I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 600: The picture shows the dagger
In order to gain Zhang Chen's trust, Zhang Gaoqiu tried his best.

At this moment, the only thought in Zhang Gaoqiu's mind was: "This is a God-given opportunity! If I stand up for this kid now, I'm not afraid that he won't be grateful to me and be loyal to me. If I want to harm him later, he might even thank me in return."

Zhang Gaoqiu was filled with pride, and he had to seize this opportunity. Looking at Wang Xifeng, who was looking angry, Zhang Gaoqiu quickly sent a telepathic message: "Aunt, I have heard about your situation. Just rest assured, follow my instructions, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation. Not only can I take back the quota that this kid has taken, but I will also make him lose his reputation and become a complete disgrace to the circle of the rich and powerful."

Hearing Zhang Gaoqiu's voice transmission, Wang Xifeng looked at Zhang Gaoqiu with a pair of eyes. The light in her eyes changed slightly, and then she saw him take a breath, and turned his head with a sullen face to look at the seventh-level god beside him: "Didn't you hear what my cousin said?"

The seventh-rank god's face suddenly changed color when he heard this: "Madam..."

"At worst, after you die, your family will create a golden body for you to ensure that you continue to live in the form of a god. Your family will also never treat your descendants unfairly." Wang Xifeng's voice was full of coldness.

The body of the seventh-rank god trembled, his eyes were full of tragedy, and he glared at Zhang Chen angrily. The next moment, he suddenly slapped himself on the forehead. The next moment, the seventh-rank god's divine light dissipated, and the whole person fell limply to the ground like a piece of rotten meat.

A seventh-level god can die at any time!

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank when he saw this. This was a seventh-level god, no worse than the cultivators of the same level. Once they started fighting, even an eighth-level bloodline cultivator might not be able to win. But he committed suicide just because of a word from the head lady. The Shen family was really rich.

Before Zhang Chen could express his opinion, his eldest cousin Zhang Gaoqiu turned around and looked at Zhang Chen: "Cousin, are you angry? If you asked me to be disrespectful to my aunt, I wouldn't dare to be presumptuous. You are angry. After all, we are old relatives. If someone dies, it will destroy the friendship between the two families and it will end badly."

At this point, Zhang Gaoqiu came to Zhang Chen and lowered his voice and said, "You took away someone's son's place in the academy, and you don't allow them to cause trouble for you?"

Zhang Chen fell silent upon hearing this. He turned his head to look at his family, then looked at Zhang Gaoqiu beside him. He knew that this kid had bad intentions. He wanted to see what tricks this kid wanted to play and whether he had a chance to trap the other party.

Besides, he hasn't got the place to enter the academy yet, so it's not a good idea to confront him right now.

"In that case, let's just forget it. I hope you can manage your own dogs. If you can't even manage your own dogs, how can you manage such a huge Shen family?" After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he took the three little ones and winked at Zhang. The family walked into the house, closed the door and ignored Wang Xifeng and Zhang Gaoqiu.

Facing Zhang Chen's attitude, Wang Xifeng was so angry that her body was heaving. Then she looked at Zhang Gaoqiu, and saw Zhang Gaoqiu hurriedly whispered: "Please be patient, I will come back tomorrow to retaliate and discipline you to my satisfaction. But tomorrow you have to act in a play with me, and this play cannot be without you. I promise that you will get the spot back."

Hearing Zhang Gaoqiu's words, Wang Xifeng snorted coldly, flicked her sleeves and turned away: "I hope so."

Watching Wang Xifeng's departing figure, Zhang Gaoqiu turned his head to glance at Zhang Chen's yard, and quickly opened the door and walked in. He tried to comfort Zhang Chen again, hoping to temporarily calm him down. After saying a lot of things like "we are all family", "don't tear each other's faces", and "destroy the friendship between the two families", he temporarily calmed Zhang Chen down, and then patted his chest to assure: "Cousin, you can stay here. I will never allow anyone to bully you while I am here."

Then he made a promise, "I will treat you to a drink tomorrow and explain to you the various ways of the Shen family. Things in the Shen family are not as simple as you think."

After building a good relationship with Zhang Chen, he turned around and left to prepare for tomorrow's affairs.

Watching Zhang Gaoqiu walk away, Zhang came out and tidied her messy hair. Her voice was full of seriousness: "Something seems to be wrong. Zhang Gaoqiu and Wang Xifeng are flirting with each other. I'm afraid there is something fishy going on between them. The Shen family is a place of trouble. We might as well leave now! If we really fall out with the Shen family, how can we, an orphan and a widow, compete with them?"

Hearing Zhang's words, Zhang Chen smiled softly: "Mom, please stay here for a while. When I finish one thing, it won't be too late for us to leave the Shen family."

Seeing that Zhang Chen had made up his mind, Zhang stopped trying to persuade him. As long as Zhang Chen knew what was going on, that was enough.

Zhang Gaoqiu came to Shen Ling's residence. After they met, they entered the house and got intimate. Then Zhang Gaoqiu held Shen Ling in his arms, stroked her delicate skin and said, "I'm ready. Everything will be done tomorrow. But I still need your aunt's cooperation."

