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Chapter 1391 Wudi is captured, and the plot begins

As he expected, Zhao Ji's work efficiency was not high. Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and he still hadn't found all the people.

He went to the place where pigeons were sold and made a report, listing a lot of numbers from buying pigeon seedlings to training and so on. He then gave it to Zhao Ji and asked him to allocate funds.

When Zhao Ji saw Zhou Chen’s report and the pile of numbers on it, he felt dizzy.

It's okay to ask him to give orders to kill people, but asking him to watch these things is really too difficult for him. He can't stand it after just a moment.

He was confident that Zhou Chen would not dare to play tricks on him, so he transferred the money to Zhou Chen, but he cut the amount Zhou Chen reported by half.

"We are short of silver in Liudao Hall. Although we only have this much, I believe you can do a good job. If you can do a good job for Senluo Hall, I will promote you to captain."

Zhou Chen looked miserable and could only sigh: "Sir, this, okay, I will do my best."

Seeing Zhou Chen like this, Zhao Ji felt relieved. He had plenty of money, but he couldn't just give Zhou Chen as much as he wanted. This was not a good way to control his subordinates. So he cut it in half to let Zhou Chen know his majesty and also to see Zhou Chen's ability, killing two birds with one stone.

But he didn't know that Zhou Chen's bitter expression was all fake. You have your own plan, and I have my own way to get over the wall.

He knew that Zhao Ji would not give him the money obediently, but this man was proud of his status and did not have enough patience to ask about every detail. In order to ensure confidentiality, he did not want other people to know, so if he didn't fool him, who would he fool.

Zhao Ji cut it in half, but he didn't know that the number Zhou Chen calculated was four times the actual funds. In other words, even if Zhao Ji cut it in half, he would still have twice as much.

Well, this is only the first time, so Zhou Chen did not go too far. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future anyway, so just take advantage of Zhao Ji while he is still alive.

In the following days, Zhou Chen took his time to buy pigeons and find people to train them. He spent more time practicing martial arts and taking medicinal baths, and his internal strength gradually and rapidly improved.

Because he is usually very low-key and rarely interacts with other people even in the Six Paths Hall, not many people know that he has started to rebuild the Senluo Hall.

Zhou Chen was happy to have some peace and quiet, but it didn't last long. Zhao Ji found him fifty teenagers under the age of eighteen, both boys and girls, and most of them were even under fifteen. Although he didn't ask about their origins, he could tell that most of them came from poor families.

After gathering all the personnel, Zhou Chen began his own training mode. He had been an emperor and an important minister, so training some intelligence personnel was not a difficult task for him.

Zhao Ji said that he left everything to Zhou Chen, but every once in a while he would come to check on the situation. Whether it was training pigeons or training people, he cared very much.

Although he is greedy for money, he is also capable. He didn't like Ning Yuanzhou before and wanted to go against him, so he attacked Senluo Palace.

But if Senluo Palace became a sharp blade in his hand without him having to worry about it, he would be so happy that he would not have time to worry about it.

In his eyes, the Senluo Hall rebuilt by Zhou Chen was his own power. He didn't care how Zhou Chen trained or did things, he just wanted to see results as soon as possible.

Zhou Chen understood Zhao Ji's thoughts, so every time Zhao Ji came, he would let him see a little hope, and then continue to fool him, and money after money flowed out of Zhao Ji's pocket.

Seeing Zhao Ji's achievements, it was as if he had seen his own wonderful life in the future, so he didn't feel that the money was spent in vain at all.

Zhou Chen was very satisfied with Zhao Ji's easy tricking. Such a boss was really rare, so he had to treat him well for the time being.

Zhou Chen lived a very comfortable life like this, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two months, because the carrier pigeons have been fully trained, Zhou Chen has used Zhao Ji's relationship and has begun to reopen some secret bases.

When Ning Yuanzhou was the deputy hall master, he established a total of 108 secret bases in various countries and used carrier pigeons to deliver messages. However, most of these people were Ning Yuanzhou's men, and Zhao Ji looked down on them. When he abandoned the Senluo Palace, he also abandoned most of the carrier pigeon department of the Animal Realm.

Although Zhou Chen worked in the Senluo Palace before, the Pigeon Department belongs to the Animal Realm, so he didn't know as much about the Animal Realm as Zhao Ji. It was only recently after Zhao Ji gave him power that he slowly mastered it, and with Zhao Ji's permission, he began to use new pigeons to make contacts.

But Zhao Ji is not Ning Yuanzhou, and he does not have complete control over these secret bases. Many of them are even unwilling to obey his orders to contact them. This also led to Zhou Chen temporarily contacting only some of the bases within Wu State.

