The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 439 Choice
For Zheng Zha's answer, a look of satisfaction flashed across Xu Fengnian's eyes. The calmer the other party behaved, the more calm he was.

"My father has six adopted sons, all of whom were entrusted with important responsibilities in the army."

Zheng Zha threw a grape into his mouth, and said casually, "Then it's over. The one who wants to kill you is probably one of them, or even more than one."

Xu Fengnian nodded slowly with deep approval, and said: "So I am in some danger now. Although the palace is full of experts, they may not have the heart to guard against some people."

As soon as he uttered these words, Zheng Zha's mind immediately sounded a reminder from the main god: "Trigger the side mission: the assassination situation."

"Mission content: Xu Fengnian, the prince of Northern Liang, will face repeated assassinations. Before the assassination situation is resolved, protect the safety of the prince."

"After the task is completed, you can get a C-level branch plot once, 3000 reward points, 10000 reward points will be deducted for failure, and the reward points will be negative at the end of the story, obliterated, do you accept it?"

"accept."

"Snapped"

Zheng Zha snapped his fingers and said cheerfully, "Alright, until the situation is clear, I will be responsible for your safety."

Xu Fengnian happily patted Zheng Zha on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Reliable, with your words, I have 1 confidence."

"唳"

Just at this time, a clear and sharp bird song came from the sky, and Zheng Zha and Luo Li subconsciously looked up.

Then I saw a falcon-like bird flying across the sky like an arrow, swooping towards this side.

This is Qingbai Luan, a bird of prey found only in the ice and snow north of Jinzhou, and also Xu Fengnian's pet.

Back then, there was a local dignitary who could call the wind and rain, and wanted to exchange a thousand taels of gold and three beautiful women for Qing Bailuan, but in the end Xu Fengnian only said "Get out".

Qingbai Luan landed on the perch at the corner of the fishing platform, with a small bamboo tube tied to its foot, Xu Fengnian got up and walked over, and took out a piece of paper from the bamboo tube.

Zheng Zha got up and walked to Xu Fengnian's side, admiringly said: "Jinzhou Qingbailuan is still the best six-year-old phoenix, and my son is still raising this treasure."

After reading the note, Xu Fengnian grinned at Zheng Zha and said, "Brother Zheng is indeed very knowledgeable."

Zheng Zha smiled and said, "I'm an expert at playing with birds. The golden eagles in the northeast are the luan in the northwest. I'll ask someone to get you some golden eagles later."

Xu Fengnian said joyfully: "It's good to be brave. Qingbailuan is fast, and he is good at delivering messages. The golden eagle is ferocious enough. After training, his effect is not weaker than that of martial arts masters."

Zheng Zha smiled and said, "You can do whatever you like, within two months, you are guaranteed to see the golden eagle."

After speaking, he pointed to the note in his hand and said, "What's the matter?"

Xu Fengnian casually handed the note in front of him, Zheng Zha took a look, and saw that the note read: Chu Lushan came to the gate of the mansion to ask to see the son.

With an inexplicable smile on his face, Xu Fengnian said to Zheng Zha, "This Chu Lushan is one of the six sons."

Zheng Zha showed a look of understanding, turned around and sat back in his seat, Xu Fengnian also returned to the brocade couch, and resumed his lazy and leisurely appearance.

"My son... my son...my son..."

A moment later, accompanied by a sincere call, a plump figure as bloated as a ball rushed over, running and running, to be precise, rolling and crawling.

With real snot and tears hanging on his face, he rushed to Xu Fengnian, knelt down in front of him, hugged his legs and howled, "My son, I have been thinking about him day and night for the past three years." , I don’t think about tea, I don’t want to eat..."

Luoli felt a little overwhelmed, even though she had received professional training, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

So she stood up calmly and walked towards Xu Longxiang who was fishing beside him.

Holding Chu Lushan's face in his hands, Xu Fengnian looked him up, down, left, and right, and joked, "Don't think about tea? Fatty Chu, why do you look like you've gained tens of catties instead?"

Chu Lushan vowed: "If you lose weight, you have lost a lot of weight. If you don't believe me, the younger one will weigh it immediately. If it weighs one catty, cut off a catty of meat, and if it weighs ten catties, cut ten catties."

Xu Fengnian patted Chu Lushan's plump and trembling cheeks, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, a good brother."

Now Fatty Chu, who stole from a high position in the third rank, General Qianniulongwu, was slapped wantonly on the cheek.

From the third rank, as long as they are not scattered officials with superficial titles, they are among the top officials in any state or county.

What's more, it's General Qianniulongwu who holds three thousand elite soldiers and tiger charms, but this fat man is not only not ashamed, but has an extremely honored expression on his face.

Leaning over the head that was as big as a pig's head, Chu Lushan said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, in the past three years, I must have gone to brothels less. There is a new oiran in Zijinlou, who is both talented and beautiful, especially good at sword dancing."