Shen Ling hesitated when she heard this: "Can't we just change someone else?"

Zhang Gaoqiu said, "Who should we replace it with? If it's a girl from the Shen family, I'm afraid the masters and mistresses will just go with the flow and help that little savage. If it's another mistress, she won't cooperate with us. Besides, even if she's willing to cooperate, I wouldn't dare to use her. If the plan is leaked, we'll be in big trouble."

Shen Ling hesitated when she heard this. Zhang Gaoqiu stroked Shen Ling's skin and said, "Now that cousin's place in the academy has been taken away by that kid, it will be difficult to get it back otherwise. This matter only requires Aunt to show up, and it won't really let Aunt be taken advantage of by others."

Shen Ling made up her mind after hearing that: "Okay! I'll go talk to my mother. As long as I can cut that little thief into pieces."

Second day

At dawn, a servant came with a message saying that Zhang Gaoqiu invited Zhang Chen to have a drink.

Zhang Chen thought for a moment and then showed a hint of evil interest. He knew that Zhang Gaoqiu would definitely plot against him at this banquet, so he just sent the servant back without saying whether he would go to the banquet. He wanted to take the opportunity to play a trick on Zhang Gaoqiu.

The servant went back to report. Zhang Gaoqiu raised his eyebrows when he heard it, and then walked out of the door with an angry look on his face: "Damn that little savage, he still has it in his hands! Don't let me succeed, or I will make him pay."

Zhang Gaoqiu walked all the way to the outside of Zhang Chen's yard, sorted out his emotions, and then put on a hypocritical smile. He pushed open the door and walked into the yard, where he saw Zhang Chen standing in the patio looking at the big sun in the sky.

"Little brother, I invited you to have a drink, why don't you go?" Zhang Gaoqiu had a friendly smile on his face, with a hint of blame in his words.

"Because of what happened last night, I really don't feel like drinking." Zhang Chen said.

Zhang Gaoqiu smiled when he heard this: "That's not the case. You have to go to the wine party today."

"What do you mean? Is there any other special thing about this wine?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Think about it, you and Shen Ling are engaged, and Wang Xifeng is Shen Ling's biological mother, your future mother-in-law. I'm not just setting up the banquet today, but I want to mediate and mediate between you and Madam Wang so that you can make peace with each other."

After hearing what Zhang Gaoqiu said, Zhang Chen nodded: "I see, then it seems I have to go."

"You have to go! You must know that your cousin Shen Ling is also there. If you don't go, she will be unhappy." Zhang Gaoqiu said.

Zhang Chen no longer refused after hearing this and came all the way to Zhang Gaoqiu, where he saw Zhang Gaoqiu telling the maid, "You can serve the food now."

As the two of them sat down, six exquisite dishes and a soup were served, along with fine wine.

However, when Zhang Chen looked at the food and wine, he felt a little hesitant. He did not understand the medicinal properties of herbs. If Zhang Gaoqiu drugged him, he would be in big trouble.

He made up his mind and stared at Zhang Gaoqiu. If Zhang Gaoqiu refused to pick up his chopsticks, he would never do so.

Zhang Gaoqiu didn't move his chopsticks either, but asked the servant beside him: "Have Miss Shen Ling and the first lady arrived?"

The servant shook his head when he heard this, and Zhang Gaoqiu said, "Go and urge them!"

The servant took the order and left. Zhang Gaoqiu said to Zhang Chen, "Wait a moment, little brother."

Then he poured Zhang Chen a glass of wine, picked up the cup and said, "Let's have a drink first."

The two clinked their glasses. Zhang Gaoqiu took a sip from the wine cup and then put it down. Seeing this, Zhang Chen also pretended to take a sip and put the wine cup down. He thought to himself, "This kid refuses to drink. Is there something in the wine?"

Zhang Gaoqiu was also looking at the wine in Zhang Chen's glass, which had not decreased in volume, and thought to himself, "This kid is really cautious, but luckily I was prepared."

So he pointed to the table full of food and wine and said, "Let's not wait any longer, let's eat first."

Zhang Chen picked up the chopsticks and looked at Zhang Gaoqiu, but he didn't dare to move his chopsticks easily. He had watched TV dramas in his previous life and heard the term "combination poison".

The so-called combined poison is that a single item is not poisonous, but if they come into contact with each other, they will become poisonous.

Zhang Gaoqiu glanced at Zhang Chen and saw that the other party was unwilling to pick up his chopsticks, so he took the lead and picked up a dish.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen also stretched out his chopsticks and took a bite. He knew another way of poisoning. That is, the wine was poisoned, and a certain dish on the table was the antidote. If he didn't eat it, he would be poisoned.

Zhang Gaoqiu ate a dish, and Zhang Chen followed suit. Seeing this, Zhang Chen's eyelids twitched, and he cursed in his heart: "What a little fox! Fortunately, I was prepared. No wonder this kid was able to come to Jiangnan from the north. With such a cautious character, he is really an old man in the world."

But even though you are as slippery as a devil, you can only drink my foot washing water. I have already prepared a method to prevent you from being on guard.

(End of this chapter)