Chapter 128 Tianluo Zhao Gambling

"General Huang? Who is that?" Shao Yanzhe asked in confusion.

The people standing nearby, who all looked serious, didn't question why he didn't know; they all understood the unspoken understanding.

Wen Yanqing explained to him, "General Huang is Huang Wanli. He was promoted by Gu Huiming, but later died of illness due to years of fighting."

Shao Yanzhe nodded to indicate that he understood, and then he looked at Marquis Changping and asked, "What are your plans, Marquis?"

Marquis Changping smiled, looked at Zhou Jiming beside him, and slowly said, "Of course, he will stay in the Marquis Changping's residence."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiming immediately became anxious.

"Father! You can't stay in the Marquis of Changping's residence! What if Huang Wanli catches you? You'll be dead!"

Marquis Changping said, “I am already dead, so there is nothing to worry about. Since Huang Wanli did not dare to kill me immediately, it must be because he did not want to bear the harm that would result from killing my soul. In that case, I might as well stay in Marquis Changping’s mansion.”

Zhou Jiming disagreed completely, but Marquis Changping was determined and no one could change his mind.

Seeing that it was getting late, Marquis Changping glanced at Zhou Jiming and then vanished from the room in a flash.

"Father!" Zhou Jiming subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to reach out and grab him, but he grasped at empty air.

He clenched his empty hand tightly, his expression becoming somewhat dazed.

“Brother Zhou, you don’t need to worry too much. Marquis Changping is right, Huang Wanli won’t attack him. The most important thing now is to find a way to get the Marquis back into his body, so that we can prevent him from really disappearing into the world.” Shao Yanzhe said.

Zhou Jiming immediately realized what was going on and looked at Shao Yanzhe, asking, "Brother Shao, do you have a solution?"

Shao Yanzhe hesitated and said, "Since Huang Wanli can drive away the soul in a body and thus occupy another person's body, he must have a method."

As he spoke, he twirled the jade hairpin pen in his hand and revealed his idea: "Why don't we capture Huang Wanli and find a way to get this method from him?"

The others standing nearby seemed to be deep in thought.

Shao Yanzhe continued, "Of course, we also need to be mentally prepared that Huang Wanli might not tell us."

Zhou Jiming and the others nodded; they were certainly aware of this.

Just then, a familiar voice rang out from outside the window.

"I can help too!"

The window was opened, and a fox-eyed creature peered in from outside.

"How can you help? Do you know the method to change bodies?" Shao Yanzhe asked.

Fox Eyes scratched his nose somewhat embarrassedly: "Of course I don't know! But I know the general process, maybe I can scare him."

"It's not impossible. Let's come up with a plan first."

Shao Yanzhe gathered everyone together and they spoke in hushed tones.

...

The fake Marquis of Changping, who was fast asleep, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were dark and brooding. He threw off the covers, put on only an outer robe, and hurried towards the study.

Just now, he realized that the restrictions in the secret room of the study had been broken.

As soon as he entered the secret chamber, he saw the free-floating soul of the Marquis of Changping.

Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief; as long as his soul was still intact, that was all that mattered.

"You didn't leave."

The soul of Marquis Changping glanced at him but ignored him, gazing quietly in a certain direction.

The fake Marquis of Changping did not care about this.

He first temporarily controlled the soul of Marquis Changping, then went out of the secret room and told the people guarding outside that no one could enter the study without his call. Only then did he enter the secret room again and redraw the restrictions to control Marquis Changping.

Just as he entered the secret room and his foot touched the ground, he sensed something attacking him. He quickly dodged to the side and looked in the direction from which the object was thrown.

"It was you guys!"

He recognized them immediately; the attackers were the same people he had seen during the day.

"How dare you! This is the Marquis's residence, a place of great importance. You have trespassed without my permission, and I have the right to arrest you."

Shen Jingzhou sheathed his sword and turned to look to the side.

"Alright, thank you very much, Brother Shen. I'll trouble you to wait here for a moment."

"It's nothing." Shen Jingzhou nodded slightly, holding the sword in his hand as he stood at the only staircase.

The fake Marquis of Changping glanced around, his eyes narrowing slightly: "How did you all end up here?"

He subconsciously looked at Marquis Changping and saw that the other man also looked surprised, but he just thought that he was pretending.

Shao Yanzhe and the others did not answer him. They surrounded the fake Marquis Changping and slowly approached.

The fake Marquis of Changping snorted coldly. He was a general in his lifetime. How could these few weak scholars possibly subdue him?

Just as he was thinking this, the scholars surrounded him. He quickly raised his foot and kicked the scholar who was facing him. The kick was fast and powerful.

