Regarding the arrival of Li Tianlan and Dongcheng Wudi and others, although the Chen family tried their best to hide something, they still inadvertently showed extremely strong hostility and great fear.
The Chen family's residence is not too far from the city center. It is a Chinese-style garden covering an area of less than 20 acres. It was once the residence of a certain prime minister of the previous dynasty, and it exactly matches Chen Fangqing's identity. It is said that Chen Fangqing originally
I fell in love with this place at first sight. When I was the deputy prime minister, I brought my family over and built this prime minister's residence into Yuanlin, which is antique but has modern comfort. About seven years ago,
This mansion was bought by Haoyue Group for 1.2 billion. With such an area combined with the past history of this mansion and the fact that it is in Youzhou, the price can be said to be not expensive, but Youzhou is not considered expensive either.
It's a loss.
Chen Fangqing's body is currently resting in the main hall of the mansion.
When Li Tianlan and others rushed over, a large group of people came out to greet them. What was rare was that except for Chen Fangqing, the other eight directors were currently in Youzhou. Dongcheng Wudi and Zou Mulin were with Li Tianlan, and the remaining
Six people, including Li Huacheng, all appeared in Li Tianlan's sight at this time.
But it was not Li Huacheng who was at the front and center.
It was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his early forties. His appearance was slightly similar to Chen Fangqing's. He was slightly chubby and wore a pair of glasses. He was wearing hemp and mourning. His eyes were numb with pain, and he even looked
A little sluggish, it was obvious that he had not yet reacted to the news of Chen Fangqing's sudden death.
When shaking hands with Li Tianlan, his arms were shaking violently. The almost numb pain seemed to become active the moment he saw Li Tianlan. The pain was changing, mixed with deep resentment and fear. At this moment
He looked like he was about to pounce on Li Tianlan and bite him to death at any moment.
But in the end, he didn't dare to do anything, and even lowered his head quietly in order to hide his eyes.
Li Tianlan looked at him, squinted his eyes, and remained calm.
He naturally knows the person in front of him. After Chen Fangqing, he can basically be regarded as the backbone of the entire Chen family. This is Chen Fangqing's biological son and Chen Fangqing's successor in Zhongzhou. Chen Xi, who was just adjusted to Nanzhou a year ago.
Governor of Yunxing Province.
He is just thirty-eight years old this year and standing in this position, it can be said that he has a bright future.
And being adjusted to this position a year ago is enough to show Chen Fangqing's good intentions.
The general election is only close to a year away.
After the election, regardless of whether Chen Fangqing returns or not, major groups will make adjustments to their existing personnel. Some people will join, some will leave, some will leave, and some will stay. Before and after the election, there are always turbulent times. Chen Xi was dismissed a year ago.
If placed in the position of president, after the election, just after the two-year red line, the Prince Group can completely let Chen Xi take a step forward and leave Nanyun to become the speaker of a certain province.
What is Chen Xi's status in the Prince Group?
It's obvious from his age and position.
Nowadays, Zou Yuanshan, who is attracting much attention in the new group and is even considered to be very likely to become the president in more than ten or twenty years, is 38 years old and serves as the speaker of the House of Representatives in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Wang Jingxin, who is almost as famous as Zou Yuanshan in the Southeast Group, is thirty-six years old and serves as the governor of Jianghuai.
Chen Xi is thirty-eight years old this year and is the Speaker of Nanyun Province. If everything goes well, Chen Xi's position will change again as soon as Chen Fangqing steps down after the election, or even before Chen Fangqing steps down. Combined with the current situation of the Prince Group
Regarding the personnel structure, Chen Xi is likely to go to Tianfu Province to serve as the speaker, and follow the same road that Chen Fangqing walked, from Tianfu to the southwest, enter the parliament, and eventually compete with Zou Yuanshan, Wang Jingxin and others for the positions of several directors
.
Zou Yuanshan, Wang Jingxin, Chen Xi...
For such people, if no big surprises happen, their path is destined to be smooth sailing. There may be challenges, there may be setbacks, there may be ups and downs, but they will eventually reach a dazzling position.
, what they are fighting over is just a matter of ranking.
But now...
A big surprise really happened.
