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"afraid?"

Zhang Chu glanced at Zhu Wusi and said with a hint of indifference, "Why should I be afraid?"

"Just because you are a marquis and I am a country bumpkin, should I be afraid?"

"Or is it because the Marquis has practiced the Qi-absorbing technique?"

"Shh!"

After hearing what Zhang Chu said, Zhu Wusi, the Iron Dan God, moved and appeared in front of Zhang Chu, and his hand fell directly towards Zhang Chu.

The biggest secret in his heart was revealed, and Zhu Wusi's first thought was to kill the person to silence him.

Zhang Chu also stretched out his extremely pale palm and faced Zhu Wusi.

"Boom!"

When they fought, they were evenly matched.

Of course, this evenly matched situation was in Zhu Wusi's opinion: the man in front of him could actually match him in anger with just his physical strength, and they were equally matched.

However, he didn't use his full strength.

"Whoo~"

In the study, if the fighting noise was too loud, it might cause unnecessary trouble, so Zhu Wusi directly used the energy-absorbing technique.

A suction force directly flowed along Zhu Wusi's palm and enveloped Zhang Chu.

However, he did not absorb any internal force from Zhang Chu's body. Instead, an extremely cold and gloomy force followed the suction force and directly entered his body.

Feeling the corpse qi being sucked away, a hint of surprise flashed in the corner of Zhang Chu's eyes.

He really didn't expect that the energy-absorbing technique could actually absorb the corpse qi and death qi coming from his body.

As he continued to absorb, Zhu Wusi quickly disconnected and finished his practice.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to absorb it, but that he can’t absorb it.

At this moment, streaks of frost appeared on his body. Not only that, even his limbs became stiff.

"What kind of martial arts is this?"

Zhu Wusi looked at Zhang Chu with a serious expression. Obviously, after a brief fight, he already thought that Zhang Chu was qualified to have an equal dialogue with him.

"hehe!"

Zhang Chu had no intention of replying to him, but instead continued with the words he had not finished saying before, "My Lord, you are too anxious!"

"I haven't finished what I'm saying yet!"

"Can I finish what I want to say now?"

"Pfft~"

During the conversation, an extremely cold aura was directly expelled from Zhu Wusi's body, fell to the ground, and actually formed a thin layer of ice.

"Master, please speak!"

After expelling the cold air, Zhu Wusi breathed a sigh of relief and spoke slowly.

"I came here to seek cooperation from you, Lord Marquis!"

Zhang Chu finally said what he hadn't finished saying.

"cooperate?"

Zhu Wusi looked at Zhang Chu in confusion. He didn't understand why Zhang Chu said that.

"Exactly!"

Zhang Chu gave a direct affirmative answer, "I know a thing or two about what the Marquis wants."

"I can help you achieve your dream, and you just need to give me some reward!"

"Oh?"

Zhu Wusi's expression was somewhat unpredictable, "Then what do I want?"

"And what does the Taoist priest want?"

"The Marquis wants only two things: one is to save a woman, and the other is to take back what he thinks is his due."

Save a woman and take back what you think is yours.

It was not until this moment that Zhu Wusi became completely serious, with some disbelief in his eyes.

As long as someone is determined and has a certain amount of power, he can naturally find out about saving a woman.

But taking back what you deserve?

Zhu Wusi thought that he had done this in a very secretive manner. How did the Taoist priest in front of him know about it?
After hesitating for a while, Zhu Wusi slowly asked, "Then I wonder what ability you have to help me get what I want?"

He did not deny the meaning of Zhang Chu's words.

The idea of ​​rebellion is never something that can be spoken lightly.

Anyway, it’s enough for both of them to know what each other means.

In fact, sometimes playing charades can be very interesting.

"Let's not talk about the cardamom first,"

Zhang Chu looked at Zhu Wusi's calm appearance and nodded. He was indeed a great hero. "Let's talk first."

"Master, do you know where Tianxiang Doukou is?"

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Wusi interrupted Zhang Chu and looked at him anxiously.

"I don't know!"

Zhang Chu simply shook his head. He really didn’t know where the Tianxiang Doukou was. He had just heard of such a thing.

The plot happened too long ago, so he only had some impressions of some of it, but he had almost forgotten the specific things.

