I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 91 The dove takes over the magpie's nest
When Zhang Chen listened to Zhang Xiaolan's words, he felt his scalp tingling and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his heart!
Yes, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?

My name and Zhang Chen’s name are so similar?

And the most important thing is that Zhang Chen actually has the name Zhang Xiaohua, which is extremely weird!

The Pingbian Palace has ulterior motives!
The brother and sister were walking on the street like ordinary people. Pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, and no one knew that their conversation actually involved a shocking conspiracy.

"Why?" Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Xiaolan with his eyes, his voice sounded very calm, without the slightest ripple, as if their conversation had no effect on him at all.

"Because you are not my biological brother at all! You are the son of King Pingbian!"

"What!!!" Zhang Chen's face suddenly changed when he heard this, his eyes filled with shock. He never expected that he would accidentally hear such shocking news.

"Back then, the King of Pingbian was under surveillance by the imperial court, and all the newborn babies in the palace died or were murdered by the imperial court. In order to protect you and to confuse others, the King of Pingbian sent you out of the palace and to my house. In order not to expose your identity, although I knew that you were being bullied at home, everyone tacitly did not help you, because the more low-key and inconspicuous you are, the more chances you will have to avoid the imperial court's investigation."

"The prince named you Zhang Xiaohua in the beginning in order to make the inspectors mistake you for a girl. At the same time, the prince had already arranged for a substitute for you to exist in the palace."

"After that, you were forced to leave home. In fact, it was because the Procuratorate was tracking you down. A traitor appeared in the Pingbian Palace, and the Procuratorate was infiltrated and tracking you down. Your family had no choice but to force you out and change your appearance. Then Mr. Wuliu accepted you as his apprentice and arranged for you to settle in that village. All of this was arranged by Mr. Wuliu himself, just in case the court really started tracking you down in the future, so that you would have a chance to escape! Your neighbor, the hunter Zhang Chen, was a criminal exiled from Shangjing. His family had an extraordinary status in Shangjing. Before, the prince was doing something big. If it failed, he would kill Zhang Chen and ask you to take Zhang Chen's identity and go to Kyoto. You successfully integrated into the Zhang family and took over Zhang Chen's position, so as not to be implicated by the prince."

At this point, the girl's tone changed. "In order to create a perfect identity without revealing any flaws, the prince even killed Zhang Chen's father himself, leaving him alone with his widowed mother. As for his younger sister and widowed mother, they are all under the prince's surveillance. As long as the situation is not right, kill the widow and the child, and you can replace their identities. You have been neighbors with Zhang Chen for ten years. You know everything about him and all his details. When you go to Kyoto in the future, you will be able to answer questions smoothly when facing the Zhang family's interrogation. But now you don't have to do that. The prince's plan was successful! Very successful! You don't have to live in hiding anymore."

"I came to see you this time with the prince's order! It's time for you to return to the palace! The palace's great cause still needs you to inherit! As for the hunter Zhang Chen, he dared to go against you all these years, and he was directly buried in prison, which can be regarded as a vent for your anger."

Zhang Chen was struck by lightning when he heard this. He was completely stunned, with a look of dementia in his eyes.

He wondered if he had heard it wrong! How could so many things happen out of nowhere?
The girl looked at Zhang Chen, thinking that he couldn't accept it, so she smiled and said, "I know it's hard for you to accept the change of identity for a while, but this is your real identity. You will be the prince of Pingbian King and the only heir to the Pingbian Palace in the future. You can change your name now and don't have to live with the identity of Zhang Chen anymore."

Zhang Chen felt his head buzzing as he listened to Zhang Xiaolan's words. The crystal core in his body began to run rapidly, trying its best to suppress the blood flow in his body.

He never expected that he only blew up a vixen but actually uncovered a shocking secret.

"It's a big trouble! A huge trouble!" Zhang Chen felt a chill on his spine, a cold sweat rising from his back, and his eyes were full of horror.

My cheap father was actually killed by someone?
I was actually arranged by someone and became someone else's fallback. Once the other party was threatened, I would be the one to be sacrificed, and the other party would have to take my identity and continue to live?
"It's absolutely flawless!" Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh inwardly. There was no flaw in the other party's plan.

