On the snow-white letter paper, there are lines of beautiful fonts, and there is an awe-inspiring momentum in the pen and ink. This is undoubtedly Yun Lier's personal letter. Although I don't understand the intention of the Yunlan Sect leader, my previous experience shows that At least she is not her enemy, and she seems to have a deep connection with her parents.
Thinking of this, Li Mu suppressed the irritability in his heart and focused his eyes on the letter from Yun Li'er explaining everything.
"Li Mu, I know you have a lot of questions now, and you don't understand the reason why I asked Xi'er to go to Qinglan City with you. I don't want Xi'er to become a burden to you, nor do I want her to avoid the current whirlpool of the imperial capital. , On the contrary, Qinglan City will be more dangerous than here in the future, and I need someone who I absolutely trust to keep in touch with you. It is ridiculous to say that, as the leader of Yunlan Sect, such a large sect, in the end I can trust only myself. 's daughter."
"Xi'er will bring a treasure from our Yunlan Sect when the time comes. This treasure can span space and show our mutual images. It was set when the previous sect leader, my master, passed it to me. Only my and Xi'er's bloodline can use it."
"As for why I want you to return to Qinglan City quickly, it's because it will be the key to the survival of our Cangyun Empire this time. If something goes wrong in Qinglan City, then the Thousand-Year Empire may really be in catastrophe."
"I'm not an alarmist. 'Blood' has been secretly planning for decades to start a war between Cangyun Empire and Penglai Immortal Kingdom. Even I have no way of knowing how many people in the empire who are at the peak of power have been bribed and used by them. Or control, even in my Yunlan Sect, there are "bloody" chess pieces. If my master hadn't overturned everyone's opinions and let the young me take over as the leader, I would control the Protector Sect. Formation, then today's Yunlan Sect is very likely to become an accomplice of 'blood'."
"After I took over as head of the family three years ago, the first thing I did was to regain control of the royal family and start peace talks with the Penglai Immortal Kingdom. This helped the Cangyun Empire gain stability for three years, but what about the 'blood' I will give up and not only continue to induce the Huangfu family to resist my orders, but also make many moves in the Penglai Immortal Kingdom. Fortunately, they are not monolithic there and have great differences, so this delays time."
"But now, they finally don't plan to wait any longer. I used to think that Zi Tong just wanted to use Zhuge Jin's death to intensify the conflict between the two countries, but judging from the information I secretly obtained in the past few days, he really The purpose is actually your father, to be precise, it is the long-standing conflict between the independent city lord and the royal-sent city lord."
When Xin saw this, Li Mu had long since lost his playful and smiling expression. With his brows furrowed, he didn't expect that the entire empire was on the verge of war. The seemingly prosperous Cangyun Empire had actually been suffering from internal and external troubles for a long time, and these kinds of forces Behind the conflicts between the two people are the black hands of "blood".
After taking a deep breath, Li Mu continued to read the letter, while Yun Luoxi on the side was obviously aware of the weight of his mother's letter and did not dare to disturb Li Mu, so he stood quietly and waited.
"As we all know, the Cangyun Empire has been using the system of dispatching city lords since its founding. The royal family selected city lords for all 108 cities. Ninety-nine percent of these city lords were nobles from the imperial capital. Until the last three hundred years of the Huangfu family, After Zhuge Lin, the famous Mingjun of the generation, succeeded to the throne, the coexistence of independent city lords and dispatched city lords began to occur. Although this policy encountered huge obstacles at the beginning, facts have proved that this has changed the national destiny of the Cangyun Empire. A wise decision."
"These independent city lords often grew up in the local area and have a better understanding of the city's situation, and their existence gives other dispatched city lords a sense of urgency, forcing them to be diligent in government affairs. This has created the Cang Cang City in the past three hundred years. It’s a prosperous age, but there are always pros and cons in everything.”
"The so-called old party always wants to restore its past glory. Especially after Zhuge Lin's death, it puts pressure on the independent city lord overtly and covertly. You were born in Qinglan City, so you should understand this."
Seeing the description in the letter, Li Mu couldn't help but nod. When he was in Qinglan City, he knew that the soldiers sent by the royal family were always against the city lord's mansion. Obviously this was a way of suppressing the independent city lord's faction by the old party. It seemed that Over the years, the confrontation between the two factions has come to an end, and it has become a means used by the black robe organization to divide the empire. The internal opinions cannot be unified, and coupled with the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, which is also deliberately intensifying conflicts, the results can be imagined And know.
"Seeing this, you should understand that this world is not actually a 'bloody' conspiracy, but an honest conspiracy. The conflicts within the empire are constantly escalating. The two factions refuse to give in to each other. Even within my Yunlan Sect, There are also two voices, and most of the conservative elders are dissatisfied with me. Even if the first sect in the empire is like this, the situation in other places is even more serious. So at this point, even if the blood does not deliberately add fuel to the flames, a large-scale The war will happen sooner or later."
"When I advocated peace talks three years ago, I actually thought about how we should respond if a war breaks out one day. The Penglai Immortal Kingdom's land area is less than one percent of ours, but the number of monks is more than ten times ours, so it's really In a fight, we don’t have much advantage.”
"The only thing we can rely on is the continent at our feet. They have traveled across the ocean to invade us. The supply line has to pass through the sea of death. No matter how many monks there are and there is no logistical support, if they are held back by us, their probability of victory is extremely slim. ."
"Therefore, fighting to support war is the only way they can choose. Then the result of the first battle, that is, the landing battle, is particularly important, and I judge that this battle will most likely happen in Qinglan City."
"Qinglan City meets the needs of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom in terms of geographical location and material reserves. If the Penglai Immortal Kingdom army can be blocked in Qinglan City, the nearby imperial forces can quickly gather reinforcements. As long as they delay If we stay there for ten days, we will have a 90% chance of winning in this war of aggression."
"Obviously, this is not what Blood and those who hope to reshuffle the empire through war want to see. Especially since Qinglan City also has an independent city lord who is the most disrespectful to the royal family in the empire, then this city lord will become the leader of all The stumbling blocks to the plan must be removed in advance.”
Li Mu was shocked when he saw the letter. It turned out that Prime Minister Zhuge's death was just a pretense. It didn't matter who died. What was important was that the person who drew the sword must be his father. Everything, including My father investigated in the imperial capital, then entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, and was begged by Prime Minister Zhuge. These were all part of the plan, and the purpose was to remove all obstacles on the way to launching this war.
"What a plan. Is this the conspiracy that Zi Tong has been planning for decades? It's impeccable. Now the huge wheel of war has started rolling, and it really can't be stopped anymore."
Li Mu murmured to himself, as if he had seen the smoke and mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The peace and prosperity of the past may really be gone forever.