If Chen Fangqing had not passed away, it would not have been a big problem even if he retired early. The Chen family might have suffered heavy losses, and Chen Fangqing might have been disgraced in terms of reputation, but the Prince Group would have definitely kept Chen Xi. His current position and qualifications are both
Extremely perfect, that is the perfection that the Prince Group has spent countless resources to pave the way for. He is one of the core successors of the large group. Now he has reached the position of sprinting towards the provincial speaker, which means that there is basically no relationship within the group.
It is impossible to give up on him, nor allow him to fail, because there is not enough time and resources within the group to train other successors.
Therefore, as long as Chen Fangqing is still there, even if he has no position, Chen Xi will be able to stabilize his position. He will go to Tianfu in one year and take over the southwest in six years. The Chen family will once again restore its former glory.
But Chen Fangqing died.
It was very sudden, without any warning, the death was unclear, the death was inexplicable, and the death was so confusing that people were at a loss.
Chen Xi did not believe that his father's death was an accident.
Yesterday at noon, he had a phone call with his father after receiving the news of the decisive battle in Beihai. At that time, Chen Fangqing was suppressing great unwillingness and anger in his heart, but his attitude was still positive. He had always been in good health.
How could time just go away like this?
Li Tianlan.
It can only be Li Tianlan!
It can only be a new group.
No matter whether Chen Xi still has enough sense, no matter whether he can see that the new group's actions at this time will be extremely detrimental to their own situation, Chen Xi always firmly believes that Li Tianlan killed his father.
Because this is the only possible explanation.
Since it is the only one, no matter how absurd it is, this one and only is the truth.
The moment he saw Li Tianlan, Chen Xi suddenly fell into immense hatred and rage. But when he saw the look in Li Tianlan's eyes, all the hatred and rage seemed to be frozen.
The other party's eyes were calm and indifferent, like a basin of cold water without any temperature, freezing all the warm blood in his body in an instant.
Fear, coldness penetrated completely
Entered his bone marrow.
Only then did Chen Xi remember his identity.
In other words, he remembered his duty.
His job is...
Governor of Nanyun Province.
Nanyun Province.
Nanyun Province is next to Tiannan!
The rapid development of Xuanyuan City in the past two years is naturally inseparable from the support of the Eastern Palace's own funds and the Shengshi Fund that was hidden behind the scenes at that time, but this is not all. Many plans need to be discussed in the parliament.
Among the batches of materials, some are strictly controlled items. It is not that Shengshi Fund and the Eastern Palace cannot provide these items, but if they want to build a city first according to the plan of building a province, they need a huge amount of various materials.
Relying on the support of Zhongzhou.
All supplies must pass through Nanyun Province.
As for the supplies for Xuanyuan City, Nanyun Province was the first to prepare them.
For more than two years, the Prince Group and the Academy Party pursued the Southeast Group and the wealthy groups, and at the same time continued to put pressure on the Dong Palace and the Beihai Wang family. As the son of Chen Fangqing, Chen Xi sat in the unique position of Nanyun Province
In his position, it is completely conceivable what his attitude towards the Eastern Palace would be and what he would do.
At the very least, Chen Xi had secretly heard some rumors, and more than one senior executive of the Eastern Palace had made it known that he would be killed sooner or later.
It doesn't matter if he talks angrily or anything, at the very least, Chen Xi is on the blacklist of the East Palace.
If Chen Fangqing had not passed away, he would certainly not be afraid of this if he took over Tianfu in a year's time.
But now that Chen Fangqing died suddenly, at this moment, Chen Xi finally realized that his position as the successor of his group had been greatly shaken.
There are two roads before him, one is negative and the other is positive.
The passive response is naturally to do nothing, expecting the group to fight back, expecting the East Palace to fall apart, or expecting Li Tianlan to let go of the Chen family under pressure.
Strictly speaking, Li Tianlan actually has no hatred towards the Prince Group. The outcome of the game is, at best, just grudges and does not rise to the level of hatred. If he loses the game this time, he will naturally have a chance to get it back next time.
All his murderous intentions were focused on Chen Fangqing. Strictly speaking, the current plundering and suppression of the Prince Group had nothing to do with Li Tianlan's personal will, but the basic demands of the rise of the new group itself.
This appeal, in the analysis of many people, can be overwhelming.
Chen Fangqing's death has undoubtedly put Li Tianlan under great pressure. Perhaps because of the pressure, he may not take action against the Chen family for the sake of the new group. In this way, Chen Xi thinks he can survive this most difficult period.
