There are always some rules that cannot be violated.
When he said this, Li Tianlan's expression was unusually calm and full of confidence.
Dongcheng Wudi paused for a moment, and looked at each other with Bai Zhanfang, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.
The fact that Li Tianlan could say this proved that he was very sane, at least not as insane as the outside world had speculated. But this was originally a sentence that could crucify Li Tianlan, but now judging from his tone, it turned out to be his support?
Where does this confidence come from?
"Are you confident of escaping unscathed?"
Dongcheng Wudi took a deep breath, gradually calmed down from his manic state, and asked in a deep voice.
When he received the news that the Qi family had been exterminated, Dongcheng Wudi overturned the table in his office. Li Tianlan's current status was enough for people to look directly at him. He wanted to establish his authority. Dongcheng Wudi understood it very well, but there were many ways to establish authority.
, in his opinion, Li Tianlan's choice was completely the most irrational method.
The sword light that filled the entire street almost clearly revealed the identity of the perpetrator. At least in Zhongzhou today, only Li Tianlan can have such a strong sword energy. There is no shadow of Li Tianlan in the video, but
This doesn't prove anything at all. The most important thing is that if Li Tianlan dared to do this, it was obvious that he had no intention of hiding anything.
He participated in the meeting of the Central Continent Council. After the meeting, he majestically crushed the Qi family and wiped out the Qi family. This slap made the entire Central Continent dizzy with blood on their faces. Dongcheng Wudi rushed to the Bai family manor as soon as possible.
He cursed Li Tianlan all the way, and at the same time made emergency calls to various important figures in the wealthy group, preparing to wipe Li Tianlan's butt. He was even ready to let Li Tianlan leave Zhongzhou temporarily.
In this matter, Dongcheng Wudi couldn't see any way out for Li Tianlan.
Qi Mulin's life or death is not important. What is important is that his appointment represents the will of Zhongzhou. This is the most basic bottom line and principle that cannot be trampled.
To put it bluntly, even if Qi Mulin arrived in Tiannan, Li Tianlan would be much better off taking action and blaming others for any reason than if he killed the Qi family on Rosewood Street.
Li Tianlan could not help but understand this, but he still did it, blatantly, unscrupulously, and without any taboos. The entire Rosewood Street was covered with bloody corpses. If he could do this, he was not afraid of Zhongzhou's suspicion at all. He even wanted Zhongzhou to be sure.
It was he who did this.
Establish authority?
Once this incident spreads, Li Tianlan will indeed establish his authority.
But in this incident, how could Li Tianlan escape unscathed?
"Of course."
Facing Dongcheng's invincible gaze, Li Tianlan nodded calmly.
"Tell me what you think and be specific."
Dongcheng Wudi said in a deep voice.
Li Tianlan calmly lit a cigarette, his eyes a little dazed: "Minister, you should know where Tiannan came from, right?"
"Of course I know."
Dongcheng Wudi snorted.
"Where did that come from?"
Li Tianlan asked seriously.
"More than three years ago, the five dark forces joined forces with Annan to invade the border of Central Continent. Mr. Li raised the flag of Central Continent on the border front, and fought bloody battles with the elites of the Li family on the border. He severely damaged the five dark forces, the Annan rebels, and the Border Guard Corps.
The Thunder Army and the Bloody Army jointly advanced forward eight hundred miles into the border of Annan, which is now Tiannan."
Dongcheng Wudi said slowly.
Li Tianlan hummed: "This is the most complete statement."
Where did Annan come from?
The most official statement is that the border conflict broke out more than three years ago. The Central Continent Killer God Dongcheng Wudi led the Border Guard Corps to attack the five major forces, and finally went deep into Annan to help Annan put down the rebellion, and finally conquered Tiannan.
In this story, the character of Zhongzhou is a friend of Annan. He enters Annan to help Annan put down the rebellion.
And the other, most critical point, is Li's record and Li Honghe's deeds, but there is no report.
But it is crucial.
If Li Honghe and the elites of the Li family hadn't severely damaged the five major forces and the rebels, although Dongcheng Wudi could have defeated the enemy at that time, it would have been difficult for him to have the energy to enter the Annan border immediately.
