"What news? Tell me, is it worth it?”
Li Ke was a little curious. What good news could this kid have? Could it be some gossip?
Zhang Sheng hurriedly explained," Your Majesty, you may not know this. The King of Shu was lost in Rongzhou. The imperial court has offered a reward of 10,000 taels of gold to anyone who provides information." Your Majesty is now the overlord of a region. You deserve to earn this money!”
Puff!
Li Ke couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea and cried out,""What? The King of Shu is missing and only has a reward of ten thousand gold taels?”
[This motherf * cker really doesn't put me in his eyes. I'm such a grand prince, yet I'm only worth ten thousand gold. This is simply looking down on me.]
Zhang Sheng saw that Li Ke was angry and laughed dryly,""This matter was decided by the Duke of E. He personally gave the order!”
Duke of E?
It was actually Yuchi Jingde this fellow. This old fellow was really petty.
"Where is Yuchi Jingde?"
"The Duke of E has come to Rongzhou and is investigating the news of His Highness the King of Shu. It is said that the Emperor is furious and has even placed His Highness the Crown Prince under house arrest!”Zhang Sheng saw that Li Ke was interested and immediately heaved a sigh of relief. He could not help but say a few more words.
"Put Li Chengqian under house arrest?"
Li Ke's mouth curled into a cold smile. It seemed that Li Er really liked this third son. He actually temporarily put Li Chengqian under house arrest for him. However, this guy would be even more miserable in the future.
He couldn't help but calculate in his heart. Yuchi Jingde was Li Er's trusted aide and had already arrived in Rongzhou.
He now had two choices. He could either go to Rongzhou to meet Yuchi Jingde and then smoothly take over the identity of Yizhou's governor. Then, he could use the power to destroy Nanzhao and Li Chengqian, completing his great cause.
The second choice was to ignore Yuchi Jingde and directly attack until the end. At that time, they could easily take down Yizhou and other places.
After thinking for a long time, he still did not choose to meet Yuchi Jingde directly. It was likely that even if he took over these few provinces now, it would be of no use.
These forces had been operating here for a long time, so how could they easily give up their territory? They might even cause trouble behind the scenes.
Instead of doing so, it would be better to push them over and kill those who refused to accept it.
Zhao Qingluan saw the expression in Li Ke's eyes and couldn't help but worry. She knew Li Ke's identity, and he was probably in a dilemma now.
However, he had to make this choice himself.
"Zhang Sheng, this news is not bad. Stay here in the future!”
This Zhang Sheng could be considered a talent. To be able to travel such a long distance to obtain salt, this was definitely not something an ordinary person could do.
This required courage and a certain amount of strategy!
Zhang Sheng's expression changed slightly. He subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he saw Li Yi beside him, he could not help but sigh and kneel on the ground.
"I, Zhang Sheng, am willing to work for the king!”
Ding!
The system instantly popped up a notification.
"Ding! A special talent has been detected. He has taken the initiative to seek refuge and obtained attribute points!”
"Name: Zhang Sheng."
[Attribute: Advisor]
" Abilities: Victory from a thousand miles away, insight into people's hearts, potential to be a top strategist.”
"Loyalty: 30%."
Seeing this loyalty, Li Ke had the urge to kill him immediately. This bastard actually only had this little loyalty. He was simply shameless.
However, after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. This kid actually had the potential to be a top-notch strategist. He would keep him for now.
If one wanted to achieve great things, one could not only have generals, but also the existence of advisors. Otherwise, it would be easy to suffer losses.
"Very good, you're not bad. I'll take you in as a person.”
"Thank you, Great King!"
Zhang Sheng was immediately overjoyed. He had finally saved his life.
Unfortunately, he was happy too early.
"Li Yi, get someone to follow Zhang Sheng. If he has any ill intentions, kill him directly!”
Li Yi's killing intent soared when he heard that. He said solemnly,""This subordinate will obey!"
This was the first time his lord was so serious, so he had to carry it out.
Zhang Sheng's face instantly turned pale. These words were said in front of him. This was completely a warning to him. It was even an open threat to him.
Li Ke looked at Zhang Sheng with a smile and sighed,""We can't be careless in our line of work. Zhang Sheng, you won't have any objections, right?”
mmp！
Zhang Sheng glanced at the Flaming Saber in Li Yi's hand and shook his head wisely. He smiled and said,""Zhang Sheng has no objections at all. I completely understand the king's concerns.”
He already knew that he could not go back. At least, he could not leave alone.
"Alright, you can go down first. I will arrange things for you to do. I happen to have a few caravans under me!”
He had already decided to give those 50 merchants to Zhang Sheng and let him temper himself. When the time came, he would be promoted to a top-notch strategist. He would earn a lot.
Zhang Sheng hurriedly thanked him and left. This place was really too dangerous.
Seeing that everyone had left, Zhao Qingluan could not help but whisper,"My lord, aren't you worried that Zhang Sheng will surrender on the surface and secretly harm you by saying you want to kill him in front of him?”
As the saying goes, you can't know a person's heart by their appearance. If Zhang Sheng were to play tricks behind their backs, it would be easy for something big to happen.
She knew Li Ke's identity, so she naturally knew that once Li Ke's identity was exposed, it would definitely cause a huge storm. Therefore, she had the intention to kill Zhang Sheng.
"He doesn't have the ability to secretly trick me!”Li Ke could not help but laugh.
Others might be fooled, but he definitely would not. Once they joined his territory camp, they would have attribute points.
His loyalty was clear at a glance. No one could betray him.
Zhao Qingluan could not help but nod her head when she heard this. This fellow was indeed very cunning. He was probably prepared for this.
Li Ke looked at her back and could not help but laugh. He directly opened her attributes.
"Name: Zhao Qingluan."
[Attribute: General]
[Weapon: None]
" Combat power: 15."
"Special Attribute: Descendant of the Zhao Clan, Mother of the World!”
"Loyalty: 80%."
Seeing this attribute, Li Ke could not help but be shocked. This Zhao Qingluan's attribute was a little strange. Her loyalty had even soared to 80%.
The key was her special attributes. The two attributes of being a descendant of the Zhao family and being the mother of the world made Li Ke unable to help but be dumbfounded.
Was this woman destined to be his wife?
Otherwise, how did this Mother of the World come about?
"Tsk tsk, interesting!"
Li Ke couldn't help but laugh. This was the first time he had seen a special attribute like the Mother of the World. It seemed that the system was up to something.
As for this descendant of the Zhao Clan, Li Ke couldn't help but be moved. Out of all the famous descendants of the Zhao Clan in the south, there was probably only one person who had such a bearing.
The descendant of Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue!
However, there was a problem. Zhao Tuo should be in the south, right? It seemed that he needed to understand more in the future.
If it was really the descendant of the Nanyue King Zhao Tuo, he could use this name to sweep through Nanzhao and attack places like Yuenan.
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