Chapter 992: The hero saves the beauty, Commander Si Cui in front of the palace
Late at night!
Zhou Chen was dressed in black and shuttled through the dark night so fast that no one could spot him.
Although so far, he has only practiced the Pure Yang Technique to a small level, which is far behind himself in the Langya Bang world, but in this world, in terms of force value alone, he is definitely the number one in the world.
Gu Qianfan's force value is pretty good, but if Zhou Chen attacks with all his strength, he can kill Gu Qianfan within five moves.
Because although he has only achieved a small degree of success in Pure Yang Jue, his physical fitness is extremely strong. Not counting internal strength, he can surpass the world simply by relying on physical and external strength.
It's just that personal force is personal force after all. After all, he is a mortal body and cannot be invulnerable. Once he is surrounded by an army, a hundred elite soldiers can choke him, and hundreds of elite soldiers can wear him to death.
Zhou Chen once visited Mr. Ke Zheng's residence. Even though it was many years ago, he still remembered it clearly.
If Ke Zheng was still the first and assistant prime minister of the dynasty, Zhou Chen would have to spend a lot of effort to sneak in. But now Ke Zheng has been demoted and will leave Beijing soon, so the housekeepers, guards, servants, etc. in the mansion,
Basically, they have all been disbanded, with only a few old servants still serving them.
This mansion was given by the government and would be taken back after he left, so his relatives had already moved to other mansions.
Zhou Chen sneaked all the way in and looked at the silent mansion, feeling filled with emotion in his heart.
At the beginning, this place had many customers and was bustling with people. However, with Ke Zheng's demotion, this place has become unpopular.
However, Zhou Chen has lived for so many years and has seen too much of the harsh world, so he just sighed in his heart and then continued his purpose.
Zhou Chen had a strange figure and moved quickly around the house, relying on his keen hearing to avoid everyone.
But the mansion was very large and had many rooms. It took him more than an hour to find the room where Ke Zheng kept his calligraphy and paintings.
Perhaps because he was about to leave Beijing, Ke Zheng put all the calligraphy and painting items into a box. Zhou Chen rummaged through them one by one. It took a long time before he finally found the real picture of the night banquet.
This night banquet picture was given to Ke Zheng by Ouyang Xu. It was considered a gift from a disciple to his teacher, so Ke Zheng collected it very well without any damage.
Zhou Chen had never seen the night banquet picture, but Zhao Pan'er described it to him, so when he opened it, he knew it was the night banquet picture he wanted.
He quickly put away the night banquet pictures, and then restored all the things he had rummaged through to their original state. He checked them one last time to make sure nothing was missing before leaving Ke Zheng's mansion.
Ouyang Xu was dead long ago, and Ke Zheng had to leave Beijing recently and had to be busy a lot. He probably didn't have much time to care about these calligraphy and paintings, so Zhou Chen boldly and safely stole this night banquet picture.
After getting the night banquet picture, Zhou Chen immediately gave it to Zhao Paner and asked her to start copying it.
In order to help Zhou Chen complete this matter, Zhao Pan'er simply closed down Banzhanmian for a few days. Naturally, Sun Sanniang and the others would not have any objections to this.
The excitement and effectiveness of half-masking is all due to Zhao Pan'er's strategizing. For Sun Sanniang and others, they will do whatever Zhao Pan'er tells them to do.
Since half-masking became popular, their lives have been very good recently, and the girls are actually very satisfied.
The next day, Zhou Chen led his men to patrol the city of Tokyo.
Of course, all this was done for outsiders to see. In fact, Zhou Chen had no intention of arresting anyone directly, he was just showing off. His plan had to wait until Zhao Paner helped him draw a fake picture of the night banquet.
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One day passed, Zhou Chen was lying leisurely on the roof of a building.
Following the order of the official Zhao Heng, he is now investigating the Hat Demon, so he does not need to stay in the palace on duty.
With such a good excuse to take a break, Zhou Chen certainly wouldn't let it go, so he casually found an unoccupied roof to rest.
It's already late afternoon, there's not much sun, so if you squint your eyes a little, time will pass by.
I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly a loud noise woke up Zhou Chen who was resting. He turned his head and looked at the alley below in silence.
I saw a few scoundrels blocking the entrance of the alley. There was a girl holding the wall and covering her stomach, angrily scolding the scoundrels.