He regained his footing with the death of his father.
On this road, the only thing he can hope for is that Li Tianlan will let the Chen family go because of excessive pressure.
The positive path is exactly the opposite.
That is to use the news of his father's death to maximize his influence and run around. Now the inside of the Prince Group is like a powder keg that is about to explode. Everyone is holding back an anger that has nowhere to vent. If it is done by
If he comes forward, he is 90% sure that the vast majority of the Prince Group's forces can be completely united in the shortest possible time.
This force may not be focused on him, but it is definitely aimed at Li Tianlan.
This is also the situation that the academic faction hopes to see. Once he does this, the academic faction will respond to his actions immediately. At that time, the special operations group and the Southeast Group may join in to target Dongcheng Wudi, Li Tianlan, and them.
The group behind them made them make various compromises.
It is easy to succeed if you take this path.
And this so-called success just means getting Li Tianlan to compromise.
Chen Xi was not sure to what extent he could make Li Tianlan compromise without targeting the Chen family.
And once he does this, as the source of all incidents, the Chen family will inevitably attract even stronger hatred from the entire East Palace.
This also means that on this path, he will stand directly at the front, standing opposite the young Donghuang, to challenge his majesty head-on.
Yes, it is majestic.
Chen Xi felt that it was not too much to use this word to describe Li Tianlan.
In the eyes of many people, he is a genius.
In the eyes of certain people, he is a child.
In Qin Weibai's eyes, he is her husband.
In the eyes of the people in the Eastern Palace, he is His Majesty.
But in the eyes of all Li Tianlan's current enemies, Li Tianlan is now invincible.
Invincible, the majesty of nature is irresistible.
Chen Xi wanted to take this path, but he asked himself countless times and never felt that he had the courage to stand directly in front of Li Tianlan.
Moreover, even if he really did this, if Li Tianlan had compromised on many things but insisted on destroying the Chen family, Chen Xi was not sure how many people would speak for him.
As long as Li Tianlan is willing to compromise and give up some resources, then the Prince Group will have the possibility to re-select a successor. Although it is only a possibility, not an opportunity, such a possibility exists, and it is better than nothing.
Li Tianlan and Donghuang Palace have grown to this level. For the Prince Group, they naturally want to get rid of them quickly, but for the Southeast Group and the academic group, they are happy to suppress the New Group and Donghuang Palace, but they must
Destroy the Eastern Palace and the New Group. These two groups will definitely retreat faster than anyone else.
Therefore, Li Tianlan will always have a position at the top of Central Continent.
Many people will suppress him.
Li Tianlan will also compromise, but no matter how he compromises, he still has to find someone to vent his anger on.
When all is said and done, the Chen family will undoubtedly be the most suitable targets to be sacrificed.
And such a thing is also the most likely.
Chen Xi didn't dare to do this.
But what will happen if we continue to wait passively and wait for Li Tianlan to get through this most difficult period?
When the time comes, the strength of the Prince Group will be greatly reduced. Chen Xi is one of the successors of the Prince Group, but he is not the only one. The scale of the Prince Group is enough to train two future Zhongzhou directors, and Chen Xi is just one of them.
Just one of them.
When the greatly damaged Prince Group continues to weaken, it will be impossible for them to replace both successors in the short term. Therefore, giving up one and fully supporting the other becomes the wisest behavior.
Chen Xi will also be given up.
Right around the time of the election.
He will also leave Nanyun.
But instead of going to Tianfu, he went to Youzhou and was given a casual job. After a few more years, when no one paid attention to him anymore, the Eastern Palace would also take action against him.
Chen Xi suddenly found that he had no choice. No matter what he chose, the Chen family seemed to be facing a dead end.
Anger, unwillingness, fear, coldness, all emotions turned into huge pressure, crushing Chen Xi's back.
He held Li Tianlan's hand stiffly, not even realizing that he had bent down, and his eyes were still flashing with hatred.
A hazy voice rang in my ears. It was Li Tianlan's voice. It was light, and it sounded without any emotion, no superficial sorrow, and no superficial joy: "I am very sorry. For the entire Central Continent, the death of the Prime Minister is
It's a huge loss..."
The sound became increasingly blurry.
