"Bad comer?" Zhang Yuan touched the stubble on his chin and waited for Lu Meng to give a specific explanation.

Lu Meng gave detailed information.

"The governor of the Black Forest Province is called An Yilong, and his wife Ye Liufei is Ye Liuyan's cousin. Yao Song, the governor of the Cross Star Province, and his mother, Ye Xuan, are Ye Liuyan's aunt. The Heyue Ye family was wiped out, and according to imperial tradition, Ye Liufei would be the first heir to the Ye family, and Yao Song was the second in line. ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Yuan understood the trick, he clapped his hands lightly, and was a little annoyed: "This Ye family has not been cleaned up, and it still leaves a bane after all." ”

Lu Meng shook his head: "This is also something that can't be helped. Fortunately, the internal situation in Ha Viet Province has basically stabilized, and will become more and more stable. There is no internal chaos, and it is difficult for external enemies to invade. When the special envoy came, it should not be a big problem to see the move. ”

Zhang Yuan agreed with this statement, but he felt that this special envoy came at an inopportune time: "Lu Meng, since you have the right to inherit, why didn't you come earlier, now that more than 20 days have passed, is this reaction a little slower?" ”

Lu Meng smiled slightly: "What the governor said is true. I also had this question, so I did an in-depth investigation, and guess who I found? ”

"I want to think about it." Zhang Yuan went through all the possible opponents in his mind.

His current opponents are three, the first is the Dark Heaven where he has cheated a God of War mecha, the second is the Emperor who can determine the legitimacy of his governor, and the last one is the interstellar rich who have been extorted a lot of money by him.

The Dark Heaven is unlikely, and under the big scandal that broke out that Ye Liuyan secretly connected to the Dark Heaven, the Black Forest and the Doji should not take such a huge risk to cooperate with the Dark Heaven.

It is impossible for those interstellar tycoons, he didn't have any identity before, they didn't dare to make a mistake, and now he is the governor of a province and controls many fleets, and these tycoons dare not be enemies with him. They are all businessmen, and it is too late to do business with him at this time.

As soon as this rule is eliminated, only the emperor remains.

Zhang Yuan smiled faintly: "It seems that Chu Taixin doesn't like me." ”

Lu Meng looked sarcastic: "Chu Taixin, that guy loves money like life, he can't wait for all the governors to be finished." But you guessed it right, the driving force behind this time is indeed the Chu family. ”

As she spoke, she sent over an investigation document: "Actually, this is an inevitable result. ”

"Oh, why?"

Lu Meng explained: "Since ancient times, there have been three taboos in the Crimson Empire, namely, 'civilians must not kill nobles', 'the god of war cannot be governors of provinces', and 'the god of war is immutable'. ”

"Oh, I get a chill down my back." Zhang Yuan patted his head and smiled wryly.

Lu Meng glanced at him and said lightly: "Go, it's as if you're scared." Don't be poor, read the information. ”

Zhang Yuan laughed and opened the information sent by Lu Meng.

The information shows that 3 days ago, the Royal Gray Guard's interstellar carrier 'Bright Light' entered the Black Forest Province, followed by Governor An Yilong personally received the Gray Guard envoy, there were two messengers, a man and a woman, the man was about 28 years old, and the woman was only thirteen or fourteen years old, because the distance was a little far, I couldn't see the specific appearance of the man and woman, but from the attitude of Governor An Yilong, the status of the man and woman should be quite high.

"This man and woman are royalty?" Zhang Yuan asked, there are not many people in the empire who can be treated so ceremoniously by the governor of a province, and ordinary members of the royal family can't get this treatment, they have to be favored.

"It's royalty, and the identity is not simple." Lu Meng nodded: "The image is very blurry, but from some circumstantial evidence, we have determined their identity." The man's name is Chu Muping, Chu Taixin's third son, a warrior in the middle of the apocalypse, and is deeply trusted by Chu Taixin. The woman's name is Chu Mulian, the ninth princess of the empire, and the former's own sister, she is gifted and intelligent, has the talent to perceive people's hearts, and is very envied in the palace. Chu Muping kept her by his side, firstly for training, and secondly to protect her. ”

Zhang Yuan listened carefully, his fingers lightly tapped the tabletop, pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "The emperor should be determined to take my life, right?" ”

"There's no doubt about it." Lu Meng nodded, and then said: "There is one more thing I want to remind you, ordinary people naturally can't see the flaws in your disguised identity, but the God of War Wang Qianyuan will definitely be suspicious." And Wang Qianyuan is a staunch imperial party, his wife is called Chu Taiyan, Chu Taixin's sister, the two have two sons and a daughter, and the husband and wife have a deep relationship. Wang Qianyuan has always been very concerned about his brother-in-law. ”

"Wang Qianyuan~" Zhang Yuan repeated the name in a low voice, his right hand subconsciously clenched into a fist, and he had a subtle premonition in his heart, if the current situation evolved, he and Wang Qianyuan would have a battle, and it would be a battle of life and death!

