Another two weeks passed.

The various weapons and tactics of the Tianluo Killer, the four of them have almost learned it thoroughly.

To a large extent, of course, thanks to the development of the brain domain, there is an almost anti-heavenly improvement and enhancement of memory.

However, it is one thing to be familiar with it, and it is another thing to use it flexibly. Although the development of the brain domain can simulate the actual combat environment, even if it is a week of actual combat, Sister Princess does not dare to say that you are already a qualified Tianluo killer.

Time, after all, is still too little.

Although Cheng Jinyang had already thought about how to deal with Su Lili's big demon, in the subsequent nightly dreams, Xiao Li seemed to have evaporated directly, and he no longer appeared at all.

Fortunately, through Miss Wang's intervention, the nature of the safe house was preserved and solidified in the old house. Cheng Jinyang also asked her, "Did you build a firewall that can filter the big demon", in exchange for Wang Wanrou's white eyes.

"If she does come to you, who can stop her in this dream?" Wang Wanrou replied so, so Cheng Jinyang began to lose his soul again.

When people are there, they should be suspicious, and after they leave, they will suffer from gains and losses. Alas, it's cheap.

So he could only turn his grief and anger into leveling, and finally reached the eight-rank realm on this day, and he was finally proficient in it.

It stands to reason that he should be rejoicing, but at this time, Cheng Jinyang has no sorrow or joy.

Until Shendu Cheng's rare call to him, asking him to hurry up to the Chongben Hall for a meeting.

Ah, what's going on with the family?

Saying goodbye to the girls, Cheng Jinyang hurried to the Chongben Hall where the core members of the family were discussing, and saw his grandfather Cheng Benhe, the three uncles, and the heirs of their respective rooms: Cheng Yizhou, Cheng Yuexian, and Cheng Huaiyan, all of whom had gathered here, all expressionless.

"Sorry, it's late." Cheng Jinyang apologized, and saw his grandfather sitting on the main seat, showing a tired smile, and waved his hand to show that it was okay.

Cheng Huaiyan closed the door of the main hall, and Cheng Yuexian turned on the equipment to ensure that the electromagnetic shield could not transmit signals to the outside world, so a standard secret room isolated from the outside world was formed, and the next step was to start the family secret meeting.

"Jingzhou's side has been secretly in contact with us recently." Grandpa Cheng Benhe said.

The so-called Jingzhou, that is, the military town occupied by Wang Chuzhong's Longxiang army, was the biggest enemy of the Jiankang court.

"Do you want us to surrender?" Second Uncle Cheng Qingyuan stroked his beard and asked.

"If Wang Chuzhong is really 100% sure, he won't be able to play this kind of trick." Third Uncle Cheng Qingping said coldly.

"In any case, it is a fact that the Longxiang army has a strategic advantage in the short term, and we must be prepared for both before we think about victory." Patriarch Cheng Qingxin spoke.

Prepare with both hands, uncle, this is trying to ride the wall? Cheng Jinyang thought to himself.

Isn't the matter of the political team the most taboo wall-riding faction? In this way, no matter which side wins, the Shendu Cheng clan will not be able to get benefits. How could Uncle come up with such a ridiculous idea?

"You mean, divides?" Grandpa Cheng Benhe said suddenly.

The faces of the second and third uncles changed at the same time.

"Yes, Divides." Patriarch Cheng Qingxin said, "Political standing is like betting on a casino, one side is life, and the other side is death." The risk of an all-or-nothing gamble is too great for our family to afford to lose. ”

"It's better to divide the Shendu Cheng clan into two, one still supports the imperial court, and the other rebels to join the Jingzhou Longxiang army. In this way, no matter who wins or loses, the Cheng bloodline will eventually be able to be preserved and continued, and it will not be completely extinct because of the mistake of standing in line. ”

In other words, no matter which side wins, the line that stands on that side can be preserved...... Cheng Jinyang was suddenly shocked. Wait, doesn't that mean that there will inevitably be a vein that will be liquidated and destroyed after failure?

This, this is too cruel!

"What are the other families that have been confirmed to be divided?" Grandpa Cheng Benhe asked expressionlessly.

