Chapter 39 King An Li Xuan

Author: Dao Shu

Chapter 39 King An Li Xuan

Chenyouzhi ran in the mountains for half an hour before gradually calming down his excitement and began to think about the next action-

At present, the most important thing is to return to Prince An’s Mansion first.

It has been almost three months since I disguised myself and sneaked out of the palace.

Although he had already used the excuse of retreating and fasting before coming out, this was not a long-term solution after all.

Three months are almost at their limit.

So he had to return to the palace as soon as possible and become King An Li Xuan again to avoid being suspicious.

The second is to start developing your own power and control Changzhou in your own hands.

Not to mention that Yuan Qi was like in Yangzhou, at least he could install enough eyeliner to understand the situation, and then consider gradually infiltrating the officialdom and the army.

But you can't act too quickly at this step, you can only slowly draw it, just like flowing water slowly moistening the beach.

Before this long process is completed, all Chenyouzhi has to do is wait with peace of mind.

Because it won't take long, another shocking case will be brewing.

That case is extremely important to Chenyou, an important part of his plan, and the key to whether he can develop and strengthen his power.

Changzhou, Shoujing Bookstore

This is a small bookstore, covering an area of ​​less than two acres, and most of the books are old books. Most of the people who come here to buy books are idle people rather than students who take the exam.

Therefore, the bookstore has never had a large customer flow, and there was no customer at this time.

In the bookstore, only the shopkeeper He Yingqiu is lowering his head to sort out the recent accounts.

Dongdongdongdongdong-

A series of footsteps sounded.

The shopkeeper He Yingqiu quickly looked up: "What are the guests?"

He stopped halfway through his words, just because he saw the person coming.

He Yingke stood up in a hurry and bowed to the person who came.

The person who comes is not someone else, but he is worried about it.

This bookstore is not an ordinary bookstore, but it was specially opened to facilitate his activities. There is a secret passage under the bookstore that can directly lead to the Anwang Mansion.

“Leading the way.”

A faint way of worry.

"yes."

He Yingqiu replied quickly.

Then, he led Chen You to the inner room.

In the inner room, He Yingqiu explored and soon found the mechanism of the secret passage.

Click—

The mechanism is turned on.

Boom-

A bookcase suddenly moved, revealing a small secret door.

Chen Youzhi looked at He Yingqiu and asked, "Was something big happened when I left?"

"By the prince, during the period when you left, no one came to visit except for a few Taoist hermits."

How to ask for truthful answers?

Chenyouzhi nodded.

After all, he is just an idle prince and rarely interacts with people in the officialdom.

Therefore, although his status is high, his power is extremely small, far from being as singular as Yuan Qi in Yangzhou, and he is not even as good as Xue Qinglin, the Pingnan Hou in the original work.

If he hadn't been named "Tao Yi", he would probably not even visit him.

But this is also good, so he has great freedom and can implement many plans privately with the identity of "Shenyouzhi".

Chen Youzhi did not ask any other questions and slowly walked into the secret passage.

After Chen Youzhi entered the secret passage, He Yingqiu activated the mechanism again and hid the secret passage again.

Then, he returned to the counter and continued to be the shopkeeper of the bookstore.

Chen Youzhi walked quickly through the secret passage and soon arrived at another secret door.

He twisted the mechanism hidden in the stone wall, and the secret door slowly opened, and a fresh and elegant cottage came into his eyes.

This is the small building where he was in seclusion and fasting.

Finally back.

I sighed in my heart.

He slowly walked out of the secret passage and came to his hut, then began to take off his disguise, put on his Taoist robe, and become King An Li Xuan again.

Soon after finishing packing, Chenyouzhi looked at himself in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.

"Come!"

A cry of sorrow.

After speaking, several guards quickly walked into the building.

"See Your Highness, King An!"

The guards knelt on the ground together.

"Get up."

"yes."

"Go and find Zhao Xiu."

Chenyou ordered.

Zhao Xiu is the manager of the royal palace and is also Chen Youzhi's confidant.

During the period when he left the palace, he was dealing with many trivial matters.

The guards received the order and did not dare to delay for a moment, so they immediately went to look for Manager Zhao.

After about half a stick of incense, Zhao Xiu led him to the attic.

As soon as he saw Chen Youzhi, his tense heart finally relaxed.

For the past three months, he has been living a nervous life, fearing that the prince would leave the mansion without permission to be exposed.

In order to deal with the visiting guests, he racked his brains and thought of various reasons to refuse.

Nothing happened, the prince came back smoothly, and his mission was completed.

"Okay, you guys go back."

Chenyou ordered the guards.

"yes!"

Several guards retreated.

Now, only Chen Youzhi and Zhao Xiu are left in the building.

"Your Majesty, you're back."

Zhao Xiu said with relief.

Seeing him like this, Chen Youzhi chuckled and commended: "Thank you for your hard work during this period."

In terms of age, Zhao Xiu is one year younger than himself, but he is already mature enough to manage the affairs of the entire royal family and deal with complex interpersonal relationships.

Zhao Xiu was commended and was happy in his heart, and said humbly: "It is the honor of the villain to be able to do things for the prince!

If there were no prince back then, the villain would have gone to the underworld long ago!"

When Chen You first arrived in Changzhou, in order to expand the servants of the royal palace, he bought the young Zhao Xiu from the mansion.

At that time, he was seriously ill and was dying, and even his teeth were sold at a discount.

If Chen Youzhi had not bought him and paid a doctor to treat him, he would have died ten years ago.

With this life-saving grace and ten years of getting along, Zhao Xiu is absolutely loyal to Chen Youzhi.

Chen Youzhi absolutely trusts this confidant.

It can be said that Zhao Xiu was his first confidant to develop after he came to Changzhou.
To be continued...