Chapter 1446 Resurrection, 80,000 Taels, Si Lili's Farewell

Zhenguogong Mansion!

In the study, Luo Xingfeng and Ge Sanniang, who were in charge of intelligence management in the mansion, were reporting to Zhou Chen.

"Yushi Gong's family has bought a house in Dongcheng and moved in. Today, Gong Yuan went to a restaurant with several officials' children. During this period, this family mentioned your name a lot, and took advantage of the power of the tiger."

Zhou Chen's expression was calm. He had expected this result. With the character of Zhou Xingniang's family, how could they not use his name to make a profit?

After Zhou Xingniang and her son were driven out, he asked people to keep an eye on the actions of this family. Emperor Qing wanted to use this family to disgust him, and he was also prepared to disgust Emperor Qing.

Doesn't Emperor Qing like to hide behind and calculate? Then he also wants to give Emperor Qing a good eye drop.

"Keep watching, tell me immediately if there is any movement."

"Yes."

"Have you done what I asked you to do?"

"It has been done. He was disguised as a bandit and was killed. After careful inspection, there is no flaw. He has been taken to Kyoto and locked in a safe house."

"Very good, keep an eye on him, they will be of great use to me."

"I will definitely keep an eye on them."

When Luo Xingfeng reported, Ge Sanniang went out and is back now.

"My lord, I just received news that Fan Xian was assassinated in Niulan Street and was seriously injured. Judging from the direction, he seems to be heading towards the Duke's Mansion."

"Is he here?"

Zhou Chen waved his hand: "You can go back first."

Luo Xingfeng and Ge Sanniang were the people Zhou Chen chose to manage the intelligence organization. Ge Sanniang was responsible for Kyoto, and Luo Xingfeng was responsible for outside Kyoto.

Although Ge Sanniang is just a woman, she is one of Zhou Chen's first batch of subordinates. Ge Sanniang is also the biological sister of Tianjixing of the Thirty-Six Constellations. It was only because she was over 20 years old and had average martial arts aptitude that she was arranged by Zhou Chen to collect intelligence in Kyoto.

Ge Sanniang and Tianjixing are siblings. At first, they lived under someone else's roof as concubines and lived in their husband's house. Later, they were sold by their husband's family. The siblings almost died. By chance, they were taken in by Zhou Chen and have been for several years.

The reason why Ge Sanniang can be responsible for the intelligence organization in Kyoto is because she has a talent, a very good memory. Although she can't remember everything she sees, it's not much different.

If Ge Sanniang was a man, she would definitely be able to do a lot with her memory. It's a pity that as a woman, in this feudal society, and from a poor family, this talent is of no use at all, and she ended up with a miserable end.

Fortunately, the siblings met Zhou Chen. Although they dare not say that they are living a life of superiority, it is definitely much better than most people in the world.

In the case of Ge Sanniang and Tianjixing, the siblings working together, Zhou Chen trusts them more. In this case, the possibility of betrayal is much lower than that of others.

Zhou Chen came to the yard and called Tong Quan to ask him to wait at the door. When Fan Xian came, he took him to the yard.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Tong Quan led the staggering Fan Xian and Wang Qinian, who was carrying Teng Zijing on his back, into the yard.

As soon as he saw Zhou Chen sitting in the yard, Fan Xian ran to Zhou Chen and fell on the table.

"Duke Zhou, Lord Duke, Teng Zijing, Teng Zijing is dying, please save him, please save him, you have the power to bring dead trees back to life, you can definitely save him, please save him, please save him."

He wanted to catch Zhou Chen, but was afraid that Zhou Chen would hate him, so he could only look at Zhou Chen pitifully with anxious, nervous, and urgent eyes.

Zhou Chen turned his head and looked over, and Wang Qinian hurriedly stepped forward and brought Teng Zijing closer to Zhou Chen.

"Don't look at it anymore. His Qi is out of control. Most of his meridians are broken. His internal organs are all hit hard. He won't survive for more than a cup of tea."

Fan Xian shouted excitedly: "Duke Zhou, Duke Zhou, you are a great master. I saw with my own eyes that you have the ability to bring back the dead. You can definitely save Teng Zijing. I beg you."

"Then do you remember the conditions for my rescue?"

"Conditions?"

