388 It's just about usurping the throne. There's actually no right or wrong in what happened between Chen Jie and Nan Batian.
It's just a struggle for power.
It is understandable that in order to consolidate his power, Nan Batian wanted to kill his competitor Chen Jie and make sure that Chen Jie was left without a burial place.
In order to protect himself and to go further, Chen Jie must accept the challenge by using all means, no matter how despicable or shameless they are.
To achieve the final victory.
This world is so cruel and the struggle for power is so bloody.
Don't ask right or wrong, just ask success or failure.
And Chen Jie is obviously more skilled than Nan Batian, so he will be the winner and take all, and he will get everything from Nan Batian.
Chen Jie came to Yelu Mansion. When he reached the door, the guard stopped him and said that if he wanted to see Darughachi, he couldn't just walk in the door and see him. He needed to inform the guard.
The guard reported, and soon Qimuge came out. Chen Jie greeted him: "Commander Qimuge."
Qimuge said, "Master Chen, please, Lord Yelu is waiting for you in the courtyard."
When we arrived at the courtyard, Yelu was fishing in the pond. Yelu's two major hobbies in life were fishing and eating sashimi.
Seeing Chen Jie coming, he signaled him, "Jiu Si, go fishing for a while."
Chen Jie took the fishing rod and sat next to Yelu to fish. Neither of them spoke for a long time. Yelu asked, "Jiu Si asked me to come here today. Did you find the fatal weakness of Nan Batian?"
Chen Jie was not too surprised to hear this. After all, his affair with Nan Batian was already known to everyone. It was impossible for Yelu not to know that Chen Jie had been trying to find a way to deal with Nan Batian recently.
But knowing is one thing, but at this time, you should just pretend to be ignorant!
Chen Jie said: "Haha, Lord Yelu, you must be joking. I am loyal to my leader. If I knew of any fatal flaw, why would I not report it to him first instead of telling Lord Yelu?"
Upon hearing this, Yelu said, "Jiu Si, you are as cunning as a loach in a pond. You will never be able to catch it with this fishing rod."
Chen Jie said, "Could it be that my appetite is too small? I am full after eating the bait that the adults put into the fish pond, so I don't ask for more, so naturally I can't catch any fish."
"Yeah?"
Upon hearing this, Yelu glanced at Chen Jie and said nothing, and Chen Jie also said nothing.
The two of them had their own hidden wit just now. Yelu said that Chen Jie was hypocritical. He clearly wanted to kill Nan Batian, but he had to pretend that it was none of his business. He was like a loach and never took the bait.
Chen Jie's answer was very clever. He did not say that Yelu's analogy was wrong, but instead continued with Yelu's words. Yelu said he was like a loach, and he was a loach. Yelu said he was slippery and would not bite the hook, but he said that he ate less. What does he mean by eating less? Eating less means wanting less. He is not as ambitious as Nan Batian and difficult to control.
Yelu paused after hearing this, then looked at Chen Jie and asked, "When did you realize that something was wrong with Sun Tiechui?"
Chen Jie said, "I saw it the first time, but since both the Lord and Nan Batian defended him, I couldn't continue. I was also afraid of offending the Lord and angering him. After all, the Lord gets a commission from Sun Tiechui's blacksmith shop every year."
"You are afraid that we are colluding, but I am from Mulan. I can collude with the Zoroastrians. If you insist that Sun Tiechui is a demon from the Zoroastrians, I might continue to investigate him strictly, and maybe that batch of weapons will not be able to leave the city!"
"My Lord, you must listen to the truth and not to lies!"
Chen Jie stared at the lake and asked Yelu. Yelu squinted his eyes and said, "How do you tell the truth and how do you tell a lie?"
Chen Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "It was a lie. Your Excellency was wise and brave. I was impressed by your Excellency at the time, so I stopped making any suggestions."
Yelu's face turned cold and he asked, "What about the truth?"
Chen Jie laughed and said, "To tell you the truth, Lord Yelu, I am a human being, and I am a man of the world who makes a living under your command. My life and death are all in your hands. You said so at the time. What can I say? If I argue with you, will you think I am a rebellious person?"
