Chapter 447: Killing Intentions and Coincidences

For matters like establishing authority, Chen Nuo doesn't need to do it himself, the people below can solve it.

For example, Longyuan.

Longyuan is divided into three parts, Yuanshou, Yuanzhua, and Nilin.

Yuanshou Chen Ping focuses on intelligence management.

Yuanzhua Chen Si focuses on assassination and cleaning.

Nilin Qingling focuses on internal rectification.

And now, it's time for Chen Si to take action.

It was July of that year.

A strange thing happened in Chen County.

More than a dozen families, big and small, went bankrupt at the same time. Among them, three families died out overnight, and even the members of these three families who served as officials in the court were not spared.

Later, news came out that the property of those families was donated to Chen County Chen family. As for the three extinct families, it was also done by Chen family.

Even Chen family did not cover it up, and showed it openly.

For a time, the atmosphere in Chen County was weird.

...

Jingzhou, Jiangling.

As a former important city, the capital of the new dynasty today is majestic and heavy, which are essential elements.

In fact, everyone will sincerely feel awe when seeing this city, and extend this awe to the ruler. In fact, this is also a way for the ruler to maintain his majesty.

Just like those sayings such as the son of heaven and the god of the world, they are all adding mystery and legality to the ruler.

Zhou Rong, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who had just established his foothold a few years after the founding of the country, had obviously learned this trick and even became more proficient.

Nowadays, many middle-level officials can't see him at all. The heavy crown beads cover his face, the tall hall holds him up high, and the smoky incense covers his face hazy, sitting on it like a sculpture in a temple.

And the tall and mighty Praetorian Guards around him further highlight his majesty and mystery.

And he spoke less and less, most of the time he was very frugal with words, and only spoke more when communicating with several generals and old ministers.

But today was different.

Bang!

The memorial fell violently.

The "sculpture"... moved!

The ministers were silent.

The two civil and military leaders on the left and right in the front looked at each other, and then Prime Minister Yu, the head of the civil officials, stood up, "I wonder what made Your Majesty angry?"

"..."

"Nothing."

Prime Minister Yu retreated.

Then.

The eunuch above quickly took two steps forward and shouted in a deep voice different from that of a normal eunuch, "Withdraw from the court!"

With this voice, everyone retreated in an orderly manner.

Only a few people stayed very consciously.

Soon.

Bang!

The memorial was thrown to the ground again, as if showing the unusual anger in the heart of the founding emperor.

The memorial was passed around in the hands of Prime Minister Yu, the general, and several old ministers, and everyone understood why the emperor was so angry.

Because some people have gone too far.

Moreover, that was the emperor's biggest concern and a problem that was beyond his reach.

Prime Minister Yu's eyes changed.

He now understood the specific situation. It was probably that some local forces that had defected to the court chose to attack the Chen family of Chen County, a clan of the Tianhe Chen family, in order to show off in front of the court and to get a better promotion.

In this way, the Chen family's face was lost and the court was pleased, but the Chen family was not directly offended. After all, the Chen family of Chen County did owe grain.

Although this opportunity was a bit rough, it must be said that the timing was actually quite clever and it was not a bad strategy.

Especially in targeting the Chen family, it really tickled the court, especially the emperor's itch.

If it could succeed, it would indeed be a good opportunity for luck. Unfortunately, the Chen family was so arrogant that not only exterminated the clan, but also killed the court officials. They were bold and traitorous...

However, was this strategy really only thought of by those local forces? Without instructions from certain people in the court?

His eyes inadvertently glanced at the side, and then looked up.

"This Chen family... is so arrogant."

At this time, Zhou Rong's voice came out slowly from above.

"What do you think, my dear ministers?"

"Your Majesty, they killed the court officials without authorization and spread cholera in the area. I ask to kill this rebellious family!"

Behind the general, General Wei, one of the important generals, stood up and said that he would kill the whole family.

The others also echoed.

Above, Zhou Rong looked at these ministers carefully, and he did not comment on General Wei's suggestion.

Only when he became the emperor did he know the complexity inside. Just like now, what they said may not be true...

"For this matter, you all should hand me a charter after discussion."

"I will obey the imperial edict!"

After everyone left, Zhou Rong, who returned to the Yangxin Palace, breathed out tiredly.

