Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Chen Shao traveled day and night without stopping.

When the prince's gang of the previous dynasty received the news and sent people to assassinate her along the way, she had already returned to Hongyuan County.

Shu County.

Luo Wan has a private residence.

Luo Wanyou closed his eyes and listened to Cheng Yuanlang's report about the failure of ten groups of troops to stop Chen Shao. He tried to suppress his anger, but after a while, he couldn't help but waved his hand and swept all the cups, plates and tea sets on the table to the ground: "Waste!"

Cheng Yuanlang glanced at the tea leaves on the hem of his gown and advised, "It's not their fault. Young Master Chen must have asked General Gu to pass on the message after he set out. We got the news and then sent people out. We wasted time. If Young Master Chen had focused on his journey, he could have avoided our people."

How could Luo Wan not know this?

He was just a little unwilling.

Since taking office as the governor of Shu County, he has worked diligently every day. Up to now, nineteen of the thirty-six counties in Jiannan Road have been under his command.

The five largest armed forces in Shan State also expressed their loyalty to him early on.

His achievements have always been unrivaled among all the people who surrendered to the Prince's Party of the previous dynasty.

He has always been proud of it.

Many times, he fantasized that after success, he could use the banner of the former princelings to restore the country and sweep across the country; or he could establish his own regime and become a hegemon.

But all this was ruined by Chen Shao.

Not only did the Shan armed forces who had repeatedly expressed their loyalty to him turn to her, but even those bandits in Jiannan Road, to whom he had offered his services long ago, had collectively rushed to Hongyuan County in recent days, hoping to help her eliminate him. Many of the governors of the 19 counties were also ready to make a move...

Luo Wanyou closed his eyes again, and after a while, he slowly asked, "Have we arranged all our people?"

Cheng Yuanlang nodded. "Although there are many bandits and heroes who went to join Master Chen Liu, I only arranged eight people to blend in for safety reasons. Of these eight people, except for the two lieutenants named by the adults, I assigned the remaining six to a few efficient spies."

Luo Wanyou frowned slightly.

The reason why Cheng Yuanlang had been able to work for him for so many years was his ability to read people's expressions. When he saw him frown, he immediately knew that he was dissatisfied.

"Mr. Chen Liu's intention of recruiting them is to use these people to eliminate us." Cheng Yuanlang explained slowly, "According to Mr. Chen Liu's past practices, these people will be divided into several teams after arriving in Hongyuan County, and will act separately so that they can be rewarded according to their merits. According to common sense, the more people we have, the greater the probability of success, but..."

Cheng Yuanlang paused intentionally until Luo Wanyou looked at him, then he continued, "According to Young Master Chen Liu's personality, she will definitely let those who go to seek refuge form their own teams. Since they form their own teams, they will naturally form their own teams, which will be more convenient. We have a lot of people going, and unless we form a group, otherwise, too many people that we don't know will easily arouse suspicion."

His words barely convinced Luo Wanyou.

"Let them perform well and strive to gain the trust of Mr. Chen Liu as soon as possible." Luo Wanyou sighed deeply, stood up and walked out the door, looked at the scenery in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and did not speak for a long time.

Cheng Yuanlang stood quietly behind him and did not take the initiative to speak.

"Is your cousin really dead?" Luo Wanyou suddenly asked.

Cheng Yuanlang's eyes flickered twice in a very obscure way. "From the information we have found so far, he is indeed dead."

Luo Wanyou turned around and looked at him. "So what do you think of him as his cousin?"

Cheng Yuanlang thought about it, uncertain, but serious, and said: "His family is still in our hands. Real death is the best. Fake death... unless he doesn't recognize his parents, wife, and children in the future."

"That's right." Luo Wanyou stopped asking and said, "Whether he really died or faked his death, he has done so much for me over the years. I can't treat his family unfairly. Later, you can send a hundred taels of silver to them as a token of my appreciation."

Cheng Yuanlang nodded and agreed.

Luo Wanyou fell silent again.

Cheng Yuanlang remained silent.

After two cups of tea, Luo Wanyou returned to the house, sat down and sipped his tea. He motioned Cheng Yuanlang to sit down as well, and asked, "Where did Zhang Xiu and the others go?"

Although he had asked this question an hour ago, Cheng Yuanlang still replied: "We should be able to reach Brazil County tonight."

