Prime Minister take care

Chapter 286
Chuhou Mansion.

Cai Tong advocates frugality to the point of being stingy.Usually, the surroundings of his residence are empty, and there is almost no decoration in the house. