I'm the villain in the book

The side hall was tall and empty. Although there were a few bright lamps lit, the light from the few fires was not enough to illuminate the entire room.

Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping sat facing each other on both sides of the tea seat. The pot of tea on the table had already cooled, and there were only a few wisps of faint tea fragrance left.

"Young master, I really made my own claim before."

Looking at Wei Changtian calmly, Chu Xian said calmly, "But I can explain everything."

"Is it?"

Wei Changtian shook his head noncommittally: "Then tell me."

"Yes"

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The candlelight flickered lightly, and there was silence.

For the next quarter of an hour, Wei Changtian didn't say a word, only Chu Xianping's voice echoed in the hall.

He told Wei Changtian a story, a story that could explain everything.

Of course, this could also be true.

Whether it is a story or a fact, the truth may only be known by Chu Xianping himself.

As far as Wei Changtian was concerned, he just listened silently without saying a word, and his expression never wavered.

About Du Chang.

In fact, Chu Xianping had already started to doubt Du Chang when Lao Zhang's accident happened.

And this suspicion became more certain after he found out that Lu Hongji was the elder of Huangtai.

But I have to say that Du Chang hid it very well, so he couldn't find any evidence.

Because of this, Chu Xianping never acted rashly, nor told anyone about it.

But looking back now, it is not difficult to find some clues from his past actions.

For example, Chu Xianping has always controlled the distribution of black powder, and did not completely hand over this big killer to the control of the Tiangou Army.

For example, he personally led the team to the "Surprise Attack on Immortal Pond" and directly excluded Du Chang.

For example, he has placed many secret agents like Wang Kang, who have been secretly monitoring the situation of the Tiangou Army.

All of the above proved that Chu Xianping had been suspicious of Du Chang for a long time.

But doubts are just doubts after all, and it takes an opportunity to determine whether Du Chang is meticulous.

And this opportunity appeared during the time when he stayed in Dajue as a "hostage".
About Yan Huaiqing's temptation.

How could it be possible for an extremely meticulous strategist to defect and betray just because of a few words from the enemy?

In fact, when Yan Huaiqing "instigated rebellion" against Chu Xianping, the latter almost immediately guessed that Wei Changtian was testing him behind the scenes.

However, Chu Xianping still pretended that he could not stand the test, and cooperated with Yan Huaiqing to act in a scene.

The purpose of acting this scene is naturally to make Wei Changtian deepen his suspicion of him, and then pave the way for the two people to "turn against each other".

Wei Changtian was also very "cooperative", and soon after the army left Liangzhou, he seized his power and sent him to look for those precious swords.

The battle is imminent, but the strongest strategist is suddenly sent away.

In fact, at that time, many people including Li Zimu and Han Zhao had already sensed that something was wrong.

And this is exactly what Chu Xianping wanted.

He just wants everyone to have an expectation first, and then when he really "betrays", everything will become reasonable.
About the night of "betrayal".

Looking back now, Wei Changtian finally decided to turn his back on those few envoys who finally turned his back on him.

It was the Dahui envoy who survived in the end who personally confessed Chu Xianping's name, and it was verified by Tang Chen's mind-reading skills.

And before that... still remember that in Qingzhou City, Xuan Jingsi followed Chu Xianping to meet someone quietly?
That's right, that person is actually the master's mastermind.

Chu Xianping deliberately sold another loophole to Wei Changtian to "force" the latter to attack him earlier.

Because only in this way can his entire "betrayal" process be considered seamless.

Including the [-] Xuanjing officers who died, it was just the price that had to be sacrificed for this big show.

And the message "Everyone has his own aspirations"
Subsequent facts have proved that with so many foreshadowings, this scene is indeed very successful.

Not only Wei Changtian, but even Yang Liushi, Li Zimu, and even the whole world thought that he had really betrayed.

Naturally, Lu Hongji was also included in this.

At this point, Chu Xianping could finally go to Dahui "naturally" and get close to Lu Hongji.

And he spent so much effort, the ultimate goal is naturally not just to find out whether Tang Chen is a spy
Regarding the purpose of approaching Lu Hongji.

From the moment Chu Xianping found out that Lu Hongji was the elder of Kuilong Huangtai, he had two choices.

One, tell Wei Changtian about this matter.

Two, don't talk.

Obviously, Chu Xianping chose the latter.

The reason for this is also very simple, because after getting in touch with Zhuang Zhiming and Lu Hongji successively, and knowing more about Kuilong, Chu Xianping realized how terrifying such an ancient organization is.

Then, in order to prevent Wei Changtian from being involved in such a huge vortex again, Chu Xianping decided to solve all this by himself.

As for how to deal with Lu Hongji, he also had two choices.

One, like Zhuang Zhiming, use it.

Two, kill.

Considering Lu Hongji's status as the Emperor of Dahui and its possible impact on the Xinfeng war, Chu Xianping still chose the latter this time.

Therefore, from the day he found out Lu Hongji's identity, what he had to do was actually to kill people.
About Lu Hongji's death.

Strictly speaking, Lu Hongji died at the hands of Zhuang Zhiming.

But the opportunity to kill was completely created by Chu Xianping.

Why did he make such a deal with Lu Hongji that he would only profit if he defeated the army?
Why did he repeatedly "remind" Lu Hongji that Wei Changtian is difficult to deal with?
Why did he help the Ganhui army to stabilize the morale of the army, so that it would not collapse before the Kuilong people arrived?

The above is only because Chu Xianping wants Lu Hongji to "believe" one thing——

That is, I may not win this battle, and I may even lose it.

Once Lu Hongji really had such concerns, he would definitely make double preparations.

As for the other preparation, they can only rob Xu Suisui.
Therefore, it seems that Lu Hongji made the decision to "capture the thief first and capture the king first", but in fact it was Chu Xianping who was behind the scenes.

Let others make the decisions you want without them even knowing.

Compared to Tang Chen's move, maybe this is the real "mind control" technique.
After that, things are easy.

"Borrowed" the formation of three thousand divergent paths from Yan Huaiqing, making Zhuang Zhiming and others wait in the palace one step earlier.

When Lu Hongji really thought he was smart and came to the Xinfeng Palace, his fate was already doomed.

All Chu Xianping had to do was to save Xu Suisui or Li Zimu with a few words, and Zhuang Zhiming would do the rest.

And when Lu Hongji died, the drama that had deceived everyone finally came to an end.

The gongs drum up the wind and the clouds, the tigers roar and the dragons chant, and the Huang Zhong Da Lu shakes the world.

Singing through the depths, high and low, the world spreads Kunlun.

The big red curtain slowly closed, separating the upper and lower sides of the stage.

At this moment, the "actors" behind the curtain may suddenly realize, or have a kind of anger of being teased.

The "spectators" outside the curtain may applaud, or they may still be confused.

As for the protagonist of this scene, he just cupped his hands and said softly——

"Young master, that's it."