Chapter 238 The Dongfang Family Plans to Run Away

The capital of Daxia, the imperial palace.

The imperial study.

Emperor Xia was reviewing memorials when he suddenly saw the memorial submitted by Lu Chen.

He was stunned for a moment.

Except for the time when the barbarians went south, Lu Chen rarely submitted memorials to the court.

Especially after the Daxia court announced that it would no longer provide any material assistance to the North, Lu Chen never submitted a memorial to the court again.

What was the purpose of his submission this time?

Out of curiosity, Emperor Xia opened Lu Chen's memorial and then read it carefully.

Seeing the content in the memorial, Emperor Xia's face became a little ugly.

He sneered and said, "Swallowing the entire Northland, what a big ambition, aren't you afraid of being eaten to death!"

"It seems that Zhuge Chongguang has become more arrogant after going to the Northland."

"After dealing with the Jiangnan family, it's time to solve this hidden danger."

Emperor Xia originally thought that even if Lu Chen had the support of a certain force behind him, the development of the Northland would not be too fast, but as the reform of the Northland continued, he had already vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The development of the Northland was too fast, and the refugees absorbed by the Northland did not become a burden to the Northland, but helped the Northland increase a large number of labor forces.

In addition, the Universal Academy publicly declared that it would join the Northland, which made Emperor Xia even more uneasy. Emperor Xia even suspected that the force that supported the Northland at the beginning was this Universal Academy.

When Lu Chen went to the Northland, he was just a useless prince. At that time, he had no support from anyone. Maybe it was the Universal Academy that took advantage of this loophole and took the opportunity to control Lu Chen.

The idea of ​​the Universal Academy has always been hated by all the dynasties, especially the royal families of all the dynasties. Emperor Xia has reason to suspect that Zhuge Chongguang wants to bring the idea of ​​the Universal Academy to Daxia, and the reason why the Northern Kingdom made those strange reforms may be that the Universal Academy was behind it.

When Situ Ce came back from the Northern Kingdom, he said that there were traces of a grandmaster in the Northern Kingdom. Now think about it, that grandmaster is probably Zhuge Chongguang.

When Emperor Xia thought of Zhuge Chongguang, his face darkened. He said to himself in a cold voice: "There shouldn't be a strong man in the realm of heaven and man in this world."

The realm of heaven and man above the grandmaster has been suppressing the grandmasters in the world. Over the years, no matter which dynasty the grandmaster is, they are relatively low-key and will not take action if they can.

This is all thanks to the powerful man in the realm of heaven and man in Xuanyue Palace. The powerful man in the realm of heaven and man in Xuanyue Palace has killed many grandmasters, and they are grandmasters of various dynasties.

Later, after that person returned to Xuanyue Palace for retreat, he never came out again. However, decades later, everything that the Heavenly Man Realm expert did back then still frightened the Grandmasters.

What happened back then also made all the Grandmasters of the Great Xia royal family choose to retreat behind the scenes and have not come out for decades. People now basically only know that the national teacher Situ Ce is suspected to be a Grandmaster, and few people know that there is still a Grandmaster in the royal family.

A Heavenly Man Realm expert has suppressed the Grandmasters of the major dynasties and dared not raise their heads. If another Heavenly Man Realm expert appears, the Grandmasters may not dare to show up in the future.

The most important thing is that this Grandmaster who is about to break through to the Heavenly Man Realm actually came to the Great Xia Dynasty, which made Emperor Xia even more uneasy. He couldn't sleep at night during this period, and always dreamed of the scene when their royal family's Grandmaster was killed by a Heavenly Man Realm expert from Xuanyue Palace with a sword when he was a child.

Emperor Xia didn't want to have another sword hanging over his head after getting rid of those noble families. If the Great Xia Dynasty wanted to become more powerful, there could be no more powerful forces than the Great Xia royal family on the land of Great Xia.

At this time, Emperor Xia turned his head and looked at the eunuch beside him, and directly handed the memorial in his hand to the eunuch and said, "Send this memorial to the national teacher."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the eunuch took Lu Chen's memorial away, a cold light flashed in Emperor Xia's eyes.

