Southern Tang Kingdom, Wanzhou City

The city of Wanzhou in summer is getting hotter and hotter, the cloudless weather every day, the blazing sun scorching the earth every day, and the thin mist in Wanzhou City during the day seems to evaporate the water that has accumulated for a year.

Ningjun Palace

Ye Dong, the king of Ningjun, paced around the house in a silk green coat.

"Your Highness, the high temperature for several days has caused more or less drought in many counties in the south, especially in the southernmost place adjacent to Shudi, the miasma is getting more and more serious, and people in many villages have begun to fall ill, and I hope that Your Highness will take measures as soon as possible to prepare for emergencies." An elderly official in the hall sat down and hurriedly prayed.

"I know, I will now send a letter to the Ministry of Households to send someone to allocate funds immediately, and I will go into the palace to inform my father in a while, and ask the Ministry of Officials to immediately allocate a group of capable officials to take charge of this matter. Li Lao is assured that the disaster will not spread. Although Ye Dong was anxious because of the hot weather, he was very respectful and polite to this old minister in his tone.

"It is a blessing for our country that Your Highness is so capable and decisive, and since this is the case, the old minister has retired." As he spoke, the old man had already gotten up and made his farewell.

"Mr. Li has won the award, please rest assured that Mr. Li's second son's affairs will naturally turn into a big thing, and the old ministers of the two dynasties will definitely not make Mr. Li sad." Ye Dong also got up and returned the salute.

"The old minister understands." The old man was slightly stunned, but years of officialdom polished him immediately and bowed lower.

In fact, Ye Dong's mood is very good, since Ye Nan left the Southern Tang Dynasty, the errands in Ye Nan's hands fell on the three of them one by one, the officials were the most snobbish, plus he and Ye Qi played up and down, even with coercion, many officials have quietly stood on their side.

With the old man leaving, Anjun Wang Yeqi slowly paced out from behind the screen, looked at the old man's back and said: "It's all about helping the old fox, don't cry when you don't see the coffin, if you don't have their handle in your hand, they will definitely not be obedient." ”

"Third brother, this kind of talk is not allowed to be mentioned again, if you say too much, you will lose, if it spreads, how can you and I be above the court to these ministers. Now you and I are both in charge, and those below listen to the wind and rain, so don't say anything irrelevant in front of people in the future. Ye Dong scolded.

"Big brother, don't look at you and I are now in charge of four of the six departments, it looks beautiful on the surface. In fact, once the second brother comes back, you and I don't have the slightest capital to fight with him. Ye Qi said coldly, ignoring the eldest brother's reprimand.

"Third brother, what do you want to say?" Ye Dong stopped and asked with a frown.

"Big brother, now the military department in the six departments is under the control of the fourth department, and the official department is presided over by my father himself, don't look at you and me in charge of the fourth department, in fact, our connections don't even have the amount to stuff the teeth between the teeth of the fourth department. Let's not mention that the soldiers guarding Wanzhou City were all brought up by the fourth child, but looking at the forbidden army in the palace, which one is not drinking and fooling around with the fourth child all day long, and running to the palace of Zhuangjun without an errand, once something happens, there is no need for the fourth person to give an order in person, you and I can't even enter the palace, just rely on the idea that you and I have in the army, maybe you can't even move when the time comes. Big brother, don't be full of joy first, think that you and I are in power at the moment, have you ever been exposed to a little news about the shadow department? Ye Qi said slowly, as if he had poured cold water on Ye Dong, and his mood, which was good just now, became gloomy again.

The shadow department, that is the private army of the lords of the past dynasties, when this organization is operational, there are no invisible corners in the entire Southern Tang Dynasty, there are no enemies that cannot be found, and there are no secrets that cannot be hidden.

"So what do you think we're going to do? The fourth child's power in the Ministry of War has not been a day or two, and he has been grinding there since he was sensible, and we can't get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of War. Ye Dong was dissatisfied but said helplessly.

"Since the military department can't move, why don't you move Ye Qi." Ye Qi gritted his teeth gloomily with a sneer, and the words that popped out seemed to be gold and iron falling to the ground, and there was a loud sound.

"What do you mean?"

Ye Qi slowly made a movement to wipe his neck.

"Smack", Ye Qi was unafraid that the eldest brother would have this slap, and he was beaten to a stumbling point, and his head almost hit the corner of the screen.

"Bastard, that's you and my brother, how can you have such a mind, you, you, you ......" Ye Dong seemed to be angry, and his face turned red.

Ye Qi was very calm, still sneering, staring at his eldest brother as if mocking.

"Big brother, wake up, you and I have embarked on the road of power, and there is no chance to turn back, you can still be a king of Anle County before, but now what you and I have done, do you think that the second brother can let you and me go if he becomes the lord of the country? Not everyone is as soft-hearted as Big Brother, Big Brother! How did Emperor Wu become emperor? Don't you understand? One of his brothers who originally wanted to be a prince of peace survived? The more Ye Qi spoke, the more excited he became, and by the time he finally asked rhetorically, he was almost roaring.

"This, this" Ye Dong was also taken aback by this third brother, and the words just now seemed like five thunderbolts to him, making his head buzz. The stuffy hall seemed to suddenly get cold, from the body to the heart.

"Big brother, you have already tried the taste of power, compared to you and me when we were idle people, I don't need to say it, you and I can't escape, the game of thrones, there is no victory or defeat, only life and death." Ye Qi seemed to be a poisonous snake at the moment, spitting out poisonous letters, but revealing gold from between the fangs.

Ye Dong sat down on the chair and nervously repeated, "Only life and death, only life and death."

Ye Qi didn't wait for him to come back to his senses, raised his sleeve to wipe the blood from the corners of his mouth, and strode away from the Ningjun Palace.

"Only life and death, only life and death......" Ye Dong read this sentence silently, his tone changed from timidity at the beginning, to slowly becoming cold later, and finally his expression was as cold as ice.

He Huo Ran got up, his face was very similar to Ye Qi's speech, and slowly popped out from between his teeth, "There is no victory or defeat, only life and death."