However, the person he was targeting was Shao Yanzhe. Although his strength was indeed inferior to that of the fake Marquis of Changping, his other abilities were unmatched by the fake Marquis of Changping.

The literary aura suddenly formed a protective wall in front of me.

The fake Marquis of Changping was caught off guard, never expecting that this scholar would possess such extraordinary power.

The next moment, his foot collided with the protective wall.

With a crack, the sound of bones breaking rang out.

The fake Marquis of Changping groaned, clearly feeling waves of pain in his feet, and cold sweat immediately poured down his face.

Changping Hou, who was in a spirit state, couldn't help but gasp, and suddenly felt a pain in his foot as well.

Seeing this, the others seized the opportunity and pounced on them together.

The fake Marquis of Changping tried to dodge, but a sharp pain shot through his feet, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground beneath several people.

Zhou Jiming, who was standing nearby, quickly grabbed a rope and stepped forward to tie up the fake Marquis of Changping.

After the fake Marquis of Changping was tied up, he looked at the people in front of him with a cold face: "What do you want to do?"

Shao Yanzhe smiled slightly and said, "I know you are not Marquis Changping. We don't want to do anything to you. As long as you return Marquis Changping's body, we will let you leave. Is that acceptable?"

The fake Marquis of Changping glanced at the group and realized that the scholar who had spoken was their leader.

He then realized that he had underestimated this person. He knew Zhou Jiming's temperament well. A person who could make him submit was definitely not an ordinary weak scholar.

"Who exactly are you?" He didn't believe this person was just a scholar; he was sure there was another identity behind him.

Shao Yanzhe said, "My name is Shao Yanzhe, and I am a scholar who has just finished the imperial examination."

The fake Marquis of Changping looked completely unconvinced.

Shao Yanzhe chuckled lightly: "That's not important. What do you think of what I said before?"

The fake Marquis of Changping stared at him, his eyes cold: "No matter what, Chief Minister Gu will send someone to find me tomorrow. If they can't find me in the Marquis's residence, they will come to the basement of the study. I advise you to leave now."

Zhou Jiming was very unhappy. He immediately said, "You are now our prisoner. I advise you to be sensible, otherwise it is hard to say whether you will live or die."

The fake Marquis of Changping suddenly looked at Zhou Jiming, his eyes full of disdain: "What? Is the heir of a dignified marquis planning to kill his father?"

Zhou Jiming suddenly took a step back: "You! Me, how could I possibly kill my father! What nonsense are you spouting!"

"Hmph! Cowardly coward! If you kill me now, I might look at you with more respect. Sure enough, you are a hopeless case, completely inferior to your brother. If you ask me, it would be better to give this title of Marquis of Changping to your brother, at least it will last longer."

When mocked by the fake Marquis of Changping, Zhou Jiming immediately clenched his fist and was about to punch him, but was stopped by Shao Yanzhe.

"Judging from the fact that your father's body was taken over, your younger brother shouldn't be considered your father's biological son. You don't need to care about what he says. After all, he is his own son, so of course he would love him more," Shao Yanzhe said.

"Alright, Brother Shao, do you have a solution? He probably won't tell us on his own."

Shao Yanzhe nodded slightly to indicate that he understood. He turned to look at the fake Marquis Changping, slowly pacing around him, his gaze fixed on him as he began to think.

The fake Marquis of Changping didn't care. These people certainly wouldn't kill him. Killing him would mean killing the Marquis of Changping. As long as he stalled for time, someone would come in another hour and a half, and then he would be saved.

What's the secret method to change his body?

dream!

Just then, he suddenly heard Shao Yanzhe speak: "You seem to have misunderstood something. We certainly won't kill Marquis Changping, but what about you?"

“You are already dead. In other words, as long as we can pull you out of the body of Marquis Changping, you will have nowhere to live and will disappear into the world in no time.”

"Do you think we can do it while you wait for reinforcements?"

"I think it would be easier to put the soul that originally belonged to the body back into the body that has no owner."

"So, are you now proactively telling us the secret method to change bodies, or do you want to... be completely destroyed?"

The fake Marquis of Changping opened his mouth, but felt a dryness in his throat and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He didn't know whether the scholar was telling the truth or not, and he couldn't be sure if they had any way to get him out of the Marquis of Changping's body. It was a gamble for him.

If the gamble pays off, maintain the status quo.

He lost the bet and was utterly terrified.

The fake Marquis of Changping swallowed hard and quickly made his choice.

He looked up at the scholar in front of him, his eyes full of scrutiny.

Just as he had suspected, this scholar was not an ordinary, weak scholar.

With just a few casual words, he forced him into a corner, leaving him no choice but to do as the scholar suggested.

This child is terrifying!

The fake Marquis of Changping finally bowed his head in resignation and said, "Fine, I'll tell you."