Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

After encouraging this group of young talents, the six people left moved and excited.

Li Yuan looked at the disappearing figures of the six people and always felt that there was something wrong with them.

"Wen He, I always feel that transferring Wu Zhixiong to Huiyang County is too simple. I always feel that there are some steps missing."

Li Yuan frowned and looked at Jia Xu who came out.

Jia Xu slowed down his steps, showed doubts, and asked:

"Your Highness, what do you think is missing?"

"Lack of money!"

"Um?"

"Um!!!"

Li Yuan and Jia Xu looked at each other, saw each other's thoughts, and smiled meaningfully at the same time.

Recruiting talents requires money, recruiting troops requires money, and establishing an intelligence organization requires money even more.

Now that the palace is spending money like water, Li Yuan is very anxious.

One day later, a piece of news spread throughout Lingyang Mansion.

Because Lu Changming, the governor of Huiyang County, was unconscious, the King of Chu was worried about Lu Changming and also worried about the stability of Huiyang County. Therefore, the King of Chu wanted to second a county governor to Huiyang County and temporarily manage Huiyang County on behalf of Lu Changming.

Lincheng, Huiyang County.

"King Chu is tricking us again!"

In the city lord's palace, Chu Qingyan and a group of subordinates gathered together.

The speaker was none other than Zhou Qiuya. When she heard the news, her first reaction was anger.

Now in Huiyang County, Chu Qingyan has controlled the six cities and has most of the advantages, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the King of Chu does not want Chu Qingyan to have an easy time.

He Changwen said solemnly:

"The King of Chu has already captured Ziyang County, and his next target is likely to be Yueyang County. He probably wants to transfer Yueyang County Governor Lei Yunfei to Huiyang County, and then enter Yueyang County himself, and he can watch us If we continue to fight, we can easily control Yueyang County, killing two birds with one stone."

Chu Qingyan, who looked more and more like a superior person above her, her beautiful face remained calm, only her beautiful eyes glowed with a faint cold light.

Since Li Yuan is unjust, don't blame her for being unkind.

It's time for Zhou Xinghua to stand up and testify against the three major forces who assassinated him.

Let the king of Chu openly break with the three major forces.

She wanted to see what Li Yuan would do next!

Chu Qingyan looked at Liang Wenyu next to her. This was her inner thought. She also needed to see what Liang Wenyu's suggestions were.

Liang Wenyu met Chu Qingyan's eyes and nodded slightly.

King Chu had been hiding behind and watching them fight. Now it was King Chu's turn to stand in front.

"Oh no!"

At this moment, Qingyan hurried in, her face full of worry.

The person Chu Qingyan trusted the most was Qingyan, and the intelligence force she established was always controlled by Qingyan.

"What's wrong?"

When everyone saw Qingyan's appearance, their hearts trembled. Every time Qingyan hurried over and shouted that something was wrong, she always faced the worst result.

"Second Miss, Commander Zhou is dead."

"What!"

One word shocked everyone.

Chu Qingyan stood up suddenly and said in surprise:

"Didn't I ask Yang Shen and Wu Yong to pick up Zhou Xinghua a few days ago? Why did they die?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Qingyan.

Qingyan also knew that this matter was serious and said quickly:

"People from the three major forces have long suspected that Zhou Xinghua is not dead and have been secretly investigating. Yesterday they found the hiding place of Governor Zhou and sent people to attack and kill him. Wu Yong and Commander Yang just arrived, but it was too late to rescue him."

"Damn it, I told Zhou Xinghua to come to Lincheng, but he insisted on saying it would be easy to be exposed. It's over now!"

Liang Wenyu had a gloomy face.

When he first discussed strategies with Zhou Xinghua, Liang Wenyu had repeatedly advised Zhou Xinghua to come to Lincheng Base Camp.

But Zhou Xinghua refused. He felt that he had been in Huiyang County for many years and knew Huiyang County better than the two forces. If he wanted to hide, no one would be able to find him. If he came to Lincheng, his whereabouts would be easily exposed. Not to mention the three major forces. The forces will definitely send people to monitor Lin City, making it easier to be exposed.

Because she let Zhou Xinghua fake his death, Chu Qingyan owed him a little, so she listened to his idea. After all, she had stayed in Huiyang County for so many years and she always had hidden methods.

Unexpectedly, he died at this last step when Wu Yong and Commander Yang were sent to pick him up.

"What do we do now?"

Zhou Xinghua died in vain.

Everyone fell silent.

No matter how angry Chu Qingyan is, it won't help. The method of dealing with it now is useless. Let's find a way to solve the problem at hand.

"Mr. Liang, let's solve the matter at hand first."

Liang Wenyu took a deep breath, analyzed the current situation in his mind, and then said:

"Second Miss, we now have two ways to execute it."

"The first option is that the King of Chu will send Lei Yunfei here. We can send someone to contact Lei Yunfei and win over him."

Zhou Qiuya and others nodded.

Chu Qingyan frowned slightly. She felt that this was not easy. She could think of it, and people from the three major forces could think of it.

"What about the second one?"

"The second kind?" Liang Wenyu paused and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"We can bribe King Chu to let Lin Changhai temporarily replace Lu Changming!"

"Is it possible?" He Changwen asked.

"Yes, but the chance is slim. King Chu revealed this news just to tell us that he has not made a choice yet. If the bribe is big enough, he may agree."

Liang Wenyu thought for a while and shook his head and sighed. He found it difficult.

But Chu Qingyan refused:

"It's impossible. I know his character. He has already decided who he wants in his heart. No matter how much the bribe is, he won't be able to choose anyone else. He will only give away money for free."

"But he didn't seem to choose Lei Yunfei when he revealed the news." Chu Qingyan really understood Li Yuan and expressed her inner thoughts.

Everyone was shocked,

"If you don't choose Lei Yunfei? Then who should you choose?"

"You won't be the one who chooses the three major forces, right?"

Liang Wenyu's eyes suddenly flashed, and then he began to think deeply, his face gradually became solemn and he said:

"Second Miss, we need to immediately investigate whether there are people from the three major forces around King Chu during the recent period!"

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The person who was more anxious than Chu Qingyan at this time was Lei Yunfei whom they were talking about just now.

In Yueyang County, Lei Yunfei was shocked when he heard the news.

He thought that Li Yuan released this news just to let him go to Huiyang County.

He looked at the staff around him and asked:

"You think, is it too late for me to seek refuge with King Chu now?"

What kind of place is Huiyang County? The two county guards are dead and unconscious.

Who dares to go!

The two aides looked at each other with confused expressions. They didn't know what King Chu meant.

One of the staff said: "Sir, now that the King of Chu has just released the news, there should be still time. We might as well send someone to visit the King of Chu and find out what the King of Chu has to say."

The King of Chu didn't even come to Yueyang County, but he was frightened by the King of Chu, so he immediately took refuge. If it would cause the King of Chu to despise him, it would be better to test what the King of Chu meant, and then make a decision.

Lei Yunfei immediately woke up and quickly said to this person:

"It's up to you to visit the King of Chu for this matter. The King of Chu loves money, so you will go there with 300,000 taels of silver."