An old man in yellow clothes with a red face sat upright on a nanmu chair and said with a serious expression: "Master, in the past three days, more than 700 township forces supported by our Zhu family in various prefectures and counties have been eradicated by the Jin Yiwei!"
It was Zhu Tai, the elder of the Zhu family, who spoke.
As one of the four major aristocratic families in Yanzhou, the Zhu family has been inherited for thousands of years and has deep-rooted influence. In addition to branches in various prefectures and counties, the Zhu family also cultivates affiliated forces in towns and villages.
For example, the Yang family in Gantian Town is one of them.
These affiliated families are closely related to the Zhu family. They use the reputation of the Zhu family to amass money crazily in the villages and towns, and are arrogant and domineering. However, half of their property must be handed over to the Zhu family, and they also have to do some dirty things for the Zhu family.
And Chuhe cleaned up these township families, which naturally greatly damaged the interests of the Zhu family.
The head of the family, Zhu Xingyu, was dressed in a purple robe, with a square face and a short beard. He had an elegant temperament. When he heard this, his face turned dark, but he still said calmly: "Seventh Uncle, the King of Chu wants to carry out the plan of sending royal power to the countryside. They are using their arms as a cart, and they will naturally die.
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Zhu Tai said: "Master, how do you know that the King of Chu will not attack the properties and farms of our prefectures and counties when he controls the towns?"
When Zhu Xingyu heard this, he frowned. He had actually thought about this, but the Zhu family has been rooted in Yanzhou City for thousands of years, and its influence is deeply rooted and has penetrated into every aspect of Yanzhou.
Moreover, the four major aristocratic families are connected with each other. No matter which family is affected, it will lead to chaos in Yanzhou.
Therefore, when the ancestor of the Blood God seized Yanzhou and took power, he did not touch them.
Ordinarily, in order to maintain the stability of Yanzhou, Chu State should not touch the Zhu family.
But in the past six months, Yanzhou Academy has trained a large number of students and taken up posts in various prefectures and counties. The control over Yanzhou has reached a certain level, and it is indeed possible to attack the four major families!
Immediately, Zhu Xingyu said: "I understand, you go down!"
After a while, Zhu Tai left.
Zhu Xingyu took out a communication token and conveyed a message.
Then, he came to the study, moved the bookshelf, and found the entrance to a secret passage.
Zhu Xingyu entered the secret passage and came to a stone chamber through the long underground secret passage.
The walls of the stone chamber are inlaid with huge luminous pearls, which shine brightly and illuminate the stone chamber.
A quarter of an hour later, three more middle-aged men wearing brocade clothes arrived. These three were Liang Songlin, Cai Zhengming and Zhang Yuyang, the other three heads of the four major aristocratic families.
Zhang Yuyang said: "Brother Zhu, you summoned us because of the destruction of affiliated families in various towns and villages?"
Zhu Xingyu nodded and said: "That's right! Now that Chuhe is attacking our affiliated forces, he probably wants to cut off our wings and then find an opportunity to get rid of us! If we don't take action, we will just sit back and wait for death!"
At this time, Liang Songlin asked: "Brother Zhu, now that Daqian, Zhao and Chu are three pillars, should we go to Daqian or Zhao?"
Cai Zhengming said: "We are too far away from Daqian and it is not safe. The only way is to defect to Zhao. I have an old relationship with Song Mingqing, the elder of Sword God Mountain."
Zhang Yuyang and Liang Songlin also nodded when they heard this.
At this time, Zhu Xingyu said: "Actually, there is another way, which is to lead Nanchen's strong men north to Yanzhou in our name! When Nanchen takes over Yanzhou, we won't have to leave our hometown!"
Countries such as Beiyuan and Nanchen are also bound by certain rules and cannot start a war lightly, but they can send strong men to support the four major families to rise to the top and achieve the goal of actually controlling Yanzhou.