"That demeanor...hiss...that appearance...hiss...it's the best in Lingzhou. As soon as I arrive, I'm waiting for you to come back, my son."

He closed his eyes and hissed as soon as he said that, the expression on his face was more and more turbulent.

However, after hearing his words, Xu Fengnian's expression changed slightly, "He can also dance swords."

"That's not... that waist... that leg... oh, my son, I don't know if you are free now?"

Chu Lushan didn't seem to notice Xu Fengnian's expression at all, and he was still advocating the benefits of the new oiran.

Xu Fengnian turned his head and exchanged glances with Zheng Zha, with an inexplicable smile on his face, and said to Chu Lushan: "I came here to fish, to fish...you came here."

Chu Lushan didn't know why and said: "Then why don't you go after fishing?"

Xu Fengnian said: "No need, I've already caught it."

Zheng Zha got up and took two steps to the side. Xu Fengnian told the maid in red behind him while putting on his shoes, "Sweet Potato, take Mrs. Zheng back to Wutong Garden in a while, and treat me well."

Sweet Potato replied softly: "Yes."

Chu Lushan looked at Zheng Zha curiously and asked, "My lord, who is this?"

Xu Fengnian introduced: "This is Brother Zheng Zha, my good friend."

Zheng Zha clasped his fists at Chu Lushan, and said with a smile, "Hello, General Chu."

Chu Lushan hurriedly clasped his fists in return, with a smile on his chubby face, "Your Majesty's good friend, that's my good friend too."

Immediately, the group left the palace and headed for Zijin Building.

The subsequent plot basically did not change without Zheng Zha's active intervention.

Easily rescued Xu Fengnian from the sword of the crappy assassin Yu Youwei, and then watched Chu Lushan and Xu Fengnian perform a bitter trick together.

As a result, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and it was all wasted work in the end.

In the end, he still failed to catch the person who wanted Xu Fengnian's life in the Beiliang army.

The main reason is that Chen Zhibao, one of Xu Xiao's six adopted sons, who is known as the villain and nicknamed the soldier in white, intervened.

As for the two people in the Beiliang Army who wanted Xu Fengnian's life, Zheng Zha naturally knew very well that they were Yao Jian and Ye Xizhen among the six adoptive sons.

But he doesn't need to say it now, nor can he produce any evidence to prove it, so he won't be troublesome.

After Yu Youwei's assassination, a new round of assassinations came soon.

The one who made the move was Xinke Tanhualang, the son of the Lin family who was in charge of Qingzhou's financial power.

When Zheng Zha saw this Lin Tanhua, his heart was full of pity for him. This guy is a tragedy.

Lin Tanhua is not a bad person, on the contrary, he is a cynic who cares about the country and the people, with a strong sense of justice.

It's just that his cognition was instilled by others unintentionally, that is, he was brought into rhythm by others, and he seriously lacked his own judgment. If he is not tragic, who is tragic?

From the interception by Chu soldiers on the road to Yu Youwei's lame assassination, the real target of each assassination against Xu Fengnian was never Xu Fengnian himself.

From the beginning, its target was Lin Tanhua's family.

And it was Jing'an King Zhao Heng who was thousands of miles away who set up this interlocking overall situation and made the Lin family irreversible.

The Lin family holds the financial power in Qingzhou, and at the same time is Liyang Emperor Zhao Chun, who is stationed in Qingzhou to monitor Zhao Heng's eyes and ears.

So Zhao Heng wants to get rid of the Lin family and completely control the entire Qingzhou.

If the matter of Lin Tanhua's assassination of Xu Fengnian was only brought up separately, it was just his personal behavior and had nothing to do with anyone. At most, it was only him who suffered the disaster.

But first the Chu soldiers intercepted and killed Xu Fengnian, and then there was the assassination of Yu Youwei, the remnant of Chu State, and then Lin Tanhua's third assassination.

In this way, the nature has completely changed.

With the foreshadowing of the previous two assassinations, once Lin Tanhua took action, the charge of colluding with the subjugated traitors was completely confirmed, even if he jumped into the East China Sea, he could not clear it up.

Once involved with the subjugated traitors, the nature is very different. It is called treason, and it is a serious crime of copying the family and destroying the family. The Lin family is completely finished.

When the truth came to light, even Xu Fengnian couldn't help but be amazed by King Jing'an Zhao Heng's arrangement.

The assassination round is over, and Zheng Zha's side mission is naturally successfully completed.

His impeccable guarding of Xu Fengnian these days has also won him the trust of the Northern Liang Palace.

Especially when Lin Tanhua was assassinated, Xu Fengnian put himself in a desperate situation in the center of Tingchao Lake in order to lure him.

