Chapter 31 The Night Before

In the study room of Prince Yan's Mansion, Liu Fushi stood beside Zhao Xu. read

"Your Highness, Zhang Kangquan agreed."

After returning from the government office, he didn't drink a sip of water and went straight back and forth to report.

"Oh?" Zhao Xu was slightly surprised.

Overnight, the Zhang family transformed from fierce tigers into docile cats, which is really surprising.

It just made him more uneasy.

After all, you are not afraid of being fierce but you are afraid of hidden needles.

"I have thought about it for a long time. The reason why the Zhang family is so submissive is that they are either afraid of the palace or a tactic to delay the war. In comparison, I believe the latter more. Yan County is a forbidden area for the Zhang family. How could he just do it?" Give it to me like this." Zhao Xu said in a deep voice.

In this troubled world of intrigues, he had to think about his enemies' actions with the utmost malice.

"This is what the official is worried about." Liu Fu frowned, "No matter what happens to the Zhang family, the palace's plan to control Yan County cannot be relaxed. Since this test fails, it is better to take this opportunity to cut off the wings of the Zhang family, the Huang family and the Du family." Let’s see how he reacts?”

Zhao Xu nodded, Liu Fu's plan was quite ruthless.

After the decree, this move is equivalent to squeezing the living space of the Zhang family step by step and forcing the Zhang family to reveal their true colors.

"I am already doing this. The Huang family will be destroyed in these two days." Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and told Liu Fu about his use of the Huang family.

"Your Highness is smart, but I think we should kill two birds with one stone." Liu Fu rolled his eyes, "This time to cut off the Huang family, Your Highness might as well mobilize the private soldiers of Dong, Yang, and Lu to capture Huangjiawu together. This way, we can not only reduce the casualties of the royal family, but also completely tie these three families into the royal chariot."

Zhao Xu glanced sideways at Liu Fu.

This kid is a bold and strategic person, as can be seen from the moment he wakes up and chooses his side.

The ideas he has come up with in recent days are all in line with his wishes and are worthy of continued cultivation.

He said: "Just as I wanted, you sent three families to come to the palace, and also sent the palace officials and guards to take over the military affairs department."

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu bowed and left.

Not long after.

Dong An and his father Dong Yuan, Yang He and his father Yang Cheng, and Lu Chang came to the palace with his father Lu Ran.

Zhang Qian's death has caused an uproar in Yancheng.

They also received news that Zhang Kang showed his favor to the palace.

This news made them uneasy. They did not want the palace to accept the Zhang family.

Therefore, they were planning whether to come to the palace to find out King Yan's attitude.

Unexpectedly, the palace came to summon them.

"Your Highness."

The three family heads and their eldest sons saluted Zhao Xu.

"You must already know about Zhang Qian," Zhao Xu asked.

Dong Yuan nodded, "Zhang Qian's death is very strange. Based on my understanding of Zhang Qian, he had no hidden illness. It is ridiculous to say that he died suddenly."

"It was probably Zhang Kang who did it," Lu Ran said bluntly.

Yang Cheng agreed, "That's true, Your Highness, Zhang Qian is just a reckless man, Zhang Kang's tactics are ten times better than his, so we can't trust him easily."

"You don't have to worry. It is my king's ambition to destroy the Zhang family. How can I relax because of a few sweet words? It doesn't matter whether Zhang Qian or Zhang Kang is in charge of the Zhang family. Today, I asked you to come to discuss the matter of cutting off the power of the Zhang family... "Zhao Xu told the story that he wanted to use the troops to destroy the Huang family.

When they heard that Zhao Xu wanted them to send private soldiers to capture the Huang family's Wubao in the countryside, the three of them were stunned at the same time.

They knew that without sending troops, they could still fight Xini in Yan County.

Once they send out troops, they will really break up with the Zhang family, and they can only rely on the palace from now on.

But if they don't send troops, they are worried that Wang Fu will really collude with Zhang Kang and deal with them in turn.

