Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 594
Like the Qianjin Pavilion in Guiyang, the capital of the former Qin Dynasty, there is also the largest restaurant in Danyang City of Southern Chu.

It is the tallest building in Danyang City, Zuiyun Tower.

Zuiyun Building is not as tall as Qianjin Pavilion, but it has a huge building area. Several main buildings are connected together by air bridges. The main building has multiple buildings, and there are many rooms like a maze.

Legend has it that drunk people walk in this building as if they are in a palace in the sky. If there is no one to see them off, they will never find their way out, so the building is named Zuiyun Tower.

And because of such a complex structure, Zuiyun Building can allow enemies to stay in the same building without seeing each other, and each door and house are independent of each other, which is very quiet.Therefore, regardless of their status or nationality, respectable practitioners from the six countries who came to Southern Chu preferred to live here.

Even for practitioners who live in several countries at the same time, living in one of them for a long time can keep them from being disturbed and conflicts. This has to be said to be the skill of Zuiyun Tower.

And Zuiyun Tower has another ability.

Because of the many and complex designs of the rooms, besides private rooms, most of the rooms in Zuiyun Building are Secret Pavilions.The aristocratic families of Southern Chu often have secret discussions here.

Each secret pavilion needs to follow a special route to get there, whether it is sound insulation or confidentiality, it is more convenient than the mansion of the family.

The outer building of Zuiyun Building is an ordinary restaurant. Walking out of the secret pavilion, you can enter the noisy ordinary entertainment venue, and you can hide what you have just seen and done to the greatest extent.Nothing is more appropriate for intrigue than here.

But if the same thing happens multiple times at the same time, it will inevitably be seen.

Not a conspiracy at all.

At this time, in the Secret Pavilion of Tianzi No. [-] in Zuiyun Building, Chen Zichu was sitting by the window, quietly watching the representatives of the Southern Chu family who were arguing in the pavilion.

"We must not let that former princess of Qin win again!"

"The top of the list must not be from Nanchu!"

"But the Second Highness..."

"The Second Highness was just joking with that woman. He is too busy fighting for the throne by himself, so how can he have the mood to protect a foreign woman!"

A group of elderly Nanchu people got together to argue endlessly.

"But who should be sent to defeat that woman? You must know that He Lancheng was defeated by her."

"To be honest, we may not be able to last long against that woman head-on. What we have to consider is how to get our Southern Chu practitioners to the top of the list..."

"Looking at it this way, the biggest opponent is the stepson of the Northern Wei Dynasty!"

"To put it bluntly, it's not because our stepsons are too weak this year!"

Speaking of this, the voices of the old people in the room paused, and Chen Zichu felt that all eyes were cast on him.

He looked up at a group of well-dressed old people and middle-aged people sitting at the table in the room.Most of these people are the younger brothers or concubines of the Patriarch of the Southern Chu family, and there are also Patriarchs of the family with the Yi surname, and they are all influential voices in the Southern Chu family.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Zichu felt ironic in his heart.Because this scene is exactly the same as the scene when the aristocratic family decided to recommend him as a stepson to the royal family.

"Your junior is ashamed," Chen Zichu bowed his head and leaned into his ear, "I'm not as good as Chunhua Jun back then, and I'm really ashamed of being a stepson."

"This..." Seeing his posture like this, the other old men felt a little uncomfortable.At this time, a dark-skinned middle-aged man smoothed things over and said, "Okay, Zi Chu has tried his best. There is only one Ji Jiashu in this world, and not everyone is Chunhua-jun."

Chen Zichu raised his head.The dark-faced middle-aged man who said this was his second uncle, Chen Yinhu.

"Second Uncle, you don't have to speak for my little nephew," Chen Zichu said respectfully, "My little nephew knows that he has little talent and limited ability, so he can't take on the position of stepson. He has always wanted to make him..."

"Hey, that's enough for Zichu to say that," the oldest old man in the crowd said slowly at this time.

"At the beginning, our aristocratic families chose their stepchildren based on their character. Now that the preliminary ceremony has been carried out, everyone should stop making a fuss about this matter."

Look at the character...

Chen Zichu sneered in his heart when he heard the words.The old man who spoke was Du Chengfu, the younger brother of the Patriarch of the Du family, the second only to the Ye family in Southern Chu.

The reason why he was chosen as the stepson of Southern Chu at the beginning was purely because the Ye family and the Du family robbed the stepson, and in the end they quarreled and refused to accept the other, so he was pushed out to be the top of the tank.

