freenovelworld Chapter 373 Is it a fake?
Chapter 373 Is it a fake?
Chapter 373 Is it a fake?
Lin Xuan hesitated for a moment, but chose to tell the truth.
An old Jianghu like Zhang Zhongjian who has been in the Jianghu for decades may not be as rich as Fang Xuanling's grandson Wuji, but ordinary lies cannot deceive them.
"It's normal. Ordinary people want to live longer, let alone own the emperor. In this respect, emperors are no different from ordinary people." Zhang Zhongjian was not surprised at all after hearing this.
Lin Xuan nodded and said: "Senior is right, but the emperor's pursuit of longevity is not a good thing for the whole world. In order to convince His Majesty that there are no gods and immortals in the world, I can only pretend to be a senior apprentice. If there is any offense, I hope that the senior will forgive me."
In history, there are countless emperors who pursued longevity.
In order to pursue longevity and favor alchemists, the government was abandoned.
The most amazing thing is Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Jiajing did not have any major achievements during his reign, but he overthrew Minister Gu Ming, held the power in his own hands, and maintained social stability.
From this point of view, Emperor Jiajing can be regarded as a wise emperor.
But people called him the "Taoist Emperor". Emperor Jiajing was very obsessed with refining elixir, even in the palace, he often wore Taoist robes to refine medicine.
The most puzzling thing is that Jiajing also carefully selected many beautiful women aged [-] or [-] to enter the palace, and used their "sunflower water" as a medicine for alchemy, which is now called "big aunt", In order to maintain their pure spirit, only dew was fed to the show girls, so many of them died of illness or starvation.
The court lady finally couldn't bear it anymore, and more than a dozen people joined forces to kill Emperor Jiajing.
This is also the only incident in history where a court lady rebelled.
Zhang Zhongjian said with a smile: "As long as you don't use the old man's name to do something outrageous, I won't care about anything. However, impersonation is always impersonation. If you are found out, you will commit the crime of deceiving the emperor. "
Lin Xuan really wanted to say, as long as you don't come back, you won't find out at all.
Zhang Zhongjian seemed to see what Lin Xuan was thinking, and said, "Even if the old man doesn't come back, do you think Li Shimin won't investigate? It's fine if you don't say that the old man is overseas. Once you say it, as long as there are traces to follow, you can always find out. Order something. Don't underestimate an emperor's desire for longevity."
He has established a small country overseas, and he is not a nameless person.
Li Shimin didn't know where he was before, but now that he knows, he can always find out if he pays a little attention to overseas news.
"Then why is the senior coming back this time?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Shimin was able to investigate Zhang Zhongjian's whereabouts, of course he had considered it before.
But he was not worried. After all, even if he knew Zhang Zhongjian's whereabouts, Li Shimin would not be able to go to Zhang Zhongjian for verification.
On the contrary, finding Zhang Zhongjian's whereabouts overseas made Li Shimin believe that Lin Xuan did not lie to him.
But now that Zhang Zhongjian is back, things are different.
If it's okay to talk about it in other places, but this is Chang'an, maybe Li Shimin already knows it by now.
Zhang Zhongjian sighed and said, "I'm sixty-four this year. Although I'm healthy because of my martial arts practice, who can tell how long I can live at this age. When I come back this time, It's to see Li Jing and his wife."
Zhang Zhongjian looked in his 40s, which made Lin Xuan ignore his age.
Li Jing is 63 this year. Zhang Zhongjian was the eldest when they sworn brothers, so he is naturally older than Li Jing.
"Then why didn't the senior go to see Dai Guogong and his wife? Instead, he came to the boy's house." Lin Xuan asked strangely.
He had just met Zhang Chuchen, and he was sure that Zhang Zhongjian hadn't met Li Jing and his wife yet.
You said that since you came to see people, it would have been better if you hadn't read it earlier.
Zhang Zhongjian said with a half-smile, "I'm gone."
went?
