Chen Shi

The giant face is well-defined and lifelike, and the sharp eyes are particularly prominent, looking coldly and mercilessly at all living beings on the earth like eagle eyes.

Chen Zhi only felt that this face looked familiar, and the veterans below had already exclaimed: "The King of Southwest!"

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The Southwest King ascended to heaven?

Chen Zhi looked up.

The dark cloud slowly moved over everyone's heads, and even spoke: "Cui Yan. You swallowed the demon pill, and sooner or later you will become a monster. How can you be an emperor?"

There was an uproar below.

Chen Zhi didn't expect the King of Southwest to know about this, and directly revealed it. He was thinking about how to remedy it, when Cui Yan said calmly, "When I kill you, I will take out the demon pill."

"How are you going to kill me?" The giant face let out a sharp, strange laugh, "Kill all civil and military officials in the Temple of Heaven, sacrifice hundreds of demons, and set up a formation of ten thousand demons? Then try it."

Baiguan trembled when he heard this, and couldn't help looking at Cui Yan.

Cui Yan remained calm and composed: "Who said I want to use the Ten Thousand Demon Formation? To deal with you, a Demon Killing Formation is enough."

As he spoke, he pulled out the black, red and white flags from his sleeve, picked out the white one, and threw it into the air: "Sleepy!"

The flag suddenly turned into a puff of blue smoke and dissipated.

At the same time, white lights lit up around the Temple of Heaven, soaring straight into the sky, surrounding the dark clouds!

The dark clouds whirled around in place with a strange smile, and the giant face emerged from the east for a while, and appeared from the west for a while, which was very scary.

Cui Yan raised the red command flag again: "Twist!"

The white light turned into streaks of red light, penetrated into the dark cloud, and shuttled randomly like a snake, tearing the dark cloud into pieces and forming strange shapes.The giant face was even more angry and screamed, swearing at mother-in-law.

Just as everyone was attracted by the battle above their heads, "Father Nian", who had been standing in the middle of the line with his head down, flashed like a ghost, and jumped up—the dagger in his palm was like blood, exuding a disgusting smell, stabbing Cui Yan.

The incident happened suddenly, Chen Zhi had no time to react, so he could only block it with his body.

Cui Yan frowned slightly, put her arms around his shoulders, and pulled him back.

"Father Nian" only saw the faces of the two people on the Temple of Heaven clearly now, a trace of astonishment flashed in his calm eyes, his body twisted, the dagger brushed Chen Zhi's chest, and he landed firmly on the other side of the Temple of Heaven, turning around and wanting to run .

Cui Yan stretched out her sleeves, and an evil wind blew up from the ground for no reason, blocking the way of "Father Nian".He arrived later, with five fingers turned into sharp claws, grabbing "Father Nian"'s back and tearing it forcefully.

There was a sound of "tearing", and a piece of white skin was torn off even with the clothes.

"Father of the Nian" didn't shout, and still ran forward like a headless chicken, Cui Yan threw out the last black flag: "Put!"

Countless ghostly hands stretched out from the ground, grabbing at the ankle of "Father Nian", and Cui Yan took the opportunity to remove his head.

It was only then that Chen Zhi realized that something was wrong with this "father of the year", he was tearing his head, but he didn't bleed.

All the civil and military officials below were stunned by the movements above, and only when the black armored soldiers rushed to the Temple of Heaven did they react, yelling to run for their lives.

"To shut up."

Cui Yan stopped drinking, and another gust of wind blew out from her sleeve, blowing towards the dying "dark cloud".Before the giant face dissipated, he grinned unwillingly and said, "You can't stop me. I'm going to massacre the city! I'm going to kill you all! Put all your corpses in the frying pan!"

That voice, like a curse, reverberated over the capital, not only the officials were shocked, but the common people were also in danger.

