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Mei Changsu nodded and said, "Your analysis is correct. Our plan is to cut off the henchmen of the Crown Prince and Prince Yu. Prince Yu's current situation is in line with our plan, but I didn't expect him to act so impulsively. No matter what, we can't let Prince Yu's power be overwhelmed by the Crown Prince at this time. Only when the Crown Prince and Prince Yu fight, Prince Jing and we can benefit."

"Our next target is Xie Yu, but the time has not come yet, so before that, we still have to help Prince Yu stabilize the situation. Only by using Prince Yu can we completely get rid of Xie Yu."

"Then what are you going to do? Send people to eliminate Xie Yu's minions and the martial arts masters of Tianquan Villa?" Zhou Chen guessed Mei Changsu's thoughts.

Mei Changsu said: "That's exactly what I was thinking. Since they want to use the martial arts world to achieve their goals, I will let them know who is in charge of this martial arts world."

Zhou Chen gave a thumbs up and praised: "This sentence is domineering, and it completely replicates the spirit of the young general Lin Shu back then."

Mei Changsu rolled his eyes and said, "That's what I came to talk to you about. By the way, Lin Chen also asked me to tell you that he wants you to go play with him because he's too bored alone."

"Doesn't he like playing with Fei Liu? Now there's Brother Nie too, he shouldn't be bored anymore."

"Fei Liu doesn't want to play with him at all. Brother Nie is either accompanying Sister Dong or reading books, and he can't go out."

"Then go back and tell him that if he wants to come, he can come. I'll just rest at home these few days and I won't be going anywhere."

"I'll give him your words, and I'll leave first."

"Well, although the New Year has passed, the weather hasn't gotten warmer yet, so you should stay out and take care of your health."

"I'll pay attention."

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After sending Mei Changsu away, Zhou Chen returned to the room and Gong Yu had already poured hot tea for him.

Seeing that Zhou Chen was not in a good mood, she asked in a low voice: "Sir, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

Zhou Chen sighed, "Nothing serious has happened, but Xiao Shu's health is getting worse. If he continues like this, even if I use my inner strength to treat him every day, it won't have much effect."

"Is the Sect Master's health really that bad?"

"The fire and cold poison back then was too fierce. If I didn't have a special physique, I would have been the same as him. In fact, I also told him to speed up, but he was still too cautious. He wanted to do everything to the end and wanted to pave the best road for Xiao Jingyan, even at the cost of his own body. I couldn't persuade him."

Zhou Chen knew the plot, and in fact, if he wanted to speed up, he could definitely do it, but Mei Changsu didn't know the plot. He wanted to take control of the plan in his own hands, so sometimes he didn't agree with the risky and gambling plans proposed by Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen couldn't persuade him and could only follow his wishes. If he acted on his own and rashly disrupted Mei Changsu's plan, it would probably irritate Mei Changsu instead.

After more than ten years of getting along with each other, he truly regarded Mei Changsu as his best friend, brother and relative, so he is feeling very complicated now.

He didn't want to irritate Mei Changsu, so he could only let Mei Changsu worry about it. But he was worried about Mei Changsu's health, so he could only stay by his side to protect him.

At the beginning, with the help of his inner strength, Mei Changsu's health was much better than in the original novel. According to his estimation, it should not be a problem for him to live another five years, provided that he was not exposed to too much stimulation.

Gong Yu didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only say, "Perhaps the Sect Master has his own considerations, so you shouldn't worry too much."

"Yes, he is the most opinionated one. There are not many people who can persuade him now."

Zhou Chen watched Mei Changsu's changes all the way, from the talented young man to the sinister strategist he is today.

The mass murder on New Year's Eve was not completely spread, and Emperor Liang finally found the Xuan Jing Division to investigate the case, and the people in charge were Xia Chun and Xia Dong.

Xia Dong is now on Zhou Chen's side, so after receiving the order, he immediately and carefully came to the Su Mansion and told Mei Changsu about this matter.

Although Mei Changsu told her his guess and Xia Dong strongly agreed with it, there was no real evidence after all. Moreover, after she knew that Mei Changsu had his own plan, she prepared to cooperate with Mei Changsu and pretended to investigate with Xia Chun, while secretly began to collect information about Xie Yu.

Zhen Ping has been in a latent state since arriving in the capital. After this incident, Mei Changsu finally decided to officially activate him.