Lin Xuan exclaimed: "When I was talking to Aunt Li just now, were you nearby?"
Zhang Zhongjian nodded, and said, "Although Sanmei's martial arts skills have not been neglected in recent years, living in Chang'an has made her less vigilant, otherwise it is impossible for her not to find me."
"So, the seniors heard what we said?" Lin Xuan's face was a little gloomy.
Not to mention that Zhang Chuchen's vigilance has decreased, even he has not retained his vigilance, otherwise it is impossible for him not to notice that someone is eavesdropping.
Zhang Zhongjian nodded and said with a smile: "Otherwise, how do you think the old man found your home?"
After listening to the conversation between Lin Xuan and Zhang Chuchen, he left while they were chatting.
After leaving Li's house, I asked someone to find out where Lin Xuan's house was, so I went to Lin's house in advance and waited for Lin Xuan.
Seeing Lin Xuan's ugly face, Zhang Zhongjian said, "Isn't it just to kill the Wang family and his son? If you promise me one condition, I can help you."
"What conditions?" Lin Xuan asked.
With Zhang Zhongjian's help, the chance of success would be greatly increased, so he was naturally willing.
Zhang Zhongjian said with a smile: "The old man wants to take you as an apprentice."
"You want to take me as an apprentice?" Lin Xuan was stunned.
He thought that Zhang Zhongjian would raise various conditions, but he did not expect his condition to be this one.
"Reason?" Lin Xuan stared at Zhang Zhongjian and said word by word.
He was not so narcissistic, he thought that everyone loved him, so Zhang Zhongjian rushed to take him as his apprentice.
"What? You don't want to? There are too many people in the world who want to be my apprentices." Zhang Zhongjian said with some displeasure.
Abandoned by his family because of his ugly face since he was a child, he got used to being self-centered.
This is also the reason why he met Li Shimin, felt that he had no hope of competing for the world, and chose to go overseas.
His character is doomed that he can't stand the constraints.
"Then you go and take them, I don't care." Lin Xuan said lightly.
"Haha." Zhang Zhongjian laughed loudly: "Your temper is somewhat similar to that of the old man, so I will explain it to you."
Lin Xuan looked at Zhang Zhongjian blankly, waiting for his explanation.
Zhang Zhongjian was silent for a while, then said: "This old man has no children in his life, and he has taken in more than a dozen apprentices, but these apprentices are all overseas, and they don't want to come back to the Tang Dynasty. Once I go this time, I may never come back again in this life." There is no chance to come back, this land is the place where I was born and raised, and the old man wants to accept an apprentice here, so it can be regarded as staying."
Lin Xuan cursed inwardly, are you taking in apprentices or looking for foster sons?
"Why did you choose me?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Because you are ruthless but not impulsive. People like this can live a long time. In addition, I can see that you have martial arts, and you are not bad. I don't plan to stay in Datang for too long this time. You don't need me To teach is a good choice." Zhang Zhongjian said.
"There is no benefit at all, why should I worship you as a teacher?" Lin Xuan said angrily.
Zhang Zhongjian was not angry at Lin Xuan's rude tone, and said, "Who said there is no benefit? Didn't the old man promise to help you kill the Wang family's father and son?"
"I can kill without you." Lin Xuan said lightly.
There was no Zhang Zhongjian in the plan, so it would be good to have his help, and it would not affect it if he didn't.
"You underestimate the aristocratic family too much. Do you think the Wang family and his son are so easy to kill?" Zhang Zhongjian shook his head and said.
Lin Xuan's expression froze, and he asked, "Do you know something?"
Zhang Zhongjian said: "This old man has dealt with the aristocratic family. The important strongholds of the aristocratic family all have secret passages. You are right in your investigation. The Wang family in Chang'an does not have many hands, but as long as there is a little movement, the Wang family father and son can hide in the secret passages. Do you think your people can find the Wang family father and son before the imperial army arrives?"
(End of this chapter)