At the same time, looking at the anxious Tiedan Shenhou, Zhang Chu suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were still a bit naive.

An emperor, an emperor with the qualities of a wise ruler throughout history, can control his desires very well.

In other words, the emperor's greatest desire is to leave his name in history, rather than to be caught up in love affairs.

However, Zhu Wusi in front of him revealed his biggest flaw, which was his excessive obsession with love.

Instead of pursuing a good career, he is pursuing love. All his martial arts skills are wasted.

"It's me, Marquis Meng Lang!"

Zhu Wusi was a very capable person, so naturally he noticed the flash of disappointment on Zhang Chu's face.

Although he didn't know where the disappointment in Zhang Chu's eyes came from, he felt a little frightened, as if if the Taoist in front of him left, he would miss a great opportunity.

This feeling was exactly the same as the feeling he had when he acquired the power-absorbing technique, so he did not dare to be negligent.

"Love affairs have become a stumbling block for you!"

Zhang Chu glanced at Zhu Wusi and suddenly felt bored. "If there is no change, you can't save a woman, even what you want in your heart will be impossible to achieve."

"Please enlighten me, Taoist Priest!"

At this moment, Zhu Wusi acted as if asking for advice.

"if,"

Zhang Chu looked at Zhu Wusi in front of him and said, "What I mean is, if you can achieve the second goal first, then with the righteousness and reputation, wouldn't the matter of Tianxiang Doukou be easy?"

"Do you think that the power you can mobilize now is greater than the power you can mobilize after you take that position?"

Zhu Wusi was suddenly speechless.

That’s right, he is now in control of the Huolong Villa and has a lot of spies at his disposal, but he also has a lot of enemies!
If he were to sit in that position, with all the power in the world at his disposal, and everything decided with just a word, wouldn't a mere cardamom be easily within his grasp?

Looking at Zhu Wusi who was lost in thought, Zhang Chu didn't know whether he had listened to what he said, but he finally understood why time travelers had to follow the protagonist.

It’s not because the protagonist has the right time and place, but because the protagonist always makes the right choice at important moments. The villain, especially the big villain, even if he has a lot of resources in his hands, and even once occupied the right time and place, but he did not make the right choice and naturally ended up in failure.

And now, if Zhu Wusi cannot make the right choice, it will be difficult for him to keep that position even with Zhang Chu's help.

"Master, you are right!"

Zhu Wusi looked at the blind Taoist priest in front of him and spoke very seriously.

"besides,"

Zhang Chu glanced at Zhu Wusi, who seemed to accept his advice, and asked, "Do you have any children?"

"Heir?"

Zhu Wusi looked at Zhang Chu in confusion. Why did he suddenly ask about offspring?
Zhu Wusi was a very infatuated man and had no children at all.

I think this is why the current emperor let him take control of Hulong Villa.

For a power, having no offspring means having no inheritance.

Zhang Chu sighed softly, "How old are you?"

"No offspring yet?"

"Then what reasons do you have to convince those who follow you to do great things together?"

"Don't you read history books?"

Zhu Wusi was suddenly speechless. What does not having offspring have to do with joining forces with others to accomplish great things?

"Do you know Jingtai?"

Looking at Zhu Wusi who was extremely confused in front of him, Zhang Chu continued.

"Of course I do!"

"So you also know about the change of the gate?"

"Know!"

Although this world does have martial arts, many historical threads have basically not changed much.

The coup d'état naturally happened.

"Then do you know why the coup happened?"

Zhu Wusi was also a very smart man. When he thought of Zhang Chu asking about his offspring, he suddenly reacted.

"You mean Jingtai has no offspring?"

"If he had a son, how could the coup have succeeded?"

Zhang Chu said lightly, "It is precisely because he has no offspring and his health is not good that when he dies, it will not be his son who will succeed him!"

"If he's not his son, his affairs after death are uncertain!"

Zhu Wusi reacted immediately.

The events of the Jingtai period were not too long ago. Strictly speaking, Zhu Wusi was the beneficiary of the coup.

Wasn't it because the crown prince at the time was not Jingtai's biological son, but the biological son who was imprisoned in the Nan Palace that the coup was successful?

