Chapter Ninety-Six: Mixed Sand
On the tenth day of arriving in Nanzhou, most of the officials of the Tsing Yi Wei and the Ministry of Rites had already adapted to the environment here, and the imperial court, with a new will, sent the best fast horses to rush over.
For Yu Zhaohua and his entourage in Pingzhou attack, the court expressed its anger, ordered a strict investigation to the end, and was to be handed over to Tsing Yi Wei for investigation, the highest Tsing Yi Wei here is He Zhifang, he must be to investigate, and implied that it was to be pulled to the Southern Wilderness, and the soldiers and mountain wolves left in Pingzhou are all evidence.
As for Yu Zhaoyuan, who was accused by Yu Zhaohua, the court denied it, saying that there was no full evidence and could not be said nonsense, and at the same time, the king of Zhennan, who was about to abdicate, continued to be sealed.
The king with a different surname is the highest title, but he can add a lot of false titles, and at the same time, he can also add family members, which is a common practice, and as soon as the court makes a move, it is too dark, and the court canonized Yu Zhaoyuan as the commander of the Nanzhou border army, the kind of real power, can lead 5,000 soldiers.
There are 80,000 garrisons in Nanzhou, 30,000 of Zhennan's Pingban army, and the remaining 50,000 are border troops, restricting each other.
"Father, the imperial court crowned Yu Zhaoyuan as the commander of the border army, which clearly means that it is to mix sand with our Yu family, and we can't tolerate it anymore"
Yu Zhaohua said to King Zhennan that in Yongdu City, he was a low-key person, but when he got here, he had to consider the interests of King Zhennan.
Yu Zhaoyuan has always been thirsty for the throne, and now that he has military power in his hands, he will definitely not give up, and the court is dragging the canonization again, just to make it clear that he will provoke the infighting in the Zhennan Palace.
"I see, don't rush, take your time"
"Father, I don't have time to take my time"
"What do you know, our family will not be the opponent of the Li family, and if we don't pull the other two, we don't have any chance of winning"
"What do the other two say?"
"It has been agreed, but we still have to discuss the details, there will be a messenger coming over in these two days, you will receive it then, this matter is your first test"
King Zhennan said that Yu Zhaohua was also educated by the people he sent in Yongdu City, but he couldn't be sure how much talent Yu Zhaohua had, so this was also a consideration for him, if Yu Zhaohua was really incompetent, he wouldn't consider replacing people, what he had to do was to ensure the interests of the Yu family.
"Yes, Father, Zhaohua knows"
"The other Jiang Cheng is a little weird, you have to be careful"
"Jiang Cheng, he..."
"There is news from Yongdu City, the secret agent investigated his identity, more than a year ago, he was still a gentleman, he only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, since last year's treasure case, this person began to highlight his talent, and was valued by the eldest princess Li Hongsleeve, and now he has incredible martial arts, very weird"
"I know the treasure case, until now, the treasure has not been recovered, and the demon behind it is nowhere to be found, father, you say, will there be a big demon behind this Jiang Cheng?"
"I don't know, but it's more likely that he's a remnant of the previous dynasty."
"Father refers to his shopkeeper of Wansheng Building?"
"Yes, this person should be careful, and if he can, he will not be offended."
"Zhaohua understands, let's go and contact him tomorrow and thank him for saving his life"
Yu Zhaohua nodded, he still remembered that he wanted to give Jiang Cheng a heavy reward, but he hadn't been rewarded yet, so he would go tomorrow.
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"Lord Jiang, I'm here to redeem the agreement, thank Lord Jiang for saving your life."
Yu Zhaohua took a group of people to Tsing Yiwei's residence and rewarded Jiang Cheng with a large number of treasures.
"Thank you, Lady Seko"
"It should be Zhaohua thanking Master Jiang"
The two kept greetings, He Zhifang and the others were very envious, Jiang Cheng did a really good job, not long ago the saint rewarded him, and now the prince is rewarding again, there is no need to embezzle a large amount of money into the account, this is a legal income.
After chatting for a long time, Yu Zhaohua took people away, Jiang Cheng glanced at those treasures, they were indeed very rich, there were a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and there were ten spirit jades, worth more than tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Jiang Cheng took some of it out and invited Tsing Yiwei to eat, if he ate alone at this time, he would be hated.
After eating, Tsing Yi Wei dispersed in twos and threes, after they arrived in Nanzhou City, the task was completed, and Nanzhou City was extremely safe, so Tsing Yi Wei relaxed, and someone went out to be chic at night to support the entertainment industry in Nanzhou City.
Jiang Cheng was not good at this, so he returned to the residence, but at the door of the residence, Jiang Cheng saw Li Sheng, Jiang Cheng first entered the room, and then quietly came out.
"Childe, come with me"
Li Sheng took Jiang Cheng into an inn and met Yu Zhaoyuan, the second son of King Zhennan, in the inn.
"Jiang Cheng has seen the second son"
"Zhaoyuan has seen Lord Jiang, Lord Jiang, Zhaoyuan came to see him late at night, I want to ask Lord Jiang for help"
"I don't know if Jiang has anything to do to help the second son"
"Kill Yu Zhaohua"
"The second prince laughed, killing the prince of the world, this is a serious crime of the three clans"
"With the power of an adult, even if it is really killed, who knows"
"Nanzhou City has a few great grandmasters, and the second son is looking down"
Jiang Cheng shook his head directly, the fact that he defeated Yu Chenglong was not publicized, but everyone who should know knew it was known, but Jiang Cheng would not be so stupid, and now he went to kill Yu Zhaohua.
