Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

In the early morning of the next day, outside the city gate of Linghong City, I could see a lane large enough for ten horses to go parallel. Passers-by on the road ran to both sides. The caravans and carriages stopped, and everyone looked behind them with fearful eyes.

I saw a big black flag with "Chu" characters in gold floating in the air, and below were the black-armored cavalry who were marching ahead. The indifferent eyes under the masks of all the cavalry were looking forward as if there was no one around, making the people next to them consciously hold their breath. He didn't dare to make any noise for fear of attracting the attention of the cavalry.

At this time, everything was quiet outside the city gate. Chen Feihai, Zhang Er and dozens of other senior officials of Zhongyi Hall were waiting quietly.

The most conspicuous person in front of the Black Cavalry Legion is Li Yuan, who is wearing purple and gold dragon armor, with a majestic face and heroic appearance!

The guards on both sides are Chen Wei and Fan Jianqiang.

Seeing the people of Zhongyi Hall waiting at the city gate, Li Yuan's sharp eyes softened. When they were still a hundred meters away from the city gate, Li Yuan nodded slightly. Chen Wei, who exuded a heavy aura beside him, raised his arms and stopped marching. make.

In an instant, the legions behind them stopped at the same time, each one extremely calm.

Li Yuan led Chen Wei and Fan Jianqiang towards the city gate.

When Chen Feihai and Zhang Er saw King Chu coming alone, their originally uneasy hearts immediately calmed down. They respected Li Yuan even more and quickly led everyone to greet him.

"Meet His Highness the King of Chu!"

Chen Feihai, Zhang Er and others bowed and saluted with their hands in hand, their voices loud and loud.

"Everyone, please get up!"

Li Yuan dismounted and walked forward, and came to the side of everyone. His face was majestic but had a kind face, and he stretched out his hands to help everyone!

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Chu!"

Chen Feihai was the first to stand up. His face was not as arrogant as before, but a little restrained. Not only him, but also everyone in the Zhongyi Hall behind him, all stood respectfully like students in the school, with a little trembling in their hearts.

This is the King of Chu, the King of Chu who is about to unify Lingzhou!

They couldn't stop Li Yuan's momentum alone, let alone the mighty army behind Li Yuan. No one would be frightened to see it.

At the edge of the city gate, more and more people were watching from a distance. There were many spies from small and medium-sized powerful families in the crowd, trying to find out what the King of Chu's attitude was when he arrived.

Seeing everyone's restrained look, Li Yuan smiled slightly and said:

"Don't be nervous, everyone. You are all under my command, so naturally we will treat each other together!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Chu!"

This group of people worshiped respectfully, and then all of them shut their mouths, not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Li Yuan shook his head and smiled, looking at everyone, suddenly frowned, looked at Chen Feihai and asked:

"Where is Banner Master Chen and Banner Wu?"

Suddenly everyone's hearts trembled, and many people lowered their heads to look at Chen Feihai.

Chen Feihai had a sad and angry expression on his face, but before he could speak, Zhang Er and a dozen other people immediately knelt down and said:

"Your Highness, please make the decision for us!"

"Uh-huh!"

Whether it was Chen Weifan and others, or the merchants and people on the road, they glanced at Zhang Er and others who were kneeling down and crying.

Li Yuan suddenly had a bad feeling, looked at Zhang Er and said sternly:

"What's wrong, where is Lord Wu Banner? I will definitely make the decision for you!"

Zhang Er burst into tears and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Wu specially arranged a banquet last night to welcome His Highness. Unexpectedly, he was poisoned to death by a gangster!"

"What!"

Li Yuan's pupils shrank, he suddenly took a step forward, stared at Zhang Er and said:

"Master Wu Banner is dead?"

"That's right, please make the decision for us, Your Highness!"

The people in the row behind Zhang Er continued to cry and beg.

"Okay, who poisoned Wu Banner Leader, I will definitely make the decision for you!"

A cold light flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and a ray of murderous intent bloomed. The sky seemed to be three-pointed and solemn, and everyone's heart sank, like a huge stone weighing on their hearts.

