I'm the villain in the book

"..."

It's quite clean.

Chu Xianping smiled, and did not pierce the layer of window paper that both of them understood, but just followed the old man's words and asked:

"Okay, then I don't know what Master Liu can pay for this? What benefits can I get from it?"

"Is this..."

The old man squinted his eyes, and replied in a low voice: "Young masters like money are definitely not in your eyes, and as far as I know, the young master is even more powerful now."

"But I'm sorry to ask you a question."

"I don't know what you think, if you turn against Mr. Wei in the future, will your subordinates help you or help Mr. Wei?"

"Master Liu, what exactly do you want to say?"

Chu Xianping's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a light smile, "To be honest, I don't like to beat around the bush."

"Uh......"

The old man was taken aback, he didn't expect Chu Xianping to play cards so unconventionally, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed for a while.

But he quickly adjusted, took a deep breath and continued:

"Okay, the old man will say it straight."

"Young Master Chu, as long as you agree to what the old man just mentioned, then the old man can help you build a power that belongs only to you in the dark."

"People, money, things, these are not problems, they can all come from my great awareness."

"In this way, the young master will have a bit of self-protection power, and there is no need to be afraid that Mr. Wei will one day cross the river and tear down the bridge."

"Young Master Chu, what do you think of this condition?"

"..."

Dajue contributes money, personnel, and effort to help Chu Xianping establish a secret force that is separated from Wei Changtian and belongs only to him.

The old man's words sound nice, but every sentence in them is trying to provoke the relationship between Chu Xianping and Wei Changtian.

After all, the prerequisite for establishing such a force is that there must be a possibility of opposing goals between the two of them.

The premise of using such a force is that the two have reached the point where they have turned against each other.

So, to put it bluntly, this condition is to put a nail between Chu Xianping and Wei Changtian.

What's more, since Dajue contributed money, how could such a force only obey Chu Xianping...

It is impossible for Chu Xianping not to understand the above.

But the old man is not afraid that Chu Xianping will understand.

After all, if Chu Xianping intends to defend against Wei Changtian, then using Dajue to do it will be the most labor-saving and most concealed way.

And if Chu Xianping really trusts Wei Changtian so much, and believes that the latter will not do the kind of thing that "cooks the rabbit to death, and hides the bird with the bow"... How is this possible.

Any minister who holds great power, unless he is a fool, how could he not worry that he will be killed one day.

A companion is like a tiger, even if you are favored and trusted, if you make a wrong step, you may fall into the abyss.

Who doesn't understand this truth?

Therefore, Chu Xianping is certainly the same.

Obviously, the old man decided that it was impossible for Chu Xianping to give up on Wei Changtian.

It's a pity that he didn't know the existence of Puppet Pill.

Theoretically speaking, Chu Xianping, who had served the Puppet Pill in front of Wei Changtian, would never have the possibility of rebellion.

Unless he dies.

Therefore, even if it's just for his own life, Chu Xianping will most likely reject the old man's proposal just like rejecting those maids.

Or he would pretend to be false and get more things out of the old man's mouth.

Surprisingly, however, neither of the above two situations occurred.

I saw Chu Xianping was silent for a while, then looked up at the white-haired old man, and asked slowly:

"Lord Liu, to be honest, Young Master Wei values ​​me very much, and I never thought he would cook dogs with Tibetan bows."

"But what you said is not unreasonable."

"At any time, there is nothing wrong with leaving more room for yourself to retreat."

"..."

Having said that, Chu Xianping paused, his expression seemed a little tangled.

But the old man on the opposite side was overjoyed, he held his breath and stared at him until he finally heard the answer that made a huge stone fall from his heart.

"Yes, I can agree to this matter."

"But I want to talk to Yan Huaiqing face to face."

"This......"

The smile on the old man's face froze, he hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and replied:

"Okay, the old man will tell His Highness."

"Well, then there will be Master Lao Liu."

"..."

Gently cupping his hands at the old man, Chu Xianping stopped talking.

His face was calm, his breathing was steady, and there was no sign of Puppet Pill attacking at all.

Already moved the mind of betrayal, but did not die suddenly.

In this case, there are only two possibilities.

[-]. He did not betray Wei Changtian.

[-]. The puppet pill he took was fake, or he had unraveled the erysipelas through some unknown method.