The queen was already waiting here. The queen in red looked enchanting and noble, "Your Majesty."

Coming behind him, she gently rubbed his shoulders, her eyes full of pity.

Zhou Rong closed his eyes and recalled everything that happened.

In fact.

He had known about the things in this memorial before.

That's right.

His performance in the court today was just a pretense.

After years of hard work to get to this point, he is now a warrior in the Zangfu realm. He knows very well what kind of power the Zangfu realm has. If he is free from worries and concentrates on assassination, it will definitely be a serious threat.

Therefore, from the moment he became emperor, his view of Chen changed slightly.

Maybe we can do it slowly, and annex and change it subtly.

At the same time, some beatings were also necessary, so he turned a blind eye to certain things instructed by the ministers, which was regarded as tacit approval.

But he didn't expect that this Chen family would be so violent!

Didn't you obviously agree to mobilize troops before? How come attitudes have changed so much now...

I can't figure it out.

However, Chen's actions suddenly made him murderous.

Since you are unwilling to obey and cannot see the situation clearly, then just go and die.

Zhou Rong opened his eyes, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

The Chen family occupies Hexia County and has huge forces, but they are only local forces, and there is only one person in the Zangfu realm. As long as Chen Nuo is hunted and killed, the rest is not a concern.

So, I have to think of a way...

After a while.

There was a voice outside the palace, and a young eunuch trotted over to report, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine, I would like to see you."

Hear the words.

The queen raised her eyebrows inadvertently.

Concubine Zhao De... Xina's concubine is now very favored.

"Let her in."

Zhou Rong straightened up, and a slightly rippling smile appeared on his face unconsciously, completely unaware of the dark eyes of the queen behind him.

The harem has always been the darkest place in the world...

…

Just when Zhou Rong changed his mind and became full of murderous intentions towards Chen.

The land on the border of Hebei and Henan.

A cavalry team raised up smoke and dust, and with the enemy's screams and blood, a surprise battle ended quickly.

"Hahaha!"

Chen Tang opened his visor and looked at the piles of grain and grass in front of him with a look of joy on his face.

As he expected, Jizhou has become a hotbed now, and countless forces are heading here, but they have obtained supplies, treasures, money, etc., so they have to go back, right?

The border with Jizhou, besides Bingzhou and Youzhou, is Yuzhou. Therefore, as long as you surround this border area, you will always encounter these forces going back.

By then...

This trick is called waiting for the rabbit.

Over the past few days, relying on the high-speed movement of the scaled horses and the strength of the army, a lot of harvest was achieved, including countless gold, silver and jewels, a lot of food and medicinal materials, and even some martial arts and some rare and rare treasures.

Because there were so many of them, he stored them at a certain location and let Long Yuan's people transport them in batches.

As for staying and offering it as trophies, military merits, etc., he had no idea. After all, the relationship between the family and the court was a little hard to tell.

Moreover, how could he not know what Zhao Wuliang had planned? Simply leave nothing behind!

"Brothers, work harder and search all of this area today. When we get back, we will all be rewarded!"

Before everyone could cheer, fireworks suddenly burst out in the sky.

"Walk!"

Chen Tang patted the horse's belly and jumped out.

Boom!

Smoke and dust suddenly rose, and earth and rocks flew apart.

soon.

Came to the signal location.

However, as soon as he arrived here, Chen Tang was slightly startled. The scene was... a bit strange.

It seems that there are three parties!

Our own exploration horses are now mixed with a caravan that doesn't look right, and they are attacking a larger army together?

Chen Tang's brain thought quickly.

Then he made a decision immediately and rushed towards the army without any pause.

The army had about half the armor rate, and its number was about seven to eight hundred. There seemed to be quite a few warriors among them, especially the leader, who was undoubtedly at the peak of his strength and strength.

At this moment, when he saw the cavalry led by Chen Tang charging forward, he was startled at first, and then his expression changed drastically.

"No! Withdraw! Enter the shield soldiers! Form a formation!"

pity.

His army was entangled with that weird caravan. How could they withdraw in such a short time and form a formation?

"Ahhhh!!"

The general roared angrily and ran over with a mace as tall as a man. Along the way, the cavalrymen were smashed down by it, smashing their flesh and blood into pieces!