Fan Xian only thought that Zhou Chen could save Teng Zijing. He didn't have time to think about other things. Zhou Chen reminded him of this and he remembered.

"One life, 50,000 taels of silver, right? I remember, I remember, as long as you save Teng Zijing, I will definitely collect the 50,000 taels of silver for you."

"50,000 taels?"

Wang Qinian screamed in disbelief.

Zhou Chen glanced at him calmly: "Why, do you have any objections?"

Wang Qinian hurriedly explained: "No, no, the Duke misunderstood, I was just a little surprised, a little bit, only a little bit."

But he was screaming in his heart. He pondered every day and tried all kinds of ways to make money. He didn't save much money in so many years. Fifty thousand taels for saving a life, this money is too easy to make, right?

And this little Lord Fan is the same. Teng Zijing is just a guard, but he is willing to spend fifty thousand taels to ask the Duke of Zhenguo to save people. Is his brain broken?

"Duke Zhou, please help, Teng Zijing can't hold on for long." Fan Xian urged from the side.

Zhou Chen looked at Teng Zijing. The reason why Teng Zijing can live until now is not because he is lucky, but because he left a true qi in Teng Zijing's body. Even Teng Zijing himself didn't find it when they came to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.

"He is seriously injured. No one in the world can save him except me, so don't think that spending 50,000 taels is a loss, but whether it is worth it."

"It's worth it." Fan Xian answered without hesitation.

Zhou Chen said: "We agreed in advance that the fifty thousand taels are to save his life. Even if he survives, all his martial arts skills will be lost and he will be left useless."

"What?"

Fan Xian looked horrified. Teng Zijing's greatest ability was his martial arts. If he lost his martial arts and became a useless person, how would he be able to support his family?

"Is there no other way?"

"Yes, I can help him reshape his meridians, but it will consume a lot of energy and energy. I don't do business without capital. If you want him to recover, you have to add money."

"How much more?"

"A total of eighty thousand taels."

Fan Xian still had nothing to do, but Wang Qinian couldn't help it anymore: "Your Excellency, don't you take advantage of this situation..."

"Um?"

Zhou Chen glanced at him, and Wang Qinian immediately changed his mind: "You are indeed a good person. You saved a life and reshaped the meridians. Eighty thousand taels, not expensive, not expensive."

"Fan Xian, what do you think? Is it worth spending 80,000 taels for a guard?"

Fan Xian only hesitated for a moment, then quickly gritted his teeth and said, "It's worth it. You can earn money slowly, but you only have one life. Lord, please save this person."

"readily."

Zhou Chen clapped his hands and laughed. After all, the current Fan Xian has not been completely changed by the times. To save a guard for 80,000 taels, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find another person in this world.

He stretched out his hand and pointed at Teng Zijing on Wang Qinian's body. Teng Zijing's body slowly floated up from Wang Qinian's body.

"You two protect me, don't let anyone come and disturb me."

Fan Xian immediately cheered up and said, "Please don't worry, Lord, I will never let anyone disturb you."

Wang Qinian also rolled up his sleeves, as if to protect him.

Because Teng Zijing's body contained the zhen qi that he had injected previously, so when he started healing, that little qi formed a complementary fusion with his own.

Teng Zijing was only at level 7, and there was no comparison with him, a great master. Even a little bit of his Qi was worth all of Teng Zijing's Qi.

His self-created Ruyi Jin Zhenqi contains the healing properties of Yangzhou Manu, which has the effect of rejuvenating dead trees and has excellent healing effects.

While guarding, Fan Xian and Wang Qinian looked over and saw Zhou Chen not getting close to Teng Zijing in the air, just tapping Teng Zijing's body from a distance.

It looked like they didn't do anything, but they could all feel how terrifying Zhou Chen's Qi was. Compared with Zhou Chen's, their Qi was as different as a river from a stream, and it might even be bigger.

Fan Xian originally thought that curing Teng Zijing would take a long time and require caution.

But Zhou Chen's opening and closing of dots looked very casual, and before it was time for a cup of tea, Zhou Chen stopped, and Teng Zijing also fell from the sky.

Fan Xian hurriedly stepped forward to support Teng Zijing's body, put one hand on Teng Zijing's wrist, and felt the beating of Teng Zijing's pulse, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"That's it, okay?"

"if not."

"No, it's that simple?"

