The Ascension Plan of the Ancestral Star of the Shuttles

Chapter 262

To the west of Wutong Garden, in a secluded place near the courtyard wall, Xu Fengnian walked slowly side by side with Chen Zhibao with his hands behind his back.

"Everyone says that you, Chen Zhibao, should inherit Beiliang. In contrast, many people in my family take it as a joke. What do you think?"

When Xu Fengnian opened his mouth, he was full of heart-breaking words, even with Chen Zhibao's spirit, he did not dare to take it rashly.

After a few breaths, no response from Chen Zhibao, a smirk appeared on Xu Fengnian's face.

He stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at Chen Zhibao, teasingly said: "Didn't you want to talk to me alone? Why are you speechless?"

Chen Zhibao also stopped in his tracks, but without looking at him, he skipped the subject and said, "Did the oiran ask?"

Xu Fengnian said: "I was raised in the mansion with good food and drink since I was a child, and I practiced sword dancing every day, just to stab me with that sword."

"As for who is raising her, she doesn't know herself, so she sent it here."

Chen Zhibao said calmly: "Kill it!"

Xu Fengnian jokingly said: "Don't, she's quite beautiful, if you don't believe me, go and have a look, maybe you'll like it."

Hearing this, Chen Zhibao finally turned his head to look at him, and said calmly: "Assassination outside the city, Zijinlou sword dance, just to make you suspect that there are enemies hidden in the army."

"You used Chu Lushan to check for traitors, and you have fallen into a trap. If you become suspicious, the morale of the army will be messed up."

"Kill the oiran, add the captain's head, and the matter will be settled."

"It's over?" As soon as he mentioned the captain whose head was beheaded by Chen Zhibao, Xu Fengnian felt faintly annoyed, "So we don't want to investigate?"

Chen Zhibao said in a deep voice: "We need to investigate, but on the surface it has been counted."

Xu Fengnian said with an ugly face: "So the captain wasn't the culprit, but you chopped off his head just to make it look good?"

Chen Zhibao said: "He violated the military law, and it has long been a capital crime."

Xu Fengnian said: "It's been a capital crime for a long time, and you just died now, just for a settlement, how many such 'conclusions' have you hidden?"

Chen Zhibao turned his head away again, and said slowly: "Internal and external troubles, the three states of Beiliang... can't be chaotic."

Xu Fengnian sneered, "So you, Chen Zhibao, are Beiliang's Dinghaishenzhen."

Another heartbreaking remark, but this time Chen Zhibao didn't retreat, but said in a concentrated voice: "That's right, I am."

Xu Fengnian froze, watching his eyes flicker, a gloom rose from his heart.

After pondering for a while, he suddenly spread his hands, looked at Chen Zhibao with a provocative face, and said: "I just said, this oiran is beautiful, and I don't want to kill him, what should I do?"

This is Xu Fengnian's trump card. If he can't say it, he's going to be a rascal. Anyway, his character is a dude, and he can be an asshole.

Now he turned into Chen Zhibao with a depressed heart, his chest rose and fell rapidly, and his eyes gradually became sharper looking at Xu Fengnian.

"click"

At this moment, a crisp sound suddenly sounded from the corner beside it, as if a dry branch was accidentally trampled off.

Xu Fengnian squinted his eyes and glanced around the corner.

The sharpness in Chen Zhibao's eyes quickly subsided, and the stagnant atmosphere in the field eased.

He looked at Xu Fengnian without squinting and said, "I know it's not easy for you to hide your edge, but I still look down on you."

Xu Fengnian said without changing his face: "I know."

Chen Zhibao said: "Even if thousands of mountains and seas are overturned, I will go there alone. If I don't have such courage, how can I catch Beiliang?"

Xu Fengnian said disdainfully: "Who said I'm going to pick up Beiliang?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhibao's cheeks moved slightly, as if he gritted his teeth.

What he cherished was so dismissed by others, he really wanted to punch that hateful face hard.

Chen Zhibao took a deep look at him, then turned around and left without saying another word, he was afraid that he couldn't help but make a move.

Xu Fengnian looked at his back, and said another heartbreaking sentence: "If one day Xu Xiao is not here, Beiliang will be in chaos, do you think about replacing him?"

Chen Zhi said decisively without turning her head, "I'm here, so Beiliang won't be in chaos."

Xu Fengnian's breathing was stagnant, damn it, he pretended it.

After Chen Zhibao's figure disappeared at the end, Xu Fengnian turned around and looked around the corner, saying, "Come out!"