Of course, both sides are gods of war, and both are characters related to the fate of the race, and they will not easily do it unless they have to.

"Lu Meng, you keep an eye on Chu Muping. I need to have the advantage of being able to talk directly to them at all times. ”

"No problem. And what about the special mission? ”

"Just keep an eye on it, according to etiquette, you can receive it how you want, and I will tell Liu Rui to deal with it."

"I'm fine."

After turning off the communication, Zhang Yuan thought for a while, raised his head and said to the main controller, Luo Hua: "Can you contact An Yilong, the governor of the Black Forest?" ”

"Yes. As an in-law, Ye Liuyan retains the direct communication of Governor Anyilong. ”

"Dial."

'Di~Di~Di~' three times, the communication was connected, and the voice of An Yilong, the governor of the Black Forest, came: "Zhang Zhanshen, you have been doing well recently." ”

The voice was languid, with the usual condescending arrogance of the superior.

Zhang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his hand subconsciously touched the hilt of the alloy sword he had been carrying: "No need to talk nonsense." What do you mean by uniting with the Doji Governor and sending an envoy to my river? ”

"Aha~ You said this." An Yilong laughed: "Since you are so simple God of War, then I won't say anything dark." According to the tradition of the Crimson Empire, after Ye Liuyan's death, my wife Ye Liufei should be the next governor of Heyue. Why can't you take the position of governor? ”

"I don't know the traditions of the Empire, but what I do know is that my position as Governor has been recognized by His Majesty. I still keep a record of the original correspondence. If you don't believe me, you can ask Your Majesty for confirmation. ”

"That's right, but at that time, the situation was chaotic, and in order to seek stability, Your Majesty was in a hurry to do your bidding, and promised to let you temporarily serve as the governor, but Your Majesty didn't say that you would be in charge all the time. Now that the situation in Heyue is stable, shouldn't you return Heyue to the Ye family? Since ancient times, there has never been a common governor of the province. And Heyue has belonged to the Ye family since the beginning of the Crimson Empire, and this article is written in black and white on the imperial charter, on the fifth line of the second page! ”

This is really black and white all depends on one mouth, no matter how you say it, An Yilong's words are not leaky, Zhang Yuan can't refute him verbally.

After being silent for a few seconds, Zhang Yuan knew that he was talking too much and making too many mistakes now, and he couldn't take advantage of it verbally, so he simply hung up the communication.

After a few seconds of silence, he dialed the message of Emperor Chu Taixin again.

'Di~Di~Di~' communication was connected, and Zhang Yuan shouted: "Your Majesty." ”

Things are at this point, Zhang Yuan is too lazy to do superficial work, His Majesty shouted very politely, but there is not much respect.

"Hmm~ Zhang Qing, what's the matter with you?" Chu Taixin asked knowingly.

Zhang Yuan said An Yilong's words again, and at the end, he said lightly: "Your Majesty, when Heyue was chaotic, Ye Liuyan was independent, I took the risk to set things right, and spent a lot of effort and material resources to appease the people, at that time, Governor An didn't help at all, but now it's good, I control the situation, Governor An came to pick the fruit, how can there be such a reason in the world?" ”

After Chu Taixin listened, he was silent.

Zhang Yuan continued: "Your Majesty, I don't know how the tax matter is being discussed? The livelihood of Heyue is withering, and the material resources are exhausted, this tax is really difficult! ”

As soon as he said this, Chu Taixin's flesh suddenly hurt, and he was about to say a few words.

But before he could speak, Zhang Yuan followed up and continued: "However, Your Majesty, rest assured, this year's taxes will not be less, even if everyone in my Heyue tightens their belts to live, they must not be missing Your Majesty's money." ”

Chu Taixin let out a long breath and finally spoke: "This matter, both sides make sense, and I am also at fault, I shouldn't have easily promised you the position of governor at the beginning, but now this matter is a foregone conclusion, and it is not easy to change it at will." However, the empire has been passed down for 1,600 years, the tradition is unbreakable, and the charter is a sacred law, and it has never been broken. I'm also very embarrassed about this. ”

Zhang Yuan wanted this sentence, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Charter says: If the governor of the province has a contradiction that cannot be decided, he can start a sacred duel. Since it is difficult for me and Governor An to reconcile their opinions, why don't we have a standard fleet on both sides and have a duel, and the victory or defeat will be determined in one battle! If I win, Anyilong will no longer be entangled. If I am defeated, I will relinquish my position as governor of Ha Yue. What do you think, Your Majesty? ”

"Sacred Duel......" Chu Taixin muttered, as if hesitating.

