Chapter 21 King Chen
Xu Shanshan probably guessed what was going on. She did not answer and only talked about another thing with Maomao.
“Did you see that the Liu family really buried the bodies of Xie Xuan and others in the backyard?”
“Maomao saw it. Mr. Liu was also brave. He really buried them and even planted them on them. Hua. Now that the life-threatening situation has been solved, the Liu family no longer plans to stay in Jiangling City. I see that their family seems to be discussing moving to another place. "
Liu Shiyou's evil account. It has also been settled, and the reward for "official luck" has been steadily collected in Maomao's belly, which is a pleasure.
Xu Shanshan had long seen through Mr. Liu's cowardly appearance and cruel heart. Compared with his two sons, he was more capable of taking on tasks and able to withstand pressure.
"That's fine. Jiangling City will definitely become a place where military strategists fight for each other in the future. The Liu family is weak and should stay away from trouble."
Hearing what she said, Mao Maoqi felt He asked: "Didn't Jiangling City used to be just a trade city? Will it be so popular in the future?" Road, but in times of war... its use is of no small importance.”
“Maomao doesn’t understand, Shan, shall we go to Tang’s house now?”
She shook her head and glanced down at the slightly loose and old Taoist robe she was wearing: "It's time to change into something new."
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Shangqiu
Xia Ye , the silver plate hangs in the deep night sky, with layers of clear clouds, like smoke and fog, shrouded in the moonlight.
When the whole family of Tang Mansion was ready to take a rest, they received a group of uninvited guests.
Mr. Fu sat up from the bed urgently and asked through a door: "What did you say? Who is coming?"
" Mr. Fu, this is King Chen."
"King Chen ?" Mr. Fu was surprised: "Why did he come to our Shangqiu suddenly?"
Fu Gong looked confused. The Tang family had never had any relationship with King Chen. Besides, it was getting late now, so... It's like a conspiracy.
The person who reported outside the door lowered his voice and said: "I didn't say, but it seems that he and his group deliberately disguised themselves, as if they were visiting secretly."
Duke Fu looked serious. He stood up and dressed: "Besides King Chen, is there anyone else following him?"
"He only brought his personal entourage, no other special people."
"Okay, I understand. You go to Haosheng to entertain you first. I will rush there later."
Fu Gong walked in the bedroom, feeling inexplicably uneasy and flustered in his heart.
Raising his head, through the window lattice, he suddenly saw the full moon hanging in the sky, and his mind suddenly buzzed.
The words he thought he didn't take to heart were now recalled.
On the full moon day, a high-ranking person will visit Shangqiu late at night. This will be the most important decision for the Tang family. Whether you will enter the Qingyun in the future, or whether the decades-old foundation will be destroyed in one day, it all depends on your thoughts. between.
“Bang!”
Fu Gong opened the door eagerly and asked the guard: “What day is today?”
“It’s Wangri.”
Looking at the sun, it means the full moon, and the person with high authority refers to King Chen.
Now that the time and characters are correct, only the second half of the prophecy is left...the choice? What choice?
Fu Gong quickly called Nong Gong and Haigong, and the three of them packed up and went to Furong Hall to see King Chen.
Along the way, the three of them looked serious and solemn, passing through a bluestone hollow corridor with bright lights, and saw bright lights in the living room in front. King Chen and his entourage were in a big posture, occupying the magpie's nest.
On the main seat, King Chen sat upright, sipping tea calmly. The Furong Hall was cleared inside and outside, and everything was filled with his own people.
As the saying goes, the people do not fight with the officials, and the businessmen do not fight with the government.
King Chen is now both an official and a political official. He represents a reactionary force that cannot be underestimated. It is difficult to say what the situation in Jingguo will be like in the future, but one thing is certain -
The seven kings are in chaos, and the world will be in trouble.
The third son of the Tang family put away his messy emotions and bowed forward to greet him: "I didn't know that the Tang family was disappointed when King Chen came to visit."
