Chapter 582: No Negotiation
On the way to the study, Zhuge Chen carefully avoided the people walking on the path to avoid colliding with them. The people who pass by are either rich or noble, or they are also people with status in the imperial capital. Either in a city outside the imperial capital, the sect master who covers the sky with one hand or a big family family. It's ridiculous to say, you can see the arrogance in their bones from a distance, and they can't wait for everyone to write the word superior on their faces. This is also in the Prime Minister's Mansion, they have to lower their status a little, after all, the owner of this place is now one of the most powerful people in Yunmeng. Otherwise, I'm afraid that I will turn into a robber and take whatever I see. Since coming to this world, Zhuge Chen has been very clear about these things.
He wasn't interested in chatting with these people, so he wanted to knock on the door of the study directly, but he was stopped by a passerby: "This son, do you know that not everyone can enter this place?"
Zhuge Chen turned his head and glanced at the other party, but did not speak. Judging by the appearance and clothing of that person, he should not be a subordinate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, then he can only be a nosy child of a family or a court official who wants to climb the Prime Minister's high branches. The other party reminded him, but he still can't say that he has good intentions. Maybe he was someone who thought he was in the prime minister's mansion and wanted to come forward and talk about it, but if that was the case, then the words would be a bit clumsy.
The man waited for a while, but he couldn't wait for Zhuge Chen to answer him, so he was a little impatient. It's just that it didn't show it on his face, he just thought about it in his heart. However, as a mortal, his state of mind is naturally difficult to escape Zhuge Chen's surveillance. But he thought he was hiding it brilliantly, so he continued: "Since you don't know, let me tell you! After all, if you really disturb the big people inside, you probably won't even know how he died." So you don't thank me much?"
Zhuge Chen didn't know if it was okay or not, just waited for the following.
"This study is only accessible to the Prime Minister and those who have been invited by the Prime Minister. In the entire imperial capital, I am afraid that there are few people who can have such treatment. These people are not the most sinful you can be at a young age, and if you want to go inside to see what is going on because of curiosity, I advise you to die as soon as possible. Nothing is as important as our lives. Who can guarantee that in a few decades, the person in the study will not be you?" The man pretended to stare at Zhuge Chen exaggeratedly and said: "So I stepped forward to stop you, in the imperial capital, the word family represents far less than outside the imperial capital." On the premise of a big discount, it has to be said that it will fall a few more points to be more appropriate. ”
It seems that this person really didn't want to be close, but really out of kindness, but Zhuge Chen misunderstood the other party. It's just that the words are full of ridicule, if it weren't for Zhuge Chen's lack of interest in dealing with him, but in exchange for a second ancestor, I'm afraid the two would have crumpled up and rolled down the steps.
"Thank you for the reminder, but I was invited by the Prime Minister. Zhuge Chen said this and knocked on the door of the study.
I only heard a voice from inside, and after Zhuge Chen stepped in. Only the man was left looking at the back of the white cloth, stunned. How could he have thought that he was talking to a sword immortal who could slash a cultivator of the Dao realm, and also teach the other party to do things. But fortunately, he was kept in the dark, and if it was spread, he would probably not be able to raise his head in shame.
After Zhuge Chen walked into the study, the attendants standing at the door closed the door, and one of them led Zhuge Chen backwards. What the other party said along the way, Zhuge Chen didn't pay attention to it at all. It's not that he hasn't seen the prime minister, he still has the life of one of them in his hands, how to talk and get along, he has his own way, and he doesn't need others to interfere.
After the attendants retreated, Zhuge Chen raised his head and saw a man with gray hair standing at a long table. Mortals can't observe the qi, but with Zhuge Chen's means, it is still very easy to see that the other party's age is actually only forty-seven or eighteen, and he has not even passed half a hundred. Presumably, the gray hair should be caused by half a lifetime of hard work. At this moment, the prime minister's pen is like a sword, and the brush in his hand is like a sword, which is unstoppable, and when he clapped his palm to signal that it was done, Zhuge Chen noticed what was drawn on the rice paper.
A green dragon surrounds a man in white. The man holds the plum blossom in his hand, and the plum blossom is pale pink, which complements the gurgling stream at his feet. At first glance, I can't say that it is good, it is just average. Even compared to the so-called Danqing Holy Hand in the market, it is far inferior.
Zhuge Chen stepped forward and said, "The prime minister's painting does have a sense of meaning. Although there is no high mountain, there is flowing water, and one of the two has thousands of intentions, which is really rare. ”
The prime minister ordered his subordinates to serve tea, and then jokingly said, "As a sword immortal, can you also say that against your heart?"
