Volume 1: The Supreme Mandate of Heaven Chapter 4: Vertical and Horizontal (I)
Cut a piece of jade pendant at the end of the good end, and then two people each take half of it, what does this kind of thing represent, so do you need to say more? It's just that Chen Sheng never thought that such a bloody thing would happen to him.
The second prince gently stroked the jade pendant placed in his palm, and his tone was filled with strong nostalgia and emotion. "Thirty years ago. Led by Yan, the five countries jointly attacked our Great Qi, resulting in the fall of Linzi. In desperation, my father had no choice but to take us out of the city overnight and take refuge elsewhere. At that time, the army was in chaos, and the danger could be imagined, if it weren't for Uncle Tian Guang, my father's cousin and the commander of the guards, who sacrificed his life many times to save him, our family would have died long ago.
Later, when the state of Qi was restored, his father originally wanted Uncle Tian Guang to come back to serve as a general. However, Uncle Tian Guang was seriously injured in the chaotic battle, so that he was crippled for life, so he insisted on refusing to serve as a general and insisted on retiring to the mountains and forests. My father kept him many times, but to no avail. In desperation, he had no choice but to split the jade pendant he was wearing, and handed over half of it to Uncle Tian Guang as a token of recognition after rì. ”
The second prince sighed heavily for the third time, folded his five fingers, held the two pieces of jade pendant tightly in his hand, raised his head to stare at Chen Sheng, and said in an affirmative tone: "Uncle Tian Guang was the best to me back then. So later, my father gave me this half of the jade pendant. But after 30 years of separation, Uncle Tian Guang has never heard back. Alas~~ I thought that in this life and this life, I would not zaijian the other half of the jade pendant. I didn't expect ...... You can't go wrong. Brother, you are the descendant of Uncle Tian Guang! ”
Without waiting for Chen Sheng to agree or not, the second prince looked up to the sky and roared, sighing: "God is pitiful, after thirty years of farewell, I finally met Uncle Tian Guang's descendants." Without saying anything, he rushed up and opened his arms and hugged Chen Sheng's shoulders hard. said in a trembling voice: "I, the ancestor of Tian Qi, was originally the prince of Chen Guo. Later, because of Chen's civil strife, he left the country and defected to the Qi country. Because Chen and Tian have the same sound, they have since changed their surname to Tian. Brother Chen, we were originally a family. ”
Chen and Tian are of the same origin, of course Chen Sheng knows this allusion. However, although the surname Chen and the surname Tian in the Warring States Period can still be called the same family, it is difficult to say how much the surname Tian and the surname Chen can have in the 21st century. Moreover, Chen Sheng himself has nothing to do with that Tian Guang at all. Therefore, the second prince's excitement was all a joke in Chen Sheng's opinion.
In fact, Chen Sheng has already understood. In any case, "Xun Qin Ji" is only the first task shijie after joining the "Infinite God Domain", and he is still only a candidate competitor. But the trial task was to destroy the alliance of the six countries and kill Pang Xuan, the minister of Zhao. Objectively speaking, the task is obviously too difficult for newcomers.
Therefore, the Infinite God Domain must give some degree of compensation in some way, reducing the difficulty of the task to a level that is likely to be completed by the competitor. And giving this jade pendant is, undoubtedly, the most effective means to reduce the difficulty of the task. In fact, eight or nine times out of ten, there has never been a person named Tian Guang in the world. It's all just an illusion.
Who is Chen Sheng? Was it in the battle of "Forbidden City" that defeated MR? God, the strong man who has seized the title of invincible in the world. Since he is a strong man, no matter what difficult problems he faces, he is confident that he can solve them by himself. As for the act of pretending to be a descendant of a person in order to obtain help...... Hey, Chen himself has his own parents, so is there a reason to recognize others as his father? As a martial artist, and even more invincible martial artist in the world, Chen Sheng naturally has an arrogance in his chest, and he will never allow himself to do such a boring thing.
Stretching out his hand, Chen Sheng pushed the second prince away, and said in a deep voice: "You ......" Just spit out a word, he suddenly saw the second prince wink hard at him, making a gesture with his hand, signaling Chen Sheng not to speak, and the expression between his eyebrows looked very eager.
Chen Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then understood. There should be another inside story here, and what the second prince said about Tian Guang just now, he himself may not take it seriously. But in this way, it aroused Chen Sheng's interest even more. He also wondered what was going on here. And as long as he doesn't have to recognize an inexplicable fictional character as his father, Chen Sheng doesn't mind dealing with the second prince.
Seeing that Chen Sheng accepted his request and stopped talking, the second prince immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to look at Tian Bang and said with a smile: "Brother Tian Bang, how your brother has always behaved in Linzi, this prince has also heard about it. What's more, as a disciple of the Sword Saint, how could Brother Dongshan be so easy to kill? Haha, this prince never believes it. He clearly died of the plague suddenly, and everyone here is a witness. If you want to spew blood, that's not going to work. That's it, this prince is magnanimous, and he doesn't care about you. Tian Gongzi, please take care of yourself. I'm going to take Brother Chen back to see my father. Please. ”
After saying two sentences, without waiting for the other party to answer, the second prince pulled Chen Sheng straight into the carriage. The groom shouted "driving~", raised his whip and shook a whip flower, and drove away. From beginning to end, it didn't matter whether Tian Bang accepted the term "plague" or not. Tian Bang was so angry that he was nameless and became angry for three thousand zhang, but he was helpless after all, so he had to endure this breath for the time being, and wait for rì to have a chance to retaliate again.