At the corner, Jiang Ni, who was probing his head, came out, with a happy smile on his face, raised his head in the direction where Chen Zhibao left, and teased: "Look, I don't like you."

"Thank you." Xu Fengnian ignored her arrogance and thanked her instead.

Jiang Ni closed her smile, frowned slightly, and said, "What do you mean?"

Xu Fengnian said: "In the atmosphere just now, you were afraid that he would make a move, so you made some noise on purpose? Don't worry, he won't make a move."

A flash of panic flashed in Jiang Ni's eyes, and she said with a gesticulating mouth: "You are talking nonsense, I was not careful, he...he should do it! I can still make you up."

Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes, Shi Shiran said: "I heard that the books are being posted today? Where are the books?"

Jiang Ni's expression changed, she turned around and ran away.

Xu Fengnian looked at her back with a gentle smile on his face.

Jiang Ni has been looking for opportunities to assassinate Xu Fengnian since she was a child, but she never succeeded.

Xu Fengnian made a rule that every time the assassination failed, she would be fined a sum of money, and if she couldn't pay, she would have to pay with her flesh.

So she started to save money desperately, as if she loved money like her life, even if it was three melons and two dates, she would not let it go.

If Xu Fengnian wants her to do something she doesn't want to do, all he needs to do is give her a few pennies and five pennies, and he can control her to death.

But Xu Fengnian actually knew everything. Jiang Ni's continuous assassination of him was actually to train his vigilance, make him used to being assassinated, and develop a temperament to be vigilant at all times.

In this way, when the real assassination came, he would have a better chance of surviving.

Jiang Ni was the subjugated princess of the Chu State. Xu Xiao led the army to destroy the Chu State, killed his father and king in front of her, and forced her mother and all the harem concubines to commit suicide. She should have been at odds with the Xu family.

But she couldn't hate Xu Xiao at all.

Because Xu Xiao's destruction of Chu was a national war, even if she wanted to hate, she should hate the Liyang royal family, not Xu Xiao who was following orders.

When all the armies from Liyang attacked Chu, Xu Xiao was the first to break into the city, and then he directly closed the city gate.

Of course, he can control the Beiliang army, but he can't manage other armies.

He closed the city gates and forced the queens and concubines of Chu to commit suicide in order to preserve the last dignity of the royal family of Chu and prevent them from becoming the playthings of Liyang dignitaries.

Xu Xiao took away Jiang Ni, the only Chu blood, but claimed to have beheaded her.

After coming to Beiliang Palace, Xu Xiao and Princess Wu Su never treated her badly.

So in the final analysis, Xu Xiao has no hatred for her Jiang Ni.

Xu Fengnian knew everything, but Jiang Ni didn't know that he knew everything, so every time he wanted to assassinate him, he would save enough fines first.

Xu Fengnian's originally depressed mood because of Chen Zhibao was changed by Jiang Ni, and immediately healed a lot, and he returned to the atrium with his hands behind his back.

……

When Xu Fengnian returned to the courtyard, Nangong Pushe was no longer here.

He saw Li Fei holding his Guqin, coming out of the wing with Sweet Potato and Blue Bird, he went up to him and asked, "How is Lu Qiuer?"

Qingniao said: "It has been bandaged with medicine, Mr. Li played the piano for him, and fell asleep."

Li Fei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will play Qingxin Pushan for him once a day when changing the dressing, and he will be cured within five days."

Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "That's good, walk with me! Let's talk."

"Okay." Li Fei went back to his room and put the Guqin away, and walked slowly along the veranda side by side with Xu Fengnian, while Sweet Potato and Blue Bird were sent back to do their own business.

"A Fei, what do you think about this assassination?"

Li Fei said without hesitation: "Yes!"

Xu Fengnian turned to look at him and said, "Tell me."

Li Fei said: "Before expressing my opinion, let me ask you a question, does Yuyouwei know martial arts?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "No, her sword dance is just a dance, and she has no ability to fight."

Li Fei said clearly: "That's right, those Chu soldiers really wanted to kill you, but the mastermind behind the scenes didn't really want your life at all."

"How to say?" Xu Fengnian's expression changed slightly. If so, the situation would be more complicated.

Li Fei said: "Two reasons. If the mastermind behind the scenes is really determined to kill you, he will never give the portrait to those Chu soldiers when you are already close to Lingzhou City."

"If the soldiers of Chu got the portrait early, they would have attacked you while we were roasting sweet potatoes. How can there be roasted whole lamb for you?"