The big boss who first suspected Chen Feihai last night couldn't wait to point at Chen Feihai and said:

"Your Highness, my subordinates suspect that Chen Feihai is jealous of Wu Banner Master and deliberately poisoned Wu Banner Master!"

Before Chen Feihai opened his mouth, his subordinates yelled:

"You fart!"

"What the hell are you talking about!"

"If you have any evidence, frame Master Chen."

"Yes, why didn't Banner Master Wu's former enemies poison him?"

With Li Yuan here, Wu Yao's men retorted one by one:

"Haha, at last night's banquet, apart from us present, how could anyone outside have the chance to poison Banner Wu."

"One of you must be the murderer!"

"Who is the person who poisoned Wu Banner's greatest interests? Needless to say!"

"Chen Feihai is clearly jealous of our Wu Banner Master and is afraid that Wu Banner Master will be above him."

"Who doesn't know that His Highness values ​​Master Wu the most, and Chen Feihai is just jealous!"

The spies who were observing in secret suddenly realized one by one as they listened to their argument, and finally understood why Wu Yao didn't come just now.

Wu Yao was actually poisoned last night!

The person who poisoned him is likely to be among the people in Zhongyitang, especially Chen Feihai.

He is so motivated!

The people who were watching all knew Chen Feihai's personality more or less, and began to point fingers at Chen Feihai.

In the rear army, Xu Fengwu glanced at the people in Zhongyi Hall through the car curtain, with a faint smile on her lips, secretly guessing who was Li Yuan's person here!

Or several!

At this time, Li Yuan's face became increasingly gloomy.

Chen Feihai took a step forward, his face solemn, he met Li Yuan's gaze and said solemnly:

"Your Highness, I did not poison Wu Yao, please investigate clearly!"

Li Yuan looked at the people who were still arguing and scolded:

"How unbecoming are you to quarrel in public?"

A scolding resounded in everyone's ears like thunder from the sky.

Everyone's faces turned pale, their minds were shaking, and they finally regained their composure.

When everyone looked at Li Yuan again, they were a little more frightened.

"Now you take me to the mansion to investigate. I will definitely find the murderer who poisoned Wu Yao. I will not trust any of you, but I will not wrongly accuse any of you."

"Leader Chen Banner, lead the way!"

"yes!"

Chen Feihai was moved when he saw Li Yuan letting him lead the way. It seemed that His Highness still believed in him.

Li Yuan squinted his eyes and ordered:

"Commander Chen, you immediately lead the army to block the city gate. I suspect that other forces deliberately poisoned the leader of Wu Banner to embarrass me!"

"yes!"

Boom!

The army started, and after Li Yuan and Chen Feihai went to the capital, they quickly took control of Linghong Capital City.

…………

Inside and outside the capital, rows of Zhongyi Hall gangsters with astonishing evil spirits surrounded the Zhuang Mansion.

The maids, cooks, and guards from last night were all pale and huddled together in fear. They have been detained here since last night and are terrified.

Li Yuan looked at them quietly, with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Er quickly handed over the wine glass that Wu Yao drank from last night.

"Your Highness, this is the wine cup that Wu Banner drank from. At that time, Wu Banner fell down and the rest of the wine was spilled. Then due to the chaos, the wine bottle on Wu Banner's table was also broken and all the wine was spilled. None of the remaining wine was found to be poisonous.”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Er glanced at Chen Feihai.

"So, someone deliberately broke the wine bottle on Master Wu Qi's table?"

Li Yuan glanced at the people in Zhongyi Hall,

Everyone looks at each other, and no one believes that there is no mole.

Chen Feihai looked at everyone with suspicion.

"Come here, lock them up and interrogate them one by one!"

At this moment, Zhang Er, who was beside Li Yuan, knelt down and knelt down again. With an aura that would not give up until the murderer was found, he said righteously:

"The murderer must be among us. I beg Your Highness to make the decision for us. I know that His Highness doesn't know any of us now and doesn't believe us. I am willing to prove my innocence and cooperate with Your Highness's investigation. Please imprison me!"

"Your Highness, please imprison this subordinate!"

Soon, when the people behind Zhang Er saw Zhang Er's behavior, they all knelt on the ground with calm eyes.

It wasn’t them who did it anyway!

What are you afraid of!

