"Damn, Ye Gong, as a respected elder, why did you do this!"

"That's it, to do such an immoral thing as attacking the city. ”

"Disrespectful for the old, shameless! shameless!"

"Ye Gong, you can't punish the sergeant, you detain us and other nobles like this, this is against the law of the Chu State!"

"You are not qualified to judge the nobles of the Chu State at all! Nobles, only the king can judge!"

Shen Lang accompanied Shen Zhuliang by his side, listening to the words of these Chu nobles one after another, either insulting or duty, and couldn't help but sweat in his heart.

Don't make the old man angry and leave.

"Ye Gong. Shen Lang pinched a cold sweat in his heart, glanced up at Shen Zhuliang, and then beckoned the guards who followed behind him.

The guards immediately understood, took their sticks, and walked towards the nobles who were constantly shouting.

They had long seen that those nobles were unhappy, and they dared to humiliate their most beloved monarch, Ye Gong, it was like humiliating their parents!

"Forget it. Shen Zhuliang stretched out his hand as usual and stopped the guards who were about to do something, "Let them go, they won't live for a few days anyway." ”

"Yes. The guards bowed their heads respectfully.

"Damn! Shen Zhuliang! You despicable villain! If you have the ability, let's set up a military formation in an open place and have a battle in a dignified manner!"

"That is, if you use this kind of sneak attack to capture Danyang City, your reputation will definitely stink all over the entire Central Plains!"

............

"Boring. Shen Zhuliang rolled his eyes, and directly skipped the group of prisoners who were constantly shouting.

Danyang, after two days of fighting and a night of chaos, Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang finally completely imprisoned all the Qu clans and the nobles who were attached to the Qu clan in the dungeon.

Insults and shouting are inevitable, after all, these guys are used to looking down on others from above, even if they are attached to the Qu family, in name, it is actually just an "alliance" with a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Now they have suddenly become prisoners of the ladder, and the psychological gap between them is so big that it is difficult for them to accept it, so that they have done this kind of irrational thing.

Lord Shen Zhuliang has a lot of this, and he can still understand it.

Of course, understanding is understanding, forgiveness is forgiveness, how can you easily endure it if you dare to humiliate yourself so much?

"I did not deal with you because you had dishonored me. Shen Zhuliang walked halfway, and suddenly turned back to the prisoners and explained, "I disposed of you because you humiliated an old man. What an insult to your aristocratic status! This is a punishment for your moral decay. ”

He explained a little bit of the three hundred taels of silver here, and then turned away from the eyes of the nobles.

"Damn! what does that mean!"

"Bastard, you actually found such a high-sounding reason!"

"Shameless!"

“......”

And Shen Lang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: he was able to say this, he really deserved to be Ye Gong.

........................

After passing through the place where the small fish and shrimp were held, Shen Zhuliang and his party came to the target this time, the Qu clan.

Unlike those clamoring little nobles, although the people of the Qu clan are acting quite crazy, they have been trying to maintain the dignity and demeanor of a nobleman at this time.

There was no yelling, no insults, not even hateful looks.

At least on the surface, it was calm and elegant, and even the posture of sitting upright in the cell was meticulous.

"Ye Gong, Shen Zhuliang...... I didn't expect that with Qu instead of Xiong, the great cause of the Qu family would die in the hands of Your Excellency. Seeing Shen Zhuliang coming over, the leader of the Qu clan led by him spoke.

His voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't drunk water for days and nights, a legacy of shouting on the battlefield to command the army.

In fact, he can't be regarded as a leader, he is just Qu Xie's younger brother.

It's just that during Qu Xie's absence in Danyang, most of Qu's affairs were in charge of him, such as the city defense of Danyang City.

"Qu Zhi, you should know what I'm here for. Shen Zhuliang didn't talk nonsense, nor did he have any politeness, and asked directly, "When did Qu Xie have problems?"

"What's wrong?what's wrong?, big brother, how could something be wrong with him?" Qu Zhi smiled disdainfully, "For you, big brother's behavior may be very abnormal, but in our opinion, this is the most normal. ”

"Why, I don't see anything normal from beginning to end. Shen Zhuliang frowned and asked, "Even if he can replace the Xiong clan, what can he do?"

"Actually, you should know the real reason, after all, you are a wise man, and no one can hide anything from the eyes of a wise man......"

Qu Zhi said words of praise, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone, which made people very uncomfortable to listen to.

Shen Zhuliang didn't get angry because of this, he just nodded flatly, and explained to himself: "I can know a little bit. First of all, Qu Xie found a very good shield, and Bai Gongsheng won.

