"Elder Qiu, the ambush has been laid. Do you want to take action now?"
In the dense forest, a man in black bowed and asked.
In front of the man in black was an old man with white beard and hair. He was carrying a sword. He was Qiu Wanning, the foreign affairs elder of Mingjian Villa.
Of course, he also has an identity, that is, he is Yue Youjian's biological father. That day, Qin Yun forced Yue Yunshan to cut off Yue Youjian's right arm, directly ruining his martial arts career.
How could he forget such a great hatred? However, before he could gather his troops to impeach Yue Yunshan, an epic earthquake struck the entire Yue Kingdom.
The powerful Marquis of Xianning died, all the princes and ministers of the fourth rank and above of the Yue Kingdom were thrown into prison, and the entire high-level leadership of the Yue Kingdom almost underwent a major blood change.
Qiu Wanning had accumulated half a lifetime of connections and was involved in it. Fortunately, he escaped early, otherwise he might have been implicated.
Now that the Yue Kingdom cannot return, he can only go to the Wu Kingdom.
Fortunately, he has secretly developed his power over the years and has gathered many good players under his command.
Qiu Wanning stared at Qin Yun's convoy with cold eyes. He really wanted to go out and avenge his son, but his reason told him that although the other side didn't seem to have many people, there were experts in the team.
Even if he calculated mentally or not, his chances of winning were slim. The most important thing was that he was afraid of Qin Yun's identity.
Especially not long ago, his cousins in southern Yunnan sent news that the two most outstanding Gu masters of the Qiu family had died at the hands of Qin Yun, so he did not dare to act rashly.
"That's all, let's go to the Kingdom of Wu to meet the young Marquis first."
"Just leave some people to pay attention to their whereabouts."
"promise!"
…
Wu Wangcheng, Dongjun.
This was once an ancient capital for thousands of years. The once prosperous Daye Dynasty made its fortune from Dongjun and unified the Central Plains, but that was already a thousand years ago.
Nowadays, apart from some ancient city walls that tell the story of its past glory, Dongjun City has already had a new owner, King Wu.
As the thirteenth generation king of the Wu Kingdom, the current King of Wu is the real hero. He took advantage of the opportunity of the Great Xia to drive away the martial arts people to recruit martial arts people.
Today, the Wu Kingdom has become a veritable holy land of martial arts. There are two great masters in public, one is the Wu clan, and the other is Ye Suifeng, the guardian swordsman of Zhushen Villa.
Ye Suifeng was stationed at Wu Palace all year round, which also led to the fact that no one dared to cause trouble in Dongjun even though the martial arts style of Wu State was prevalent.
Outside the magnificent Wu Palace, there is a talent recruitment hall, where warriors from all over the world gather, as well as dignitaries from all over the East County.
At this time, in an upper room, the sound of a vase falling was suddenly heard.
"What did you say? My father was killed!"
Inside the house, Yue Sui, the eldest son of the Marquis of Xianning, had eyes that were about to burst.
He couldn't believe that his father would die in the Yue Palace one day!
But he knew that the old servant in front of him would never lie to him.
"Little Marquis, it's absolutely true. Not only was the Marquis beheaded, but the Marquis's mansion was also ransacked. The Xianning Marquis's mansion is gone!"
The old servant cried heartbreakingly, and Yue Sui's eyes flashed with hatred.
He was obsessed with his career in Wu State and currying favor with the powerful. What was his purpose? The reason is not just to be able to return home in fine clothes one day, but also to be the leader of the Yue Kingdom.
Now, he has become a wanted criminal in the country of Yue.
"No, I have to go to the master and ask him to give me justice!"
Yue Sui's master was none other than Ye Suifeng, the great master of Wu State.
He soon arrived outside Wu Wang's palace and showed his identity token, but he happened to bump into Wu Zihui, the prince of Wu who had just returned to Dongjun City.
The two of them are old acquaintances. They usually listen to music together and bully good families together.
"Brother Yue, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
Yue Sui sadly told Wu Zihui what had happened in Yue one by one. Although the latter pretended to be sympathetic, he was actually happy in his heart.
When the Yue Kingdom was in chaos, the Wu Kingdom could attack the Yue Kingdom on the pretext of helping Yue Sui get justice.
It just so happens that his father recently thought he had nothing to do.
Wu Zihui immediately said: "Brother Yue, Grandmaster Ye is studying a set of swordsmanship in seclusion. Although you are his disciple, it is still difficult to meet Grandmaster Ye."
"But it doesn't matter, I will avenge this revenge for you!"
Yue Sui was overjoyed: "If your highness can help me to avenge my grievances, I am willing to merge Yue State into Wu State and become a state."
Wu Zihui smiled and said: "What are you talking about? You and I are brothers. My father said that the seven countries in Dongjun are one family. When people say that Wu State annexed the other six countries, it is all slander."
