"The strength of the Shanhe Army is indeed terrifying. In just seven days, the news has been spread to this extent. It seems that they are underestimated."
Feng Tiansheng was sitting in the top room of his inn drinking tea. Along the way, he saw many people looking at him strangely, and everyone was talking about it.
The more such discussions, the better, because only in this way will no one think that everything he did was the palace's idea and that the killings were caused by Feng Tiansheng's resentment.
"Dangdangdang...young master."
"come in."
After Feng Tiansheng finished speaking, a man from the White Mountain and River Army came in, walked to him and stood next to him, worshiping him with both hands.
"Master, the news has reached the imperial court. The speed of the army of 500,000 has suddenly accelerated. We are now less than 500 miles away from each other and will arrive in less than ten days."
"There are still ten days left... Let Mao Sui prepare to welcome the guests. You take action now and kill all those people who seem to be close to us but are actually from the imperial court."
After hearing this, Feng Tiansheng pondered for a moment and asked the other party to notify others immediately. Although the ten days of preparation time were a bit too sufficient, he could still pay attention to the details.
"yes……"
"If you have anything to say directly, this is my first time doing such a big command battle, so there's nothing I can't say."
Feng Tiansheng saw some hesitation in the other party's answer. It seemed that the other party had something to say, so he naturally would not prevent the other party from speaking his mind.
"Yes, the villain is thinking, is it better to wait until the imperial army comes to kill these people, so that the imperial army knows that we are capable of dealing with them?"
The people from the Shanhe Army looked at Feng Tiansheng. Since they wanted to frighten the court, of course they had to kill the people they arranged in front of them. This would be considered domineering.
By killing these people in such a sneaky way now, I am afraid that the people in the court will feel that Shanhe Palace is still afraid of the court, and maybe they will launch a massive attack.
"What you did is a direct quarrel. I have no plans to quarrel with the court yet. I just want the court to retreat and have no intention of starting a war with them."
Feng Tiansheng sighed slightly. Although the heavy cavalry of Shanhe Palace was indeed very powerful, they faced an army of half a million people and it was impossible to annihilate them all.
But once they are given some breathing space, not only the imperial army, but also Jianghu sects may sneak in.
The heavy cavalry may have no problem facing the imperial army, but once they face the practitioners of Jianghu sects, it is difficult to say whether they will win or lose.
"Young Prince, do you have any other plans?"
The other party was slightly surprised when he heard Feng Tiansheng's words. If he really had other plans, then everything behind the Shanhe Army would have to be done carefully.
Otherwise, if it is revealed who they are, the consequences will be very serious, and maybe all the people they arranged will be wiped out in one fell swoop.
"Don't ask any other questions. First go and deal with the guy I asked you to deal with. You have to kill at least seven people, and they can't be from the same family."
"Yes, I will execute it immediately."
When the other party heard Feng Tiansheng's words, he immediately turned around and ran outside. Seven people was not a difficult task for them. The key was to kill those few people.
After all, these people appeared to be close to the palace, but were actually spies arranged by others. They investigated a total of thirty-eight people.
Feng Tiansheng watched the other party go out, slowly walked to the window, opened the window and watched the people coming and going outside. He almost didn't know whether the rest would go smoothly.
If the army of 500,000 people and Jianghu sects said that they had not joined forces, I am afraid even Feng Tiansheng would not believe it. Maybe they had colluded together earlier.
But if the Shanhe Army and the heavy cavalry are mixed together, it will be very detrimental to the Shanhe Palace. There are too few people here.
"The combination of temples and rivers and lakes is really scary..."
Feng Tiansheng sighed. He now had no way to build his own real power, either in terms of experience or connections.
In addition, in order to avoid the suspicion of the court for hundreds of years, the Shanhe Palace has repeatedly reduced its sphere of influence, and there are not many soldiers and horses that can be summoned.
Although they have been distributing money for hundreds of years, those who have received money from Shanhe Palace may not be willing to be loyal, and they may still be thinking about the money from Shanhe Palace.
"I don't know how much time we have left. Whether we can let them start internal strife here in Hanyang City, time determines everything."
Feng Tiansheng sighed, sat down and started drinking. All the troubles hadn't happened yet, and what was happening now was enough to give Shanhe Palace a headache.
Three days passed quickly...
The Zhang family's living room, where guests were originally entertained, turned into a murderous room. The three parties sat there, looking at each other with solemn faces.
"Master Zhang, do you, the Zhang family, want an explanation for this matter?"
A middle-aged man sitting at the top on the right looked at Chang Tianqi. He was the representative of Hanyang City's 10% business, and there was another middle-aged man sitting next to him.
