Forty miles south of Yanping City, there is an undulating hilly area, the mountain is low and not majestic, but the forest is very lush, even in the cold winter wax moon, the leaves wither, the ash trees standing on the hillside are still enough to block the view.

The people who went south passed here, and then looked back at the north to look at the Jingshi Yanping, and all they could see were countless mountains. Therefore, when the literati and artists sent their friends to part, they often sang wine here, and then those who went south walked with tears, and those who sent them off climbed to the heights to see them off.

Over time, on the stone of Changting Mountain nearby, there are inevitably many parting poems and articles, and this mountain is also called "Wangjun Mountain".

The New Year is close at hand, and every time it comes to this season, Wangjun Mountain is extremely deserted, because few people leave Jingshi at this time to travel far.

However, there are some infatuated children and resentful daughters, who will look south here, waiting for the people who are eager to return in the evening breeze, and use the reunion as the end of the year when the two places are separated.

It's a pity that those who wait in this world are often doomed to disappointment. There may be people passing by sporadically on the official road, but there are few of them who have been thinking about it for a long time.

Liu Muzhi didn't expect that someone would come to see him off, so when he saw Zhao Xuanji standing under the long pavilion on the side of the road, a little complicated color appeared in his dead pupils.

"Zhen Guogong, is this chasing and beating the water dog?" Liu Muzhi knew that he could not avoid it, so he simply took the initiative to stop and speak, and he was ready to be humiliated.

"This is not Zhao's personality. Zhao Xuanji's demeanor was frank, like a breeze in the moon, and he turned sideways to invite Liu Muzhi into the pavilion.

The official who accompanied the escort, the moment he saw Zhao Xuanji, hurriedly saluted and retreated to the side. Mo said that there was no need for Zhao Xuanji's money to open the way, and he didn't even have to say hello. Hearing Zhao Xuanji's words, the leader took the initiative to open the chain for Liu Muzhi.

Seeing that someone was cooking wine in the pavilion and someone was bringing out the sauce meat from the food box, Liu Muzhi chuckled lightly, stepped into the pavilion and sat down, "Unexpectedly, when Liu left Beijing, it was not the old family that came to send him off, but the old enemy." ”

He motioned to the young man who was cooking the wine, gave him the wine jug directly, drank it all with his neck up, exhaled a long breath, and then picked up the chopsticks and ate the meat, quite happy and uninhibited.

Zhao Xuanji sat down opposite Liu Muzhi and said lightly: "The world is bustling, all for profit." After the Liu clan left, the disciples were busy competing for the vacant official positions, and it was reasonable that they had no time to give Liu Gong a ride. ”

Hearing this, a look of pain flashed in Liu Muzhi's eyes, he put down the ivory chopsticks in his hand, stared at Zhao Xuanji and said hatefully: "The Liu family has fallen, and the vacant official position has been divided by the family, this is what they want, and it is also the reason why they turned their backs on the Liu family at the last moment and did not die to protect Liu!"

"The Liu family has fallen, and the mountain of family wealth left behind, no less than two years of taxes of the dynasty, after these things are confiscated, Your Majesty has a large amount of money and grain in your hands, which is the reason why Your Majesty abandoned the Liu family!

"But what about you? Zhen Guogong, what did you Zhao get in the end? Liu's official positions are all civil officials, you can't interfere in the door, and the Liu family's family property will be confiscated, and you won't be able to share much! You have paid so much, and in the end, isn't it also a bamboo basket to draw water?

"Do you really think that after the door is brought down by the Liu family, you will be able to reverse the decline, counterattack the civilian official group, further overwhelm the civil officials, and regain the general trend? Zhao Xuanji, you won't be so naïve, right?"

In the end, Liu Muzhi gritted his teeth, and felt very resentful and resentful that Zhao Xuanji took the initiative to calculate the Liu family, provoked him to start a war with the Zhao family in the Duwei Mansion, and overthrew the Liu family's behavior that harmed others and was not beneficial to himself.

