Chapter 69: Win people’s hearts

The emergence of this voice of rules has a huge impact.

The most unacceptable thing is that all divine contracts are invalid!

The previous cooperation, which was tightly bound by contract and could not be violated, has developed deep rifts.

Overnight, the foundations of all the forces were severely impacted, and they retreated back to the four royal cities and Fucheng, stopping their expansion.

At this time, rectifying the 'civil strife' has become the top priority of all major forces.

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Faced with the sudden change in rules, Shen Zhui, who was standing on the wall of Chaotian Mansion and looking into the distance, could only look at the city and sigh.

His heart is bleeding right now...

He mobilized all his troops and stationed 500,000 troops in Chaotian Mansion. This kind of strength is absolutely unstoppable to Zhenxucheng, even if the opponent is the first in the list of young talents, because this is no longer a situation that can be controlled by personal force.

As long as he can control the second royal city and be promoted to chief concubine, when the Zhenwen Yao Clan invades, who can stop him from sweeping the world?

The butcher's knife was raised high, but was blocked by a pair of invisible hands.

Shen Zhui was simply doubtful. Are the senior officials of Daxia Academy deliberately targeting themselves?

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence! If you don’t come early, you won’t come later, but you just show up at this time!

"Sir." Bi Ying's figure appeared on the city wall.

"What's the situation?" Shen Zhui gathered his thoughts and regained his composure. His first priority now was to appease the adventurers and regain his control over them.

Without the constraints of the divine contract, all cooperation becomes a piece of paper.

In the early stages of expansion, some divine contracts were relatively mild.

In the past six months, as the expansion has accelerated, there are not so many good things to say. The divine contract signed by the adventurers who were forcibly conquered by force can be called harsh!

Compared with other adventurer forces, Shen Zhui's problem is much bigger because no one is expanding as fast as him.

"Sir, in addition to Daliang Zaoyuntian, Gao Feng, and Lucio, they are stationed at Pingyang, Zhenbei, and Nanshan Pass according to your wishes."

"Twelve of the remaining eighteen Daliang Zao have arrived at Chaotian Mansion and are now waiting for you at the government office."

"Which six people didn't come?" Shen Zhui asked expressionlessly.

"Shui Ling Palace Fang Ruoshui, Zhongshan Emperor Li Longji, the three chiefs of the seventy-two tribes in the south, and Daliang Zao Zhang Liang."

Shen Zhui nodded, a trace of anger flashing in his eyes.

One-third of the twenty-two Daliang Zao under his command rebelled at once, and the Zhenwen human troops controlled by those people reduced the number of troops he could control by at least 150,000!

And it is very likely that these people will also cause trouble in their own rear areas!

Once handled improperly, his early efforts will be greatly weakened.

"Did someone break into the city?" Shen Zhui asked.

"There is no force to break in, but..." Bi Ying hesitated and said.

"Speak up if you have anything to say."

"During the past seven days, Daliang created Sima Jing and Murong Zeng, and they thought of Chaotian Mansion..."

"Humph, I'm not determined to give up." Shen Zhui sneered.

Half an hour after the Voice of Rules appeared, Shen Zhui sealed off Chaotian Mansion in the name of the commander of the carriage and placed Chaotian Mansion under military control.

They also mobilized the imperial army to guard the gates of Chaotian Mansion. Anyone with an official title below the rank of a young master would be deprived of all their titles if they left the city.

Since Shen Zhui is a seventeenth-level chariot commander, this order can transcend all three-level orders and all officials and nobles below fifteenth level, whether they are Zhenwen humans or adventurers.

Juniors at level 15 can travel, and can even lead the royal city's forbidden troops and a small number of 'private soldiers' that are rewarded by missions. These Zhenwen people belong entirely to the adventurer and will not be affected by the orders of the adventurer's nobles.

However, they can leave on their own, but those low-level Zhenwen humans and adventurers cannot take them with them.