Chapter 671

Almost an hour later, Chu Xianping saw Yan Huaiqing.

No one knows what the two said, but the expression on the latter's face when he left was exceptionally relaxed, and he should have gotten the result he wanted.

In this way, Chu Xianping suspected of betraying Wei Changtian.

It seems a little inappropriate to say betrayal, after all, he still does anything that harms Wei Changtian's interests.

But if he wasn't "following the plan", then such a move certainly wouldn't be considered very loyal.

And as for why the Puppet Dan didn't attack...

This is probably related to the "judgment" method of Puppet Pill.

Up to now, there are about [-] people who have taken the Puppet Pill, and only Ning Wenyu died of erysipelas attack.

At that time, he couldn't resist Ning Yongnian's "sweet words" and was going to confess Wei Changtian.

However, before he could finish his sentence, he died.

Judging from this result, Puppet Dan judges whether a person is a traitor or not should be based on whether he has actual "rebellion".

In other words, if the idea of ​​rebellion was purely motivated, then the erysipelas might not have occurred.

Of course, this is just speculation.

After all, even Wei Changtian himself didn't know the rules of the Puppet Pill's attack, let alone Chu Xianping.

So there is a high probability that the latter will not take this risk.

So, as I said before, there are only two possibilities for the current situation.

Either Chu Xianping never betrayed Wei Changtian at all, but just pretended to agree to Yan Huaiqing for other purposes.

Either he has escaped the control of Puppet Pill.

......

......

At the end of the hour, Liangzhou City.

When Yan Huaiqing had just left Chu Xianping's residence, Li Zimu had already returned to the small courtyard where she lived with Tang Chen.

Getting off the carriage, she walked towards the courtyard somewhat absent-mindedly, obviously still thinking about what Wei Changtian had just said to her.

It was also because of this that Li Zimu never noticed Tang Chen who was waiting for her in the front yard.

"Miss Li..."

Seeing Li Zimu who was only walking with his head down getting closer, Tang Chen finally couldn't help calling out.

The former suddenly raised his head, was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses and asked in a low voice:

"Master Tang, why are you here? Are you waiting for me?"

"Uh...just walking around in the courtyard casually, I never thought that I would run into a girl coming back."

Tang Chen hesitated a little, and asked casually, "Miss Li, have you ever been sober? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Thank you for your concern, son, I'm fine."

Li Zimu smiled and walked to Tang Chen's side, but kept a certain distance.

"Speaking of which, I would also like to thank you son for taking care of me last night."

"I don't drink well, and it was the first time I drank so much yesterday. Who would have thought that I would accidentally get drunk."

"By the way, Mr. Tang, I didn't say anything I shouldn't have said last night..."

"..."

The morning breeze blows through the ends of the hair, and the blush of the hangover still seems to remain on the cheeks.

Li Zimu's appearance was less playful than yesterday, but more elegant, and there was a bit of sadness in his brows, as if there was something bothering him.

And Tang Chen's current mood is also somewhat complicated.

On the one hand, when he heard Li Zimu say "yesterday was the first time I drank so much wine", he was agitated for no reason.

But on the other hand, he could clearly feel that Li Zimu's words and deeds were deliberately keeping a distance from him, as if the intimacy of last night had disappeared between the two of them.

"this......"

After hesitating for a while, Tang Chen replied softly: "Miss Li, don't worry, I won't tell anyone what happened last night."

"So it sounds like I said something I shouldn't have said..."

Li Zimu bowed his head: "Young Master Tang, these are all drunken nonsense, don't take it seriously."

"..."

The heart seemed to be hit hard by a heavy hammer, and Tang Chen felt a little suffocated for a while.

He opened his mouth to say something, but didn't know what to say.

But Li Zimu didn't raise his head to look at him again, he just gave him a half-blessing with his hand.

"Young Master Tang, I'm still a little tired, I want to go back to the house and have a rest first."

"Excuse me."

"..."

After saying the last two words, Li Zimu bypassed Tang Chen and walked towards the depths of the small courtyard, and his pace became faster and faster, as if he was escaping from something, and finally trotted back to his room.

Tang Chen stared blankly at her back, and suddenly felt that Li Zimu's "abnormality" this morning should be related to him.

So what happened?

Where did Miss Li go this morning?

Why did she suddenly alienate herself on purpose?

This must not be Miss Li's original intention.