Over the years, under Zhou Chen's "encouragement", Zhen Ping's martial arts skills have improved rapidly, especially in swordsmanship, where he is extremely talented and is almost catching up with Zhou Chen.

Compared to the top ten masters in Langya, he might be a little worse, but compared to those martial arts masters recruited by Zhuo Dingfeng, he is a dimensionality reduction attack.

With the intelligence capabilities of the Jiangzuo League, they quickly investigated the identities and locations of the group of experts under Zhuo Dingfeng, and then Zhen Ping stepped in to pick out all of them.

Although this incident did not cause any stir in the imperial court, it caused a huge disturbance in the underworld around Jinling.

The angriest people are undoubtedly Xie Yu and Zhuo Dingfeng.

Zhuo Dingfeng spent a lot of money and time, and spent nearly half a year to recruit these martial arts masters. But in just a few days, they were all picked up. How could he not be angry?

They both knew that it was Mei Changsu and the Jiangzuo League who attacked them, but there was nothing they could do. They were not as strong as them and could not use the army in the capital. What else could they do? There was no way to retaliate, so they could only swallow their anger.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 841: Pattern, top masters showdown

Zhou Chen arrived at the Su Mansion. Mei Changsu and Lin Chen were there, but Nie Feng was not there, which surprised him.

"Where is Brother Nie?"

Mei Changsu said, "Brother Nie and Sister Dong went to Xiaogushan. Sister Dong said that Brother Nie is still alive and it would be unlucky to erect a tombstone for him, so the two of them quietly left the city early this morning and prepared to get rid of the tombstone."

"Did they go out together? To deal with the tombstone, wouldn't someone find out about the problem?" Zhou Chen asked with a frown.

"Sister Dong left the city in the name of the Xuanjing Division, and no one would check. As for the tombstone on Xiaogushan Mountain, no one would go there every year except Sister Dong, so even if it was dealt with, no one would notice."

The three of them sat together drinking tea and chatting, and Mei Changsu said, "Brother Nie's fire and cold poison must be removed as soon as possible."

Lin Chen crossed his legs, looked nonchalant, and said nonchalantly: "My great master Mei, don't worry too much about General Nie's detoxification. Just leave it to me, a quack doctor, and my junior brother, a fake quack doctor."

"Don't worry about this and that all day long. If you have this thought, you might as well worry about yourself. You have only been in the capital for half a year. Look at your health now. It is much worse than when you were in Langzhou."

Mei Changsu looked innocent: "Really? No, I feel that I am in good health now. Xiaochen often uses his inner strength and massage techniques to help me with massage treatment. Doctor Yan also monitors me from time to time and makes me take medicine on time. How could it be possible that I would be in a bad condition?"

"Huh, are you the doctor or am I the doctor? How can I, a doctor, not tell whether you are good or not?"

Lin Chen looked disdainful and said sternly, "Anyway, I will be here to help General Nie cure the fire and cold poison for a while, so I have plenty of time to keep an eye on you. I am different from Doctor Yan. If you don't listen, I will punish you."

After finishing speaking, he felt that his aura was not enough, so he said to Zhou Chen again: "Junior brother, it's about his body, you must support me, right?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Of course. When the time comes, I will take action and you will teach me a lesson. If he dares to resist, I will suppress him with my backhand."

Mei Changsu smiled bitterly. If there was anyone in this world who could attack him so unscrupulously, it would definitely be Zhou Chen.

Lin Chen was just good at talking, but Zhou Chen was really good at taking action. Now he couldn't even resist.

"I'm fine, but you, Lin Chen, how are you preparing for what I asked you to do?"

"I'm right here with you, and you're still asking me?"

Lin Chen rolled his eyes: "But I have arranged for people to start the operation in Nanchu."

Mei Changsu frowned and said, "If you don't go, I'm still worried. How long will it take for Brother Nie to detoxify?"

Lin Chen said: "It will definitely be much shorter than yours. What's more, we have Junior Brother and Doctor Yan here. I only need to be responsible for the initial detoxification, and Junior Brother and Doctor Yan can take care of the later treatment. There won't be any problems. It will only take about a month at most."

Mei Changsu nodded, then calculated while muttering to himself.

Today is the fifth day of the first lunar month. If it is a month, it is February. Xiao Jingrui's birthday is on the twelfth day of April. In other words, there are only three months.

