The Counterattack of the Villains

Chapter 439 Choice

Author: Ning Shen Wu Mo

Chapter 439 Choice

Regarding Zheng Zha's answer, a look of satisfaction flashed across Xu Fengnian's eyes. The calmer the other party acted, the calmer he felt.

"My father has six adopted sons, all of whom have been entrusted with important tasks in the military."

Zheng Zha threw a grape into his mouth and said casually: "Then it's over. Nine times out of ten, the person who wants to kill you will be one of them, and there may even be more than one of them."

Xu Fengnian nodded slowly with deep understanding and said: "So I am in some danger now. Although the palace has many experts, they may not be wary of certain people."

As soon as he said these words, Zheng Zha's mind immediately heard the main god's prompt: "Trigger the side mission: Assassination Bureau."

"Mission content: Northern Liang Crown Prince Xu Fengnian will face repeated assassinations. Protect the Crown Prince's safety before the assassination attempt is solved."

"If you complete the mission, you will get a C-level branch plot once, 3,000 reward points. If you fail, 10,000 reward points will be deducted. At the end of the plot, the reward points will be negative. It will be erased. Do you accept it?"

"accept."

"Pa"

Zheng Zha snapped his fingers and said happily: "Okay, until the situation becomes clear, I will be responsible for your safety."

Xu Fengnian happily patted Zheng Zha on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Reliable, with your words, I feel relieved."

"唳"

Just at this moment, a clear and sharp bird song came from the sky, and Zheng Zha and Luo Li subconsciously looked up.

Then I saw a falcon-like bird flying across the sky like an arrow, swooping towards this side.

This is the Qingbai Luan, a raptor found only in the ice and snow north of Jinzhou, and it is also Xu Fengnian’s pet.

At that time, there was a local powerful man who could control the wind and rain. He wanted to exchange a thousand taels of gold and three beautiful women for Qingbai Luan, but in exchange he only got Xu Fengnian's "Go away".

Qingbai Luan landed on the perch in the corner of the fishing platform, with a small bamboo tube tied to its feet. Xu Fengnian got up and walked over, taking out a piece of paper from the bamboo tube.

Zheng Zha stood up and walked to Xu Fengnian's side, admiring: "Jinzhou Qingbai Luan is still the best six-year phoenix. The prince still keeps this treasure."

After Xu Fengnian read the note, he grinned at Zheng Zha and said, "Brother Zheng's knowledge is indeed extraordinary."

Zheng Zha smiled and said: "I am an expert in playing with birds. I have golden eagles in the northeast and luan in the northwest. I will get some golden eagles for you later."

Xu Fengnian said happily: "That's great. Qing Bai Luan is fast and is a good hand in delivering messages. The golden eagle is ferocious enough. Once trained, its effect is not weaker than that of martial arts masters."

Zheng Zha smiled and said: "As long as you like it, I guarantee you will see the golden eagle within two months."

After speaking, he pointed to the note in his hand and said, "What's going on?"

Xu Fengnian handed the note to him casually. Zheng Zha took it and looked at it, and saw that the note said: Chu Lushan came to the gate of the mansion to ask for an audience with the crown prince.

With an inexplicable smile on his face, Xu Fengnian said to Zheng Zha: "This Chu Lushan is exactly one of the six names."

Zheng Zha showed a look of understanding and turned around to sit back in his seat. Xu Fengnian also returned to the brocade couch, returning to his lazy and leisurely look.

"The Crown Prince...the Crown Prince...my Crown Prince..."

A moment later, accompanied by a sincere call, a fat figure as bloated as a ball rushed over, running, or to be precise, rolling and crawling.

There were genuine snot and tears on his face. After rushing to Xu Fengnian, he knelt down in front of him, hugged his legs and cried: "My prince, I have been thinking about him day and night for the past three years."

, I don’t think about food anymore than tea…”

Luo Li felt that she couldn't stand it. Even though she had received professional training, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

So she stood up quietly and walked over to Xu Longxiang who was fishing on the side.

Xu Fengnian held Chu Lushan's face, looked up and down, and said jokingly: "You don't think about food but tea? Fatty Chu, why does he look like he has gained dozens of kilograms?"

Chu Lushan vowed: "I have lost weight, I have lost a lot of weight. If you don't believe me, I will weigh you immediately. If it weighs one kilogram, cut off one kilogram of meat. If it weighs ten kilograms, cut off ten kilograms."

Xu Fengnian patted Chu Lushan's fat and trembling cheeks and said with a smile: "You are indeed a good brother."

Now, Fatty Chu, who had taken the title of General Qianniu Longwu from the third rank, was slapped on the cheek wantonly.

From the third rank, as long as they are not casual officials with superficial titles, they are among the best officials in any state or county.

What's more, General Qianniu Longwu was holding three thousand elite soldiers and tiger talismans, but instead of feeling ashamed, the fat man looked extremely honored.