Ever since, their peripheral vision looked at the remaining people

The remaining people immediately understood what they meant and looked dissatisfied, so they all half-knelt and said:

"This subordinate is also willing to prove his innocence. Your Highness, please interrogate this subordinate!"

The only ones present were Chen Feihai and a few close associates.

At this moment, their standing figures were particularly conspicuous, and everyone's eyes were focused on them.

Li Yuan's eyes turned to Chen Feihai, and the suspicion flashed in his eyes.

How could Chen Feihai not notice the suspicion in Li Yuan's eyes? He immediately knelt down and said:

"Your Highness, it was not me who poisoned Wu Yao. I have a clear conscience and am willing to cooperate with Your Highness's investigation and prove my innocence!"

In an instant, the senior officials of Zhongyi Hall knelt down one by one and begged Li Yuan to imprison them and prove their innocence.

Li Yuan frowned slightly and finally agreed:

"Okay, I will temporarily arrange for each of you to have a room, and you will be questioned and reviewed one by one. You can stay in your room with peace of mind in the past few days and recall what happened last night. I will send professionals to investigate the matter thoroughly!"

"In addition, I will also investigate other forces. If you think of any force that was hostile to Wu Yao in the past, you can tell us. I will examine these forces one by one!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Everyone responded in unison.

…………

Just when Li Yuan was planning to use Wu Yao's poisoning to quickly eliminate some forces in Linghong Mansion, Leng Aojian sent by Zhou Yan arrived in Lingrong Capital City.

He stood on the busy street, looked at the government office beside the street, and walked up.

"Stop, who are you!"

In front of the government office gate, the government officials blocked his way.

Leng Aojian looked at the two government officials standing in front of him and said calmly:

"Please go and tell your lord that I admire the King of Chu very much and come here to seek refuge with the King of Chu!"

Suddenly, the aura of a master at his peak was faintly revealed.

The officer's eyes flashed, he is a powerful master!

Suddenly the two of them looked solemn, and one of them said:

"Wait a moment, I will report to you immediately."

"Um!"

Leng Aojian stood in the middle of the mansion door and nodded lightly.

In the lobby, several desks were covered with volumes of government affairs. Several civil servants were constantly sorting and reviewing them and handing them to Xun Yu in the middle.

Xun Yu lowered his head and read the contents of the scroll carefully, reviewing each volume.

During this period, I just took control of Lingrong Mansion and there were too many government affairs.

"Sir, there is a strong master outside the door who has come to seek refuge."

The yamen servant quickly entered the lobby and reported to Xun Yu who was handling government affairs.

"Well, go and invite him in."

Xun Yu didn't even raise his head and continued to deal with the government affairs at the table.

For small and medium-sized forces, a grandmaster is enough to become their backbone. If a grandmaster joins, they will be ecstatic.

But now Xun Yu expressed his indifference. Recently, the number of grandmasters who have taken refuge in the Chu Palace has reached thirteen.

"yes!"

Just when the government official left, a brisk figure stepped into the lobby.

"Master Xun, Master Xun, I finally succeeded in recruiting Master An."

The graceful, pure and lovely Nangong Xiyue quickly came to Xun Yu's desk and said happily.

"Oh, is it so!"

Xun Yu raised his head and showed a smile. He knew that Mr. Guo that Nangong Xiyue was talking about was a down-and-out Tianwu realm expert she met among the people.

"Yes, Master An has agreed to be Xiao Si's master."

At this moment, an old man slowly stepped into the lobby. He had thin lips, a straight nose, a square face, a pair of eyes that were a little cloudy, and a long sheathed knife hanging on his waist.

Looking at Xun Yu who raised his head, he cupped his hands and said slowly:

"An Sheng pays homage to Mr. Xun."

"I have admired Master An for a long time."

Xun Yu smiled in return and looked An Sheng up and down with his deep eyes.

An Sheng stood still and allowed Xun Yu to examine him.

"Master An, please sit down."

Xun Yu had already put down his pen and invited An Sheng to sit down.

"Hehe, adults, take a rest first."

Nangong Xiyue asked the maid to serve tea to these civil servants.

"Thank you, Miss Nangong."

