Cui Ming is still very receptive to Jin's advice. On the one hand, it is because he grew up in the Cui family, a wealthy family in Qi State, and is sensitive to the battles in the temple. On the other hand, it is also because he has a subtle trust in Wu Sheng. , as a student walking in the academy, there may be some news that he doesn’t know the source of.
Moreover, he himself was forced into exile due to temple fighting, so of course he knew the cruelty involved.
Therefore, he neither turned to the prince nor tried to get close to Fei. But Wu Sheng's suggestion to build a safe house was discounted by him. He did not move his family to Yanluoshan, but to Lumingze in the northeast of Yangzhou.
Wu Sheng felt that it was okay to do this, which was equivalent to being included in the protection of the academy. No matter what happened in the future, no one should dare to openly provoke the academy.
But if you just move to Lumingze, you don’t have to be so anxious.
Cui Ming made a special trip to Yanluo Mountain to discuss the current situation with Wu Sheng. He asked Wu Sheng: "Do you think Yangzhou will become a battlefield? Although the prince has conquered the city, his military strength is at a disadvantage compared with the entire Chu State. Fei Shi threw a rat weapon. And Fei Shi wanted to attack the prince, but it seemed that there was no reason. The prince had no fault, and the people of the country would not agree. I thought the fight between the two sides should be in the temple, and it depends on whether the king will recall the prince. Back off. Wan Bu said, even if there is a fight, the battlefield should be in Yingdu or Chengfu. What does it have to do with Yangzhou?"
Wu Sheng also opened up the conversation: "Even if the two sides do not fight, if the father and son turn against each other, others will take advantage of them. I heard that if the country has internal troubles, it will lead to foreign troubles. The people of Chu have enemies on all sides, and predators are all around them, eyeing them. Don't take advantage of them." Illness comes from time to time, are you waiting for Chu people to regain their strength?"
Cui Ming nodded in approval and said: "So you have also heard the words of our ancestors of Qi State? If you abandon yourself to others and don't give back, there must be external troubles instead of internal troubles. What they said is that the ancestors acted in a hurry and were rude and forgot to list the tripod when dining out. , either there is internal trouble or there is external trouble. Your explanation goes one step further, internal trouble will inevitably lead to external trouble, which is even better!"
Wu Sheng said: "Let's talk about whether it's wonderful or not. In short, after moving to Lumingze, we can consider building a fort there, recruiting more retainers and warriors, and stocking up on more food on weekdays. This is called being prepared but not in trouble. I can I’ll give you the authority to let Zhong Liying fully cooperate with you, and Yan Luoshan’s money and food should be enough to support you in building the fort.”
Cui Ming asked: "Who do you think is most likely to take advantage of the chaos?"
Wu Sheng said: "Do you still have to ask? The biggest enemy of the Chu people right now is the State of Wu."
Cui Mingdao said: "You can make Yin Nangwa and Grand Sima Chianyue sit in charge of Chianyue. There are thousands of military chariots and they are as stable as Mount Tai. How can the Wu people come here?"
Wu Sheng said: "What if Nangwa draws troops and returns to Yingdu? What if the Wu people get a leading party? Of course, it is not imminent, and don't be scared. I said, this will take a brewing process of the current situation, or several years. , or more than ten years..."
Thunder rolled in and exploded in the sky, causing the two people in the room to shake their hands in shock.
Wu Sheng muttered silently: "Sin, sin..."
Cui Mingze asked curiously: "Winter thunder earthquakes are extremely rare. Are there any signs of this in the sky?"
Suddenly they heard a commotion outside, and the two went out. They saw a big camphor tree burning on top of Yanluo Mountain above the villa. By chance, it was struck by lightning. Uncle Yong, Mrs. Shen, Dong Xue, etc. all flew away. Go up and put out the fire.
Looking up at the burning camphor, Cui Ming murmured: "What happened?"
This burst of thunder rolled across a vast area, and Yingdu, four hundred miles to the southwest, also faintly heard the sound.
Temple captain Fei Bin was discussing matters with Fei Wuji. When they heard the thunder, they both came out of the atrium and looked up towards the sound of thunder.
Fei Bin said: "There is something different in the sky. What is the sign?"
Fei Wuji remained silent.
Fei Bin said again: "The fortune teller must have something to tell me. I'll go and ask."