First of all, the issue of names and two Zhang Chens. As long as he died, when someone from the Shangjing family came to the north to investigate in the future, the villagers would talk about two Zhang Chens, and the family side would be easily overlooked.

Now that my father is gone, my younger brothers, sisters and stepmother will silence them, and there will be no evidence, right?

Who can prove that the poor scholar Zhang Chen is fake?
At that time, it was so fake that it seemed real!
"What on earth is the Pingbian Palace planning? How could it have caused such a disaster?" Zhang Chen felt a chill in his heart, his eyes full of horror. If he had not accidentally reversed his identities at this moment, he would have been in big trouble.

"But it's not without a chance. If I kill the real Zhang Xiaohua, now will be my best chance to sneak into the Pingbian Palace and replace Zhang Xiaohua. But my flaw is too big. The villagers all know the details of Zhang Chen and me. If I go to the Pingbian Palace, someone will definitely go there secretly to investigate and identify us. And I have a biggest flaw, which is that I can't read." Countless thoughts flowed through Zhang Chen's mind, thinking about how to get away with it, or directly usurp Zhang Xiaohua's identity and complete the ultimate counterattack.

"First of all, the real Zhang Chen in the prison should die as soon as possible. Only if he dies as soon as possible can I be safer and delay the time of my exposure." A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.

"Come back with me now! The prince has been looking forward to reuniting with you and your son." Zhang Xiaolan looked at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment after hearing this. A trace of indignation appeared on his face. "But I want to send that hunter off myself! I have a deep hatred for that hunter. If I don't send him off myself, I will not be able to get rid of this resentment in my heart."

Zhang Xiaolan was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said:

"It's a bit difficult. Both the court and the prince want to find out the source of the explosion through Zhang Chen. If we can grasp it, it will be easier for the prince to do things in the future, and my Pingbian Palace will be more stable in the north. Now that the hunter has fallen into our hands, he can't escape. Once we torture him for all the information, it won't be too late for you to kill him."

At this point, Zhang Xiaolan looked at Zhang Chen solemnly, his eyes seemed to speak: "You are now the prince of King Pingbian. There are few things in the North that are worth your concern. He is just a hunter in the mountains. As long as you ask the secret, you can execute him at will. By the way, you have been with that hunter in the mountains for several years. Have you ever noticed any clues of the explosion?" Zhang Chen shook his head after hearing this: "Not really! If the hunter had such ability, how could he be bullied by me? I think it's a coincidence!"

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaolan did not ask any more questions, but said: "Come back to the palace with me now!"

Hearing Zhang Xiaolan's words, Zhang Chen's scalp went numb and he was at a loss for a moment. He knew that the time had come to decide his fate.

He now has two choices. The first choice is to escape immediately. But if he knows such a secret, the Pingbian Palace will definitely not let him go. And once he escapes, the Pingbian Palace will also notice that something is wrong, and then the real Zhang Xiaohua will definitely be released. Given the grudge between him and Zhang Xiaohua, Zhang Xiaohua will never let him go.

The second option is to enter the Pingbian Palace, take on Zhang Xiaohua's identity and live, and kill the real Zhang Xiaohua.

Then he would secretly kill all those who knew the clues. At that time, he could naturally replace Zhang Xiaohua's identity and ascend to the royal class in one step.

However, he was just an impostor with too many flaws. It was just that Zhang Xiaolan had a preconceived notion and let him take advantage of the loophole. Otherwise, with just a little investigation and testing, his impostor status would have been exposed. Wouldn't going to the palace be tantamount to seeking death?
But even if I don’t go to the palace, do I really have a way to survive?
It's hard to get off the tiger, and I'm in a dilemma!
But Zhang Chen was Zhang Chen after all, and he quickly came up with an idea: "I can't go back to the palace for the time being."

Zhang Xiaolan was stunned when he heard this: "Why?"

"Because I still need time to adapt. For such a big thing, you have to let me calm down for a while. And these are just your empty words. I can't just believe them casually. I have to wait for Mr. Wuliu to come back and ask him to tell me in person. I only believe what he says now." At this point, Zhang Chen felt that his words seemed to be unfounded, so he spoke carefully: "Besides, these are all your words. If the person in the prison is the Prince of Pingbian, and I am just a scapegoat pushed out by you to attract the attention of the Procuratorate, then am I not being used by you?"