"That's the scoring situation, but against your heart, you really have to say it. Everything is true, how can I have friends? The prime minister must know what I mean. Zhuge Chen took the teacup, did not drink it, but placed it in the corner of the table, and then sat on the chair that seemed to be prepared for him. Leaning back, he continued: "The most important thing is that I don't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I only know how to dance and play with swords. More critical ...... Who doesn't like to be touted?"
Speaking to the prime minister, Zhuge Chen was not guarded. It is best to be able to escape from the city lord and Yang Qianqiu while the two are talking, but there is little hope. However, there is also Wan Yan Qingqian as a guarantee, if he can't even do this little thing well, the transaction involving the ownership of the dragon chair is better broken. Even if a prince like Wan Yanwu is allowed to come to power, it is thousands of times better than a waste being reduced to a puppet emperor. After all, Zhuge Chen is not interested in paying attention to the rise and fall of Yunmeng, and after returning to the heavens, Dayan Dashang still has something worthy of his nostalgia. As for this place, it is just a place where he once traveled far away, could it be that he can still linger and forget to return? Except, of course, Gangyang City. It is also ironic to say that if Gangyang City can successfully survive this crisis, then it will really be inseparable from the entire Yunmeng royal family. And more importantly, this relationship will not be easily broken by both parties. The city lord will not hesitate to offend the royal family in order to vent the anger in his heart, so that the two sides will not die at all. The Yunmeng royal family would not send people to rush into Gangyang City and slaughter the city lord's family. It will only use some small means to divide the upper and lower personnel of the City Lord's Mansion and take away the "people" from the City Lord.
This is the general trend that the city lord has created for himself with more than 20 years of painstaking management, in the face of the general trend, let alone the Yunmeng royal family, even those four immortals, can not do as they like. Therefore, the sentence above the Heavenly Dao is the general trend, and what he said is not false at all.
After hearing this, the prime minister couldn't help but smile slightly, he looked at Zhuge Chen, put away the rice paper, and then said: "Since the sword immortal is such a person, then I will get straight to the point." What are you here for? And at such a sensitive time. ”
"What does the prime minister want to hear?" Zhuge Chen asked rhetorically.
The two people in the study are both smart people. One is the former white-clothed god king, and he is a sword cultivator with more than a little bit of his own realm at a high level of killing, and no one believes that there are tens of millions in his heart. And the other is the hottest figure in Yunmeng today, the prime minister. After taking office, the previous prime minister suppressed the party and his henchmen, and it seems that there is also the participation of the royal family.
Therefore, if there is something in the same words, it is intriguing.
It's just that even if the prime minister is the prime minister, he is just a mortal after all. Even if Zhuge Chen stood up at this time and slashed the other party with a sword qi, as long as he left immediately, he would still be able to escape from the net laid by the Yunmeng royal family. It's just that in this case, the city lord and Yang Qianqiu will have no way to rescue them.
And the prime minister calculated this correctly, so he invited Zhuge Chen to this study. And he can be sure that in order to prevent this matter from being known by others, Bai Yi will definitely let his sword qi wander in the study, looking at the entire imperial capital, and the only person who can know that the two people in the study are talking in this situation is the unfathomable master of Fuxiang Academy.
"Whether you listen or not, what you listen to, in fact, is secondary. The prime minister took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and said lightly: "The main thing is to make a deal with the Sword Immortal, and this deal is about the city lord of Gangyang City and his only son Yang Qianqiu." ”
In fact, as early as when he learned that Zhuge Chen had entered this imperial capital, he was still a little puzzled, but when he learned about the relationship between Bai Yi and the city lord's mansion of Gangyang City from the mouth of the monarch and ministers, the context became clear. A few days ago, the city lord of Gangyang City and his only son entered the imperial capital, and then they were imprisoned by the royal family, and he knew it well. It just so happened that after this, a sword immortal came to the imperial capital, could it be for the other party? If you want to say no, the prime minister who is best at grasping the word "favor" is completely unbelievable.
Zhuge Chen narrowed his eyes, knowing that he had met a ruthless character this time. Because of the existence of Wanyan Qingqiu, he was not so worried that he would not be able to rescue the city lord and Yang Qianqiu. That's why he was more interested in the deal he was talking about, and if it was really mutually beneficial, he would naturally not refuse: "Then please tell the prime minister what the so-called deal is?" But if the prime minister wants to use my friend's safety as a bargaining chip, my sword will pierce your chest in the next moment. Only on this point, there is no negotiation!"
The prime minister smiled, but was not annoyed: "This is natural. ”