Noble families, sects, and Universal Academy, all these forces will be wiped out from the land of Great Xia.

Even the Dongfang family is the same. For him, the Dongfang family is just a chess piece. After using this chess piece, he will abandon it.

Although the Dongfang family is a business family, it is very different from the traditional family, but the fact that the Dongfang family wants to reach out to the court has touched Emperor Xia's bottom line. Although Emperor Xia agreed on the surface, he would never allow the previous things to happen again in the court.

The more the Dongfang family wanted to get their hands into the court, the more Emperor Xia felt that their ambitions were too big, and they were no different from those ancient families.

How could Emperor Xia let a family with such great ambitions, and a family that influenced the economy of Daxia, stay?

Of course, the Jiangnan family has not been destroyed yet, and other families are still in the court, so Emperor Xia will not touch the Dongfang family for the time being, at least before those ancient families in the court are destroyed.

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At the same time.

Su Fengcheng.

Wang Family.

Today, the heads of the Jiangnan families all came to the Wang family. Lu Shuyun has been staying in the Wang family since he came to the south. The reason why the heads of the major families in Jiangnan came to the Wang family is mainly because Lu Shuyun is in the Wang family.

In fact, some families feel a little uncomfortable with Lu Shuyun being in the Wang family. Although the Wang family is Lu Shuyun's mother's family, it is not just the Wang family that supports Lu Shuyun, so why should Lu Shuyun live in the Wang family.

Lu Shuyun stayed at the Wang family, which immediately raised the Wang family's status to a new level. The Wang family's status in the Jiangnan area was already high enough, but now that Lu Shuyun stayed at the Wang family every day, the Wang family's status was further improved.

After Lu Shuyun raised troops in Jiangnan, most of the generals in those armies were from the Wang family.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Even if the Jiangnan family openly supports Lu Shuyun, they will be dissatisfied with Lu Shuyun's actions in their hearts. However, this is a critical period for dealing with the court, and no one will speak out at this time.

In the hall, Lu Shuyun was sitting facing the door. He glanced at the heads of the major families sitting on both sides, and then said, "Can all the heads of the house stand on Gu's side at this critical moment?" , I am very happy.”

"Today I came to all the family heads, mainly because I received a piece of information. I heard that the great master of the royal family has left seclusion. This news was sent by Zhao Xiang.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall immediately started talking.

"Grand Master? This is trouble."

"Our Jiangnan family probably doesn't have a great master in that family, right?"

"That's not certain. The Wang family pays so much attention to martial arts, maybe there is a great master in their family."

"Don't worry, everyone. Our Qin family has a great master. Even if the royal family's great master really appears on the battlefield, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"Aren't you afraid that you have forgotten the incident a few decades ago when a strong man in the Heavenly Realm slaughtered the Grand Master of the Royal Family? There has been no news about the Grand Master of the Royal Family in these years because of fear that the strongman in the Heavenly Realm will appear again. , Even if the royal family sends a grand master, the royal family’s grand master does not dare to take action at will. Who knows if the strong man in the heaven and human realm will take action again. "

"Master Zhao is right. No matter how powerful the Celestial Realm is, he has a lifespan of hundreds of years. It is impossible for him to die so soon. If he hears that the great master of the royal family has taken action, he is likely to appear again."

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Over the years, the most important reason why major aristocratic families have become more and more unscrupulous is that they know that the grand master of the royal family generally does not take action casually. To be precise, they do not dare to take action easily. They even suspect that the grand master of the royal family has already They had been killed by that powerful man in the Heavenly Realm decades ago.

Although they didn't know why the powerful man in the Heavenly Realm wanted to kill the grand master of the royal family decades ago, they could see that the powerful man in the Heavenly Realm did not want the royal family of Daxia to become more powerful.

As for Situ Ce, the national master, the aristocratic families are not afraid of him.

