Hearing this roar, Xiang Batian narrowed his eyes fiercely, turned around slowly, and looked at the person who called out sinisterly. This person was none other than me!
Looking at Xiang Batian coldly, I smiled sinisterly and said coldly: "Your words have deprived you of the right to leave at will. Now... you immediately hand over all the things the second prince gave you, otherwise If so... you can’t even think of leaving here even half a step!”
Phew...boom!
With a violent roar, fierce green light shone around Xiang Batian. At the same time, Xiang Batian looked up to the sky and laughed. After a long time, he suddenly stopped laughing and said proudly: "I love Xiang Batian. Come and go as you please, what can you do to me? Now I'm going out, let's see what you can do to me?" As he spoke, he turned back towards Ba Tian and kicked open the door. Laughed and walked out.
snap…
With a loud noise, the wooden door was closed behind Xiang Batian, shaking violently. For a moment, everyone in the room turned their eyes towards me. Everyone wanted to know, faced with such a provocation, What on earth will I do!
Taking a deep breath, I slowly stood up. As I stood up, I smoothly pulled out the Evil God Slash. When I stood up straight, I was already holding the Evil God Slash!
Without moving my body or my feet, I solemnly took the knife back, and suddenly... the surging aura started to roar so unscrupulously!
In the past six months, I have not dared to slack off even a little bit. With the second prince pressing down on me, no one would have dared to slack off!
Although, in the past six months, I have not been able to make another breakthrough, but... I have reached the middle level of Great Sword Master, and I have reached the level of proficiency in the use of Evil King Shen!
I closed my eyes silently, and the sound of Xiang Batian's footsteps came to my ears gently. In a low voice, I said to the second prince: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I damaged your house, I will definitely compensate you!" "
As I spoke, I stretched my right hand violently, and with a violent whistling sound, a scarlet light wave was violently thrown out along with my wildly swinging Evil God Slash...
Boom... click...
Amidst the fierce sound, the scarlet wave of fighting spirit shattered the still trembling wooden door. He rushed out crazily, knocked down a two-story building in front of the door, and continued to rush forward!
Everyone looked at all this in astonishment. The red wave of fighting spirit moved forward unbridled, and all objects in the way were turned into powder in an instant!
Finally, after the last beautiful statue was completely reduced to ashes, Xiang Batian's figure was revealed. Facing the surging knife, Xiang Batian showed a horrified expression!
boom!
With a muffled sound, Xiang Batian only resisted slightly, but then the scarlet fighting spirit passed through his body. After shaking his body, he fell forward slumped, twitched slightly, and then remained motionless!
Everyone opened their mouths wide and looked at everything in front of them motionlessly. Starting from where Lie Yan was standing to Xiang Batian's body, within a distance of nearly a hundred meters, it was a mess! All objects blocking it were destroyed, forming a huge attack zone ranging from narrow to wide, distributed in a fan shape!
Clang!
There was a loud noise, and I sheathed the sword. At the same time, everyone was shocked by the loud noise and looked at the fierce flames in front of them with a look of fear! They were hundreds of meters apart, without even looking at each other. With one strike, all the objects in his way were chopped to pieces, and he killed a high-ranking great swordsman with one strike. This is simply a myth!
Ignoring everyone's glances at me, I coldly hugged the second prince and said, "I'm sorry, second prince. In order to maintain your dignity, I can't let him leave this place and damage the house. Lie." Yan will definitely use his own efforts ten thousand times to compensate!"
Looking at Lie Yan excitedly, for the second prince, this Lie Yan was simply a miracle sent to him by God. A high-ranking great swordsman could not withstand the power of his sword. From this point of view, in addition to the sword master, there are also Who can threaten him? One such powerful subordinate is enough! Such a talented person, even if you sacrifice everything, you still have to win over him!
Not to mention only destroying so many houses, what if he destroyed the entire imperial city? As long as Caesar can sit on the throne, what if he destroyed ten cities, or even a hundred cities
Thinking of this, the second prince burst out laughing and said appreciatively: "Brother Lieyan, how can I blame you? I said... your decision is my decision. Even if you destroy the entire prince's palace, I won’t even have a word to say!”
I glanced at the second prince appreciatively, then turned around and said coldly to the others: "Okay, now you guys, hand over everything the second prince gave you, otherwise..."
After listening to my threatening words, this time... No one showed an angry expression. On the contrary, everyone became afraid, strong man! This is the strong one!
Everyone looked at each other for a few times, and finally... everyone suddenly knelt down and said in unison: "General, please forgive me for being confused for a moment. From now on, we will only obey the orders of the General, and we will never dare to do anything." No violation at all!”
I looked at everyone with a smile and said coldly: "Very good, since you said so, I will give you a chance, but... you remember, there is only one chance. If anyone does it again, I will punish Batian." This is your role model!”
