Shendu, Lianghou Mansion.

Column the spiritual position, incense curling.

Huan Wu stood in the mourning hall in the Liang Hou Mansion, and behind him were the elders of the Huan clan and his sons.

The children of the Huan clan gathered together, but Huan Wu felt lonely. Today, three more spirit tablets were added to this mourning hall, all of which were lost in Yang's hands.

Huan Biao, Huan Jue, Huan Youji!

They are all close relatives of Huan Wu and the elite of the Huan clan. What's more, there was Huan Jue in the past, and the name was determined early, but Huan Wu's sons were secretly dissatisfied and did not dare to make extra moves.

But now, Huan Wu has lost this heir he has cultivated since childhood, and his sons are all ready to move. Whether it is Huan Qi or Huan Jue, in just a few months, it is no longer the docile appearance of the past, and it seems to have grown up overnight.

They began to woo courtiers, began to exclude dissidents, began to cultivate cronies, and began to fight openly and secretly.

In order to deal with Wu and Chu, Huan Wu has been watching these people coldly for the past few months, and he has seen that the gods have become chaotic. With the defeat of Wu and Chu, Huan Wu returned to the military and political power, and this battle for the throne changed from an open struggle to a secret fight.

At this moment, around the Central Plains, the area controlled by Huan Wu gradually became calm. Mo Du is dead, Lord Wu is newly mourned, Chu Hou has lost half his life, and the new successor of the Demon Emperor of the Demon Domain has begun to show his edge, but it has not yet become a climate.

The henchmen of the Huan clan are in great trouble, and the life-and-death enemy of the Liang State is in the Shu State, which has not changed from beginning to end. However, after the failure of the last attack on Shu, Huan Wu no longer had the strength to attack for Shu.

Maybe after ten years of life and gathering, there will be no more power to destroy Shu. But Huan Wu also knew that he didn't have that much time anymore.

After the sacrifice, Huan Wu slowly turned around. After returning from Shu, in just a few months, his appearance changed a lot.

The hair that was all black was mixed with silver threads, and the body was much more rickety than the straight, and the face was furrowed like an old peasant, but only those eyes were still fiery and radiant.

Huan Wu became old, but he did not become cowardly because of this. On the contrary, he was more powerful and terrifying than ever before.

Because Huan Wu has already understood one thing, he has been unable to unify the world in a short period of time.

Whether it is Huan Qi or Huan Jue, they have found that Huan Wu is different. His gaze grew colder, especially when he looked at them, as if he were looking at a stranger.

No! Even if it is to a stranger, it is impossible to look at it like this, like an enemy.

But they are all the sons of Huan Wu!

At this moment, whether it was Huan Qi or Huan Jue, his heart was inexplicably cold.

"Huan Yi stays, everyone else goes out!"

"Yes!"

Everyone retreated, and the door of the mourning hall slowly closed, and the light in the room became dim.

"Lord!"

Huan Yi arched his hand, waiting for Huan Wu's words.

"You know the rumors out there!"

"After the self-employed became ill, there were a lot of rumors outside, I don't know which one the lord is talking about?"

"You're smart, you know what I'm trying to ask." Huan Wu took two steps forward and dragged Huan Yi's hand up, "There are rumors outside that since Zhou Nan was defeated, I plan to abolish the Son of Heaven and usurp the throne and stand on my own." ”

Huan Yi did know what Huan Wu wanted to ask, and he also knew the purpose of his stay. But Huan Yi still didn't expect that in the end he would have to face this problem.

With the defeat of the Liang army and the serious loss of elite combat power, the Huan clan's control over the seven states of the Central Plains is declining to a minimum level.

It is precisely because of this that Huan has lost his previous calmness. And the first thing is that the contradiction between the Huan family and the nominal master of the world, Zhou Tianzi, has become an undercurrent, which will erupt in the most intense way one day.

And Huan Yi has always been the mediator between the Huan clan and the Xia clan.

"The lord can hear that because of the disappearance of the king of Shu, the kingdom of Shu is in turmoil at the moment. The Xia family is a big banner, whether it is for the lord or Yang Xian, it is the same. ”

Huan Wu nodded, a smile on his face.

"I see what you mean. But sometimes, it's not that if I don't do it, others will want to believe it. ”

"Lord ......."

"Have you heard about the affairs of Wu Guo?"

Huan Wu suddenly turned the topic to Wu Guo, which was thousands of miles away, which made Huan Yi a little stunned.

"Is the lord saying that Hou Tao handed over all the fifteen warships of the Wu State to the Shu State?"

Huan Wu smiled, a little indignant.

"It took me a lot of money to solve the two thieves of Wu and Chu and make them stable. But in the end, it was Yang Xian Xiao'er who got the cheapest. ”

"Yang Xian lost a big profit because of a small favor, so the lord doesn't have to worry."

Huan Yi understood what Huan Wu meant. Wu Chu had just been defeated, and it was the time when he was weak. The Liang army did not have the ability to break through the water defense line of Wu and Chu, and all this was not a problem for Yang Xian at all.

If Yang Xian is willing to be ruthless, he used the excuse of the disappearance of the king of Shu to secretly do his own tricks and stand on his own. Then he led the army to the east, defeated Wu Chu, and divided the world with Daliang. In Huan Yi's opinion, this is not impossible at all.

"Even when I designed to seduce Cai Tong and Hou Shen, I also thought about this possibility. But in fact, Yang Xian is much more cunning than I imagined, and his appetite is much greater. ”

"What do you mean?"

"If Yang Xian swallows Wu Chu, he will inevitably lose himself, that is, he will be able to pacify Wu Chu in a short period of time, pacify the place, and resist our pressure. In the best case, it can only be separated from us. After that, it was a tug-of-war between the two sides. But he didn't do it now, obviously not satisfied with this, and wanted to destroy my Liang Kingdom. ”

"The lord means that Yang Xian is aiming at Yongzhou?"

"If Yongzhou is lost, the gods will be in danger, and my Liang will be in danger of losing the country. Compared with us, Yang Xian is more willing to choose to swallow us. ”

Huan Wu's leisurely words echoed in this empty mourning hall, giving Huan Yi goosebumps.

"Will Yang Xian really do this?"

Huan Yi didn't understand that with the power of the Liang army, he crossed thousands of miles of Shu to cut down Shu, and he also suffered a fiasco. Yang Xian wanted to go north to the Central Plains, and the difficulties encountered were the same as those of the Liang army, but the national strength of Shu was far weaker than that of Liang.

That is, the army of his Shu State can be invincible, but if there is no logistics supply, how can it be possible to fight for a long time and achieve strategic goals.

"The last thing he lacks in the Yang clan is this kind of madman." Huan Wu smiled coldly, with resentment and anger in his smile, "The three demon squares on the edge of Yongzhou have been exterminated, and Yang Xian has already regarded Yongzhou as his bag." Sooner or later, Yongzhou will be in chaos, and before that, I need you to do something. ”

"My lord's command."

"Those cubs of Wu Guo are not in the pool, and it is rare that they are still unusually united. Every time Wu's army went north according to the Huaishui River and forced Xuzhou, we were caught off guard. Therefore, I am going to build a city in Luyang County to restrain the Wu army. The stakes are high, and I want you to go with Zheng Da. ”

"Got it!"

Huan Yi's face was as usual, but his heart was cold. Huan Wu took him away, afraid that he didn't know that it was to build a city.

Could it be that as rumors from the outside world, does Huan Wu really want to usurp the throne and stand on his own?