Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"Take your dirty hands away! How dare you treat me like this? When the Yan army attacks us, I will never forgive you!"

Li Long, who was tied up, roared in anger, but was unable to stop the Zhou soldiers from taking him to the palace wall.

However, Xue Huaide did not follow this man, but instead took his troops to suppress other rebels.

How could he miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

Of course, we must take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop and save the situation.

Just as Xue Huaide led his troops to quell the rebellion, Li Long was taken to the palace wall.

Chu Ning looked at the disheveled Li Long, with a playful look on his face: "Hey, isn't this the King of Liang?"

Li Long's eyes were filled with anger. He stared at Chu Ning and cursed: "It's all because of you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have ended up like this!"

Chu Ning raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a smile: "Yes, it was me who planned all of this tonight, including the false surrender of the aristocratic families."

"What...what do you mean?"

Li Long looked like he had seen a ghost. He suddenly became anxious and asked quickly, "What do you mean by that?"

Chu Ning shrugged: "It means exactly what it says. The aristocratic families pretended to surrender to you, but actually closed the city gates after you entered the city, just like closing the door to beat the dog!"

"How about this drama that the king arranged for you? Are you satisfied?"

Li Long, who was already excited, turned pale when he heard this and roared, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"You killed the ministers in the court and destroyed the nine great families. Others have no good feelings towards you. It is only natural for them to surrender to me."

It was a good plan, but now Chu Ning said he fell into a trap. How could he accept it?

Chu Ning laughed and clapped his hands together.

Two white-haired old men appeared in front of Li Long. They were none other than Dugu Xin, the old patriarch of the Dugu family, one of the three great families in the Zhou Dynasty, and Yang Bowen, the old patriarch of the Yang family.

As soon as these two people appeared, Li Long's face suddenly turned gloomy.

According to the agreement, the two are now in each other's houses, summoning all the noble families to wait for him to capture the palace and then support him to ascend the throne and become emperor!

But now, the other party appeared here, which meant that he did not follow his orders at all.

"you……"

Li Long stared at the two of them and said, "What on earth are you doing? Aren't the conditions I've given you rich enough?"

As soon as these two people appeared, Li Long knew that they were not sincere in surrendering.

But he didn't understand why these two people would listen to Chu Ning, an outsider, when he clearly had the upper hand.

It is obvious that if the other party just opens the city gate and watches tonight, they can get a lot of benefits, so why should they help Chu Ning?

Li Long was puzzled.

Dugu Xin's wrinkled face showed a hint of helplessness: "Prince Liang, the situation is stronger than people. We are in the city and have no choice at all."

The meaning is very simple. Although the conditions offered by Li Long are generous, you still have to be alive to get them.

They are in the city. Once the matter is exposed, Chu Ning will definitely not let them go, considering his personality of confiscating property and exterminating the entire clan a few days ago.

In this city, even if they wanted to escape, they had nowhere to go, and it would be easy for Chu Ning to destroy them.

So, they had no choice.

Dugu Xin also took over the topic at this moment and said in a deep voice: "King Liang, we can't bet our lives and property.

Compared with the conditions offered by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, it is actually the easiest to capture you, and there is no need to bear any risks or consequences.

What's more, His Royal Highness the King of Chu sent someone to tell us about this plan, which shows that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is wary of us.

Even if we don't agree, if we carry out your plan, it will be in vain in the end.

After careful consideration, we have decided to follow the orders of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. As long as we take you down, everything will be settled."

The words were so straightforward that Li Long understood instantly.

He was plotted!

Chu Ning had schemed against him completely.

He thought it was the conditions he offered that convinced the wealthy family, but he didn't expect that Chu Ning had already anticipated this and played a trick of closing the door and beating the dog.

"I see, I see, hahahaha!"

Li Long suddenly laughed out loud: "I lost, completely. I never thought that my wise life would be ruined by a young boy!"

Having said that, he suddenly turned to look at Dugu Xin and Yang Bowen, sneering, “But, you don’t really think you’ve won, do you?

Although you helped Chu Ning, you didn't help the court before. Given the empress's behavior, she will never let you go.

Just wait, she's going to deal with you guys next, hahahaha!"

Even though he failed, he accepted his fate, but he wanted to sow discord before he died.

Even if he cannot accomplish his ambitions, he will not let other wealthy families have an easy time.

No matter Chu Ning believed it or not, as long as the words were spoken and the seeds of doubt were planted, there would inevitably be conflicts between the empress and the wealthy families in the future.

Even if he dies, he will take someone else with him!

Sure enough, Dugu Xin and Yang Bowen's faces changed slightly when they heard this.

Having lived for such an old age, how could they not understand the meaning of Li Long's words?

Even though they knew that Li Long was trying to sow discord, they were still worried that the empress would take action against their own family.

After all, they have remained neutral since Li Long's rebellion, and even have some ties with Li Long.

Once the empress pursues the matter, they will have no way to defend themselves.

Just when the two of them looked unhappy, Chu Ning suddenly chuckled, attracting the attention of the three people, and they all looked at him sideways.

"why are you laughing?"

Li Long glared at Chu Ning fiercely: "Could it be that what I said is wrong?"

Chu Ning laughed loudly: "King Liang, you were born in an imperial family, but you don't even understand some basic principles.

After this rebellion, the Great Zhou Dynasty was in ruins and many aristocratic families were developing their economies. How could Her Majesty the Empress take action against the aristocratic families at this time?

Besides, don’t forget that the two old patriarchs helped me capture you this time, which is a great contribution to the Great Zhou court, and the empress will definitely reward them! "

As soon as these words were spoken, Dugu Xin and Yang Bowen immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, they were not worried about the empress taking action against them, but they were worried about Chu Ning taking action against them.

The empress must be afraid of them, but Chu Ning is an outsider who came here to help them. With such an identity, he doesn't need to explain to anyone for killing people in Luocheng.

They are afraid that Chu Ning will destroy the bridge after he captures Li Long!

Now that they had received Chu Ning's assurance, they were completely relieved.

The two looked at each other, then bowed to Chu Ning at the same time: "This battle is thanks to the wisdom of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Without your planning, we would never have been able to capture this traitor king."

"you……"

Li Long was furious and yelled, "You guys are spineless. He just made a promise to you and you all flocked to him. This is a disgrace to our Great Zhou Dynasty."

Chu Ning raised his lips slightly: "You should be a traitor to the king, but you still dare to mention the face of the Great Zhou Dynasty? You are so shameless!"

Then, Chu Ning waved his hand and sneered, "Take this man away. I will behead him in front of the Yan army tomorrow!"