Chu Ran interjected coldly: "Behind the Cold Moon Sect is King Xian, and the three sects are the face of the family. ”

Li Xian, the king of Xian, was not a real prince, but a self-styled person, or rather, people habitually called him because of his great achievements.

The Great Song Kingdom is not the only country on the entire continent, there are other forces and kingdoms in other regions, but they are divided by almost endless wilderness, jungles and mountains, and the wild people living in these regions have no civilization, they will only blindly destroy, and they are the enemies of all civilized countries.

The Great Song Dynasty has been fragmented by the local gentry of various families, in order to defend the country, the people in the border region spontaneously trained regiments and battalions, organized and trained the army, and the leader of these armies was called Qu Shuai, Li Xian was the most successful of many Qu Shuai.

succeeded to unify or crush all the other Qu Shuai, and sheltered the entire frontier alone, so people respectfully called him King Xian.

Before his rise, the northern giants, the southern wealthy families and the Gyeonggi wealthy families each launched three sects, which were harmonious on the surface and secretly fought each other in order to compete for the only resources in the entire Great Song Kingdom.

But after Li Xian rose, especially after he gradually spoke out in the court and gained a legal status, the wealthy families around the country finally began to face up to his existence, and the white gloves of the three sects were fully utilized and infiltrated Li Xian's power.

Who would be willing to watch the foundation he had worked hard to be usurped by others, so Li Xian gathered a group of loose cultivators who were on the edge of the three sects to establish the Cold Moon Sect and fight against the three sects.

That's where today's pattern comes from.

However, Chu Yan and the others still couldn't figure out how the struggle within Jingmen City could rise to this height.

Therefore, Chen An simply made it clear: "Jingmen is located in the middle of the mountains, it is an important place in Gyeonggi, we have money, food and people, if we can control this place, we can't be the overlord of the mountains, a prince." ”

Ouyang Dewang was taken aback, and then he understood the ambition of his family master.

A Jingmen overlord can't even satisfy him, he actually wants to be the overlord of Lingzhong. This...... This is simply arrogant, the ridge contains Gyeonggi, Gyeonggi is a wealthy family, he is the overlord of the ridge, where are the wealthy families in Gyeonggi?

Isn't it that after achieving Shengang, he was so arrogant that he thought he was invincible in the world.

Hurriedly pondered the sentence and admonished: "The head of the family, the mountain is the land reserved by the Gaoque Gate, and the Gaoque Gate is unfathomable, if it is an enemy, with my family's heritage, there may not be a chance of winning." ”

"Who said I was going to be an enemy of Gao Quemen?"

Chen Anqi said: "The masters of the Gaoque Sect are like clouds, and it is unwise to be the enemy of them, how could I do such a stupid thing." ”

"What are you, the master of the house?"

"If you don't make enemies with Gaoquemen, you may not be able to become the overlord of Lingzhong. If you can dance with the Marquis of Jiping, you can be like a tiger with wings, blossoming in the wealthy family of Gyeonggi, and it will be great to achieve the overlord in the future, and the Hou of Jiping will be named, and I will be able to wait for the benefits. He Gaoquemen, in fact, is just a collection of the wealthy families of Gyeonggi, and at that time, maybe we will still have the opportunity to take charge of Gaoquemen. ”

If you want to defeat someone and become friends with them first, this idea is a bit strange, and Ouyang Dewang was stunned for a while, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't blame it at all.

Seeing that everyone finally understood their plans, Chen An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and continued to discuss the next topic.

"Okay, this matter is over, you just have to do what I say, let's start talking about the second thing, that is, the issue of marriage with the Murong family. ”

"Marry that outsider?"

Before Ouyang Dewang could figure out the previous question, he was shocked by the latter question.

In his eyes, the Murong family moved here with his family, and they were out-and-out outsiders. And after he came to Jingmen, he wantonly annexed land, suppressed tenants, and raised slaves to establish clan land, which was the most hateful type of outsiders, and he did not have the slightest good impression of them, and only wanted to drive them away.

But now that the head of the family actually said that he wanted to marry him, how could he not be surprised.

Chen An glanced at him, it was really hard to imagine how stubborn these old-fashioned forces were, but he had to explain Ouyang Dewang, because he knew that people like Ouyang Dewang were not a few in the family, but many, many people.

They cling to the old customs of the countryside and are unwilling to accept all those they hate.

It's funny, not only the Chu family, but also this kind of person in the Lu family, the Han family, and even the Lin family.

"When the Murong family came, it did stimulate the gentry of Jingmen, but it did not have a big impact on us, on the contrary, we also took advantage of the east wind of the Jingmen chaos to rise and become one of the five families in Jingmen today. Speaking of which, the two families not only have no grudges, but also have a lot of favors. ”

"Over the years, the Murong family and the Lu family have competed for resources, but they have never provoked us, but if there are disputes, they are only limited to children. What's more, we have made many overtures to us, but we have never paid attention to them. ”

"Now is an extraordinary moment, once the Lin family leaves Jingmen City, the pattern of Jingmen will be broken, at this time, the Han family is drifting away from us, we urgently need a like-minded ally, looking at the four regions, who else is more suitable than the Murong family?"

