Chapter 168: The Conspiracy of the Hidden Dragon Empire
Wu Hanqi heard the question of the Yuan family elder, and was not angry because of the Yuan family elder's question, but replied with a smile: "Because your family and the royal family have turned their faces, even if you sit down for peace talks this time, you will have a thorn stuck in each other's hearts, even if you are safe for the time being, but they are guarding against each other, and more importantly, there will still be friction between you sooner or later." ā
"As for whether our Wu family has a purpose, I want to ask you, if our Wu family has a secret that no one knows, we can wait for you to fight to the death with the royal family, and then come forward to serve you and the royal family, why didn't we do this, because our Wu family doesn't want to see the power of the empire cut down because of infighting. ā
"And the reason why I did this, it is precisely for this reason that we came here before you and the royal family had a war, it is for this reason, because we are all members of the Shenwu Empire, there is a country to have a home, and if the country is gone, will the family still exist?"
"Wu Hanqi, what you said is certainly reasonable, but I think that in addition to these two methods, there is another way, that is, to take refuge in the Qianlong Empire, I believe that with the protection of a big country like the Qianlong Empire, we can also develop with peace of mind. When the elders of the Yuan family heard Wu Hanqi's words, they immediately said what their Yuan family thought.
Wu Hanqi heard the words of the Yuan family elder, a sharp gaze flashed in his eyes, at this time he could basically guess that the Yuan family was the traitor arranged by the Qianlong Empire in the Shenwu Empire, and said extremely incisively: "Elder Yuan! This idea of yours is of course good, but do you know the way the Qianlong Empire manages the family?"
"The reason why the Hidden Dragon Empire is so powerful is because his soldiers don't come from ordinary families. And all of them come from those families, as long as the disciples in the family reach the spirit stage. They had to serve in the army for five years, and the royal family paid one-third of the family's taxes. ā
"And I propose to build yƬ. Of course, it is necessary to make your family pay some price, but compared to the requirements of the Hidden Dragon Empire, I am afraid that it is very small, and besides, your family is a top family in the Shenwu Empire, but it is only a last-rate family in the Hidden Dragon Empire, with the way the Hidden Dragon Empire acts, do you think the Hidden Dragon Empire will agree to your request?"
"More importantly, why didn't the Hidden Dragon Empire send someone to our Shenwu Empire Alliance earlier. If you don't send someone to the Shenwu Empire Alliance at night, but come to the Shenwu Empire at this time, do you really think they really want to ally with us?"
"I can tell you with great certainty that the reason why the Hidden Dragon Empire will bring people to our Shenwu Empire is because they know that the royal family of the Shenwu Empire will definitely not be able to resist the power of the family alliance. ā
"As long as the Shenwu Empire becomes a vassal state of the Hidden Dragon Empire. The Hidden Dragon Empire has an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of the Shenwu Empire, and at that time, even if you are forced to reconcile with the royal family under the pressure of the Hidden Dragon Empire, I don't think the Hidden Dragon Empire will watch you reconcile. Because as long as you go to war, the Hidden Dragon Empire will have enough excuses to include the Shenwu Empire in the territory of the Hidden Dragon Empire. ā
Wu Hanqi's words. It caused a huge sensation in the banquet hall, they didn't expect that the purpose of the Hidden Dragon Empire was to use the so-called alliance as an excuse to achieve the goal of occupying the Shenwu Empire. At that time, even if they reconcile with the royal family, the Hidden Dragon Empire will secretly create contradictions. At that time, whether it is the royal family or their families, I am afraid that they will all be destroyed under the butcher's knife of the Hidden Dragon Empire, and for a while, the high-level leaders of the family alliance have gathered together to discuss.
"Wu Hanqi!If the Qianlong Empire really wants to invade our Shenwu Empire and occupy the Shenwu Empire, we will at most change the emperor, although the price paid is relatively large, but our family can at least continue, plus there is a powerful empire like the Qianlong Empire to protect us, and we will develop with peace of mind in the future. Seeing that everyone was talking, Elder Yuan's face became very ugly, and he spoke.
The words of the Yuan family elder made Wu Hanqi completely sure that the Yuan family was the one who sent information to the Qianlong Empire, he looked at the people of the Yuan family, and asked with a smile: "Elder Yuan, what do I think of the people of your Yuan family, it seems that they are ashamed of being a person from the Shenwu Empire, but they are very keen to be a person from the Qianlong Empire?"
"Why do we want to become the people of the Hidden Dragon Empire, it's just a good bird choosing a tree to perch on, besides, didn't you also say that the Hidden Dragon Empire wants to use the alliance to occupy our Shenwu Empire? Since we are not the opponent of the Hidden Dragon Empire at all, why can't we take another shortcut and choose a route that can make our family develop better?" When the elders of the Yuan family heard Wu Hanqi's inquiry, they didn't realize that this was a trap set by Wu Hanqi for them, but said very calmly.