With a cold glance, I continued: "Okay, now... you guys go back to your respective rooms immediately and practice hard for me!"
yes!
Facing my order, everyone bowed their hands respectfully and quickly and angrily withdrew. For a moment, only the second prince and I were left in the whole room.
The second prince laughed, stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go...it's too messy here, let's change places and continue talking!" I nodded, and I followed the second prince silently to the small conference room!
After everyone sat down, the second prince said in surprise: "Brother Lieyan, you did not disappoint me. You only came back for a short while and you shocked these guys!"
Smiling slightly, I said calmly: "Your Highness, the Second Prince, you have to remember that it is useless if a disloyal and disobedient subordinate comes. He may rebel at any time and may bring about changes at any time, just like today. Xiang Batian, he doesn't take you and me seriously at all. If he disobeys orders at a critical moment, we will be in trouble. In that case, the more powerful he is, the greater our resistance will be. !”
After listening to my words, the second prince nodded in agreement and said: "That's true. This matter will be left to you from now on. You will be fully responsible for it. What I want to know now is, what are the missionaries of the 12 countries you are on mission to?" How is the situation going?"
Nodding slightly, I continued: "Among the 12 countries, eight countries have definitely cooperated with us. The remaining four countries are all small countries. It doesn't matter if we want them or not!"
After a pause, I continued: "These eight countries will attack the Fourth Prince's army from all directions when the Fourth Prince raises his troops to rebel. At the same time... we attack the Fourth Prince from the inside to the outside, and cooperate with the inside and the outside. The Fourth Prince You definitely won’t last long!”
good!
After listening to my words, the second prince opened his eyes excitedly, cheered loudly, looked at me excitedly and said: "Brother Lieyan, do it well for me, don't worry, once I become a great treasure, I will never forget you. !”
With a slight smile, I thanked the second prince. I knew that the day he sat on the throne would be the time for him to start dealing with me, but... would I be stupid enough to give him that time
I looked at the second prince calmly, and asked calmly: "Your Highness, the second prince, I wonder how you have managed to gather the ministers and officials in the palace in the past six months?"
After listening to my words, the second prince frowned bitterly and said helplessly: "Brother Lieyan, there hasn't been much progress in the past six months. The people who supported me in the past still support me now, and those who don't support me don't. He still firmly does not support me, and... the fourth prince has been active recently, and many officials and ministers have begun to waver. If this continues for a long time, I am afraid... "
After hearing what the second prince said, I couldn't help but frowned and said in confusion: "Your Highness, the second prince, logically speaking, it is impossible for the fourth prince to win over ministers and officials. How did he do it?"
After listening to my words, the second prince smiled bitterly and said: "You don't know, the fourth prince has been leading troops to conquer the east and west for many years, destroying countless countries, and even plundered an astonishing amount of wealth, and he used his wealth to bribe those ministers. !”
Having said this, the second prince said helplessly: "Although I have some rights, there are not many places where I can make money. Compared with the fourth prince, I am a pauper!"
After listening to the words of the second prince, my expression became serious and I murmured: "Your Highness, the second prince, you will definitely lose if you continue like this. It is said that you only seek officials for money. If you can't meet people's financial needs, you will definitely lose." Something happened!"
The second prince nodded anxiously and said, "I know what you said, but... the matter is just there, what can I do?"
I frowned tightly, and I thought hard for a long time... My eyes suddenly lit up, and I said to the second prince excitedly: "Your Highness, I have a good idea, but I don't know if you have the guts to do it. Got it!"
As soon as he heard that I had a good idea, the second prince immediately became energetic and said excitedly: "Yes! I dare to do anything. If I don't do it, my life will be lost!"
With a sinister smile, I said in a low voice: "Since most of the affairs in the court are now handled by you, then... you have to win over your own forces, not to bribe them with money, but to drag everyone together to become corrupt, no matter what Whoever wants to leave this team, or if his will is shaken, immediately gather everyone's strength and annihilate him!"
After a pause, I continued: "For those die-hard officials and ministers who are unwilling to support you, we will use assassination and surrender methods to slowly eliminate them from the team. In this way... I believe it doesn't take more In a long time, we will be able to completely control the entire official sect!"
After hearing what I said, the second prince frowned and said in confusion: "What you said is troublesome. I don't know what you are talking about specifically. Can you be more detailed?"
After thinking for a moment, I smiled sinisterly and said, "Don't you dare sell your official position!"
Selling an official position! After hearing my words, the second prince yelled in surprise.
Nodding slightly, I repeated: "That's right, it's selling an official position. We can sell any official position. As long as you are loyal to the second prince, whether you have talent or not is secondary. As long as you have money, you can A large amount of wealth was obtained in a short period of time, and at the same time...expanded one's own sphere of influence!"
