadow had used all his strength, and it could even be considered an extraordinary performance, but the gap was really too big.

More importantly, although Zhou Chen looks very young, his fighting skills are like those honed through thousands of trials and tribulations. It seems that he can always anticipate the enemy's moves and can keep up no matter how Shadow changes his moves.

On the contrary, Zhou Chen's offensive was unpredictable. Shadow would be hit by the same move every time and could not dodge it no matter how hard he tried.

During this process, Zhou Chen did not use much true Qi, but even so, his speed and movements were astonishingly fast, and his attack speed and moves were unpredictable and extremely fierce.

He had only seen such ability in one person, and that was Wu Zhu. However, Wu Zhu was even more exaggerated. He really had no true energy at all and relied entirely on his body.

Shadow is also a stubborn person. Even though he was beaten all over by Zhou Chen, he was still unwilling to give up and was still struggling to hold on until.

"Snapped!"

A branch hit Shadow and sent him flying. He could no longer hold on.

Chen Pingping sighed, waved his hand and asked someone to carry the shadow down. The shadow being carried did not forget to thank Zhou Chen.

"Thank you, my lord."

He knew that Zhou Chen was already giving him face by being able to fight with him for so long. The gap between the two was too huge. If Zhou Chen wanted to defeat him, it would only take one move.

After the shadow was carried away, Chen Pingping asked Zhou Chen curiously, "Duke Zhenguo, in your opinion, does this shadow have a chance to break through to the Grandmaster level?"

Zhou Chen threw away the willow branch and sat down next to Chen Pingping. Zhan Pianpian immediately poured him a glass of wine.

After drinking the wine, he replied leisurely, "His swordsmanship is not bad, and his Qi is also OK. He is not invincible among the nine rank masters, but he can be ranked in the top few. It's a pity that his swordsmanship is not pure. It's almost impossible for him to realize the truth and break through to the Grandmaster level like Ye Liuyun did."

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "That's a pity. However, there are many ninth-grade masters in the world, but only five of them can become grandmasters. It's normal that he can't succeed."

Before his legs were crippled, he was also a ninth-rank master and had some knowledge of martial arts. If it were so easy for a grandmaster to break through, there would have been many before Ye Qingmei.

Even with the skills given by Ye Qingmei, there are only a handful of people who have achieved grandmaster status in the past few decades, a total of five. Two of them are self-taught, and one is a mysterious grandmaster.

"What do you think of my Chen Garden, Duke Zhenguo?"

"Chen Garden is good, and Dean Chen has put in a lot of effort. It is impossible for everyone in the world to be born equal and be like a dragon, but in Chen Garden, there is a sense of equality for everyone."

Chen Pingping burst into laughter: "Young Master is really a wonderful person. He saw through the true nature of Chen Yuan at a glance. It's a pity that I can only deceive myself to this extent."

Zhou Chen remained silent. Chen Pingping was following Ye Qingmei's path, but he was not Ye Qingmei after all, and could not understand Ye Qingmei's true thoughts. The meaning of equality for all was not like that of Chen Yuan. The meaning of equality for all was too complicated.

"President Chen, there is no need to be modest. There is no one else in the world who can do what President Chen does."

This is true. Even he himself has long been accustomed to the system of ancient feudal society. He is used to being served and commanding others. It is precisely because of his many experiences that he understands how unrealistic it is to achieve equality for all.

"Will Your Highness find it boring?" Chen Pingping asked Zhan Pianpian kindly.

Although Chen Pingping tried his best to show his kindness, Zhan Pianpian was still quite in awe of him and leaned on Zhou Chen.

"No, I think it's pretty good."

"Then Your Highness, would you like to go and play with the girls in my house? There are still many interesting places here."

Zhan Pianpian looked at Zhou Chen, who nodded slightly at her, so she said, "Okay."

Chen Pingping called a few girls and took Zhan Pianpian to play somewhere else, leaving Zhou Chen and him alone.

Zhou Chen asked directly: "President Chen, you specially invited me here today. Do you have any questions? You can ask now."

Dean Chen bowed to Zhou Chen and said with a smile, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, sir. I do have a question and would like to ask you to answer it."

"There are five great masters in the world, Ku He, Si Gu Jian, Ye Liuyun and the young master. There is another one hidden in the Qing Kingdom's palace. It has always been rumored that the eunuch Hong Sixiang in the palace is the most mysterious grandmaster."

"What I want to ask is, is Eunuch Hong Sixiang the mysterious Grand Master?"

"No."

"no?"

Chen Pingping sat up straight, staring at Zhou Chen without blinking.

"Young Master, what you mean is that Eunuch Hong Sixiang is not the mysterious grandmaster?"

Zhou Chen said: "I have been to the palace. That old eunuch is better than the ninth rank, but still far from being a grandmaster. It should be said that he will never be able to become a grandmaster in his lifetime."

Chen Pingping looked solemn and pondered, "If Hong Sixiang is not the Grandmaster, then who is the mysterious Grandmaster hidden in the palace?"

"President Chen, are you asking me this?"

Chen Pingping shook his head and said, "No, it's already a great favor for you to tell me that Hong Sixiang is not a grandmaster. I don't want to trouble you any more."

From Zhou Chen's tone, he knew that Zhou Chen might already know who the mysterious grandmaster was. If he asked, Zhou Chen would probably tell him, but he still suppressed his curiosity. There were some things that he still had to investigate himself.

Zhou Chen was slightly surprised, but he also understood why Chen Pingping was like this, so he said: "This favor is not given for nothing. If I need to find you in the future, you have to repay me for this favor."

Chen Pingping smiled and replied, "Of course, it's very fair."

Zhou Chen and Zhan Pianpian returned to Kyoto before dark, but did not return home immediately. Zhou Chen took Zhan Pianpian to see the night view of Kyoto.

In a room in Chen Garden, Chen Pingping placed his hands on the handles of his wheelchair with a deep gaze. Excluding Hong Sixiang, it would not be that difficult to guess who the grandmaster in the palace was.

"In fact, I think Zhou Chen has a good temper and is friendly to you. You should ask him to help you heal your legs. After all, he was able to save Teng Zijing, who was only half alive, and restored his meridians. Although your legs have been broken for twenty years, with his true energy, it is still very likely that he can be cured."

The shadow lying on the bed, wrapped like a mummy, suddenly spoke to Chen Pingping.

Chen Pingping replied in a cold tone: "Twenty years have passed. I have long been accustomed to life without legs. I have never thought about standing up again. This is good."

"Sometimes I really don't understand what you are thinking. You have the opportunity to stand up, but you don't do it."

"Maybe I can make people feel more at ease the way I am now, and it can also save me a lot of trouble. Why should I cause trouble for nothing?"

How could Chen Pingping not think of what Shadow could think of? But his current goal is not for himself. He now has only two goals, one is to help Fan Xian grow, and the other is to help Ye Qingmei get revenge.

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The negotiations between the Qing Kingdom and the Northern Qi delegation are about to begin. The Qing Kingdom, led by the Honglu Temple and with Fan Xian as the deputy, has begun negotiations with the Northern Qi delegation.

Negotiations are not something that can be accomplished overnight. They require advance preparation and the selection of an auspicious day. The negotiation process is also filled with sharp arguments and neither side is willing to give in. Therefore, it will be a long-term process for the two countries to reach a consensus and complete the negotiations.