Holding the knife in his hand, Chen Chao leaned against the somewhat broken wall and looked at Song Yingxu, who was wearing a blue robe, his expression unchanged.
Song Yingxu said indifferently: "Your Highness, follow me."
Chen Chao did not answer him, but looked at the wine seller not far away and asked: "If the tavern is demolished, do you have to pay for it?"
The wine seller was startled, and then said helplessly: "I just rely on this tavern to live my life. If you demolish the tavern, I will naturally not be able to live. How can I not lose money?"
Chen Chao hummed and said, "After today, you come to Zuowei Yamen to find me."
The wine seller sighed: "No matter how you look at it, if my tavern collapses later, this guy will be the main culprit. It's your turn to pay compensation."
Chen Chao didn't say anything, just grinned.
Then he looked at Song Yingxu, shook his head and said, "Actually, you are either stupid or bad."
Chen Chao lamented: "Actually, sometimes, being stupid is more helpless than being bad."
Song Yingxu raised her eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Why did Your Highness say this?"
Chen Chao stared at Song Yingxu and said: "Even today, don't you know that you can't do what you want to do? Since you can't do what you want to do, you still have to let me go with you, instead of taking me with you.
On the road to death? You have this intention, except that you want to kill me, I can't think of anything else."
Song Yingxu frowned. When he said these words to the wine seller before, the other party actually reminded him that the gods today are not yet at the point where they can try to overthrow the imperial power. This is because he is alone.
When he entered the capital of the gods, he was actually looked at with a lot of attention, but Song Yingxu believed that since he was here, he would have to do something.
"If His Highness feels that the time is not yet ripe at this moment, I can take His Highness out of the divine capital and figure it out slowly."
Song Yingxu looked at Chen Chao and said sincerely: "His Highness has never been safe in the divine capital. The one who doesn't kill His Highness now may have his own ideas and is taking advantage of His Highness. But if His Highness doesn't do it one day,
What’s the value that can be exploited?”
The calculations in the world will never stop, especially in this God. Everyone has calculations in their heart, and no one is not included in the calculations.
The Emperor of Liang was a rare hero in history, but he was also a powerful man who was proficient in the art of emperors. If he did not have the ability to resist the Demon Emperor, the Northern Territory would not have been stable for so many years, but if he did not have the ability to calculate the balance of people's hearts.
With the power of the imperial court, the entire Liang Dynasty would not be so stable.
Sitting on the throne has never been an easy task.
Thinking of the late empress, Chen Chao said: "I don't know if I will regret it if such a day comes, but I know that I will leave the divine capital with you to plan something to overthrow the imperial power and take responsibility.
, I will definitely be unhappy."
If you're not happy, then don't do it.
Chen Chao held the knife and twitched the corner of his mouth.
Song Yingxu looked at Chen Chao's eyes carefully and felt the other party's determination, so an extremely disappointed emotion appeared in his eyes, and then the disappointment turned into anger.
The anger that could not convince Chen Chao, the anger that could not make him realize what responsibilities he had on his shoulders.
Chen Chao also felt his anger, shook his head and said: "Actually, I should be angry right now, because you are forcing me to do something I don't want to do."
Chen Chao said: "But probably no one cares about my anger now."
Song Yingxu did not speak, but a stream of light emerged from his sleeves, and then slowly appeared in front of him, and he reached out and held it in his palm.
The next moment, he let go of his hand, and a bright stream of light appeared above his palm, floating slightly, like a continuously flowing river.
Looking at Chen Chao, Song Yingxu flicked her fingers expressionlessly.
The stream of light suddenly exploded in his palm, turning into countless light particles and rushing towards Chen Chao.
At the same time, white threads were dragged out in mid-air.
That is the trajectory of light particles.
Chen Chao held the broken knife in his hand and slashed out several knives in an instant. Each knife struck at one of the light particles. In an instant, the bright sword light collided with these light particles at this moment.
A tavern, shining brightly.
Song Yingxu frowned slightly, took one step forward, and was already in front of Chen Chao. A big hand stretched out to grab Chen Chao's collar.
The difference between the realms of the two is really big, so Song Yingxu didn't use any Taoist techniques. He just took action and was able to ignore many things.
The broken knife in Chen Chao's hand also passed over the light particles at this moment, and slashed towards Song Yingxu's chest.
