From eunuch to emperor

In the late autumn season, it gets dark very early, and the business travelers outside the inn enter the inn early, and after dinner, they all go into the room to sleep.

The waiter brought in a plate of noodle cakes 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'll go out tonight, don't move around here."

After Long Chen finished his meal, he drank another bowl of water.

The soil here is hard and the water is a little salty.

"I'll go with you."

Bai Tingting immediately put down her chopsticks, picked up her long sword and prepared to leave.

Long Chen shook his head and said: "I'm going to see Li Chengtong tonight. I'll see you alone. You don't want to go."

Bai Tingting objected: "What if he brings someone along? Isn't it dangerous for you to be alone?"

Long Chen smiled and said: "It's probably the first time he won't bring anyone, he wants to know what I mean."

"If I bring someone, he probably won't come."

Bai Tingting was very worried: "Then I will meet you nearby."

Long Chen pinched Bai Tingting's face, said with a smile: "No need, just wait here and sleep when I come back."

Bai Tingting sighed: "When Zhang Qian follows, she can protect you, but it's useless for me to follow you."

In the final analysis, the difference in cultivation base is still too large 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 did you still joke, I hate it."

Long Chen hugged Bai Tingting and smiled, "I'm not kidding, I'm serious."

Saying that, Long Chen untied Bai Tingting's belt, and Bai Tingting half pushed and half obeyed.

Hai time.

There was a bright moon in the sky, shining on the cold Xifeng Town, the bare mountains outside seemed to be plated with silver, and the faint cold wind blew past, making people feel chills all over.

Long Chen put on his clothes, with a black sword on his waist and an iron gun in his hand, he quietly left the yard and ran towards Yuanxiao Valley.

With a distance of ten miles, Martial Emperor Longchen will arrive soon.

Yuan Xiao Valley is ten miles south of Xifeng Town. In the valley, there are ancient trees sloping, cliffs standing tall, and a waterfall flowing straight down, flowing south into the border of Daliang.

Xifeng Town has a 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 bleak howls 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.

The hour has passed, and there is still no sign of Li Chengtong.

Long Chen was not in a hurry, he guessed that Li Chengtong had already arrived and was confirming whether there was an ambush around him, and he would come out naturally after confirming.

Half an hour later, a black shadow came out from the woods, it was Li Chengtong.

He had a large lance in his hand, a knife hanging from his waist, and it was estimated that he was wearing a thin armor next to his body.

Li Chengtong walked up to the stone step by step, and stood 5 meters away from Long Chen.

"His Royal Highness, long time no see."

Long Chen stood up, held a spear, and looked at Li Chengtong opposite.

The moonlight was bright, Long Chen could clearly see Li Chengtong's face.

Li Chengtong looked at Long Chen carefully, and sighed slightly: "It's been three years since Daming Palace left. Back then, you were just a young eunuch who had just entered the palace, but now you have become an important minister in charge of the power of the Great Zhou. Life is really impermanent." ah."

Seeing Li Chengtong, hatred kept welling up in his heart, Long Chen tried his best to suppress it, making himself look calm.

"Yes, I have changed from a poor little eunuch to a powerful official with 20 troops, while His Royal Highness is in danger, and may be deposed or even beheaded at any time. It is really unpredictable."

Long Chen sneered slightly.

Li Chengtong's face froze, and then he said angrily: "Long Chengen, you asked Prince Ben to come out tonight, just to say this?"

Long Chen's words sounded like a threat, and he wanted to use Qianjiang County's trick to hold him hostage.

Long Chen said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't get me wrong, I came out tonight to make a deal, and everyone has a profitable deal."

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 will emphasize it.

Long Chen was secretly happy, what he wanted was that Li Chengtong cared about the crown prince's title, if he didn't care, Long Chen couldn't blackmail him.

"Okay, then open the skylight and tell the truth!"

"His Royal Highness wants to inherit the great rule of Nanliang and become the emperor!"

"And what I want is to replace Jing Tianlie in Dazhou and become a powerful minister of the generation!"

"Now I would like to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help me kill Li Yuanying, and then help me break Jing Tianlie. From now on, you will be the Emperor of Liang, and I will be the Minister of Power of the Great Zhou. We will each get what we need."

"If the cooperation is happy, we can also secretly approve the song, and I will support you in Dazhou."

"This is my proposal, can you give me a good word!"

Long Chen threw out his thoughts, waiting for Li Chengtong's decision.

Li Chengtong thought for a long time after listening, and said, "I have a few questions, and you must answer me truthfully."

Long Chen said: "His Royal Highness, please tell me."

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, to become a master!"

Li Chengtong asked: "Then why do you keep attacking my beam?"

Long Chen immediately replied: "How can I be promoted if I don't make military achievements? 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 right.

Li Chengtong asked: "Don't you hate me, Daliang?"

Long Chen laughed and said: "Why should I hate you, Daliang? I have no grievances or enmities with you, and the siege of cities and lands is only for meritorious service."

Li Chengtong asked suspiciously: "You are from the Long family army, and you have a deep blood feud with Daliang."

Long Chen laughed loudly and said: "I didn't expect His Royal Highness to believe such rumors, I can tell His Highness that I have nothing to do with the Long Family Army!"

Li Chengtong didn't have any real evidence, he just wanted to cheat.

"Okay, why did you ask me to kill Li Yuanying instead of asking Li Yuanying to kill me together?"

Li Chengtong asked this question very sharply.

Long Chen could join hands 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 fellow wanted to kill me in Qianjiang County. Speaking of this, I still thank His Royal Highness for saving my life. If you hadn't sent the letter, I would have died of poisoning."

Li Chengtong said coldly: "There is no need to mention this matter again!"

Long Chen continued: "Secondly, Li Yuanying will not agree to cooperate with me. If he wants to seize the crown prince, he must use my head to claim credit."

"But His Royal Highness is different, you don't need my head, as long as you kill Li Yuanying, the crown prince's position will be secure."

"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 am looking for His Royal Highness to cooperate, not Li Yuanying."

Li Chengtong nodded slightly, agreeing to 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 also sit firmly as the prince. This condition is very tempting.

Long Chen sneered and said: "You have to have a handle, I have the handle of His Royal Highness, 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."

When Li Chengtong heard this, he was half dead with anger.

What Long Chen said was the truth, but the truth was too ugly.

"Third, you threatened me today with the excuse of Qianjiang County, will you continue to threaten me with this 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 the mercy of Long Chen.