For the four major aristocratic families, even becoming a puppet of Nanchen is much better than being destroyed by the Chu State. Moreover, if Nanchen wants to annex the territory of Daqian, it cannot do without their assistance.
Zhang Yuyang, Liang Songlin, and Cai Zhengming were all silent when they heard this.
Rebellion is nothing, but if the enemy's troops are attracted to invade Daqian, the reputation of the four great families will be completely ruined!
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This is treason and will be remembered forever!
Just like Wu Sangui led Qing troops into the pass!
But when Zhang Yuyang and the others heard this, they just remained silent and did not utter any rebuttal.
Just like the aristocratic families in the late Ming Dynasty, there were not a few who surrendered to the Manchu and Qing Tatars!
For aristocratic families, as long as they can maintain their status and interests, it doesn't matter who is in power!
After a while, Liang Songlin said: "What Brother Zhu said makes sense!"
Rather than leaving Yanzhou in despair, it is better to lead Nanchen to invade. If they can help Nanchen occupy Daqian, their family status will definitely rise to a higher level again!
Zhang Yuyang and Cai Zhengming hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
At this moment, a sneer sounded from the side: "He is indeed a treacherous minister and traitor, and he is actually trying to collude with Nan Chen!"
When Zhu Xingyu and the other two heard this, they were all shocked. Although the four of them were not as talented as the top geniuses, they were still masters in the divine power stage. They didn't realize that someone was hiding nearby!
Immediately, they turned around and saw a middle-aged man in white standing with his hands behind his back.
The middle-aged man in white is Chu He’s military soul clone!
Zhu Xingyu's face darkened, and the red essence in his palm quickly condensed, and asked: "Who are you, and how do you know this secret passage?"
At this time, Zhang Yuyang's expression and temperament changed, and he suddenly said: "I brought him in!"
Zhu Xingyu, Cai Zhengming, and Liang Songlin all looked shocked and unbelievable. The four major aristocratic families had always advanced and retreated together, and Zhang Yuyang's betrayal was indeed beyond their expectations!
Could it be that the Zhang family took refuge in Chuhe?
In fact, Zhang Yuyang did not betray, but he was invaded by Chu He with the power of his mind and temporarily controlled.
But the villain died because he talked too much, and Chu He had no intention of explaining. The ice field suddenly enveloped Zhu Xingyu and the others, and the extremely cold breath froze them all.
Immediately, Chu He invaded with the power of his mind, explored the memory, and obtained many useful memories.
Among them are the clan-suppressing exercises and martial arts of the three major families, but for Chuhe, the most important thing is to obtain the retreat places of the three great masters and ancestors of the three major families.
Since Chuhe occupied Yanzhou, for the sake of safety, the ancestors of the four great families left the city and hid in cultivation.
Chu He controlled Zhang Yuyang and had obtained the retreat place of the ancestors of the Zhang family. Now he also knew the retreat places of the other three ancestors, so he could close the net!
Immediately, Chuhe opened a space door that led directly to Jinyiwei's Yanzhou headquarters, and then sent the heads of the four major families there.
A moment later, the lobby of Jinyiwei headquarters.
Meng Hanshan and the three grandmaster-level puppets, Jiuyou Sword Master, Xuanming Sword Master, and Blood Sea Demon Master, gathered together. Chuhe opened the door to space and teleported the four powerful master masters to the ancestors of the four great families. Retreat place.
Outside Yanzhou City, Cuiliu Villa.
An old man in green robes is sitting cross-legged in his bedroom, practicing and breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Suddenly, a space door opened in the backyard, and the Jiuyou Sword Master, dressed in black and holding a long sword, suddenly appeared.
The old man in green robe sensed the fluctuation of energy, suddenly opened his eyes, and quickly came to the backyard.
At the same time, more than a dozen sword-wielding servants had surrounded the Jiuyou Sword Master.
The old man in green robe stared at Jiuyou Sword Master and said coldly: "I, Liang Shucheng, who are you and why do you break into our village without permission?"