Leaning over the head, which was as big as a pig's head, Chu Lushan said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, I must have visited the brothel less in the past three years. There is a new oiran in Zijin Tower. He is both talented and beautiful, and is especially good at sword dancing."

"That grace... his... that appearance... his... is the best in Lingzhou. I've just arrived and I'm waiting for you to come back, prince."

When he said something, he closed his eyes and hissed, and the expression on his face became more and more wavering.

However, after listening to his words, Xu Fengnian's expression changed subtly, "You can also dance with a sword."

"That's not it...that waist...those legs...Oh, Your Majesty, I wonder if you are free now?"

Chu Lushan didn't seem to notice Xu Fengnian's expression at all, and was still preaching about the benefits of the new courtesan.

Xu Fengnian turned around and exchanged glances with Zheng Zha, with an inexplicable smile on his face, and said to Chu Lushan: "I came here to fish, and as I continued to fish... you came here."

Chu Lushan said without knowing why: "How about we go after fishing?"

Xu Fengnian said: "No need, I've already caught it."

Zheng Zha stood up and took two steps to the side. While putting on her shoes, Xu Fengnian said to the maid in red behind her: "Sweet potato, take Mrs. Zheng back to Wutong Garden in a while and entertain me well."

Sweet potato responded softly: "Yes."

Chu Lushan looked at Zheng Zha curiously and asked: "Your Majesty, who is this?"

Xu Fengnian introduced: "This is Brother Zheng Zha, my good friend."

Zheng Zha hugged Chu Lushan and said with a smile: "Hello, General Chu."

Chu Lushan quickly clasped his fists in return, with a smile on his fat face, "The prince's good friend is also my good friend."

At that moment, the group of people left the palace and headed towards the Purple Gold Tower.

There were basically no changes in the subsequent plot without Zheng Zha's active intervention.

Easily rescued Xu Fengnian from the sword of the crappy assassin Yu Youwei, and then watched Chu Lushan and Xu Fengnian co-acting a painful plot.

As a result, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and in the end all the work was in vain.

In the end, they still failed to catch the person in the Northern Liang army who wanted Xu Fengnian's life.

The main reason was that one of Xu Xiao's six adopted sons, Chen Zhibao, known as the villain butcher and nicknamed the Soldier Fairy in White, intervened.

Zheng Zha naturally knew everything about the two people in the Northern Liang army who wanted Xu Fengnian's life. They were Yao Jian and Ye Xizhen among the six adopted sons.

But now he doesn't need to say it, and he can't provide any evidence to prove it, so he won't do anything.

After Yu Youwei's assassination, a new round of assassinations came soon.

The person who took action was Xinke Tanhualang, the son of the Lin family who was in charge of Qingzhou's financial power.

When Zheng Zha saw Lin Tanhua, his heart was full of pity for him. This guy was a tragedy.

Lin Tanhua is not a bad person, on the contrary, he is an angry young man who cares about the country and the people and has a strong sense of justice.

It's just that his cognition was instilled by others unintentionally, that is, he was led by others, and he seriously lacked his own judgment. If he is not a tragedy, who is?

From the interception by the Chu soldiers on the road to Yu Youwei's lame assassination, the real target of Xu Fengnian's assassinations has never been Xu Fengnian himself.

From the very beginning, its target was Lin Tanhua’s family.

The person who set up this interlocking situation and put the Lin family in danger was none other than King Zhao Heng of Jingan, who was thousands of miles away.

The Lin family controls the financial power of Qingzhou, and is also the emperor of Liyang, Zhao Chun, who has placed the eyes and ears in Qingzhou to monitor Zhao Heng.

Therefore, Zhao Heng wants to get rid of the Lin family and completely control the entire Qingzhou.

If Lin Tanhua's assassination of Xu Fengnian was brought out separately, it would be nothing more than his personal behavior and had nothing to do with anyone. At most, it would only be him who suffered.

But first Xu Fengnian was intercepted by Chu soldiers, then Yu Youwei, a remnant of the Chu state, assassinated him, and then Lin Tanhua assassinated him for the third time.

In this way, the nature has completely changed.

With the foreshadowing of the first two assassinations, once Lin Tanhua took action, the charge of colluding with the traitors who subjugated the country was completely confirmed, and even jumping into the East China Sea could not clear her away.

Once involved with the traitors who subjugate the country, the nature is completely different. It is called treason, and it is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. The Lin family is completely ruined.

When the truth came to light, even Xu Fengnian couldn't help but marvel at the layout of King Zhao Heng of Jing'an.

The assassination campaign is over, and Zheng Zha's side mission is naturally completed successfully.

His impeccable protection of Xu Fengnian during these days also allowed him to win the trust of the Northern Liang Palace.

Especially when Lin Tanhua was assassinating, Xu Fengnian put himself in a desperate situation in the center of Tingchao Lake to lure him into action.

