"No, he is not really cooperating. He wants to use me to achieve his own goals."
Long Chen said with great certainty.
The empress frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Long Chen said: "The two things Ji Zhang said, the first one is to restore the country and cede the territory of Nanliang. This request seems to be excessive, but in fact it is nonsense."
"Ji Zhang broke through to Emperor Zun twenty years ago. His cultivation at that time might have even surpassed that of the Holy One, and he was the strongest person in the world. If he really wanted to restore his country, he would have relied on the resources of the Tianxiahui at that time and his cultivation to recover.
The country is in a state of flux."
"But he did not choose to restore the country. He pretended to be dead, handed over Tianxiahui to Ji Ba, and hid his whereabouts."
"He must have other agendas. He wants more than restoring the country."
When Ji Zhang made his first request, Long Chen didn't think there was any problem.⑧①ZW.????m
At that time, when Ji Zhang told his experience, Long Chen realized something was wrong.
Ji Zhang ate dried meat from the ghost tribe twenty years ago. His body changed and his cultivation improved. He was fully capable of returning to his country, but he didn't.
Therefore, Ji Zhang must be plotting something else instead of looking for an antidote.
This brings us to the second question, Ji Zhang's search for an antidote.
"He said that the second request was to remove the poison from the corpse, which is not true either."
"He has been searching for twenty years and found nothing. How can I find it?"
"Besides, he can completely figure out how to solve the problem of corpse poison by himself. There is no need to ask me for help."
Ji Zhang has such a high level of cultivation, he can just find the antidote himself, and it would be unnecessary to ask Long Chen.
"Looking for a way to come to me, relying on me, being tied to my chariot, and making enemies of Nanliang and the ghost tribe, these things are too unwise."
Long Chen felt that what Ji Zhang did seemed clever, but in fact it was full of loopholes.
After hearing this, the empress nodded slightly and said, "You are right. If it were anyone else, they might really be deceived."
"It's closely related to me to state excessive demands. At first glance, the two demands seem very reasonable."
Ji Zhang is very smart, he knows that it is not easy to win Long Chen's trust.
Therefore, he used two requests, both of which were not easy to solve, much like enough chips.
Unfortunately, Long Chen was very smart and immediately saw through Ji Zhang's plot.
"Since you knew he had other agendas, why did you agree to cooperate with him?"
The empress didn't understand what Long Chen was thinking. She saw through Ji Zhang's plot and still gave in. What was Long Chen planning?
Long Chen said: "Ji Zhang and I have a grudge, and it's a blood feud. If I break it directly, a direct conflict will break out."
"Since he is pretending to be attached to me, I will take advantage of it. I don't know what he is planning for the time being, but it should be true to deal with Nanliang and Guitai."
"He has no need to protect Nanliang. As for the ghost clan, what he wants seems to be related to the ghost clan."
Long Chen also thought about whether Ji Zhang would join forces with Nanliang to deal with him because of Ji Ba's incident.
If Ji Zhang joins forces with Nanliang and Guitai, what he should do is mobilize the remaining forces of the Tianxiahui to deal with him.
Or Ji Zhang is lurking around Long Chen to collect intelligence and coordinate Nanliang's secret operation.
Ji Zhang did not do this, but asked to cooperate with Long Chen and informed Gui Fei of his actions.
Therefore, Long Chen concluded that Ji Zhang wanted to use Lian himself to deal with Guitai and Nanliang.
As for the reason, what Ji Zhang wanted was probably with the ghost tribe, because Ji Zhang had been to the Holy Snow Peak, and he wanted to get something from the Holy Snow Peak, but was beaten by Bai Xue and fled.
As for what Ji Zhang wanted, Long Chen couldn't figure it out for a while.
Since Ji Zhang wants to use himself to deal with Nanliang and the ghost tribe, he can temporarily cooperate. Even if Ji Zhang does not contribute, he can avoid conflicts.
The empress felt strange and said: "Ji Zhang can obviously hide in the dark and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, why did he take the initiative to show up?"
