200 Two letters asking for help
When the letter of help from the vast front line was quickly transmitted to Dawangcheng by the fast horse, the people in the current Dawangcheng Liuhuo Mansion were already in chaos.
The reason is very simple, before Hou Wen's letter for help arrived, there were already two letters for help on the desk of Liuhuo, and the content of these two letters had already been read by everyone.
Now, Daydream, Cheng Jun, Wang Blind and Zuo Panyu, Yang Fan and Iron Abacus, these six people are the left-behind regiment designated by Flowing Fire.
"On both sides of Peishui, no matter how big or small things are, even including military power, the six of you can discuss it together... During my absence, you will govern on my behalf, and as long as the majority agrees, then you will be free to do it..."
The original words of the flowing fire were still echoing in everyone's ears, but now that they were faced with such a big choice, these six people were all dumbfounded.
Two letters for help are two difficult problems.
The first letter was actually secretly sent by the royal family of Chu State. The letter praised Lord Driftfire's achievements in pacifying Mustang City, and also vaguely mentioned the hope that Lord Driftfire would cooperate with the royal family.
The content of the letter is very official, and it is very unnutritious. But the key is not the letter, but the person who sent it. The messenger was actually Long Xingkong's third son, the youngest prince.
The arrival of the Dragon Vein Prince surprised everyone. Although the Long family is a royal family in the secular world, it is not too noble for the awakened, but after all, the Long family has ruled the Chu State for more than 150 years, at least this reputation is worthy of everyone's respect. Today, in order to send a letter, I sent a son, and there must be a hidden secret here, a big hidden secret.
The surname of the three princes is Long, and the single name is one vein. Maybe it's because Long Xingkong hopes that their dragon family's dragon vein has a long history.
The dragon vein is very young, only eight years old, but this kid is definitely a human spirit. Seeing that Lord Liuhuo was not there, he didn't open his mouth, obviously he had something to say in his heart, but he could hold it back. Daydreaming tried his best to communicate with this little kid, but to no avail.
Well, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it. We're not interested in hearing it, but if you send the letter, you're going to leave?
It wasn't until three days later that Suzaku couldn't see it anymore, so he found a chance to have a good chat with the dragon vein. Maybe it was the identity of the Vermilion Bird housemother that reassured the dragon vein, this white and fat child, finally poured out the truth.
It turned out that the regime of the Long family was already in jeopardy. In just ten years, eighty percent of the officials in the court have secretly defected to the Yu family, and now Long Xingkong is simply a puppet, and he can't even command the army.
"Now my father and emperor have been sleepless all night, except for Tiandu City, we can still control it in general, and now all the states and counties of Chu State have become the back garden of the Yu family..."
"In the past ten years, there has been more turmoil in various parts of the Chu State, at least half of which were secretly provoked by the Yu family, what they want is chaos, so that they can establish their own forces, and when the opportunity is ripe, they will definitely replace my father and emperor..."
"I'm here this time, just to meet Lord Liuhuo, and I hope that Lord Liuhuo can send someone to Tiandu City to protect my father... We don't expect the Shi family and the Hou family anymore, they are too far away, and the vast front line has already dragged them down, and they can't spare their energy..."
"I know, our Long family doesn't have anything to give, we can only give Lord Flowing Fire a name... My father will decree that Lord Liuhuo will be named the 'King of Wealth', which is the highest rank among the princes, second only to my father..."
The news brought by the dragon vein stunned the six people at that time. Before, everyone thought about breaking their heads, but they didn't expect Long Xingkong to come to seal the king of Flowing Fire.
At that time, the iron abacus pouted, "Damn, what kind of good thing should I be? Title the Awakened King? Long Xingkong is sleeping, when did we Awakened like that kind of..."
Yang Fan, who has been engaged in intelligence work for ten years, thought a little deeper, "Don't refuse people on the spot, although this prince is useless, but the development of the Yu family's forces is still a great threat to us, the Yu family and the Li family have been engaged in wind and rain over the years, and the Creation Gate can't restrain them, and now it's getting more and more serious..."
"Well, Yang Fan is right, the information you sent last time said that a large piece of glazed stone was found in Jinzhou, and our people were in a hurry to catch up or a step too late, and they were preempted by the Yu family..."Zuo Panyu said, "If there is no assistance from the local officials, they have such a fast reaction speed, not to mention, the enemy of the enemy is our friend, and the joint Chu royal family can at least help us share a little pressure..."
Zuo Panyu hadn't finished speaking, and the daydream, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.
"You don't understand, you are all awakened, you really don't understand what a precious gift Long Xingkong gave to Lord Flowing Fire, this is blood, blood..."
In everyone's puzzled eyes, Daydream carefully helped everyone analyze it.
Although the 'King of Wealth' is a name, and the State of Chu does not give a salary, the State of Chu must provide a relatively high level of clothing, honor guards, and various privileges to Liuhuo.
