Luojia Lake nominally belonged to the Central Plains Empire very early and long ago. At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty had a strong dominance and surrendered to all directions. Except for the Great Zhou, there was no such a large empire in any place. The dominance allowed Zhou to have a glory that the empire in later generations had never had before, until Ning reached the generation of Li Chengtang.

So at that time, all the countries came to pay tribute, so that even though they were far away from the Great Zhou, those small or tribes declared themselves vassal states of the Great Zhou and surrendered to the Great Zhou.

At that time, the Heiwu area still had a large number of small countries coexisting, and whoever dependent on a powerful empire would have more say. So these small countries all surrendered to the Great Zhou.

This large area around Luojia Lake is also a territory of herders, with dozens of tribes of all sizes. The Great Zhou emperor sent an official named Lu Wei to inspect the north, but did not tell him where he went. He only said that he could inspect the places of surrender in the north on behalf of the Zhou emperor and promote the virtues of the Zhou emperor.

This person, who was just a fifth-rank official, brought back countless gold, silver and treasures to the Zhou Kingdom, and there was no way to measure the territory. At that time, the vassal states were considered the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and those Shu Kingdoms took the initiative.

Lu Wei first walked to the vicinity of Yanshan. He thought that when he arrived at the northern border of Zhou, he left Yanshan, and was a small tribe on the grassland that surrendered to Zhou. He looked at these places and preached the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the Zhou emperor. Then he went home. Although this trip was a little tired, he got a lot of benefits and gained a lot, and everyone was happy.

But after leaving Yanshan, Lu Wei found that things became uncontrollable. First, the tribes on the grassland quarreled over who would welcome the Emperor Zhou, and no one was convinced. It eventually turned into civil strife on the grassland, and dozens of tribes fought against each other.

This fight trapped Lu Wei on the grassland. Later, he tried to say that anyone who fought the Great Zhou would destroy anyone. He just wanted to scare those people. At that time, the Emperor of Zhou was just having fun all day long. Although the country was strong, he was not interested in government affairs. How could the Zhou State really go out to rescue a small fifth-rank official?

As a result, Lu Wei's words scared the people on the grassland to no longer dare to fight, and lined up to wait for Lu Wei's reception. As soon as the news spread, even people from farther places quickly sent envoys to ask for Lu Wei. In the northern border, Lu Wei felt the treatment of the emperor.

As a result, Lu Wei went further and further, and after more than a year of travel, he walked to Luojia Lake. After another year of travel, he brought back millions of taels of tribute silver and more than 200 small tribes of submission letters from tribes of small countries. When he traveled, he followed more than a hundred people. When he came back, his envoys from various countries followed, with a scale of more than 5,000.

Zhou reached the peak of influence at that time, and everyone called him Zhou Chen.

However, later Zhou destroyed Chu Xing, and Luojia Lake was nominally the territory of the Central Plains Empire, but it was impossible for him to snatch it back from the black warriors.

At this moment, just by Luojia Lake, Li Changze stared at the vast blue lake in a daze.

Yuan Fuji has ignored him for more than a month. No matter what he said, the black warrior just dealt with it with one move, that was to drag it.

So over the past month, Li Changze kept reflecting whether he was right or wrong when he came to Heiwu this time.

Before he came, he had thought that he would be detained by Yuanfuji as a hostage, but after thinking about it over and over again, he felt that cooperation was a benefit. Yuanfuji did not need to anger Daning because of him, and detain him. His father Li Chengtang would be furious when he knew about it, and the black warrior had no room for revolt.

Compared with the opportunities of Yuan and Fu, the two evils are the least, not to mention that there is no harm but only profit when cooperating with him.

Just when he was in a daze, someone came in outside and leaned over to Li Changze and said, "Your Highness, the king is free today and will come to see you later."

Li Changze was happy. After waiting for so long, he finally waited until Yuan Fu was about to see him. If he waited like this, Li Changze felt that he was almost collapsed. There was nothing else to do except think about it every day. However, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, the more he was in his heart.

When he had just arrived at Luojia Lake that day, he looked at the lake and had a vague hallucination. He seemed to have seen the powerful Emperor Taizu who carried the banner of dignity of the Central Plains Empire with his own strength and shouted at him. This illusion has appeared more than once since that day, but later it appeared in dreams, and each time it would scare him to wake him up.

After a while, Yuan Fuji came in from outside with a smile. After seeing Li Changze, he apologized and said, "I have been too busy for this period of time. I have indeed neglected Your Highness. I am here to apologize this time."

Seeing his face like this, Li Changze suddenly felt panicked, as if there was a bad premonition coming out, but the premonition was very unclear, just because he didn't feel like something good happened.

"Does the Regent have time to talk to me today?"

"I'm here to discuss matters with Your Highness today."

Yuan Fuji sat down and said with a smile: "Actually, I haven't come to see Your Highness these days, and I'm busy with matters related to Your Highness. Your Highness had suggested that I would send troops to restrain Ningguo first, and then fight for the throne after His Highness returned to the country. I thought for a long time. Your Highness's method is indeed a way to remove firewood from the cauldron. Only when Your Highness ascends to the throne, Ning and Heiwu will really be peaceful and there will be no dispute."

Li Changze looked happy: "Did the Regent agree?"

"Your Highness listened to me."