"If I displease the adults, my fate will be miserable, so I backed off."
Chen Jie said while looking at the lake.
Upon hearing this, Yelu's face turned green and then red. Chen Jie's words sounded harsh, as if he was mocking his own arbitrariness and self-willedness!
Yelu suppressed his anger and looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, you are telling me this now, aren't you afraid that I will settle the score with you later?"
Chen Jie said: "I am scared, scared to death, but since you asked me, I can't lie to you. Although I am a bit smooth, I will never lie to you. If you ask me, I will tell you the truth and will never lie to you. This is my loyalty."
Yelu looked at Chen Jie like this, but Chen Jie still had a calm expression, fishing freely and seemed very calm.
Yelu suddenly laughed and said, "Chen Jiusi, you are very interesting, aren't you?"
Chen Jie said: "Thank you for the compliment, sir."
Yelu said: "You just said that you are loyal to me and that you cannot deceive me. So, will you answer truthfully whatever I ask you?"
Chen Jie said: "Whatever your Excellency asked, Jiu Si will not hide anything."
Yelu looked at Chen Jie and said, "Okay, then let me ask you, were all the things that Nan Batian experienced planned by you, including the guard who escaped the first time?"
Chen Jie said: "No, sir, I have never planned anything, including that guard, I have always been very passive."
"Really? Wasn't that coffin incident outside the city a trap you set for Nan Ba Tian Xia?"
Chen Jie said, "Sir, I admit that I did set a trap for him on purpose that time, but that was when he led people to stop my funeral procession and wanted to open the coffin, and I suddenly thought of it. You know, my brothers were all killed by Nan Batian, they must want to see their enemy kneel down and kowtow to him."
Yelu narrowed his eyes and asked, "What about Tara's family?"
"Lord Yelu, Tara's family has nothing to do with me. Tara was not killed by anyone from the White Tiger Hall. I swear to heaven that I have no intention of being an enemy of the Mulan people."
Chen Jie said sincerely.
Yelu frowned and asked, "What about Nan Batian's cargo transportation?"
Chen Jie said, "I reported this to Old Monster Liu. You know, Nan Batian followed your orders and sealed off the entire Mianshui River. I, Old Monster Liu's dock, and dozens of cargo ships could not leave the riverbank, while Nan Batian secretly opened the river and made a lot of money. To be honest, I am jealous. But if I come to you, Lord Yelu, to cry and complain."
"It would seem that I am not a gentleman if I complain to the higher authorities. I am also afraid of being stabbed in the back by the disciples of the Fishermen's Gang. Therefore, I can only use Old Monster Liu to disgust Nan Batian once."
Upon hearing this, Yelu laughed and said, "Hahahaha... You are quite open-minded. You dare to say such a thing."
Chen Jie said: "I have absolutely no secrets from you, sir."
"In other words, you have no connection with Zoroastrianism. You are innocent?"
Yelu stared at Chen Jie. Chen Jie turned around and met Yelu's eyes. Without any evasion, he said calmly, "Yes, I have nothing to do with Zoroastrianism. Please understand!"
Yelu stared into Chen Jie's eyes. People who usually lie always like to avoid looking, but Chen Jie's eyes were calm and indifferent. There was no intention of avoiding looking, and he showed sincerity.
In order to get this look, Chen Jie practiced hard for a long time and overcame his timidity before coming to Yelu to have a frank and open "heart-to-heart talk" with him.
Yelu was moved by Chen Jie's sincerity. He calmed down, put down his fishing rod and said, "Tell me the purpose of your visit today."
Chen Jie said seriously: "Kill Nan Batian!"
Yelu was stunned and looked at him and said, "You are really honest. You can say something so easy even though it is difficult to talk about it."
Chen Jie looked at Yelu and said, "My Lord, I have not lied to you. I just want to kill Nan Batian."
Yelu said: "I know about your grievances, but you also know that I will not take sides and help you deal with Nan Batian because of your grievances."
Chen Jie said: "Sir, you don't need to take sides, you just need to make a fair judgment."
"Be fair and just?"