Chen Xi couldn't hear clearly. He held Li Tianlan's hand and shook his body. At noon when the sky was covered with snow, his body fell heavily to the ground.
"Call an ambulance, someone has fainted..."
The Chen family was in chaos, and some staff started making calls.
In the noisy atmosphere, Li Tianlan shook hands with everyone in the Chen family in turn.
His face was expressionless.
No one in the Chen family had the courage to look into his eyes.
Li Tianlan coldly shook hands with everyone in the Chen family and expressed condolences. Li Huacheng and other directors just watched quietly. To some extent, such condolences were more like demonstrations. Li Huacheng and Hua Zhengyang did not move.
Sound and color.
A blazing and angry light flashed in the eyes of Guo Wentian on the side.
Zhou Yunhai remained calm.
Wan Qingyun and Ji Wenwen's eyes flickered, wondering what they were thinking about.
Dongcheng Wudi and Zou Mulin walked in front of Li Tianlan, as calm as water, and seemed not to notice the posture of Li Tianlan behind them at all.
It wasn't until he shook hands with one of Chen Fangqing's cousins that Li Tianlan shook his hand casually. Several sword intents rose out of thin air and solidified into ice in Li Tianlan's hands. The water droplets had already been evaporated by the high temperature before they slipped from his hands.
This blatant act of washing hands made everyone in the Chen family extremely embarrassed.
All the directors were watching this scene, but no one said anything.
They all knew what Li Tianlan's action meant.
This is tantamount to explaining a problem to them nakedly.
The Chen family's affairs are not over yet.
Is this an expression of determination?
Li Huacheng sighed inwardly, looked at Li Tianlan who was walking in front of him, and reached out to shake hands with him.
"too suddenly."
Li Tianlan said.
"Yes, no one is prepared. The Prime Minister has always been in good health. I just checked the data records of the health care doctor in the past six months. The Prime Minister's blood pressure has only been slightly high in the past few months. Who knew..."
Li Huacheng shook his head, his eyes a little complicated.
"Is this an accident?"
Li Tianlan looked into Li Huacheng's eyes and asked.
Li Huacheng hesitated slightly and said nothing.
This question is too direct.
To say it was not an accident? That means he believed Chen Fangqing's death was a murder.
Call it an accident?
That means in his attitude, this matter has nothing to do with Li Tianlan.
No matter how he expressed his position, it was inappropriate for Li Huacheng.
"Forensic medicine is still studying it, and it's not clear yet."
Li Huacheng said vaguely.
Li Tianlan nodded: "Where is the Prime Minister's body? I also brought a doctor. Maybe he can draw some conclusions."
"oh?"
Li Huacheng glanced at Li Tianlan, a little amused.
"It's not illegal to look at the body, right?"
Li Tianlan said lightly and waved.
Xuanyuan Wushang, who was walking at the back, quickened his pace slightly and stood next to Li Tianlan.
Li Huacheng hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Follow me."
Li Huacheng hummed, said hello to several other directors, and went directly to the main hall.
Chen Fangqing's body was lying on a bed, covered all over.
Xuanyuan Wushang glanced at Li Tianlan.
Li Tianlan nodded.
Xuanyuan Wushang took two steps forward and casually opened the covering on the body.
Chen Fangqing closed his eyes and looked very peaceful. If you didn't look at the color of his skin, he looked like he was asleep.
With his back to Li Tianlan and Li Huacheng, Xuanyuan Wushang narrowed his eyes.
There was an extremely pure light flowing in his eyes, and he seemed to see through everything.
That light shone more and more in his eyes, and his pupils slowly narrowed, but the expression on his face began to become doubtful. The doubt slowly turned into solemnity and seriousness, and finally turned into a touch of fear and fear.
He looked at Chen Fangqing for nearly five minutes.
The covering was put down again by him.
"how?"
Li Tianlan, who had been standing there chatting with Li Huacheng and unable to make any unnecessary movements, asked casually.
"No surprise."
Xuanyuan Wushang was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "This is a natural death."
No one could see his expression.
Obviously, this is not true.
But this is the only thing Xuanyuan Wushang can know.
From Chen Fangqing's body, he could vaguely feel that something was wrong. This feeling was vague, but his instinct told him that such a death was definitely not a normal death.
But the problem is...
Xuanyuan Wushang knew that this was not a normal death, but he had no idea how such a death was abnormal.