Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

"Where to escape!"

Mr. Jiang, who came from Prince Chu's Mansion, had arrived, and a murderous aura swept over him instantly!

The true energy gathered in Mr. Jiang's palm, and the void turned into a giant palm and struck hard at Leng Aojian who was escaping in the distance!

Feeling the threat behind him, Leng Aojian looked calm, his speed of escape did not change, and the long sword in his hand was unsheathed again!

The dazzling sword light flashes!

A ten-meter sword slashed through!

The terrifying giant palm condensed with true energy was split instantly and split into two!

Boom!

The giant palm exploded and the situation changed!

Leng Aojian has escaped from Lingrong Capital City.

"Mr. Jiang, stop chasing me, be careful to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

Xun Yu shouted quickly when he saw Mr. Jiang crossing the sky above the government office and continuing his pursuit.

Mr. Jiang's figure suddenly stopped, turned and flew back to the government office, and came to Xun Yu and Nangong Xiyue.

Xun Yu looked at An Sheng with gratitude, cupped his hands and said:

"Thank you, Master An, for saving your life!"

"You're welcome. It's easy. And even if I don't take action, he can't kill you."

An Sheng raised his eyelids and looked at Xun Yu's figure with a hint of importance in his eyes. When he appeared in front of Xun Yu to block the assassin's sword, he felt a powerful force emerging from behind him, but it disappeared instantly.

"Who was that assassin just now? His sword is very powerful and extraordinary. He is not just an ordinary person!"

Mr. Jiang fell to the ground, looking in all directions, and there was still a faint sword aura emanating from the sword marks around him.

An Sheng recalled the assassin's young face just now, frowned slightly, and had no impression.

"Huanzhou Leng Aojian!" A clear voice sounded.

Everyone looked at Nangong Xiyue who made the sound.

Nangong Xiyue recalled Leng Aojian who did not hide his face, with a cold look in his eyes.

Too arrogant!

"Leng Aojian?"

Xun Yu silently recited the name, glanced at Nangong Xiyue, and motioned for her to continue.

Nangong Xiyue nodded slightly and said solemnly:

"When Xu Fengwu came, His Highness sent me to investigate various situations in Huanzhou. This Leng Aojian is a top genius in Huanzhou. Eight years ago, he used his peak master cultivation level to kill a strong man in the early stage of Tianwu Realm with one sword. It shocked the world, and then for some unknown reason, he took refuge in the Zhou family."

"Zhou family!"

"How dare they be so arrogant?" Jiang Laowen was angry. He really didn't expect someone to be so blatant!

"It seems they want to delay His Highness' rule in Lingzhou."

Xun Yu's eyes also showed a cold look.

Nangong Xiyue suddenly thought of something and looked anxious:

"No, Leng Aojian failed to assassinate Mr. Xun. Now that he is released, will he take action against other officials?"

Mo Ziyan is now in charge of Lingyuan Mansion, and Zhou Xuan is in charge of Lingyang Mansion.

However, there are no Tianwu Realm experts in these two palaces. The Tianwu Realm experts in the Chu Palace have all been sent to the twenty-nine counties of the Four Prefectures to suppress them along with the army.

Once the main officials of these two prefectures are killed, it will have a great impact on the army ahead that is suppressing the four prefectures.

An Sheng frowned, looked at Xun Yu who was deep in thought and said:

"I will go after Leng Aojian. Although I am not sure of killing him, I can contain him."

Mr. Jiang's expression moved slightly. He also wanted to pursue Leng Aojian, but now he needed to sit in the Chu Palace to protect Xun Yu, otherwise Xun Yu would be in danger if another one came.

Nangong Xiyue and others looked at Xun Yu, waiting for his decision.

Xun Yu turned his eyes to the government servants who were cleaning up the ruins of the government office. His eyes were indifferent and he said:

"There's no rush. Let's report it to His Highness first and wait for His Highness's decision."

…………

At this time, in the government office of Linghong City, some leaders of various forces in Linghong Mansion stood tremblingly below, carefully looking at Li Yuan who stepped into the lobby.

