Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Handle Is In
After that, Shen Fei once thought that Linghu Xuanzhou had accepted his fate, but he never imagined that the ferocious counterattack had just begun, and Linghu Xuanzhou didn't want to fight with Shen Fei openly, but secretly arranged for people to kill him. Before the Imperial army in charge of escorting him left the city, they were forcibly begged by the beggars. Bombing the city wall and other unexpected events, if it were not for the last moment to shout out the Chu evil, the army would definitely be unfavorable, and the fighting spirit would have been greatly damaged; finally arrived in Nantong, Linghu Hangzhou actually manipulated the kraken to attack the city from the sea, completely cutting off Shen Fei's idea of going to the imperial capital by sea; in desperation, he could only take the land route and set foot on the trade road, but he was ambushed again, or Shen Fei relied on his own strength to turn the tide, puncture the enemy's conspiracy, and save the lives of the soldiers. The journey to the imperial capital can be described as difficult, a lot of people died along the way, and finally walked half the way safely, and arrived at Shangqiu, the throat of the north-south transit, I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief, how do I know that the enemy's minions are everywhere, it turns out that Shangqiu City has already become the bag of Tongtian Sect, Shangqiu City Lord Tuoba Jun and Tongtian Sect disciples are in collusion, ready to join forces to trap Shen Fei and his party, so there is a scene of life and death at night. However, the ending was always good, Ling Hu Hangzhou died tragically, and the battle between the two ended with Shen Fei's final victory.
The third thing that happened at night was that the green python that originally belonged to Linghu Hanging Boat betrayed its original owner and switched to Shen Fei. The green python is a top demon beast that failed to turn into a dragon and dispersed the demon power, it is the same as Qixiao, now its strength is average but its potential is endless, it regards Shen Fei as a life-saving benefactor, and obeys his words, but it does not like each other with the most powerful cadre Qixiao around Shen Fei, and it is because of Shen Fei's majesty that he temporarily stops fighting. Objectively speaking, the green python is the largest and strongest attack among all the demon beasts that Shen Fei has subdued, its body length is more than three meters, its fangs are one foot, and it only needs a drop of venom to poison an elephant in a stick of incense in a time, and its whole body is densely covered with hard scale armor, the strength of the seven small alliances must be above it, but the strength of the single body is definitely not comparable to it.
The green python regards Shen Fei as a benefactor, so he obeys him, but he looks vicious, which is intimidating, and he is not easy to get close to, Nalan Ruoxue is a girl, and she hates these slimy and greasy creatures the most, and it is difficult to accept it for a while.
mentioned Nalan Ruoxue, she was blocked in the house by Chu Xie last night and didn't sleep all night. When Shen Fei first left, she didn't go out with her, and after a while, there was a commotion in the City Lord's Mansion, and she realized the seriousness of the problem, so she picked up her sword and walked out, but she couldn't get out because Chu Xie was blocking the way.
Chu Xie seems to be a fool on the surface, always looking indifferent, in fact, he is still quite righteous, and he will not talk about his righteousness, he probably knows Shen Fei's whereabouts, and can also understand Shen Fei's thoughts, he actually gave up his brave and ruthless heart, and took the initiative to return to protect Nalan Ruoxue, which has two advantages, one is to prevent the bad guys from sneaking up and Ruoxue from encountering accidents, and the other is to prevent her from going deep into danger and dividing Shen Fei's heart.
Ruoxue couldn't understand, and fought with Chu Xie, and the whole room was destroyed because of the outrageous behavior of the two, and it was miserable, upstairs and downstairs, and the owner of the shopkeeper was in distress. When they were all tired and lived in peace for a while, Ruoxue suddenly raised her hand and slapped Chu Xie, the fierce light in the latter's eyes flashed, but she still endured it, pressed her with a sword, and didn't let it go no matter what. They didn't sleep until early in the morning, when Shen Fei returned safely and soundly, Ruoxue happily threw herself into Shen Fei's arms, hugged him tightly, and never let go, while crying and hammering his chest, crying with joy.
Shen Fei looked at Chu Xie gratefully, only to find that the other party had already turned around and left. Chu Xie is not good at words, and he doesn't like to do some mother-in-law and mother-in-law things, Shen Fei came, he left, and he took the initiative to do what he saw in his eyes, but he didn't invite credit, and he didn't ask others to remember him, in a way, his character was actually quite high.