Who of the people in Nan Palace are being imprisoned by these ministers now? Won’t they be resentful when the crown prince ascends the throne?

Since Jingtai had no children, the opportunity to follow the emperor was very tempting.

"having said so much,"

Zhang Chu looked at Zhu Wusi in front of him and said, "Your biggest flaw now is that you have no offspring!"

"No offspring means no future!"

"Why should people put their heads on their belts and follow you?"

"Are you going to wait until a hundred years later, and then be attacked and retaliated against?"

Zhu Wusi suddenly fell silent.

He is a very smart man. After Zhang Chu's guidance, how could he not see what would happen next?
"That's totally fine by me. We'll talk about it after we rescue Su Xin!"

However, Zhu Wusi still wanted to struggle.

"So how old are you?"

Zhang Chu directly counterattacked, "Don't you know the disadvantages of the master?"

This is ancient times. Even if Zhu Wusi is very powerful, what can he do?
After encountering some serious illness, do we still have to wait for death?

By then, what would it matter if he left behind a two-year-old son to succeed to the throne?
Zhu Wusi was silent. Before, his reason was clouded by love affairs. Now, following Zhang Chu's narration, he understood why the generals on the border ignored him.

"besides,"

Zhang Chu looked at Zhu Wusi as if he remembered something, "I don't need to think about it to know that you must have hooked up with some generals!"

"We even have some evidence of their corruption and abuse of power!"

"You want to force them to stand with you!"

"But have you ever thought about it?"

"That evidence is useless!"

"How could it be useless?"

Zhu Wusi couldn't help but retort, "That's a crime punishable by death!"

"Who beheaded him?"

"Your Majesty!"

"Which is more serious, corruption or rebellion?"

"If those generals had confessed directly to the emperor, what would you have chosen if you were the emperor?"

Zhu Wusi fell silent again. If he were the emperor, he would definitely pardon those generals immediately and then let them turn against him.

I think those generals would be quite willing to fight back.

So what if Zhu Wusi’s martial arts were so powerful?
Even under the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops, he was still defeated and killed.

What's more, he is not the only martial arts master in the world.
The energy-absorbing technique is not without its nemesis!

"besides,"

Zhang Chu asked anxiously, "How can you be sure that your subordinates will follow you in rebellion?"

At this point, Zhang Chu no longer concealed his feelings but spoke openly.

"They have been educated with loyalty to the emperor. How do you know they will choose you instead of the emperor?"

Zhu Wusi looked at Zhang Chu in front of him, but his face was pale.

The layout that he was proud of, and Zhang Chu's words, actually had so many loopholes, and every loophole was fatal.

Even the subordinates he personally trained may betray him.

There is great terror before life and death!
If he really wanted his subordinates to join him in rebellion, he couldn't be sure whether they would listen to him.

"Master Hou,"

Zhang Chu glanced at Zhu Wusi in front of him and said, "You should read more books!"

"Otherwise, who will follow you?"

"I would like to be taught!"

When Su Xin is not involved, Zhu Wusi is still very calm, able to listen to opinions, and quite rational.

"Master,"

Therefore, after calming down, Zhu Wusi looked at Zhang Chu and asked, "Master, what do you want?"

"Why did you come to me for cooperation when you knew that I would most likely lose?"

"Aren't you afraid of losing?"

"I just find it interesting!"

Zhang Chu looked at Zhu Wusi, who was puzzled, and stated his reasons, "I want to see if the course of history will change dramatically after a new emperor with strong martial virtues is replaced!"

“Where is history heading?”

Zhu Wusi was very good at grasping the key points, and he immediately found the strangeness in Zhang Chu's words.

It seemed that Zhang Chu had already determined that he would not succeed.

"That's right!"

Zhang Chu nodded, "That's the direction of history!"

"As for what I want?"

"There's no rush for this. Let's wait until you've thought it over and decided whether or not to cooperate with me, then we can talk about it!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Wushi nodded. He was really confused at the moment. "Then Taoist Priest, please take a rest first!"

"I will definitely give you an answer tomorrow!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Chu nodded, "Then I will wait for good news!"

Just as Zhang Chu turned to leave, he reminded him, "My Lord, when you have time, read more books, especially history books, you will benefit a lot!"

(End of this chapter)