"Go away, go away quickly, if you dare to come here again, I will ask my father to kill you all."
Such threats obviously failed to deter these rogues, who all laughed teasingly.
"Hehe, we are really scared. Little lady, why don't you play with your brothers?"
Obviously, this was a very bloody scene in which a rogue molested a well-behaved woman. Zhou Chen didn't expect that he would encounter such a bloody thing just by finding a random place to rest.
Seeing a few rogues approaching, the girl screamed again: "Get out of here, get out of here. My father is a third-rank official in the imperial court, Gao Kuan, and my aunt is a virtuous concubine in the palace. If you dare to touch me, you will definitely be killed."
I told you to implicate the nine tribes."
But these scoundrels didn't take it seriously at all, and one of them even laughed disdainfully: "Return to the worthy concubine in the palace, little lady, if your aunt is the worthy concubine in the palace, then my father will be an official in the court, and we are still relatives.
Woolen cloth."
"Hahaha……"
The other scoundrels also laughed.
"You, you..."
The woman was obviously very angry. She was already in pain, so she screamed in pain, covered her stomach, and almost collapsed.
Zhou Chen, who was on the roof, clearly heard the conversation below, and he looked surprised.
'Is this girl Gao Hui?'
His father was Gao Kuan, and his aunt was a concubine in the palace. The first thing he thought of was Gao Hui.
He had seen Gao Hui's portrait. As for why he didn't recognize it at first sight, it wasn't surprising. After all, it was a few years ago, and it was an ancient version of the portrait. To be able to recognize it after such a long time is amazing.
Woolen cloth.
The woman below is indeed Gao Hui. Ever since she learned of Ouyang Xu's death and had a big fight with her father Gao Hu, she has never left the house.
It's been so long, but her mood still hasn't recovered. Today she and her maid secretly ran out to relax, and also went to Xiangguo Temple to pray.
On the way back, she didn't want to go back directly in the carriage, so she took her maid and the two of them walked around the streets.
But she never expected that when she was about to return home, her body suddenly felt uncomfortable. The pain and discomfort made it almost impossible for her to move around. In the end, she had to ask the maid to go back to get clothes and call someone while she waited where she was.
But when she was alone, she encountered a few rogues who wanted to do evil to her.
Normally, she would not be afraid if there were people around her, but now, she was really scared to the extreme.
"Don't come here, get out of here, help me, help me."
Gao Hui saw that her words could not scare these rogues, so she had to shout for help.
It's not that no one heard it, but the two passers-by who were passing by in a hurry saw the situation here and had no intention of drawing out their swords to help when they saw the injustice, so they left one after another.
Zhou Chen, who was above, sighed quietly: "Sure enough, this kind of waste will exist no matter how developed the city is."
With a sigh, Zhou Chen jumped down from the roof and stood in front of Gao Hui, blocking the path of several rogues.
The sudden appearance of Zhou Chen startled Gao Hui and those scoundrels.
"Boy, you..."
Those scoundrels pointed at Zhou Chen and were about to curse, but the next moment, they found that Zhou Chen in front of them disappeared instantly, and then.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."
The few scoundrels who had been showing off their teeth and claws just now were all lying on the ground, leaving the frightened and angry Gao Hui stunned.
When Zhou Chen turned to face her, she shouted nervously: "What do you want to do?"
Zhou Chen said: "What don't you want to do? I think you are in a very bad state now. Forget it, your servants should come to see you soon."
Originally he wanted to help out, but seeing Gao Hui's vigilant look, he lost interest, but after thinking about it, he handed her his cloak.
"This is for you, it can barely cover you."
When Gao Hui heard this, his face turned red immediately, but he did not refuse. He grabbed the cloak and wrapped it around himself.
Seeing that Zhou Chen was about to lift his legs and leave, she suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute."
"What's wrong?"
"Can you wait a moment? My maid will be here in a moment. Please wait a moment."
Gao Hui wanted to keep Zhou Chen, but if Zhou Chen hadn't helped her just now, she would have been humiliated. In addition, he didn't do anything to her, but gave her a cloak, which made her trust her more unconsciously.
But more importantly, she is still a little scared. If Zhou Chen is here, he can protect her.
"It's really troublesome."
Zhou Chen complained, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked to the side and distanced himself from Gao Hui.