The civil servants in the lobby looked relieved, put down their political documents, took the tea cups, and looked at the cheerful Nangong Xiyue with a smile, with a hint of respect in their eyes.

"Sir, the powerful master who came to seek refuge has been brought here."

At this time, the government officials had also brought Leng Aojian into the lobby.

When Leng Aojian stepped into the lobby, Xun Yu and An Sheng, who were chatting with Nangong Xiyue, frowned at the same time, because they had sensed that the aura of Leng Aojian was not only the master level.

Since you have come to seek refuge, why should you hide it?

Leng Aojian had seen Xun Yu's portrait and naturally recognized Xun Yu. When he saw a strong man in the Tianwu realm next to Xun Yu, he glanced at him lightly.

"Who are you?"

Seeing Leng Aojian's posture, Xun Yu looked at Leng Aojian with doubts.

"The person who takes your life!"

But suddenly!

Leng Aojian's eyes sharpened and he suddenly rushed towards Xun Yu. The sword in his hand was instantly unsheathed!

Clang!

The sword is unsheathed and its sharp edge is revealed!

This sword is extremely fast.

In an instant, Leng Aojian's long sword was pierced in front of Xun Yu's eyes.

At this time!

The sword flashed, the light was as cold as snow, a crisp sound came out, and the two figures stopped!

Huh!

Leng Aojian suddenly showed a hint of surprise, curious that this ordinary late-stage Tianwu realm expert could block him so easily.

Although he is also in the late stage of Tianwu Realm, he is not an ordinary late stage Tianwu Realm person. He once killed the Tianwu Realm master with one strike at the peak of Grandmaster. The sword he just struck was enough to kill a strong person in the late Tianwu Realm with one sword!

Clang!

The sword is as bright as snow!

An Sheng saw that he was coming to assassinate Xun Yu, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes!

As An Sheng slashed out with his sword, a feeling of desolation and sadness filled the surrounding space, and the light of the snow-like sword was as sad and desolate.

"Uh-huh!"

A terrifying sword force rushed out, faintly, as if the air was distorted. Leng Aojian had a long sword in his hand, and the blade was so cold that it pierced everything!

"block!"

The swords collided, and suddenly there was a loud thunder!

Even though both of them are top sword masters, the aura they released caused all the tables, chairs and furnishings within three feet of them to turn into nothingness and surround them with force!

Xun Yu, Nangong Xiyue and others had already exited the lobby the moment they fought.

"There's an assassin!"

"There's an assassin!"

These civil servants ran out quickly and shouted.

boom!

In the distance, the Chu Prince's Mansion, which had just moved in, had an amazing momentum!

Mr. Jiang at the peak of Tianwu Realm!

Leng Aojian sensed Mr. Jiang's momentum in the distance, glanced at Xun Yu with his indifferent eyes, turned sideways and passed An Sheng in an instant, rushed out of the lobby, and killed Xun Yu.

The terrifying sword power came out of his body.

The invisible force of the sword turned into reality and rushed out from the sword edge. The shadow of the sharp and biting sword force rose into the sky, and the cold sword light flashed in the air.

There is nothing particularly gorgeous, only a sword!

However, it was unusual for Nangong Xiyue to find Master An.

A shocking cold knife came straight at me!

The sword's intention soared into the sky, and the blade was extremely sharp, exuding the aura of cutting through everything!

Leng Aojian's face changed slightly, he noticed the extremely violent Dao Gang behind him!

Turn around and meet Ansheng!

The flash of swords and shadows, accompanied by endless murderous intent!

boom!

The swords collided, and the terrifying gang exploded!

Dozens of meters around, there are sword marks, sword marks, and deep marks on the ground crisscrossing each other!

Both of them were shocked twenty meters away!

The sword light flashed, and a huge sword gang slashed at Xun Yu again.

After Leng Ao's sword slashed through him, his figure shot up into the sky and left at a very fast speed.

Suddenly, An Sheng appeared in front of Xun Yu and Nangong Xiyue. The cold light of the sword in his hand was dazzling. The sword rose up instantly and collided with the sword!

boom!

The aftermath of the Gang Jin spread everywhere, the ground shook, and the walls of houses cracked.