In the Great Chu Empire, the three most powerful forces are naturally the royal Chu family, the Shangguan family of the Marshal's Mansion and the Ouyang family of the Xiangguo Mansion, and to choose the most powerful one among these three forces, it should undoubtedly be the royal Chu family, otherwise this country would not take the word Chu as the country name.

Although the Shangguan family has risen like a comet in recent years, occupying half of the military!

Although the Ouyang family has a lot of power in one body, they come in aggressively, and they have the posture of following Chang and going against death!

But compared to the royal family, their strength is still too far behind.

Twenty years ago, Emperor Wu fell, and the unified alliance collapsed in an instant, and the heroes of all parties sang and I took the stage, but in the end, it was still the Chu family headed by Chu Tianlong who had the last laugh, and they were the ones who controlled this empire.

In the palace of the Great Chu Empire, an old man in a yellow robe sat on the throne in the center of the palace, his eyes squinted, giving people the feeling that he was pretending to sleep.

This is an old man who looks to be eighty or ninety years old, with wrinkles on his face, but few people know that this person's age is only fifty-six years old, and this age is a good time for a martial artist to fight.

This person is Chu Tianlong, the real controller of the Great Chu Empire, a figure who seems to be outside the power hierarchy, but actually firmly controls the core of power, a figure that Shangguan Invincible and Ouyang Supreme are deeply afraid of.

Chu Tianlong has been ignoring the government for five or six years, and the royal family's external statement is that Chu Tianlong is pursuing a higher martial arts realm, and the actual reason is known very little, Chu Tianlong is healing, his situation is the same as Xie Laozu of the Famous Sword Villa, both of them also participated in the big battle more than 20 years ago, and they were also seriously injured in that war, the difference is that Chu Tianlong's injury is lighter, so he has supported it for fifteen years. It wasn't until the crown prince Chu Qian could control the country that he began to hide behind the scenes.

"Since you're here, let's come in!" Chu Tianlong suddenly opened his slitted eyes and looked in the direction of the gate.

The door was gently pushed open, and a young man with a lofty instrument walked in, it was the crown prince Chu Qian.

"Father......" Chu Qian called softly.

"Are you encountering a problem that is difficult to decide again?" Chu Tianlong asked kindly, "Actually, you have done very well over the years, even better than my father expected, I believe that you will be an excellent emperor in the future!"

"Under the teaching of my father, I believe that I will become a good emperor!" Prince Chu Qian's voice was calm. But the excitement in his heart was when his arms were trembling slightly.

It has been five years, and this is the first time that Chu Tianlong has praised him.

"A truly good emperor does not need to be taught. Chu Tianlong smiled slightly, "The emperor is synonymous with supremacy, and he should not be restrained, let alone taught!"

"Father, there has been an undercurrent in Yueyang City recently, and the child can't pay attention to it, so he specially came to ask his father for advice!" Chu Qian said respectfully.

"Is it because of that boy named Wu Hao?" Chu Tianlong's voice was calm, but he could tell from this alone. He had never relaxed his grip on Yueyang City for a moment, otherwise how could he know a Wu Hao? You must know that the time when Wu Hao came to Yueyang City was only two months.

"Yes, the child doesn't know what to do to him, it's to be friends with him. Still on the opposite side of him. Chu Qian asked respectfully.

"What did you do before?" Chu Tianlong asked.

"The child was on Wu Hao's side before, the power of the Xiangguo Mansion is growing day by day, and the Ximen family is in the same stream with it, which will threaten the rule of our Chu family in the long run. So I used a random move, a small Wu Hao, to disrupt their rhythm!" Chu Qian whispered.

"You're doing the right thing. The sphere of influence of the Marshal's Mansion is in the military, although it is strong, but it is mainly in the border passes, and the threat to the imperial power is not great, but the Xiangguo Mansion is different, his power is balanced development, not only the power above the court is amazing, but now it is deliberately trying to get involved in the army, and it should indeed be suppressed. Chu Tianlong nodded, approving Chu Gan's previous approach.

"But the child doesn't know what to do now, whether to keep this chess piece, or to throw it away and forget his father to teach me. Chu Qian said respectfully.

Chu Tiange has repeatedly asked to kill the monks of Jingchan Temple to set an example, Chu Qian has not allowed it, because the day of killing everyone in Jingchan Temple is the time when Wu Hao and the Disha Sect, the Imperial Beast Zhai, the Ximen Family and other strength showdowns, no need to ask, with Wu Hao's character, he will definitely go to rob the Dharma field, and then a never-ending war will definitely start, either Wu Hao will be killed, or several other families will be killed, and there will be no third result.

It can even be said that Jingchan Temple is a bait, a bait that Wu Hao had to appear, if it weren't for this, the people of Jingchan Temple would have already crossed the border of Chu and reached the territory of Western Qin, maybe they would have reached the Western Regions at this time.

