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Tang Yin did not like Zhou Cong and was not willing to drink with him, so he used the excuse that he was injured and could not drink alcohol with him as an excuse.
He did not drink, and the people at the party seemed to be in low spirits. After eating simple meals, Tang Yin asked: "Master Zhou, have you arranged my living quarters yet?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhou Cong nodded repeatedly, and replied: "I have long since vacated the's Palace compound, and even sent the elite soldiers of the county to guard it night and day, without any mistake."
"Very good." Tang Yin nodded his head, and said: "I am also tired, Master Zhou, lead the way, bring me to a different house to rest!"
"Yes sir!" Zhou Cong respectfully replied, and then turned around and looked at the dancers behind him.
The leading dancer immediately walked over and supported Tang Yin. The latter frowned, she turned and blocked the dancers' hands, then looked at Zhou Cong and said solemnly: "Master Zhou, what are you doing?"
"Ah, Feng King, this is Miss Lian'er. She is famous for her outstanding talent and looks in the Provincial Capital, Miss Lian'er will be serving her highness tonight ?"
Before he even finished speaking, Tang Yin had already waved his hand and said, "There's no need for that. This king is already used to it. With that, he walked out.
As if his fawning had hit the horse's leg, Zhou Cong was obviously embarrassed. After being stunned for a moment, he quickly chased after his, not daring to look for trouble with his sleep, he said with an apologetic smile: "Your Highness, the guest courtyard is over there, please!"
The County Head Palace was not small and the courtyard was wide. Just as Zhou Cong had said, the security here was extremely tight.
Not only did it encircle the courtyard so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass through, there were also countless patrols patrolling the courtyard walls.
Although Zhou Cong was not really a person that people liked, but he was still very satisfied with his arrangements.
Tang Yin entered the main house of the courtyard and sat for a moment, then sent Zhou Cong away. Just as he left, Le Tian arrived in front of Tang Yin and said in a low voice: "Great King, Zhou Cong has settled the ceremonial team outside the city. Look ?"
Tang Yin heard and laughed indifferently: "No matter how big the County Head Palace is, it won't be able to host an army of twenty to thirty thousand people. Moreover, there are still female disciples living in the Palace, it's normal for there to be inconvenience for them to be settled outside the city."
Although what he said was true, Le Tian always felt that the guards around the King were a little too few. With Chuan Army, he had to be on guard at all times, and now that the Chuan Army was far away from the city, he started to worry.
Seeing his worried expression, Tang Yin said happily: "Don't worry, we won't stay in Dazhang for long, we'll only stay for the night and leave tomorrow. It'll be fine."
I hope so! Le Tian nodded and did not speak further.
Tang Yin stayed at the County Head Residence, and after sent all the officials away, he immediately returned to his study. Just as he pushed the door open and entered, he heard a low voice asking, "How is it going?"
He saw a large man in plain clothes sitting on a mat in the study room with a book in his hand. His face was gloomy and his expression was cold.
Zhou Cong shivered. He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted with his hands cupped in front of him as he stammered, "General Hong, Feng King didn't drink any alcohol, nor did he ? Letting Miss Lian`er serve the bed, this... What should I do? "
"Are you asking me?" As he spoke, the large man slammed the scroll in his hand onto the table and said coldly, "Master Hou is only giving you this much and you can't do it well. How can you have the face to ask me what to do?!"
Zhou Cong trembled in fear, his legs went soft, and he almost kneeled on the ground.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and rolled his eyes. After thinking about it for a while, he hurriedly said, "How about... "Why don't you wait until tonight, then this official will send Miss Lian'er to Feng King to try her luck ?"
"No need." The big sized man waved his hand, and said faintly: "Thief Tang is sinister and sly, if the matter is too obvious, Thief Tang will definitely be suspicious. This time, no matter what, we cannot let Thief Tang leave the Dazhang alive. This is the order of the Marquis, tonight, arrange for the people you trust in the Eastern City to let our troops enter the city! "
Zhou Cong took a deep breath, his entire heart hanging in the air as he asked, "Master Hou, you mean ?"
"If the situation is dark, then come out in the open. Let's raise the troops and kill them!" Killing intent filled the big man's eyes.
Hearing this, Zhou Cong almost fell to the ground in fright as he tried to encircle Feng King with his troops. Isn't this equivalent to openly opposing the imperial government? Seeing his pale face and sweat dripping down like the rain, the big guy snorted and said: "Don't worry, when the sky falls, the Marquis will be supporting you. This time, as long as you cooperate with him, you will be able to achieve great heights in the future, and if anything goes wrong, hehe, Lord Zhou, not only will you lose your head, your whole family will also have 16 heads!"
Zhou Cong was so scared that he could no longer stand. He kneeled on the ground and said repeatedly, "This official will never make a mistake again, I will absolutely not make a mistake again!"
Then, he said in a low voice: "You think of a way to suppress Huangfu Xiutai and Jin Xuan who are by Thief Tang's side. As long as these two are not around, killing Thief Tang is as easy as flipping my hand."