After a while, Gao Hui saw that Zhou Chen didn't make any move, pursed his lips, and suddenly said: "Hey, thank you for saving me just now. I won't let you save me in vain. My father is a third-rank official of the imperial court. You
If you want anything, you can tell me."
Zhou Chen shook his head and said nothing. He had neither a good nor a bad impression of Gao Hui. Although Gao Hui in the plot was not a gentle lady, she was not the arrogant and domineering type either.
But based on the recent contact and observation, this woman is really a bit silly, and she can tell at a glance that she has not experienced any hardships.
"Hey, why don't you speak? What's your name?"
Seeing that Zhou Chen was silent, Gao Hui asked.
Zhou Chen ignored her, his ears moved, he heard the sound, and then he flew up to the roof violently, leaving Gao Hui dumbfounded.
"you……"
Gao Hui was about to speak when he suddenly heard his maid's voice: "Girl, girl."
Ignoring Zhou Chen, she quickly shouted: "I'm here."
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"I've already painted it."
Zhao Pan'er pulled Zhou Chen into his room and pointed to the dried paintings on the table.
"See if it works."
Zhou Chen looked at the spread out original work and the fake copy copied by Zhao Pan'er, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.
"Pan'er, who did you learn this copying technique from? It's so good."
Even with his eyesight, he was extremely amazed at the first glance. The painting copied by Zhao Pan'er was so similar that it would be difficult for people who have never seen this painting to distinguish the authenticity from the fake.
Zhao Pan'er said modestly: "I learned from my husband when I was a child, and then I figured it out on my own. The more I drew, the more I became proficient."
Zhou Chen knew it wasn't that simple, but being able to imitate it so well shows that Zhao Pan'er is definitely gifted in this skill.
After putting away the two paintings, Zhou Chen told Zhao Pan'er: "Pan'er, remember, you have never seen this painting before. Do you understand?"
Zhao Pan'er nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't know there was such a painting at all."
Zhou Chen touched her head and kissed her forehead lightly.
"You've been busy helping me paint these past two days and haven't even had a good rest. Your eyes are red. You won't be able to open your business in the next few days. Take a good rest for a few days. I don't want my future wife.
If you don't marry me, you'll be defeated."
Zhao Pan'er looked shy: "It's not that serious. I'm just afraid that you'll be anxious, so that's why I'm so anxious. I'm really fine."
"Listen to me, no matter what happens, just rest for a few days."
"Okay, it's up to you."
Although Zhao Pan'er had her own ideas, at this moment, she still listened to Zhou Chen's words very obediently.
"Rest now. I'll see you fall asleep before leaving."
Zhou Chen forcefully pulled Zhao Paner to the bedside, pressed her down on the bed, and sat on the bedside.
Zhao Paner's face turned red: "How can you let me sleep like this?"
"Close your eyes and sleep. It will always be like this in the future anyway. Now I'll let you get used to it in advance."
"I hate it. How can I adapt to this kind of thing in advance?"
Zhao Pan'er rolled her eyes at Zhou Chen, but she didn't resist. She just looked at Zhou Chen and said this.
Maybe she was really tired, so she closed her eyes as she looked at it, and then fell into a deep sleep.
Zhou Chen covered Zhao Pan'er with a quilt, smoothed her hair, kissed her forehead gently, and then left the room with the painting.
Before leaving, he went to see Sun Sanniang and asked her to help take care of Zhao Pan'er.
At night, Cui Lin returned to his residence exhausted.
Today, the Imperial City Secretary Gu Qianfan arrested a prisoner who was suspected of being the murderer of the Hat Demon. He went to the Imperial City Secretary specifically to mention the person and even gave him Qi Mu’s name. However, Gu Qianfan did not give him any face and rejected him directly.
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So even though he was downgraded, he was still in a bad mood.
Although he is the commander of the front department, he is a loyal supporter of Mr. Ke Zheng. Ever since Mr. Ke was dismissed as prime minister, he and those in the Qingliu lineage have been thinking about how to bring down Xiao Qinyan and make him
Mr. Ke returned to power.
For this reason, they hid Xianggong Ke and made many small tricks in private. Even the hat demon was done by them secretly, hoping to warn the officials.
It's a pity that they have done so much, but still in vain, and now their flaws are exposed, so he wants to solve the problem as quickly as possible.
Tired, he wanted to rest when he returned to the room, but the next moment, his expression changed suddenly.
