Steel Dynasty - Chapter 845

[Chapter 843 Assassination Plan]

Li Chuyuan stood in front of the familiar Chu Prince’s Mansion and almost shed tears.

More than two years later, he finally returned to his hometown, which he missed day and night. However, when he saw Cao Zhengtong coming out of the Chu Palace, his joy at returning home turned into resentment.

The one who came out with Cao Zhengtong was the King of Chu. Now he looked at Li Chuyuan in disbelief.

“How dare you escape Qingzhou and return to Lin’an? Don’t you know the consequences of doing so?”

Seeing Li Chuyuan, the King of Chu not only did not greet Li Chuyuan, but instead sternly rebuked him, which made Li Chuyuan’s face even more expressionless. Ugly.

In order not to attract the attention of the Cao family, his return to Lin’an was very secretive, and even the King of Chu did not know about it.

“Father, my son came back this time not on his own initiative, but because the emperor asked him to come back.” Li Chuyuan’s tone was very indifferent, and his father’s attitude just now made him very chilled.

He even suspected that his father’s original promise to him was just a scam. Anyway, he had many heirs. If he died in Qingzhou, someone would take over as King of Chu.

“Your Majesty!” King Chu was a little surprised, “Why did he want to go back to Lin’an?”

Li Chuyuan’s heart became colder and colder. Now his father looked like he was interrogating prisoners. He couldn’t feel the warmth of a father-son reunion. .

After pondering for a while, he said: “My son is not very clear. That day the emperor summoned my son to see him. He only said that my son did not need to stay in Qingzhou because he trusted his father.”

“Nonsense, this Xiao Ming must not be With good intentions.” King Chu paced back and forth irritably, his mood becoming unstable after the Northern Expedition.

Because Xiao Ming in the north was like a murderous sword hanging over his head, which could be cut down at any time.

“Your Highness, don’t worry. Your Majesty thinks that Xiao Ming is harboring evil intentions in letting the Crown Prince come back, in order to lure His Highness to start an army.” Cao Zhengtong looked strange, but he only said half of it, and the other half was not suitable to be said now, and that was for Deal with their Cao family.

It can be said that this is Xiao Ming’s conspiracy.

King Chu’s mood gradually calmed down, and he nodded slightly, “You are right, if it were before, this king might have fallen into his scheme, but now Chu State needs time, but since Xiao Ming asked Chu Yuan to come back, it must be We are already wary of the Chu State.”

“The Cao family banks in Qingzhou were wiped out almost overnight. This shows that Xiao Ming is already targeting the Cao family and the Chu State. Your Highness, we don’t have much time.” Cao Zhengtong. said sternly.

The King of Chu was a little worried, “If the north and the south are fighting now, it is estimated that Chu has no chance of winning. What should we do?”

A strange color flashed in Cao Zhengtong’s eyes, and he encouraged: “Your Highness, the only solution for now is to open up private group training , allowing the merchants to train their troops, so that together with the strength of the merchant council, we can jointly resist the attack from the north.”

For a moment, Li Chuyuan’s face was as gloomy as water, and he said angrily: “Father, the merchant council must not be allowed to have troops. , otherwise the Chu State will no longer be the Chu State, and Xiao Ming will not hold hands on the Chu State.”

“Why did the prince say this? Now that the Merchant Council and His Highness the King of Chu are one, the common enemy is Xiao Ming, the merchant. How can the parliament be detrimental to His Highness?” Cao Zhengtong looked harmless to humans and animals.

The King of Chu frowned. He also had some doubts, but as Cao Zhengtong said, Xiao Ming’s army was about to move south, and he seemed to have no choice now.

Because there is still a glimmer of hope in cooperating with the Merchant Council, but facing it alone is bound to fail.

With a long sigh, he said to Cao Zhengtong: “As long as you can save the Kingdom of Chu, I promise you.”

Cao Zhengtong was overjoyed when he heard this. He was really grateful to Xiao Ming now, because it was Xiao Ming’s threat that allowed them to get The stuff of dreams.

Li Chuyuan opened his mouth and said urgently: “Father, you must be crazy. The Cao family will destroy the foundation of our Li family.”

“Shut up, you don’t have the right to speak here. I know what you are thinking. What, did Xiao Ming’s few words make you dizzy? King Wei is his uncle? What will happen to him? “Do you think he will let us go?” King Chu suddenly became furious and scolded Li Chuyuan loudly. .

Cao Zhengtong could see through it, so why couldn’t he see through Xiao Ming’s purpose.

After a pause, he said: “Now that you are back, you should be your heir apparent. If you dare to disturb Chu State, I will never let you go.”

Li Chuyuan’s face turned pale. At this moment, he was finally discouraged by his father. .

Chu Guohun didn’t care about Li Chuyuan’s expression. He said to the guards behind him: “You are responsible for protecting His Royal Highness, and you must not let anything happen to him.”

After hearing this, the guards immediately walked behind Li Chuyuan.

Cao Zhengtong showed a victorious smile. The Chu State had put Li Chuyuan under house arrest in disguise. Now the fear of Xiao Ming had made him lose his eyesight. This was the opportunity for their merchant council.

They have received news that Xiao Ming will not attack Chu immediately, because attacking the south is no easier than the northern expedition against the barbarians. He will need some time to prepare before going south.

After all, the war with the barbarians cost the north a lot.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhengtong continued to the King of Chu: “Your Highness, the envoys we sent to the grassland and the Japanese country all brought good news. Yamada Daimyo of the Japanese country promised us to deal with Xiao Ming together, especially the Golden Horde Khanate. Once Xiao Ming If Ming dares to go south, he will move his whole body with one move. “

The King of Chu nodded with satisfaction. This was the reason why he believed in the Cao family. Now the situation in Chu State is developing in a more favorable direction.

While the group was talking, a carriage passed by on the street outside the palace. A pair of eyes in the gap in the curtains of the carriage were observing the King of Chu and others.

This person is none other than Li San.

In order to ensure that the assassination of the King of Chu would be successful, he personally came to Lin’an to make plans. Now he had a clear understanding of the environment around the King of Chu’s Mansion and at the same time formulated different plans.

For him, the best opportunity is when the King of Chu is hunting. At this time, he can not only kill the King of Chu, but also evacuate perfectly.

But if King Chu cancels the hunting, then they can only take action in Lin’an City, but it will be very difficult to escape unscathed.

His eyes glanced at Li Chuyuan, and Li San lowered the curtains, thinking in his mind when to take action.

From the situation just now, it seemed that the conflict between King Chu and Li Chuyuan had become public. According to the information he had received, many wealthy families in Chu State were also opposed to King Chu’s reliance on the Cao family.

It can be said that the undercurrent of contradiction is already surging in Chu State. If the King of Chu is killed now, those dissatisfied conservative forces will definitely turn to Li Chuyuan.

By then, Chu’s internal conflicts will surely intensify, and this is exactly what they need.

(End of chapter)