"In fact, there may be another version of what you said, that is, Zhang Chen is the real Prince of Pingbian, who has been living in seclusion in the mountain village, and I accidentally moved there, which gave you the opportunity to control him. Now the Prince of Pingbian wants to do something dangerous, but he doesn't think it's safe enough, and thinks that Zhang Chen's identity may not be concealed, so he came to trick me into taking the blame. Let me, the fake Prince of Pingbian, come to attract the attention of the Inspection Office. If the Prince of Pingbian fails in the future, I will go to die for the real prince!"

"For the sake of your unborn child, you wanted to stand out in the palace. You ignored the relationship between you and your brother and deliberately cooperated with the Prince of Pingbian to harm me. Even Mr. Wuliu's suggestion that I go to that village and become a neighbor of Zhang Chen was all a conspiracy of the Prince of Pingbian's Palace. It was to cover up Zhang Chen's identity as the prince and push me out to protect him at the critical moment."

Zhang Chen's eyes were full of brilliance at this time. He looked at Zhang Xiaolan with his eyes and said in a resounding voice: "Unless you execute that 'Zhang Chen' to prove to me that he is not the prince of Pingbian Palace, otherwise I will never go to Pingbian Palace."

As Zhang Chen spoke, he couldn't help but secretly give himself a thumbs up, admiring his own wit.

In this way, he retreated to advance. He didn't believe that Zhang Xiaohua would not die!
If Zhang Xiaolan wants to prove that what he said is true, he must execute Zhang Xiaohua!

Once Zhang Xiaohua dies, he will contact Mr. Wuliu and kill him. By then, even fewer people will know his identity.

The only thing that was a bit difficult was the villagers. Could he really massacre the entire village? He wasn't that crazy!
But once he entered the palace, as long as the Pingbian Palace did not become suspicious and did not investigate, those villagers would have no chance to meet him again, and this would not be considered a flaw.

What really gave Zhang Chen a headache was the problem of literacy!
The nerd Zhang Xiaohua is well-read, but I can't read a single word. This is my biggest crisis.

He now had a little idea of ​​how to get out. That was to delay as much as possible after going to the palace, ask the fox spirit to make more explosives, and then dig through the tomb. If he could gain enough experience points and acquire the skills to escape, he would have a chance to avoid the pursuit of the Pingbian Palace. Otherwise... even if he mastered supernatural powers, it would be difficult to deal with the Pingbian Palace, unless he hid in the deep mountains and forests. But what about his mother and younger sister? How to convince his younger sister and mother to follow him to the deep mountains and forests to take refuge?
And even if he could master the supernatural power and escape, what about his younger brothers, younger sisters, and stepmother? They would definitely be implicated by the angry Pingbian Palace. Ever since he met the county magistrate Gou, he no longer had any hope for the government in this world.

In fact, the people who were the most difficult for him to deal with were his younger brother, younger sister and stepmother!
While living in this world, we are always entangled by various fetters.

After hearing Zhang Chen's defense, Zhang Xiaolan was not angry, but praised him: "Your Highness is worthy of being the Highness, worthy of being the son of the prince, your wisdom is admirable. You are right, you cannot rest assured that Zhang Chen is not dead in prison. It is not difficult to achieve your request! The torture in the prison is definitely not something that the hunter can endure. As long as the hunter is no longer valuable, I will take you to the prison to kill him with my own hands, which can be regarded as fulfilling your wish."

"Come back to me after you've executed the hunter!" Zhang Chen turned around and was about to leave. After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and looked at Zhang Xiaolan: "By the way, you have to give me a date. How many days will it take to execute Zhang Chen?"

He wanted to retreat in order to advance and force Zhang Xiaolan to execute Zhang Xiaohua as soon as possible. At the same time, he did not want to enter the palace now. He also wanted to look for an opportunity outside to see if there was any chance to kill Zhang Xiaohua.

Only a fool would place all his hopes on the Pingbian Palace and Zhang Xiaolan. Now he only believes in himself.

"It's a pity that I'm not in a big river basin now. If I were in a big river basin, with my ability to control all the water flows within 50 meters, the Pingbian Palace would be just a group of mortals. What would they be?" Zhang Chen said to himself.

(End of this chapter)