It's just that this point has been covered up by Zhongzhou for more than three years.
"According to this theory, the conquest of Tiannan was attributed to the minister and part of the Li family's credit, right?"
Li Tianlan asked.
Dongcheng Wudi hummed, thoughtfully.
"Then if the Li family is still at its peak and they win Tiannan with the Dongcheng family, how should they be divided?"
Li Tianlan asked again.
Dongcheng Wudi was stunned for a moment, but before he could answer, Li Tianlan's voice rang out: "No need to differentiate. I am the young master of the Li family, but I am also the son-in-law of the Dongcheng family. The minister only has two daughters, and my brother-in-law is now developing in the political world, so
Can the Tiannan you and Li conquered together be considered mine?"
"Of course."
Dongcheng Wudi said without hesitation: "It's a matter of course."
He hesitated for a moment and continued: "But it can also be regarded as from Central Continent."
"But Zhongzhou cannot admit it now."
Li Tianlan said lightly: "And I admit it. I have always admitted that Tiannan is mine and is also a part of Zhongzhou."
Bai Zhanfang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly lit up for a moment.
The content of this sentence is extremely familiar.
"Zhongzhou has acquiesced to the development of the Eastern Palace in Tiannan. The future of the Free Corps is to join the Eastern Palace. The Eastern Palace will control Tiannan and declare its submission to Zhongzhou. This is part of the Zhongzhou plan. In this plan, I think
Let me ask you, the directors of Central Continent, where do you put me?"
Dongcheng Wudi's eyes also lit up slightly.
"To put it bluntly, Tiannan can now be regarded as my property. It does not yet belong to Central Continent. As long as I have the ability, this is my private property. I established Xuanyuan City in my private territory and reported it to the parliament.
, I gave them face, but they were shameless. My killing Qi Mulin was very serious. It may have touched some bottom lines, but it was obvious that some people did not know what they had touched. I was in my private territory.
When it comes to electing a mayor, outside of Middle-earth, where do they have the power to dictate?"
You ungrateful animal!
Li Tianlan's voice was unusually cold and domineering.
"so..."
Dongcheng Wudi finally understood. At this moment, his body completely relaxed.
"The first mayor of Xuanyuan City can only be Ning Qiancheng. No matter Qi Mulin or Wang Jingxin, this precedent will be very dangerous. So the person who needs to worry most now is not me. This matter
How I deal with the aftermath has nothing to do with me."
Li Tianlan said lightly: "I just killed some people."
Bai Zhanfang looked at Li Tianlan for a long time.
His eyes were filled with admiration and emotion: "Tianlan, if you are willing to enter politics, your future may not be any worse than yours in Tiannan."
Li Tianlan smiled and shook his head.
The twists and turns in the officialdom are too complicated. If he really wants to limit himself to a certain field and fight with the old fritters in Zhongzhou, Li Tianlan doesn't think he can take advantage of it. He will undoubtedly not be able to see clearly if the joints are too delicate.
, he just accurately grasped some of the most basic principles.
"The president's side..."
Dongcheng Wudi hesitated for a moment.
"The rift has long existed, and has always existed. The premise of cooperation is that it is beneficial to both parties. This is the only premise. If this premise does not exist, cooperation is naturally unnecessary. The key depends on how the president chooses. I may owe the college
It’s from the academy, but we don’t owe it to the academy.”
Li Tianlan said calmly, over the past three years, not only the wealthy groups have been cooperating with the academic sect, but also the Reincarnation Palace and the academic sect. And Sigh City, which is best represented by Li Tianlan, has also become closer and closer to the academic sect. With these three
The big forces, the academic sect, have become extremely powerful in recent years. They may have helped Li Tianlan, but Li Tianlan also gave him enough reports. In politics, there is no such thing as a debt.
When two major forces cooperate, the only possibility is profit.
If Li Huacheng thinks that the cooperation between the two parties is no longer suitable to continue, then the time to break up is almost here. Friends and enemies are always changing in the turbulent general trend.
"Zhongzhou will probably hold a plenary meeting of the parliament again. I didn't show up on Rosewood Street to give them a fig leaf, but I will tell them personally that I killed the Qi Mulin family. If anyone is dissatisfied, just let me hold it in."