"The Kingdom of Wu just wants us to regain the inheritance of our ancestors. After all, we are all descendants of the great cause!"
"When the chaos in the Yue Kingdom is quelled, you will become the king of Yue, and our two countries will have good relations from now on!"
Yue Sui listened to this, but now that he had no soldiers, he could only rely on Wu.
However, Yue Sui immediately expressed his concerns.
"I heard that the King of Yue submitted a letter of credence to Daxia praying for blessings. Once the Wu Kingdom sends troops, Daxia will probably not sit idly by and ignore it!"
Wu Zihui smiled and said: "How dare he? Da Xia is now asking for help from Wu State. Besides, Da Xia has too much time to take care of itself. How can he have time to take care of the affairs of Yue State? Don't worry, wait until the God-casting Conference is over. I will personally lead the troops then." One hundred thousand to help you get revenge!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Yue Sui bowed deeply.
Qin Shan, who followed Wu Zihui to the Kingdom of Wu, sneered repeatedly. In his opinion, this was just a ploy by the Kingdom of Wu to annex the Kingdom of Yue.
However, Wu Zihui was right, Daxia really had no time to care about anything else now.
…
In a bamboo forest outside Dongjun City, Qin Yun and others were resting. Suddenly a carrier pigeon fell on the carriage. Yang Yong stepped forward to grab it and take off the reel.
He opened his eyes and took a closer look, but he hurriedly presented it to Qin Yun.
"Your Majesty, Daxia has rejected Yue's request to surrender!"
Qin Yun frowned: "Those people in the imperial court are out of their minds, and they want to pick up a subordinate country for free?"
Yang Yong handed the letter to Qin Yun, and Qin Yun quickly scanned it.
The letter was sent by Shen Wansan. The letter stated that the Daxia court and the Wu State had reached an agreement. The Wu State leased the Shenlong Ship to Daxia and promised not to help the Northern Qi Dynasty transport troops to the southeast coast.
In exchange, Daxia acquiesced in all Wu's actions on the Dongjun Peninsula.
Qin Yun was so angry that he threw the letter on the ground: "A bunch of old fools are clearly raising a tiger to cause trouble."
Wang Menghu asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Qin Yun: "See for yourself!"
Wang Menghu picked up the letter and looked at it, but he smiled.
"Your Majesty, this is not surprising. The party struggle in Daxia has been going on for a long time. In my opinion, it must be the idea of Party Yang."
"Dang Yang?"
Wang Menghu said: "Prime Minister Yang An has always advocated uniting Wu to fight against Qi. In his opinion, a powerful Wu State will only make Northern Qi jealous, because after all, Wu State and Daxia have the same culture and species, but Northern Qi has prairie barbarians. Bloodline.”
"Of course the most important thing is that in recent years, the Wu State has sent benefits to the Yang Party. After all, the Wu State has a lot of trade with Jiangnan. The major families in the south of the Yangtze River have to rely on the Wu State's ships for maritime trade, so they don't want to offend the Wu State. .”
Qin Yun said in a deep voice: "Besides the Yang Party, what other factions are there?"
Wang Menghu: "The biggest one is the Liu Party, headed by Liu Yulin, the former Minister of War, and others. They advocated conquering Qi and competing for greater strategic space in the northern border. However, now the Liu Party has long since fallen apart, and some of them support the third prince. , and some..."
Qin Yundao: "You were immediately beheaded after being implicated by Qin Tian, right?"
Wang Menghu nodded slightly.
"Any more?"
Wang Menghu: "In addition to these two factions, there are also aristocratic families, bureaucrats, eunuchs, nobles, as well as Tingyulou, Lianshengjiao..."
Qin Yun narrowed his eyes slightly: "I can understand Tingyulou, how did Lianshengjiao sneak in?"
Wang Menghu said with a faint look: "Qian family!"
Qin Yun took a deep breath. He didn't expect that the small Daxia court would be filled with so many Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chicks. According to Wang Menghu's previous statement, the party strife in Daxia has been around for a long time and was deeply rooted even during the reign of the late emperor. However, the current Xia emperor thought that he could not become emperor, so before he succeeded to the throne, he added fuel to the flames and disrupted the situation of the court.
Qin Yun thought about how the Ming Dynasty ended like this in his previous life, and he shook his head.
Of course, at the moment, the country of Vietnam is being notified to prepare.
"Yang Yong, please immediately send someone to inform the King of Yue so that she can prepare for the battle."
"promise!"
"And send a letter to Qiongzhou and ask them to send a thousand firecrackers and five cannons immediately. Just remember the firecrackers."
Wang Menghu paused: "My lord, are you really willing to give this thing away?"
Qin Yun smiled and said: "Who said it was a gift? Let the Yue Kingdom pay for it. The Seven Kingdoms of Dongjun have been extremely rich for so many years. Besides, we have something better, don't we?"
Everyone laughed and said nothing.