Shen Zhui is now extremely lucky that his official title is seventeenth level. If it were still made by Daliang, he would only be able to restrict the right officer who is thirteenth level. This would be a huge loss.

"Where are Lan Chenguang and Jiang Tianming?" Shen Zhui asked.

"General Lan and General Jiang came from Tongmu Mansion at night. One thousand two hundred people had entered the Zhaohai and Longshan Passes outside Chaotian Mansion at midnight."

"Is Bai Liangcai back?"

"Not yet."

"Twelve hundred people, that's enough." Shen Zhui breathed a sigh of relief.

Lan Chenguang, Jiang Tianming and the three frontier troops did not recruit many people at the beginning, but they strived for excellence. These 1,200 people refer to adventurers who are extremely unlikely to betray even if they do not have a divine contract.

Because they are either members of the three major frontier armies, local armies, or family members of Qingzhou and Jizhou. They are basically integrated with Lan, Yun, and Zhao, and their loyalty is guaranteed.

Adventurers cannot control Zhenwen humans to kill adventurers, but adventurers can kill adventurers in the wild!

After the accident happened, Shen Zhui immediately mobilized these people to Chaotian Mansion.

Once those young masters who were promoted on their own dared to leave the city, Shen Zhui would dare to kill them!

As for Bai Liangcai, he was the person sent by Shen Zhui to Yangzhai City.

At this point, Wang Jingwen, the force that Shen Zhui planned to use to disgust Prince Liang's Mansion, could no longer be allowed to grow moldy in Yangzhai City.

"Let's go with me to meet them!" Shen Zhui took a deep breath, waved his hand, and walked down the city.

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The official palace of Chaotian Mansion was built extremely lavishly. The main seat of the Mingtang Hall was built one meter higher than the seats in the left and right rows.

This made the adventurers who were gathering in the hall to discuss had to look up at Shen Zhui when they were talking.

Shen Zhui lowered his head and glanced at the crowd in the main hall. All adventurers of level fifteen and above in the city were gathered here.

It must be said that in the past two years, Shen Zhui has expanded very quickly.

The total number of Shaoshangzao and Daliangzao exceeded fifty, excluding a few adventurers who were stationed in Sanfu. It is no exaggeration to describe this situation as a plethora of talents.

However, Shen Zhui sighed in his heart. If it had been before, there would have been dozens more people working here.

The atmosphere in the Mingtang was a little subtle at this moment.

Everyone knows what this meeting is about, and they also know their current situation.

Not all those who came to Chaotian Mansion were loyal, they just wanted to see how much benefit they could get from this incident.

But Shen Zhui is still the strongest among the adventurers, so in this meeting called to discuss attacking Zhenxing City, everyone has been thinking about other things, and no one is willing to be the one who stands out and gets punished. , bringing the topic to the matter of rule changes.

However, after all, some people can't sit still.

"Everyone, is it not appropriate for us to continue talking about marching into Zhenlu City at this moment?" A tall young man stood up and spoke.

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Shen Zhui glanced at it and said nothing.

"Oh? Let's not talk about Pour City. What does Master Situ want to talk about?" Bi Ying asked calmly.

Situ Jing glanced at Biying, and immediately snorted coldly, "Brother Biying, we are all adventurers here, so there is no need for you to follow the officialdom of Daxia."

"What I want to say is about this rule change and the renegotiation of cooperation and alliance!"

Everyone's expressions suddenly changed slightly, and they all became quiet.

"Situ Jing, don't make a mistake!" Bi Ying's face turned cold. "You have reached the level of Daliangzao, what else is there to be dissatisfied about!"

"Haha, what a joke!" Situ Jing laughed. "I, a great man, am ranked one hundred and seventy-three on the merit list."

"If you hadn't forced me to do so, I would have been a great hero a few months ago! Even more meritorious!"