"This matter doesn't end so easily."
Bai Qingchao said suddenly.
"It's not difficult to escape unscathed. It's just a matter of taking a break."
Dongcheng Wudi looked at Li Tianlan with soft eyes. His almost rude swearing just now did not alienate the distance between the two of them, but actually made the two of them closer invisibly: "Boy, it's good to rest for a while. It's time to calm down."
Li Tianlan bowed slightly and said softly: "I am mentally prepared."
...
No. 3, Rosewood Street.
The lights are still on in the Ye family villa.
The night is still dark, but lights are twinkling everywhere on the streets.
Police cars one after another rushed to the villa as quickly as possible, cordoning off the scene and investigating and collecting evidence. It was busy and lively.
The living room was quiet.
Fifteen minutes ago, Zhongzhou Vice President Wan Qingyun and Zhongzhou Supervision Minister Ji Wenwen came to the door at the same time. They followed Ye Dongsheng, Wang Shengxiao and Fan Tianyin into the study room. Wang Jingxin did not go there. He just sat in the living room like this, not even thinking.
I am concerned about what is being discussed in the study room at this time.
Ji Wenwen and Wan Qingyun were invited by Wang Shengxiao.
These two are now the top banners of the Southeast Group. Logically speaking, as a junior, Wang Shengxiao should take the initiative to visit, but Wang Shengxiao did not do so. At such a sensitive moment, the heir to the Beihai Wang family did not go
Yinlonghai did not even go to Longhu Park where Ye Dongsheng lived, but chose the meeting place at Ye's house, which is enough to explain the problem.
Ji Wenwen and Wan Qingyun still arrived on time, which also explains the problem.
If this was normal, Wang Jingxin would naturally be able to detect something was wrong, but now all his thoughts are not focused on it.
All he could think about was the blood flowing on Rosewood Street and Qi Mulin's body.
He held the cup with both hands, and the warm tea kept shaking in the cup, causing ripples one after another, just like Wang Jingxin's mood.
His face was pale, and his eyes were full of panic and joy.
To be honest, he was really frightened by Li Tianlan.
Except for Qi Mulin, almost no intact corpses of the Qi family could be found. The horrific and miserable scene like hell was still vivid in his mind. The more Wang Jingxin didn't want to remember it, the clearer the picture became in his mind.
This sense of substitution was so strong that his body was trembling slightly now.
Li Tianlan is a madman.
Anyone who has gone through tonight's events can fully confirm this.
Wang Jingxin is absolutely certain that if he is elected as the new mayor of Xuanyuan City tonight instead of Qi Mulin, then No. 3, Rosewood Street
The branch of the Wang family belonging to Wang Jingxin in Shu, Lin'an, and Beihai is almost 100% likely to be exterminated by Li Tianlan.
Qi Mulin's fate will be his fate.
Now Li Tianlan really has no scruples. Beihai Wang family, Kunlun City? Everything, in his eyes, is completely the same.
At this moment, Wang Jingxin was filled with fear, but she was also grateful to have survived the disaster, and at the same time, she was also a little angry.
As a candidate to 'compete' with Qi Mulin for the mayor of Xuanyuan City, Qi Mulin's tragic death is destined to have an impact on Wang Jingxin, and the size of the impact depends on Li Tianlan's fate. If Li Tianlan can escape from this storm unscathed
If so, his prestige in Lin'an is destined to suffer a fatal blow.
He and Qi Mulin were pushed out together. No matter what the internal reasons were, at least on the surface, the two were characters of the same level. It was a level, not a level.
This means that Li Tianlan was able to escape completely after killing Qi Mulin, and there would be no problem in killing Wang Jingxin.
Lin'an is Li's territory, Li Tianlan's territory. On Li Tianlan's territory, is Wang Jingxin going against Li?
After the Qi family was wiped out, if Li Tianlan was safe and sound, there would really be very few people who would dare to continue to follow Wang Jingxin.
In other words, I can't stay in Lin'an any longer.
He didn't lose to Zou Yuanshan, but was forced away by Li Tianlan.
Wang Jingxin put down her teacup, gritted her teeth, hesitated, took out her cell phone, and started dialing.
