Yingdu.
Chu Palace.
Stepping on the wide and thick stone steps, Chi Yao felt a little emotional, and secretly compared the Chu Palace with the Wei Palace and Qi Palace he had visited before. Then I discovered that in terms of architectural style, the Chu Palace was not as elaborate as them, but its area was much larger.
The current King of Chu is a young man who looks to be in his twenties. He should have been in his prime and high spirits, but standing next to Huang Xie, he looked timid and did not have the bearing of a monarch of a great country.
"Mr. Chi, please sit down."
Huang Xie's attitude towards Chi Yao is quite gentle. It contains not only the affection for being saved by the disciples of the Chi family in the past, but also the mentality of being afraid of the Yin Yang family's methods and eager to seek support.
"I have met the king, Your Majesty."
Chi Yao bowed his hands, then knelt down and sat on the cushion brought by the palace attendants.
The small table in front of him was already filled with fruits and wine utensils. Next to him, a maid with a beautiful face and slim figure moved her sleeves gently to serve him wine.
"I believe that sir has heard about General Xiang Yan's affairs, right?"
Huang Xie did not spare any detours and went straight to the point, with obvious anger in his tone.
Chi Yao's anger is understandable.
From the perspective of the Chu State, the Yin Yang family has been developing in Chu for hundreds of years. It is obviously impossible to say that there is no communication with the Chu State.
However, now they have just thrown their butts away from Qin State, and they have backhandedly attacked Chu State, their old club, as a token of surrender.
If you don’t hate me, who do you hate? !
In addition to hatred, Chi Yao also felt a hint of fear from Huang Xie.
Yes, Huang Xie, as one of the Four Warring States Young Masters who was famous for raising scholars, had thousands of disciples under his command, but probably not many of them could really compare with the masters of the Yin-Yang family, and how many of those people were related to the Yin-Yang family? , I’m afraid he doesn’t know it himself.
Moreover, as the Ling Yin of the Chu State and the current actual leader of the Chu State, he could not only consider his own safety. There were so many ministers in the Chu State. Apart from anything else, how can we ensure the safety of Xiang Yan, who is still recovering from her injuries?
If Lord Chun Shen is the pinnacle of the Chu State, then Xiang Yan is the pillar of the Chu State's military. The Chu State cannot afford to lose a figure of this level.
Of course, except for war gods like Guo Kai, few prime ministers would expect something to happen to their country's generals.
Especially under the premise that Xiang Yan has no ability to threaten him.
"yes,"
Chi Yao nodded slightly, "Is General Xiang Yan's injury still stable? If necessary, I also know a little bit about medical skills."
"Haha, sir, you are too modest."
Huang Xie shook his head and laughed, "Who doesn't know that your medical skills are superior to those of the medical masters, and are the best in the world. We, the Hezong Alliance, can be so powerful now, thanks to you curing King Wei."
Chi Yao smiled when he heard this, raised his wine bottle and had a drink with Huang Xie.
"However, my invitation to you this time has nothing to do with medical treatment."
Lord Chun Shen pondered for a moment, "With our relationship, I won't let it slip. The Qin State has appointed the right protector of the Yin Yang family, the Moon God, as the protector of the country. In order to prevent General Xiang Yan's incident from happening again, I hope that Chi The family can achieve closer cooperation with Chu State."
"Appreciate further details."
Chi Yao was not in a hurry to express his position, but was prepared to listen to the other party's sincerity first.
"First of all, the Yin Yang family enjoys all the treatment in the Qin State, and the noble sect can enjoy it in the Chu State, even more. The position of national master of the Chu State is vacant, and I do not require the disciples of the noble sect to take the initiative. Participating in the secret war, I just hope to allocate enough manpower to protect the important ministers of Chu State.
"Secondly, I hope that sir can take action personally to help us eliminate the remnants of the Yin and Yang family who are still stranded in Chu State!"
Speaking of this, Huang Xie's mouth was full of murderous intent, and he was obviously really angry.
"Well……"
Chi Yao pondered.
In fact, many disciples of the Chi family have already participated in the secret war, but they are not in the name of the school, but the Iron Blood Alliance.
What Huang Xie means is that this time they hope to support the Chi family school to completely eliminate the Yin Yang family's participation and influence in Chu State, and to bind the Chi family to Chu State at a deeper level.
"The Imperial Master of Chu State..."
Chi Yao's mind raced, and his brain began to quickly analyze and weigh the pros and cons of doing so.
Although the current Chi family school has good relations with Huang Xie, it can still only be regarded as a Jianghu organization, no different from other schools of thought.
No, there are still differences. Because the establishment time is too short, both the number of disciples and the world's reputation are inferior to top schools such as Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, and Agriculture.
In addition to using time to make up for this shortcoming, if there is a large amount of resources to support it, the process can also be greatly shortened.
This is the same reason as the Yin Yang family is obviously only one-third of the Tao family, but in the later stage it seems to be stronger than any other school and can even challenge many. Because they received the support of Qin, the strongest among the seven countries, they greatly accelerated their development pace.
The path they have taken and which has been proven feasible can naturally be taken by the Chi family.
Although Chu State is not as good as Qin State, it is now the second largest country in the world. If it weren't for the national system that made it difficult to truly unite the power of the whole country, there might still be debate about who was stronger between Qin and Chu.
And even if everything remains as usual, there will still be at least more than twenty years between now and the demise of the Chu Kingdom. Such a long time is enough for the Chi family to grow into a behemoth stronger than the Yin and Yang family in the later period.
Of course, being stronger than the Yin-Yang family is not a great goal. In Chi Yao's mind, the school may even become a superpower with more masters than the Taoist family, a larger scale than the peasant family, and a greater reputation than the Confucian and Mohist families!
Of course, this does not only have advantages, but also has many disadvantages.
That is, the relationship between the school, the Yin Yang Family and even the Qin State will become very tense.
After all, in the past, the disciples of the Chi School used to oppose the Qin State in the name of the Iron Blood Alliance, but if they agree to Huang Xie's conditions, then this fig leaf will be gone.
From now on, the malicious intentions of hostile forces will come directly towards the Chi School.
Although Huang Xie promised that the disciples of the Chi family school only need to be responsible for protection and do not need to participate in secret battles. But it can only eliminate a little bit of the risk of going abroad for business. If people come to Chu to cause trouble, they still need to cover it.
What's even more worrisome is that Qin's unification of the world is the general trend. Now it is extremely difficult to change. The most you can do is delay it for a moment or two, which means that Chu is destined to perish.
So if the school is too closely tied to it, it may be liquidated by the Qin State in the future.
'But this is not a problem. At worst, we can just take our disciples to Lingnan. The Qin Dynasty once sent 500,000 people to conquer South Vietnam, but in the end, wouldn't it last for a long time without any results? '
After thinking over and over again, Chi Yao stood up and bowed:
"In this case, I am ashamed to receive it."
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