Tuoba Lie has been asleep, until noon did not wake up, in the process, Lan'er and Ting'er found the inn one after another, unlike before, they are no longer as close as sisters, Lan'er, who has always been full of affection for Ting'er, looked at each other with strange eyes, vaguely felt that there was something to say, but wanted to stop talking. What's even more unpredictable is that she seems to be deliberately staying away from Ting'er, this distance is close to fear, as if deliberately keeping a distance, Ting'er is the same as in the past, although she is a maid, she is a generous young lady, and she speaks and does things very calmly.
According to her: "Last night, Linghu Xuanzhou and Qianqian showed their hideous side at the same time, attacking each other, fighting, and ending in the victory of Linghu Xuanzhou, she and Lan'er both took advantage of the time when the two were fighting to escape, because the road was dark at night, and they were afraid of meeting bad people again, so they acted separately, and she hid in the firewood room by herself, and did not escape until the sun rose." ”
Shen Fei asked Lan'er if this was the case, Lan'er's eyes flickered, and she replied hesitantly, "Yes." ”
Shen Fei frowned, knowing that she was lying, but he didn't pursue it.
Tuoba Lie didn't wake up until noon, Shen Fei told him everything that happened during the night, Tuoba Lie said, "I was worried about Shen Fei in my heart, and I already had the intention of leaving at night, I had already left the hall where Tuoba Jun was entertained, and walked through the first gate, but he caught up again, and somehow lost consciousness, and it was noon when I woke up again." ”
Shen Fei knew that Tuoba Lie had lost consciousness, either because he had been drugged, or because he had something to do with the demon beast that Tuoba Jun fused with, and immediately framed Tuoba Jun and Tongtian Sect Antong Qu to frame them, causing the fox to hang the boat tragically under the sword, Tuoba Lie listened to it, sighed deeply, and asked: "Shen Daozun, where is the body of Chief Yue now?" ”
Shen Fei replied: "Chief Manager Yue is loyal and worthy of respect, His Highness has just woken up, take a break and eat something, and wait until his spirit is better before going to worship." ”
Tuoba Lie looked worried, and said, "That's what I said, but where can this king eat?" Now, the father ordered the king to escort all the key criminals to die without a body, the closest person to the father, the king's uncle, as a member of the Tongtian Sect, must have formed a bond with the king, and so many officers and soldiers died last night, and the front is the imperial capital, but how can I give the father and the emperor his old man. Tuoba Lie's words changed sharply, and he expressed the worry in his heart, in fact, as early as when Shen Fei told him what happened last night, his expression became more and more ugly, but he was afraid that he was already worried, but he only worried about Shen Fei's face, so he said it tactfully from a different angle. He said it right, the death of Linghu Hanging Boat seems to be a good thing, but in fact, it has pushed them into a desperate situation, everyone knows the truth that the holy order cannot be disobeyed, and now the two suspects are dead, His Majesty the Emperor has no way to deal with it, and he has offended His Majesty's most trusted brother, Tuoba Lie's imperial uncle Tuoba Jun, can be said to add fuel to the fire, if the imperial uncle he takes advantage of this incident to make some slanderous rumors to His Majesty the Emperor, it will be very unfavorable to his own side.
Shen Fei's face remained unchanged, he had already expected what His Royal Highness the Prince was thinking, and he had already thought of a solution, he retreated Ruoxue and walked to the window to push open a crack, watching the people of Shangqiu City in the daytime, it was very lively, and said: "Your Highness's worries are superfluous, the back road has already been thought out, Your Highness doesn't need to worry?"
"Dao Venerable, can you say it explicitly?" Tuoba Lie obviously didn't believe Shen Fei's words.
Shen Fei turned around, looked at him like a torch, and said, "The crux of the matter is whether last night's incident was a series of tragedies caused by the outrageous Tongtian Sect, the culprit's accomplice, who had the heinous crime to attack the defense fortress of the human kingdom in order to rescue his partner, wantonly slaughtered people's lives, and took the opportunity to burn and loot, or whether it was a series of tragedies caused by the escape of the prisoners due to the disadvantage of the prisoners' guards.