Originally, Xu Fengnian planned to use the power of Lao Kui from the bottom of the lake to deal with Lin Tanhua, but Zheng Zha's strike from a distance of dozens of feet directly settled everything.

Chu Kuangnu, the old boss at the bottom of the lake, lost an opportunity to be born, but Zheng Zha had a special status in the Beiliang Palace.

How could Xu Xiao turn a blind eye to the people who appeared next to his son?

The day after Zheng Zha arrived in Lingzhou City, Beiliang's intelligence network was already in operation. In less than half a month, his basic information appeared on Xu Xiao's desk.

The Central Continent Team and the Demon Team will naturally not leave any flaws in their identities and backgrounds.

With the Phoenix Girl's superpower, it's just a matter of their thoughts as to where they want to leave a life trajectory for themselves.

Zheng Zha's setting for himself is that he comes from a martial arts family in the Liangliao region of Northeast China. This family is good at raising golden eagles and is somewhat famous in the Northeast.

It's just that Zheng Zha himself is relatively mysterious. He worshiped a mysterious master at the age of nine, left home to practice with his master, and disappeared without knowing where he was. He didn't return until he was twenty-two years old.

And his wife, Loli, is the daughter of his mysterious master and his junior sister.

Soon after Zheng Zha returned to the family, he took Luo Li to travel around the world for two consecutive years until he met Xu Fengnian not long ago.

Although it was not possible to find out who Zheng Zha's master was and where he practiced practice during those thirteen years, in general, Zheng Zha's origins are quite innocent.

Therefore, the Northern Liang Palace truly accepted him.

The status of Zheng Zha and his wife in the Northern Liang Palace is somewhat special. In name, they are Xu Fengnian's friends, but in fact they have status similar to that of guest ministers.

The masters of the royal palace estimated that his martial arts realm was somewhere between the true celestial realm and the great celestial realm. Even if he was placed in the Beiliang Prince's Palace, he would still be among the top masters.

Except for Xu Yanbing, the nuclear warhead from Beiliang who is beside Xu Xiao, and Li Chungang, the sword god who lives underground in Tingchao Pavilion, I am afraid that there is no one in the Beiliang Palace who can oppose him.

However, the masters in the Northern Liang Palace paid more attention to the beautiful young woman Luo Li.

Zheng Zha's power is visible, but there is always a mysterious halo around Luoli's head.

She looks like an ordinary person with no knowledge of martial arts, but judging from some clues, she looks like a peerless master.

This made the people in the Northern Liang Palace not dare to underestimate Luo Li at all, and to some extent, they even respected her more than Zheng Zha.

Xu Xiao even showed an attitude of treating her as his own daughter.

Ordinary servants and maids only thought that the prince and the prince valued Loli so much because of Zheng Zha.

Only the masters of the palace know that this woman is worthy of others' attention.

…

On this day, Xu Fengnian came to Zheng Zha with a troubled expression on his face and said to him: "Xu Xiao asked me to make a choice, either kill Ning Emei or send Huang Man'er out of Beiliang."

After listening to his words, Zheng Zha said without any surprise: "If you want Beiliang to avoid civil strife, you will have to make this choice sooner or later. I am not surprised at all."

Xu Fengnian said irritably: "Can't there be a third option?"

Zheng Zha said: "Yes, you start practicing martial arts immediately, make yourself a master in the shortest time, and then forcefully conquer generals like Ning Emei, everything will be solved easily."

Xu Fengnian said: "The shortest time? How short?"

Zheng Zha thought for a moment and said, "One or two years."

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Nonsense, which martial arts master can defeat a second-grade master like Ning Emei after practicing martial arts for one or two years?"

Zheng Zha grinned and said: "Hey, there are several kinds that I know. Unfortunately, Tingchao Pavilion probably doesn't have these techniques, otherwise the prince would have arranged them for you."

Xu Fengnian's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Is it really true? Tell me."

It doesn't matter if there's nothing in Tingchao Pavilion. As long as you know where it is and send someone to snatch it back, that's all.

Zheng Zha said: "The fastest progress in cultivation that I know of is a technique called 'Beiming Divine Technique', which can directly absorb other people's internal energy and turn it into one's own use."

Xu Fengnian said with twinkling eyes: "Isn't this just plundering? I didn't expect that in addition to power and wealth, even martial arts can rob others. Where is this skill?"

An undetectable smile flashed through Zheng Zha's eyes, and he said: "In the hands of a land celestial being named Chu Xuan, he should be in the realm of Western Shu at this moment."

The clone Chu Xuan majored in the "Immortal Heavenly Art", an upgraded version of the "Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art" created by the ruthless emperor, and his starting art was the Beiming Divine Art.

Xu Fengnian asked cautiously: "What realm are the land gods in?"

He has not yet started to come into contact with martial arts, and he only knows about the ninth level of martial arts realm, but the details are not very clear.

(End of chapter)