In late autumn, it gets dark very early, and the business travelers outside the inn enter the inn early, have dinner, and then go inside to sleep.
The waiter brought in a plate of pancakes and two large bowls of noodles, two large plates of mutton, and a jar of wine.
Long Chen thanked the waiter and had dinner with Bai Tingting.
"I'm going out tonight, so don't move around here."
After Long Chen finished his meal, he drank another bowl of water.
The soil here is relatively hard and the water is a bit salty.
"I'll go with you."
Bai Tingting immediately put down her chopsticks, picked up her sword and prepared to leave.
Long Chen shook his head and said: "I'm going to see Li Chengtong tonight, alone. You don't want to go."
Bai Tingting objected: "What if he brings someone with him? Isn't it dangerous for you to be alone?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "I probably won't bring anyone with me for the first time. He wants to know what I mean."
"If I bring someone with me, he probably won't come."
Bai Tingting was very worried: "Then I will be nearby to pick you up."
Long Chen pinched Bai Tingting's cheek and said with a smile: "No, just wait here for me to come back and sleep."
Bai Tingting sighed: "When Zhang Qian follows you, she can protect you, but I feel it is useless to follow you."
In the final analysis, the gap in cultivation was still too big to help Long Chen.
Long Chen smiled and said: "Who said it's useless? You can sleep with me."
Bai Tingting frowned and said: "When are you still joking? I hate it."
Long Chen hugged Bai Tingting and smiled: "I'm not kidding, I'm serious."
With that said, Long Chen untied Bai Tingting's clothes, and Bai Tingting half pushed her and obeyed.
Haishi.
A bright moon in the sky illuminates the cold Xifeng Town. The bare mountains outside seem to be plated with silver. A faint cold wind blows through, making people feel chilly all over.
Long Chen put on his clothes, with a black sword at his waist and an iron gun in his hand, he quietly left the yard and ran towards Ape Roaring Valley.
The distance of ten miles, Long Chen Martial Emperor's cultivation, arrived quickly.
Yuanxiao Valley is ten miles south of Xifeng Town. In the valley, ancient trees are slanted, cliffs stand, and a waterfall flows straight down, flowing southward into the border of Daliang.
Xifeng Town has a Gobi desert climate, but here it is rainy. Ten miles apart, the climate is completely different.
Under the moonlight, the waterfall is like silver, and the apes in the forest make sad ape whistles from time to time, making it even more desolate.
Long Chen sat cross-legged on a conspicuous stone, waiting for Li Chengtong to attend the appointment.
It was late, and there was still no trace of Li Chengtong.
Long Chen was not in a hurry. He estimated that Li Chengtong had already arrived and was checking whether there was any ambush around him. He would naturally come out after he finished checking.
Half an hour later, a black shadow walked out of the woods, it was Li Chengtong.
He had a large spear in his hand and a knife on his waist. He was probably wearing thin armor close to his body.
Li Chengtong walked step by step in front of the stone and stood 5 meters apart from Long Chen.
"Your Highness, long time no see."
Long Chen stood up, holding a spear, and looked at Li Chengtong opposite.
The moon was shining brightly, and Long Chen could see Li Chengtong's face clearly.
Li Chengtong looked at Long Chen carefully and sighed slightly: "It has been three years since I said goodbye to the Ming Palace. At first you were just a young eunuch who just entered the palace, but now you have become an important minister in charge of the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Life is really unpredictable.
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Seeing Li Chengtong, hatred kept welling up in his heart. Long Chen tried his best to suppress it and make himself appear calm.
"Yes, I have grown from a poor little eunuch to a powerful minister commanding 200,000 troops, while His Highness the Crown Prince is in a precarious position. He may be deposed or even beheaded at any time. Things are really unpredictable."
Long Chen sneered slightly.
Li Chengtong's face stiffened, and then he said angrily: "Long Chengen, is this the reason why you asked me to come out tonight?"
Long Chen's words sounded like a threat, and he wanted to use Qianjiang County's leverage to hold him hostage.
Long Chen smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't get me wrong. I came out tonight to make a deal, a deal in which everyone can make money."