Zhao Xuanji remained silent, and asked knowingly: "Why can't Jiangmen overwhelm civil officials?"

Liu Muzhi sneered: "Jiangmen may be able to overwhelm the men, but it is absolutely impossible to overwhelm the civil officials! Zhao Xuanji, it is impossible for the generalists to be strong again, you should know who will not allow this situation to appear!"

Speaking of this, Liu Muzhi seemed to have a big breath of turbidity, and began to drink wine and eat meat again - this was probably the last time he enjoyed wine and food in his life.

He, the head of the family who used to be the head of the family who held the power of the dynasty, once he arrived in the exiled land, his life would be worse than that of an ordinary commoner's family.

Liu Muzhi was happy to eat and drink, and when he saw that Zhao Xuanji didn't speak, he took the initiative to speak again, "For the sake of this meal of wine and meat, what else can I help you, just say it." But I figured it out in prison that no matter how much we do, in the end, we won't get what we want, just make wedding clothes for others. ”

He said this quite indifferently and freely, with a kind of wisdom that penetrated the world, as if he understood everything and saw everything.

Zhao Xuanji didn't hide it: "I want your amethyst mine in Lantian Mountain." ”

The wealth in the Liu family's treasury will naturally be confiscated, but many industries under the name will be divided among various families - public and private, and the interests of the court and the family will be shared equally, which is also the characteristic of family politics.

Liu Muzhi took out the seal of the head of the Liu family from his arms and threw it to Zhao Xuanji without any thoughts, "I didn't expect that at this time, when this thing can still be used, it will be cheap for you." ”

Zhao Xuanji took the seal and stuffed it directly into his sleeve, with this thing, he was able to forge the document that Liu had sold the amethyst ore to the Zhao family earlier, and successfully took over the mine.

Although everyone knows that this is fake, but in the current situation where this kind of family is competing for the property of the Liu clan, there is such a reason, with the power of the Zhao family, it is easy to grab the amethyst mine.

In addition, this seal will also be useful for Yipinlou to annex some of Liu's less conspicuous shops.

All in all, the giant beast of the Liu clan has fallen, and now is the time for everyone to flock to the giant beast and share the flesh and blood of the giant beast like vultures.

"You're happier than I thought you would. Zhao Xuanji said, "When you were in prison before, you didn't want this thing, why didn't you give it to them?"

Liu Muzhi snorted coldly, "Many families want it, and no one can satisfy other families, so in the end, they simply don't want it, and they can also forcibly seize the family property left by the Liu family, and it doesn't make a big difference whether there is such a thing or not." It's just that they won't expect it, and I'm willing to give it to you, the culprit who overthrew the Liu family. ”

If he didn't want to give something to Zhao Xuanji, he was fully capable of destroying it, after all, he used to be the head of the Liu family, and now even if his cultivation is abolished, there are still secret methods to do this.

"I'm also curious, why are you willing to give it to me, and it's so simple, it's not because of this meal of wine and meat, right?" Zhao Xuanji asked leisurely.

Liu Muzhi, who was immersed in eating meat, raised his head slightly, revealing a dark and cruel evil smile, "Zhao Xuanji, you didn't understand the situation in the court at all! You remember, we're all just flags on a chessboard.

"The Zhao family got the amethyst mine, and they can only be proud for a while, Zhao Xuanji, the Zhao family will always follow in the footsteps of the Liu family, I promise. The stronger you grow, the closer you are to this day. And the best part is that whatever you do or nothing you do can't stop this day from coming!

"I will wait for you in Lingnan, wait for you to come with me in the land of smoke and miasma, and you can't survive or die!"

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The beams of light from the dome fell, illuminating the statue representing the Liu family, as well as the mansion of the Liu family, as well as the Liu family's power points.

