Lu Longguang looked at Chu Xiu without saying a word.
If someone else had spoken so brazenly in front of him and made it clear that he wanted to fight with nothing, Lu Longguang would have beaten him out directly.
But this person is Chu Xiu. Just as Chu Xiu said, his experience of rising in the land of Kansai and his current status are a kind of proof of Chu Xiu's ability. This is confidence and a fact.
Whether or not to believe Chu Xiu is something worth thinking about for Lu Longguang.
After a while, Lu Longguang asked with a stern face: "What if I lend you my power but you mess up the matter?"
Chu Xiu shook his head and said: "If I take action, things will not go wrong. There are no ifs. Besides, I am not your subordinate, Your Highness. There is no need to issue a military order here.
I have said before that if His Highness has confidence in me, then he will give me his power. If he does not have confidence, I will turn around and leave. Promises like this are just empty words until the matter is completely completed.
And I have one more thing to say, Your Highness, you and the Crown Prince will always have to decide the outcome. Last time we were at Your Majesty’s place, Your Highness, you won the game, but what about now?
So with or without me, I guess His Highness is ready to attack the prince again. Now it's just that the leader is replaced by me, there is not much difference."
Lu Longguang pondered for a moment. Perhaps the last transaction with Chu Xiu gave him some confidence. He said in a deep voice: "Okay, I will believe you for once, but you must first tell me that your
No matter what the plan is, I will also send Fang Zhenqi and Eunuch Li to follow you.
I have never liked those conspiracy and sneaky methods. Let me explain in advance that if you want power, I will give it to you, but Fang Zhenqi and Eunuch Li are here to monitor you. As long as you do not do anything that harms my interests,
The two of them will only play a surveillance role, and they will listen to your orders and will not interfere with your actions."
Chu Xiu didn't say much about Lu Longguang's decision. If Lu Longguang really believed in him unconditionally, either Lu Longguang was stupid or there was something wrong with it. So Chu Xiu just nodded and said: "Your Highness did this."
It is as it should be.”
"Okay, let's talk about your first step plan." Lu Longguang said in a deep voice.
Chu Xiu said: "The first step of the plan is actually very simple. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. I need information, all kinds of information about the prince and his cronies."
Eunuch Li said in a sharp voice from the side: "Don't worry, Mr. Chu, we have the information on the prince's side. The prince's side has been very low-key recently, and nothing major has happened."
Chu Xiu shook his head and said: "Not enough, this information is simply not enough."
Eunuch Li frowned and said: "Master Chu, what do you mean by this? Do you doubt the accuracy of our information? The prince has just been reprimanded by His Majesty and is keeping a low profile. How could he do anything?"
Lu Longguang has been fighting with the prince for so many years. Of course he also knows the importance of intelligence, so all the intelligence under his command is managed by Eunuch Li.
Now hearing what Chu Xiu said, it seemed as if he didn't trust him, which made Eunuch Li immediately unhappy.
Chu Xiu cupped his hands and said, "Don't be offended, Eunuch Li. I'm not saying that your information is wrong, but that the information is too little. Eunuch Li, your manpower is limited. Information should be found from professional sources.
Only there can you get extremely accurate and detailed information."
"Where?" Eunuch Li asked doubtfully.
"The wind fills the building!"
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In front of the building in Nanliang City, Chu Xiu had just left not too long ago, and now he was back.
In terms of intelligence and news in this world, no force can compare to Feng Manlou. The information collected by Eunuch Li's men can only be called Jianghu gossip compared to Feng Manlou.
So Chu Xiu's first step was naturally to come to Fengmanlou to find information.
Following Chu Xiu were Fang Zhenqi and Eunuch Li, both of whom were great masters in the realm of unity between man and nature. According to Lu Longguang, although these two would normally obey Chu Xiu's command, their significance was obvious.
It's surveillance, honest surveillance.
When they were at the entrance of Fengmanlou, Chu Xiu said to Eunuch Li: "Eunuch Li, please wait here. Master Fang and I can just enter Fengmanlou."
Eunuch Li frowned and said, "What do you mean by not letting our family in?"
Chu Xiu smiled and said: "Don't be offended, Eunuch Li, Feng Manlou is a Jianghu sect after all, and is quite sensitive to people from the royal family.
Mr. Fang and I have changed into casual clothes, but Eunuch Li, even if you have changed into a different set of clothes, the characteristics of a member of the royal family are still very obvious, and it is easy for people in Fengmanlou to misunderstand something."
Nanliang City is the headquarters of Fengmanlou. There are many martial arts masters here. You can tell at a glance that Eunuch Li is a eunuch.
Although there are many people in the world who practice martial arts to become eunuchs, there are still only a few who are willing to wield swords from the palace in order to cultivate the palace. Most of the eunuchs are from the palace.
Eunuch Li snorted lightly, but he didn't get angry.