The leaders of these forces had known about Li Yuan's arrival for a long time. They had rushed to Linghongdufu City a few days ago just to give Li Yuan a good impression. However, they did not expect that Wu Yao died suddenly. It was an unnecessary disaster. They were killed by Li Yuan. Summoned over.

As his cultivation level increased, Li Yuan's majesty became more and more intense, and a faint royal aura was looming.

"Meet His Highness the King of Chu!"

"Okay, excuse me. Everyone, please sit down. Today, I am just here to recognize you."

Li Yuan glanced casually and sat on the main seat with a slight smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Everyone didn't know what Li Yuan was feeling now, so they could only follow Li Yuan's words and carefully put their buttocks on the seat.

Li Yuan's face was soft and his tone was gentle:

"You are all very considerate and have actually waited for me in Linghong Capital City in advance."

Everyone felt relieved when they saw Li Yuan's gentle appearance, so they all praised:

"We are loyal to His Highness!"

"It is truly a blessing to meet His Highness!"

"That's right, Your Highness is as beautiful as jade and has infinite grace. It is truly an honor for us to meet Your Highness."

Seeing everyone's praise, Li Yuan smiled more and more, and called the maid to come forward and pour tea.

Seeing Li Yuan's increasingly kind face and holding a warm teacup in his hand, they moistened their throats and praised him even more.

For a while, the lobby was filled with joy.

Just when everyone was completely relaxed physically and mentally,

In vain!

Li Yuan slammed the table suddenly, and his face instantly became extremely cold.

"boom!"

Everyone trembled in their hearts and stood up subconsciously. They looked at Li Yuan in panic. He was fine just now, but they didn't know why Li Yuan suddenly got angry.

"I came to Linghong Mansion today. I was in a good mood, but I suddenly learned that my confidant Wu Yao died. Now everyone in the Zhongyi Hall is cooperating with my investigation. They said that some of you He doesn’t have a good relationship with Wu Yao, and he is suspected of being the murderer!”

Li Yuan's voice became lower and lower, but the atmosphere in the lobby became more and more depressing.

Li Yuan's sharp eyes scanned everyone's expressions one by one.

When the people below felt Li Yuan's eyes on them, their bodies trembled slightly. They were all confused now. Who would have thought that His Highness the King of Chu would be so moody, and they all knelt down and said:

"Your Highness has clearly verified that we are all innocent!"

There was no room for them to be nervous. The Chu King's army was here, and these were originally the territory of Zhongyi Hall. All the officials in the county had some relationship with Zhongyi Hall.

As the only two remaining flag masters of Zhongyi Hall, Wu Banner Master was killed, and the people of Zhongyi Hall were also very angry, plus the King of Chu who now seemed moody.

Now the king of Chu can destroy all the forces with just one sentence.

"I know that some of you are innocent, but Master Chen Banner and Master Zhang of Zhongyi Hall are all trying to prove their innocence and accept the investigation by this king. What about you guys?"

Li Yuan looked at the power leaders who were kneeling, and his voice was neither low nor heavy.

Everyone's hearts trembled, and several family heads suddenly became clear and knew what Li Yuan was going to do.

While the other leaders were still hesitating, these people suddenly shouted:

"Your Highness, we are all innocent and I am willing to accept the investigation!"

"I am willing to accept the investigation!"

There was a cry of kneeling in the lobby.

Seeing the scene below, Li Yuan showed a bright smile and his tone became gentle again:

"I can see that you are loyal to me, and I believe that you are innocent."

None of the people below dared to move and were kneeling tremblingly. They didn't quite believe King Chu's kind smile now.

"Okay, let's interrogate them at will. You go down with them first."

Guards with resolute faces walked in one after another.

Soon, these people were taken away by Li Yuan's guards on the pretext of voluntarily being investigated.

After the lobby was quiet, Jia Xu slowly walked out of the back hall.

"Wen He, Linghong Mansion will call you next."

