Rhea Fu is finished.

When an unknown guard from the Grand Duke's Mansion came to Nanhuangxing and personally presented the head of the Duke of Ruiya to the King of the South, everyone understood this.

He said that he poisoned him by poisoning him in the wine while Rhea was unprepared, but no one paid attention to these details anymore.

What Nanyan River wants is just a result, and those princes only have the vast territory of the Ruiya Fu clan in their eyes.

As soon as the dragon's head dies, the remaining jackals, tigers and leopards will rise up and eat them.

So in just one month, the originally indestructible Rui Fu Star fell.

The splendid Grand Duke's Mansion faded from its glamorous appearance, and for a time it became infinitely desolate and desolate, and the robbers almost scraped off the crystal powder on the murals of the mansion, and even the floor tiles were knocked off and taken away one by one.

For example, the status of Tianshang Gong is disdainful, but for those who are not very wealthy, the big man eats meat, all they can do is to get a piece of the leftovers, and they can even take advantage of the time when no one is around, sit on the throne of Rui Yagong, and live a high-ranking Grand Duke addiction.

In the ownerless Mansion of Rhea, the greedy and ugly world was staged all day long.

The long-planned Tianshang Gong became the biggest winner, he swept away the frustration and decadence since the exchange meeting, and captured more than a dozen stars with a devastating momentum, expanding the boundaries of his territory by a full fifty stars.

This distance is equivalent to going from the edge of the dust to Luotian Beidou.

Although Tianshang Gong was depressed and later found that the resources he grabbed did not seem to be as rich as he expected, at least far from being worthy of the Fu family's thousand-year-old heritage, but in any case, he was currently in the limelight in the southern realm for a while, as if he had the posture of surpassing Haiming Gong as the head of the Grand Duke.

So these days, there are countless liehous and uncles who have come to rely on the Tianshang Prince, and they have almost broken through the threshold of the Tianshang Mansion, and the voices that originally mocked Shang Yuyu at the exchange meeting have all disappeared, and they have been replaced by all exaggerated touting, which directly led to Shang Shizi's retreat.

Of course, the fastest moves are those big chambers of commerce, as early as after hearing about what happened on the ancestor worship day, they sent the worship post to the Tianshang Mansion as soon as possible, at that time, the Duke of Ruiya was still sitting in the Grand Duke's Mansion dignifiedly, and they had already calculated the future distribution of benefits in the south.

It wasn't until this carve-up frenzy cooled down a little that everyone suddenly remembered a force that they were about to forget - Western Union.

So many people couldn't help but gloat, the chamber of commerce in the north (in their eyes, the Western Union is a chamber of commerce) really couldn't figure out the troubled waters in the south, and the first to go to discuss cooperation with Rhea Gong, offended the first three archdukes, not to mention, but in a blink of an eye, Rhea Gong collapsed, and now this situation is embarrassing, right?

However, the Western Union Mission was unaware of it, and turned to Nanhuangxing.

Three days later, the royal family officially announced the establishment of a cooperative relationship with Western Union, and invited the large and small chambers of commerce in the south to come to Nanhuangxing to participate in the cooperation, and the royal family will be used as a referrer to occupy a certain share of profits.

In the eyes of many, Western Union has taken another step that is undoubtedly a bad move.

Don't look at the royal family's previous issuance of the thief order, and the Ruiya Fu clan was destroyed in an instant, as if it was really the boss of the southern border, but in the whole process, it was the princes who contributed the troops, and the royal family was purely waiting for ready-made.

The royal family is still weak, this is an unchangeable fact, and the occasional sharp edge is only a return to the light. The princes unanimously agreed that the killing of the Duke of Ruiya was enough to satisfy the ambition of the wasted King of Chainan, and when Yu Chen died of old age, that unambitious guy was afraid that he would only dare to shrink into his own palace for the rest of his life to eat, drink and have fun.

And the children taught by such waste can only be small waste, and they can dream of making a comeback or something.

Therefore, everyone disagrees with the choice of Western Union.

Although some princes had hidden worries and felt that Nanyanhe's performance was a little abnormal, these people did not occupy the mainstream after all, and even the Tianshang Gong was high-spirited and did not regard the royal family as a threat from beginning to end.

Among the few people of insight, Zi Dinghou is one with a more keen sense of smell.

Purple Star, Purple Dinghou Mansion.

"Caiwei, do you know what I called you here for all of a sudden?"

In the study full of the smell of ink, Zi Dinghou picked up the pen to write the last few words, with a faint smile on his face, and turned his head to look at his eldest daughter.

"It's not about the royal family, or it's about Western Union, or it's just one thing. Xue Caiwei picked up the rice paper and gently dried the ink, blinking playfully.

"Well, how many times have I told you, this can't be blown around. Zi Dinghou rubbed her head helplessly and dotingly.

"Alas, how many times have I told you, you can't touch your head, you won't grow tall!" Xue Caiwei immediately knocked off her father's hand and gave him an angry look.

