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The man in black took a deep breath and described Yong State's military deployment in detail.

Long nodded as he listened, thinking to himself.

After the man in black finished speaking, Long Yi said to him: "The information you provided is indeed very valuable. I will send someone to verify it. If it is correct, I will keep my promise and let you go. But if you dare to deceive us, don't even think about walking out of here alive."

The man in black nodded repeatedly to show that he was telling the truth.

Afterwards, Long Yi ordered his men to take the man in black away and keep him under guard.

Next, Long Yi began to arrange personnel to verify the information provided by the man in black. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to use this information to gain benefits for Zhaoguo.

The next morning, after Chu Junze left court, Long Yi told him in detail what happened last night.

After hearing this, Chu Junze frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "This news is of great importance and must be handled with caution. Send a reliable person to verify it first to ensure that the information is true."

Long nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any clever ideas to take advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Yong Kingdom?"

A glimmer of wisdom flashed in Chu Junze's eyes, and he lowered his voice and said, "I have made a plan, and I will tell you when the time is right.

The most urgent task now is to ensure that my previous plan is foolproof." Then the two discussed the specific details before leaving.

A few days later, the secret guard sent by Chu Junze finally came back. After verification, it was found that the information provided by the man in black was completely true.

Chu Junze was overjoyed, so after nightfall, he changed into casual clothes and took Long Yi and the others out of the palace.

Still in the same mansion as before, Chu Junze immediately summoned his trusted ministers to begin a secret discussion.

"Now the military secrets of Yong State are in our hands. It is truly God's help to us." Chu Junze said excitedly.

Upon hearing this, all the ministers showed joy on their faces!

Thinking back to the previous battle with Yong State, although Zhao State won in the end, many soldiers were sacrificed.

Thinking of this, a minister took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, I think it is better not to fight this war!"

However, some ministers did not advocate war, while others advocated war. Then some ministers proposed to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and launch a surprise attack.

Of course, there were also ministers who advocated uniting with other countries to jointly attack the State of Yong.

Chu Junze listened to everyone's opinions and gradually came up with an idea in his mind.

After a while, he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said in a deep voice: "What you said is reasonable. However, in the matter of war, a single move can affect the entire body, so we must take a long-term view.

So I decided to send secret guards to Yong State quietly to find out whether they want to fight or not.

After all, if we launch an attack without a clear reason, we cannot easily send troops to attack.

At the same time, we must secretly strengthen border defenses to prevent a surprise attack from the Yong Kingdom!"

The ministers received the order. Chu Junze swept his eyes over everyone, revealing a determined look, "No matter what, whether we fight or not, I, Da Zhao, will never show weakness!"

A few days later, the disguised secret guards arrived at Yong State.

Then the secret guards dispersed to various corners of Yong State to collect intelligence.

Gradually, they discovered that there were two factions in the court of Yong State, one advocating war and the other advocating peace. The pro-war faction, led by the Eighth Prince, believed that Dazhao State was weak and could be bullied, and that they should take the opportunity to send troops to expand their territory.

The peace faction was worried that the war would bring suffering to the people of both countries, and as far as Zhao's current development was concerned, it had already far surpassed Yong. Instead of wasting money and manpower to invade other countries, it would be better to use the money to develop Yong.

So after obtaining this information, the secret guards prepared to return to Dazhao and report the situation to Chu Junze.

However, during their actions, they accidentally exposed their identities and were hunted down by the soldiers of the Yong State.

Fortunately, they escaped safely in the end and returned to Dazhao smoothly.

Chu Junze listened to the secret guards' report, his face became increasingly gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "It's that Eighth Prince again!"

He did not expect that the situation in Yong State was so complicated and the differences between the pro-war and pro-peace factions were so great.

"Your Majesty, how should we respond now?" asked a minister.

Chu Junze pondered for a moment and said, "We do need to be on guard against the war faction, but war is not the only option at the moment.

However, we still need to be fully prepared to deal with possible provocations from Yong State."

In fact, he had already brewed a more efficient strategy deep in his heart. When he returned to the Purple Palace, he immediately summoned Long Yi.

"Long Yi, I send you to Yong State immediately to kill their Eighth Prince! That old guy has always had ulterior motives. We let him escape last time, and we must not let him go this time!" Chu Junze ordered in a cold tone.

"Yes, I obey your command!" Long Yi saluted with his fists, then quickly turned around and left.

Not long after, shocking news came from within the Yong Kingdom - the Eighth Prince was assassinated and unfortunately died.

The entire Yong State court was instantly plunged into shock. The pro-war faction lost its leader and the situation suddenly became chaotic.

After receiving this news, Chu Junze felt a little relieved.

But he knew clearly that this was only a brief peace and the Yong Kingdom would never give up easily.

Chu Junze understood that assassinating the Eighth Prince was only a temporary solution and could not fundamentally resolve the conflict between the two countries.

At the same time, a fierce power struggle was taking place within the Yong Kingdom.

After the assassination of the Eighth Prince, the pro-war faction was leaderless, and various forces rose up one after another to compete for the vacant throne of power.

In this chaos, some people began to reflect on the wisdom of the pro-war policy, while others became more determined to advocate external expansion.

Different from the noisy court in Yong State, at this moment in the court of Zhao State, you could hear a pin drop.

Chu Junze tapped the armrest of the dragon throne with his left hand, still thinking about the case that Dali Temple Minister Zhan Ping had just mentioned.

It turned out that during this period, there was a serial murder case in the capital! And his killing method was extremely cruel, almost every victim had his face peeled off.

"My dear, do you have any clues?" Chu Junze looked at Zhan Ping who was kneeling below.

"Your Majesty, I have sent a large number of people to investigate the case, but no trace of the murderer has been found so far." Zhan Ping's forehead was sweating and he felt uneasy.

Chu Junze frowned, "This case has a wide impact and must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise the people will be unstable."

At this time, Prime Minister Su Xinghe said: "Your Majesty, I think this case may not be an ordinary murder case. Perhaps there is a bigger conspiracy behind it."

Chu Junze's eyes lit up, "Why do you think so?"

"Your Majesty, many officials' homes in the capital have been robbed recently, and important documents have been lost. I suspect that these two cases may be related." The prime minister analyzed.

Chu Junze pondered for a moment, "That makes sense. Send the order to send more people to investigate the case and make sure it is solved as soon as possible. Also, strengthen the guard of the capital to prevent any accidents."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" all the ministers responded in unison.

After the court was dismissed, Chu Junze said to Zhan Ping and Su Xinghe: "You two, come with me!"

As he said this, he took the lead and walked forward. Chu Junze only stopped when he entered the Zichen Palace.

The reason why he called these two people separately was because he wanted to check with Su Xinghe to see who were on the list of officials whose belongings were stolen that he had just mentioned!

Because he and Su Qianqian had just emptied the mansions of those old guys!

Hearing his words, Su Xinghe immediately gave the names of the officials whose houses had been robbed that he knew of.

The more Chu Junze listened, the more his brows furrowed. Seeing this, Su Xinghe looked at Zhan Ping in confusion.