Looking at me in fear, the second prince shook his head and said, "No way, no way... Piaoxiang Empire has always used force to rule the country. Once someone is exposed for selling an official, he will be beheaded!"
With a sinister smile, I explained: "No one asked you to sell it openly. We have done our best to sell it openly, leaving no clues. As long as we say he has merit, he will naturally have it. As long as we gather a group of supporters Second Prince, everyone supports you with one voice, even if there are objections, it will be ignored!"
After listening to my words, the second prince breathed rapidly for a long time, slammed the table, and shouted: "Damn it, do it! Wealth and honor are in danger, and I will risk it!"
Seeing that the second prince agreed, I was secretly excited and encouraged: "Your Highness, don't worry... As long as Lie Yan is here, nothing will happen to the second prince!"
kindness!
Looking at me with confidence, the second prince said decisively: "Tomorrow, I will promote you to be the defense general of the imperial city and command the 100,000 imperial city guards. What do you think?"
I nodded with a smile, and said with a smile: "The second prince is smart. This way, it will be much more convenient for us to do things in the city, and... once the fourth prince gets into trouble, the imperial city's garrison is in our hands, and It’s much safer, at least... I will never be won over by the fourth prince!”
After listening to my words, the second prince looked at me silently for a while, and then looked up to the sky and laughed. His thoughts must be exactly the same as mine!
After chatting for a while, I left the Second Prince's Mansion and went home on my own. Early the next morning, someone from the palace came to greet me!
Although the Imperial City Guard is an army, it is not under the jurisdiction of the military department. Instead, it is directly responsible to the emperor. Its commander is also at the same level as the marshal of the army, and they cannot control each other!
Because the emperor is old and his body is getting older, he has not been to the morning court for a long time, and the second prince presides over it...
In the morning, the second prince publicly announced my appointment as the commander of the imperial city. I was immediately met with strong opposition, but at the same time, more people supported the decision. In the end... the second prince decided on the order by voting. So... I transformed and became the commander of the 100,000 Imperial City Guards!
Subsequently, the second prince announced a series of personnel appointments, but many of the appointments were rejected by the officials directly in charge. As a result, the second prince's orders could no longer be implemented. After all... the second prince was not the emperor yet, so he could not Mandatory orders are given to these ministers. If the officials directly in charge do not agree, they can only proceed with the approval of the old man of the emperor!
I watched the lively court meeting without saying a word, and soon... I basically understood who the ministers were who were loyal to the second prince, as well as the centrists and villains!
In the following two months, I verified in many ways that first of all, it was the centrist people who suffered. Either they had huge amounts of property with unknown origins, they were involved in corruption and bribery, or they had bad moral character. For a while... the entire court was in chaos. A large number of officials were dismissed by the old emperor. At the same time, while the second prince appeared to be upright on the surface, but secretly sold his officials to make money, they were replaced one by one by people loyal to the second prince.
The reason why we attack the centrists first is very particular. First of all... the ministers and officials who are loyal to the second prince will definitely support the second prince's decision. In addition, the villain officials will not speak for them and are happy to see these people fall. , in this way, with almost no opposition and the crowd pushing down the wall, the second prince completed the first round of power shuffling!
Today, two months later, 80% of the officials and ministers in the palace are loyal to the second prince. The second prince himself has not made much money, but has delegated power to various officials and ministers. Now that you have the right to directly appoint officials, after selecting the officials, you only need to report them to the second prince, and they will be approved 100% of the time!
As a result, all the ministers benefited and placed their cronies and relatives under their control. So... each and every government office has almost become a family management model. It is said that if one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven. Behind a minister, a large number of relatives and cronies were involved, forming small groups. The speed of making money was so fast that even the fourth prince had to be stunned!
Having obtained huge power and astronomical wealth, these ministers had no reason not to support the second prince. First... the second prince had too much evidence of their betrayal of officials. Once they rebelled, they would not be able to escape and they would be executed. , tens of thousands of people died!
Secondly, their power has reached the greatest extent almost in the jurisdiction of various officials. It can be said that they can cover the sky with one hand!
Thirdly, because he had too much power, he plundered it unscrupulously. No one dared to control it, and no one could control it. For a while... the whole officialdom was in a mess!
Although it was only two short months, but... all the ministers and officials of the Second Prince's faction were forced and tightly bound together by common interests. If the Second Prince prospered, everyone would prosper. Once the Second Prince fell, Not only are they going to lose everything they have now, but they can't even save their lives. Not only are their own lives in danger, but not a single one of their family members can survive, and none of their relatives are trying to escape. Now... everyone is tied together. A rope was tied together to the second prince's belt. The fate of the second prince determined the fate of everyone!