But Song Yingxu just glanced at Chen Chao, and Chen Chao felt a loud noise in his mind. His spirit suddenly collapsed at this moment, and the hand holding the knife in his hand was also a little weak at the moment, but fortunately it was only for a moment.
Soon, Chen Chao came to his senses, clenched the knife in his hand again, and slashed.
Song Yingxu's expression remained unchanged. Looking at the light of the broken knife, his entire palm burst out with endless light, and then he grasped the blade of the broken knife.
This broken knife was extremely sharp, and most people would not dare to touch it, but for Song Yingxu, it was not a big deal.
He held the blade with one hand, and then continued to explore Chen Chao with the other hand. A mysterious aura overflowed from his palm at the same time and headed towards Chen Chao's chest.
But at this moment, a piece of paper with a golden light appeared on Chen Chao's chest.
The paper is suspended in the air, floating quietly.
Song Yingxu could no longer stop his movements, but in a daze, he already felt some different feelings.
Some strange smells filled the air.
In an instant, his palm was about to fall on the piece of paper.
The paper suddenly shook violently, and a breath overflowed from the paper. The powerful and inexplicable breath instantly hit Song Yingxu, and his face turned pale in an instant.
The next moment, he stepped back without caring.
Fortunately, he didn't think about killing Chen Chao here when he first took action, so he didn't use all his strength. In other words, if he had even the slightest intention to kill, he would definitely be seriously injured now.
Just as he was retreating, Chen Chao grabbed the piece of paper, smashed the door of the tavern, and entered the alley.
Leaning against the wall of the alley, Chen Chao did not hesitate. He climbed over the wall with force and fell into a family's courtyard. Then he ran forward without hesitation, and soon he was very far away.
From the beginning, he never thought that he could defeat Song Yingxu at this moment. Chen Chao had fought with the Taoist master, but at that time, he had used foreign objects to fight against him. When there were no foreign objects, it was possible to fight against him.
, Facing a strong man who has forgotten his worries, the only thing he can choose is to leave.
When Song Yingxu and the wine seller walked out, Chen Chao was nowhere to be seen.
Song Yingxu stood at the door of the broken tavern with an ugly face, thinking deeply. When the wine seller saw this scene, she couldn't help but sigh: "What a courageous young man."
Turning to look at Song Yingxu, the wine seller said, "Everyone has his or her own ambitions, so what should we do if we insist on clinging to them?"
Song Yingxu's eyes changed, and finally she said: "His Royal Highness has too many similarities with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, even more so than that Your Majesty. If His Majesty Emperor Lingzong had passed the throne to His Highness, I am afraid it would have been a different ending."
Although he was very dissatisfied with Chen Chao's attitude, Song Yingxu had to admit that Chen Chao's decisiveness and judgment of the situation were the core qualities of the late Crown Prince.
People used to say that the deposed emperor was the person who most resembled the former prince, but in fact he was not. In Song Yingxu's view, the person in the world who most resembled the former prince should be the Chen Dynasty in front of him.
The wine seller nodded and said, "Of course it's different, it will definitely be different."
Song Yingxu frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?"
The wine seller snorted coldly: "This man was just a baby at the beginning, and the throne was passed to him. What do you think will happen?"
Song Yingxu was asking for trouble, just looking into the distance, thinking about some problems.
The wine seller said, "You have to pay for the money in the tavern."
Song Yingxu didn't say anything, he just took out all the money in his arms.
The wine seller took the money and asked with some surprise: "What are you thinking about?"
Song Yingxu said: "I will write a letter later, and then you can take the letter out at the right time."
The wine seller frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? If you feel bad, can't you leave now?"
Song Yingxu shook her head and said, "I probably can't leave Shendu."
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After Chen Chao crossed several long streets and made sure that Song Yingxu would not be chasing him, he breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down. But in fact, he also knew that once a monk like Song Yingxu made up his mind to chase him, he
He, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape here, but if he doesn't chase him this way, it means that he doesn't want to reveal his identity for the time being.
Chen Chao stood for a moment, and then a girl came over.
She held an oil-paper umbrella, and when she approached Chen Chao, she raised the umbrella.
Seeing the person coming, Chen Chao was surprised and said: "Why are you here?"
The girl is none other than Xie Nandu.
Now that she is a sword cultivator, and her level is not too low, so when she leaves the academy again, she does not necessarily have to be followed by someone.
"Is it reasonable for me to say that I calculated that you would appear here?"
