Zhou Yao was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Li Huan awkwardly, hesitated for a while before he spoke: "Brother Huan, let's do it!"

The brothers present couldn't help but look at Zhou Yao, this is not like Zhou Yao said, Zhou Yao is the second-in-command of the emperor, except for Li Huan, the most powerful person and IQ, and he is always thoughtful and assertive every time. But this time it was a little squirming, and the tone was very uncertain. Everyone seemed to be able to sense that something was going on in Zhou Yao, and it was also closely related to Nantian Ming.

The matter of Zhou Yao and Lei Ningqiu was only known to Li Huan and Feilong, and the other brothers did not know. Li Huan didn't mention it to anyone, he didn't want to hurt the feelings between his brothers. Li Huan didn't investigate anything, let alone stop Ah Yao. Li Huan didn't want to talk about it, but this day had come, and he was inevitable.

Li Huan took a deep breath, then looked at everyone and said, "Then let's put it, I haven't figured out whether to fight or not, how to fight, but the two territories of Xijiang and Zhejiang can be temporarily released!"

"Brother Huan, if you let Nan Tianming for a long time and want to get it back, it's really impossible!" Xia Xiaolong reminded Li Huan worriedly.

The corners of Li Yan's mouth cracked, and he smiled: " Nan Tianming has 70,000 or 80,000 gangs, and put the territory of Xijiang and Zhejiang provinces, then Nan Tianming will have to draw at least more than 10,000 people to manage, and this place depends on us Dongguang Recently, they have to add at least 10,000 people in order to have the strength to fight with us, and more than 20,000 people to manage the two provinces, so that the rest of their people and horses will be scarce, I am diluting their strength, if they really fight, their relative strength is not so concentrated, after all, our people and horses are very limited compared to Nantian Ming!"

After Li Huan's explanation, everyone nodded knowingly, Nantian Ming's power is five times that of Emperor Xiong, if you really want to fight, it must be a tough battle, and it is indeed a good note to dilute Nantian Ming's combat power. After all, if Emperor Xiong and Nantian Ming fight, it will not be a matter of the sphere of influence of one or two provinces, but the entire southeast underworld. If the fight starts, the affected province will reach a full eight, which is a terrifying number!

"Then I'll let the people in Xijiang and Zhejiang withdraw from the territory, it just so happens that I also need manpower in Dong'an City now!" Fan Yuankun said in agreement.

"Well, we haven't expanded the team of the Emperor Xiong brothers for so long, now find a way to collect more people, no matter when we start a war with Nantian Ming, the current manpower will definitely not be enough!"

"Yes!"

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Half a month has passed, and Emperor Xiong really gave up all the original territory of Qinmen to Nantian Ming, and as Li Huan expected, Nantian Ming has a total of more than 20,000 people stationed here, and the leader is the first Hua Dan Bingyan of Nantian Ming, this very capable woman.

"Brother Huan, you are looking for me!" Zhou Yao came to Li Yao's office and said lightly.

Li Yao nodded and handed Zhou Yao a cigarette, and today he finally found Zhou Yao head-on.

Zhou Yao took the cigarette and sat down.

Li Yao stood up, put his hand on Zhou Yao's shoulder, and said with a little embarrassment: "Ah Yao, I don't know if I should say something..."

Zhou Yao hurriedly almost got rid of the cigarette in his hand, quickly raised his head in shock, and stammered: "Hustle, brother hustle, you say!"

Li Huan sighed, and then said: "Brother with you for so many years, you have helped me the most among the emperors, and you are also the one who has contributed the most to the emperors. I shouldn't have doubted you, I'm hiding these words because I'm really afraid that you're really what I know. But now I really can't help but say it, because I know that we have to have someone to speak first, and if you keep talking about it, then I can only ask you. ”

Zhou Yao's delicate face became extremely embarrassed, his brows were tightly locked, he looked at Li Huan and said in a trembling tone: "Brother Huan, you ask, I will tell the truth!"

Li Yao smiled dryly, helped Zhou Yao light the cigarette, and then asked, "You tell my brother, do you have something to do with Lei Ningqiu of Nantian Ming?"

As soon as he said it, Zhou Yao knew that Li Yao would ask this, but he still shook in surprise, and this uneasy feeling made Zhou Yao very painful.

"I.... Yes!" Zhou Yao's face turned pale, his lips trembled, but he still told the truth.

"When did it start?" Li Huan was not surprised, nor did he mean to blame, but asked very blandly.

"The year after you left, she and I stumbled across in a resort area, and..."

Zhou Yao's voice was already intermittent, maybe he was too nervous, and no one knew how Zhou Yao came over these days. He always felt that he had betrayed the emperor and become a sinner, and he felt very guilty and tormented during this period of time.

Li Yao spread his hands and did not let Zhou Yao continue to talk about trivial details, but asked directly: "Are you and her real, do you really love her?"

After listening to Li Yao's question, Zhou Yao lowered his head, and after thinking for a while, he still nodded slightly, not daring to speak, but he did not deny it.