For Zhao Ji, this was enough. He had always been thinking about the business of confiscating properties, but this kind of thing could only be done within Wu Country. They, the Liudaotang, did not have the ability to do so in other countries, so he was already very satisfied that Zhou Chen could reopen these secret bases in the country.

When Zhou Chen rebuilt the Senluo Palace, he couldn't help but sigh that Ning Yuanzhou was indeed a talented person. He had been in the Liudao Hall for many years and knew the Liudao Hall very well, so he was able to build the Senluo Palace and integrate the other paths. This was what he did as the deputy hall master.

In comparison, Zhao Ji has been the head of the Six Paths Hall for half a year and has made the Six Paths Hall a mess. It is only because Zhou Chen has done some good things for the Six Paths Hall recently that otherwise the Six Paths Hall would have only been getting worse and worse.

But if one wants to do well in official circles, ability is only a small part. Ning Yuanzhou obviously did not do well in this regard, otherwise Prime Minister Zhang would not have reported Zhao Ji and suppressed him.

After two months, more than half of the young men who had been trained before had been dispersed by Zhou Chen. Except Zhou Chen and Zhao Ji, no one knew where they had gone to hide. The rest were taken to the Human Dao by Zhao Ji, a few were left in the Senluo Hall, and a few with good martial arts aptitude were sent to the Heaven Dao for training.

Zhou Chen is now in charge of the Senluo Hall in name, but in fact, the news from the Animal Realm also passes through his hands. This is because Zhao Ji, as the hall master, prefers to enjoy himself, and Lou Qingqiang is better at fighting and killing. Zhou Chen's recent performance has made Zhao Ji very satisfied, so the news delivered by the Pigeon Bureau will now pass through Zhou Chen's hands first.

In Liudao Hall, the government office of the hell realm, a white carrier pigeon suddenly flew in from a distance.

Zhou Chen raised his left hand, and the carrier pigeon landed on his left wrist. He took the letter from the pigeon's feet and then released the pigeon.

There was very little writing on the note, but the content was horrifying enough.
After reading it, Zhou Chen's expression remained unchanged. He just sighed and said, "Is the plot going to start so soon?"

The content on the note was very simple. Specifically, five days ago, Emperor Wu led his army in a decisive battle with An Guo's army at Tianmen Pass. The army was defeated at Tianmen Pass, suffered heavy casualties, and was routed. Emperor Wu's whereabouts were unknown.

He was not surprised at all that the plot was exactly the same as in the plot. If Emperor Wu could win by leading an expedition just for fun, how bad would Anguo have to be? However, Anguo's army was not bad at all, but was the strongest among the nine countries. In this case, Emperor Wu's defeat was inevitable.

More than two months have passed since he traveled to this world, more than three months have passed since Emperor Wu set out on his personal expedition, and more than half a year has passed since Zhao Ji became the head of the Six Paths Hall, so if you calculate the time points, it is still relatively consistent.

The plot of A Thought at the Pass begins with the defeat of Emperor Wu at Tianmen Pass. When he received this information, people in the palace or Prime Minister Zhang might have also received the information, which also means that the plot is about to officially begin.

Zhou Chen asked someone where Zhao Ji had gone, and found out that Zhao Ji had taken people to Sun Shiyi's mansion and said that he had received news that Bai Que, a member of the Anguo Zhuyi Guard, had sneaked into Sun Shiyi's mansion.

"Zhao Ji, you really are..."

The emperor has been captured, but the leader of Liudao Hall, who is supposed to be the king of intelligence in Wu State, is still blackmailing people at their birthday gifts. He is really smart.

We know that Sun Shiyi Mansion is the first appearance of the heroine Ren Ruyi in the plot, and Liudaotang is also the first victim.

Zhou Chen had no intention of reminding or stopping them. Whether it was Zhao Ji, Lou Qingqiang, or Xu Jun, they all had more malice than kindness towards him. Zhao Ji, who had the most contact with him, just treated him as a pawn.

Of course, he also regarded Zhao Ji as a chess piece, and even hoped that Ren Ruyi would kill Zhao Ji.

As for his current identity as a Wuren, to be honest, he really didn't have any sense of belonging. It was not even as strong as his sense of belonging as a Central Plains person.

Zhou Chen was waiting quietly in the Six Paths Hall, the palace of Hell. He knew that Wudu was destined not to be peaceful today, and it would not be long before he could escape from the Six Paths Hall of Wudu.

"only……"

He used the internal force in his body. Although he had been practicing madly for more than two months and had spent a lot of resources, the time was still short after all, and he had not even reached the Yangzhou Slow Minor Success.

