Chapter 398: Advice
In the ancient city of Yuanfang in the Linhai area, since Yan Xiaofei moved into the City Lord's Mansion, his relationship with Huang Tao has been further improved.
And since Ye Ye had not yet reported the completion of the task to Luo Tianlou, Shen Dianlin, who was most likely Ye Ye's employer, did not know that the real Huang Dahai had died. She still regards Yan Xiaofei as the real Yellow Sea, and has been targeted everywhere since Yan Xiaofei moved into the City Lord's Mansion, and she can't wait to sweep him out immediately.
But Yan Xiaofei is naturally not comparable to the real Huang Dahai, every time Shen Dianlin attacks him, he skillfully copes with it, which makes Huang Tao, the city lord of the ancient city of Yuanfang, have a great impression of him, and the level of trust has increased again.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Xiaofei finally started to act, and suddenly came to Huang Tao's study on a star-studded night, and said to Huang Tao unwillingly: "Father, since I entered the City Lord's Mansion, Madame has not made trouble for me for a day! Although I am not afraid of her, if I don't make some achievements and gain a firm foothold in the Yuanfang Ancient City, I am afraid that I will be swept away by him one day! So I ask my father to allow me to go to the Heron Ancient City, I promise that I will definitely give you a surprise this time!"
Yan Xiaofei's tone carried a hint of mystery, which immediately aroused Huang Tao's curiosity.
He first glanced at Yan Xiaofei with relief, thinking that his son had finally begun to think about the future, and then Huang Tao asked Yan Xiaofei with a little curiosity: "What are you going to do when you send an envoy to the Heron Ancient City?"
Yan Xiaofei's expression was twisted, and he seemed a little reluctant to tell Huang Tao about his plan. However, under Huang Tao's eager gaze, he finally spoke and expressed his views on the current situation in the Linhai area to Huang Tao.
"Father, now Mohai Ancient City is a dominant family in the Linhai area, and there is a faint tendency to dominate the Linhai area. If the other ancient cities continue to work in their own way, we will no longer have a way to resist the ancient cities of Mohai. Although there are rumors that the Heron Ancient City relied on Yi Rong Dan to create rumors to have this atmosphere, as long as no one can produce evidence, they can still insist that what they said before is the truth, that is, Ye Ye has betrayed the Mohai Ancient City and had contact with their Heron Ancient City. ”
Yan Xiaofei said as he looked at Huang Tao eagerly, and continued with a hint of agitation in his tone: "If we Yuanfang Ancient City are the first to publicly express their support for the statement of the Heron Ancient City, and propose to form an alliance with the Ancient City of Heron as the core to fight against the Ancient City of Mohai, it may not be impossible to form a larger alliance before the Ancient City of Mohai, and then take the initiative to strangle the enemy in the cradle! ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a brief silence in the study.
Huang Tao glanced at Yan Xiaofei, who was disguised as Huang Dahai, with some incredulity, as if he had reacquainted with him. But he had to admit that what Yan Xiaofei said just now had some truth, so he did not immediately reply to Yan Xiaofei's request.
"You just said that if no one can come up with evidence to prove that the Heron Ancient City is spreading rumors, they can still claim that Ye Ye has been in contact with the Heron Ancient City, and even secretly have reached some kind of agreement with them. But there is no evidence but it does not mean that the Heron Ancient City is necessarily innocent, the possibility that they will spread rumors with the help of Yi Rong Dan is still quite large, even if our Yuan Fang Ancient City is willing to form an alliance with them, why does the Heron Ancient City become the core of the alliance?"
After a long time, Huang Tao finally spoke slowly, expressing his attitude towards this matter.
Obviously, he did not object to what Yan Xiaofei said about forming an alliance, but Huang Tao was still quite resistant to making the Heron Ancient City the core of the alliance, so he did not agree to let Yan Xiaofei be born in the Heron Ancient City.
However, Yan Xiaofei seemed to have guessed that Huang Tao would answer like this, and after hearing Huang Tao's statement, he immediately solemnly persuaded Huang Tao: "Since my father agrees that an alliance is the only option against Mohai Ancient City, I believe that the city lords of other ancient cities also want to get it." But why has no one acted for so long? Isn't it because the strength of the major ancient cities is relatively even, and they can't choose a person who can really convince the people as their leader. If the major ancient cities continue to hesitate on this matter, I believe that the unification of the ancient cities of Mohai in the coastal area will be an inevitable end. ”
Seeing that Huang Tao's face finally showed a hint of wavering, Yan Xiaofei continued to persuade him while the iron was hot: "Instead of sitting and waiting to die, let's take a step back and pretend that the news announced by the Heron Ancient City to the outside world is the truth." In this way, Heron Ancient City is qualified enough to serve as the leader of the alliance, and the formation of the alliance can also be quickly advanced. And even if the rumors spread by the Heron Ancient City are true, they are also the first ancient city in the Linhai area to dare to take hostile actions against the Mohai Ancient City, which is already ahead of other ancient cities, and it is not very difficult to accept that they are the leader of the alliance. ”
After Yan Xiaofei spoke, Huang Tao fell into silence again.
From the expression on his face, it can be seen that Yan Xiaofei's words just now touched him a lot, as if providing Huang Tao with a new way of thinking, and many problems that could not be solved before now seem to have become simpler.