Before this, no one knew about Ji Zhang's existence.
He could just hide in the dark and make his plans, which would be safer.
But Ji Zhang didn't. He chose to step forward and proactively approached Long Chen to ask for cooperation.
Long Chen shook his head and said: "I'm also thinking about why. If it were me, I would choose to hide in the dark and provoke."
The empress thought for a long time and couldn't figure out why Ji Zhang was doing this.
Long Chen said: "Ignoring why he acted like this for the moment, Ji Zhang said that the ghosts were secretly gathering forces with the intention of attacking us."
"I must figure out where the target of the ghost fetus is. Luo Xi and Ling Yi can't be attacked by surprise again."
The empress said: "If we attack the city, it will be Diaoyu City, Anmu City and the capital. These three places are important. I can't think of other places."
The empress's thoughts were similar to Long Chen's, both believed that these three places were most vulnerable to sneak attacks.
Long Chen said: "I will immediately arrange for manpower to strengthen the security of these three places and monitor the surrounding movements at the same time."
For these people, the only option is surveillance, and spies dare not approach them.
Neither Feng He nor He Juntao, not even Yingfeng dared to fight those people head-on.
These people are almost all powerful men above the Martial Emperor. If you want to destroy them, Long Chen or the Empress must take action.
At least Master Ziyun and Master Miaoyin need to take action to be able to defeat it.
"Their numbers are unknown and their targets are unknown. This kind of sneak attack is very troublesome."
The empress found it difficult, and Long Chen also said: "The ghost has been laying out in the Central Plains for hundreds of years. His power is spread all over the world, and we can only slowly eradicate it."
In any case, Guitai has been in business for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to eradicate his influence without paying a price.
"Without further delay, I will make arrangements right away."
Long Chen immediately withdrew. This time the empress did not persuade him to stay. Business was more important.
After leaving the room, Yingfeng was outside.
"King Wu has come out again, the Holy Emperor will be angry."
Ying Feng smiled and joked, but Long Chen did not talk to her in a flirtatious manner, but said: "I have something serious to say. Gui Fei's men may launch a sneak attack, and we must keep track of their movements."
When Yingfeng heard about it, he immediately said: "King Wu, please give me your orders!"
Long Chen said: "The shadow guards immediately monitor the Diaoyu City area, especially the east of Diaoyu City, and beware of their sneak attack on Diaoyu City."
Yingfeng did not ask the empress for instructions and went to do it immediately.
Now Long Chen and the Empress don't distinguish between you and me. The Empress must agree with what Long Chen said.
Long Chen returned to his yard and found He Juntao.
"Ask the people from Anmu City to monitor the surrounding area for hundreds of miles, and at the same time spread out the remaining personnel to monitor the area around the river. If there are experts crossing the river, report them immediately."
He Juntao went to do it immediately.
Long Chen returned to the room and immediately wrote a letter to Yan Shuangyu.
There is also a new force in the capital, which is the Jinyiwei established by Yan Shuangyu, Xiu Niang and Meng Lan.
According to Long Chen's original plan, after conquering Jinling, he would break with the Empress and no longer use the West Factory.
Now the plan has changed. According to Long Chen's arrangement, the Jin Yiwei has been secretly guarding the capital.
Long Chen wrote a letter to Yan Shuangyu, asking the three of them to pay attention to the area around the capital and be careful of attacks by ghost fetus masters.
After the letter was sent, Long Chen sat down and carefully thought about every word and look in Ji Zhang's words, trying to find out Ji Zhang's true plot.
This person can develop the Tianxiahui to its peak. He is by no means a thing in a pond. It is not as simple as it seems.
What if I had just killed him?
Long Chen suddenly came up with a strange idea.
One of the reasons why I didn't attack Ji Zhang just now was because of Ji Xianxian.
In any case, Ji Zhang is Ji Xianxian's father. He killed Ji Zhang without showing any threat. I felt sorry for Ji Xianxian.
"What on earth was he thinking?"
Long Chen leaned on the chair and looked at the sparse stars outside the window.