"Wake up, you're twenty, do you think you can grow taller?" Zi Dinghou teased unceremoniously.

"Why can't I! I just bought the martial arts cheats in the north, and it is said that if you cultivate to the peak of strong muscles, you can grow a few centimeters more! One meter seven, one meter seven, I must grow to one meter seven!" Xue Caiwei said quite vigorously.

"If you have time to repair those side doors, it's better to study the formation, don't think about it when you're tall, and think about when it's serious to get married. Zi Dinghou knocked on her head.

Xue Caiwei glanced at her father, grabbed the middle of the rice paper and said, "If you say it again, I'll tear it up if you say it again!"

Zi Dinghou took a cool breath as if he had a toothache: "Okay, let's get down to business, you guessed right just now, it's the royal family and Western Union." ”

"Is there a reward for guessing correctly?" said Xue Caiwei with a grin.

"Yes, I will give you a chance to travel to Nanhuangxing at public expense. ”

"Dad, have you thought about it, so easily, so sloppily?" Xue Caiwei roughly guessed the meaning of Zi Dinghou's words, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Nonsense, this is Dad's decision after careful consideration!" Zi Dinghou said angrily: "The matter of Rui Yagong is too deep, at least it is far more than it seems. Those grand dukes stood too high, and there were too many blind spots in their field of vision, but they couldn't see as clearly as I did. ”

"Narcissism. Xue Caiwei pursed her lips: "Others say that Western Union has done its best, do you have other opinions?"

"No, if you think about it, there's a lot to be interesting about. ”

Zi Dinghou touched his long beard, and said with deep eyes: "The first thing I noticed was a few details, such as ...... The Western Union mission first went to Nanhuangxing, I don't know what to talk about with the royal family, and then went to Ruifu Xing, but within the same day, they were assassinated, and several of Ruiagong's subordinates defected, and the defectors also kidnapped Ruiyagong's concubine Fuping, causing an uproar in the entire southern realm, doesn't this think it's too coincidental?"

"What if it's a coincidence?"

"The odds are too small, I asked President Zhu and President Le, they have already gone to Nanhuangxing and contacted the Western Union Mission, and found that the people of the Western Union are not as ignorant as they imagined, they are very clear about the pattern of the Southern Territory, and they are all shrewd, the two presidents have negotiated with the deputy alliance leader named Nirabe for several days, and they are stunned that they have not taken half of the advantage, which can be seen. ”

"So what does Daddy mean is that Western Union chose to be the first to visit Rui Fu Xing before, and it was very strange to anger the first three Grand Dukes?"

"Yes, they must have anticipated the consequences, and yet they did such a puzzling thing. And if they hadn't gone to Rui Fu Xing and attracted the attention of Rui Yagong, Fu Ping would not have been kidnapped so easily. This thing...... At first glance, it seems like a coincidence, but after thinking about it for a long time, he feels more and more that this is an interlocking game, and Western Union goes to Rui Fu Xing as if it is specifically to deal with Rui Yagong. ”

"But Daddy, your conjecture is based on the premise that Western Union are staunch allies of the royal family, but why would they choose the royal family? ”

"That's the only thing I'm confused about, but the feedback I got from the two presidents is that Western Union has a very close relationship with the royal family. They secretly observed that whether it was Cai Ye, Yu Chen, or His Majesty the King of Nan, they were all very enthusiastic and familiar with Nirabe, like friends who had known each other for a long time. ”

"Okay, let's say Dad's conjectures are all true, but just because Western Union is on the side of the royal family, will we go over to the city?

"It's not Toucheng, it's for you to test and tempt, remember to bring Fengren, I always feel that this kid has been sneaky and restless recently. Zi Dinghou snorted lightly.

"He's been like that since he went to the border battlefield, Dad, you don't see it, this little fat man is as timid as a mouse on weekdays, but he is brave at the border pass, if I didn't follow him several times, he may really die on the void battlefield, probably I didn't know enough about him before, so I mistakenly thought he was very timid. ”

Xue Caiwei paused, and spread his hands again: "But it's really a little strange, he has earned tens of thousands of military merits, but he is still unhappy every day when he comes back, and I don't know what's wrong with him." ”

"This kid has his own secrets, otherwise he wouldn't have had a reason to go so smoothly on the way to the spirit pattern, which is no longer something that talent can explain. I used to be able to turn a blind eye, but now you have to keep an eye on him when it matters most. Zi Dinghou said solemnly.

"No problem!" Xue Caiwei readily agreed, and then looked a little lonely: "Speaking of Ah Ren, I think of Wen Li again, he won't ...... It's really dead, right? Shang Yu gave them all right, and Wen Li died even more unreasonably?"

Zidinghou sighed leisurely: "I don't know, this young man...... It's really impossible to see through your father, so don't worry about him, pack up and go to Nanhuangxing. ”