Jia Xu slightly cupped his hands to Li Yuan and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness, for frightening them."

Li Yuan waved his hand, he was so intimidated that the people in Linghong Mansion would not want to face him. Later, Jia Xu walked around in front of them. When he appointed Jia Xu as the magistrate of Linghong Mansion, he would not Will resist, and will be very cooperative.

I won't stay in Linghong Mansion for a long time, and there are three other mansions that I need to walk around.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, once I appease these people, they will take the initiative to bring our people into the counties so that they can control the counties faster."

Jia Xu stroked his fan and smiled lightly.

These are all forces in each county. They were suddenly investigated and interrogated by the King of Chu for several days because of Wu Yao's affairs. They must be unbalanced in their hearts.

What would they think if Jia Xu wanted to use them to continue "investigating" the forces in various counties?

You have been investigated, why don’t you accept it?

They will actively cooperate with Jia Xu to investigate the forces in various counties.

The forces in various counties were inexplicably forced to investigate, and they must be angry in their hearts. However, facing the powerful power of the Chu Palace, they would turn their anger towards the forces that actively seduced Jia Xu to come to "investigate".

Then these hated forces naturally became the Chu King's faction and naturally supported Jia Xu.

With this grab, Linghong Mansion, which was once the headquarters of Zhongyi Hall, was quickly under Jia Xu's control.

Li Yuan was naturally reassured by Jia Xu and casually mentioned:

"Wen He, these people from Zhongyi Hall, what are you going to do?"

"Your Highness, please rest assured, they play a great role. They have been domineering in Linghong Mansion for so many years, and the people are complaining. There must be forces that hate them to the core. When the time is right, they are the key to our people's support!"

Jia Xu's smiling eyes suddenly had a gleam of coldness.

"That's good!"

Li Yuan nodded slightly. As the saying goes, it is easy to conquer the world but difficult to defend it.

In this world of high martial arts, the right time and location may not be very important, but the people's hearts and minds must be controlled.

Now that the dynasty is in chaos, and there is a war at the front, it would be bad if a fire is caused by a slight provocation from the rear, especially now that stability is the priority. When one's own people truly control the county, and at least half of the people recognize the Prince of Chu's Mansion, the roulette wheel in the mind will be If you accept it, the task can be completed.

At this moment, Zhao Gao's figure appeared in the lobby and reported to Li Yuan:

"Your Highness, Master Xun was assassinated just now, and the assassin was Leng Aojian of the Zhou family!"

Li Yuan opened his eyes suddenly, and a murderous intention spread out.

"How is Wenruo now?"

"Master Xun is safe and sound. Miss Nangong's solicitous An Sheng blocked Leng Aojian."

"Master Xun is asking His Highness how we should respond. Leng Aojian's bold behavior shows that the Zhou family is unscrupulous. They are likely to attack the main officials of other governments, create chaos, and delay our control of Lingzhou."

Zhao Gao reported respectfully.

Jia Xu nodded, with a hint of solemnity on his face: "Your Highness, the major forces nearby understand that our main goal now is to unify Lingzhou. If Leng Aojian succeeds in assassinating him, they will think that the Chu Palace is weak, and in order to delay us When you rule Lingzhou, you will probably send assassins into Lingzhou to kill officials randomly!"

"Zhou Yan!" Li Yuan recited the name silently, his eyes filled with murderous intent. Recalling what Xu Fengwu said was sinister and sinister, he already had a preliminary impression of Zhou Yan.

If Leng Aojian really succeeds in assassinating Xun Yu, not only will he lose a great talent, but he will also wake up those forces who are unwilling to see him unify Lingzhou. Since he cannot use the extra troops to invade Lingzhou, he can use assassination methods. !

At this moment, Li Yuan's heart was full of murderous intent, and he remembered what a great man said in his previous life:

"Punch away with one punch, lest hundreds of punches come your way!"

Faced with such an assassination, you must be quick, accurate and ruthless to frighten the forces and prevent them from coming!

