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

Chapter 155: The Army's Morale Shaken

"The Thousand-Faced Young Master, Zhou Wuhen?"

Zhou Chuxuan frowned. This was a very important piece of information. The so-called Thousand Faces Young Master was a guy hiding in the dark. This kind of person was the most troublesome to deal with.

The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, and many of their tactics are hard to guard against.

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan's somewhat wary eyes, Canglang laughed dumbly: "Although Zhou Wuhen is terrifying, I haven't seen him for many years. Perhaps he is not in the capital, or not in the Wu Dynasty!"

"Not in Wu Dynasty?" Zhou Chuxuan was a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"I've heard a legend that the previous Emperor Wu once wanted to pass the throne to the Thousand-Faced Young Master Zhou Wuhen. However, Zhou Wuhen was a carefree person and didn't enjoy managing the trivialities of court. He preferred to wander around, thus developing a character that resembled a knight-errant walking in the dark."

Canglang said in a deep voice: "Even Xueyue Tower doesn't know how much power Zhou Wuhen has accumulated in secret. Or rather, Xueyue Tower doesn't have the power to track Zhou Wuhen!"

Zhou Chuxuan immediately gasped, his eyes gleaming. "If that's really the case, then Zhou Wuhen is an even more formidable threat! Zhang Baitian is stationed in the Western Regions and is considered a prominent figure. No matter how formidable he is, he can only be dealt with by force!"

"Canglang, can you contact the people in Xueyue Tower now?"

Canglang hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Of course you can, but it's best not to! Because Miss Xueyao once told me that I'm Xueyue Tower's biggest trump card against Zhou Wanjiang. Unless it's absolutely necessary, don't take the initiative to contact anyone from Xueyue Tower, otherwise you'll be at risk of being exposed!"

Zhou Chuxuan said softly, "If possible, I hope you can tell the people at Xueyue Tower to keep an eye out for Zhou Wuhen. After all, this person poses a great threat!"

"Okay, this is no problem!"

Canglang nodded, then looked at Zhou Chuxuan with a strange expression: "This time, Zhou Wanjiang is a little bit unconvinced that you are dead, so he sent me to test you. If you are still alive, he will kill you!"

"I just delayed too long and caused quite a commotion. I'm afraid it has attracted the attention of many people outside. I have to think of a way to have the best of both worlds!"

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled: "How difficult is this?"

As he spoke, he moved a box out from under the bed. When he opened it, he found that it contained Zhou Chuxuan's head. Even someone like Canglang, who was used to seeing life and death and had a calm mind, felt a sudden shock.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?"

"This, I prepared these past two days, just in case. Look, it's ready to use now. Just sprinkle some blood on it!"

Zhou Chuxuan clapped his hands, finally getting this thing out. Otherwise, he would sleep every day with his own head under the bed, which was very weird.

Little did he know that when Canglang faced Zhou Chuxuan, he already felt a little apprehensive in his heart. Which good person would prepare his own head in advance?

......

"Haha, he was really pretending to be dead before, deceiving me!"

Looking at the head in front of him, Zhou Wanjiang sneered and waved his hand: "Canglang, you did a good job, go down!"

"Yes!"

Soon Zhou Wanjiang was the only one left in the room. Facing the lonely head on the table, Zhou Wanjiang did not feel afraid at all, but laughed instead.

"Should I call you Lao Liu, or should I call you a stranger? Forget it, I'll just call you Lao Liu for now!"

"Actually, you didn't have to bother with this. You could have just stayed in the capital and stopped interfering in so many things. After a hundred years, I will pass the throne to you!"

Zhou Wanjiang didn't have much feelings for this fake prince or the real prince before him. All he wanted was to prolong his life and achieve immortality.

If the legend is true and he can really extend his life for a hundred years, then all of this can be given up now.

Even the throne of the emperor can be given up!

"What a pity! You have to run around everywhere, and you never have a moment to stay peacefully in the capital, in the East Palace. What a pity, Old Li, you will never be able to sit on my throne!"

Zhou Wanjiang slowly stood up from his chair and walked to the window, gazing at the sky outside. A ruthless look flashed in his eyes. "It won't be long before I can achieve true immortality and pursue the true mysteries of this world! Haha, what emperorship? I have an army of 600,000 in the Western Regions. Not to mention a small Wu Dynasty, even the entire world is within my reach!"

"Wait!"

At this time, public opinion in the capital must have reached its peak. Under the instigation of Zhou Chuxuan's people, countless people began to curse Zhou Wanjiang.

"Your Majesty, are you really going to ignore us and pursue the so-called immortality?"

"The dog emperor, since he doesn't care about us and is pursuing the so-called immortality, we will go too!"

"Yes, we're going too!"

Not only the common people, but even the imperial guards guarding the city were in a state of panic. Looking at the bustling crowd, they thought everyone looked like a spy from the Liao Kingdom.

"Damn it, the emperor is out pursuing immortality, leaving us here to work for our lives?"

"This is truly a life not for humankind. Let's block the door and prevent anyone from leaving. We should also behead those Liao spies. Only then will the Liao people be terrified!"

"That's right, do you really believe that there is something in this world that can make people live forever?"

"Nonsense! This is pure nonsense! Birth, aging, sickness, and death are all predetermined by fate. How can there be such a thing as immortality? This is pure bullshit! I think the Emperor has been possessed by a demon!"

Just as the guards on the city wall were discussing, a deep voice rang out: "Don't you want to think about it anymore? Are you criticizing His Majesty here?"

The guards were trembling with fear and saluted the newcomer: "Greetings, General!"

The man who came was the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, Hu Yongwei, a newly promoted general of the Imperial Guard. He was young and energetic, but he had a very high prestige in the Imperial Guard and admired Zhou Chuxuan very much.

Just when Zhou Chuxuan led the army back to the capital last time, Hu Yongwei almost thought that Zhou Chuxuan really wanted to overthrow the court, and subconsciously led the imperial guards to protect Zhou Chuxuan.

Even after the incident, when Zhou Chuxuan handed over his military power, Hu Yongwei tried to show his goodwill to Zhou Chuxuan many times. Unfortunately, Zhou Chuxuan did not meet him at that time in order to avoid suspicion.

"General, the soldiers are very resentful right now. We ignored the spies who invaded the Wu Dynasty, and instead, Your Majesty took the lead in pursuing that so-called immortality. Isn't this going to shake the morale of the army?"