Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

A few days later, His Majesty the King officially issued seven imperial edicts, which were sent to seven local provinces.

The content of each imperial edict was exactly the same, requiring all states to learn from Baocheng's experience and implement reforms.

Provincial officials with outstanding performance will have the opportunity to be transferred to Yingzhou City and be given important positions.

That day, after a conversation with Lu Xunhuan in the middle of the lake, he suddenly understood and kept saying it was wonderful.

The reason why he called it brilliant was that Lu Xunhuan's move of asking each place to reform on its own avoided many obstacles in Yingzhou City.

His Majesty the King is very eager for change, and the purpose of the change is to make the Southern Liang Kingdom strong.

The purpose of becoming powerful is to hope that Southern Liang will be able to destroy other countries and achieve unification of the world.

But it is not so easy for him to change.

There are numerous factions and interest groups in Yingzhou City.

His reforms will be resisted by anyone whose interests are affected.

In addition to important officials in the court, those interest groups also include many members of the royal family, and the relationships are complicated.

It is said that a single move affects the whole body.

If he were to force change from top to bottom, the conflicts in all aspects of Yingzhou City would inevitably intensify due to resistance.

Society is bound to be in turmoil, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

But after Lu Xunhuan's guidance, he seemed to see the blue sky after the clouds had parted.

He didn't move Yingzhou City for the time being. There were eight states in the country, plus Yingzhou, a total of nine states.

In addition to the already transformed Baocheng State, there are seven states waiting to be transformed.

He issued seven imperial edicts to the seven local states, asking everyone to learn from Baocheng State, but he did not send one to Yingzhou City.

Let the local areas reform themselves first. Everywhere is reforming and developing, which will inevitably affect Yingzhou City in the future.

By then, it will not be His Majesty the King who forces everyone to change, but everyone will know that change is necessary.

Therefore, in the eyes of His Majesty the King, Lu Xunhuan's move was really brilliant.

He is truly worthy of being a disciple of the sage. Who else could have come up with such a brilliant strategy?

This move was also a brilliant one for Lu Xunhuan.

Didn’t the prince forbid him from making drastic moves in Yingzhou City?

Fine then, let's not move Yingzhou City, let's reform the local area, and the prince will have nothing to say, right?

Moreover, he did not provide a unified reform strategy for all regions, but allowed each region to fully utilize its capabilities and enthusiasm and find ways to implement reforms.

The prince had even less to say.

After the king issues an edict to the seven states, Lu Xunhuan will start to plan to remove the thorns.

After dismissing the court, he returned to his residence and called Cheng Yu.

"Whatever this Prime Minister says in front of Your Majesty is very effective now. Tell me, what do you want?"

Cheng Yu lowered his head in thought for a moment, then said, "In Baocheng, I personally witnessed the reforms presided over by the Prime Minister. I have more experience than any other official in the seven states."

He bowed and said, "After this, I want to be a governor. I believe I can do better than other governors."

Lu Xun Huan thought for a moment and said, "Sometimes, things aren't as simple as you think. I was able to thrive in Baocheng and everything went smoothly. Why?"

Cheng Yu replied, "Because you are a disciple of an ancient sage, everyone admires you and naturally trusts you."

Lu Xun Huan said, "That's one of the reasons. Another reason is that His Majesty sent the Crown Prince to take charge of this matter for me. Otherwise, would those people in Baocheng listen to me?"

"However, I can give Your Majesty some advice and give you a state to try."

"What do you think?"

Cheng Yu nodded: "Okay, I don't have any requirements, any state will do."

Lu Xun Huan patted his shoulder and said, "It's settled then."

"Go ahead and follow the plan."

At night, Lu Xunhuan changed into ordinary clothes and quietly left the house with Yun Zhongzi.

The two men didn't even take a carriage. They pretended to be ordinary people, walked through the streets and alleys, and finally left the city through the west gate.

Outside the west gate of Yingzhou City are rolling hills, like a barrier standing to the west of the city.

There are outposts at key locations on the mountain.

In addition, the main camp of the cavalry battalion that defended Yingzhou City was built in the back valley.

There is a wide road in the valley. It goes up a little, crosses the West Mountain Pass, and leads directly to the West City Gate.

The two of them walked hurriedly up the Xishan Pass.

Lu Xun Huan said to Yun Zhong Zi, "Please wait for me here. I'm going to meet that person in the military camp."

Yun Zhongzi asked, "Did the Eighth Prince give his permission?"

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Eighth Prince, do I need his permission to come and see someone? Wouldn't that mean my job as Prime Minister would be in vain?"

Yun Zhongzi asked again, "How come the people from the Royal Court last week were in the Yingzhou City Cavalry Battalion?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "After the eldest princess was murdered, everyone went their separate ways, and one of them came to Nan Liang."