Chu Xiu spoke in a measured manner. He did not directly say that he was afraid that the people in Fengmanlou would see that Eunuch Li was a eunuch, so he would not be allowed in. Instead, he directly said that Eunuch Li was from the royal family, which made Eunuch Li quite special.
Good impression.
Although he is a eunuch, he hates words like eunuch and eunuch.
Chu Xiu brought Fang Zhenqi into Feng Man Building. The warrior who greeted Chu Xiu last time saw Chu Xiu again. He quickly went up to greet him and said with a smile: "Master Chu has come to Feng Man Building again. What news are you planning to buy?"
Chu Xiu said: "This is a big deal. Please go and ask Mr. Qi."
For an ordinary martial artist in the Five Qi Dynasty Realm, even if he were Chu Xiu, it would be difficult to personally invite a martial arts master like Qi Yuanli to discuss business.
However, last time this warrior saw the scene where Qi Yuanli personally greeted Chu Xiu, he thought there was some relationship between Qi Yuanli and Chu Xiu, so this time he also quickly brought Chu Xiu and Fang Zhenqi.
In a living room, he quickly went to invite Qi Yuanli to come over.
Qi Yuanli frowned when he heard that Chu Xiu wanted to see him again.
The last time he sent Chu Xiu a piece of information, it was because he wanted to form a good relationship.
But this time Chu Xiu came again, and he was a bit confused. Did he really think that Feng Manlou was a charity hall and would be willing to give away everything?
However, Qi Yuanli didn't express it. He still opened the door with a smile and said: "Little friend Chu, what news are you here to buy again this time? In fact, for some minor news, you can just buy it directly from your subordinates. There is no need to buy it every time.
They come to me every time."
Qi Yuanli also saw Fang Zhenqi at this time, but he did not know who Fang Zhenqi was.
Although Feng Manlou sells information, he is not able to recognize a person's identity just by meeting him.
Chu Xiu didn't have time to chat with Qi Yuanli, so he went straight to the point: "Master Qi, I'm here to discuss a big business with you this time. This business must be done by you."
Qi Yuanli frowned and said, "What big business?"
Chu Xiu said in a deep voice: "As for the business of the Eastern Qi royal family, does Master Qi dare to do it?"
Qi Yuanli's brows jumped when he heard this. This business is indeed big enough!
"What kind of news about the royal family? If you are talking about the news about the entire royal family, then I'm sorry. Even if Guan Siyu comes in person, I don't dare to sell it."
Chu Xiu shook his head and said: "Of course my appetite is not that big. What I want is just news about the prince. The more detailed the better. This should be there, right?"
Hearing that Chu Xiu only wanted news about the prince, Qi Yuanli breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We do have this."
Having said this, Qi Yuanli glanced at Chu Xiu in surprise. He vaguely guessed why Chu Xiu wanted the prince's information.
The affairs of the Luo family were just trivial matters to Lu Longguang, not worth mentioning, but to the people in the world, they were the subject of gossip. Naturally, he also knew the news that Chu Xiu was besieged by the prince's men.
However, Qi Yuanli still added: "Little friend Chu, the prince is the prince of Dong Qi after all. There is a lot of detailed information about him, and there are many secret things in it. If you want it, the price will be very expensive."
Chu Xiu glanced at Fang Zhenqi, and Fang Zhenqi immediately began to take out the purple gold from the space secret box.
Although he wanted revenge this time, Lu Longguang would also benefit, so of course the money to buy the information would not come from him.
The purple gold in Fang Zhenqi's hand was smelted neatly into the shape of gold bricks, each weighing hundreds of taels.
As Fang Zhenqi piled up the purple gold bricks on the table one by one, until he piled up about ten bricks, Qi Yuanli quickly said: "Enough, that's enough."
He glanced at Fang Zhenqi in surprise. This man was quite impressive. This was purple gold. Anyone who could melt it into purple gold bricks so neatly must have a powerful force behind him.
However, Qi Yuanli didn't ask too much. Feng Manlou was usually the most gossipy person and wanted to collect all the information. But when facing his guests, Feng Manlou was very strict.
Qi Yuanli asked someone to bring a jade book, copied all the news about the prince during this period, printed it into an extremely simple jade slip that passed down the merits, and gave it to Chu Xiu.
Qi Yuanli said in a deep voice: "Little friend Chu, here is the news you want, but it is related to the royal family. It is best not to spread the news with great fanfare. Of course, even if it is spread, people will follow me everywhere.
It doesn't matter, as long as little friend Chu walks out of my Fengmanlou's door, then everything will have nothing to do with my Fengmanlou."
Chu Xiu nodded and said: "Lord Qi, please rest assured, I know the rules."
With that said, Chu Xiu took Fang Zhenqi and left Fengmanlou. After meeting with Eunuch Li, the three of them read the contents of the jade slip together. After reading it, Eunuch Li was sweating profusely.
Only then did he realize how far behind Feng Manlou he was in terms of intelligence collection. There were so many moves on the prince's side that he had not noticed! This was simply dereliction of duty!