Chapter 769 You dare to believe this chapter, but I dare not believe it!
Chapter 769 You dare to believe this chapter, but I dare not believe it!
Seeing this, Baili Moyan glanced at Guan He lightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Because he didn't see what was hidden in Zhuang Ye's eyes, he didn't understand why Guan He did this.
Guan He was about to speak when he heard Zhuang Ye say, "Commander Guan has profound internal strength. I believe he must be at the second rank, right? There are so many talented people around the prince!"
After hearing this, Baili Moyan smiled and said, "There is no shortage of second-grade masters in this world, but it is difficult to find someone with great wisdom like you!"
Zhuang Ye smiled and accepted the flattery happily. After all, there was something wrong with what he said.
Seeing the satisfied smile on his face, Baili Moyan said again: "Sir, you have encountered such a great disaster this time, but there is not even a trace of my mynah bird. Don't you feel that you have been neglected?"
Zhuang Ye didn't say anything. Was he going to start sowing discord between him and the Eighth Prince?
In fact, he really didn't expect that the first person to rush to rescue him would be the Ninth Prince. However, Shu He just said that the Eighth Prince was restrained by the Emperor, so it was normal that he didn't show up in time.
"Sir, you may not know that a few days ago, when my seventh brother came to Hengshan, my father summoned my eighth brother and me to the palace at the same time."
"But now I have appeared in Hengshan, and there is no trace of my dear. Sir, what do you think of this?"
As expected, a hint of suspicion crossed Zhuang Ye's face. "Your Highness, are you saying that the Eighth Prince is under the Emperor's suspicion? So, to protect himself, he abandoned me?"
Baili Moyan was very pleased with Zhuang Ye's intelligence.
Without Rong Xia, and with the addition of Zhuang Ye, who possesses extraordinary skills and is equally smart, it seems that Baili Moyan is destined to become the most noble man in Tianqi!
"Your Highness, are you saying this on purpose to trick me into switching sides?"
Baili Moyan raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile, "Sir, you don't believe it?"
Zhuang Ye didn't say anything, but his expression showed the words "I don't believe it".
After all, the Eighth Prince had killed his own nephew from his mother's side with his own hands for him!
Baili Moyan chuckled and said, "That day, the Seventh Old Man brought a black powder gun into the palace and showed Father my master's masterpiece. It was so powerful and noisy that almost the entire palace could hear it."
"Not long after, the Emperor sent the Seventh Brother to Hengcheng, while the Eighth Brother and I were summoned to the palace."
"Mr. Zhuang, I can't hide the fact that Old Eighth frequently comes to Hengcheng, and naturally, I can't hide it from my father either!"
"Father only said a few words to test him, and he was so frightened that he became incoherent, repeatedly distancing himself from Hengcheng! He even said that if Seventh Brother could bring you back, he would dare to confront you face to face in front of Father!"
"Mr. Zhuang, do you think he will let you appear before the emperor?"
Zhuang Ye raised his eyebrows, his eyes filled with gloom. "What do you mean?"
Is he implying that the Eighth Prince will send someone to kill him in order to clear himself of suspicion?
Seeing that he still didn't believe it, Baili Moyan didn't worry. "It doesn't matter, sir, if you don't want to believe it, you will naturally see Lao Ba's true face when we return to Kyoto."
"You have to know that among all of us brothers, there's a reason why everyone looks down on Old Eight. It's not just because his mother came from a humble background, but mainly because of who he is. No way!"
Zhuang Ye squeezed his painfully bound hands and said after a moment's silence, "What does the Ninth Prince mean now?"
"You want to cooperate with me, but you can't expect me to switch sides with just a few words, right?"
"Of course!" Baili Moyan said with a pleasant demeanor, "Sir, if you have any needs, please tell me directly. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best to meet them!"
Zhuang Ye glanced at the Geshan Arsenal in the distance and asked, "If I really choose to cooperate with His Majesty, can He protect that place?"
"Of course it's going to be destroyed!!"
As soon as Zhuang Ye finished speaking, Shu Yuanqi came up to him. His eager look made people think that he wanted to express his loyalty impatiently.
In fact, Shu Yuanqi did mean this. Seeing everyone looking at him, he smiled awkwardly, "Your Highness, since I have surrendered to you, I naturally have to consider your best interests! I feel that I really cannot stay in that place!"
"Why can't you stay?" Zhuang Ye looked at him with gloomy eyes.
Baili Moyan's eyes also showed some interest, and he said: "Yes, why can't you tell me why you can't stay?"
After hearing this, Shu Yuanqi said smugly, "Your Highness, you already have Mr. Zhuang now, so why would you allow those things and those people to remain in the world? Isn't that the same as creating a rival of equal strength for yourself?"
"If Prince Li takes those things for himself and develops them secretly, then even if you have Mr. Zhuang, you won't be able to become the most powerful force in the world!"
Baili Moyan asked, "Do you think Prince Li would secretly keep those things?"
"Not only those things, but also the workers who made these firearms! With them here, it's like having another 'Mr. Zhuang' here. By then, before we even have time to set up a new firearms manufacturing department, Prince Li will be able to use those things to seize power and usurp the throne!"
Baili Moyan looked at him with a bit of satisfaction in his eyes. After all, Shu Yuanqi was not a complete good-for-nothing. At least he was right about this matter.
"Second Master Shu is right. Mr. Zhuang, I also think we can't stay in this place!"
Zhuang Ye shook his head, scoffing at what Shu Yuanqi said. "Prince Li and Princess Li are not what you think. They don't want to keep this arsenal at all. They just said they wanted to destroy it."
"Oh, that's what they said?" Baili Moyan expressed his disbelief. Such a powerful and magical weapon, not only did Old Seven not want it, but he also wanted to destroy it?
What is his plan?
Zhuang Ye nodded and said, "Your Majesty, if you really destroy this place, it will actually satisfy them!"
Baili Moyan fell into deep thought, and seemed to have wavered in his idea of destroying the arsenal.
Seeing this, Shu Yuanqi showed a trace of contempt on his face, "Sir, aren't you being too naive?"
"Prince Li is one of the princes and the sworn enemy of His Highness Prince Nanyu. Faced with such a powerful weapon, you say he would not only not be tempted, but would even want to destroy it? You dare to believe this, but I dare not believe it!"
"I think what you said was probably said by Princess Li to deceive you, right? That girl is always telling lies!"
"Your Highness, I think they are deliberately saying these things to let outsiders hear them. After all, there are also members of the Imperial Guard who came with Prince Li. If they didn't say this, how could they have concealed the truth and secretly taken these things for themselves?"
Seeing Baili Moyan nod in agreement, Shu Yuanqi spoke even more excitedly, "Besides, now that Mr. Zhuang has been rescued by you, Your Highness, Prince Li would not dare to destroy those things! Otherwise, when you bring firearms into the army in the future, what will he use to compete with you?"
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