Xiong Sheng was originally the son of Prince Jian. It's just that Prince Jian was framed by Fei Wuji and went into exile. first went to Zheng State, Prince Jian was killed by Zheng Guoren, and Xiong Sheng went into exile to Wu State.

Therefore, whether in theory or blood, Xiong Sheng is an existence that can become the king of Chu. ”

Qu Zhi nodded: "That's right, Bai Gongsheng is an excellent stepping stone." The first step in our plan is to support him to become the king of Chu. In his early years, when Zheng Guo was in exile, he lost the ability to pass on his heirs, and he was full of desire to take revenge on Zheng Guo, which was particularly easy to cooperate with and highly credible. ”

Shen Zhuliang took Qu Zhi's words and continued: "With Bai Gongsheng as a guarantee for the transition of power, next, you will wait for Qu Yanji's child to be born and raised to a large enough age, and then let Bai Gongsheng pass on the throne of the King of Chu to Qu Yanji's son. ”

Qu Zhi added later: "In fact, it only takes six years, and the plan is almost complete. By that time, Bai Gongsheng's desire to attack Zheng Guo for revenge had been completed for him, and it was time to transfer power. ”

Shen Zhuliang nodded: "Six years is enough for the Qu clan to swallow the interests of the entire Chu State, let them gain a firm foothold in the court, and train a strong enough army, but...... And then?" he asked suddenly.

"What?" Qu Zhi was stunned for a moment.

"Then what will you do?" Shen Zhuliang asked, "Even if the army trained by the Qu clan can defeat any army of the Central Plains States, you are not unaware of the national strength of the Chu State, can you really deal with so many Central Plains States at the same time?"

Even if it resists attack after attack, nobles like me will inevitably rise up within the Chu State to resist the rule of the Qu clan, and these forces will not be cleared up in just six years.

Not only that, as long as any of the Central Plains countries finds the surviving Xiong clansmen, then they will help the Xiong clan to restore the country, and such an outcome will inevitably cause the division of the Chu State.

A Chu State that may be divided, may be ravaged by external wars, and may have internal instability, do you Qu really want it?"

In fact, all of your questions can be answered in one word, and that is - absolute strength. Qu Zhi said, "As long as our Qu clan is strong enough to defeat the Central Plains countries and eliminate the opposition forces in the country under the premise of very little loss, none of your problems will be a problem." ”

"Absolute strength, but as far as I know, Qu doesn't have such strength. Shen Zhuliang looked at Qu Zhi in the cell, smiled, knocked on the wooden fence of the cell and said, "If you really have such strength, why are you sitting inside talking to me now?"

"Alas......" Qu Zhi sighed helplessly, revealing a bitter expression, and said in that hoarse voice, "because your actions are too fast, and beyond our expectations.

No one would have thought that anyone would dare to march in a hurry on a snowy day and besiege the city with living corpses besieging it. Caught off guard, Danyang City was lost. ”

"No, you have a lot of time to prepare your army, to assemble, to counterattack. And when attacking the mansions of various nobles, your Qu clan's resistance was the strongest, but it also did not have any amazing combat effectiveness. ”

The enemy attacked too quickly, and the surprise was just a pretext for the vanquished. Shen Zhuliang unceremoniously pierced this.

"I admit that although our Qu soldiers are not very capable of field warfare, if we want to talk about attacking and defending cities, I am sure that there is no country in the entire Central Plains that can match them. ”

"Oh? Shen Zhuliang showed an interested look, "It's probably because the equipment for defending the city and the equipment for attacking the city are different from ordinary countries, right? The tools for attacking and defending the city are nothing more than ladders, chariots, and bows and crossbows, and what else can there be?"

Qu Zhi snorted disdainfully: "Heh, do you think I'll tell you if you ask me like this? I won't tell you the biggest secret of Qu's, the root of Qu's. And I believe that the eldest brother will definitely regain control of Danyang City in his own hands, and then realize his ambition of dominating the world!"

"Forget it, there's no need to wait for you to say, I'll find it myself. Looking at Qu Zhi, who had fallen into the family's dream, Shen Zhuliang knew that everything he said was useless, so he said indifferently, "It's just a matter of wasting a few more days to confirm what these things are, and then determine how to use them." ”

"You'll never find it. After Qu Zhi finished speaking, he directly closed his eyes and mouth, as if he didn't plan to say another word.

"Let's go, I don't think I can ask anything. Shen Zhuliang didn't care, he said something to Shen Lang, and then began to walk back and leave this dungeon.