"Subdue Huangfu Xiutai and Jin Xuan?" Zhou Cong grinned when he heard it. These two were Divine Pool Elders, what kind of instinct did he have to suppress the two of them?
The big sized man looked at Zhou Cong happily, he patted his shoulders and said: "This will depend on your ability, if you can do this, you will have done a great deed. If you can't do it, please say it again, wash your neck and wait for me to be cut!" While speaking, he walked outside, and at the same time, said without turning his head: "Remember, open the Eastern City tonight." While he was speaking, he had already left the study.1
He was the County Head, so opening the city gates in the middle of the night was not difficult at all. It was even more difficult for him to subdue Huangfu Xiutai and Jin Xuan, even if he were to gather all the troops in the County Head Palace together, he might not be able to defeat these two!
What should he do? Zhou Cong was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. After thinking about it, he walked out of the study and asked the servants at the door to go find the two people he trusted the most.
The two aides Zhou Cong sought for were both his trusted aides. One was an 'old man' who had followed him for twenty to thirty years, while the other was his nephew. When the two arrived at the study room, Zhou Cong closed the door tightly first, then explained the entire situation to the two of them. In the end, he said with a bitter face: "Huangfu Xiutai and Jin Xuan, one is the Great Clan Elder of the Divine Pool, the other is an elder of the Divine Pool, how can I control the two of them!"
He was resourceful, his eyeballs rolled around as he said: "Master, if you want to suppress these two Divine Pool Elders, you can only do so with wisdom. My Lord, isn't today's banquet a bit boring? Master, why don't you use this as an excuse to invite Huangfu Xiutai and Jin Xuan to a midnight snack later?
Oh? That was a good idea! Zhou Cong's eyes lit up, immediately filled with energy. Zhou Cong's nephew Liao Fei shook his head and said anxiously: "It's not right, it's not right!"
"Fei'er, what's wrong?"
"The whole thing is not right!" Liao Fei said anxiously: "Uncle, please think about it carefully, Feng Country And Chuan Country negotiation is the king's order and the imperial government has already accepted it. If we help Xueyi Duke kill this Feng King, who would be the last to get unlucky? The Xueyi Duke has saved the life of the King, and even when the dynasty talked back to the King, the King would not let him go, killing the Feng King was a huge matter, the King may not be able to punish the Xueyi Duke, but the King will definitely not let you go, when that time comes, the King will become the main culprit behind the death of the Feng King, and all of the families will be involved! "
Zhou Cong sweated profusely after hearing these words, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
Liao Fei continued to speak: "Fortunately Feng King did not drink alcohol, uncle, was the alcohol poisonous?"
Zhou Cong shook his head and said, "There's no poison, there's no poison. I just put in a bit of knockout medicine that was given to me by General Hong, who sent me here from Xueyi Duke.
"Whether it's knockout drugs or poison, Uncle definitely can't get involved in this matter. Otherwise ?" Liao Fei shook his head, and could not help but shiver.
"But if I don't help Xueyi Duke, uncle's life won't be saved!" Zhou Cong said with a trembling voice.
"If you disobey the Xueyi Duke, perhaps you will only have a slim chance of surviving. But if you disobey the orders of a king, then... That would be treason, unforgivable, and a hundred deaths! " Liao Fei said anxiously.
This matter was also related to his own life and fortune. If Zhou Cong was affected by the nine clans, he would also not be able to escape.
Lu Tong muttered to himself for a long time before saying, "The King and Xueyi Duke are people that adults cannot afford to offend. From this lowly one's point of view, the Xueyi Duke is even more terrifying. The King is always kind, but the Xueyi Duke is cold and merciless. The King is far away in her Zhaoyang, but the Xueyi Duke is here for us, so the Lord must stand by the Xueyi Duke's side and obey his orders. Only by doing this can we protect ourselves from being persecuted. "
His words could be considered as speaking into Zhou Cong's heart. If there was a choice, he wouldn't help the Xueyi Duke to do such a thing. He really had no choice now.
Even though he was the head of a county and was a high ranking official, he was the marquis, and he also had a powerful weapon. It was as easy as crushing an ant to kill him.
After thinking for a long time, he finally steeled his heart and said, "Mister Lu, let's do as you say!"
Liao Fei immediately stood up and anxiously said: "Uncle, please don't. You must not, definitely not, secretly harm Feng King. This ? This is not a sin that we can afford to take on, this is pushing us into a fire pit! "
Zhou Cong slammed the table hard, and said in a deep voice: "Fei'er, you don't need to say anymore, Uncle has already made up his mind!"
Liao Fei looked at Zhou Cong and subconsciously took a step back. At the same time, he lamented in his heart: It's over! Not only was his uncle finished, so was his parents.
To secretly harm the Feng King, disrupt the peace between the two nations, and push the Chuan and Feng nations into war, how big of a sin was this? Who could save them when something like this happened?
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