Xu Fengnian's eyes flashed, he nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Li Fei said: "The second reason is that if Yuyouwei is the opponent's second trump card, then it is impossible for her to be good at sword dancing."

"An assassin who doesn't know how to fight. Isn't this a joke? No matter how useless you are, Young Master Xu, you won't be able to defeat a weak woman who can only dance."

Xu Fengnian said thoughtfully: "You mean, the mastermind behind the scenes doesn't really want to kill me?"

Li Fei nodded and said, "Yes, the other party's real purpose, or the main purpose, is not to kill you."

"The other party has another purpose. This round is aimed at someone else. Assassinating you is only part of the plan."

"As long as those Chu soldiers have attacked you, and Yu Youwei stabbed you with that sword, the opponent's goal will be achieved."

Xu Fengnian frowned tightly, as if asking Li Fei, but also as if asking himself: "What is the other party's purpose? Who is it mainly targeting?"

Li Fei said: "That depends on who the third wave of assassins are."

"Oh?"

Li Fei smiled and said, "Think about it carefully, after two successive assassinations by Chu soldiers and Yu Youwei from the remnants of Western Chu, what will others think of the third wave of assassins?"

A ray of light suddenly flashed in Xu Fengnian's mind, and he quickly caught it.

"After the first two assassinations, no matter who the third wave of assassins is, no matter whether it is related to the first two assassinations or not, others will think that he is in the same group as the first two."

Li Fei nodded and said, "Yes, if the other party is from Chu, then naturally there is nothing to say, but if the other party is not from Chu, but from Liyang..."

Xu Fengnian continued: "That is the serious crime of colluding with foreign enemies and assassinating the prince's son of Beiliang. This crime is enough to confiscate the family and exterminate the family. Hiss..."

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but gasped. The mastermind behind the scenes had a wonderful layout and a deep plan, which really made people shudder.

"I don't know who this unlucky guy who is being targeted is, and what is the real purpose of the other party."

"Even me, the prince of Beiliang, is treated as a pawn by the other party, which shows that the other party must have a big plan."

Li Fei nodded slowly, and said, "What we need to do now is to wait for the third wave of assassinations to appear."

"This wave of assassinations is the most dangerous for you, because in the first two waves of assassinations, the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to plot others, so it won't really put you in a deadlock."

"And now that the layout is complete, it doesn't matter whether you die or not. As long as the third wave of assassins attack you, you will fall into the trap."

"If you can be killed by the way, it will be a surprise for the mastermind behind the scenes."

Xu Fengnian said cautiously: "You are right, but you have to be more careful. By the way, how much do you remember of the life-threatening Sanskrit?"

Li Fei said with a smile: "Killing people is enough, for the level of the leader of the Chu army, one will kill one, and two will kill one pair."

Xu Fengnian said happily: "Then I don't worry, your insight is really sharp, I am ashamed of myself, with your help, it can be said to be like a tiger with wings."

Li Fei complained mercilessly: "Don't put gold on your face, the tiger is the king of the jungle, with the most powerful force in the mountains, you...you can be regarded as a little fox at best."

Xu Fengnian said dumbfoundedly: "You don't slap people in the face when you hit someone, brother, I don't care, you have to pass on the death-defying Sanskrit to me."

Li Fei laughed and said, "The difficulty of suona is much higher than that of fengdi, and the requirements for breath are also very strict. Can you do it?"

Xu Fengnian said unconvinced: "You can do it, why can't I? I can hold my breath in the water, isn't this capacity enough?"

Li Fei shrugged and said, "Okay, I'll teach you the matching method of breathing and breathing in a while, and I won't give you the tune first, lest you blow yourself to death."

"Then it's settled." Xu Fengnian was in a good mood, he was really not interested in martial arts, but the melody was very suitable for him.

While talking, the two had already reached the place where Jiang Ni was drying books.

But Jiang Ni was in a hurry, putting the books that had been blown to the ground by the wind on the shelf.

"crash"

These are all thread-bound books, Jiang Ni was not paying attention, the thread of a book suddenly broke due to long-term decay, the pages of the book were separated from the book cover, and scattered all over the place.

Xu Fengnian, who just happened to walk not far behind her, saw this and said with a smirk: "The pages of the book are damaged, so the money has to be yours?"

While tidying up the pages of the book, Jiang Ni glanced at him angrily.

After packing all the pages of the book on the shelf, he turned around and ran towards the main room.

Xu Fengnian called out, "Where are you going?"

Jiang Ni said impatiently: "Go get the money box."