Yan Xiaofei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but he still continued to encourage Huang Tao: "Father, don't hesitate any longer! If our Yuanfang Ancient City is the first to express support to the Heron Ancient City, after Xu Youtian, the city lord of the Heron Ancient City, successfully becomes the leader of the alliance, he will definitely be full of gratitude to our Yuanfang Ancient City." At that time, the position of the deputy leader of the alliance will fall to your father no matter what, this is the real win-win!"
As soon as these words came out, Huang Tao, who was still hesitant just now, finally made up his mind, and a smile of excitement appeared on his face.
He raised his head and looked at Yan Xiaofei in front of him, and said to him with admiration: "Originally, I thought you would only eat, drink and have fun, but I didn't expect you to have such a mind! It seems that you deliberately acted in order to paralyze the lady before, otherwise I wouldn't believe that you and Huang Dahai before were the same person!"
"Father is discerning, and the sea has nothing to say!"
When Yan Xiaofei heard Huang Tao's words, he was startled, and hurriedly smiled and expressed his admiration to Huang Tao to hide his inner panic.
And Huang Tao immediately laughed, and did not delve into the difference between Yan Xiaofei and his previous performance, but got up and patted Yan Xiaofei's shoulder heavily, and sighed at him with great relief: "Seeing your current appearance, I can finally feel at ease." Not only has the previous guilt eased a lot, but it has also relieved the successors of the Yuanfang Ancient City!"
When Yan Xiaofei heard Huang Tao's words, his face immediately showed an ecstatic look, and he hurriedly bowed deeply to Huang Tao and said, "Thank you father, the sea will definitely not let you down!"
"Hahahaha, hurry up! Your proposal today is very useful to me, but there is no hurry for you to send an envoy to the ancient city of Heron for the time being. When the time comes, I'll take you to the ancient city of Heron in person!"
After Huang Tao announced the final decision to Yan Xiaofei, Yan Xiaofei immediately responded respectfully to Huang Tao.
Then Yan Xiaofei said goodbye to Huang Tao directly, and soon turned around and left the study where Huang Tao was.
In the dead of night, the lights in Huang Tao's study were still bright, and the flickering candles flickered as if Huang Tao's mood.
When the sun rose the next day, Huang Tao finally left the study and announced in the name of the city lord of the ancient city of Yuanfang that the ancient city of Yuanfang supported the actions of the ancient city of Heron and was willing to form an alliance with the ancient city of the heron as the core to fight against the ancient city of Mohai!
This news suddenly set off a huge wave in the Linhai area like a storm, and all the ancient city lords who learned about Huang Tao's attitude all felt a trace of incredulity.
Because since the secret of Yi Rong Dan was spread, almost the entire Linhai area looked at the ancient city of Heron with a hint of suspicion in their eyes. At this time, the ancient city of Yuanfang bucked the trend, making the city lords of other ancient cities a little overwhelmed for a while.
Even some of the powerhouses inside the Yuanfang Ancient City expressed their confusion about Huang Tao's actions, and the remaining two martial kings in the Yuanfang Ancient City, Zhen Tianxi and Yang Wuyue, appeared in front of Huang Tao together, expressing their confusion and incomprehension to Huang Tao's face.
In the face of the doubts of the two, Huang Tao did not hide his true purpose from them, and directly conveyed Yan Xiaofei's reasons for persuading him to the two. After hearing this, Zhen Tianxi and Yang Wuyue finally stopped objecting, and the ancient city of Yuanfang was united in creating an atmosphere of alliance, which suddenly made the other ancient cities in the Linhai area even more shocked and dazed.
However, there is no impermeable wall in this world, and after a period of time, the city lords of other ancient cities gradually learned Huang Tao's true intentions from the high-level mouths of the ancient city of Yuanfang. Although most of them were very surprised, there were still many people who agreed with Huang Tao's thinking, and also publicly declared their support for the ancient city of Heron to become the core of the alliance.
All of a sudden, there was a storm in the Linhai area, and before the Desert Sea Alliance was officially established, another hostile force with the ancient city of Heron as the core was about to be born. Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Xu Youtian naturally would not miss it, and after receiving the public support of several ancient cities, he immediately announced that he would hold an alliance meeting in three days, inviting the city lords of Yuanfang Ancient City and others to formally discuss the formation of an alliance against Mohai Ancient City.
On the side of the Mohai Ancient City, Shangguan Zhong and the others were also shocked when they received the news, and even the morale of the three ancient cities under the jurisdiction of the Mohai Alliance was affected to varying degrees. Especially considering that the purpose of Xu Youtian and the others forming an alliance was to be enemies with them, the sense of urgency in the hearts of everyone in Mohai Ancient City was even stronger.
Fortunately, the Mohai Ancient City was not without allies, and when Xu Youtian and the others began to prepare for the alliance conference with great momentum, the city lord's mansion of the Evil Sun Ancient City faintly revealed their willingness to join the Mohai Alliance. Although neither Zong Tianlin nor Zong Zhengming officially acknowledged this rumor, everyone thought that it was not small that the Evil Sun Ancient City would join the Desert Sea Alliance.
Shangguan Zhong, who learned of this, was greatly overjoyed, and while frequently expressing his welcome to the Evil Sun Ancient City, he immediately began to revive the morale of the people in the Desert Sea Alliance. The eyes of the entire Linhai area were attracted by these two forces, and almost everyone had already thought that if there were no accidents, the future of the Linhai area would basically depend on the results of the competition between these two forces.