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

Chapter 251: Lifespan Backlash

Looking at Wang Li's retreating figure, Li Yuan couldn't help but sneer: "What a fool! In that case, don't blame me for selling you to Zhou Chuxuan as my meeting gift!"

"Somebody come!"

"Here, General!"

"Immediately send a letter of divorce to the capital!"

"Yes!"

......

Three days later, Zhou Chuxuan, who was far away in the capital, received a letter from Li Yuan, the Eastern General. He couldn't help but feel a little strange and looked at Nangong Yanling: "Miss Nangong, Li Yuan took the initiative to write to me!"

Nangong Yanling was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Your Highness, let me guess, he must have had some conflict with Wang Li before, right?"

Zhou Chuxuan glanced at her and asked, "Could it be that Miss Nangong's scouts in the Southern Territory are not as fast as Li Yuan's swift horses?"

"Of course not. At the same moment the fast horses entered the city, my scouts also delivered the news to me. But I think this is a surprise, and I shouldn't tell Your Highness in advance. Otherwise, it will be meaningless!"

Zhou Chuxuan: "......"

"Miss Nangong, you really are..."

"Hahaha!"

Taoist Master Zhang Wu, who was sleeping nearby, suddenly pointed at Zhou Chuxuan and laughed. "Your Highness, how about you come up the mountain with me? You really are a bit pure-hearted and unromantic! Hahahaha!"

Zhou Chuxuan was speechless for a moment. In his impression, these Taoists should all be hermits. Why did Zhang Wu look a little frivolous?

After opening the envelope and glancing through it, Zhou Chuxuan smiled softly and handed the letter to Nangong Yanling: "Sure enough, there is a conflict. Li Yuan told me that Wang Li recently wanted to start a rebellion and even wanted to lead his elite troops to the capital to seize the throne!"

Nangong Yanling was not surprised: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Zhou Chuxuan pondered for a moment and said softly, "This Li Yuan isn't a good guy either. He's much more cunning than Wang Li! The two of them came to the capital just to test my attitude!"

"Since they want to, then of course I have to show them a good attitude and appease them!"

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head helplessly: "To deal with them, there is no need to fight!"

Nangong Yanling tilted his head slightly and asked doubtfully: "Your Highness, do you want to..."

"Divide and divide!"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled and said, "Give this letter to Wang Li intact. I wonder if Miss Nangong would be willing to run a courier?"

Nangong Yanling nodded: "I am willing to serve your majesty!"

"I'm sure you understand this statement, so I won't elaborate on it!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand and then looked at Zhang Wu, who was fiddling with copper coins beside him. "Master, I wonder how the calculation of Zhou Shaxuan's whereabouts is going?"

Zhang Wu did not answer, but took a deep breath, then gathered all the copper coins in his palm, held it tightly, then silently recited a few spells and slowly opened his eyes.

"Your Highness, Zhou Shaxuan is in the capital!"

"what?"

At this moment, Zhou Chuxuan and Nangong Yanling widened their eyes and looked at Taoist Zhang Wu in shock.

"Master, are you serious?"

Zhang Wu shook his head: "I can't be wrong! Even if Your Highness doesn't believe me, you should still believe in God, right? My Qimen Dunjia technique is well-versed in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!"

"I believe in the Taoist priest!"

Zhou Chuxuan took a deep breath, his eyes gradually becoming firm: "Master, then, can you still calculate the specific location of Zhou Shaxuan?"

"I can personally take His Highness there, but I can't tell you!"

Zhang Wu sighed and said, "Otherwise, I will definitely suffer backlash, and my life will be shortened and I will die of natural causes!"

Zhou Chuxuan was slightly startled. He heard a different meaning in Zhang Wu's tone: "Master, from what you're saying, people in your line of work are very likely to have their lifespans shortened?"

Zhang Wu gave a bitter laugh, a glint of reminiscence in his eyes. "My great-grandmaster, Old Tianshi Zhang, died suddenly! Simply because he leaked the secrets of Heaven, and ultimately...died on the mountain!"

"Originally, with his level of self-cultivation, he could have easily lived for a hundred years, but he ultimately died of natural causes at the age of seventy!"

"This is because he revealed the fate of the Wu Dynasty and strongly advised against it! The Emperor Wu at that time did not listen to his advice. In fact, according to our ancestors' teachings, we are not allowed to interfere too much in worldly affairs!"

"You can calculate, but you must not calculate everything! It's a pity that the ancestor himself couldn't do it!"

Zhou Chuxuan pondered for a while. In fact, he roughly understood the meaning of Zhang Wu's words. They could tell fortunes for people and serve in the court, but they were only responsible for fortune-telling. Once they got themselves into a trap, they would suffer backlash.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chuxuan bowed respectfully to Zhang Wu and said, "Master, stay by my side. Just give me instructions and leave the rest to me. I will definitely not do anything that will shorten your life!"

Zhang Wu chuckled twice, his smile looking extremely cunning. "Don't worry, Your Highness. I cherish my life very much. I would rather die than let my fellow Taoists die. This is a famous saying I have always believed in!"

Zhou Chuxuan's mouth twitched. At many moments, he really wanted to beat up this old guy.

After spending the past few days together, he probably figured out this guy's character: he's lazy and gluttonous, and of course, the most important thing is that he's lustful!

In the past few days, he has been chased and beaten by Murong Xue several times because he peeked at her taking a bath.

"Your Highness, I will set off immediately!"

Nangong Yanling was about to leave when Zhang Wu stopped her: "Miss Nangong, you can't leave now! Otherwise, if I take His Highness to find Zhou Shaxuan, who will catch him? You can't let me do it, right?"

"Your Highness is a noble man, so you can't take action! Those soldiers will die in vain if they go up. Miss Nangong, you are the most suitable person!"

Murong Xue glared at Zhang Wu and said, "Old man, can't this general do it?"

Zhang Wu chuckled twice, looked Murong Xue up and down, then shook his head and said, "General Murong, you're good at charging into battle, but not at this kind of thing!"

Murong Xue was immediately furious: "You!"

"OK OK!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hands repeatedly. If he let these two guys continue arguing, his ears would be covered with calluses.

"In that case, let's get ready. Miss Nangong, follow me!"

"Master, I'm sorry to bother you this time!"

"Hey, no trouble, no trouble!"

Zhang Wu smiled and said, "When you come back, just ask Qiao'er to make me some braised fish!"

Everyone: "..."