Volume 5: Overlord of the Sea Chapter 571: Connection
"Lingqi, don't be nervous. This girl should have no ill intentions... I just don't know what you think of me . Do you think I am worthy of the reputation I have received?" Bai Tu asked back without any modesty as he embraced Lu Lingqi.
Zhang Ning was silent for a moment, then he said, "The King of Chu is kind-hearted, and his reputation is well-deserved."
Just as Zhang Ning said, her most crucial and most truthful observation of Bai Tu, or the State of Chu, is the observation of the education of the Crown Prince of Chu - whether Bai Tu is sincere or not, he would not even deceive his own heir, right?
During this period of time, Zhang Ning personally observed the teaching of Bai Qing and Lu Yan, and... When Bai Tu was on leave, he would take them to "truly understand the people's sentiments."
Therefore, Zhang Ning believed that Bai Tu was not completely deceiving. At least, he was working hard to realize his eight strategies for establishing a country.
" Should show herself?" Bai Tu told the guards outside and turned back to the palace.
Although the other party's voice was heard here, Bai Tu did not see the other party nearby, and suspected... this was another extremely powerful mental method!
Yu Ji could actually use his mental power to transmit sound, but it was only within a hundred steps at most. And if this mysterious woman was really still in the palace, she must be more than ten times farther away than Yu Ji.
"Please forgive me, King Chu. I will welcome you respectfully in the palace now." However, the other party's tone did not convey the meaning of "respectfully".
"Ning?" Bai Tu muttered, and the mysterious woman did not respond.
Lu Lingqi was already very angry at this time - you are still welcoming me "in the palace"? I would have thought it was your house!
Bai Tu already had some guesses about the identity of the mysterious woman.
When he returned to the Palace of King Chu, he did not see the "mysterious woman" at the door. It was not until Bai Tu went to the place where several children were studying that he saw "Ning" waiting in a corridor that he had to pass through.
Therefore, Bai Tu suspected that the other party's "eye-catching trick" should also have its limits - making people ignore the maid around Zhang Qiying is one thing, but making people ignore the people wandering around the palace is another thing!
The guards have different levels of alertness to the two situations, so naturally the "strength" required for the "blindness" to be effective is also different.
"Huang Tian Zhang Ning, greetings to the King of Chu." Zhang Ning had no intention of hiding his identity, and simply called himself "Huang Tian" when he saluted.
However, the so-called salute is only half a salute.
"You are so rude, Taoist nun! Can you enter the Palace of King Chu whenever you want?" Lu Lingqi said to her directly with dissatisfaction.
Normally, Lu Lingqi would not retort in front of outsiders, but now Lu Lingqi was angry that this "Taoist nun" had approached her child before, so she didn't care much.
Although Zhang Ning's current attire did not look like that of a barbarian, judging from her methods, Lu Lingqi classified her as a "Taoist nun".
If Qing'er and Yan'er's reading voices had not been heard, Lu Lingqi would have been afraid that it would not just be her bad attitude.
"The King of Chu is loved by all the people and admired by all the people. When he took the young prince to understand the people's sentiments, he was only a few steps away from the farmers whose identities were unknown. Madam was not worried, so why should she worry about me?" Zhang Ning said half-complimentarily.
Bai Tu was indeed pleased to hear Zhang Ning's compliment. After all... the other party had revealed his identity. It was none other than Huang Tianji!
Think about Zhang Ning's current identity...
Zhang Qiying's maid? Of course it was just a cover-up.
But thinking about it, Zhang Ning was indeed in Hanzhong before, and in the Tianshi Mansion. It was no wonder that neither Zhang Lu nor myself could find her in Jiangdong.
As for the reason why Zhang Ning was in the Tianshi Mansion, Bai Tu thought about it carefully and it came down to the word "test".
Judging from the results, Zhang Ning was obviously dissatisfied with Zhang Lu, but at this time Zhang Ning affirmed what he had done in Chu. Bai Tu felt that if nothing unexpected happened, Zhang Ning would take the initiative to serve Chu, just like Yu Ji was convinced by him!
"It turns out to be Miss Zhang... Taoist Yu mentioned you to me before, and we thought you were in Jiangdong, so we looked for you carefully. Miss Zhang can go to Taoist Yu to report your safety later." Bai Tu did not play dumb, but looked at Zhang Ning calmly.
Only then did Lu Lingqi react, Huang Tian Zhang Ning... Huang Tianji?
However, even though she knew her identity, Lu Lingqi still didn't look happy - after all, Zhang Ning is now... obviously different from other city girls.
Normally, Cheng Ji would not have any bad intentions towards anyone. Even if she extremely disliked someone because of public opinion, she would not do anything to harm him, just like Shou Chun Ji did not "kill" Yuan Shu at that time.
Otherwise, with Cheng Ji's abilities of invisibility and inter-city teleportation, who could withstand her?
But Huang Tianji is not only an alien, but now she looks more like a human. Who knows if she will hurt anyone?
At least from the rumors, Huang Tianji is at least able to command Huang Tianlishi to hurt people!
Normally, no matter whether it is a princess from the Han Dynasty or a princess from another race, they cannot do this.
"No hurry, I also have one more thing to say. I want to ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu in person..." Zhang Ning seemed to have no reaction to Bai Tu's "calm" look. Instead, he spoke in an aggressive tone.
"Miss Zhang, just ask." Bai Tu said casually.
"It is rumored that when the King of Chu first rose up, he had some connection with the Yellow Turbans? I don't know what the connection was. Can Your Highness the King of Chu explain it to me?" Zhang Ning stared at the white map with burning eyes.
That’s right, when they first met Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, they thought Bai Tu was from the Yellow Turbans.
Although Bai Tu did not deny it because he could not explain the reason, he naturally would not take the initiative to publicize it. However, later on, word spread due to the large number of people. In the early days, other princes spread related rumors among the people to undermine Bai Tu's prestige.
However, I haven’t heard about this matter for a long time. After all, Bai Tu’s prestige can no longer be undermined by his “Yellow Turban origin”.
"This..." Bai Tu knew from the look in Zhang Ning's eyes that the other party must be very sure that she had nothing to do with the Yellow Turbans. After all, the early generals of the Yellow Turbans all awakened their military tokens here by Zhang Ning. There was no reason why she couldn't recognize it herself.
“If I have to say something, it should be that the desire to save the world is ‘related’ to each other!” Bai Tu did not directly refute the rumor, but forced a connection.
Bai Tu could also guess that since Zhang Ning would go to Hanzhong after coming to Jiangdong, it was obvious that she still had feelings for the Yellow Turbans, otherwise she would not have given the Tianshi Dao a chance right away...
Lu Lingqi looked at me speechlessly at this time - you obviously didn't know anything at that time, what kind of relationship do you have with the Yellow Turbans?
However, Zhang Ning really seemed to fall for it...
After a moment of silence, he nodded slowly: "So, it is true that we do have a connection."
Lu Lingqi, who was standing by, had a question mark over her head - even though she knew what the two were talking about, it still sounded so awkward!
