Li Chuyuan stood in front of the familiar Chu Palace, almost crying. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

More than two years have passed, and he finally returned to his hometown where he missed day and night, but the moment he saw Cao Zhengtong coming out of the Chu Palace, the joy of returning to his hometown turned into resentment.

It was the King of Chu who came out with Cao Zhengtong, and now he looked at Li Chuyuan with some incredulity.

"How dare you escape from 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 shout and ask for warmth, but reprimanded him severely, which made Li Chuyuan's face even more ugly.

In order not to startle the snake and attract the attention of the Cao family, the process of his return to Lin'an this time was very secretive, and even the King of Chu never knew about it.

"Father, the son's return this time is not his own opinion, but the emperor asked the son-in-law to come back." Li Chuyuan's tone was very indifferent, and his father's attitude just now made him very cold.

He even suspected that his father's promise to him was nothing more than a deception, anyway, he had many heirs, and if he died in Qingzhou, someone would take over the throne of the king of Chu.

"Your Majesty!" King Chu was a little surprised, "Why did he let him return to Lin'an?"

Li Chuyuan's heart became colder and colder, and now his father was completely interrogating a prisoner, and he couldn't feel the warmth of a father and son meeting.

After a deep sigh, he said: "Erchen is not very clear, the emperor summoned Erchen to meet that day, and only said that Erchen did not need to stay in Qingzhou, because he trusted his father very much. ”

"Nonsense, this Xiao Ming must have bad intentions." The king of Chu paced back and forth irritably, and after the end of the Northern Expedition, his mood became unstable.

Because Xiao Ming in the north is like a murderous sword hanging above his head, which may be cut down at any time.

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry, the lower officials think that Xiao Ming is hiding evil intentions by letting the prince come back, in order to lure His Highness to raise troops." Cao Zhengtong looked weird, but he only said half of it, and the other half was not suitable to say now, that was to deal with their Cao family.

It can be said that this is Xiao Ming's scheme.

King Chu's emotions gradually calmed down, and he nodded slightly, "You're right, if this king had fallen for his tricks before, but now the Chu State needs time, but since Xiao Ming let Chu Yuan come back, he must have been wary of the Chu State." ”

"The Cao family money village in Qingzhou was almost completely uprooted overnight, which shows that Xiao Ming is already targeting the Cao family, the Chu State, Your Highness, we have little time." Cao Zhengtong is colorful.

The King of Chu was a little worried, "If the north and the south are at war now, it is estimated that the Chu State has no chance of winning, how should this be good?" ”

Cao Zhengtong's eyes flashed with a strange color, and he encouraged: "Your Highness, for the sake of today, the only way to do this is to open up the training of the people and allow the merchants to train their troops, so that with the strength of the merchants' council, they can jointly resist the attack from the north." ”

For a moment, Li Chuyuan's face was gloomy as water, and he said angrily: "Father, you must not allow the merchant council to support troops, otherwise the state of Chu will no longer be the state of Chu, and Xiao Ming will not keep his hand on the state of Chu at that time." ”

"Why did the prince say this? Now that the Merchant Council and His Royal Highness the King of Chu are one, and the common enemy is Xiao Ming, how can the Merchant Council be unfavorable to His Highness?" Cao Zhengtong looked harmless to humans and animals.

King Chu frowned, he also had some doubts, but as Cao Zhengtong said, now that Xiao Ming's army was about to move south, he didn't seem to have any choice now.

Because there is still a chance to cooperate with the merchant council, it is inevitable to defeat if you face it alone.

With a long sigh, he said to Cao Zhengtong: "As long as you can keep the Chu State, this king promises you." ”

Cao Zhengtong was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was really grateful to Xiao Ming now, because it was Xiao Ming's threat that allowed them to get what they coveted.

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

"Shut up, I haven't had you to speak here, I know what you're thinking, did Xiao Ming's three or two words make you dizzy? King Wei is his own uncle? What happened to him? Do you think he'll let us go? The king of Chu suddenly became angry and loudly rebuked Li Chuyuan.

Cao Zhengtong can see through it, how can he not see through Xiao Ming's purpose.

After a pause, he said: "Since you are back, you should be your son well, if you dare to disturb the Chu State, I will definitely not let you go." ”

Li Chuyuan's face was pale, and at this moment he was finally discouraged by this 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 him have an accident." ”

When the guard heard this, he immediately walked behind Li Chuyuan.

Cao Zhengtong showed a victorious smile, Chu Guo had placed Li Chuyuan under house arrest in disguise, and now the fear of Xiao Ming had made him lose his eyes, and this was the opportunity for their merchant council.

They had already received news that Xiao Ming would not attack the Chu State immediately, because attacking the south was not at all easier than the northern expedition to the barbarians, and it would take him a while to prepare if he wanted to go south.

After all, the war with the barbarians consumed a lot in the north.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhengtong continued to the King of Chu: "Your Highness, the envoys we sent to the grassland and the Wa Kingdom have brought good news, and the Daimyo of the Wa Kingdom Yamada promised us to deal with Xiao Ming together, and the Golden Horde is even more so. ”

The King of Chu nodded with satisfaction, this was the reason why he believed in the Cao family, and now the situation in the Chu State was developing in a more favorable direction.

When the group was talking, a carriage walked by on the street outside the palace, and a pair of eyes were observing King Chu and the others in the gap in the curtain of the carriage.

This person is none other than Li San.

In order to ensure that the assassination of the King of Chu could be successful in one fell swoop, he personally came to Lin'an to plan, and now he has figured out the environment around the King of Chu's mansion and formulated different plans at the same time.

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 be able to evacuate perfectly.

But if the king of Chu canceled the hunt, then they could only do it in Lin'an City, but it would be very difficult to retreat.

His eyes swept over Li Chuyuan's body, Li San lowered the curtains, and he was thinking in his heart about when to make a move.

Judging from the situation just now, it seems that the contradiction between the king of Chu and Li Chuyuan has become public, and according to the information he has obtained, many wealthy families in the Chu state are also very opposed to the king of Chu relying on the Cao family.

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

At that time, the internal contradictions of the Chu State will definitely intensify, and this is exactly what they need.