Fan Xian really couldn't accept it. Teng Zijing was really about to die just now. It took only a cup of tea and Zhou Chen didn't even see him sweating. Even if he was a great master, it was too exaggerated.

"The meridians are also slowly recovering. This, this is too..."

He really didn't know how to describe it. Although he didn't know how strong the Grand Master was, he felt that even the Grand Master couldn't possess this ability to bring the dead back to life.

He suddenly understood what Zhou Chen said before. It seemed that among the five great masters, Zhou Chen might really be different.

Wang Qinian was also shocked. He saw with his own eyes how seriously injured Teng Zijing was. In his eyes, he was like a dead person. But when he arrived at Zhou Chen's place, he was alive again in the blink of an eye, and even his meridians were repaired. , it simply goes against common sense.

‘My ability to save people is real, but this money is really easy to earn. Eighty thousand taels. If I don’t eat or drink, I won’t be able to earn so much in my life, right? As for Zhen Guogong, I can get 80,000 taels with just a cup of tea. I wish I were a great master. ’

After confirming that Teng Zijing was fine, Fan Xian burst into tears of excitement. He asked Wang Qinian to support Teng Zijing while he walked up to Zhou Chen and gave Zhou Chen a big salute.

"I will never forget Duke Zhou's great kindness. As long as I have the Duke of Zhou in the future..."

"There is no need to say these polite words. It is better to send the 80,000 taels of silver as soon as possible. That will be the best thank you."

The expression on Fan Xian's face froze for an instant. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his head. Just now he was only focused on saving people and didn't think much about it. But now that people are alive and he has 80,000 taels of silver, where can he get them?

He felt that he was really crazy. His brain must have been short-circuited at that time, and he wanted to default on the debt, but after comparing the strength gap between the two sides, he still followed his heart.

"Of course, it's just that eighty thousand taels is not a small amount after all. I may need time to prepare."

Zhou Chen waved his hand and said generously: "It doesn't matter, you can't run away anyway. If you run away, then I can only go to Fan Mansion to ask your father for it. I believe he will give me this face, Hu Bu The minister is in charge of money, so he should have a lot of money."

"Don't, don't. The junior's matters will be settled by the junior. There is no need to go to my father."

Fan Xian was almost breaking out in a cold sweat. Zhou Chen, the great master, was really going to Fan's house to ask for money. His father would definitely not be able to handle it, and he still couldn't put the pressure on the old man.

Zhou Chen asked again: "I see that you are also seriously injured. Do you want me to help you treat it? I won't charge you more, ten thousand taels."

Fan Xian shouted loudly: "It's not necessary, Duke Zhou, I won't bother you to show your favor. I have some medical skills and can do it myself."

He agreed to ten thousand taels of treatment only because he was out of his mind.

After digging through his body, he only took out two banknotes.

"Gong Zhou, I only have one hundred taels with me now, how about I give it to you first, and then I can slowly collect the rest for you?"

Looking at the two wrinkled banknotes, Zhou Chen looked disgusted.

"Are you going to send the beggar away? Eighty thousand taels. If it's less than 10,000 taels, don't take it out."

Fan Xian smiled awkwardly. There was indeed a big difference between one hundred taels and eighty thousand taels, but there was nothing he could do about it. This was the only thing he had.

"Go away, come back when you have collected ten thousand taels."

Fan Xian was relieved, and together with Wang Qinian, he picked up Teng Zijing on his back and left quickly.

"Teng Zijing is not dead. I wonder if you will still be filled with righteous indignation and make a big fuss in Kyoto like in the plot?"

Fan Xian in the play went crazy to investigate because of Teng Zijing's death. What he said was very lofty. Maybe he also had such a thought in his heart, but in the final analysis, it was because he recognized Teng Zijing. friend.

But if it were any other guard in Fan's mansion, he would never do it to that extent. This is human nature, and he cares more about the people he cares about.

The same is true for Zhou Chen. He never thinks of himself as tall or a great man. He is just a person who cares about his relatives and friends. It is impossible for him to have the same empathy as his relatives for other people and other things.

Fan Xian was assassinated, causing an uproar in Kyoto, and all forces were eyeing Fan Xian.

When they discovered that Fan Xian went to the Zhenguo Duke's mansion immediately after he was assassinated, many people were very surprised. No one expected that Fan Xian was still related to Zhenguo Duke Zhou Chen.

