Sure enough, after being tested, many people in the door were very dissatisfied with Hou Shi openly and secretly.
But they didn't dare to do anything. If they rebelled, after all, it would be a crime of treason. It would be unpleasant to spread the word. Even if Hou Shi was pulled down in the end, who could legitimately sit on the position of King of Gu? I'm afraid my fellow disciples will suffer a bloody blow again!
Now that there is news about Zhan You, they naturally follow the trend, so they hit it off.
The conditions are very simple. After Zhan You takes the position of Gu King, he will restore the previous rules.
So after that, they searched for people in Wu Gu City to talk about the matter and vent their anger.
Immediately, those who were interested naturally knew what the news meant, so they organized themselves to look for trouble in the city every two days.
Now that the battle between Xiling and Dongling is imminent, Zhan You has already sent a message to Wugu City, asking him to find a way to cause civil strife. Then he will make peace with the outside and take down Wugu City in one fell swoop.
However, what Zhan You didn't know was that Hou Shi had already followed Shuo Ling to the frontier fortress.
The night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, Lan Kuo was wearing battle armor and standing on the city gate. Under the city gate was Xiling's 20,000 troops. They all looked at Lan Kuo standing on the city gate, holding a spear in his hand. He shouted, "The King of Xiling is mighty, the King of Xiling is mighty!"
"Okay!" Lankuo's face was extremely happy at this time, and then he stretched out his hand and shouted loudly.
After hearing this, the soldiers stopped and put their spears on the ground. Suddenly the dust on the ground started to fly.
After the shouts of the soldiers stopped, Lankuo took a few steps forward and approached the city wall.
Then Lan Kuo said loudly, "All officers and men obey the order."
"Yes!" As soon as Lan Kuo finished speaking, the soldiers said together.
Lankuo continued, "This is a good opportunity for us to break through the border fortress. Once the border fortress is broken, we will not be far away from unifying the four countries. In order for me, Xiling, to unify the four countries, we must win the border fortress in this battle!"
"Don't worry, King Xiling. The final general will definitely live up to the divine grace and capture the border fortress in one fell swoop to show the might of our army!" At this time, General Hu, who was standing in front, said loudly.
After hearing this, Lan Kuo couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Okay, let's show it to the countries in Dongling. I, Xiling, am bound to dominate the world!"
"To dominate the world, we must win!" As soon as Lankuo finished speaking, General Hu pulled the reins to turn the horse around, then raised the spear in his hand to the army in front of him and said.
After hearing this, the soldiers raised their spears one after another, and then shouted!
"To dominate the world, we are bound to win!"
"To dominate the world, we are bound to win!"
"To dominate the world, we are bound to win!"
The momentum of the soldiers is extremely magnificent!
When the soldiers shouted for the third time, Lankuo stretched out his hand to signal to stop. After the soldiers stopped, Lankuo said, "Okay, let's go!"
After giving the order, all the soldiers, under the command of General Hu, turned around and set off in the direction of the border fortress.
Immediately, Lan Kuo also came down from the city gate.
At this time, hundreds of civil and military officials who came to see him off stood at the city gate.
When they saw the waves coming down, they all knelt down and worshiped, "I wish the emperor a great victory and get up early and come back early."
"Everyone, get up." Lankuo was in a very good mood at this time. When he saw the momentum of the soldiers just now, he felt that this battle would be won without a doubt!
After hearing this, all the ministers stood up.
At this time, Fan Xiang walked up to Lankuo and said, "Your Majesty, you must be extremely careful when going to the border fortress."
"Xiang Fan is overly worried, and nothing will happen to me." After hearing this, Lan Kuo's face couldn't help but darken.
Fan Xiang wanted to say something again at this time.
The second prince who came to see him off, Lan Cangmo, came out, knelt down and raised his hands and said, "Father, I dare to ask for your permission to go with my father."
Although Lankuo has three sons, he has not been crowned a prince so far. The second prince must have already made plans in his mind at this time.
As soon as Lan Cang Mo finished speaking, his other two sons came over, glanced at Lan Cang Mo, and then said, "My son and I are also willing to go together."
"What a good son of this king. I asked you to lead troops to fight against Tangling before, but you all found excuses to refuse. Now that our army has defeated Dongling once, you are rushing to go. Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity? After achieving great military exploits, look at the vacant crown prince position in the East Palace." Lan Kuo narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing this, and then looked at several people in a low voice and said.
After hearing this, several people couldn't help but feel nervous, and then they said loudly, "Father, I never meant this, I never meant this!"
"Okay, everyone, get up and go back. I know your filial piety. In fact, I have already made up my mind about who I want to be the prince." Lan Kuo continued.
After hearing this, the three of them were stunned again, and then the three of them looked at each other, "I'll send you off to my father!"
With that said, the three of them stood up.
"You all go back. This king has set off, and you ministers should go back too." Then Lan Kuo said and waved his hand to him.
As he spoke, he walked aside.