Chen Zhi immediately came out to clean up the situation, and said in a loud voice: "A dog that can bark will not bite people. No matter how joyously the King of Southwest barks, he was beaten to death by the celestial master? The true destiny is blessed by the gods, how can such monsters be opponents! "

When people are in danger, they are always willing to hear some kind words of hope.Now, the people who were frightened by the Southwest King's words of "slaughter the city" all sang loudly, regardless of whether Cui Yan was a human or a monster.

Somebody shouted "Long live the Heavenly Master", and the rest of the people spontaneously shouted.

Several old officials were unhappy, but seeing Chen Zhi standing beside Cui Yan with a smile, they were not dissatisfied at all, they could only swallow the bitterness in their stomachs.

Although the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven ended without any risk, the inhuman means displayed by the King of Southwest still turned the capital upside down, and the wind was jittery.Fortunately, Cui Yan had already made preparations, rice, salt and other materials had already been strictly controlled, and there was no chaos of driving up prices.

And the originally discordant officials no longer have any orthodox or unorthodox ideas, and they are all focused on Cui Yan, hoping to escape the catastrophe of the Southwest King.

Cui Yan, who has high hopes, is currently researching the bones of the "assassin" who pretended to be his father.

Chen Zhi held his head and turned around: "Why did you become a doll?" The outside was tanned pigskin, and inside was stuffed with strange things such as yellow sand, cinnabar, rocks, cotton wool, etc., but the eyes, nose and mouth... all It has a good shape, and when put together, it is an unforgiving face.

He thought that this might be the culprit for being frightened out of his wits in the Yinshan Gong's house, and he felt bad all over.

Cui Yan said, "Don't you also have a double?"

When Chen Zhi heard that he wanted to take a double, he put his hand into the Qiankun bag and remembered that Cui Yan didn't know that he had a Qiankun bag, so he hesitated for a while.

He paused, and Cui Yan looked over immediately, her eyes were full of small thoughts and sensitivities.Anyway, so many things were exposed, and one or two things were not missing, so he quickly took out the double.

Cui Yan found that the stand-in in Chen Zhi's hand was much more delicate than the "Assassin", from the skin to the hair, it could be faked.He asked: "Can you also move alone?"

Chen Zhi said, "I don't know either. When Master gave it to me, it looked like this."

Cui Yan took the head in Chen Zhi's hand, and put together the broken "Assassin": "Is this made according to Shan Bushe's pattern?"

Guiltyly avoiding his gaze, Chen Zhi said dryly, "Maybe. I haven't seen it either."

Cui Yan smiled: "But when you met him for the first time, weren't you very nervous? In Jiang Yi's words, it was 'cold sweating, pale face'."

Chen Zhi stammered, "Didn't I say that, at that time, I thought, isn't he a good person? He looks like a rat-headed, vicious man."

"Don't be nervous." Cui Yan gently stroked his head, "If you don't want to say it, I won't force you."

"really?"

Just as Chen Zhi wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard him continue slowly: "But, I will definitely wait until the day you are willing to speak."

Not will.

Chen Zhi answered decisively in his heart, and of course, encouraged him with a smile on his face: When there is an end to everything, there is always something to wait and wait.He felt that the more he talked about this topic, the more dangerous he was, so he hurriedly grabbed someone to block the knife: "Today he is standing in the position of a young man."

Cui Yan smiled and said: "Well, the father of a promising young man who met with you under the moon, will Mr. Nian be too far away?"

"..." Chen Zhi hurriedly said, "Do you think this Nian is active or passive?"

As soon as the words fell, the black armored soldier reported that Mr. Nian asked to see him.

Cui Yan said: "Is this a tacit understanding?"

Chen Zhi said, "It counts as a guilty conscience."

Cui Yan asked someone to invite him in, and at the same time put away the "assassin's corpse".

Chen Zhi said, "You actually used 'please'."

Cui Yan said helplessly: "In your mind, do I always use the word 'roll' when I call people in?"

Chen Zhi said, "What if he is a traitor?"

There is something in Cui Yan's words: "That depends on whose traitor he is."

When Chen Zhi asked, he refused to speak again.

Not long after, Father Nian came in in a hurry, saluted Chen Zhi hastily, and shouted to Cui Yan: "Tianshi, help me!"