Li Fei couldn't help laughing and said: "This girl is quite self-conscious."

Xu Fengnian also nodded with a smile: "This is what I like about her, she can afford it."

At this moment, Xu Xiao turned out from the corner of the corridor.

Li Fei clasped his fists in salute and said, "My lord."

Xu Xiao raised his hand with a smile and said, "Nephew, don't be too polite."

Seeing Xu Fengnian smiling, he asked with a smile, "Are you in a better mood?"

When Xu Fengnian saw him, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said calmly: "Ning Emei is quite a real person, you can find a reason to let him go!"

Xu Xiao didn't directly respond to his words, but said: "The assassination is not over yet!"

Xu Fengnian said: "Next time, maybe we will be able to guess who is behind it."

With a flicker of eyes, Xu Xiao dismissed the topic, and said instead: "Chen Zhibao is amazingly talented and stunningly beautiful. Even if I am, I may not be able to catch up with him."

Xu Fengnian curled his lips and said: "Then you are being modest, he just has some tricks, you are the real scheming."

"Hey hey hey..."

When Xu Xiao heard this, he let out a sinister smile like an old fox, and his pride was beyond words.

"If you want to take charge of Beiliang, he will be the first one to subdue. The difficulty is not small."

Xu Fengnian frowned and said, "I'm just an ordinary dude, how could I have received such a big banner?"

"And didn't you just say that? The next round of assassination will come sooner or later, I'd better live first!"

After speaking, he turned around and left, looking at the direction he was walking, he was going to the kitchen.

Seeing this, Li Fei said, "Then Young Master Xu, I'll wait for you by the lake first, and I'll teach you the Sanskrit to kill you later."

Xu Fengnian said: "Okay, I'll go find you later."

Li Fei didn't leave immediately, and when Xu Fengnian was far away, he whispered to Xu Xiao: "My lord, my nephew has a question I want to ask."

Xu Xiao's attitude towards him was simply not very kind, and he smiled softly and said, "Say it."

Li Fei said: "Dare to ask the lord, is there a plan by the lord in this assassination?"

Xu Xiao's heart moved, and he asked calmly, "Why do you ask that?"

Li Fei told Xu Xiao what he had just analyzed to Xu Fengnian, and finally concluded: "If there is no plan of the prince, then my nephew will break the third assassination."

"Because no matter what the purpose of the man behind the scenes is, since he is an enemy, we will never allow his plan to succeed."

"If the lord is also involved in the plan, it is naturally good for Beiliang. My nephew will not only not break the game, but also ensure the smooth progress of the game."

After listening to Li Fei's words, Xu Xiao felt astonished once again, and said in admiration: "It seems that I still underestimated my nephew's strategy and wisdom."

Speaking of this, he said with a bit of toothache: "But you are too smart, it is really not good for some of my arrangements!"

Li Fei said seriously: "My lord, don't worry, my nephew can tell the difference between good and evil, as long as it's for the sake of the prince, my nephew knows what it means to 'see through but not reveal'."

In front of Xu Fengnian, he called him Young Master Xu, but when talking to others, he would naturally address him as his son, which is called sophistication.

Feeling very relieved, Xu Xiao grasped Li Fei's arm with both hands, and said happily: "My boy, Fengnian has your help, just like I have Li Yishan, Beiliang has a bright future!"

Li Fei lowered his head and said, "My lord, thank you."

Li Yishan was a military advisor in Beiliang, and his status was no different from that of Zhuge Liang who was beside Liu Bei. Xu Xiao's words spoke highly of Li Fei.

Xu Xiao smiled and said, "Fengnian doesn't love power, and has always been unwilling to take over Beiliang. In this regard, what good strategy do you have?"

Li Fei smiled wryly and shook his head, "There's no way. With Shizi's temperament, if you want him to take up the responsibility, you can only force him. If you don't force him, he still can't make up his mind."

"The son values ​​friendship, especially the people around him, so if you want to force him, you can only start from this aspect."

"If there is anything that needs my nephew's cooperation, just ask the prince, and my nephew will fully cooperate."

Xu Xiao said happily: "What my nephew said coincides with me, but you don't need to do anything deliberately, if you do too much, it will be easy for him to notice."

"You just need to keep in mind the five words 'see through, don't tell through', and occasionally push around, that's the best cooperation."

Li Fei cupped his fists and said, "My nephew understands."

　Tomorrow, I will go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors. I will ask for a day off. The day after tomorrow will depend on the situation. If I can make it back, I can only say sorry.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)