"Shen Zhui." Situ Jing suddenly turned his head to look at Shen Zhui. "You favor one over the other and show favoritism to others. You call it cooperation, but all the benefits go to you, the Wu'an Army! You have to share the tasks I get with others. Even this wild bull has more merit than me!"

"What did you say!" A tall figure with a bull's head and a human body beside him was furious. It was Niu Tian of the Bull Demon Tribe.

Niu Tian's physical body was destroyed and he escaped, and his soul has been extremely weak since entering the second level. However, this cow was lucky enough to break the chess game and find Shen Zhui when the power of his soul was about to collapse.

Shen recalled his previous friendship, so he used the holy words of medicine to rebuild his body and regain his strength.

Since Niu Tian had convinced several of the foreign leaders when he conquered the seventy-two tribes in the south, Shen Zhui helped Niu Tian overtake them all the way and was promoted to a sixteenth-level Daliang Zao.

"Niu Tian, ​​sit down." Shen Zhui waved his hand and said calmly. "Let him continue."

"Humph!" Niu Tian snorted coldly and sat down dullly.

Situ Jing sneered: "I accepted it because of the contract before, but now I don't want to play anymore!"

"Who comes to the secret realm for adventure but for a higher reward? It's not my style, Situ Jing, to be subservient to others!"

"My partnership with you ends here, let's go!"

After saying that, Situ Jing waved his sleeves and walked out of the Mingtang Hall. Behind him were three young masters, all of whom were close to the Situ family.

"You! You ungrateful thing!"

"I don't know what's wrong!"

"Without Mr. Shen's help, you would be nothing but a Daliangzao!"

"White-eyed wolf!"

There were waves of curses.

Shen Zhui glanced at the crowd and stretched out his hand to suppress the discussion.

"Who else wants to leave? Tell them all together. After this time, there will be no chance."

Everyone immediately looked at me and me, but no one said a word.

Whether it was to assess the situation or to express gratitude for Shen Zhui's help, most of those who came to Chaotian Mansion wanted to continue with Shen Zhui.

Furthermore, after the contract disappears, there are many adventurers with lower official titles who want to continue to act with Shen Zhui. This is the influence of being number one on the merit list.

After a while, someone else stood up one by one.

This man has a skinny face and is dressed like a Confucian.

"Murong Zeng, are you dissatisfied with me?" Shen Zhui asked in a deep voice. "You arrived later than Situ Jing, but you are ten places higher than him on the merit list. I admit that I have never treated you poorly."

"Master Shen, I'm not dissatisfied." Murong Zeng shook his head and said, "On the contrary, your Excellency treats me well."

"Then why are you leaving?"

"If you continue to follow General Shenwei and become the enemy of the whole world, you will offend a large number of people when you get out of the secret realm!"

"Murong Zeng doesn't want to offend others."

"Then are you willing to offend me?" Shen Zhui felt a surge of anger in his heart.

Speaking of which, Murong Zeng had some relationship with Murong Qingxue. Murong Qingxue had once mentioned that this person had been kind to her. Shen Zhui did not point out this relationship, but he was concerned about Murong Zeng. But I didn't expect that he would betray at this critical moment.

Murong Zeng didn't say anything, he just bent down and bowed his head.

Seeing this scene, Shen Zhui became even more angry.

Situ Jing and Murong Zeng, there is essentially no difference between the two of them, one is strong and the other is soft.

Even Murong Zeng hurt him even more!

Why did you go there if you didn't want to offend?

However, Shen Zhui calmed down quickly. This matter had the shadow of hostile forces. If it was not handled properly, people would be panicked and the good situation would be ruined.

"In that case, you can go. I allow you to lead your men out of the city." Shen Zhui said calmly. "It's just that after today, you and I are enemies."

"Thank you, General Shenwei." Murong Zeng bowed again in a deep voice, and then left with four young superiors.

Two great masters and seven junior masters left in a row, making the atmosphere in the hall a little gloomy.