"I don't know how he ended up in the Cavalry Battalion, but that's what Zhou Fenqing said."

""And he has important evidence in his hands, which is related to the queen..."

Yun Zhongzi nodded and said, "If we can cause chaos in the Zhou Kingdom, then our Southern Liang can seize the opportunity to destroy it. Go ahead, I'll meet you here."

Lu Xunhuan didn't reply and walked quickly along the wide road towards the cavalry camp.

After a while, he arrived at the camp gate and took out the tiger talisman given by His Majesty the King: "I, the Prime Minister, have come here by the King's order to see an important person."

The guard looked at the tiger talisman and saluted, "Prime Minister, please come in."

Then, Lu Xunhuan entered the camp and went straight to a big tent.

Sitting in the tent was a captain from the Cavalry Battalion.

When Lu Xunhuan arrived, he stood up and saluted: "This humble official greets the Prime Minister."

Lu Xun Huan winked at the man and asked, "If you are hiding here, your life will be in danger at any time if you are exposed. Are you ready to sacrifice yourself?"

The captain said, "I am not afraid of death. Those people killed the princess. I wish I could rush into the capital and kill them with my own hands to avenge the princess."

Lu Xun Huan nodded: "Okay, what important secret do you have? Tell me about it."

The man lowered his voice slightly: "It is said that the queen..."

At this moment, the magic sword cut a long hole on each side of the tent, and two people came in.

Moreover, the two men were as swift as the wind. As soon as they came in, they grabbed Lu Xunhuan and the captain with swords respectively.

Lu Xunhuan pretended to be surprised and asked, "Yue Yang, you are still following me?"

Yue Yang snorted coldly, "Hmph, you traitor! You actually want to use Nan Liang to destroy my Zhou Kingdom. If I weren't using you as bait, I would have destroyed you right now."

After scolding Lu Xunhuan, he said to his companions, "Let's go."

But at this moment, thick smoke suddenly rolled out from the cracks around the tent and quickly filled the entire tent.

Yue Yang shouted, "Not good..."

He suddenly felt a pain in his wrist and his right hand was no longer under his control.

Lu Xunhuan took the opportunity to escape and disappeared in the thick smoke.

Yue Yang realized he had been tricked. He endured the severe pain in his wrist and shouted, "We've been tricked! It's dead! Run!"

Lu Xunhuan took advantage of the thick smoke to attract Yue Yang's attention.

He quickly pulled out a sharp dagger that he had prepared in advance and swung it at Yue Yang's wrist.

After cutting off Yue Yang's hand, he rolled over and took advantage of the thick smoke to quickly escape out of the tent through the hole in the tent.

Outside the tent, a master from the palace grabbed him and flew away dozens of feet before shouting, "Let him go."

Suddenly, torches were lit all around, and arrows flew like locusts, covering the sky and the earth.

After the master put Lu Xunhuan down, he drew the bow himself, gathered all his spiritual power, and fired a volley of arrows at the figure who was desperately resisting in the rain of arrows.

Yue Yang's strength is indeed high. Even if he dances with the sword in his left hand, those rain-like arrows can't do anything to him.

But the other side already had two masters of equal strength lurking there, and they shot the arrows themselves.

He tried his best to deal with ordinary arrows.

But under the interference of thousands of arrows, he could not avoid the arrows hidden among them with powerful force.

"puff……"

An arrow penetrated his defense and lodged deep into his lower back.

He was hit by an arrow and felt the pain, and his hand involuntarily stopped.

During this short moment of pause, seven or eight arrows had already penetrated his defense and pierced into his body.

Not far from him, under the firelight, his companion was slightly weaker than him.

While the man was defending against the rain of arrows, he was also attacked by a hidden arrow from another top master of the opponent. He was shot in the vitals and fell to the ground, turning into a hedgehog.

Yue Yang shouted loudly, swung his sword with his left hand, and thousands of sword flowers danced. Despite being seriously injured, he broke through without caring about life or death.

The rain of arrows was merciless, and many more arrows hit him.

In the blink of an eye, he was hundreds of feet away, out of the ambush's shooting range.

But he was not out of danger. Behind him, two masters from the Yingzhou City Palace were chasing him.

There were more than twenty arrows stuck in his body at this time, so he dared not fight back. He hurriedly gathered his spiritual power and fled towards the pass in panic.

But suddenly a torch appeared at the pass, and Yun Zhongzi, holding a sword, blocked the way.

Yue Yang stopped, blood dripping onto the ground from his severed hand.

In the back, two masters had arrived and surrounded him on three sides.

He raised his eyes and looked towards the northern sky.

Then he slashed his throat with his sword.

He would rather die than be killed by his enemies.

After a while, Lu Xunhuan came and looked at Yue Yang's body.

"Thank you very much. Let's go back."