Just halfway through dialing the number, footsteps could be heard upstairs.
Wan Qingyun, Ji Wenwen, Ye Dongsheng, Wang Shengxiao, and Fan Tianyin all walked down the stairs with solemn expressions.
The two giant council members didn't say much, they just nodded to Wang Jingxin and then quickly went out.
Ye Dongsheng followed closely behind.
Wang Jingxin looked at the backs of several people with doubts in his eyes.
"The president has decided to convene a plenary session of the parliament again, and they must go there as soon as possible."
Wang Shengxiao explained.
Wang Jing, who was in a confused state of mind, sighed and said nothing more.
Wang Shengxiao turned his head and glanced at Fan Tianyin, hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "Uncle Fan, you must be careful."
"Don't worry, I understand."
Fan Tianyin nodded and patted Wang Shengxiao on the shoulder: "You guys talk first, I will make arrangements."
"What are you careful about? Where is Minister Fan going?"
Wang Jingxin finally noticed something was wrong and asked in surprise.
Fan Tianyin hurried out without answering the question.
Wang Shengxiao was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Zhongzhou has sent a message."
"Um?"
Wang Jingxin raised her eyebrows.
Wang Shengxiao's always calm and gentle expression suddenly turned a little gloomy: "The Central Continent Council, the Cabinet, the Military Department, and Kunlun City jointly issued a document defining Li Tianlan as an important suspect in the Qi family tragedy. Ten minutes ago, the official document had arrived at the Ministry of Security, and even
Arriving at various agencies in Youzhou, Li Huacheng personally signed an order requesting the Ministry of Security, General Staff, Kunlun City, Youzhou Special Operations Bureau, Shadow Gate, and major special operations organizations in Youzhou to dispatch manpower to arrest Li Tianlan. The Ministry of Security was a little slow.
One step, I guess people from the Youzhou Special Operations Bureau are already on the way."
"So fast?!"
Wang Jingxin was suddenly startled and stood up directly.
He could not believe that Zhongzhou would be so resolute this time. In less than a few hours after the incident, he made the decision to arrest Li Tianlan. However, although it was an arrest, Zhongzhou had not yet formally arrested Li Tianlan.
Convicted, it was just that he was a major suspect in the Qi family massacre.
Wang Jingxin couldn't figure out whether this important suspect was to leave room for compromise or to stabilize Li Tianlan first.
With the current strength of Youzhou, especially the strength currently sent out to capture Li Tianlan, it seems difficult to retain Li Tianlan.
But if Li Tianlan resists, it will be true treason. Zhongzhou’s territory of tens of millions of square kilometers lies at the feet of the emperor. No matter how invincible Li Tianlan is, how many people can he kill?
Moreover, he is only a suspect now, not a criminal. With this leeway, the possibility of Li Tianlan resisting is much smaller.
Looking at it this way, the possibility of temporarily stabilizing Li Tianlan is the greatest.
"Is Zhongzhou really going to take action?"
Wang Jingxin couldn't believe it.
He knew that if Li Tianlan really decided to resist, he alone could bring irreparable heavy losses to Zhongzhou. Zhongzhou might win, but it would never be easy.
How could Li Huacheng not know about the issues that he knew?
But now, they actually dared to take action, without even preparing anything in advance, they went straight to it.
If this was to test Li Tianlan's final attitude, the risk would be too great.
"What the President said is that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. No cancer is allowed to exist in Central Continent. Central Continent as a whole must be healthy, active, and united. Any cancer that threatens Central Continent must be removed, even by scraping the bones. To cure a poisonous disease, strong medicines are used to treat serious illnesses, and long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain.”
Wang Shengxiao sneered.
Wang Jingxin nodded subconsciously, seeming to agree with Li Huacheng's statement, but... hmm? Wait... that's not right...
He carefully recalled what Wang Shengxiao said, and looking at the sneer on his face, his whole expression suddenly changed.
"This is..."
Wang Jingxin took a breath of air and said in disbelief: "The drunkard doesn't care about drinking."
Wang Shengxiao's expression became increasingly gloomy.
He looked at the night sky outside the window and was silent for a long time before sighing softly: "The rain is about to come..."