"Haha!" Wu Hanqi let out a shameless mockery when he heard the words of the elder of the Yuan family, and said disdainfully: "What a good bird chooses a tree to perch on! Originally, I thought that there was only one traitor family in our Shenwu Empire, but I didn't expect that there was more than one traitor family, if I guessed correctly, the Qianlong Empire would know that there was a conflict between the family alliance and the imperial family, it should be the information sent by your Yuan family, right?"
Wu Hanqi's words made the faces of everyone in the Yuan family change, they didn't expect Wu Hanqi to set up a trap to set up their words, the Yuan family elder looked very ugly, and stammered and replied: "You, you, you are spewing people with blood! How can our Yuan family be traitors?"
Wu Hanqi saw that the faces of the high-ranking members of the Yuan family changed drastically, and said with a smile: "If this is not the case, why do you think that there is no problem with changing the emperor, and even think that your Yuan family is a member of the Hidden Dragon Empire, otherwise you would not have taken it for granted." ā
The high-level family members present were not stupid, and when they saw the reaction of the Yuan family, they immediately realized that what Wu Hanqi said was true, thinking that the Yuan family had lured the wolf into the house for their own interests, which made the high-level leaders of the other families very angry, and looked at the Yuan family's group with contempt one by one.
Seeing all the high-level family members looking at them with disdain on their faces, the faces of the great elders of the Yuan family became extremely ugly, and he clearly realized that his trip had failed, he glanced at Wu Hanqi angrily, let out a cold snort, and then said extremely arrogantly: "Wu Hanqi! ā
"Envoy Ruan asked me to bring you a message, if you are willing to hand over half of your family property and honestly submit to the Hidden Dragon Empire, he will leave you a way to live for the sake of your surrender, if you insist on going your own way and want to resist to the end, when the army of the Hidden Dragon Empire arrives, you will not be left behind. ā
When the Great Elder of the Yuan Family said this, he said to the Yuan Family Elders beside him extremely arrogantly, "Let's go!" and then led the people of the Yuan Family towards the outside of the banquet hall.
"Phew!"
Watching the people of the Yuan family walk towards the outside of the banquet hall, the second elder of the Song family spit a mouthful of phlegm behind the Yuan family and his party, and scolded shamelessly: "Dog traitor! I wonder why half of the Yuan family came, it turned out that they were weak-hearted, and they were worried that Wu Gongzi would also be served." ā
Although the traitor family like the Yuan family made all the high-level families present extremely ashamed, but the Qianlong Empire was not an ordinary country, so the high-level of these families present felt a lot of pressure, and the head of the Guo family asked Wu Hanqi with a solemn face: "Wu Gongzi! The strength of the Hidden Dragon Empire is far stronger than our Shenwu Empire, no matter we join or fight with the imperial family, they will destroy us, and then put the territory of the Shenwu Empire into the territory of the Qianlong Empire, you gather us at this time, there should be a way to break the situation!"
Wu Hanqi heard the question of the Guo family patriarch, and replied with a smile: "Patriarch Guo! there is indeed a way, but it needs everyone's cooperation, but I don't know if you have the confidence to gamble with me?"
"Wu Gongzi, you can say whatever you want! As long as you can smash the conspiracy of the Hidden Dragon Empire, our Chen family is willing to fully cooperate with you. In Chen Zhongning's eyes, Wu Hanqi is his son-in-law, and in such a situation, Chen Zhongning naturally fully supports Wu Hanqi and is the first to stand up and express his position.
After Chen Zhongning stood up to express his position, the patriarchs of other families all stood up to express their positions, because they knew very well in their hearts that if they didn't want to be slaves of the country, this was their only chance, and the patriarchs of other families saw Chen Zhongning stand up and express their positions, and they all stood up and expressed their willingness to support Wu Hanqi.
Wu Hanqi saw that these families present were willing to support him, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and said: "Although the royal family has made a verbal agreement with the Hidden Dragon Empire, it has not signed an agreement, this is our opportunity. ā
"Wu Gongzi! The envoys of the Hidden Dragon Empire have already stood up to support the royal family, even if they don't sign the agreement, they won't admit it, after all, this is their only chance to occupy our Shenwu Empire, won't we still have to become slaves of the country when the time comes?" The great elder of the Song family heard Wu Hanqi's words and immediately raised the doubts in his heart.
Wu Hanqi heard the words of the Great Elder of the Song Family, a wise smile appeared on his face, and he said with a smile: "We should be fortunate that there is a Dark Abyss Existence in our Shenwu Empire, and the Hidden Dragon Empire is already very powerful, so other empires definitely don't want to see the Dark Abyss fall into the hands of the Hidden Dragon Empire, so as long as the royal family does not sign a contract with the Hidden Dragon Empire, other countries will definitely support us, so that we can stop the Hidden Dragon Empire's invasion of us." (To be continued......)
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