After saying this, Ouyang Dewang's face was uncertain, Chu Yan was a little moved, but Chu Ran had already shown a thoughtful look, Gong Hui has always been the only one who obeys Chu Han's orders, but there is no difference.

Chen Anxin knew that this matter could almost be decided like this, it was just a matter of who would preside over it.

looked around, and in the end, he could only fall on Chu Ran, and said, "Seventeen, can I leave this matter to you?"

Chu Ran's eyes flashed, and he said without hesitation: "The Xie family master trusts, but he will live up to his expectations." ”

"Yes, but if you need it, your family will give it your full support. ”

Chen An was also helpless, he should have dried him again for Chu Ran, but now he really doesn't have any decent human hands in his hands.

Ouyang Dewang is not good at eating the ancients; although Chu Yan is brave and strategic, he has no pattern and bearing, and it is difficult to take charge alone; Gong Hui is reckless, which is worse than the previous two, and without Chu Ran, the Chu family is no longer available.

After this matter was over, Chen An's eyes turned to Ouyang Dewang's body again, and said, "The last thing is that Uncle Wang is going to be too guarded, what are the eyebrows of these days?"

Ouyang Dewang groaned and didn't speak, and Chu Yan on the side said with a little embarrassment: "Our people are already active in Beijing, and there are many people, but it seems that the Murong family is also fighting for this time, we ......"

He couldn't say anything, after all, he was still discussing cooperation with him just now, and now he was going to compete with him for the position of Taishou, how could he think about it and feel a little discordant.

"The Murong family?"

Chen An shook his head: "They are competing with the Lu family, and the master family behind them has already given a lot of support, and now they are competing for the position of being too guarded, and they should not be able to mobilize too many resources of the master family, if they only rely on their own strength, they will not be our opponents." ”

As he spoke, he turned to Chu Ran again and said, "You can use this matter as a bargaining chip to talk to Murong Fazhen to protect their other seats and help us win the Taishou." ”

Then, he turned his gaze back to Chu Yan again and said, "If you go to the Murong family, what resistance does Uncle Wang have to take up the post of Taishou?"

"Well, the Lu family seems to have that meaning too. ”

"The Lu family?"

Chen An frowned, the Lu family is already yesterday's yellow flower, once the Chu family and the Murong family get married, there will be nothing to do with the Lu family, it is better to consciously give up the position of the county and be demoted to the second or third rate, otherwise it is the fate of being trampled into the mud, even if they get the position of Taishou, can they hold it?

Therefore, Chen An directly skipped it and continued to ask, "What else?"

"There are also some ideas of Gyeonggi Gaomen, but their eyes are all on King Xian in the north, and they don't pay much attention to Jingmen City, so there shouldn't be any accidents. ”

Chu Yan didn't say anything about what Chen An wanted to hear in the end, which made him a little impatient after all, and asked directly: "What about the Han family, what are the recent movements of the Han family?"

"Han family?" Chu Yan was stunned, he really hadn't paid much attention to this recently.

"Recently, the Han family has been drilling for the head of the family, Han Yan, to pass on the position of the disciple of the master of the Gaoque Sect. It was Chu Ran who spoke, since Han Jiaba got into the Gaoque Gate, he had been paying attention to this matter, and when Chen An asked at this time, he could naturally answer in one bite.

Chen An was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether he should cry or laugh, Han Li was really wonderful, he overestimated him, no wonder Chu Han never regarded him as an equal, and the Han family could only rely on the Chu family to survive. Power is a thing that is empty if you don't have it in your own hands. I don't understand this truth, it's just stupid.

"Old Gong," Chen An turned to Gong Hui and said: "Sell the enclave in the southwest, it's useless anyway, you take the money and go to the capital with Uncle Wang, Chu Yan, even if you smash it with gold, you will smash the position of Jingmen Taishou." ”

The three of them said together: "We will do our best." ”

Chen An's eyes narrowed and said, "I don't want to do my best, I want to be sure." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, gritted their teeth and said, "We will definitely take the position of Jingmen Taishou." ”

Chen An nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then that's it, let's disperse today." ”

The four of them dispersed one after another, Chu Ran and the other three were not the same number, and they didn't say hello too much, and returned to their small courtyard alone.

After entering the courtyard and sitting in the room, the corners of his mouth pulled up a hint of non-existent color.

In his opinion, Chu Yan and the three of them are all stupid, Chu Han wants to use people, he can only use himself, this is the reason why he has been under house arrest for so many days, and he is still not impatient. As long as Chu Han is ambitious, he will not give up his blood relative, who can be in charge alone, so that no matter how big a mistake he makes, he will be forgiven.

Maybe you can take a gesture again, after all, only people with a temper will be taken seriously.

"Knock knock. ”

A knock on the door interrupted Chu Ran's thoughts, causing him to frown, "What's wrong?"

These domestic servants really have no rules, haven't they been ordered a long time ago not to disturb themselves? Since he was under house arrest, the people who served him were naturally Chu Han's people, and while thinking about asking Chu Han to replace these people, he got up and opened the door.

I saw two corpses lying at the door, with pale faces facing up, who were the servants who served him on weekdays.

"This ......"

Seeing this scene, Chu Ran was stunned, his face was pale, and it was comparable to the corpse lying on the ground, and the cold sweat also condensed on his forehead at the same time, and he could no longer live up to the color he had just gained.