Jiang Cheng wandered around the county seat of Pingzhou, and was soon discovered by Li Sheng's people, and then a small note was passed into Jiang Cheng's hand, and Jiang Cheng sneaked out of the county seat and met Li Sheng outside the city

"Li Sheng has seen Jiang Gongzi"

"Mr. Li, what happened to the eldest princess this time, why didn't you inform me in advance?"

"Childe, this time the matter is urgent, we didn't expect Yu Zhaoyuan to be so cooperative, all the plans were improvised, so it was too late"

"You start from the beginning"

"Yes, when Yongdu City, Yu Zhaoyuan, the prince of Zhennan, left, and I received an order from the eldest princess to leave Yongdu City in advance, one day faster than you, and my task is to contact the other heirs of the king of Zhennan to assassinate Yu Zhaohua and prevent him from taking over the throne.

After I went to Nanzhou, I searched around, and soon found Yu Zhaoyuan, this person is also deeply hidden, although the strength in Nanzhou is weak, but there is a good strength in the Southern Wilderness, the other descendants of the king of Zhennan are not successful, only this Yu Zhaoyuan is the most talented.

So I contacted Yu Zhaoyuan, and on the grounds that Yu Zhaohua was talented and the court was jealous, I supported him to take over the throne, and Yu Zhaoyuan agreed."

"He didn't doubt it at all?"

"How can he not doubt it, it's just that he pretends not to suspect it, it's just that they use each other, Yu Zhaoyuan is the second concubine of the king of Zhennan, and he was also cultivated as the heir to the throne in Nanzhou, except for not letting him touch the military power, the rest will give whatever he wants, so he will have the strength to organize a business name and smuggle the Southern Wilderness.

Could it be that the smuggler gang, the biggest is the king of Zhennan, the second is the group of officials of all sizes in Nanzhou, and the third is this Yu Zhaoyuan, without the connivance of the king of Zhennan, he doesn't want to make a penny in the southern wilderness."

"King Zhennan's house is complicated enough"

"The three kings with different surnames are all about the same"

Li Sheng replied that the three kings with different surnames all want to put their eldest son in Yongdu City as a proton, although Great Wei does not have the saying that the eldest son must inherit the family position, but under normal circumstances, it will not change, because their eldest son is also making sacrifices.

However, in order to prevent the court from turning its face, the three kings with different surnames killed the proton, so they all worked hard to have children, and there will be one or two spare sons, and these people will also receive the best treatment and education, in addition to the core of military power and personnel, they will give alternative sons.

In fact, this kind of practice is extremely cruel to the two sons, but no one can do it but bite the bullet, even if they know that they will kill each other in the future, because this is the best way to protect their throne.

"Did you send someone to do anything about the Anjin Pill in the convoy?"

"No, we didn't send anyone"

"You didn't send it?"

"It's really not, we don't know what a soothing pill is"

"The day before you started, we had a camp roar, and Anjinmaru was tampered with."

"This..."

Li Sheng was also a little confused, he really didn't send someone to do this, if he had someone inside, he wouldn't have to be so troublesome, this time the plan was too hasty, he didn't have time to arrange it.

"Forget it, this person has the same purpose as us, ignore him"

"Childe, then why didn't you kill Yu Zhaohua after you arrested him?"

"Kill him, I'll die, now the situation has changed, don't kill Yu Zhaohua, let him fight with Yu Zhaoyuan"

"Childe, I'm afraid this strategy won't work, Yu Zhaoyuan's matter has been revealed, so the king of Zhennan made a move, and Yu Chenglong, the head of the Ping Barbarian Army, took Yu Zhaohua back, he is a great grandmaster, by the way, he didn't hurt Childe."

"No, I saved Yu Zhaohua, why did he hurt me, now Yu Zhaoyuan"

"After his fiasco that day, he escaped back to Nanzhou, and was captured by Yu Chengchan halfway, and now he is locked up by King Zhennan"

"What about the barbarian tribes?"

"Run, they didn't run with Yu Zhaoyuan, after the defeat, they escaped into the mountains and returned to the Southern Wilderness, it is taboo for them to enter the Great Wei, once they are caught, it will be very miserable, the Wumeng Department has the power to exchange markets with Nanzhou, and may be deprived"

"Try your best to protect Yu Zhaoyuan and let him fight with Yu Zhaohua"

Jiang Cheng replied that simply killing Yu Zhaohua could not make Nanzhou chaotic, nor could it give the imperial court an excuse to cut the domain, so they had to be allowed to fight.

"Childe, this is too difficult, it's difficult to do it with our strength, it's best to kill Yu Zhaohua and let Yu Zhaoyuan fight with the other princes of Zhennan"

"But now Yu Zhaohua is not dead"

Jiang Cheng said helplessly, he didn't know Li Hongsleeve's plan, otherwise he wouldn't have rescued people, who knew that Li Hongsleeve did it, and now Yu Zhaohua is already very difficult to die.

"yes, Childe, what can I do?"

"Take one step at a time, the plan is not as good as the change, the king of Zhennan is not a fool, he will follow our plan, you immediately send someone to contact the eldest princess to see if the court has a plan, this thing cannot be completed by relying on the eldest princess alone, it must be righteous in the court, in short, first protect Yu Zhaoyuan and then say"

"Yes, Gongzi, the eldest princess will cut first and then play, after I leave Yongdu, she should be able to explain to the court"

"I don't care about these, in short, your people should be faster"

"The news is very fast, I went south this time, and I used the flying eagle of the imperial court, and I can go back and forth once in three days."

Li Sheng replied that the imperial court has a secret technique, which can raise a fierce flying eagle, which is much faster than a flying pigeon, and it is more stable, and it can run back and forth in three days.