Blood rains all over the sky!

Even the charge of scaled horses cannot stop the opponent.

Forcibly carving out a wide bloody path, reaching Chentang, this is the strength of the peak of muscles and bones, smashing through the army, inhuman power!

But even so, he couldn't stop the situation from collapsing. A large number of scaled horse cavalry divided, devoured, and defeated his army one by one!

Even if there are many flesh warriors among them, it will not help. Under the charge of the scaled horse, the flesh warriors will be knocked away!

Only a small number of Muscle and Bone Realm warriors could successfully block the scaled horse's charge.

Chen Tang looked at the enemy generals who were charging towards his general, the corners of his mouth raised, and a long sword glowing with a strange red light was unsheathed.

"kill!!"

The roar was like a thundering roar.

Bang! ! !

Along with the violent roar, what followed was not a fierce battle.

But...

Snap!

The stainless steel mace, which was as thick as an arm's length, actually split into two and fell sideways, splashing a muddy water made of dust and blood.

Poof!

The general's eyes widened in disbelief, looking at his arm that had been completely cut off, and the scarlet sword that fell on his neck.

"How is it possible..."

A large amount of blood sprayed down the broken arm, but the general did not pay attention at all. He even forgot to control his muscles and Qi and blood to stop the bleeding.

Chen Tang smiled, "Man can defeat beasts with sharp weapons."

"What do you think? You won't surrender? If you surrender, maybe you can save your arm."

He didn't lie. In a short period of time, applying special medicine and assisting with the circulation of qi and blood can really recover.

The general looked at the knife on his neck, and then looked at the troops who were trapped in the encirclement and struggling. Finally, he couldn't hold on and knelt on the ground, "I am willing to surrender."

Chen Tang nodded.

Soon.

The fighting stopped.

Chen Tang rode his horse and looked down at the general, "What's your name? Where are you from?"

He didn't hide it. Since he surrendered, he might as well surrender cleanly.

"I am Zhang Baili, one of the Tongqu soldiers of Bingzhou. I came here to fight for treasures and territory under the order of the commander."

"It's just that I found a big fish on the way, so I chased it all the way here."

"Big fish?"

Chen Tang looked at the strange caravan that was surrounded in the center and couldn't move.

The reason why it is weird is that the configuration of this caravan is wrong. There are actually three or four people in the Bone Realm, and the rest of the dozens of people are all in the Flesh Realm!

It would be a miracle if this could be normal!

"Well, they have a lot of things with them, and their strength is not right. We suspect that people from other forces have robbed good things in Jizhou, so we want to kill them and chase them all the way here."

Zhang Baili said so.

When she spoke, her eyes always unconsciously looked at the long sword that was shining with a strange scarlet light.

Hearing this, Chen Tang rode to the center and looked at the caravan, "Why, the leader hasn't come out yet? Do you want to be wiped out by us?"

Along with this shout.

A person finally got out of a carriage in the center. He looked to be in his early twenties and his appearance was ordinary, but Chen Tang felt something was weird for some reason.

"General, wait a minute!"

"I am here to show my respect. I am a descendant of the Chen family in Changshan County, Jizhou. I came out this time to seek refuge. After all, Daxia has collapsed and Jizhou is in chaos. In order to protect the family inheritance, I can only run away. As a result, I was unlucky and met such a tiger and wolf from Bingzhou. If it weren't for the general's rescue, I'm afraid I don't know how many people would die."

"Please accept my bow, general!"

After saying that, he bowed to Chen Tang.

The etiquette was very in place, the words were sincere and full of gratitude, giving people a very sincere feeling.

Chen Tang did not speak and accepted the bow frankly.

Afterwards.

He said, "Of course, in order to express my gratitude and reward all brothers, I am willing to pay a large sum of money as a reward. I just hope that the general will give me face."

The ordinary face was full of smiles.

At this time.

The few guards of the bone realm around him also stood up at the right time and took a step forward.

It seemed to explain something.

Logically speaking, at this point, Chen Tang should have given up and given some face, after all, the other party was not made of clay.

However, Chen Tang laughed.

"Okay, okay, Changshan County Chen family, I didn't expect that we are still relatives."

"In that case."

"You can't leave!"