If it is the former, then His Majesty will definitely be angry with the Tongtian Sect, and reward His Highness and the City Lord heavily, and reward the two heroes of the human kingdom who have made meritorious contributions to the city and resisted the invasion of the cult with a small number of manpower;
And what His Majesty the Emperor will decide will do depends entirely on the upward report of your Imperial Uncle Tuoba Jun. Last night's incident happened in Tuoba Jun's mansion, and the scope of the impact did not affect the ordinary people in the city, there is a clear boundary, and the truth is only known to Tuoba Jun and his cronies, and Tuoba Jun is a person valued and close to your father, and his words carry much more weight than Your Highness. The combination of these two reasons determines that Tuoba Jun's upward proclamation will have a fatal impact on your Emperor's opinion on this matter, and determines whether Your Highness has made a great contribution or made a great mistake in this matter. ”
"What Shen Daozun said is extremely true, but since Uncle Huang is a member of the Tongtian Sect, and now this king is also making enemies of his sect, in other words, he is an enemy of him in disguise, so according to common sense, Uncle Huang will inevitably report unfavorable to this king. ”
"No, he won't. Shen Fei closed the window with a "snap" and replied categorically.
"Why!" Tuoba Jun wondered.
"Because that old boy has an important handle in my hand. The corners of Shen Fei's mouth hooked up a grim smile.
If you want to control one, you must first grasp his weakness, Sister Tiger's weakness is Little White Face, Linghu Hangzhou's weakness is Sister Tiger, what about Tuoba Jun, what is his weakness?
- Fame and fortune!
Anything that can shake his reputation is a lethal means that can threaten him. Tuoba Jun is different from Linghu Hangzhou, Linghu Hangzhou fights the country empty-handed, there is no background to speak of, in order to go up, he can only do whatever it takes, regardless of the cost, and the outside world's evaluation of him will inevitably not be too good; Tuoba Jun is different, born in the royal family, while enjoying endless wealth and power, he is a person born with a golden spoon, in this case, he will value his reputation and His Majesty the Emperor's trust in him more than anything else.
Tuoba Jun can't allow his reputation to be destroyed, so he can only trade with the Tongtian Sect in private, and can only liberate Linghu Xuanzhou in extreme secrecy at night, therefore, if he wants to control him for his own use, he only needs fatal evidence that can damage his reputation, and Shen Fei's side just has one, which can be described as a providential arrangement.
Tuoba Jun and Tongtian Sect secretly communicate with each other, embarrassed, it was originally a thing that could not be traced, but he fused with demon beasts in order to seek immortality, but it was a certainty, simple and recognizable, Shen Fei took a look, and found that he was very different from people, and he kept it in mind.
However, Shen Fei didn't tell Tuoba Lie Ming about this matter, he just said that the other party has a very important handle in his hands, as long as this handle is there, Tuoba Jun will definitely obediently obey, let him do whatever he wants, let him go east, never dare to go west, that's it.
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Finally stabilized His Royal Highness the Prince, Shen Fei sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion that night, kicking open the door of Bajun's house as if he were in a no-man's land.
He said to Tuoba Jun: "There are two paths for you to choose, either you will make the incident in Shangqiu City a bold and reckless surprise attack by the Tongtian Sect, stand on the same front with the Lie Emperor, fiercely criticize the behavior of the Tongtian Sect, and be a hero who has meritorious service in protecting the city, or the matter of becoming one with the demon beast will be shaken out and become the scum of the imperial family, and be nailed to the pillar of shame in history." The choice is yours. ”
Tuoba Jun chose the former without much hesitation, and even took out a letter that was highly consistent with Shen Fei's expected content from under the pillow and handed it to Shen Fei to see, reassuring him that the two of them actually had the same idea. After that, it was even more stated that the food and water sources needed for the thousand-man army had been prepared, and they would be able to leave the city early tomorrow morning to curry favor with Shen Fei.
"It's really interesting!" Shen Fei smiled. Compared with Linghu Hanging Boat, these life-sparing royal family members are much easier to deal with.
Cherishing life is a significant feature of the dignitaries born with a golden soup spoon, they are intertwined on weekdays, and they treat the subordinates around them like dogs as much as they want, but once they encounter the existence that can really threaten their lives, they immediately admit it, and the six relatives do not admit it, and you will do whatever you ask him to do. They only have the word pleasure in their eyes, and in order to fully enjoy happiness, they need to live long enough, and they do not hesitate to make a deal with the devil for this. Tuoba Jun is no longer a human being, he has completed the fusion with demon beasts like Linghu Hangzhou, and has a lifespan beyond the reach of mortals, but he is no longer a human being. In order to enjoy eternal wealth and live for a long time, Shen Fei couldn't even imagine that a few years later, when his own sons were old and couldn't walk, he was still living and enjoying himself, how he would be treated, what kind of scene would it be, and whether his demonized body would be discovered. In any case, at that time, the sons who will never inherit the throne will definitely regard him as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh.
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