However, Yangzhou Man is a peerless martial art after all. It is even more extraordinary in this low-level martial arts world. Even if Yangzhou Man has not yet reached the level of success, with the combination of Posa Step, Xiangyi Tai Sword and other martial arts, he has the confidence to fight against the top masters in this world.

If one could reach the minor success realm, relying solely on inner strength, one would definitely be at the top of the world. As for the major success realm, one would surely be invincible, unstoppable, and unbeatable.

Zhou Chen was not sure whether the Lotus Tower could be considered a middle-level martial arts world, but he was sure that it was much stronger than the low-level martial arts world of One Thought of the Guanshan. The top masters of both sides were simply incomparable, not to mention the top-level martial arts. The gap was definitely huge.

It was evening when Zhao Ji's men suddenly came to find Zhou Chen.

"Zhou Chen, Zhang Xianghe Hall Master wants to see you, hurry up and follow me."

Zhou Chen did not hesitate. He knew that Zhao Ji must have been severely scolded by Zhang Xiang. It seemed that this guy was really weak. He must have been scared into saying that he wanted to rebuild the Senluo Palace. Otherwise, why would Zhang Xiang want to see a nobody like him for no reason.

Although he was going to meet this important minister of Wu State who was second only to the emperor and above everyone else, Zhou Chen was not nervous at all. Over the years, it was always others who were afraid when they saw him, but he had never felt afraid when he met others.

"Are you Zhou Chen?"

Zhang Xiang was not tall, but as he stood there, he exuded the aura of a superior, and his serious face was full of majesty.

Zhou Chen bowed and said, "Six Paths Hall, Hell Path, Zhou Chen, I pay my respects to the Prime Minister."

Zhang Song asked in a deep voice: "I heard from Zhao Ji that he is planning to rebuild Senluo Palace. Are you the person in charge?"

"My lord, yes."

"Ning Yuanzhou spent many years to build Senluo Palace. What ability do you have to rebuild Senluo Palace?"

Zhang Song's tone was cold. Although he helped Zhao Ji become the leader of the Six Paths Hall, it did not mean that he did not recognize Ning Yuanzhou's abilities. Zhou Chen, this person who suddenly appeared, really made him have no confidence, even though Zhou Chen had been a member of the Senluo Hall before.

Without waiting for Zhou Chen to answer, Zhao Ji hurriedly explained: "Sir, I have already made an agreement with him. If he cannot rebuild a better Senluo Palace within a year, he will die as a token of apology."

"Apologize with your death? Ha, in my eyes, your lives are worthless. Well, since you said you want to rebuild the Senluo Palace, then tell me, where are the people in the Senluo Palace? Where are the proposals?" Zhang Xiang roared with a ferocious face.

Zhao Ji was so scared that his whole body was paralyzed: "Sir, we just started. Those people who didn't obey orders have all been dismissed. The new people are still in training, but they will take office soon."

"waste!"

Zhang Xiang roared again. He didn't listen to a word Zhao Ji said. As for Zhou Chen, he didn't take him seriously at all. He just felt that Zhao Ji had dragged him out to fool him, so he was even more furious.

Zhao Ji really had no choice. In fact, he and Zhou Chen had made some progress, which was to plant spies in the residences of many important officials in the capital, and even in the residence of Prime Minister Zhang. However, his purpose was not pure, so he did not dare to say it out loud at this time.

Zhang Xiang ignored Zhou Chen, grabbed Zhao Ji's neck, and shouted, "Same as before. Bring Ning Yuanzhou to see me within seven days. Otherwise, I will let your aunt go to offer sacrifices to you on Qingming Festival next year."

Zhao Ji was so frightened that he trembled all over, his face flushed red, and he nodded with difficulty: "Yes, yes."

After Zhang Xiang left, Zhao Ji slowly came back to his senses. He glanced at Zhou Chen, who lowered his brows and looked submissive, and murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

When Zhou Chen saw him in such a miserable state, he really wanted to kill him, but he finally restrained himself.

"Get lost. Half a year. I will give you half a year at most. If the Senluo Palace you rebuilt is not as good as the Senluo Palace of Ning Yuanzhou, I promise to make sure you die without a burial place."

Zhou Chen lowered his head and said nothing, but his eyes were full of murderous intent. Originally, he had no intention of doing anything to Zhao Ji, because Zhao Ji would soon die at the hands of Ning Yuanzhou anyway.

But now, he changed his mind. Zhao Ji must be dealt with by him personally.

After returning home, Zhou Chen took out a long wooden box from under his bed and took out a long sword with a sheath from it.

This is a sword he had made not long ago. The sword is not very good, but it is enough to kill people.

The sword had not drunk blood yet, but he had decided to use Zhao Ji's blood to unseal it.

(End of this chapter)