"Your Highness, do you need Luo Yu to take action?" Zhao Gao raised his head, his face full of murderous intent.

Li Yuan's eyes flashed with a cold color, he shook his head slowly and said:

"There is no need for Luo Wen to take action. Luo Wen's people continue to invade the four mansions. As for Leng Aojian and the Zhou family, I have a very suitable candidate..."

Some time ago, Li Yuan had used the summons once every three months. He originally planned to let her stay in the palace to practice peacefully, but now, it is time for her to be born!

………………

As night fell, in Linrong Mansion, a small town a hundred miles east of Lingrong Capital City, a simple and honest middle-aged man was walking in a remote alley, looking back from time to time. He walked to a dilapidated alley. In the courtyard, knock on an old door!

"The king of heaven will overthrow the tigers of the earth!" came a secret signal from behind the old door.

This honest and honest middle-aged man looked around and said softly: "I am two hundred and five!"

Then, click! The door opened with a bang!

A thin man behind the door stretched out his head and looked around through the half-open door. He saw a middle-aged man alone and waved him in.

Behind the old gate is a courtyard, and the shadow of the moon is slowly reflected in a large water tank next to the courtyard.

Under the willow tree in the courtyard, Leng Aojian stood quietly with his sword in both hands. When he saw the thin man walking over with the middle-aged man, his eyes stayed on the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man cupped his fists and said, "Master Leng!"

Leng Aojian's eyes were cold and he nodded lightly.

The middle-aged man knew Leng Aojian's personality, so he continued:

"Master Leng, today you went to the government office to assassinate Xun Yu. The entire capital city was shaken. However, because you fought with another person for too long, your appearance was also seen by many people outside the government when you left."

"Well, did the person I fought with investigate clearly?"

Leng Aojian gave the middle-aged man a cold look and turned his eyes to the reflection in the water tank.

In his opinion, his assassination should be perfect. Who would have thought that a strong man with a knife suddenly appeared next to Xun Yu, causing his assassination to fail.

As for appearance being seen by others,

Leng Aojian frowned slightly. This was a problem. When he went to assassinate Xun Yu, he did not hide his appearance, because in his opinion, as long as he killed everyone in the government office, his appearance would not be exposed. .

"The investigation is clear. It seems that the strong man in the Tianwu Realm who uses the sword is called Master An. He was found by Nangong Xiyue, the leader of the intelligence organization of the Prince of Chu, among the people. He happened to be taken to see Xun Yu today."

The middle-aged man glanced at Leng Aojian unconsciously. It was so unlucky that he happened to meet him during the assassination.

"And the young master now knows what's going on here."

Leng Aojian's heart tightened, and the sword he held on his chest relaxed, and he asked in a calm tone:

"How did he say?"

"Young Master said that since Master Leng failed to assassinate Xun Yu, let's not assassinate Xun Yu now. Instead, go to Lingyang Mansion and Lingyuan Mansion to assassinate ten county guards to offset this mistake."

"Ten?"

Leng Aojian's expression moved slightly, not too much, but too little.

After all, he had been exposed, and people from the Chu Palace could easily identify the Zhou family based on his appearance. How could the Zhou family simply let him go?

The young master is not angry?

The middle-aged man seemed to know that Leng Aojian would think so, so he continued:

"Young Master said that he was the one who sent Master Leng here. If he is exposed, the main responsibility will be on him. In the Zhou family, he will help Master Leng block the punishment. He will first let Master Leng kill ten county guards to earn merit."

Leng Aojian suddenly felt a warmth in his heart, and he clenched the sword in his hand.

"Okay, tell the young master that Aojian will not let him down!"

"yes!"

Boom! Boom!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

The thin man and the middle-aged man frowned, looked at each other, and shook their heads.

The two of them glanced at Leng Aojian again, and saw that Leng Aojian also showed a trace of doubt, so the two figures slowly walked towards the courtyard door, their eyes fixed on the door, and the thin man asked softly:

"The king of heaven overshadows the tigers of the earth?"