Zhan You was standing in front of the carriage outside the city gate at this time, wearing a cloak. Looking at the empty clothes he was wearing, he felt as if a gust of wind could blow him over, but he seemed to be in good spirits.
At this time, Zhan You saw Lankuo coming, and saluted him with his hands raised, "King of Xiling."
"Gu Master Zhan, how are you preparing?" Lankuo asked Zhan You at this time.
Zhan You nodded at this time, then looked at the carriages tied with chains and said, "Everything is ready, except for the pig iron that King Xiling prepared yesterday."
With that said, Zhan You looked aside.
"Don't worry, Gu Master Zhan, everything is ready." Lan Kuo said with a smile at this time.
Then he turned to Yan Hao and said, "Bring the things you prepared."
"Yes." Yan Hao responded, turned around and walked to a carriage, had people carry out the things in the carriage, and then walked to Zhan You.
Lankuo said to Zhan You at this time, "Gu Master Zhan, don't worry, the things I have prepared are all top-grade. I'm afraid of any accidents, so I've prepared an extra copy."
"Thank you so much, King Xiling." Zhan You said at this time, cupping his hands.
Then Yan Hao asked Zhan You, "Gu Master Zhan, where do you put these things?"
"Put it on my carriage first." Zhan You said at this time.
Yan Hao nodded after hearing this, and then asked the two people carrying the things to walk towards Zhan You's carriage.
Just as the two men were loading the pig iron in the box onto the carriage, one person's hand accidentally slipped and the box fell down. The lid of the box was thrown open, and several pieces of pig iron inside fell out. fell out.
Seeing this, Yan Hao hurried forward, bent down to pick it up, then put it in the box, closed the lid again, and then put the box into the carriage.
The two men looked at Yan Hao in a panic. Yan Hao glanced at him, then walked up to Lan Kuo, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Gu Master Zhan has been put away."
"Okay, let's set off now." Lankuo nodded and said to Zhan You.
After hearing this, Zhan You made a gesture of invitation, "Please, King Xiling."
Then Lan Kuo walked towards his carriage.
After Lankuo got on the carriage, Zhan You walked to his carriage. His apprentice Fengxian hurried forward and helped Zhan You get on the carriage.
As soon as Zhan You sat in the carriage, he opened the curtain and said, "You can also sit in the carriage together."
"Master, it's okay, I'll just walk aside." Fengxian said at this time.
I saw Zhan You say again at this time, "Come up, I have something to explain."
"Yes, Master." Feng responded first and then got on the carriage.
Then the team started moving with the army.
After the team left, the three princes couldn't help but frown. They were probably thinking the same thing now.
First, they saw pig iron falling from the box just now. What was the use of going to the border fort to get this pig iron, and they had prepared so much.
The second thing, of course, is what King Xiling just said. He has already decided who will sit in the East Palace, but who among the three of them will it be
Several people were full of questions.
At this time, the ministers also turned around and walked back, whispering in small groups.
Fan Xiang watched the carriage go away, then turned and walked towards the city.
For some reason, he always felt that things would not be so simple. He always felt that something would happen, but he didn't know how to persuade their emperor. Their emperor was now bent on unifying the four countries, so how could he listen to his words? All he could do now was I prayed slowly in my heart, hoping that he was really overthinking.
As they were walking, Shi Lang Yan called from behind, "Prime Minister Fan, please stay, Prime Minister Fan."
"Shilang Yan, what's the matter?" Fan Xiang heard someone calling him, so he stopped and turned around. When he saw it was Shilang Yan, he asked
At this time, Yan Shilang trotted up to Fan Xiang and said with a smile, "To be honest with Fan Xiang, I do have something to ask Fan. Can you lend me a moment to speak!"
Fan Xiang glanced around and then nodded. He leaned towards the roadside and said, "Master Yan, this is fine."
"Okay, okay." Yan Shilang smiled and nodded.
Fan Xiang continued, "Now that it's done, then Sir Yan, please speak quickly."
"Which prince does Fan Xiang think our emperor will choose to sit in the East Palace?" Yan Shilang looked at Fan Xiang and asked.
Fan Xiang stared at Yan Shilang and said, "We can't speculate on the Holy Will."
"What Xiang Fan said is that we cannot make rash guesses about the Holy Will. But these ministers who passed by just now were talking and laughing, but they were all panicked in their hearts. I don't know who among them is in the wrong team." Yan Shilang He nodded and said.
At this time, Fan Xiang's lips curled up slightly, and then he said to Yan Shilang, "No matter who will be the prince in the future, we just have to fulfill our duties as ministers."
"Fan Xiang's words immediately enlightened me, so I won't disturb Fan Xiang." At this time, Yan Shilang said with a smile.
Fan Xiang turned to look at Lan Cangmo who was standing not far away, then turned and left.
After Fan Xiang left, Yan Shilang walked straight towards Lancang Mo and said, "Second Prince."
"Well, have you ever asked him who he supports?" Lan Cangmo nodded and then asked in a low voice.
Yan Shilang shook his head at this time, "I never asked, but Fan Xiang said something."