It was already five days later when he returned to Youzhou.
When Xu Cheng arrived at the meeting hall, Zhuge Ling and Xu Yi were playing chess.
"Master, you're finally back. You'll be gone for three months, right?”Xu Cheng asked as he looked around.
"Looking for Jiang Si?" Zhuge Ling smiled." The journey is tiring. Let her rest for a few more days.”
"Master, what did you bring her to do?”Xu Cheng asked.
"Go ask her yourself. I won't tell her.”Zhuge Ling said.
Jiang Si had followed Zhuge Ling into the Imperial Residence since she was young.
She was cute and stubborn. Xu Tian often bullied her. The two of them bickered and spoke ill of each other.
It was not like a green plum, but it was better than a green plum.
Xu Cheng was not in a hurry to meet Jiang Si.
"Only you, Master, can be patient enough to play chess with a lousy chess player like him.”Xu Cheng sat down at the side.
"Whoa, then you're wrong. I didn't win a single game today.”Zhuge Ling spread his hands.
How was this possible?
Master was someone who could play chess with Xie Sanjia.
Xu Yi would occasionally be rude, so how could he win against his master?
Xu Cheng lowered his head and looked at it seriously.
"Wait a minute, I made a mistake.”Xu Yi shamelessly took back the chess piece and started walking again.
Xu Cheng's eyes widened.
No wonder he kept winning.
"Master, can't you go back on your word?" Xu Cheng asked.
"Of course he can't!" Xu Yi said matter-of-factly.
"Even so, when I was about to win and he couldn't do anything about it, he messed up the chessboard and started over.”Zhuge Ling was helpless.
Xu Yi said seriously," Son, chess is like life. I'll use this chess piece to reason with you. How can you be invincible?"”
Xu Cheng rolled his eyes.”
"Right." Xu Yi was pleased with himself." This is how I've been through this. You should know how to reflect." You see, I made a wrong move. Sigh, I immediately regretted it.”
" Hehe…" Xu Cheng could only reply like that.
Hence, Xu Yi won this game of chess again.
"Let's talk about serious matters." Xu Yi put down the chess piece." Three days ago, the imperial court issued an edict that the King of Zhao, Li Yuanba, went to Jiangnan Road.”
Xu Cheng already knew.
The Great Tang's most skilled fighter and most fond of killing had come to Jiangnan.
The entire Jiangnan region was shaken.
As expected, when Li Yuanba first arrived in Jiangnan, he slaughtered the famous Sword Pool in Jiangnan.
He was convicted of assassinating His Highness.
Xu Yi handed a stack of secret reports to Xu Cheng.""That disciple of the Sword Lake is a man, he tried to assassinate Li Yuanba when he entered the city.”
Xu Cheng roughly flipped through it, but it wasn't as detailed as the information provided by the network.
The so-called assassination was merely controlled by someone. Li Yuanba's target was the Sword Pool.
The Sword Pool that had been passed down for three hundred years was gone just like that.
Everyone in Jiangnan felt threatened.
"What does this have to do with us?" Xu Cheng asked.
"The Imperial Court is going to attack the great clans.”Zhuge Ling said," If you want to get rid of the aristocratic families, you have to first get rid of the martial artists in the pugilistic world, because they are the hired thugs of the aristocratic families.”
Xu Cheng still did not understand what this had to do with Yan Bei.
Xu Yi drank a cup of tea." The imperial court sent the rations to Yan Bei three days ago."”
"That's surprising. In the past, he was always stingy.”Xu Cheng said.
Yan Bei was suffering from cold weather, and the three provinces of Yan Bei alone could not afford to support 300,000 Yan Bei soldiers.
Therefore, they needed the imperial court's rations every year.
This was also the most powerful method the imperial court used to restrict Yan Bei.
"Giving us food and pay means that we have to do things.”Zhuge Ling said," Li Yuanba has already made a move in Jiangnan. The great clans in Guanzhong will have us, Yan Bei, be the executioners.”
"The Imperial Court is really good at scheming. The five surnames, seven Wangs, and the Guanlong Family are all in that area.”Xu Yi sneered.
So that was the case.
No wonder Song Yin had guessed that the imperial court would make the first move, and that it would be on Li Yuanba.
Xu Cheng wasn't surprised. He said to Xu Yi,"Let's do it. In any case, those great clans hate you to the bone. If we don't kill them, they will kill us. Moreover, Master, haven't you always been plotting to attack the great clans and completely destroy them?”
"It's not that simple. There are many talented people in the Chinese server. At that time, wouldn't it be annoying if Mahayana Realm experts came to Yan Bei's residence every day to assassinate him?”Xu Yi asked.
"Just like Li Yuanba, if you meet one and kill it, no one will come to your door.”Xu Cheng said.
Xu Yi was speechless.
"Hahaha, this is also a method.”Zhuge Ling smiled.
"Moreover, these martial arts sects are rich, and those aristocratic families are even richer.”Xu Cheng said," When I flatten them, we'll be rich.”
Zhuge Ling was speechless.
"Don't f * cking brag to me. Is that something you can trample on as you wish?”Xu Yi glared at him." We can't bring a large army. I can only give you a thousand people at most."”
Xu Cheng rolled his eyes.
Wouldn't it be easy for a thousand Snow Dragon Cavalry to destroy a sect?
The three of them discussed the details.
"Master, Father, before we leave Yan Bei, we need to change our internal structure.”
……
At the lakeside of the Imperial Residence.
Jiang Si walked slowly on the embankment. Even the warm spring breeze could not blow away her depressed heart.
This time, when she went out with Zhuge Ling, she knew her identity.
Thousands of emotions lingered in his heart.
A simple-minded black-clothed youth ran down from the back mountain of the Imperial Residence.
He was the young lord of Yan Bei, Xu Xiaoman. Although he was already 16 or 17 years old, his mind was like a child's.
"Sister-in-law." Xu Xiaoman smiled at Jiang Si and handed her a wild hawthorn." Here you go."”
Jiang Si had never gotten along with Xu Cheng since he was young, but he was very close to Xu Xiaoman.
All those years in the Imperial Residence, she had instigated Xu Xiaoman to cause trouble.
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