Exhausted and disappointed, Kuangtu Li finally returned to the old camp of the Li family in Nanyun.
There was silence inside the camp, with only the surrounding forest dancing wildly in the night wind, bringing with it bursts of disturbing noise.
There were lights on in several small houses in the camp.
In his mental perception, he could sense that Li Xiao and Li Ming, who were still injured, were staying together, discussing something in low voices.
In another small room, the figure of Phoenix was leaning on the bed, his snow-white arms gently patting the sleeping child on the bed.
Li Kuangtu stood silently, his eyes full of confusion.
At this moment, he looked like a middle-aged frustrated man. He had lost the guarantee to maintain his life. He left early and came home late. When he arrived at the door of his house, he didn't know how to face his wife, children and two younger brothers at home.
He did not get the right to speak that belonged to Jiang Shangyu.
This is something Li Kuangtu didn't want to think about before.
He doesn't deny the possibility that he won't get the right to speak, but he always forces himself to think on the bright side.
After all, no matter how you look at it, Jiang Shangyu is most likely to hand over the last bargaining chip in his hand to him.
But the biggest possibility lost to the smallest possibility.
Jiang Shangyu not only did not give him the bargaining chip that made him extremely enthusiastic, but instead gave it to Li Tianlan.
This is a positive and a negative, and the difference can be said to be worlds apart.
Even if Jiang Shangyu hands the chips to either Wang Xiaoyao or Wang Shengxiao, Li Kuangtu can reluctantly accept it.
But leave it to Li Tianlan...
This is tantamount to the end of Kuangtu Li, a situation he least wants to see.
He tried hard and didn't give up even after knowing the result.
He waited until the funeral was over and gave Jiang Shangyu enough face, but in the end, he could not see Jiang Shangyu himself.
This day, from early morning to late at night, I really went out early and came back late, but I got nothing except disappointment.
Li Kuangtu took a deep breath, and for a moment he was afraid to enter the house.
He walked to a small slope in the center of the camp, sat down, and took out a cigarette and lighter.
Perhaps due to bad luck, the lighter ran out of gas. He pressed the phone stiffly. The clicking sound of the lighter echoed rhythmically in the night. Finally, a weak flame appeared. When the wind blew, it was extinguished again.
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Li Kuangtu put the lighter aside, lit the fire with a flick of his fingers, and took a big puff of the cigarette. He didn't know whether it was because he didn't use a lighter or something else, but he always felt that the cigarette was useless and made it feel more empty.
He held a cigarette and looked at the night in his sight, dazed in a daze, and suddenly felt that he was really as embarrassed as a dog, and it was also the kind of dog that had lost its home.
The doors of the two lit cabins opened almost at the same time.
Phoenix walked over first, followed by Dawn and Dawn.
Li Kuangtu glanced at them and smiled at them.
"have you eaten?"
Phoenix asked softly.
Li Kuangtu shook his head and suddenly felt even more embarrassed.
"There is also a sheep in the refrigerator and some beef. Let's grill some meat."
Dawn smiled, trying to keep her voice calm.
"I'll get it."
Dawn walked back quickly.
It was actually not easy for the few of them in the camp during this period.
Before the alliance took action, Li Kuangtu and his only team were temporarily stationed here, and all their logistical supplies were handled by Nanyun's Junyuan Office.
This cage-like camp quickly received electricity and various electrical appliances. Although the environment was not good, life was barely passable, and at least the food was pretty good.
But on the night of the alliance's operation, the Bloody Lords took over Nagumo directly and have not left until today.
All of Li Kuangtu's men were wiped out in Tiannan. With the few remaining people, Lei Shen was very sane enough not to call anyone over. Naturally, no one took care of the food and drink resources of Li Kuangtu and the others.
What they eat every day is always the remaining resources. When these resources are used up, they will leave this camp and go to a small town eighty kilometers away to buy daily necessities. Under the current situation, they can't even get a single meal.
There are no cars.
"Suddenly I feel very happy that I gave in before."
Li Kuangtu took a puff of his cigarette and laughed: "If I don't admit defeat and end up in this situation, I probably won't be able to hold on. Even if I can hold on, not many people will really choose to stand by me.
Most people would probably also go to the East Palace, and they might even scold me before leaving. They were not deliberately disgusting me.
Giving something away by yourself is different from having it taken away by others.
That is you, and only you...
No matter how miserable I am, I will never be too embarrassed when facing you."
"what is this?"
Li Xiao smiled, went to Li Kuangtu's side and rummaged through his pockets, and then sighed with him: "Isn't Tiandu Purgatory much more miserable than it is now? Big brother, you were seriously injured and comatose at that time, and it took more than half a year to wake up.
It took more than ten years to regain strength.
I would have been very careful in Dongdao back then, but it was really far behind now.
At least we are still whole now. Although we are injured, we still have the ability to protect ourselves, and we don’t have to hide it carefully. Isn’t this good?”
"that is."
Li Ming came over with some meat and vegetables, piled dry firewood together and lit a fire, and then began to sort out the meat in his hands: "It's just a few days of hard life. We look down and out now, but brother, you are in the dark now."
We are the only genius in the world, and our realm is here. Whether there are fools in the council, they will always make proper arrangements for us.
One-third of the say in the Central Continent Special Warfare System...Tsk, now that Li Tianlan is back, this matter should be officially launched."
Phoenix looked at Kuangtu Li and said softly: "Is there any news from the council?"
