Zhou Chen came to Su Mansion. Mei Changsu and Lin Chen were both there, but Nie Feng was not, which surprised him.
"Where's Brother Nie?"
Mei Changsu said: "Brother Nie and Sister Dong went to Xiaogushan. Sister Dong said that Brother Nie was still alive and it would be unlucky to erect a monument for him, so the two of them quietly left the city early this morning.
Get ready to get rid of the tombstone."
"They went out together? To deal with the tombstones, wouldn't someone find out the problem?" Zhou Chen asked with a frown.
"Sister Dong went out of the city in the name of Xuanjing Division. No one would check it. As for Xiaogushan's tombstone, no one except Sister Dong would go there every year, so even if it was dealt with, no one would notice.
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The three of them sat together drinking tea and chatting. Mei Changsu said: "Brother Nie's poison of fire and cold must be eliminated as soon as possible."
Lin Chen crossed his legs, looking carefree, and said casually: "My lord Mei, don't worry so much about General Nie's detoxification. Leave it to me, a charlatan, and my junior brother, that fake one."
Just be a charlatan."
"Don't worry about this and that all day long. If you have such thoughts, you might as well worry about yourself. I have only been in the capital for half a year. Look at your body now. It is much worse than when you were in Langzhou."
Mei Changsu looked innocent: "Really? No, I feel that my body is very good now. Xiaochen often uses internal force and techniques to help me with massage therapy, and Dr. Yan always monitors me and makes me take medicine on time.
, how could it get worse?”
"Humph, after all, you are the doctor, or am I the doctor? Are you okay? I, the doctor, can't tell that?"
Lin Chen looked disdainful and said harshly: "Anyway, I will be here to help General Nie detoxify the fire and cold for a while. I have plenty of time to keep an eye on you. But I am different from Dr. Yan. If you don't obey me, look
I won’t deal with you.”
After saying that, he felt that his momentum was not enough, so he said to Zhou Chen: "Junior brother, it's about his health, you must support me, right?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Of course, when the time comes I will take action and you will train him. If he dares to resist, I will suppress him with my backhand."
Mei Changsu smiled bitterly. If anyone in this world could attack him so unscrupulously, it would definitely be Zhou Chen.
Lin Chen was just talking about it, but Zhou Chen was really taking action. Now he can't even resist.
"There's nothing serious about my health, but it's you, Lin Chen, how are you preparing for the things I asked you to do before?"
"I'm here with you, and you still ask me?"
Lin Chen rolled his eyes: "But I have already arranged for people to start taking action in Nanchu."
Mei Changsu frowned and said, "If you don't go, I still won't feel reassured. How long will Brother Nie's detoxification process take?"
Lin Chen said: "It will definitely be much shorter than your original time, not to mention that junior brother and Dr. Yan are here. I only need to be responsible for the early detoxification, and the later treatment can be left to junior brother and Dr. Yan. There will be no problem. At most, it will only be one
About a month.”
Mei Changsu nodded, and then murmured calculations to himself.
Today is the fifth day of the first lunar month, which is February in one month. Xiao Jingrui’s birthday is April 12th, which means there are only three months left.
"We are a little pressed for time. It will take at least two or three months for the Nanchu delegation to come all the way to Jinling. The checkpoints during this period are too time-consuming."
When foreign missions enter Daliang, there are too many things that need to be inspected, and the review process is extremely complicated. If they deliberately make things difficult, it is normal for them to be stuck for half a year.
If it were Zhou Chen, three months would be more than enough time to travel back and forth between Daliang and the capital of Southern Chu.
The reason for this is that Zhou Chen is only one person, and there are many foreign missions. Zhou Chen can break the rules during checkpoints and use his superb martial arts to escape the checkpoints, but the Nanchu mission cannot. They want to
If you want to arrive at Jinling City smoothly, you can only abide by the rules of Daliang, and sometimes you even have to swallow your anger and be cautious.
This is a very realistic thing. Your status as a Nanchu envoy is noble, and you will definitely receive attention and care when you arrive at Jinling. But at local checkpoints, especially those close to the Nanchu border and places that have been invaded by Nanchu all year round, you see
It depends on how others will treat you. If you don't peel off your skin, that would be considered polite.
Lin Chen thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll speed up a little bit more."
Mei Changsu said: "April 12 is the best time. We must give Xie Yu a fatal blow on that day so that he can never stand up again. Only by defeating Xie Yu first can we balance the power of the Crown Prince and Prince Yu.
, and only by making Xie Yu despair first can we know what we want to know."
Although he has already found out most of what happened back then, he can basically simulate the original situation through his own analysis and filling in the gaps.