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In the county seat, He Zhifang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and others discussed with Yu Chenglong about the attack on the road, and Yu Chenglong expressed the meaning of the king of Zhennan, that is, to suppress this matter.

Brotherly cannibalism is a scandal after all, and once the court intervenes, it will inevitably make things difficult for King Zhennan, so they hope that the two of them will suppress this matter, and as for Yu Zhaoyuan, King Zhennan will deal with it himself.

The two didn't dare to agree, so they could only report to the court, but they just promised not to pursue it for the time being, and the matter would be decided by the court.

Everyone rested in the county seat for three days, healing their wounds, recovering their physical strength, and then continued to drive to Nanzhou, where Yu Chenglong escorted him with hundreds of barbarian troops.

The next road will be much smoother, although there will be road collapse, destruction and other small accidents, but no one dares to intercept, it is much smoother, a day to travel fifty or sixty miles, after more than ten days, finally entered the boundary of Nanzhou.

As soon as he entered Nanzhou, the speed was improved again, because the road was easier to walk, and the king of Zhennan set up many post stations as supply points on the road, so that the convoy could abandon a large number of supplies and travel lightly.

"This is Nanzhou City, where Nanzhou City is located, there are more than 500,000 people"

Standing outside Nanzhou City, Jiang Wu quietly said to Jiang Cheng, compared with other state capitals of Great Wei, Nanzhou can only be regarded as a lower middle level, but this Nanzhou city is quite rich, this city has about forty percent of the population of Nanzhou, and other state capitals are very poor, and there are only more than 1,000 people in many counties, and the resources of the entire Nanzhou are inclined to this city.

Jiang Cheng followed everyone into the city, observing the city all the way, before leaving, Jiang Cheng also learned about Nanzhou, the imperial court's control over Nanzhou is not high, because the appointment of officials in Nanzhou, seventy percent is the king of Zhennan, although it is also appointed by the court after the application of the king of Zhennan, but in fact, everyone knows that the king of Zhennan is the boss of Nanzhou.

Nanzhou's economy is not good, the only bright spot is the mutual market with Nanhuang, that is, the official transaction, the productivity of the barbarians is backward, Nanzhou can use a large number of items to exchange raw materials with them, and can make huge profits.

That night, the king of Zhennan gave a banquet to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and He Zhifang and other high-ranking officials, Jiang Cheng's qualifications were still poor, but the Zhennan Wangfu also sent a large amount of wine and meat to their camp, which was regarded as a reward

However, the next day, half of the people in the camp fell ill, not because the king of Zhennan was poisoned, he didn't have the courage to do so, unless he was preparing to rebel, simply because he was not adapted

The distance between Nanzhou and Yongdu City is too far, the terrain and climate are completely different, for most people who have never been far away, it is normal to be unaccustomed to water and soil, coupled with the fatigue and rush on the way, the nerves were tense before, but now as soon as they are sent down, most of the people who are sick have fallen ill.

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites immediately took the opportunity to suspend the pardon and let the king of Zhennan do his best to save everyone, and wait for the reply from the imperial court, even if he went to the post station and hurried away, he was about to have a reply.

Jiang Wu also fell ill, mainly because of fever and diarrhea, which was not a big deal, Jiang Cheng personally took care of Jiang Wu every day, and his brotherhood was envied by everyone.

Zhennan Wangfu is located in the southwest of Nanzhou City, covers an area of thousands of acres, extremely luxurious, this palace originally belonged to the King of Xuannan, it took two generations of Nanwang to build for 30 years, and the specifications are second only to the palace of Yongdu City.

In the study of the palace, Yu Yang, the king of Zhennan, and Yu Zhaohua, the son of the family, discussed things, the two fathers and sons have not seen each other for decades, when Yu Yang left Yongdu City, Yu Zhaohua was only ten years old, and the two fathers and sons ate and lived together these days to enhance the relationship between father and son.

"Zhaohua, the imperial court really intends to cut the feudal domain this time?"

"Father, there has always been a call for the court to cut the domain, this time the throne is the best opportunity for the court in recent years, I have not been back to Nanzhou for decades, and I am not familiar with the officials, soldiers and civilians in Nanzhou, as long as I don't have a firm foothold, the difficulty of the court cutting the domain has dropped a lot."

"Lee's deception is too much"

"Father can solve it"

"Zhaohua, I will help you solve this matter, rest assured, this throne is yours, and no one can take it away"

"Father..."

"The three kings with different surnames are in the same breath, and we have not been less prepared over the years, within a month, the Southern Barbarian Clan, the Northern Liao Kingdom, and the Western Great Xia Kingdom will all have some changes, and the imperial court has no heart to cut the domain."

King Zhennan said coldly, the three kings with different surnames have long been secretly allied, they are all afraid that the imperial court will cut the domain, and none of the kings with different surnames after the reduction of the domain will end well, and the whole family will be lucky to die, generally speaking, they are all Yi three clans.

"Father, the Southern Wilderness wants to change, and destroy the Wumeng Department first"

"Zhaohua, the Wumeng Department cannot be destroyed"

"Why"

"Because they are honest and controllable, the situation here in the Southern Wilderness is not optimistic, you listen to me..."

King Zhennan sighed, the Southern Wilderness is huge, and the climate is harsh, not to mention Nanzhou, even if Great Wei wants to extinguish the Southern Wilderness, it is impossible, so they are all fighting and appeasing, this Wumeng Department is the largest of the many barbarian tribes in Nanzhou, but it is also the most obedient one, if they are really destroyed, if they are really destroyed, if they are ambitious, Nanzhou will also suffer in the future.