The most important thing is that the Chu State announced to the world and publicized the fire to the people of the entire Zhongzhou to become the second king after Long Xingkong. What is this? This is fame?
Who said that fame is not valuable? Liu Lao was called the 'son of the god of war' in the vast mountains back then, isn't this a kind of fame? A kind of fame that hundreds of millions of people agree on, you actually say that he is not worthless?
The God of War is a god in the eyes of countless vast giants, and the name recognized by the God of War altar will naturally be recognized by all the giants.
And what about the state of Chu? The imperial family, which has been in power for 150 years, is the god in the eyes of the people, and is the closest god to the people. Although there are awakened people here, the distance between the awakened and ordinary mortal grass people is still too far away, so far away that they are strange.
The prince who was recognized by the royal family of Chu State, then the Sanyin Kingdom and the Dongli Kingdom would also be recognized. All the people in the world will admit it, and the most important thing is that countless scholars will recognize Lord Liuhuo.
In the past ten years, Lord Flowing Fire has blazed a new trail, and everyone has seen it. The worldly world and the world of the awakened are perfectly integrated. The Awakened provide protection, the secular world provides provisions, and the large base of mortals provides a steady stream of talents for adults.
This is a virtuous circle, how prosperous our school is, you don't see it. If we have this banner of the king, how many talents do you think we will recruit?
To put it in layman's terms, even people thousands of miles away are willing to join us and give their children to us. These are the benefits of fame.
The most important thing is that with this title, we can justifiably expand our territory, even if we establish our own kingdom, it is not impossible. Long Xingkong gave us a rich king, so we really became rich kings?
Oops, daydream's eloquence is really not given in vain, and when he analyzes it like this, everyone's eyes light up.
"So, are we really going to accept it?" the iron abacus finally settled.
"Of course you have to accept it, anyway, the Yu family is our enemy of life and death, and sooner or later we will have a conflict with them. Now with one more ally, we will have more strength, and besides, we still have a advantage to take advantage of..."Yang Fan said.
However, Chengjun is still relatively safe, "We must help us, but don't worry." After all, the Yu family doesn't dare to really start now, and there is still plenty of time... What I'm most concerned about now is this second letter for help, which is burning eyebrows..."
Cheng Jun's words plunged the hall into a dead silence, and everyone looked at the second letter on the table hesitantly, and no one dared to speak in advance.
You can't blame everyone for hesitating, after all, this matter involves the rise and fall of a country.
The second letter for help on the table came with the sea ship, and it took two months to arrive at Dawangcheng from the distant Wengang route.
It turned out that the San'in Kingdom was already in turmoil, and the king suddenly fell ill and was now dying. And his two sons are already swearing for the throne, and the situation is very critical.
It is said that this is the palace fighting drama that has been repeated in the Zhongzhou Continent for thousands of years, and it is not a big deal in the eyes of the awakened. But this matter involves General Zhongli, and that is a big deal.
This letter asking for help was written by Zhongli's eldest brother. In the letters, everyone knows the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that the mastermind behind the scenes was actually the Yu family.
In the past ten years, Yu Fei gave up his position as the chief elder, abandoned all the clutter in the Creation Gate, and focused all his energy on the expansion of his family. Not only did he control the Chu State, but now even the distant and barren Shanyin Kingdom, he also thought about it, and specially sent a six-person action team to secretly go to Wengang, the capital of the Shanyin Kingdom.
These six awakened people are all the most loyal and capable generals of the Yu family, and they have already recovered all the scattered cultivators in Sanyin Kingdom in less than half a year after they arrived in Sanyin Kingdom. Anyway, there are no high-level awakened people there, how dare a few little hairy gods make trouble in front of the Yu family?
After subduing all the scattered cultivation, the Yu family began to gradually infiltrate the official layer of the Sanyin Kingdom. Whether it's money opening the way or death threats, there is nothing that can't be done if you can't think of it.
It didn't take long for thirty percent of the people in San'in Kingdom to be bought. Just as they set their eyes on General Zhongli, the pillar of the San'in Kingdom, they finally gnawed at the hard bones.
The six Awakened Ones never imagined that Zhongli would dare to refuse them, and even sent an army to ambush them. The most terrifying thing is that Zhongli actually has black iron equipment in his hand!
Oh, the Yu family really didn't pay attention to the intelligence collection of the Sanyin Kingdom, and after they suffered a loss, they learned that General Zhongli was actually the eldest brother with a different surname from Liuhuo. This loss, they have suffered too much.
Under the leadership of the poisonous knife Liu, a thousand black iron soldiers chased them for three days and three nights, until they ran to the grassland.
The frightened awakened people divided their troops into two ways, one group went to move reinforcements, and one group went to the front of Lin Miao, the king of Shanyin, to play a counter-strategy, anyway, most of the generals with high achievements did not end well in history, and it is estimated that Zhongli must be a dangerous person in the heart of the king.
Since we can't kill you directly, it's not a bad idea to get a borrowed knife to kill you.
General Zhongli is in crisis.