Originally, Xu Fengnian planned to use the power of the old man at the bottom of the lake to solve Lin Tanhua, but Zheng Zha's sword strike that was tens of feet away directly settled everything.

Chu Kuangnu, the old leader at the bottom of the lake, lost an opportunity to be born, but gave Zheng Zha a special status in the Beiliang Palace.

How could Xu Xiao turn a blind eye to the people who appeared beside his son?
On the second day after Zheng Zha arrived in Lingzhou City, Beiliang's intelligence network was already in operation. In less than half a month, his basic information appeared on Xu Xiao's desk.

The Zhongzhou team and the Devil team, in terms of their identities, naturally would not leave any flaws for themselves.

With Phoenix Girl's superpowers, it's just a matter of thinking about where they want to leave their life tracks for themselves.

Zheng Zha's setting for himself is that he comes from a martial arts family in the Liao and Liao regions of the Northeast. This family is good at raising golden eagles and is well-known in the Northeast.

It's just that Zheng Zha himself is quite mysterious. He worshiped a mysterious master when he was nine years old, and left home to practice with the master. He disappeared and returned at the age of 22.

And his wife, Luo Li, is the daughter of his mysterious master and his junior junior sister.

Not long after Zheng Zha returned to the family, he took Luo Li to travel around the world for two consecutive years until he ran into Xu Fengnian not long ago.

Although it was not possible to find out who Zheng Zha's master was, and where he practiced in those 13 years, in general, Zheng Zha's origin is fairly innocent.

Therefore, Beiliang Prince's Mansion truly accepted him.

Zheng Zha and his wife had a special status in Beiliang Palace. They were Xu Fengnian's friends in name, but they were actually similar to Ke Qing's status as enshrined guests.

The masters of the Wangfu's estimation of his martial arts realm is probably between the Real Tianxiang and the Great Tianxiang. Even if he is placed in the Beiliang Wangfu, he belongs to the ranks of top masters.

Except for the Beiliang nuclear warhead Xu Yanbing who is beside Xu Xiao, and the sword god Li Chungang who is self-closing at the bottom of Tingchao Pavilion, I am afraid that there is no one in the Beiliang Palace who can fight against him.

However, the masters in Beiliang Palace paid more attention to the beautiful young woman Luoli.

Zheng Zha's strength is visible, but Luoli's head is always covered with a mysterious halo.

She looks like an ordinary person who doesn't understand martial arts, but judging from some clues, she looks like a peerless master.

This made the people of Beiliang Palace not dare to underestimate Luo Li, and to a certain extent, respect her more than Zheng Zha.

Xu Xiao even showed an attitude of treating her as his own child, as his own daughter.

Ordinary servants and maids only thought that the prince and the prince valued Luo Li so much because of Zheng Zha.

Only the masters of the palace know that this woman is worth the attention of others.

……

On this day, Xu Fengnian found Zheng Zha with a tangled expression on his face, and said to him, "Xu Xiao asked me to make a choice, either kill Ning Emei, or send Huang Man'er out of Beiliang."

After listening to his words, Zheng Zha said without any surprise: "If you want Beiliang to avoid civil strife, you have to make this choice sooner or later. I'm not surprised at all."

Xu Fengnian said a little irritably, "Can't there be a third choice?"

Zheng Zha said: "Yes, you start practicing martial arts immediately, make yourself a master in the shortest possible time, and then forcefully subdue generals like Ning Emei, everything will be solved."

Xu Fengnian said: "The shortest time? How short?"

Zheng Zha thought for a while and said, "A year or two."

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Nonsense, which martial arts practiced for a year or two can defeat a second-rank junior master like Ning Emei?"

Zheng Zha grinned and said, "Hey, I only know of several kinds. It's a pity that I don't think there are such exercises in Chaoting, otherwise the prince would have arranged them for you."

Xu Fengnian's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Really? Tell me."

It doesn't matter if there is nothing in the tide pavilion, as long as you know where it is, you can send someone to grab it back.

Zheng Zha said: "The fastest practice I know is a technique called 'Beiming Shengong', which can directly absorb the internal energy of others and turn it into one's own use."

Xu Fengnian's eyes flickered and said: "Isn't this just stealing? Can't imagine that apart from power and wealth, even martial arts can plunder others. Where is this skill?"

A faint smile flashed in Zheng Zha's eyes, and he said, "In the hands of a terrestrial celestial being named Chu Xuan, he should be in the realm of Western Shu at this moment."

The duplicate body Chu Xuan majored in the upgraded version of the "Indestructible Heavenly Art" created by the Ruthless Emperor "Swallowing Heaven Demon Art", and his starting art was the Beiming Divine Art.

Xu Fengnian asked cautiously: "What is the state of a terrestrial celestial being?"

He hasn't started to learn martial arts yet, and he only knows the division of nine ranks in the realm of martial arts, so he is not very clear about the specifics.

(End of this chapter)