Cui Yan smiled and helped him up: "Master Nian is doing very well."

"Nian did everything according to your orders. The Southwest King and Palace Mistress Shan will definitely find out what I did and won't let me go!" Nian's father half-truthfully said.

Cui Yan invited him to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and stuffed it into his hands, before comforting him: "Don't worry. I have my own way to deal with them."

Chen Zhi saw their "flirtatious eyebrows" and "a concubine's love", and couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

Cui Yan smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I want to thank you and Nian Wuxia for that tryst under the moon."

Chen Zhi: "..." Can we stop mentioning this!

After Cui Yan explained it afterwards, he realized that the tryst...the meeting was indeed the source of all this——

In other words, although Nian Wuxia used various methods including secret ways to sneak into the palace, in fact, from the moment he stepped into the palace, he was already under the heavy surveillance of Cui Yan.

Cui Yan originally wanted to find an excuse to deal with the old ministers, but Nian Wuxia who came to her door was like throwing herself into a trap.

On the second day of the tryst, he made a thorough investigation of Nian's family, and of course he didn't miss Nian Empress and Chen Shoutian, who slipped through the net.After understanding the Nian family's desire to use Chen Yingke to deal with him, and then assist Chen Shoutian to ascend the throne, Cui Yan showed no mercy.

He planned a good show of inviting the king into the urn, and forced the Nian family to submit with Chen Shoutian's life.

In the first scene of the opening ceremony, Cui Jiao opened the house, and the people attending the banquet were suspected of being poisoned.

In fact, just as Yin Shangong expected, what they poisoned was not poison, but the evil spirit released by Cui Yan.It's just that the evil spirit is not strong, and most people will be fine if they raise it for seven or eight days. The only disadvantage is that it will be contagious.Those who are healthy will not show it even if they are infected, and those who are weak may die if they are infected even a little.

As a result, Queen Nian was "infected" and her life was in danger.Naturally, the Nian family sent someone to beg Shan Bushe, who was also known for his spells and revered as the "Guru".It just so happened that the Prince of Southwest wanted to place a reliable nail in the capital, and the two hit it off.

The Nian family provided all kinds of information to the Southwest King. In addition to the distribution of troops, it also included the "digging" of the black armor soldiers in the houses of Yinshangong, Tongchuanhou, and Yuyangbo.This is a trap set by Cui Yan, the purpose is to make them think that he sacrificed to the sky to set up the Ten Thousand Demon Formation.

The Wan Yao Formation is extremely vicious, and the Southwest King and Shan Bushe will definitely stop it when they know about it.

It is not enough to just get rid of the wood carvings that were bought, because civil and military officials died wronged, it will still gather into a huge resentment, if it is used by Cui Yan, the consequences will be disastrous.Therefore, when offering sacrifices to heaven, Shan Bushe will definitely come.

But Cui Yan's real trap is actually hidden in the "repaired" Temple of Heaven.His purpose is to take down the order without forgiveness.In his eyes, the Southwest King without Shan Bushe is just a toothless tiger, so there is nothing to worry about.

This is the truth of what happened in the Temple of Heaven today.

The only thing Cui Yan didn't expect was that Shan Bushe used puppets from beginning to end.

Because of this alone, the plan fell through the cracks.

Father Nian tentatively asked, "I heard from Wuxia that Shan Bushe has already been arrested? But the King of Southwest escaped?"

Cui Yan said: "The monk can't run away from the temple if he can run, don't worry, he won't be running for long."

Just like what Chen Zhi felt before, the calm Cui Yan can always give people an invincible sense of dependence.The original intention of Father Nian was not to call for help, but to ask for credit. Seeing that Cui Yan had accepted his intention, he found a chance to leave.

After he left, Chen Zhi asked, "Why didn't the King of Southwest jump for a long time?"

Cui Yan smiled wryly and said, "I don't know. Well, if I am the right man, those who oppose me should end well."

Chen Zhi asked unwillingly: "Do you have any other tricks?"