But after all, many of them are my own guesses, and Xie Yu is the real participant, and only he knows the real story.
Zhou Chen said: "Don't worry, Xie Yu can't cause any trouble. In fact, if you didn't insist on not disturbing the situation, I could have used force to deal with Xie Yu and Xia Jiang."
Mei Changsu looked helpless: "Why are you still saying this? We are here not just for revenge. Revenge is only a small part of it for us. What's more important is to wash away everyone's grievances. We can't let that happen."
They still suffered injustice when they got down there."
Zhou Chen gave a thumbs up: "Pattern."
Of course he can understand what Mei Changsu means, but he has lived in the urban world for hundreds of years, and he has always considered himself and his relatives. As for outsiders, if they are in a good mood, they may help, but they may also look down upon them.
I will make a donation and show kindness.
Having lived in this mode for so many years, it is destined that it will be difficult for him to achieve a pattern like Mei Changsu's in a short period of time.
Of course, it may also be because he is not that closely related to those in the Red Flame Army.
For Mei Changsu, it is not important whether he can take revenge with his own hands. What is important is to help the deceased wash away his grievances, so that his parents, brothers, aunts, etc., all of them can set up memorial tablets and monuments in an honest and fair manner.
As for being a lonely ghost after death.
After Nie Feng and Xia Dong returned, Lin Chen and Zhou Chen began to detoxify Nie Feng. The plan had been prepared a year ago, and the required medicinal materials and other items were already in place, so they started directly.
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Because Nie Feng chose the second detoxification plan, which did not require peeling and bone crushing, the process was relatively simple for Lin Chen and Zhou Chen.
After Lin Chen completed the preliminary tasks, he left Jinling City without stopping and rushed to Nanchu.
Xia Dong originally didn't have much time to accompany Nie Feng, but Emperor Liang asked her to investigate the assassination in the inner prison, so she had enough reason to leave the Xuanjing Division for a long time and quietly came to the Su Mansion to accompany Nie Feng.
Nie Feng's later detoxification was completed by Zhou Chen and Doctor Yan. Although Nie Feng did not need a year or two to recover like Zhou Chen and the others did, it still needed a period of cultivation before he could return to an ordinary person's physique.
After detoxification, he also had no inner breath and was no longer a martial artist. But the only advantage he had over Mei Changsu was that he would not get injured or sick, and his body would be equivalent to that of an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts. Even in the future,
I can no longer practice internal strength, but my lifespan will not be affected.
Time flies so fast, half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
That day, Zhou Chen had just finished treating Nie Feng with his internal energy, when Mei Changsu took him to the side hall to discuss the matter.
"Xiaochen, I want to ask you to do me a favor."
"What's the rush?"
"I want to ask you to help me protect someone."
"who?"
Zhou Chen was very surprised. Mei Changsu knew that he was a person who was afraid of trouble, and protecting people was even more troublesome. Mei Changsu allowed him to protect people, which meant that this person must be useful.
Mei Changsu said: "The newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs, Shen Zhui."
"Shen Zhui? Why are you protecting him? What happened?"
Zhou Chen spent this time helping Nie Feng detoxify and heal his injuries. At most, he went out to play with Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin a few times. The rest of the time he stayed at home with Gong Yu, so he didn't know much about the situation outside.
Not much really.
Mei Changsu said: "Shen Zhui is investigating the prince's private artillery workshop. I am worried that in order to prevent Shen Zhui from finding out about this matter, the prince may ask Xie Yu to send someone to assassinate him. I have sent Zhen Ping there.
, but Zhen Ping cannot protect him twelve hours a day, so I want you to go over and help."
Jiangzuo League's power in the capital is strong, but what he is most worried about is that Zhuo Dingfeng and his son will take action personally. Zhen Ping may not be able to stop it then, but among the people he can currently use in the capital, Zhen Ping is considered the strongest.
, so he went to Zhou Chen to discuss it.
Hearing Mei Changsu talk about the private artillery workshop, Zhou Chen suddenly remembered this part of the plot. It seemed that in order to expose the incident and attack the prince, King Yu deliberately detonated the private artillery workshop, causing casualties in a large area nearby.
It was so tragic that the death toll alone exceeded a hundred people.
Thinking of Zhou Chen, he felt awe in his heart. Although these people had nothing to do with him, if he could save so many lives by doing something easy, he would definitely do it.
However, he still had to think carefully about how to save people.
"Okay, then starting from tomorrow, I will go there."
Mei Changsu suddenly beamed with joy: "Great, with your help, I don't have to worry about Shen Zhui's safety."
Zhou Chen said: "I think you just want to keep the team you prepared for Prince Jing."
To be continued...