The king of Chen was the second uncle of Emperor Yue. The oldest among the kings, he is also the most cunning and cunning one. He had a good appearance when he was young, and now that he is older, he also has a clear-cut and elegant appearance. However, this is just the appearance. In reality, he is a full-fledged politician.
Everything is based on self-interest and only cares about winning, no matter the cost.
He put down the tea cup: "I have taken the liberty to interrupt you, but I won't say any more polite words. I heard that something happened in Jiangling City, so when I came here... I saw something good. What a drama.”
Tang Gengfu and Tang Genghai exchanged glances secretly.
The "accident" that King Chen refers to certainly does not refer to the recent famine, but rather to the fact that Xie Xuan sent troops to besiege Jiangling City with the intention of killing the city's order and stealing the power in the city.
"Xie Xuan is ambitious and unruly in his actions. Don't worry about this matter. I will make a thorough investigation of the Xie family to the court. I will definitely not let the Xie family come to bring bad luck to Jiangling City because of Xie Xuan's death."
King Chen’s kindness made the Tang Gengfu brothers murmur.
This matter... It’s not necessary for King Chen to come all the way to talk to the Tang family. It is related to the safety of Jiangling City. If he is selling favors, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to talk to the city magistrate?
"But do you know why Xie Xuan insisted on taking Jiangling City?"
Fu Gong shook his head: "This... we are just ordinary businessmen, we don't understand officials. thoughts.”
The three princes of the Tang family wanted to shirk and pretend to be stupid. They were unwilling to get involved in national affairs and the military strategists were quarreling with each other.
However, everyone from King Chen came, and he insisted on breaking through this layer of screen paper.
Chen Wang laughed and said: "I heard that the divine fortune teller helped the Tang family come back to life more than ten years ago. Since there is a connection between you, have you ever heard that the best fortune teller in the world had appeared before he disappeared? "Jiao Gua."
The third prince looked at King Chen in shock.
“In the Nine Purple Fire Year, when floods and droughts coexist, the world is about to be in chaos, and the country is divided into eight parts?”
As soon as these words came out, the air seemed to be sucked out in an instant.
Fu Gong's voice was dry: "I heard something."
"Eight points must have seven kings, and the Xie family wants to be the eighth family."
> King Chen’s smile deepened, and his words flowed like an undercurrent. Everyone in the room breathed softly and slowly, as if a little emphasis would break the solemn silence.
“Now that his hexagrams are coming true one by one, the Xie family took the lead in making the first move to conquer the world at this moment. Sure enough, the Xie family’s loyalty to Emperor Yue for so many years was a lie. In fact, it is just a poisonous snake dormant beside the emperor.”
Is the Xie family a poisonous snake? What about the Seven Kings?
Hai Gong was outspoken and said: "But what does this have to do with Jiangling City?"
"Of course you don't understand. Jiangling City may have been just an ordinary city before, but once the world is in chaos, Then it will become an extremely important springboard."
He wet his fingers and rolled a few circles on the table: "It connects the four important places of Jizhou, Guanzhong, Sanmenxia and Longxi. All the important roads converge here, so as long as you take Jiangling City and build a fortress, you can control the entire "crossroads" and disgust all the troops passing by. "
Such a shocking military secret. King Chen actually informed them, and Duke Fu suddenly became frightened.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to tell us businessmen these things."
But King Chen looked at them coolly and said slowly: "Now that you know such top-secret things, you, the Tang family, think you can stay out of it. ?”
Isn’t this forced buying and selling?
Sangong’s expression suddenly changed.
"Now you, the Tang family, have only two choices. One is to be loyal to this king and conspire with me to do great things, or choose another...dead end."
"Prince Chen, my Tang family is just a businessman, how can I keep up with you."
They knelt down in fear.
"It has been a great event since ancient times. How can we have no money? Your Tang family is in my fiefdom. Without my protection, can your Tang family's wealth rise? Now I need you. If you reciprocate, you Tang family will not reject it without being flattered, right?"
The words that were deliberately lowered were full of threats.
(End of this chapter)