Yuan Fuji said: "I just said that after careful consideration, I felt that what Your Highness said was reasonable, so I have been recruiting soldiers vigorously for more than a month. Your Highness also knew that after several major wars, the border troops of the Black Martial Army suffered heavy losses. It will naturally take time to replenish their troops. Fortunately, the Black Martial Army's national strength still exists. I am here to tell your Highness good news. Now, I have recruited millions of troops on the north bank of Luojia Lake!"

Li Changze's face was even more happy: "When will the Regent go south?"

"It's hard."

Yuan Fuji's face changed and he said in a difficult situation: "If you want to send troops before Ningguo, you need detailed information about the Ningjun. However, my secret spies in Ningguo have lost contact and it is difficult to obtain the Ningjun military information..."

Li Changze said: "I can give it to you after I go back."

Yuan Fuji said: "I believe in your highness's sincerity, but... it's too late. Because I don't know the military situation of Ningguo, I didn't know until today that Meng Chang'an, the general of the Eastern Sword Swordsman of Ningguo, had arrived in Luojia Lake."

"ah!"

When Li Changze heard this, he was so scared that he stood up, and his face turned pale in an instant. Meng Changan's sudden arrival was definitely not a coincidence, it must be related to his arrival in the northern border, that is to say... his father may have known about his contact with the black warriors.

What should I do?

"Your Highness's face seems to be not very good?"

Yuan Fuji glanced at Li Changze: "If your highness is uncomfortable, I can tell your Highness later. After all, what I want to say later may be even more uncomfortable after hearing this."

Li Changze swallowed and spitted, and his Adam's apple moved up and down.

"The Regent should say it."

"That's OK."

Yuan Fuji sorted out his words and said, "Just just now, the general Wu Xinyu, the general of the Iron Cavalry in Ningbei, sent someone to send me a letter. He told me that today on the shore of Luojia Lake, General Meng Chang'an wanted to meet me, so he decided to be in the afternoon. If I refused to go, Ning Jun would attack my Heiwu Border Town... I thought about it, Meng Chang'an suddenly came here and suddenly wanted to see me, which might be related to Your Highness."

He glanced at Li Changze and asked, "So I came here to ask Your Highness for advice. Should I go or not? If it is related to Your Highness, should I say Your Highness be here or not."

"Not here!"

Li Changze's face turned pale as if paper. As soon as Yuan Fuji finished speaking, Li Changze said anxiously: "You can't let Meng Changan and Wu Xinyu know that I'm here. If they knew, there would be no possibility of cooperation between you and me again."

“So…”

Yuan Fuji said, "I'm a little embarrassed. Your Highness dare not let Meng Chang'an know that you are here with me. If I say the truth, Meng Chang'an and Wu Xinyu will definitely ask me for someone. If I don't give it, the battle between the two countries will start early. I and Your Highness will hit it off at first sight. I will fight to protect my friends, but..."

Li Changze said: "You ask me to leave here now and we will talk about our affairs later, so that you can say that people are not with you."

Yuan Fuji sighed and said, "But...even if I say that, how can Meng Changan and Wu Xinyu believe it? Why do they believe it?"

Li Changze's face changed again.

"You... Regent, are you going to hand me over?"

"this......"

Yuan Fuji said in embarrassment: "I can not hand over your highness and let your highness leave safely, but at least your Highness teaches me how to make Meng Chang'an and Wu Xinyu believe me. If they don't believe me and insist on thinking that you are here, then wouldn't the war start tomorrow?"

Li Changze said: "You escort me out. After I arrived in Hanhai City, I deliberately showed up to let people know that I was near Hanhai City. After Meng Chang'an and Wu Xinyu received the news, they will naturally not make things difficult for you again."

"But......"

Yuan Fuji said: "The person who just sent someone to deliver the letter to me said that the prince of Ningguo Li Changze was accidentally killed and died in Xianghu County. Emperor Daning was deeply moved, so he restored his identity as Prince Li Changze and buried himself in the specifications of the eldest son..."

He looked at Li Changze: "So you are no longer Li Changze. I just said so much. Your Highness, if you have any benefits, you should have told me. I can weigh the pros and cons before making a decision, but you can't get any benefits, so I have to..."

Li Changze didn't stand firmly and fell to the ground: "How is this... possible? How could Luo Wenqu die!"

Yuan Fuji waved his hand and said, "I don't know who Luo Wenqu you are talking about, but... I'm here, help your highness get up, please get into the car and go to see Meng Chang'an with me. I've been thinking about it, it's easier. I said you're here and if you don't give you to Meng Chang'an, then you'll start a fight. I said you're not here, and they don't believe you, and they will fight. If you're going to send you back, you'll still be able to send you back, so that you can avoid a fight... I'm sorry."

As he waved his hand, a group of inner guards came up and tied Li Changze up with a rope. Li Changze was carried out by the black warriors. Only then did he notice that his guards outside were surrounded by the black warriors, and countless bows and arrows aimed at his subordinates. As long as his people acted rashly, a rain of arrows would spill out without hesitation.

"Please get in the car."

Yuanfu Machine made a request gesture.

Li Changze's mouth was blocked and was thrown into the carriage, like a tied pig and sheep, loading it into the carriage to take it to the vegetable market. There was a butcher there who had been waiting for him, putting him on the chopping board and stabbing him in the neck with a knife...
Chapter completed!