Li Huan couldn't help swallowing his throat, and sighed deeply on his back, love is the weakness of the people in the rivers and lakes! It is said that heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass, and this sentence is not false at all.

Li Huan didn't reproach loudly, nor did he say that he wanted Zhou Yao to choose between Dixiong and Lei Ningqiu, he knew that there was no way to choose this kind of thing. When brothers and women are placed in front of you, it is really difficult for you to choose, on one side is the brother who lives and dies together, and on the other side is the beloved woman, who is the only woman in her life who can let herself give up the rivers and lakes, this kind of choice question, I'm sorry, as long as you are a loving and righteous person, you can't choose!

"Take her away, brother, we can do it, but I will definitely move!" Li Huan smoked a cigarette butt on the ground before saying this. It was a cruel thing to let his brother leave with something he didn't want to say, but Li Huan couldn't think of a better way.

Zhou Yao also smoked a cigarette, but when Li Yao said this, his expression became even more embarrassed, he shook his head and said sadly: "She refuses to leave!"

Li Yao was stunned, he didn't expect that Zhou Yao really decided to give up the rivers and lakes and leave with Lei Ningqiu. He didn't want to embarrass his brother, he chose this and this way between brother and love, and the key thing was that the choice he made didn't work.

"She refuses, Brother Huan, if you want to fight, you can fight, I won't blame you, as long as you don't kill her!" Zhou Yao smiled bitterly, looked directly at Li Yao and said.

Li Yao's eyes were sharp, and he looked at Zhou Yao, this brother who has been a brother for eight years, eight years, a few eight years in his life, and a few people who can accompany him for eight years.

"If I get along with her after beating you, she will hate you!" Li Huan was helpless, sitting on the office chair and shaking his head again and again.

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"Why did you come to me!" the dwarf middle-aged man asked without any waves.

Li Huan specially came to find Deng Yi today and found this high-ranking official who wanted to praise himself as the leader of the southeast.

"I will take Dixiong to withdraw from the rivers and lakes and do serious business, how about giving the leader of the Southeast Underworld to Nantianming?" Li Huan's face was lost, this was not what he wanted, but he didn't want to lose Zhou Yao's brother, he couldn't let his brother become a victim of his dreams.

"This joke is not funny, you are looking for me because of such a thing, it is really a waste of my time!" Deng Yi's calm expression became solemn, and his face was angry, "How can you treat our government's decision as a child's play, you must know that Liu Xiangke used his life as a guarantee, he wants to help you go on, but you have to give up!"

Li Huan raised his head to look at the mediocre-looking middle-aged man, and the corners of his mouth crossed a mocking arc. I also felt funny in my heart, how could I get his permission for my decision. Of course, the above praises Li Huan to the end, if the emperor withdraws halfway, and then supports Nan Tianming, then how can Nan Tianming really help the above, and then the underworld in the southeast will be even more chaotic than at the beginning, and Nan Tianming will retaliate.

People above the character of Lei Yu, the old man of Nantianying, will not know that the reputation he has won over the years is no worse than that of some high-ranking officials in the country, and he is a very principled person. Just like he won't forget the account that Li Huan drove them out of Dongguang back then, he wants to set up Li Huan and beat himself, he won't talk about this hatred, but he will definitely retaliate.

And Lei Yu did not take the initiative to show favor to the above after knowing that Li Huan was praised above, but transferred troops to Xijiang and Zhejiang, which was putting pressure on the above, either not fighting, or the fish would die.

The above means that someone needs to manage the gray area, just like when the French hired Huang Jinrong in Shanghai to maintain their concession, this is actually a kind of puppet, which may be abandoned in the end, but it must be good to help and use it at first. Now that Emperor Xiong has withdrawn, then Nantian Ming is not easy to control, people like Lei Yu are old bones, stubborn, and their strength is also very amazing.

The Southern Heavenly Underworld, the Northern Heavenly Immortal Family, if they are really all raised, and then they merge to kill the Tianhong of the Central Plains again and again, it will be very difficult for the upper authorities to move them at that time.

At first, they wanted to support Nantian Ming, but then they changed their minds, and after that, Li Huan's performance also made them very satisfied. Deng Yi knew that in the end, the real gangsters would not be allowed to exist, and there would be people in the gray ** domain, but it was impossible to let someone and the gang unify the national black forces, this country would always belong to them, and they couldn't create too much threat to themselves.

The southeast makes Li Huan dominant, the Central Plains is Tianhong, and the north is the North Tianying, and these three have hatred, so it is impossible to unify. This can maintain a balance, so since Li Huan defeated the Qin Gate, Deng Yi and the leaders above were even more determined to support Li Huan.

"Go back, think about it, I can tell you you you don't have a choice, you have to fight, and I want you to win. Otherwise, you know!" Deng Yi pursed the corners of his mouth and said demonstratively.

Li Yao sighed helplessly, and muttered regretfully to Zhou Yao in his heart: Brother, it's hard to do!

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