Cui Yan sighed and said, "Even the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven can't kill him, and it will be difficult in the future."

Chen Zhi suddenly remembered something: "Honestly speaking, Zhang Quan and Gao Delai, did you deliberately sell information to the Southwest King?"

Cui Yan held his face and leaned over to kiss him, but was avoided, so she touched his earlobe and said: "You have to believe that everything I do is to fulfill your wish and ascend to the throne. "

Chen Zhi always felt that he was an outsider, and it was difficult to dictate many things: "What about the demon pill? Are you sincere about taking out the demon pill?"

Cui Yan was silent for a while, and said, "I don't want to lie to you. I'm still hesitating, but when the time comes, I will take it out."

These words are much more reliable than Cui Yan's hundred-sentence guarantee.

Chen Zhi was very confident in his "must take" and felt that this guarantee was enough: "The top priority is to quickly defeat the King of Southwest!"

Cui Yan said: "When it's time for the real battle, can you take a breath of dragon energy for me?"

Chen Zhi observed his expression: "The evil spirit in the body has exploded again?"

Cui Yan said: "It's okay this time, but I know that it is preparing, and next time, it will definitely fight back with all its strength."

And it won't be too long next time, because the Southwest King's large army has already suppressed the border.

Although the first experience ended in failure, but once became the king of the dark cloud Shi Sui Zhiwei, he has fallen in love with this powerful self overlooking the common people, and he has been unable to recover from the excitement and stimulation for a long time.

Shan Bushe, who was in the car with him, still had a pale face that hadn't been red for thousands of years, silently in a daze.It's just that the emotions in the eyes are very complicated, there are shame and relief, but mixed with more excitement and relief that one's wish has been fulfilled.

The Southwest King spoke dryly, and finally couldn't help pulling the only audience present into the conversation: "Palace Master, can you teach me a counter-attack spell? Since I am a dark cloud, can I summon lightning to strike them? Or rainstorms and winds?"

Shan Bushe seemed to realize that there was a person sitting beside him at this moment, and his eyes slowly moved to his face.

The Southwest King was used to his lifeless eyes, but today he saw mood swings and couldn't help being curious: "Palace Master? What are you thinking?"

Shan Bushe said slowly: "I was thinking, since he has appeared, why do you need him?"

The Southwest King was stunned. Although he didn't understand his transformation and intention, he subconsciously rushed out to open the door.

Shan Bushe's cold and pale hand stretched out unhurriedly, grabbing his throat, and his five fingers slowly tightened.

The Southwest King's throat clucked, and he slammed on the wall of the car with both hands, making the last struggle: "You...no...you want...what...hehe..."

"I want you to die." Shan Bushe calmly cut off his neck, turned his head, and looked coldly at the guard who opened the car door with a dull expression.

"My lord?" The guards were shocked, waving their steel knives and were about to charge over, but the murderer had already turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.

The news of the killing of the Southwest King spread like wildfire, shaking both inside and outside the capital.

Some were happy, some were skeptical, but the fastest mover was Zhang Quan.He sent someone to send a letter to Cui Yan, vaguely saying that he wanted to avenge his elder brother, and rushed out of the city with the two thousand soldiers.

And a group of Cui Yan's cronies, headed by the Nian family and the Heijiabing military division, began to send messages to Chen Zhi, asking him to fulfill his promise.

In fact, they were anxious, and Chen Zhi was even more anxious.

The Southwest King died, Shan Bushe didn't know where to end, and a great battle disappeared inexplicably, as if God had really manifested himself.Now as long as Cui Yan takes out the demon pill and ascends the throne as the emperor, he will complete the task!

Since he was stabbed when he first met Cui Yan, this is the closest he has come to the dawn.

He was in good spirits every time he had a happy event, so he immediately agreed to the requests of those people, and issued an order to Qin Tianjian to find a sunny and auspicious day to get this done.The last emperor who is so happy is probably unprecedented, and there will be no one since.