Chen Zichu looked at the children of the aristocratic family who surrounded the old man surnamed Du in the secret pavilion, his eyes were cold.

Chen family, Ye family, Du family.

These are the three most powerful families with the Jia surname in Southern Chu.

The aristocratic family was born before the royal family. Although their respective inheritance times are different, regardless of family history, there are always gains and losses.

On the Shanhai Continent, it is actually very simple to judge whether a family is in power, and which family is the most powerful family in a country.

Just because after the split of the Qin Empire, most of the six countries in the Great Wall on the Shanhai Continent currently implement the system of Sangong Jiuqing.

This system has a long history. During the previous Xia Dynasty, the Sangong Jiuqing system had been established. "Book of Rites" has a cloud: "Xiahou's family has a hundred officials, and the emperor has Sangong, Jiuqing, 27 doctors, and 81 Yuanshi."

Leaving aside doctors and scholars, a family with someone serving as the Sangong and Jiuqing is a family that is gaining power in a country.

In the system of Sangong and Jiuqing, the highest official position is naturally Sangong.

The three males are Da Sima, Da Situ and Da Sikong.

Among them, Da Sima is in charge of military duties, Da Situ is in charge of wealth, and Da Sikong is in charge of all officials.

These three positions in the imperial court, except for the national teacher, are truly under one person and above ten thousand people.Therefore, a family with someone who holds these three official positions is the three most powerful families in a country.

At this time in Southern Chu, the position of Sangong was firmly controlled by the Chen family, Ye family and Du family.

Chen Zichu looked at his palm.His father was Grand Sima of Southern Chu, Ye Siyuan's father was Da Sikong, the patriarch of the Ye family of Nanchu, and Du Chengfu's elder brother, Du Chengde, the patriarch of the Du family, who is now in his sixties, was Grand Situ of Southern Chu.

Of course, Du Chengde also has a son.

It's just that Du Chengde was the son of an old man, and his legitimate son was three years younger than Ji Jiashu. He didn't do anything with them when they were young, and he wasn't as flamboyant as Ye Siyuan. Chen Zichu didn't know him well, only heard that he had a special personality.

But regardless of whether this son of the Du family is special or not, whether he wants to be the stepson or not, the Du family and the Ye family will go all out to snatch the stepson.

It's just because among the three great aristocratic families in Southern Chu, the Du family and the Ye family are particularly hostile.

Chen Zichu looked helpless.

His father is in charge of the military power, and the generals in charge of the military power have been the thorn in the king's side since ancient times. They accompany the king like a tiger. The Chen family knows that they are in a dangerous situation and have always kept a low profile.

But the Ye family and the Du family have no worries in this regard, and have been actively expanding their power.The most famous of these forces naturally expanded to the king's harem.

The daughter of the Ye family is the queen of King Nanchu.

The daughter of the Du family is the noble concubine of the King of Southern Chu.

Speaking of which, the relationship between the two goes without saying.

The daughter of the Ye family and the daughter of the Du family fought fiercely in the harem, while the son of the Ye family and the son of the Du family... naturally couldn't be idle outside.

But the struggle between the children of these aristocratic families, because of the existence of a young man, has always been life-and-death.

That young man was none other than Ji Jiashu, the son of Southern Chu State Teacher Ji Mo.

Because Ji Jiashu is too good, whether it is the Ye family son, the Du family son, or the rest of their aristocratic families, it is meaningless to fight.

Just because no matter what, no one can snatch him.

This year's stepson, to put it bluntly, is what is left of Ji Jiashu.The Du family and the Ye family fought several times to no avail, and finally reached a consensus, that is, don't want anyone, but in the end it fell to the Chen family, whom they didn't fight or snatch.

Chen Zichu heaved a long sigh in his heart.

The Du family and the Ye family did not cling to the position of stepson anymore, after all, getting the leader of the primary ceremony is more important than stepson.

Everyone thought that there would be no more accidents in this primary ceremony without the participation of Ji Jiashu and the other six sons of the Warring States Period.

But no one expected that a girl would be killed halfway.

Because of Jiang Yuanyuan's intervention and guarantee, the aristocratic family still took a wait-and-see attitude at first, but no one thought that with the progress of the primary ceremony, things would become out of control.

The four top spots shocked the world.

"Anyway, I can't wait to let that woman go any longer."

Among the conspiring crowd in the distance, Chen Zichu heard his second uncle slap the table and say in a low voice.

"Say..."

And at this moment, Du Chengfu, who was the leader, suddenly asked in a deep voice.

"Master National Teacher, did you say when you will leave the customs?"

(End of this chapter)