"I am willing to pay a lot of money, if Lord Jiang is willing, this is a deposit, and Zhaoyuan will send ten more spirit jade afterwards, this spirit jade is not an ordinary spirit jade, a piece is comparable to hundreds of ordinary spirit jade, but it is the best in jade"
Yu Zhaoyuan took out a cloth bag, and after opening it, there were ten crystal-like spirit jades inside, which were very crystal clear, more than a step better than ordinary spirit jade, and Jiang Cheng also believed that this was a top-notch spirit jade.
This price is far more expensive than what Yu Zhaohua took out, ordinary gold, silver and spiritual jade are taken out by many forces, but these things are the kind that money can't buy.
However, Jiang Cheng still shook his head, which made Yu Zhaoyuan anxious, Li Sheng gave him a look and asked him to calm down, and then Li Sheng and Jiang Cheng walked to the side and said, "Childe, the order from above is to support the second prince to take the throne, and the prince of the world has done things, not to be the king."
"I know, but let me assassinate, that's not good, do you know how many masters there are in the city, is this to send me to death?"
"We still have people who can help Gongzi escape after killing Yu Zhaohua"
"That's your business"
Jiang Cheng shook his head, he will never take risks, if the king of Zhennan can divide one side, his strength will definitely not be bad, if a great grandmaster can solve it, their graves will be high.
"Childe..."
"Yu Zhaoyuan wants to turn the tables, he doesn't have to kill people, although killing people is direct, but it is very troublesome, it is better to think of other ways"
"Childe, please"
"Starting from the aspect of public opinion, let Yu Zhaoyuan find a group of scholars and talk about how to inherit the family property, whether it is by virtue of his old age or his contribution to the family, doesn't Yu Zhaoyuan master a lot of industries and people, first question the rationality of Yu Zhaohua taking over the throne."
"This..."
"According to what I said, tell Yu Zhaoyuan, if the controller of a force can only kill people, it is undoubtedly the most stupid, and the enemy cannot be killed."
Jiang Cheng continued, physical elimination is very useful, but it is not so easy to use, it will leave a lot of sequelae, the three words of legitimacy are more important, Yu Zhaohua has been in Yongdu City for decades, and the people of Nanzhou don't even know that this person exists, Yu Zhaoyuan's advantage is much greater than his.
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Not far from the city of Nanzhou, it is a continuous mountain range, the terrain of the southern wilderness is mostly mountainous, the plains are very few, and the climate is warm, the vegetation is dense, and it is not conducive to human life.
But in this environment, a large number of human beings were still born, these people were dark-skinned, generally shorter than the people of Great Wei, and their body was also thin.
In one valley, a large number of dwellings are scattered along the ridge, and at the bottom of the valley are plots of farmland, which are so precious that they are reluctant to use them to build houses.
"Elder Zhou"
"Chen Hou"
This is the tribe built by the remnants of Daxuan, after Chen Chengyuan left, the person in charge was an uncle of Chen Chengyuan, and Daxuan also had a title in that year, and Zhou Fu'an also hung the name of an elder here, or the one with the highest force in their tribe.
The two talked and talked about what Chen Chengyuan did in Yongdu City, Chen Chengyuan also kept in touch with Nanhuang, but the contact was very weak, and it often took a month or two to reply to the letter, so he didn't know much, but Zhou Fu'an knew more.
After Chen Chengyuan got money in Wansheng Building, he made friends with a lot of scholars, including the three sects and nine streams, especially his identity as a shopkeeper is very useful, Wansheng Lou is not a high-ranking official and nobleman who can't afford to eat, just eavesdropping on their conversations, he benefits a lot.
It's hard to say whether he can rebel, but it's true that Chen Chengyuan is living a prosperous life now, especially because he has won him a lot of fame and saved a lot of connections.
"Chen Hou, what's going on with the tribe here?"
"Hey, it's difficult, you also know over the years that the Wumeng Department is getting stronger and stronger, the heavier the oppression of the rest of the tribes, and now the Wumeng Department is short of a male lord, if there is a male lord, this tribe within a radius of thousands of miles will be unified by him"
"Can't give them this chance"
"We also know, but we can't defeat the Umeng tribe"
"Now there's a chance, listen to me..."
Zhou Fu'an said Jiang Cheng's words again, Chen Hou's eyes widened suddenly, almost none of them were in Nanzhou, and they really didn't know this.
"Elder Zhou, is this Jiang honest and good?"
"How can I believe it, the Wansheng Building where Chen Chengyuan is located is his"
"And what is he trying to do?"
"I don't know, this person's mind is as deep as a cliff, and no one can understand what he wants to do, but now it's true that he won't harm us, Chen Hou, how, do it?"
"Dry, our tribe has been suffering for a long time"
Although Chen Hou was still apprehensive, he was very determined, because they were oppressed too hard by the Wumeng Ministry, and they had to pay most of the taxes for the grain they planted, and they had to work for the Wumeng Ministry, provide mountain goods, etc., and even their children were forced to marry the powerful people of the Wumeng Ministry, and they had endured it to the limit.