A few veterans loyal to the Chen Dynasty wandered around the edge of life and death several times, under the ups and downs of their moods, they almost saw through the world of mortals, and they acquiesced in this matter.

With the preparations for the last emperor's abdication ceremony and the new emperor's succession ceremony, the capital finally regained its vitality, and the people who were like frightened birds gradually recovered their ability to talk and laugh.

Chen Zhi started to stroll on the street with nothing to do.

The days of staying in the world are numbered, and he wants to absorb more fireworks.Cui Yan was short of skills, so she had to tell him what she wanted every time he went out, and when he came back, no matter how busy she was, she would take time to enjoy the spoils brought back from the street with him no matter how busy she was.

On this day, he returned with a full load, and had just returned to the palace when he met Cui Jiao.

For this girl, Chen Zhi could only use four words to describe her - keep her at a respectful distance, tiptoe around, walked a few steps, and was called.She turned the wheelchair and looked for him blankly: "Your Majesty, can I have a chat with you?"

Chen Zhi declined: "I'm a little tired."

"Just for a while..." She put her hands together and begged piously.

Chen Zhi said: "Can you find some people to watch us chat?" He was afraid of her tricks.

She invited him to the breezy Fubiting where he and Nian Wuxia met in the middle of the night.The black armored soldier stared not far away.

Chen Zhi pushed the wheelchair to the westernmost side of the pavilion, and sat on the easternmost side, honestly keeping a safe distance to look at each other.

Cui Jiao said, "I'm very jealous of you. You know that?"

Chen Zhi talked about him from left to right: "In fact, Zhang Quan treats you well."

"But he was not good to his wife."

"I didn't expect you to fight for his wife."

"Because his wife is my future. When I'm old and beautiful, maybe I won't be as good as her. At least, she still has the title of regular wife."

Chen Zhi felt that as long as this girl didn't try to get too horny, she would be a delicate and transparent person.

Cui Jiao said, "But I'm not jealous of you now."

"why?"

"I thought you were very kind to my brother." Cui Jiao said, "If I were the emperor, I would definitely not give up the throne to others. If you are willing to give it up, you must like your brother very much. I am not as good as you."

Chen Zhi didn't know whether he should refute.

Cui Jiao said: "I have something to tell you, but whether you want to tell brother or not is up to you."

Chen Zhi said, "What's the matter?"

Cui Jiao said cautiously: "Zhang Quan actually hid [-] soldiers."

Chen Zhi felt a "thump" in his heart.

Cui Jiao bit her lower lip and said hesitantly: "He has always suspected that Brother Gao betrayed him and Brother Gao. I have already persuaded him, but he refused to listen. My brother took revenge."

Chen Zhi asked, "Why did you say it now?"

"He...he is my man after all." Cui Jiao smiled uglier than crying, "I, I am caught between them, and I don't know what to do. Let me tell you, if you really like brother, go Tell him." After she finished speaking, she pushed the wheelchair and prepared to walk back, but she moved in a hurry, and since she hit the railing, she almost jumped out.

Chen Zhi immediately rushed to help her.

She hugged him back, grabbed the scissors in her hand, and stabbed him into Chen Zhi's stomach.

As if she was afraid that he would not die, she pulled out the scissors and stabbed him hard again.

At the third stroke, Chen Zhi finally grabbed the hand holding the scissors.

Cui Jiao looked crazy: "I want you to die, I want you to die! Without you, my brother is mine, and he can only be mine."

The black armored soldiers had already rushed over and led the two away. Chen Zhi pushed away their hands that supported him, and asked Cui Jiao, "Is what you just said true?"

Cui Jiao said in surprise: "Why don't you die? Why don't you die?"

Chen Zhi sighed: "You can do it yourself."

As if realizing that he was going to walk away, she suddenly shouted frantically: "He abandoned me too! He abandoned me too! What right does he have to abandon me, Zhang Quan! Zhang Quan! I'm going to kill you! Did you hear that ?...Chen Yingke, come here, come here, let me tell you another secret. Come here.”

"Chen Yingke!"

……

Chen Zhi has already gone far.