For a long time, Yichen believed that the rumors of the Xuaniron Copper Mine were obtained by people with ulterior motives who took advantage of Gongsun Hong's negligence to get the news from the traitors in the City Lord's Mansion.

Just now, Yichen even thought about it, hoping that Gongsun Hong would do his best to find out the traitor, so as not to cause greater hidden dangers to the City Lord's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Hong's answer to Yichen was like this.

Dark Iron Copper Ore is a rare refining resource in the Tianluo Continent, and I don't know how many people will be unable to help but launch a frenzy when they hear this news.

According to normal thinking, Gongsun Hong must strictly block the news and hide the Xuaniron copper mine in the safest place to avoid being calculated.

No matter which way you look at it, Yichen can't find a reason for Gongsun Hong to leak secrets on his own.

"It's because I thought it was too simple at the time," Gongsun Hong sighed softly with a bitter face.

Since the Gu family, with the help of Gongsun Hong and Yichen, eliminated the Chen family, the Gu family's power in Tianyun City has become dominant.

After straightening out the affairs of the Gu family, Gu Brahma began to think about the marriage of Gu Yun and Gongsun Ya, and ran to the city lord's mansion when he had nothing to do, which made Gongsun Hong unbearable.

However, Gongsun Hong once personally promised Gu Yun that he was willing to fulfill him and Gongsun Ya, and admitted that Gu Yun met the conditions for marrying Gongsun Ya.

A few years ago, Gongsun Hong and Gu Yun had an agreement that Gu Yun had to do two things before he could marry Gongsun Ya.

First of all, Gu Yun's cultivation is better than Gongsun Ya's, and secondly, Gu Yun has at least stepped into the level of a battle commander and a strong man.

These two points, Gu Yun had already completely achieved them when he returned to Tianyun City from the Dragon Vein of the Luoying Kingdom.

Not only did Shun lì surpass Gongsun Ya's cultivation, but also, due to the nourishment of the aura of the returning dragon vein, Gu Yun had reached the level of a peak powerhouse of the battle commander two years ago, and had the qualifications to attack the powerhouse of the battle king.

Gongsun Hong originally liked Gu Yun, and in the twenty years that Gu Brahma had disappeared, he had helped Gu Yun many times, either explicitly or secretly, and for this, he also offended Chen Fengqiu, and was even secretly suppressed by Winterley.

Now, on the bright side of Tianyun City, in addition to the ancient Brahma a battle king powerhouse, the highest cultivation is Gongsun Hong and Gu Yun.

Seeing that Gongsun Ya and Gu Yun were in love with each other, and they were not young, Gongsun Hong announced the good news of his marriage with the Gu family.

What Gongsun Hong didn't expect was that as soon as the good news was announced, it was threatened from many sides.

Gongsun Hong and Gu Brahma believe that letting Gongsun Ya and Gu Yun marry is an extremely ordinary wedding event, and there is nothing else involved.

However, the Yuli family and the Carter family would not think so, and when it came to the life and death of the family, it must be that Gongsun Hong and Gu Brahma colluded and wanted to use the marriage to control the entire Tianyun City.

Even if there was no marriage, the Gu family actually occupied most of the market in Tianyun City after losing such a strong opponent as the Chen family.

At least sixty percent of the shops in all prosperous areas belong to the name of the Gu family, the Yuli family and the Carter family add up to only thirty percent, and the rest of the small sects share less than one percent of the market share.

The market share of the prosperous area determines the prosperity and decline of the family, although the Yuli family and the Carter family have grievances in their hearts, but they can still survive, the big deal is to make a little less than before, there is no zài problem in survival, but it is difficult to develop.

And the City Lord's Mansion will not intervene in the disputes between families, as long as everyone pays taxes and fees on time and in accordance with the laws of the Tianluo Kingdom, they can get the support of the City Lord's Mansion.

Outsiders may not know, but the Yuli family and the Carter family know very well that Gongsun Hong's large-scale expansion of troops in recent years is not within the budget of the imperial court, and all military expenses are borne by the city lord's mansion itself.

In this way, in addition to the taxes and fees paid by the family shops, the remaining part of the castle lord's mansion at the disposal of the city lord is not enough to expand the army.

Therefore, the Yuli family and the Carter family have reason to believe that the marriage between Gongsun Hong and the Gu family is to turn the entire Tianyun City into the control area of the City Lord's Mansion.

It is possible to forcibly change the market order through a monopoly and prepare for the wanton accumulation of wealth.

As for the Gu family, if their own interests are not infringed upon, they can completely help the City Lord's Mansion clear the obstacles and clean out the Yuli family and the Carter family.

At that time, every Qiē in Tianyun City will have to be decided by Gongsun Hong and Gu Brahma, and all the rest of the forces can only be obediently slaughtered.

Many things were originally simple, but after thinking about it too much, it became more and more complicated, and the marriage between Gu Yun and Gongsun Hong was inexplicably raised to the level of conspiracy.

Some small sects once pinned their hopes on the City Lord's Mansion and the Gu Family to restrain each other, so as to bring everyone a new round of money-making opportunities.

This result was completely beyond their imagination, so they tried to add fuel to the storm and spread panic to the Yuli family and the Carter family.

