Chapter 566: Unexpected (Update 2)

Chen Chu is a very conceited person, and he is also very capable.

However, if this ability is not used properly, it will be a great disaster for the people in his area.

As early as after receiving the news of the disaster relief team, he had already made a detailed plan, including false accounts and how to deal with these officials who came to the disaster relief.

He was very sure that there would be no omissions, but at this time, seeing the third prince who was obviously in a shambles and still had a smile on his face when he was about to die, he began to doubt his plan.

He quickly went over the plan he had made in his mind to make sure there were no omissions. "Are you stalling for time?"

The Third Prince laughed nonchalantly. "I found it. It wasn't easy."

Chen Chu drew out the sword from his waist, pointed it at the Third Prince, and said sarcastically, "I advise you not to do this kind of useless work. Do you think anyone will come to save you?"

"Your only way to survive is to hand over the account book. Otherwise, this day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"

The third prince sighed, "What should we do? The account book is almost in the capital, and will soon be in the case. Lord Chen, by then, this day next year may be the anniversary of your entire family's death. Oh no, it will take a few days for father to deal with it. It shouldn't be today, but it will be a matter of these few days. Lord Chen, are you ready?"

Chen Chu turned over and dismounted, and put his long sword against the third prince's neck. Bright red blood immediately dripped from the tip of the knife.

"Don't do such useless work anymore. I won't believe it. Hand over the account book. Otherwise, I will not show mercy and no one will come to save you."

The third prince seemed to be unaware of fear and calmly met the other party's gaze. "That's not necessarily true. Let me remind you, Lord Chen, have you forgotten that I'm not the only one who is doing disaster relief this time?"

"You mean the second prince?" Chen Chu smiled. "If you are waiting for this person to save you, I advise you not to expect it. If something unexpected happens to you here, he will have one less rival for the throne."

His eyes sank slightly, like a cold and dangerous vortex. "Do you think he doesn't know what happened today?"

"Second brother naturally doesn't know. Although our relationship is not that good, there is still some trust." The third prince answered without hesitation.

"You are hopeless!" Chen Chu mocked.

"As a prince, it's ok that you don't have ambitions, but you are so naive to think that there is such a thing as brotherhood in the royal family.

Just because you don't want the throne doesn't mean that other princes don't want it!" "The second prince is already a man of both civil and military talents, and has made great achievements. He has a very high reputation both among the people and in the court. The crown prince is such a waste, he is not good at civil or military affairs, and he doesn't even have a good body. He is not worthy of the position of crown prince at all!"

Chen Chu's eyes were gloomy, "The position of crown prince should be occupied by the most capable!"

"Without you, the second prince has a better chance of ascending to the throne. He would be so happy to get rid of you, his rival, that why would he come to save you?"

Chen Chu sneered, "He wishes you would die here!"

Before the third prince could speak, Chen Chu saw a dazzling reflection, followed by a huge force coming from the sword, and the long sword against the third prince's neck was lifted up.

"Lord Chen, this is not what a gentleman does." The second prince suddenly appeared beside the third prince, holding a long sword.

Seeing the third prince in such a wolfish look, he sneered without sympathy, "I told you to be careful, why didn't you listen? What's the matter? Did you capsize in the ditch?"

The third prince breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he would not die today.

God knows how much effort he spent to pretend to be fearless just now.

As soon as he relaxed a little, the third prince's whole body swayed. If the second prince hadn't been quick to pull him up, he might have fallen down.

The second prince asked nervously, "How is it? Are you okay? Don't die, otherwise how can I explain to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when I go back?"

The third prince rolled his eyes at him, "Don't worry, you won't die."

The two of them sang the same tune and completely ignored Chen Chu.

Chen Chu was also in shock, "I didn't expect that the second prince would really come."

Hearing this, the second and third princes' faces changed.

The second prince's eyes were locked on Chen Chu, "Take them all down!"

For a moment, the guards following the second prince and the group of men in black started fighting directly.

Chen Chu was very honored to be personally entertained by the Second Prince. The Second Prince was truly a man of both civil and military talents. Although he was currently teaching at the Imperial Academy, he usually looked like a gentle and courteous teacher.

However, his martial arts skills had never been wasted.

Chen Chu's martial arts were naturally outstanding. It could be said that if he had not taken the imperial examination, he could have been a martial arts champion.

For a while, the two fought back and forth, and the Second Prince could not suppress him immediately.

The Third Prince leaned against a tree, with guards protecting him, and his face became uglier and uglier.

Finally, he couldn't help but ask loudly, "Chen Chu! Since you have such ability, why can't you just be an official? In time, it won't be a problem to be a first-rank official. Why do you want to go down a dead end?"

Chen Chu laughed crazily, "First-rank official? What I want is promotion and advancement, and succession from generation to generation! To protect the Chen family's wealth for a hundred years!"

"Since you don't fight for the supreme position, I will naturally look for a wise master, and a good bird chooses a tree to roost in!"

The third prince was silent, and Chen Chu was hopeless.

"The Chen family will definitely be ruined in your hands."

The people brought by the second prince were all elite, and the people brought by Chen Chu were quickly captured by these guards.

He was originally in Qingzhou Prefecture to provide disaster relief, but the correspondence with the third prince every three days was interrupted, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.

He immediately left Qingzhou Prefecture quietly with some elite troops and rode back at full speed. As soon as he entered the city, he heard that there was a civil riot outside the city, and the patrol officer personally led people to quell the riot.

There was no trace of the third prince in the mansion, so he knew that there was a big problem.

Fortunately, although the third prince fled all the way, he still left marks along the way. He followed the map and was able to find him in time to save the third prince.

"Chen Chu, the people you brought have been captured, you can't escape, don't struggle!" The second prince turned over to avoid the stabbing long sword, and said coldly.

"I should return this to you, don't struggle, you can't escape." Chen Chu stepped back several steps in succession, revealing a smug smile.

As soon as the words fell, dense figures appeared around the dense forest. Standing in the front was a fierce bandit holding a big knife.

Before leaving for Shandong, there were rumors that there were several gangs of bandits in Shandong who were doing everything from burning to killing to looting, but they didn't take it seriously.

Now it turns out that the bandits are in collusion with Chen Chu, so it's no wonder that the encirclement and suppression always fail.