Chapter 971 Knowing this earlier, why was it in the first place?
Chapter 971 If I had known this before, why did I do it in the first place?
"You have other things to do."
"ha?"
Li Fu was stunned for a moment.
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"Ten...ten days ago...you were here..."
As Zhang Zhao listened to Yi Xiaotian's explanation, what kind of waves were stirred up in his mind... What he couldn't understand the most was...
"Ten days ago...Ten days ago Chen Fuan was fine! Your calligraphy exhibition hasn't even started yet! You...you...how could you know that I was going to invite you, and how could you know that we would be discussing things in a place like this today?
!you you…"
At first, Zhang Zhao was still angry.
His first thought was that the other party was bragging.
He said that he had people sneak into the city ten days ago, and he was already waiting for today when Zhang's defense was weak.
He just wanted to know, during these ten days, had no one in the Zhang family discovered this person's whereabouts? Could it be... Could it be that this person had not eaten or drank for ten days?
Countless doubts formed in Zhang Zhao's mind.
Zhang Zhao would only think that the other party was bragging.
But…
Think about it.
Keep thinking.
After all, Zhang Zhao is a man who has been an official for many years, and he still has basic logic.
In the end... putting aside all possibilities, the only possibility for the man in black to stand here seems to be what the other party said.
Then...the shock and fear that followed cannot be described simply in words.
Ten days...this is a very ambiguous number.
He can completely believe that the other party has the ability to predict the future. Otherwise, he would have arranged such a situation ten days in advance, and fully expected that he would warmly invite him after the calligraphy exhibition——
Wait a moment.
"You...wait...if you are Lu Qinghou..."
"If you were Lu Qinghou... no... not Shitian... you!"
Zhang Zhao finally discovered a possibility that was so frightening that he began to tremble all over.
That is, from the moment the other party announced that they were coming to the Wuhui area.
Regardless of whether the other party leaked it intentionally or accidentally...
The other party may have conceived everything before coming to Wuhui...
Word exhibition?
Using such a word that sounded a bit redundant to him to get rid of Chen Fuan, although it was very powerful and shocking, it was still somewhat troublesome.
As a result... As a result, the other party's Zi Zhan eliminated Chen Fuan, was he just following the trend?
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The other party’s real purpose…
"Your purpose from the beginning...is the Zhang family?"
Zhang Zhao said this with chattering teeth.
This... was the least likely and unlikely event that Zhang Zhao had ever thought of after meeting countless coincidental conditions.
If someone had told him a day ago, told him that the young man named Lu Qinghou who took away Sun Shangxiang first spread the news and went to Wu Hui, attracting the attention of the entire Soochow upper class society to these two places.
Immediately afterwards, under the pseudonym Exhibition Hall, he accumulated strength in Shanyin City and held a grand exhibition. Not only did he get involved with Gu and other celebrities, he also took advantage of the opportunity to overturn the sarcoma on Zhang's body, Chen Fu'an -
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All of this was just designed to target him, the Zhang family, and this day...
He would only say that the person who told him this must be crazy.
Laugh at him, insult him, drive him away, and then sneer at him.
But it's different now.
All coincidences have appeared.
Because Zhang Zhao knew enough information, he could even suspect that the other party's revelation that he was about to go to the Wuhui area was just intentional.
Precisely because Zhang Zhao knew enough information, he now fell into a huge fear that he had never experienced in his life.
monster?
demon?
immortal?
Who is this young man who is smiling at me?
"Shh, don't mention it to others."
These words in his ears finally destroyed Zhang Zhao's will.
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In his dream, Zhang Zhao experienced a strange and bizarre world.
It seems like a lifetime, or just a moment.
But in the end, at the end of every dream, he would see the man smiling at him.
Amidst the screams and shouts, Zhang Zhao broke through the dream, but then escaped to the next dream.
Endlessly.
This...is called a nightmare.
"So, Mr. Ge, are you awake now?"
"Well... uh... um..."
There was still tea placed in front of him, but Zhang Zhao's expression was much uglier than when he first saw Yi Xiaotian.
On the pale and aging face, sweat is still flowing.
There is one more person at the table now.
In front of the small square table, Yi Xiaotian and Zhang Zhao sat opposite each other.
Li Fu, dressed in black, sat quietly cross-legged on one side, with Zhang Zhao's sword on his lap.
"It will be returned to Mr. Ge, don't worry, as long as...as long as our subsequent negotiations go smoothly."
Yi Xiaotian said with a smile, seeming to notice that Zhang Zhao kept glancing at the sword with his peripheral vision, apparently worried that the other party would suddenly hurt someone.
"Gu..."
Zhang Zhao swallowed.
"okay…"
"Then I won't shy away from anything. Elder Ge's insight is indeed far beyond anyone else's. Along the way, I have met so many people, and no one has ever connected all these things together. Well... based on this alone,
Mr. Ge should be regarded as the most important ally that I should win over this time."
After hearing the news about his ally's son, Zhang Zhao relaxed a little.
The other party planned to cooperate, which... This was a bit beyond Zhang Zhao's expectation. It could also be said... It could also be said that Zhang Zhao judged a gentleman with a villain's heart. He always thought that the other party was about to quarrel with him, and he was on the verge of quarreling with him.
Either you suppress me, or I suppress you...
Of course, now it seems that he is already at an absolute disadvantage.
However, these are just the result of his step-by-step guidance, and I cannot blame others.
Seeing the obedience in Zhang Zhao's eyes, Yi Xiaotian felt much relieved.
Making an old fox like Zhang Zhao bow his head is more difficult than anything he has done before.
If you are not careful, you will be tricked by this old fox - Yi Xiaotian is not bragging. If it were someone else, this plan would have gone bankrupt, right?
"Little friend...oh no...I should call you sir..."
Yi Xiaotian shrugged and did not deny Zhang Zhao's change of words.
"Sir, you are so complimentary, Zhao... I was too arrogant before... If there really is such a strange person as Mr. in the world... ugh..."
"Elder Ge, there is no need to be so depressed. You and I have no high or low status. Today we will only discuss one thing - just as you guessed before, yes... I am Lu Qinghou, and Shang Xiang has now arrived.
Wu Jun, our only purpose is to use the power of all parties...With this plan, we will not only help Shang Xiang escape Jiangdong, but also eliminate the possibility of a marriage alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei."
"If this is the goal, Mr. Ge shouldn't have too many objections, right?"
Looking at Zhang Zhao's surprised face, Yi Xiaotian drank tea and waited for the other party's response.
This time, Zhang Zhao was really stunned.
Because if it was true what the other party said, they should have been on the same side from the beginning——
If Sun Quan can be defeated and the alliance between Sun and Liu can be broken...
Zhang Zhao didn't need to think any more, his eyes were filled with light, and the previous decline was swept away.