During this chaos, Si Lili disguised himself and came to the Zhenguo Palace at night and met Zhou Chen.

"Assassinating Fan Xian has caused too much noise. Sooner or later I will be found. I can't stay in Kyoto anymore. I plan to leave Kyoto tomorrow. I came here specifically to say goodbye to you tonight."

Reluctance flashed in Si Lili's eyes. Kyoto was actually her hometown, but she had to leave her hometown.

In today's Kyoto, there are not many people who can make her miss her, and Zhou Chen may be the person she is most reluctant to leave. After several months of getting along, she has unprecedented feelings for this man. He suddenly wants to leave, which is very... Reluctant to give up.

Zhou Chen looked at Si Lili in front of him, who had lost a lot of his dusty look, and said softly: "It's okay to leave, Kyoto is a whirlpool, it's too dangerous, don't worry, I promised Haitang Duoduo that I will protect you." , on your way out, I will have someone protect you and escort you safely to the border, and Haitang Duoduo will pick you up when the time comes."

"Is it just because of Duoduo that you protect me?" Si Lili suddenly felt strange and looked at Zhou Chen closely.

Zhou Chen walked up to her and touched her cheek gently.

"Not just because of her, but you also know that I am very carefree and have more than one woman around me, so you need to seriously consider it."

Si Lili understood what Zhou Chen meant, and she held Zhou Chen's hand instead.

"I will. If I go back to Beiqi, will you still go to Beiqi?"

"certainly."

"Is it for the eldest princess?"

Zhou Chen did not answer. Although he had spent more time with Si Lili, in terms of status in his heart, it was obviously the eldest princess of Northern Qi, Zhan Pianpian, who was higher.

Si Lili understands everything. She has experienced a lot in these years, so she has no jealousy. Compared to Zhan Pianpian, she is indeed a latecomer.

"If you are going to Beiqi, you must tell me."

"must."

Si Lili left. After she left, Zhou Chen also made arrangements. He said he would protect Si Lili and return to Beiqi, and he would do what he said.

On the second day after the assassination on Niulan Street, Fan Xian was dissatisfied that the Inspection Institute wanted to let Cheng Jushu go, so he chose to kill Cheng Jushu in front of the Inspection Institute in public.

At the same time, Si Lili also began to plan her own evacuation. She did not tell Zhou Chen how to leave because she did not want to implicate Zhou Chen.

Although Teng Zijing is not dead, the plot still unfolds in the same way, which is also related to Fan Xian's character of revenge.

In order to investigate the assassination, Fan Xian and Wang Qinian quickly identified Si Lili as a spy from the Northern Qi Dynasty, and then prepared to chase the escaped Si Lili.

Thinking of the relationship between Si Lili and Zhou Chen, Fan Xian was a little worried, so he brought the 10,000 taels of silver banknotes collected from his father Fan Jian and his sister Fan Ruoruo to the Zhenguo Palace and explained this to Zhou Chen. thing.

"Si Lili is a spy from the Northern Qi Dynasty? Has it been confirmed?"

Zhou Chen accepted the banknote and was surprised when he heard Fan Xian talk about Si Lili. Fan Xian, who had been staring at his expression closely, could not see any problem at all.

Fan Xian cupped his hands and said, "It seems Zhou Guogong was also kept in the dark. We are going to go after Si Lili now."

Zhou Chen said with an indifferent expression: "Then you go ahead. If you really catch her, don't hurt her. After all, we have known each other for so long, and we still have feelings for her."

Fan Xian understood what Zhou Chen meant, responded, and then left with Wang Qinian.

"Wang Qinian, do you think what Zhou Guogong said is true?"

"ah?"

Wang Qinian was shocked: "There is no reason for the Duke of Zhenguo to lie to us. He is a great master, extraordinary and unworldly. There is no reason for him to collude with the Northern Qi spies."

"That's true."

Fan Xian was just a little suspicious. He thought that Zhou Chen was such a powerful person and had known Si Lili for so long, how could he not notice the problem at all?

But this was just his guess. If Si Lili really wanted to kill him, and Zhou Chen was in cahoots with Si Lili, he and Teng Zijing had no chance of survival.

The great master wanted to kill him, and he didn't even have a chance to escape.