Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Not only Erhu, but the others also opened their eyes wide and looked at the musket in Zhou Chuxuan's hand in shock.

Just a loud noise can blow a person's head to pieces?

The problem was that everyone present had high martial arts skills, yet no one could see clearly what the weapon had fired.

"Now, can we sit down and talk?" Zhou Chuxuan smiled slightly, put the musket on the table, squatted down and blew away the hot air from the kettle.

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan being so careless, Erhu put his hands behind his back and made a gesture, and several guards rushed over together.

"Shhhhhh!"

However, the next moment, Zhou Chuxuan quickly pulled out a small crossbow from his waist, and ten crossbow arrows shot out instantly, piercing the arms or thighs of each guard.

"what!"

The guards fell to the ground and wailed softly, their eyes filled with disbelief. They had tried their best to defend themselves, but it was still difficult to avoid the short and sharp crossbow arrows.

Erhu's left arm was also hit by an arrow. Enduring the severe pain, he pulled out the crossbow arrow and roared softly, "Come in, attack together and kill him!"

"How loyal!"

Looking at the guards rushing in, Zhou Chuxuan calmly took advantage of this gap to reload the musket and pulled the trigger at a guard.

Bang!

As expected, he fell to the ground with a thud. His death was extremely miserable. The dark red brain matter all over the ground shocked everyone and filled them with deep fear.

"If you persist, I won't mind killing you all!"

After killing five or six guards in a row, Zhou Chuxuan had retreated to the door of the secret room. He had a backup plan inside.

Erhu was panting heavily, and after several advances he successfully approached Zhou Chuxuan, but what he never expected was that Zhou Chuxuan's martial arts was also extremely powerful.

Each time, he would use extremely tricky angles and techniques to neutralize his fatal moves and put him in danger.

"Haha, you must die. I can't let you ruin His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's plans!"

Erhu gathered himself and was about to charge forward again, but Zhou Chuxuan pointed a musket at his head: "I gave you a chance, I hope you can cherish it!"

In the previous few fights, Zhou Chuxuan had enough opportunities to shoot Erhu in the head, but he didn't do it.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, doesn't have such powerful killing weapons! What if I give them to you?"

Zhou Chuxuan sneered and looked at Erhu, who was a little dazed. He knew that his words had worked. "Your Crown Prince is indeed very powerful, but he is not in the capital now!"

"You, follow me, and when I ascend the throne, you will still be heroes!"

Erhu and the others were trembling with fear. What they wanted was indeed fame, fortune and power. As for the master, it seemed that they were not sure who it would be.

"No, don't try to confuse me!"

Erhu suddenly roared, "You want us to betray His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? You're dreaming! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince possesses extraordinary talent. In the future, he will surely lead the Wu Dynasty, unify the world, and achieve hegemony!"

"Do you think that just by playing dumb and temporarily deceiving us, you can rival His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Don't dream. His Royal Highness's stature is beyond your reach!"

Zhou Chuxuan calmly stretched out his arm and aimed the musket at Erhu's brow. "So, has your Crown Prince ever produced such a lethal weapon?"

"I can tell you, it's filled with gunpowder! Moreover, I have hidden a lot of it in this room. As long as I light this, boom!"

"Impossible! How could the gunpowder be trapped in something so small? Besides, if you light the gunpowder, you can't escape!"

Erhu looked obviously a little flustered, his gaze not as firm as before. He looked left and right, and began to retreat without leaving a trace.

"If you don't want to talk it over, then let's give it a try! I'll be dead, but you won't be able to accompany your Crown Prince to achieve his hegemony!"

"In a few years, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, you may have been forgotten!"

Zhou Chuxuan's words seemed to have magic and penetrated into their minds. Everyone was silent, with confusion flashing in their eyes.

"Hmm, what do you want to talk about?"

Erhu waved his hand, and the people behind him took a few steps back and put down the steel knives in their hands, but they still guarded the windows and doors to prevent Zhou Chuxuan from escaping.

"What's the rush? My hot water is just right. I'll make tea with it. Wow, it has a unique flavor!"

Zhou Chuxuan slowly brought the kettle to the table and brewed a pot of tea. He then closed the lid and looked at Erhu: "Do you really think that you will be absolutely safe when the crown prince returns to the court?"

"Of course, we are sworn to be loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince until death. How can we be unsafe? Even if we are unsafe, it is the Crown Princess who is unsafe!"

Erhu turned around and sneered at Xu Hanyan. The cold smile made Xu Hanyan's heart tighten, and her pupils shrank unconsciously.

"She might leak the secret, and you are also suspected of this! You don't have the final say on this matter! And the only people who can truly keep a secret are the dead!"

Zhou Chuxuan spoke in a low, unhurried voice, as if he was explaining something that had nothing to do with him.

"He does have some strategies, but he's also ruthless to his own people. Following a master like that is like licking blood on the tip of a knife. You never know when your tongue will be cut!"

Erhu remained silent because what Zhou Chuxuan said was true.

"The reason you have such confidence in him is that he has been scheming within the government for many years, possessing both civil and military prowess, and has established a very solid foundation! Isn't that right?"

Zhou Chuxuan saw Erhu's eyes flickering and slightly evasive, knowing that he was already tempted, so he continued to add to the pressure: "Most of his forces in the government and the country are fence-sitters. If he dies, they will definitely scatter like birds and beasts!"

"And His Majesty now values ​​me even more, and even wants me to represent the Wu Dynasty in seeking marriage with the Princess of Liang."

Zhou Chuxuan's words immediately shocked Erhu. He didn't expect that His Majesty not only did not pursue his act of pretending to be crazy, but instead valued him so much.

"As long as I have your Majesty's support, it would be a piece of cake for me to dismantle his influence in the court! My muskets and crossbows are just the tip of the iceberg. I think the appeal of these things should be quite great, right?"

Seeing that the emotions of the people in the room gradually stabilized, and even most of the guards had put their steel knives back into their sheaths, Xu Hanyan's slightly trembling hands hidden in her sleeves slowly relaxed.

Maybe, he really could succeed today.

"As long as he dies, you will still be the guards of the Eastern Palace, and in the future you will be important officials of the Wu Dynasty!"

Erhu's eyes flickered, and his fist on the table tightened slightly unconsciously.

"wrong!"

"Then how can we be sure you won't kill us later to keep the secret?"