Chen Chao took the oil-paper umbrella, put the broken sword back into its sheath, and then said: "It's not very reasonable. Those who know know that you are a swordsman, and those who don't know think that you are also a good fortune teller."
Xie Nandu smiled and said nothing and did not explain.
In fact, the matter is very simple. For people like Chen Chao, there must be countless pairs of eyes looking at this young man in the city of God. As one of them, Xie can naturally see clearly.
Even though it will be slower, it is still quite limited.
Chen Chao said: "I met a rotten scholar. It happened that this rotten scholar not only studied but also practiced. It happened that he stepped on dog shit and actually crossed the threshold of the state of forgetfulness."
He shook his head, very dissatisfied as to why such a thing would happen in the world.
Xie Nandu joked: "You are knocking down a bunch of scholars."
Without waiting for Chen Chao to speak, she continued: "You know Master Zhang is locked up in Zuowei's prison. You know how the academy will react."
"Don't worry if you have too many debts, don't worry if you have too many lice." Chen Chao shook his head indifferently, "How many people in the academy still like me now?"
Xie Nandu shook his head and said, "No one in the academy has ever liked you."
Chen Chao's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on his face, and he asked, "Are you not a human being?"
Xie Nandu said calmly: "Have you ever thought that I am a human being and I just don't like you."
Chen Chao glanced at Xie Nandu and said resentfully, "You've hurt my heart like this."
Xie Nandu was noncommittal and didn't have much feelings for the guy in front of him. He just asked: "When are you going to release him?"
Chen Chao said nothing.
Xie Nandu thought to himself and said: "The teacher has some expectations for him. He has brought many students' homework. If he is detained for too long, the impact will be great."
Chen Chao frowned and said, "The dean is just thinking about this kind of thing, don't you have any other ideas?"
"What's the reputation of the academy? Don't be stupid. How can someone like the teacher care about this?"
Xie Nandu looked at the footprints he had made under his feet, pondered for a moment, and said nothing.
Chen Chao talked about his previous encounter in the tavern.
Xie Nandu glanced at Chen Chao and said: "Song Yingxu? Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs? Then his original name should be Song Yin. He was an official in the former Prince's Mansion. He worked for the Prince for many years. He was the team that the Prince created for himself. To be honest,
In those years, Emperor Lingzong recruited talents from all over the world, and only the second-rate ministers were placed in the officialdom. All the first-rate ministers stayed in the prince's mansion as subordinate officials. It is obvious how much Emperor Lingzong loved this prince, so Song Yin started
It is destined that if the prince ascends the throne, he will become a famous minister in the world."
"Of course, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince failed to ascend the throne in the end, and the deposed emperor ascended the throne, he would still be treated as a subordinate minister. After coming out of the Prince's Palace to the Ministry of Personnel, he would have become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel early. Otherwise,
After a while, he will definitely have a place in one of the six ministers. I didn't expect that besides being an official, his talent in cultivation is also so amazing. In just a few years, he has already entered the realm of forgetting worries."
Chen Chao was a little dissatisfied and said, "It's nothing special."
Xie Nandu ignored him and just continued: "Although Lord Song is an official, he is indeed a bit stupid."
Chen Chao raised his eyebrows, waiting for Xie Nandu's next words.
"The news I got is that among the old ministers who were unwilling to serve the new dynasty, now the only one who has come to the capital is this Lord Song."
Xie Nandu said: "He must have been deceived by the monks from outside the country."
Chen Chao said: "What are you cheating for?"
"A lake seems ordinary when you look at it from a distance. Then one day I tell you that there are undercurrents in the lake, so you want to know what the scene is under the lake. It's a pity that you don't want to go there in a big way.
Come and take a look at the lake, you are afraid that there is some kind of monster at the bottom of the lake that will drag you down to the shore, so you can only watch from the other side and trick someone into helping you take a look."
Xie Nandu spoke slowly and made an analogy.
Chen Chao sighed with emotion: "As expected of someone who has read books, it's really amazing."
Xie Nandu said: "Your Majesty's tactic is not smart enough. It seems that he did it on purpose."
Chen Chao said: "I don't know anything else, but after I saw him, I seemed to understand that we were about to start closing the net."
"I just don't know if there is a big fish in the net."
Chen Chao turned around and said: "Maybe there is no need for big fish at all."
Xie Nandu said: "Is it possible that you are the big fish?"