"Time is a bit tight. If we want the Nanchu delegation to come all the way to Jinling, it will take at least two or three months. The checkpoints during this period will take too much time."

When foreign delegations enter Daliang, there are too many things to check, and the review process is extremely complicated. If they deliberately make things difficult for you, it is normal for it to be delayed for half a year.

If it were Zhou Chen, three months would be more than enough for him to travel between Daliang and the capital of Southern Chu.

The reason for this is that Zhou Chen is only one person, while the foreign delegation consists of many people. Zhou Chen can break the rules at the checkpoints and use his superb martial arts to avoid them, but the Nanchu delegation cannot do that. If they want to arrive in Jinling City smoothly, they can only abide by the rules of Daliang, and sometimes even have to swallow their anger and be cautious.

This is a very realistic thing. Your Nan Chu delegation has a noble status, and you will definitely be valued and cared for when you arrive in Jinling. However, at local checkpoints, especially those close to the Nan Chu border, which have been invaded by Nan Chu all year round, you can see how they will treat you. If they don't peel off a layer of skin from you, it would be considered polite.

Lin Chen thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll speed up a bit."

Mei Changsu said: "April 12 is the best time. We must deal a fatal blow to Xie Yu on that day so that he can never stand up again. Only by defeating Xie Yu first can we balance the power of the Crown Prince and Prince Yu. Only by making Xie Yu despair first can we know what we want to know."

Although he has found most of what happened back then, he can basically simulate the original situation by analyzing it himself and filling in the gaps.

But after all, many of them are just my own guesses, and Xie Yu is the real participant, and only he knows the real story.

Zhou Chen said: "Don't worry, Xie Yu can't cause any trouble. In fact, if you hadn't insisted not to alert the enemy, I could have used force to deal with Xie Yu and Xia Jiang."

Mei Changsu said helplessly, "Why are you still saying that? We came here not only for revenge. Revenge is only a small part of us. What's more important is to clear everyone's grievances. We can't let them continue to suffer injustice in the underworld."

Zhou Chen gave a thumbs up: "Pattern."

Of course he could understand what Mei Changsu meant, but he had lived in the urban world for hundreds of years and had always considered himself and his family. As for outsiders, if he was in a good mood, he might help them, and if he couldn't bear it, he might donate money and show kindness.

Having lived in this mode for so many years, it was destined that it would be difficult for him to achieve the same level as Mei Changsu in a short period of time.

Of course, it may also be because he is not that closely connected with those people in the Red Flame Army.

For Mei Changsu, whether he can take revenge personally is not important. What is important is to help the deceased clear his grievances, so that his parents, brothers, aunts, and all the others can have plaques and tombstones erected in a legitimate manner, so that they don't have to become lonely ghosts after death.

After Nie Feng and Xia Dong came back, Lin Chen and Zhou Chen began to detoxify Nie Feng. The plan had been prepared years ago, and the necessary medicinal materials and other items were also in place, so they started right away.

Because Nie Feng chose the second detoxification method, which did not require skinning or bone grinding, the process was relatively simple for Lin Chen and Zhou Chen.

After Lin Chen finished the initial tasks, he left Jinling City without stopping, and hurried to Nanchu.

Originally, Xia Dong didn't have much time to accompany Nie Feng, but Emperor Liang asked her to investigate the assassination case of the eunuchs, so she had enough reason to leave Xuan Jingsi for a long time and quietly came to Su Mansion to accompany Nie Feng.

Nie Feng's later detoxification was done by Zhou Chen and Doctor Yan. Although Nie Feng did not need a year or two to recover like Zhou Chen and others did, he still needed a period of recuperation to return to the physical condition of an ordinary person.

After detoxification, he also lost his internal energy and was no longer a warrior. The only thing that made him better than Mei Changsu was that he would not suffer from many injuries or illnesses. His body was equivalent to that of an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts. Even if he could no longer practice internal energy in the future, it would not affect his lifespan.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, Zhou Chen had just finished treating Nie Feng with his internal energy when Mei Changsu pulled him to the side hall to discuss something.

"Xiaochen, I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"What's the deal?"

"I want you to help me protect someone."

"Who?"

Zhou Chen was very surprised. Mei Changsu knew that he was a person who was afraid of trouble. Protecting people was even more troublesome. The fact that Mei Changsu asked him to protect people meant that this person must be useful.