Fei Wuji shook his head: "He will report back on his own, don't worry."
Back in the house, Feibin continued what he had just said: "So, I thought I should prevent the prince from repeating his old tricks and assassinate you."
Fei Wuji sneered: "Not satisfied once, but coming twice. Does he really think that others are fools?"
While he was talking, a guest, Fan Li, came to see him.
Feibin hurriedly said: "Call in!"
After Fei Hong's death, the Fei family intensified their spying on the city father, and specially sent Fan Li, a powerful retainer, to supervise the surveillance of the prince. Unexpectedly, he came back in person today, presumably because of something extremely important.
As expected, Fan Li reported a shocking news: the prince raised dead soldiers with evil intentions!
"What do you say?" Febin asked hurriedly.
Fan Li reported: "My subordinates have done all they can to make inquiries, and it has been confirmed that the prince's guests and members are running around to recruit dead men for the prince, and Zhu Zhu has been involved in Wei's ups and downs. In order to hide from others, these two people are now temporarily staying by the Wild Duck Lake in the east suburbs of Chengfu. The staff members go to visit on behalf of the prince every few days, doing their best to win over him."
Fabin asked: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Fan Li said: "My disciples have seen Zhuanzhu with their own eyes. Although they dare not approach him, they have seen him several times when he was in Yingdu. There is no way he is wrong. As for Wei Fushen, although he has not seen him personally, Zhuanzhu knows these things." Shi Ri was looking at the wanted red list issued by the academy, and once told the members of the military that it was given to him by the thief Wei Fu Shen Gang. His disciples paid huge sums of money to buy this information from the servants close to the prince's guests, so they did not dare to hide it. Moreover, my disciples also found evidence that Wei thieves were present. The place where Zhuan Zhu cooks fish on weekdays has a hollow in a locust tree and is connected to a tunnel. The disciples were afraid of alarming the other party and did not dare to go deep into it, but it is certain."
Fei Bin slapped the table hard, veins popped out on his forehead, and he was obviously very angry, and said: "Wei Fushen is indeed sent by the prince, just to disrupt the marriage between Fei and Jing. I'm going to visit Jingrui!"
Then he asked: "Can we kill Wei Fushen?"
Fan Li felt ashamed and said, "My disciples are incompetent. When Zhuanzhu was in the capital of Ying, he had few opponents. I heard that his cultivation has improved in the past two years, and his disciples are ashamed of themselves. Wei Fushen is with Zhuan Zhu, and his disciples may not be his enemies."
This really cannot be blamed on Fan Li. After all, when Zhuan Zhu was in Yingdu, he was indeed a great swordsman known to everyone, and his fighting ability far exceeded that of his peers. If Wei Fushen was added to the list, it would be even more impossible.
Fabin pondered: "Send the Double Hammer to you?"
Among the disciples supported by the Fei family, Fan Li ranks first. He was adopted by the Fei family since he was a child. He is loyal and is now a senior alchemist. Fei Wuji once wanted him to leave the government and become an official, but he was rejected by Fan Li. I just want to obey orders under Fei's family.
The Double Hammer Warrior was next in line. This was Fei's disciple who paid a lot of money for him. In essence, he was a worshiper or a guest. He was also at the God Refining Realm.
But even if the above three God Refiners worked together, Fan Liwu was in a dilemma and kowtowed: "It's not because my disciples are afraid of fighting, but the doctor ordered that I just die in service, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to achieve it, and it will ruin the important matter, and I will die without redemption! If there is another one, , twenty people can give it a try."
This was telling Fei Wuji and Fei Bin that even with the addition of double hammers, it would be difficult to beat Zhuan Zhu and Wei Fushen.
If you really want to kill by force, you have to continue to add more people, at least a dozen or twenty senior Qi practitioners, so that you can have a certain degree of certainty.
There are hundreds of disciples of the Fei clan, and they have selected people with senior Qi refining realm and above, not to mention more than ten or twenty, but there are also thirty, but such a big movement is not much different from starting a war.
Fei Bin looked at Fei Wuji, waiting for Fei Wuji to make a decision.
Fei Wuji was silent for a long time. He took out a memorial from the desk, opened it and looked at it. He stood up suddenly and said to Fei Bin: "Follow me into the palace!"
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