Situ Ce was not a relative of the royal family. At most, he was loyal to the Daxia royal family, but he was not loyal to that emperor.

For Situ Ce, as long as he is of the blood of the Lu family and as long as Daxia has not been overthrown, it does not matter which Lu family becomes the emperor. This can be seen from the fact that Situ Ce did not intervene in the fight for the throne among the previous generation of princes. come out.

In order to become the emperor, Lu Xingqiu secretly killed many of his brothers. Situ Ce was already a national advisor when the previous Xia Emperor came to power. If he wanted to take charge, Lu Xingqiu might not be able to become the Xia Emperor.

Listening to the discussion among the heads of the major families in the hall, Lu Shuyun then said: "Everyone, this is a critical moment of life and death for the Jiangnan family. If there is a great master in your family, please stop hiding it."

"My father has sent the Grand Master south. If we don't have the Grand Master to check us, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers may not be able to enter the capital at all, let alone Qingjun."

"Gu came south for you in the first place. If there are people who are still not trying their best at this time and have other thoughts, once Gu finds out, don't blame Gu for turning against others."

Hearing this, Dongfang Yi, who was sitting in the hall, was not moved at all.

The Dongfang Family has a Grand Master, but it is absolutely impossible for the Dongfang Family to have a Grand Master.

Whether they are on the side of Emperor Xia or the side of King Bei, there is no need for them to let their family's great master come out in this war.

At this moment, Lu Shuyun asked: "Master Chu, your family has always been the strongest among the Jiangnan families. I heard that your family even had conflicts with Xuanyue Palace. If you dare to challenge Xuanyue Palace, you must There must be a great master in the family, right?"

Hearing Lu Shuyun's question, Chu Liang said with a smile: "This is natural. Please rest assured, Your Highness, our Chu family has been on your side from the beginning and will never play tricks behind your back. If Your Highness needs to use When the Grand Master arrives, our Chu family will definitely send the Grand Master to protect His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Lu Shuyun was very satisfied after hearing Chu Liang's answer.

When he summoned these family heads, he asked people to secretly inquire about the possibility of a grand master in the Jiangnan family. The Wang family must have a grand master, the Qin family also has a grand master, and now the Chu family has also said that it will send a grand master to help. , In this way, they have three great masters here.

If the royal family's grand master really appears on the battlefield, with these three grand masters present, the imperial army may not be able to get any benefits.

The most important thing is that they also have the Cloud Piercer Bow. If the Grand Master uses the Cloud Piercer Bow, there is a chance to kill the Grand Master of the royal family. Their advantage is very huge.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lu Shuyun's mouth raised slightly, and he couldn't help but think: My good father, you will soon regret letting me leave the capital. After sitting in that position for so many years, it's time to give it to me.

After talking about the Grand Master, Lu Shuyun began to arrange work.

Although they have assembled hundreds of thousands of troops, many of these hundreds of thousands of troops are private soldiers of the family. These private soldiers of the family are not completely integrated together and basically fight on their own.

Lu Shuyun never thought of disrupting and reorganizing these soldiers, because once he did so, it would be equivalent to affecting the interests of the aristocratic families.

He still needs the help of these aristocratic families for his rebellion, but he dare not touch the interests of the aristocratic families at this time.

Since the private soldiers of these aristocratic families cannot be disrupted and reorganized, we can only assign tasks to them.

Lu Shuyun then arranged the private soldiers of the family to some more important counties in the north based on the current situation to prevent the imperial army from attacking.

At this time, Lu Shuyun turned to look at Dongfang Yi and said: "Master Dongfang, you have been doing business for generations and have many merchant ships. Most of your family's private soldiers are also good at water warfare, so the defense of the southeast coast is left to you to avoid The imperial army came from the sea."

Dongfang Yi immediately said: "Your Highness, please rest assured that the Dongfang family will definitely guard the southeast coast and not let any imperial soldiers come from the sea."

After hearing Dongfang Yi's words, Lu Shuyun felt very satisfied, but he suddenly thought of something, and then said: "By the way, Gu heard that Longyue ran to the North Country and never came back?"