Sitting in the carriage and lowering the curtain, Chen Sheng and the second prince sat opposite each other. This invincible martial arts master in the world, the weight of the coercion on his body is by no means something that ordinary people can bear. What's more, in a square inch of place, there is not even the slightest room for maneuver, and the pressure felt by the second prince is even greater. He twisted his body from side to side uneasily, and said with a dry smile: "Brother Chen, you ......"
Chen Sheng said coldly: "I'm not your brother. Which Tian Guang has nothing to do with me. Don't misidentify relatives. ”
The second prince's face stiffened, and he forced a smile: "Yes, yes, Xiao Wang knows." In fact, although Tian Guang really has his own person, he once injured his kidneys, so there is no possibility of descendants. Just now, Xiao Wang just said casually, just deceiving Tian Bang. That jade pendant is the identity certificate of the Black Ice Platform of the Qin State. Zunjia should be the envoy sent by the prince of Qin, right? ”
Chen Sheng's identity in this shijie is indeed the secret envoy of the Black Ice Terrace of the Qin State. However, although Qin and Qi are not hostile at present, they are by no means friendly allies. In particular, Chen Sheng had to carry out the task of assassinating the envoy of Zhao State, and it was inferred from common sense that this move was also a taboo for the monarchs and ministers of Qi State, and it was even more important not to leak the rumors. Otherwise, the difficulty of the task will increase by at least ten times, which will be very troublesome.
Chen Sheng doesn't like trouble. Therefore, the best way to solve this problem is to prevent it from happening. To put it bluntly, there are only four words: kill people and kill mouths!
Regarding the identity of the second prince of the other party's Qi Kingdom, Chen Sheng had no scruples at all. At the moment of lightning, his eyes suddenly widened, blooming with a terrifying light and a fierce murderous aura. Before the other party could react, his right hand reached out like lightning, impartially, and happened to pinch the neck of the second prince. The body rushed forward at the same time, restraining the opponent's limbs, hands and feet, and completely stifling all possibilities of resistance. But in an instant, the second prince had completely turned into fish meat on the chopping board. You can only be slaughtered!
The most real death threat came suddenly without warning, and the second prince, who had been pampered since childhood, was frightened on the spot. Not to mention resisting, he can barely control it without incontinence, which is already quite remarkable. He could clearly feel that the five fingers that were pinching his neck were like iron tongs, rapidly tightening. Every time he tightened it up, the air in his chest was squeezed out of his chest by one more point, and he was one step closer to the ghost gate.
At the moment of life and death, the survival instinct is completely stimulated. The second prince even took out the strength to eat nǎi, and struggled desperately to speak. As much as he could, he finally squeezed out a sentence from his throat that Chen Sheng couldn't turn a blind eye to: "Yingzheng is my ally!" ”
Chen Sheng was stunned, and the movement of his fingers immediately stopped, but he didn't let go. He whispered, "What did you say? Ying Zheng is your ally? ”
The second prince nodded desperately as if he had been pardoned. Chen Sheng frowned, his claws loosened slightly, and he ordered in a deep voice, "Make it clear." ”
The second prince said quickly in a trembling voice: "The prince of the Qin State and I have a secret agreement. He will do everything in his power to help me become the crown prince. After I ascended the throne as the king of Qi, Qin and Qi became allies of each other, and they sent troops from the east and west to divide the three Jin and Chu and Yan respectively, and divide the world equally.
This time, the envoy of the Zhao State came over and wanted to win over our Qi State to join the United Column, but my father and I were both against it. But it was inconvenient to make his attitude public, so he had sent someone to send a letter to the Qin State and ask the prince to help. The prince replied that he had sent someone into the State of Qi to assassinate the envoy of the State of Zhao, and used half a jade pendant as a proof. The secret makes you ...... Don't you know? Later, there was a strange meaning in his tone.
Chen Sheng is a man of the 21st century and knows history well. However, even if you don't know history, as long as you have a little political common sense, you should understand the truth that "one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers." How can you believe such nonsense as dividing the world equally? Of course, that is a matter of the future, and probably the second prince can't think of that long-term. However, inviting other countries to send assassins to their own country and assassinate ambassadors who also came to their own country for diplomatic activities is so strange that people are speechless about this kind of behavior.
However, Chen Sheng is not a citizen of Qi State, and there is no need for Chen Sheng to worry about whether the second prince's behavior is strange or not. Moreover, his current identity is the secret envoy of the Qin State's spy agency Black Ice Terrace. The more strange these two princes are, the more conducive it is to Chen Sheng to complete the task.