Judging from the entire map in darkness, the Light has conquered large territories, and although some places have not yet been connected, they have finally expanded in size, and they no longer appear as weak as sparks on the map.

Zhao Ning walked to the map, waved his knife to cut off the silk threads that spread out from under the statue of Liu, and finally cut off the rope on the head of the statue, took the statue from the Qiankun map, and threw it to the corner.

Looking at it this way, without this huge humanoid statue blocked in mid-air, the whole picture is like the world after the rain, with a dark cloud missing, and there is no such heavy sense of depression, which is much brighter and more comfortable.

Zhao Ning sat cross-legged in front of the picture, deep in thought.

There is no doubt that the Liu family is a big tumor of the Great Qi Dynasty, it is very rotten, once the war breaks out, it will only drag its feet, and without the Liu family, it will be of great benefit to Zhao Ning's plan.

From entering the Governor's Mansion and gaining the power of the government, to using the case of Pingkangfang to destroy the Baiyi Society, and then to using Yipinlou to bring down the Liu family, the whole plan was implemented smoothly and the purpose was achieved.

With this great victory in overthrowing the Liu family, the decline of the gate was swept away, and the prestige of Zhao Xuanji, the first person in the military, was stabilized, and the Zhao family also reasserted his strength as the number one in the gate.

In this way, those generals who were extremely dissatisfied with Zhao Xuanji before and had deviated from the Zhao family's intentions will have to reconsider their family's standing in line, and the power of the Sun family, the head of the Jiangmen mountain, will be effectively contained.

The downfall of the Liu family means that the civil and military offense and defense have changed shape, and the general, who has a deep grudge against the door, will definitely not let go of such a good situation. As long as Zhao Xuanji takes the lead, in the future, many generals will follow the door and even compete for the first.

With this foundation, it can be said that the situation has been opened, and the rest of the things are much easier to do.

"After the New Year, there is only half a year left before the battle of the Northern Hu Tianyuan Royal Court to unify the Saibei. The Zhao clan wants to lead the Yanmen army to the expedition, and the gate will inevitably still be obstructed, and only by pressing the momentum of the gate over the door can the opinion of sending troops to the north be passed. ”

Zhao Ning pondered, "Just like the previous plan, in the next half a year, I will bring down two more doors, so that Xu Minglang's wings will be greatly reduced." ”

This is not easy, but Zhao Ning is sure, not only because he is confident in his plan, but also because he knows how to "take advantage of the situation".

Follow the trend, and everything will save a lot of effort. It's like the previous door took advantage of the trend and suppressed the door so that it couldn't raise its head.

"Regardless of the paradigm, half of the thirteen sects have unusable moth-eaten tumors, which must be solved. As long as two more can be solved before July of next year, there will be no problem in sending troops to Saibei. ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Ning's gaze fell on the map.

The Zhao clan led the Yanmen army out of the fortress, and to prevent the army of the Tianyuan Royal Court from unifying the grassland, its own strength was far from enough. It's only been half a year, and "Qingyun Jue" has already made the cultivation of the Zhao clan progress rapidly, and Zhao Qiyue is also about to reach the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, but the time is too short, and everyone's cultivation is very limited, which is not enough.

The Yanmen Army needed something that could quickly increase its combat power.

"Amethyst Mine, Fu Bing!" Zhao Ning looked at the location of Lantian Mountain on the map.

In the past ten years of the National War, many Fu soldiers in the army have been improved and their power has increased greatly - war is the biggest catalyst for the progress of armaments, and Zhao Ning knows the situation of these Fu soldiers very well.

"Right now, the first step of my plan to bring down the Liu clan and destroy the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has been completed, the pace of the civilian officials to suppress the Jiangmen has been disrupted, the Zhao clan and the entire Jiangmen have stabilized their position, and now is our offensive time.

In this link, Zhao has a stable development and improvement of its own strength. The strength of the Zhao clan and the Yanmen Army must also be improved immediately!" Zhao Ning's eyes burned.