But Zhang Yuan's ears were very sharp, and he clearly heard a lot of noise in the background sound of the communication, although he couldn't hear the content clearly, but with a little guess, he knew that Chu Taixin should be discussing with the staff group, and it was even possible to contact An Yilong directly.

About three minutes later, Chu Taixin said in embarrassment: "Zhang Qing, is this so simple. Even if An Qing gave up the right of inheritance, there was still the governor of the Doji, Yao Song, who also had the right to inherit. As far as I know, Yao Qing is also very dissatisfied with you, I just contacted him, and he is also interested in participating in the divine duel. ”

Zhang Yuan was stunned: "Your Majesty means that I'm going to fight one against two in Heyue?" ”

Chu Taixin shook his head and said, "No, no, no, naturally you can't do this." Of course, as the king of a country, I can't be too partial. Zhang Qing, you see it like this, in the sacred decisive battle, there is a standard fleet out of the river, and there is a standard fleet in the Black Forest. The Doji is the only starship that has no frigates. Then, demarcate the battle star field, the two sides will fight hard, the winner will inherit Heyue, and the others will have nothing to say, how? ”

That said, the river is the standard fleet, while the Black Forest and Doji add up to form a superfleet with two starcarriers. Anyone can see that the Black Forest coalition has an incomparably huge combat superiority. In this sacred duel, there is almost no difference between the Hayue fleet and the death.

Chu Taixin looked like he was a good man, but he was actually forcing Zhang Yuan to a dead end.

Zhang Yuan is not stupid, how could he agree to such a duel: "Your Majesty, this is obviously not a fair and sacred decisive battle, and there is no precedent in the history of the empire. ”

Chu Taixin sighed: "Zhang Qing, the Divine Decisive Battle is only applicable to nobles. Now because of Zhang Qing's great success in quelling the chaos, I made an exception and agreed to start a decisive battle. But the empire is not the empire of my Chu family, 23 provinces, 23 governors together form the Crimson Empire. If I favor Zhang Qing too much, the other governors will definitely be unconvinced...... Zhang Qing, you also have to consider my difficulties. ”

This is very good, but when it comes to it, there is only one potential meaning, either Zhang Yuan agrees to this arrangement, or this matter will not be discussed, if he refuses to accept it, his Chu family will start to tear his face.

Of course Zhang Yuan could understand, he thought quickly, and after more than ten seconds, he spoke: "Your Majesty, I ask for two small changes. ”

"Tell me about it." Chu Taixin's tone was very light, and he seemed to be very impatient.

"First, the Divine Decisive Battle, I will also participate in the war!"

"No!" Chu Taixin directly vetoed: "You are the governor of Heyue, how can you risk your life?" Besides, you are the god of war, if you participate in the war, what is the point of this decisive battle? How can a mere standard fleet resist the might of the god of war? ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I won't use the God of War machine, only a doomsday upper mecha. ”

"This ......" Chu Taixin fell silent again, and then a very small murmur sounded in the communication.

This time, Chu Taixin's silence lasted for a full 10 minutes, and then he spoke: "Since Zhang Qing is determined to advance and retreat with his soldiers, then arrange it like this, but remember that if you withdraw halfway through the decisive battle, you will lose." ”

Zhang Yuan sneered in his heart: "This is nature. ”

"And what about the second change?"

"Second, the decisive battlefield is selected by Heyue." Zhang Yuan said that this is to fight for the advantage of the home field, the battlefield is well chosen, and with appropriate tactics, it can offset a large part of the opponent's military advantage.

But Chu Taixin resolutely objected to this: "No! ”

He said coldly: "Since ancient times, the location of the sacred decisive battle has been randomly selected at the border of the province, and there is no reason for one side to determine the battlefield. Zhang Qing, don't get an inch! ”

Chu Taixin's words were very serious, and there was no room for maneuver.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a few seconds, nodded and agreed: "Then follow the tradition." ”

Chu Taixin smiled faintly: "Zhang Qing, I, the Emperor of the Crimson Empire, as a notary, agreed to the sacred decisive battle in the three provinces of Heyue, Black Forest, and Doji. The date of the decisive battle is set one standard month later, and the address of the decisive battle is randomly delineated at the border of the three provinces by the supercomputer. Zhang Qing, you understand. ”

"Understood."

"Good." Chu Taixin's tone became very gentle: "Zhang Qing, this battle is dangerous, if you feel defeated, you can announce your withdrawal." At that time, I will keep the position of the supreme commander of the red-clothed dragon guard for you. ”