"The Hejian Xing clan will work with our family to 'split the civil strife', and the rebellious line will go to Jingzhou together." Cheng Qingxin said in a low voice, "The Sanchuan Zhu clan is still thinking about it, but they prefer to directly join the Longxiang army, so even if they decide not to divide the sect, they will not report this matter to the imperial court." ”

"In addition, the secret meeting with Long Xiangjun has been widely spread in the circle of the Wupin family, and everyone knows each other, and someone has already reported to the imperial court. Yu Yuangui was originally going to set off a political trial and purge, but was stopped by Wang Maohong. ”

"After all, the current Jiankang Imperial Court can't withstand any turmoil at all, even if one-tenth of the Wupin family is wiped out in the turmoil, the Long Xiang Army, which is about to arrive in Guxiao, will not let go of this opportunity, and will inevitably take advantage of the civil strife in Jiankang to attack with all their might, Your Majesty and Wang Maohong both understand the danger."

The implication is that the law does not hold the public accountable. In order to prevent some families from directly rebelling against the imperial court, would they rather acquiesce to them secretly to join the Longxiang army? Has the imperial court been weakened to this extent?

For a while, Cheng Jinyang already had an extremely embarrassing understanding of the so-called decline of imperial power.

The so-called political prestige is nothing more than the emperor who speaks his word and the world obeys. Is it the emperor that everyone fears? No, it's the prestige of the imperial power. If you don't obey the imperial power, you will be killed by the forces that obey the imperial power.

However, once the imperial power loses its prestige, and the tacit understanding between the major forces to obey the imperial power is broken, everyone will not take the emperor seriously.

is better, like the major families in Jiankang City, who obey the emperor and the court on the surface, and secretly have an eyebrow with Long Xiangjun.

Worse, just like Wang Chuzhong of the Long Xiang Army, he began to plot to take imperial power and replace him. It's not easy to say here that Wang Chuzhong's rebellion is bad, it can only be said that the current situation is like this, even if this Wang Chuzhong is killed, there will be careerists such as Su Chuzhong and Liu Chuzhong who will come out to make trouble in the future.

"Let's talk about it again." Grandpa Cheng Benhe finally said. He also wanted to think about it for a few days.

Leaving Chongben Hall, cousin Cheng Yuexian deliberately took a few steps behind, and then stopped Cheng Jinyang.

"Although grandpa said that he had to think about it, there was no other way to think about it, and the strategy of dividing the sect was a foregone conclusion." When she came to the corner where no one was around, Cheng Yuexian said worriedly, "Who is in Jiankang and who goes to Wuchang in the future, it must be based on the opinions of each room." ”

"As the proposer, the uncle is probably determined to join the Longxiang army. In this way, even if the vein that stays in Jiankang is inherited by you, Cheng Yizhou can also inherit the vein of the Dragon Throwing Army. ”

However, because of the problems of the political camp, these two veins will inevitably only survive in the end. Cousin, you're so smart, you know what I mean, right? ”

Cheng Jinyang pondered for a moment and asked:

"Cousin wants my side to try to save Cheng Yizhou's life if he wins?"

"That's right." Seeing that Cheng Jinyang was thorough at one point, Cheng Yuexian smiled and said, "I also understand, it was the uncle who suppressed you at the beginning, although Cheng Yizhou also spoke disrespectfully to you, but he did not participate in the suppression of you. There is no need for your brothers to kill each other because of this. ”

"I have already communicated with Cheng Yizhou, if the Long Xiang army finally wins, he is willing to find someone to die for you secretly to save your life; If your side also agrees to save his life, then no matter whether the world eventually returns to the Taiyuan Wang clan or remains in the hands of the Sima clan, at least our Cheng family's big house and fourth room will not have an heir because of this. ”

Cheng Jinyang groaned slightly.

As the cousin said, it was the eldest uncle Cheng Qingxin who excluded his father in the clan at the beginning, and this grudge should not be extended to his children.

From a personal impression, he doesn't have much ill will towards Cheng Yizhou's cousin - he just dealt with him on the day of the order conference, and then he was designated by his grandfather as the heir of the family, and after he had a conflict of interest with Cheng Yizhou, the two sides basically didn't have much contact.

"Yes, if the Jiankang Imperial Court finally wins, I will try my best to keep my cousin from dying." He finally nodded in agreement.