Yelu looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Have you found any solid evidence against Nan Batian?"
Chen Jie looked at Yelu and said, "Sir, Nan Batian must have colluded with the Zoroastrianism, and he is very likely a big leader of the Zoroastrianism. He may be the person in charge of transporting military equipment from Mianshui County to the north."
"Do you have evidence?"
Chen Jie clasped his fists and said, "Yes, my people have been keeping an eye on him. Nan Batian is refining weapons in a mine in the Beishan Iron Mine Area. As long as you send someone there, we will be able to catch him red-handed!"
"Um?"
Yelu's eyes widened when he heard this. He looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Really? Is he really that bold?"
Chen Jie said, "Yes, it is absolutely true, sir, this is the location of the mine. Send Commander Qimuge to check it out. You will definitely gain something."
Yelu looked at Qimuge after hearing this, and Qimuge said, "Sir, I will go now."
Yelu stretched out his hand and said, "Wait a minute!"
Yelu looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, do you think it is possible that Nan Batian secretly made the weapons just to deal with me?"
Chen Jie said: "It's possible! Of course, there is also the possibility that he is really a spy of the Zoroastrianism, and is specifically here to help the Zoroastrianism raise military equipment!"
Yelu was stunned when he heard this and looked at Chen Jie. Chen Jie clasped his fists and said, "Sir, I came here mainly to give you two messages. This is one of them!"
Yelu said: "There is another one?"
Chen Jie said, "There is a Shengping Inn on Le'an Street in the south city. I have a stake there. Yesterday they reported that four people had come. During their conversation, I accidentally heard the word 'inspector'!"
"Um!!"
Yelu's eyes suddenly widened, Inspector!
Already in Mianshui!!
Chen Jie said: "I don't know, but since there are rumors, it may not be groundless. If you have time, you can go and take a look. Maybe you can find out if it is true."
Yelu couldn't sit still anymore, so he stood up and said, "Qimuge, don't bring anyone with you. Jiusi, you lead the way, let's go to Shengping Inn and find out what's going on."
Chen Jie said: "Yes."
"yes."
Qimuge also nodded in agreement.
Chen Jie lowered his head at this time. The inspector coming to Mianshui was bad news, and it caught Chen Jie off guard. However, after some thinking last night, Chen Jie thought it through and realized that this might not be a bad thing.
A strong person must adapt to the environment, and even turn a bad environment into an advantage for himself.
Chen Jie thought clearly about this advantage, which was that this inspector was not only a pressure on himself, but also a pressure on Yelu.
I can use the opponent's strength to my advantage. Originally, if I wanted to take down Nan Batian by force just based on the crime of privately manufacturing military weapons in Beishan Mining Area, it would probably be flawed. I still need to plan it myself and let Yelu make up his mind.
But when Zhao Ya arrived.
The pressure from this inspector is enough to make Yelu sacrifice the car to save the driver. Isn't this pressure coming out of nowhere and doing him a great favor?
This is turning a disadvantage into an advantage.
Chen Jie thought about it and watched Yelu change into the clothes of an ordinary rich man, so he asked Qimugege to change his clothes as well. Chen Jie was originally wearing very ordinary clothes, so he didn't need to change his clothes.
Watching them busying around, Chen Jie took out a small porcelain bottle, put some white cream from it on the scar on the base of his right hand.
When he returned home last night, Chen Jie found his master, Bai Wenjing.
When asked if there was any medicine that could remove scars, Bai Wenjing thought about it and prepared the scar removal cream for Chen Jie overnight, while she was preparing it, she said that Chen Jie was a spendthrift.
Because this ointment contains a medicine called Bai Linggen, which can only be used in Huajin medicines and is generally used to enhance martial arts strength. But now it is used to prepare this kind of scar removal medicine, which is a waste of resources.
Although Chen Jie felt very painful, he had to take out the Bai Linggen with great pain in order to ensure that he would not be discovered.
This white spiritual root is also one of the thirty-six auxiliary medicines for the [Qi and Blood Pill] that Chen Jie is going to make. It was not easy to find it, but now he might as well use it to remove the scar.
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