Dongfang Yi sighed and said with a helpless expression: "Your Highness, it's all my fault that I didn't teach her well since she was a child, so she developed such a willful character. I sent people many times to bring her back, but She ran away every time. She refused to go home and asked His Highness to forgive me. After the war is over, I will send someone to kidnap her back and kowtow to apologize to His Highness. "

Lu Shuyun said: "It doesn't matter. There is going to be war in the south now. It's okay to let her stay in the north for the time being."

Lu Shuyun mentioned Dongfang Longyue mainly to remind Dongfang Yi that they were already married, so he wanted the Dongfang family to help him wholeheartedly.

night.

Dongfang Yi returned home.

As soon as he arrived home, he heard from his servants that the core members of the Dongfang family had come to the meeting hall and were waiting for him.

Dongfang Yi then went to the meeting hall.

At this time, a white-haired old man was sitting in the direction facing the door. When he saw Dongfang Yi coming back, the old man said, "Yi'er, what are you going to do next?"

Hearing the old man's name, Dongfang Yi curled his lips and felt a little unhappy.

He is already so old, but he is still called "Yi'er" by the old man.

But these are all small things. Dongfang Yi then said: "The prince plans to let our Dongfang family guard the southeast coast to prevent the imperial army from attacking from the sea. I plan to take advantage of the defense of the southeast coast to let some tribesmen take merchant ships to go directly north. Heading to the North Country.”

Although the Dongfang family was Emperor Xia's internal agent in the Jiangnan area, the war was very variable. Dongfang Yi didn't want to get involved. He planned to run away directly to the North to seek refuge with King Bei, the son of destiny.

As for the war between the imperial court and the Jiangnan family, they don't need to intervene.

The Dongfang family has helped the imperial court secretly transport many elite soldiers to the southeastern coast. If there are no major accidents, once the war begins, the rebels will be attacked from two sides, and Lu Shuyun and the others will most likely be defeated.

As for whether the Grand Master of the Jiangnan Family can turn the tide, it is uncertain. Emperor Xia has been preparing for so long. It is impossible not to know that there is a Grand Master in the Jiangnan Family, so Emperor Xia must have been prepared for it. Deal with the great masters of those aristocratic families.

After listening to Dongfang Yi's words, the old man Dongfang Qi stroked his gray beard, and then said: "Now that the Son of Destiny has appeared, we really should not continue to interfere in the war between the imperial court and the aristocratic family."

The main reason why they chose to cooperate with Emperor Xia and side with the imperial court was because they had their own mission.

There are too many uncertainties in the rebellion. If they want to survive, they have to bet on both ends.

Now that the Sons of Destiny have appeared in the Northern Kingdom, why are they still lingering on? If they can just run away to the Northern Kingdom, what else are they doing to serve the court and the Jiangnan family?

The Dongfang family is a business family. The mission of the business family is to make money for the Son of Destiny. They continue to stay in Sufeng City and interfere in the war between the imperial court and the Jiangnan family. When will they be able to fulfill their family's mission?

Seeing that the old man had said so, Dongfang Yi said: "Since you and Dad have said so, it has been decided. Next, we will prepare. When the war ahead begins, we will directly take a merchant ship from the sea to the North Country. "

This era was still the land power era, and people actually didn’t pay much attention to the sea. Only the Dongfang Family built some large merchant ships. If they went to the North from the sea, the Jiangnan Family would most likely not be able to find them, unless the Jiangnan Family Someone has been sent to keep an eye on them.

However, the Jin Yiwei of the North Kingdom has penetrated into the Jiangnan area. The Dongfang family can basically detect in advance through the Jin Yiwei any actions of those aristocratic families, so there is no need to worry too much about being discovered by the Jiangnan aristocratic families.

As for how the merchant ships can be supplied on their way north, this problem is even less of a problem. The Dongfang family has reached a cooperation with Emperor Xia, and their merchant ships can also stop at the docks managed by the court on their way north.

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