Fortunately, Shen Zhui repeatedly asked if anyone was leaving, but no one was leaving, which made everyone feel relieved.

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In October of the same year, Shen Zhui's ban on city closure had to be lifted due to the order of the chief concubine Qin Shan.

That afternoon, Daliang Zao Situ Jing led the Zhenwen people and more than 400 adventurers who were willing to follow him out of the city. They were ambushed by Lan Chenguang, Jiang Tianming and others who had been waiting outside the city.

The Zhenwen soldiers on both sides turned a blind eye, as if they couldn't see these battles, and they became phantoms of each other.

Daliang Zao Situ Jing died, and his soul fled. All four young superiors were killed, and the rest fled in all directions, with more than half of them dead or injured.

The next day, Daliang Zao Murong Zeng Shiqu only left the city with a hundred people, while all the Zhenwen soldiers stayed in Chaotian Mansion.

Shen Zhui thought about it again and again, but finally fulfilled his promise and allowed Murong Zeng to leave.

After the top management is stabilized, the next step is to rectify the middle and low-level adventurers in Chaotian Mansion.

After using Lan Chenguang and the 1,200 men from the border army to establish his authority, Shen Zhui established a relatively fair adventurer promotion system, mainly focusing on the allocation of tasks in the main city. And if you don't stay here, no one inside or outside the Three Prefectures will be able to get another mission. This is tantamount to tying up these low- and middle-level adventurers with tasks in disguise, and tying them into their own chariots.

Since adventurers below level fifteen have no ability to resist Shen Zhui, and Shen Zhui has issued a relatively fair adventurer promotion system.

It was better to follow Shen Zhui, who was born in the army, than to follow those annoying family forces. This is the understanding in the minds of most adventurers.

Until Wang Jingwen of Yangzhai City came with 500 sword masters and gave the adventurers in Chaotian Mansion another reassurance.

The whole world is like this, and it won't be much better if you go elsewhere. It is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people due to Shen Zhui's deliberate arrangement.

Under the combination of kindness and power, the hearts of adventurers with middle and low-ranking titles gradually stabilized.

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Two years and one month later, Shen Zhui regrouped his army and began to clear out the six Daliang Zao who had previously defected, and re-established order in the Three Prefectures.

Starting from early February of the second year of the 2nd year until June of the 2nd year of the 2nd year, Shuiling Palace Fang Ruoshui, Zhongshan Emperor Li Longji, the three clan chiefs of the Seventy-two Southern Clans, and Daliang Zao Zhang Liang were forced to abandon their original cities. Flee with the remaining forces to other prefectures and royal cities.

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At the end of June, Shen Zhui, who was the first to emerge from the 'civil strife', began to march into the King Shenxun City.

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At the end of July, Daliang built a dragon and fought fierce battles with Hai Qing and Shen Zhui to compete for the other four city gates.

The fighting lasted until the middle of July, when Daliang Zaoji Chang was promoted to the commander of the Si chariot. He set off from Luncheng and participated in the competition for the main city mission of the three prefectures and nine passes.

The melee between the three parties lasted until the beginning of August. Wei Tianlong, the leader of Daliang, was promoted to the rank of captain of the carriage, and all 10,000 adventurers under his command moved out in full force, hoping to make a profit and swallow up Shen Zhui, Long Qie, and Ji Chang in one fell swoop.

The three of them had to stop fighting urgently and join forces to deal with Wei Tianlong.

On August 15th, the three masters of the Academy Alliance led 8,000 people to rob Wei Tianlong's rear city. Wei Tianlong's sneak attack failed, and there was a fire in the rear, so he had to give up the three-man battle for Zhenxing City and hurried back.

The four forces ended up with Shen Zhui, Long Qie, and Ji Chang each occupying the first three passes of Shenxun City and stopped fighting.

It was less than four months before the battle between the two realms.

At this time, earth-shaking changes had taken place on the merit list.