In order to continue to survive in Tianyun City, or to create opportunities for their own family's rise, the Yuli family and the Carter family moved around.

After Gongsun Hong's covert investigation, the Yuli family and the capital Xiao family reached an alliance intention, while the Carter family reached some kind of agreement with the Winter family.

In this way, a large part of the pressure faced by Gongsun Hong will come from the capital of the Tianluo Kingdom.

The Xiao family ranks fourth in the family power of the capital, but its strength exceeds that of the ancient family in Tianyun City by a lot, and the Winter family ranks first, and the cultivation of the head of the family, Winterley, is also higher than that of the ancient Brahma, and it is said that the Winter family is not only a strong warrior in Winterley.

For the sake of their own interests, these two families will provide some help to the Yuli family and the Carter family, but they may not dare to openly oppose the City Lord's Mansion.

As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, even if the Winter family is the largest family in the capital, it is just a civilian force, but the City Lord's Mansion is the official force of the Tianluo Kingdom, and it has hundreds of thousands of troops, which is by no means easy to match.

Just when Gongsun Hong felt that the problem was not big, a piece of news from the capital immediately plunged him into a crisis.

Some people say that the marriage between Gongsun Hong and the Gu family is not only to control Tianyun City, but actually to use Tianyun City as a place of recuperation, and the real purpose is to covet the throne of the king of Tianluo Kingdom.

This move seems to be a rumor, but in fact, Gongsun Hong was charged with rebellion.

Although Gongsun Hong believed that the king still trusted him, it is unknown what would happen if other officials, as well as Gongsun Hong's political enemies, took advantage of this incident to disturb the king's public opinion.

Any king may tolerate the corruption of his courtiers, but he will never allow his courtiers to have the intention of rebellion.

Even if it is groundless, it may cause the wrath of His Majesty the King, and he would rather kill by mistake than let go, which is the first choice of most people in power.

Therefore, when Uncle Gongsun couldn't explain it, he simply released rumors about the Xuaniron copper mine and stirred up the situation. ”

Yichen felt that Gongsun Hong could not take the initiative to explain before receiving the will of His Majesty the King, and there was no way to explain it.

It is originally groundless, and the explanation can easily be regarded as a cover-up, but it only confirms the crime.

"Yes, since you can't explain it, you will be passive if you sit idly by, but it is better to set up a puzzle with true and false, and maybe you can get out of the predicament. ”

Although Gongsun Hong was only the city lord of Tianyun City, he was no less worried about the Tianluo Kingdom than any important minister of the imperial court.

On the contrary, due to repeated unsuccessful advances, Gongsun Hong had no choice but to expand his forces and make some preparations for the upcoming war.

No matter what the king's intentions were, at least Gongsun Hong was willing to fight for the survival of the people, but he had no desire to covet the throne.

Gongsun Hong's original intention of spreading the Xuaniron Copper Mine was to use the rarity of the Xuaniron Copper Mine to cause more powerhouses from all walks of life to gather in Tianyun City and relieve the pressure on the City Lord's Mansion.

Before this, whether it was the Yuli family and the Carter family, or the Xiao family and the Winter family in the capital, their main targets were all aimed at the City Lord's Mansion and Gongsun Hong.

In a sense, these forces will form an alliance when necessary to push the Castle Lord's Mansion into the position of public enemy.

However, as soon as the rumors of the Xuaniron Copper Mine came out, all forces would never form an alliance lightly for their own interests.

The reason is very simple, the iron and copper ore is extremely valuable, and any family, even the kingdom, can own the iron and copper mine and climb to the peak of power and wealth.

No force or individual is willing to share power and wealth with others, and as long as the 'lies' of the Xuaniron and Copper Mine are not exposed, there will be a relationship of competition and prevention between all forces.

Restraining each other and balancing each other, so that they cannot be twisted into a rope, in this way, the city lord's mansion has a relatively safe situation.

As for the rebellion, Gongsun Hong also has countermeasures, and he also starts with the rumors of the Xuaniron copper mine.

Regardless of whether His Majesty the King believed Gongsun Hong or not, he would definitely send officials to Tianyun City to investigate, because Gongsun Hong had no intention of rebellion, naturally there was no evidence of the so-called rebellion.

In addition, His Majesty the King's interest in the Xuaniron Copper Mine is by no means less than anyone else's, and while investigating Gongsun Hong's rebellion, he will also pay close attention to the progress of the rumors of the Xuaniron Copper Mine.

Once the time is ripe, Gongsun Hong can use the rumors of the Xuaniron Copper Mine to find unsubstantiated results to refute that someone deliberately framed him, and the theory of rebellion will be untenable.

Using the revelation of one conspiracy to prove the existence of another conspiracy is not the best way, but it is also a more effective way.

"However, the development of things was unexpected, and Uncle Gongsun did not expect that the rumors of the Xuaniron Copper Mine attracted the hidden powerhouse"

Yichen applauded Gongsun Hong's old scheming, and was also worried about the loophole of Gongsun Hong's move.

The rumor of concocted a black iron copper ore actually increased the pressure on Gongsun Hong.

"It's really better to be counted by the sky, the warehouse where the Xuaniron copper ore is stored may be discovered at any time, and the crisis of the City Lord's Mansion is coming. ”

Gongsun Hong said with a solemn face.