"It's less than 200 miles from Shu County to Baxi County. It took more than half a month to get here." Luo Wanyou was obviously not satisfied with this answer. He couldn't help but frowned and asked, "At this speed, how long will it take to reach the capital?"

Cheng Yuanlang patiently explained: "It's not that they don't want to go fast, but that General Li and his men are following them in several groups. They have to slow down to be prepared for their surprise attack at any time."

Luo Wanyou's brows tightened instead of relaxing: "Did they fight?"

Cheng Yuanlang shook his head.

Luo Wanyou said: "Further ahead from Baxi County is Jialing Road. Once you enter Jialing Road, Jiange will be right in front of you. Jiange is full of deep canyons and steep cliffs. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack in a war, but this is not a war. If they really start a war here, we will have no power to fight back."

Cheng Yuanlang said, "Wang Piao and Wang Liao also have such concerns, so they specially arranged for someone to send a letter back yesterday, asking whether you should first deal with General Li before entering Jiange?"

Wang Piao and Wang Liao were both leaders of the fifteen bandit gangs that were recruited.

This time, to escort Zhang Xiu and his apprentice to the capital, Luo Wanyou arranged a total of three bandit gangs to escort them, which can be said to be a matter of great importance.

In Chen Shao's plan, he would tell the world about the patterns of the jade pendants and wooden boxes, and thus break the scheme of the princelings of the previous dynasty to win over people's hearts. But in Luo Wanyou's opinion, as long as Zhang Xiu was still there, and the patterns of the jade pendants and wooden boxes were gone, he could just change them.

For him, what is important is never the patterns, but Zhang Xiu's craftsmanship.

In addition, Chen Shao, Bao Chengle and other people who claimed to be close to Luo Wan did not know about it.

The methods of recruiting bandit gangs, using evidence of corruption and abuse of power by county governors to force them to join the prince's party of the previous dynasty, and using green jade pendants and lotus patterns to bind people from all walks of life to serve the prince's party of the previous dynasty were all done by Luo Wanyou.

What Chen Shao has always been puzzled about is the reason why the princelings of the previous dynasty had been planning for hundreds of years but had not taken action yet. In fact, it is simpler.

At the beginning of the founding of Datong, the pursuit and killing of the royal family members of the previous dynasty was extremely severe. The officials who surrendered to Datong were also monitored very closely.

In order to survive, the princelings of the previous dynasty dared not have any second thoughts.

It was only in the last thirty years or so, as Datong's national strength gradually declined, that it slowly became active again and developed the desire to restore its country.

However, the previous dynasty had been destroyed for many years, and the old ministers and generals who had sworn to be loyal to the previous dynasty had long since returned to dust and no longer existed.

Most of the descendants of these old ministers and generals have become accustomed to the current stable life and are not willing to take the risk to restore a previous dynasty they have never seen.

Therefore, before Luo Wan joined the Prince's Party of the previous dynasty, the power of the Prince's Party of the previous dynasty appeared to be very huge, with many big figures both inside and outside the court.

However, upon closer inspection, these bigwigs each have their own little thoughts and are completely disorganized, and the desire to restore the country is even more dispensable.

After Luo Wanyou joined, in order to show off, he racked his brains and used benefits and threats to link them all together, resulting in the current situation.

but……

Wherever there are people, there will be competition for fame and fortune.

What’s more, it’s the restoration of the country.

Taking such a huge risk, what one seeks is naturally the same as Luo Wanyou: fame, profit, and power.

Originally, everyone was at the same starting point, but Luo Wanyou stole the limelight.

Shoot the first bird.

Luo Wanyou sensed the danger.

So he invited Shu County himself.

He came to Shu County for three purposes. One was that he had seen that the prince's party of the previous dynasty would not be able to make it; one was to stay away from those who wanted to harm him; and one was to take advantage of the rampant bandits in Jiannan Road and the border with Shan State to stockpile troops and arm himself.

If Chen Shao had not arrived, if he was given a few more years, he would have been able to bring all the bandits in Jiannan Road under his command.

At that time, under the banner of guarding the border for Datong, all the bandits will be integrated into a regular army. Then, we will pick an armed force from the Shan State and eliminate the remaining armed forces on the pretext of helping them unify the Shan State. We will then erode part of the Shan State's territory as a retreat, and then we can raise an army to seek control of the world.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing.

Luo Wanyou did not answer but asked: "Do you think we should stop and deal with them first?"