"not yet."
Li Kuangtu looked calm: "I guess there should be news in the next two days. After all, Li Tianlan has reappeared."
After a pause, his voice became deeper: "I attended Jiang Shangyu's funeral today..."
The movements of Smoking Dawn, Barbecue Dawn, and Phoenix paused at the same time.
Obviously, judging from Li Kuangtu's performance just now, he did not reach an agreement with Jiang Shangyu.
"So...who did Jiang Shangyu give his power to?"
Li Xiao narrowed his eyes: "He should know very well that the best choice is to give it to us. Is there someone who offers a higher price?"
"Li Tianlan."
Li Kuangtu squinted his eyes, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes: "He gave it all to Li Tianlan."
Several people fell silent at the same time.
The only sounds around were the sound of wind and the sound of fire burning firewood.
A few seconds later, Li Xiao took a deep breath and asked with some confusion: "Why?"
Li Kuangtu's eyes were still narrowed.
He had some guesses in his heart, but...
"It doesn't matter anymore."
Li Kuangtu said slowly: "The important thing is that Jiang Shangyu did give the power in his hand to Li Tianlan, and my injury... will take at least one or two years. If I want to stabilize my realm and go further...
Maybe it will take three years, or even five years."
Phoenix frowned.
The silence at dawn is even more oppressive.
They all understood what Li Kuangtu meant.
If Jiang Shangyu does not leave Zhongzhou, according to the council's thinking, Li Tianlan, Li Kuangtu, Jiang Shangyu and Gu Xingyun will check and balance each other, Li Tianlan will be one to three, and then the Wang family of Beihai will contain both sides, forming a seemingly fragile
But it will actually be a very stable balance.
But the foundation for all this no longer exists.
Gu Xingyun died in battle in Tiannan.
Li Kuangtu breaks through.
Jiang Shangyu left Zhongzhou.
As for the Wang family in Beihai, Wang Xiaoyao and Wang Shengxiao are having a great time fighting.
Therefore, the Wang family in Beihai can no longer play a restraining role. In the next few years, they will not even be able to pay attention to the outside world at all, and can only focus on their own territory.
Jiang Shangyu's withdrawal and Gu Xingyun's death in battle meant that there was no so-called buffer zone between Li Tianlan and Li Kuangtu.
Only the two of them are left to enter the Central-Continent Special Warfare System, and what follows is bound to be a tit-for-tat battle.
The so-called balance is no longer sustainable.
If the power in Jiang Shangyu's hands can be obtained, plus what Li Kuangtu should have obtained, together, although the two sides cannot compare to Li Tianlan, at least they will not have no power to counterattack in the subsequent game between the two sides.
But what is the situation now?
Jiang Shangyu gave the chips in his hand to Li Tianlan.
Plus what Li Tianlan should have gotten.
Adding new group.
In addition to the Shengshi Fund, which is currently expanding wildly...
The shadow of the Eastern Imperial Palace looms behind.
It all adds up...
This means that the bargaining chip that Li Kuangtu is about to get has no weight at all in front of Li Tianlan.
Unless Li Kuangtu recovers from his injuries and goes one step further, he has the power to overwhelm Li Tianlan.
But it will take several years...
In the past few years, Li Tianlan may have achieved another breakthrough.
Now, even before Li Tianlan breaks through, he can already use Xuanyuan Feng to suppress Li Kuangtu after the breakthrough...
If he really completes the breakthrough, Li Kuangtu will really have no chance at all.
Even if Li Tianlan doesn't break through, it will be difficult for them to struggle until Li Kuangtu recovers from his injury.
In a year or two...
Phoenix frowned and muttered to himself.
One or two years is the time for Li Kuangtu to recover from his injuries. Only in that state can they barely fight against Li Tianlan.
And before that, it was their most dangerous period.
It can even be said that their life and death depend entirely on whether Li Tianlan can be ruthless or reach a consensus with the parliament.
"This...is it really going to be eaten to death by Li Tianlan?"
Li Ming smiled bitterly and handed Li Kuangtu a skewer of barbecue.
Li Kuangtu dipped some seasoning into his mouth, bit into the barbecue, and said softly: "There really aren't many ways."
"How about learning from the rain on the river?"
Dawn said in a deep voice.
"There is an inside story behind Jiang Shangyu's death and his departure from Zhongzhou. We don't have the conditions for this."
Li Kuangtu shook his head: "And...if we want to leave Central Continent, how can it be so easy? Li Huacheng will not agree, and Li Tianlan will not agree..."
Li Kuangtu's voice suddenly paused.
The next second, his sitting body suddenly stood upright and turned around.
The other three people reacted a little slower, but they subconsciously followed Kuangtu Li and stood up.
Slight footsteps sounded from the depths of the jungle.
The corners of Li Kuangtu's mouth trembled and he wanted to speak, but in the end he remained silent.
"If you want to leave..."
Li Tianlan's voice rang out from the darkness deep in the jungle.
His figure walked out of the darkness and became clear little by little: "I have no reason to refuse."
Li Kuangtu remained calm, but his body was completely tense, and he said calmly: "What are you doing here?"
"Revisiting the old place."
Li Tianlan's voice was calm: "Where I grew up, come back and see, does it have anything to do with you?"
The fire burned the wood and slowly rose, accompanied by the aroma of barbecue.
The corners of Li Tianlan's lips curled up and he said softly: "It smells so good..."