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He looked up, bewildered, his eyes unfocused. After glancing around, he finally noticed Chen Yan sitting opposite him...
With a trembling voice, she said incredulously, "Master Chen, do you mean that Piaoxu kicked Yagyu Tajima-no-kami off the cliff to save me, married me, lived in seclusion with me on Snake Island, and had a son with me, all of which were part of their plan?"
Are all of these lies to me?
Have I been living in their carefully woven lies all along?
Chen Yan shook his head, then nodded.
"Liu Sheng Piaoxu's feelings for you are genuine, but apart from that, everything else is just like you think—an act, a lie to make you follow their plan, like a puppet on strings, step by step..." (This is a sarcastic, almost mocking, statement.)
Chapter Ninety-Six: The Collapse of the Four Secret Agents; Is Zhu Wushi the Big Bad Guy?
Upon hearing Chen Yan's affirmative reply, Duan Tianya's body trembled slightly.
He is a very sentimental person.
To take care of Liu Sheng Piaoxu, he even agreed to retire from the martial arts world, and the three of them went to live in seclusion on Snake Island.
But to his utter surprise, the person he trusted most at that moment, Piaoxu, the woman he loved deeply, the wife who bore him a son, had been deceiving him all along.
He then went on to kill Shangguan Haitang, who was closer to him than his own sister!
This made him feel cold all over, and he instantly froze into an ice sculpture.
Furthermore, he experienced sharp pains in his chest.
It's as if there's someone there.
No.
There seemed to be three, five, or ten people.
They all took out knives and kept stabbing him in the chest, causing him to convulse in pain, and two lines of clear tears unknowingly flowed down his cheeks.
[Ding! The host caused Duan Tianya to collapse, resulting in a triple critical hit and gaining 4,000 Collapse Points!]
Shangguan Haitang also broke down.
The reason why Liu Sheng Piaoxu killed her is already very clear.
She could even deceive Duan Tianya, whom she deeply loved, for so long.
What psychological burden would she have if she killed herself...?
"Begonia!"
"The ends of the earth!"
Guihai Yidao, Cheng Shifei, and the others looked at Duan Tianya and Haitang with concern in their eyes.
Wuqing, Lao Bai, Zhang Cuishan and others were also stunned, looking at Duan Tianya with pity.
Unexpectedly, such a tragic thing happened to Duan Tianya, the top-ranked secret agent in the Ming Dynasty's martial arts world, who was known as "Six Four Seven".
"If... if Susu deceived me like this, I... I don't know if I'll have the courage to live on..."
Just thinking about this outcome filled Zhang Cuishan with immense pain, causing him to slightly break down.
[Ding! Zhang Cuishan's self-conquest strategy has failed, providing the host with 1,000 failure points!]
"Is this okay?!"
Chen Yan was surprised.
He looked at Zhang Cuishan and understood.
Zhang Cuishan showed his talent from a young age and had a smooth life without much hardship. His character was not particularly strong, especially considering the deep bond he shared with Yin Susu.
This breakdown after self-analysis is quite reasonable.
“The shopkeeper would never scheme against me like that. She’s just a woman obsessed with money. But in times of crisis, I’m sure I’m more important to her than money.”
When Lao Bai thought of Tong Xiangyu, a happy smile appeared on his lips.
Wang Yuyan was slightly taken aback.
She felt a pang of pain in her heart, a pain she knew without needing to delve into it.
If it could benefit the restoration of the Great Yan Kingdom, the former Murong Fu would absolutely not hesitate to betray her...
Xie Yanke, however, thought rather bluntly: "Is the love between men and women really that moving? It's much more comfortable to improve one's strength, drink and eat meat. Anyone who gets too deeply involved in relationships and becomes trapped by emotions is a fool..."
Just as everyone was lost in thought because of Duan Tianya's expression.
Cheng Shifei suddenly called out.
"wrong!
Master Chen, there's a flaw in what you just said!
The exclamation startled everyone, and they all turned to look at him.
"Hey kid, you've never been beaten before, have you? Our boss never makes a mistake. You think his reputation for being able to predict the future is fake?"
Wanwan gave him a disapproving look.
Wuqing also touched the few silver needles hidden in his sleeve.
Cheng Shifei shuddered and quickly waved his hands: "No, no, ladies, please don't misunderstand, and Master Chen, please don't be angry."
It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that I've genuinely discovered a flaw.
What vulnerability are you referring to?
"Before Duan Tianya and Liu Sheng Piaoxu got married, Tie Dan Shenhou took Liu Sheng Piaoxu's pulse and confirmed that she had already crippled herself, right?"
Chen Yan smiled slightly and picked up his teacup.
Cheng Shifei stood frozen in place, stunned for several breaths.
Finally, he gave an exaggerated thumbs-up: "Brilliant! Master Chen, you are truly brilliant! You guessed exactly what I was thinking."
but.
This problem objectively exists; given Shenhou's martial arts prowess, if Piaoxu were to conceal her strength, she certainly wouldn't escape his detection.
With a single stroke of the sword, "Broken Sky Edge, Return to the Sea," Shangguan Haitang's heart stirred.
Yes.
The Divine Marquis's martial arts skills were superb, and he was already a Grandmaster.
Although Piaoxu is also strong, if Shenhou were to examine her pulse, her concealment of her martial arts skills would definitely be exposed.
This is indeed a huge loophole in Chen Yan's words.
Wuqing and the others also had slight changes in expression, not understanding why.
She looked at Chen Yan with curious eyes.
Chen Yan calmly took a sip of tea.
"That's not a loophole, but something I haven't told you yet. You don't still think that Zhu Wushi, the Iron-Blooded Marquis of the Dragon Guard Manor, is a good person, do you?"
Duan Tianya, Shangguan Haitang, Cheng Shifei, and Guihai Yidao all shuddered violently.
He looked at Chen Yan with an incredulous expression.
Is the loyal and courageous Iron-Blooded Marquis not a good person?
What does it mean?
Could it be that the Iron-Blooded Marquis is a bad person?
Moreover, was he also a participant in Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and Yagyu Hyouse's plan?
Only then did they remember that Chen Yan had previously expressed his distrust of Zhu Wushi…
Wuqing, Bai Zhantang, Xie Yanke, and the others were also shocked and looked at each other in dismay.
The Iron-Blooded Marquis created the Dragon Guard Manor to protect the royal family, hence the name.
His loyalty and integrity were well-known throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Now, Chen Yan is saying that Zhu Wushi is not a good person, which is something they can't accept all at once.
Duan Tianya swallowed hard and asked with great difficulty, "Master Chen, you...you mean...my godfather...he's not a good person?"
"Of course not."
Chen Yan nodded.
Duan Tianya was shocked. This was even more unbelievable than when Chen Yan told him that Liu Sheng Piaoxu was plotting against him.
Because, although he and Piaoxu loved each other, they had only been in love for a year or two.
He had known Zhu Wushi for over a decade or two, and their relationship was like that of father and son.
Haitang also asked with difficulty, "Master Chen, do you mean that my godfather was also involved in the plans of Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and Yagyu Hyouse?"
"No."
Chen Yan shook his head, then said, "It's not that Zhu Wushi joined Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and Yagyu Hyouse's plan, but that Zhu Wushi was the one who devised this series of plans."
In other words, he was the mastermind behind the biggest conspiracy.
"And Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and Yagyu Hyouse are merely his tools, his pawns..."