"Yes, Head Zhang, Jia Renyi is right. In three days, we lost seven people and tens of thousands of taels of business."
The people on the side looked at Zhang Tianqi. His surname was Shang and his given name was Wu Yi. He and Jia Renyi occupied 70% of the remaining 10% of the business in Hanyang City.
Even though this is already a very small business for Hanyang City, they have still become the third-tier business tycoons in Hanyang City.
"What explanation should I give you? Your people were killed. Do you think our Zhang family members were not killed? What happened to the news about Feng Tiansheng's identity? Can you give us an explanation for the Zhang family? We just I mentioned this matter to the Feng family, but it spread throughout the entire Zhenwu Kingdom in an instant. Not many people know about this matter. If you people who are not doing it spread the word, then who else wants to kill our Zhang family? You guys The Zhen family? Or your Zhao family?"
Zhang Tianqi sat there and looked at Jia Shang coldly, and then looked at Zhen Song and Zhao Weiqiang on his left. They also knew something about this matter.
What they didn't know was that their daughter and Feng Tiansheng picked it up together, but they all knew Feng Tiansheng's identity, but no one pointed it out.
"Master Zhang, please don't say this nonsense. Except for you, the Zhang family, who dares to say such things will have your family confiscated and exterminated."
Zhen Song was shocked when he heard Zhang Tianqi's words. Now that their strongest son Zhen Qiang was deposed, how could he be involved in such a thing under such circumstances.
"Don't look at me. Our family Zhao Da was killed. Now we are all worried about whether that bastard Feng Tiansheng will attack our Zhao family. Naturally, we dare not say anything nonsense."
Zhao Weiqiang naturally shook his head. Such troublesome things would naturally not be tainted. That guy Feng Tiansheng might find a reason to destroy the Zhao family.
"What happens to you three families is your alliance's business, but how are we going to compensate you? It's not our responsibility to pay for the mistakes you made."
Jia Renyi was a little angry when he saw Zhang Tianqi. They had finally managed to establish a good relationship with the people from Shanhe Palace, but seven of the most important people were killed in an instant.
Until now, I still don’t know why they were killed. I only know that they were assassinated by people from the Shanhe Army, but I don’t know why the people from the palace killed them.
Although they are indeed some people he has deliberately sought out to establish a good relationship with the palace, does the palace still need to distinguish these people for any purpose in doing business?
"What do you want to do? Do you still want to negotiate terms with our Zhang family?"
Zhang Tianqi looked at the two merchants and sneered. He was just a third-rate businessman, but he dared to be arrogant in front of the three major families. He didn't know how he would die.
"Of course you don't dare to negotiate terms, but you must find a way to stop the palace's actions. Don't you have practitioners of the real-life golden elixir? Just kill seven of them from the Mountain and River Army. Otherwise, don't blame us for joining forces. As for the traders at the lowest level, I’m afraid your three major families will also suffer a big blow when the time comes!”
Shang Wuyi looked at Zhang Tianqi and sneered. They were indeed nothing in front of the three major families, but they were the supporters of all the low-level traders in Hanyang City.
Once they join forces, it will have little impact on the Shanhe Palace, but it will be an absolutely fatal blow to the three major families.
"you……"
Zhang Tianqi stood up immediately after hearing this, looking at the two men with murderous intent in their eyes. They dared to threaten the Zhang family like this. Do they want to be destroyed?
"Waiting for good news from the Zhang family, otherwise we will..."
"Report...Master, what's wrong, three inns of the Zhang family were suddenly burned down, and five people were burned to death. They were all people from the imperial court doing business with us. What should we do?"
The person who came to report back was the steward. What he said was actually telling Zhang Tianqi that the five people burned to death were the people sent by the imperial court to discuss our next move.
Now that they have been killed, the court may not only doubt our integrity, but may even think that we are fools and betray their information to the Shanhe Palace.
"What?"
Zhang Tianqi stood up instantly, and Zhen Song and Zhao Weiqiang also stood up immediately. The faces of the three people became a little pale. If these people were killed, something big would happen.
"Let's go and see what's going on immediately. If this matter can't be resolved, I'm afraid the three major families will be directly exterminated by the imperial army, and there will be nine clans at that."
After Zhang Tianqi finished speaking, he immediately walked out. Zhen and Zhao immediately followed him. They also felt a sense of fear when they heard Zhang Tianqi's words.
Who is so bold as to dare to attack people from the imperial court? Moreover, their identities are members of the imperial court's secret organization. Killing them would undoubtedly constitute rebellion.
"It seems like you don't take us seriously at all, so don't blame us."
When the two merchants saw the attitude of the three of them, they immediately became furious. Since they didn't take them seriously, don't blame them for being ruthless.