After weighing the situation, they felt that the latter was the most disadvantageous to them.

Now, they can only go to the dark side with the palace.

The Dong family benefited the most from the palace. Dong Yuan said loudly: "Your Highness's worries are the worries of my Dong family. The Huang and Du families have been causing trouble in Yan County for many years. It's time to deal with them."

"My Lu family has five thousand elite soldiers, and I am willing to die for your highness." Lu Ran said.

Seeing that the Dong family and Lu Jiujiu had expressed their stance, Yang Cheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Huangjiawu Fort is only thirty miles away from my Yangjiawu Fort. I will send someone to investigate tonight in preparation for an attack."

All three furniture agreed, and Zhao Xu was very happy.

The pro-army and county soldiers currently controlled by the palace cannot compare with the strength of the Zhang family.

But now the soldiers of the Dong, Yang, and Lu families are willing to serve him.

Since waking up, he has always felt powerless in Yan County.

Now, for the first time, he felt that he had the power to control Yan County.

What's left is to get rid of the Zhang family's powerful family.

As for the three Dong, Yang, and Lu families, he will give them some benefits and let them change gently and no longer control the land.

Then let Prince Yan's Mansion take complete control of Yan County.

After agreeing on the matter, Zhao Xu discussed some details with the three families and asked them to go back to prepare and wait for the palace's order.

Send three people away.

Zhao Xu called Zhou Yi and asked about the detailed work.

"All three of them have entered the wine shop, and it is estimated that they will look for an opportunity to leave the palace next." Zhou Yi said.

Zhao Xu pondered, "Tonight you deliberately lit a fire in the west courtyard to create chaos so that they could escape. If they leave, send someone to follow them."

After a few evil laughs, Zhou Yi nodded with a smirk.

These three details are as disgusting as flies.

He had long wanted to get rid of it...

midnight.

The cold moonlight shines on the west courtyard of the palace.

In the wing room where the servants lived, three servants lay together and tossed and turned.

They were the spies planted by the Huang family in the palace.

Since entering the palace, they were closely watched by the guards and had no chance to approach the workshop in the middle courtyard.

Today, three people in the middle courtyard were sick, so they were temporarily transferred to the wine shop to work.

After a day, they basically saw everything in the wine shop.

After finishing the work, they thought about how to escape from the palace.

However, the West Courtyard has always been closely guarded, and after thinking hard for a long time, they couldn't think of any way.

While they were worrying, suddenly a noisy sound came out.

Many people in the yard ran around and shouted.

"It's on fire, put it out quickly."

The three of them sat up immediately after hearing it, and saw the fire flickering in the courtyard.

They were all happy, they looked at each other and ran out of the wing room immediately.

Sure enough, a wing room was on fire, the yard was in a mess, the servants and guards were busy putting out the fire, and no one was at the door.

After looking at each other, they took advantage of the panic to sneak out of the palace and went to the place agreed with the Huang family.

After they left, Chang Wei appeared at the door.

He made a gesture, and more than a hundred palace guards in night clothes followed him.

At the same time.

Wang Yanzhong and Xu Lie arrived in front of an inconspicuous courtyard in the west of Yancheng.

After stuffing three spies into the palace, Huang Yu thought he had hit Wang Yanzhong's sore spot.

In addition, Wang Yanzhong followed Zhao Xu's instructions and told him some of what he saw and heard in the palace and some arrangements in the middle courtyard of the palace. He believed that Wang Yanzhong had surrendered to him and relaxed his vigilance against Wang Yanzhong.

At Wang Yanzhong's pleading, he was allowed to see his wife and children.

It was this time that Wang Yanzhong remembered the location where his wife and children were imprisoned.

"Kill!"

Kicking the gate open, Wang Yanzhong rushed in with a knife.

Slaves are always on the brink of blood.

The Huang family bullied his wife and children, which touched his reverse scale.

Tonight, he completely turned against the Huang family.

From then on, he would rather be a loyal dog of the palace than be bullied by the Yan County nobles!