Li Chengtong said coldly: "Business? What business can I do with you?"
From the beginning to the end, Li Chengtong regarded himself as "the prince", which shows that he attaches great importance to this identity.
The more a person cares about something, the more he or she will emphasize it.
Long Chen was secretly happy in his heart. What he wanted was that Li Chengtong cared about the title of the crown prince. If he didn't care, Long Chen couldn't blackmail him.
"Okay, then open the skylight and speak frankly!"
"What His Highness the Crown Prince wants is to inherit the Nanliang Empire and ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!"
"And what I want is to replace Jing Tianlie in the Great Zhou Dynasty and become a powerful minister!"
"Now I want to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to help me kill Li Yuanying, and then help me defeat Jingtian Lie. From now on, you will be the Emperor of Liang, and I will be the powerful minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. We each get what we need."
"If we cooperate well, we can also secretly communicate the song style, and I will support you during the big week."
"This is my proposal, can you give me a nice word?"
Long Chen put out his thoughts and waited for Li Chengtong's decision.
After listening to this, Li Chengtong thought for a long time and said, "I have a few questions. You must answer me truthfully."
Long Chen said: "Your Highness, please speak."
Li Chengtong asked: "First, what you want is to replace Jing Tianlie?"
Long Chen replied: "Yes, I just want to be a powerful minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty and a master of men!"
Li Chengtong asked: "Then why do you keep attacking my beam?"
Long Chen immediately replied: "How can I be promoted without military merit? How can I control the military power? How can I replace Jing Tianlie?"
Li Chengtong thought about it in his mind and felt that what Long Chen said was good.
Li Chengtong asked: "Don't you hate me, Daliang?"
Long Chen laughed and said: "Why do I hate you Daliang? I have no enmity with you. I am attacking cities and plundering land just for meritorious service."
Li Chengtong asked suspiciously: "You are from the Long Family Army, and you have a blood feud with me, Daliang."
Long Chen laughed loudly and said: "I didn't expect His Highness the Crown Prince to believe such rumors. I can tell His Highness the Crown Prince that I have no connection with the Long Family Army!"
Li Chengtong did not have any real evidence and just wanted to deceive.
"Okay, why did you ask me to kill Li Yuanying instead of asking Li Yuanying to kill me together?"
The question Li Chengtong asked was very pointed.
Long Chen could join forces with Li Chengtong or Li Yuanying, but Long Chen found Li Chengtong, which made him feel strange.
Long Chen said: "Simple! First, I have a grudge against Li Yuanying. This guy wanted to kill me in Qianjiang County. Speaking of which, I still thank His Royal Highness for saving my life. If you hadn't sent the letter, I would have been poisoned and died."
Li Chengtong said coldly: "There is no need to mention this matter again!"
Long Chen continued: "Second, Li Yuanying will not agree to cooperate with me. If he wants to seize the throne of the prince, he must use my head to ask for credit."
"But His Highness the Crown Prince is different. You don't need my head. As long as you kill Li Yuanying, the Crown Prince's position will be stable."
"The enemy of His Royal Highness is not me, but Li Yuanying. He is the one who threatens your throne."
"We have a common enemy, so I look for cooperation with His Highness the Crown Prince, not Li Yuanying."
Li Chengtong nodded slightly and agreed with Long Chen's explanation.
Li Chengtong shook his head and said, "No, if you tell him that you can kill me, he will cooperate with you."
As long as Li Chengtong is killed, Li Yuanying can still sit firmly as the prince. This condition is very tempting.
Long Chen chuckled and said: "There must be a handle. I have His Highness the Crown Prince's handle. You have to cooperate with me."
"Li Yuanying is different. I don't have any handle. I can't get him to cooperate with me."
After Li Chengtong heard this, he was almost furious.
Long Chen was telling the truth, but the truth was too ugly to hear.
"Third, you threatened me with Qianjiang County today. Will you continue to use this to threaten me in the future?"
Li Chengtong was pinched by Long Chen, so he had to come to meet him tonight.
He didn't want to be held hostage by Long Chen and become a puppet at his mercy.