Mei Changsu said: "The new Minister of Revenue, Shen Zhui."

"Shen Zhui? Why are you protecting him? What happened?"

Zhou Chen had been helping Nie Feng detoxify and heal his injuries all this time. At most, he went out to play with Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin a few times. The rest of the time he stayed at home with Gong Yu, so he didn't know much about the situation outside.

Mei Changsu said, "Shen Zhui is investigating the prince's private gun shop. I'm worried that the prince will ask Xie Yu to send someone to assassinate Shen Zhui in order to prevent him from exposing the matter. I have already sent Zhen Ping, but Zhen Ping can't protect him twelve hours a day, so I want you to go over and help."

The Jiangzuo League is powerful in the capital, but what he is most worried about is that Zhuo Dingfeng and his son will take action personally. Zhen Ping may not be able to stop them at that time, but Zhen Ping is the strongest among the people he can use in the capital, so he found Zhou Chen to discuss.

Hearing Mei Changsu talk about the private cannon workshop, Zhou Chen suddenly remembered this part of the plot. It seems that in order to reveal the case and attack the prince, Yu Wang deliberately detonated the private cannon workshop, causing casualties in a large area nearby Seriously, the death toll alone exceeded a hundred people.

Thinking of Zhou Chen, he felt a chill in his heart. Although these people had nothing to do with him, if he could save so many lives with just a little effort, he would definitely do it.

However, he still needs to think about how to save people.

"Okay, then I'll go there starting tomorrow."

Mei Changsu's face immediately lit up with joy: "Great, with your help, I don't have to worry about Shen Zhui's safety anymore."

Zhou Chen said: "I think you just want to protect the team you prepared for Prince Jing."

"I admit that I have such thoughts, but more importantly, it is because of Shen Zhui. He hates evil, is straightforward and capable, and is a capable and hardworking person. This is very rare in the current court, so I want to save his life."

"I think what Lin Chen said is right. You are destined to be a hard worker. You have to worry about everything."

In this regard, it is difficult for Zhou Chen to empathize with Mei Changsu, because in his heart, Daliang is not important to him, and who becomes the emperor has nothing to do with him. He doesn't even care who the emperor is, so how could he care about an official?

In this ancient world with martial arts, he actually prefers to live a martial arts life and look at the ancient mountains and rivers, rather than being an official in the court and being involved in intrigue all day long.

If he ever has the chance to travel back to an ancient world without martial arts, he might experience the life of a successful candidate in the imperial examination, or even experience what it's like to be an emperor.

"But we can't let Shen Zhui know that we are protecting him, so the identities of Luosha and Gongzi Yu cannot be used."

"No problem, I'll be wearing a mask then."

So, Zhou Chen went to find Zhen Ping the next day and took turns with him to follow Shen Zhui.

Just as Mei Changsu expected, when Shen Zhui was investigating the private gun factory, he received a tip-off and was about to meet the informant, but he didn't know that this was actually a trap.

The informant was a killer. When he was close to Shen Zhui, he suddenly jumped up and killed several guards around Shen Zhui, scaring Shen Zhui so much that he ran away in terror.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chen did not delay any longer. He quickly appeared with his mask on. With just a few swings of the sword in his hand, the assassin was killed.

But he did not relax, because he knew there would be more powerful ones coming.

Sure enough, a man in black suddenly rushed out from behind Shen Zhui. He was wearing black clothes and a mask in broad daylight, making it hard for people not to notice him.

After the man in black appeared, he immediately rushed towards Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen swung his sword in his backhand, and his powerful internal force burst out. With just one sword, the assassin was shocked and retreated repeatedly.

Zhuo Qingyao looked at the trembling right hand holding the sword, and was horrified: "Who is this person? How can his internal strength be so strong?"

As an outstanding young swordsman of the younger generation, Zhuo Qingyao has definitely inherited the legacy of Tianquan Villa. Although his swordsmanship is not as dazzling as that of his father Zhuo Dingfeng, he is definitely considered a top-notch master in the martial arts world.

Just one sword collision made his hands numb. Even his father found it difficult to do that, so he was so shocked.

But no matter how shocked he was, he did not stop attacking. He shook his arm, controlled his right hand, and wielded the sword again to kill Zhou Chen.