Although I have long known that Wu Hao is a troublemaker, I didn't expect that Wu Hao's ability to cause trouble can be so strong that Cheng Dù, Disha Sect, Royal Beast Zhai, Ximen Family, these big forces have been offended by Wu Hao to death, Xiangguo Mansion and Yun Mengze have also been offended by Wu Hao, and now they dare not endorse Wu Hao with the power of the royal family.

"The Earth Demon Sect, the Imperial Beast Zhai, the Ximen Family, plus the Xiangguo Mansion and Yun Mengze, this is indeed an extremely powerful force, even if our royal family wants to deal with it, we need to be cautious. Chu Tianlong said in a low voice, "But the Marshal's Mansion is not a vegetarian, Princess Caifeng back then, how can today's Marshal's wife be easy to mess with? She still holds a lot of hole cards that have not been played, now it depends on whether the Marshal's Mansion will give everything for a Wu Hao." ”

Chu Qian listened respectfully to his father's analysis, emotionally speaking, he was unwilling to give up Wu Hao, but as the crown prince of the empire, many times feelings had to give way to reason.

"Based on the information you know, do you think the Marshal's Mansion will fight hard for Wu Hao?" Chu Tianlong asked.

"It's hard to say, the child focused on investigating the relationship between Wu Hao and the Marshal's Mansion, and found that Wu Hao had saved Shangguan Wan'er's life, it seems that Wu Hao and the marshal's wife Wu Fengxia still have some relatives, as for what the relationship is, the child is incompetent and has not been able to investigate it thoroughly!" Chu Qian said embarrassedly.

"If it's just that Wu Hao saved Shangguan Wan'er, then give up Wu Hao completely, the Marshal's Mansion may not resist these major forces for the sake of a Wu Hao, at most it is just to hide it, but if there is still a relationship between them, it is difficult to say, Wu Fengxia's relative should only have one, if Wu Hao is really that person's child, the Marshal's Mansion will definitely save it at a price, but this is not very likely, because even if that person's child is still alive, he should be in his twenties, and it is definitely not Wu Hao's age。 Chu Tianlong judged.

"The father and the emperor know what the child meant. Chu Qian nodded, his face was gloomy, don't think that the prince is emotionless, and he also has joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

Looking at Chu Gan's footsteps walking outward, Chu Tianlong moved, and he suddenly remembered the woman who was like a bright moon a few days ago, she also went to the Marshal's Mansion, and chatted with Wu Fengxia and his wife for a long time, is it just to find that child? Wu Hao's age is not right, but it is too normal for the children of those two people to be a little unexpected, after all, the bloodline of the other people is too good.

"Wait a minute. Chu Tianlong opened his mouth and said, "Recently, pay attention to observation, wait and see what happens, and adjust your strategy at all times, if the Marshal's Mansion is really willing to work hard for Wu Hao, then our royal family might as well help him secretly!"

"Yes!" a look of joy appeared on Chu Gan's face.

In the marshal's mansion, Wu Hao received a strange letterhead, which said that he was invited to see the thatched cottage in the north of the city, but there was no payment, just a few straightforward words, and it can be seen from the flowing words that this is a quite cultivated person.

Wu Hao couldn't pay attention for a while, as long as he discussed with his aunt and uncle, Shangguan Xian glanced at the handwriting on it and handed it to Wu Fengxia, Wu Fengxia looked happy, and motioned Wu Hao to go now, not worried at all that this was a full set set by others.

In Yueyang City, the north of the city is a relatively secluded area, there are no magnificent palaces, no mansions of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and some are just thatched huts and thatched cottages of ordinary people.

Wu Hao saw a lot of farmers along the way, pushing a wheelbarrow to harvest the heavy ears of wheat from the land, and everyone's face was filled with the joy of a good harvest.

Wu Hao suddenly felt that this kind of life was also quite good, Chu Tian planted the seeds with hope, and the fruits of the harvest were grown in the autumn, and the harvest was planted in the spring and harvested in the autumn, which was simple and fulfilling.

Taking a breath of harvest, Wu Hao began to search according to the address marked on the letterhead, passed through three thatched huts, entered a quiet path, and continued to walk forward for about three hundred meters, in the position of a bamboo forest, Wu Hao saw a lonely small thatched hut, in front of the thatched hut, an old man wearing a hat was spreading the ears of wheat on the ground, and crushed them with a round stone mill.

Wu Hao carefully checked the address, it was indeed this place, that is to say, the old man wearing a hat in front of him was the one who invited him to come here.

The mountain hides the unicorn, I don't know what is so magical about this seemingly ordinary old man, but since this person can send the letter god into the marshal's mansion unknowingly, and appear on his bedside, then this person will have to meet for a while.

"Wu Hao came as promised, I have seen the old man!" Wu Hao said, his voice was clear, and he teleported to the old man's side.

"Hehe, you're here......" The old man turned around and took off the hat on his head, revealing a face that was familiar to Wu Hao. (To be continued......)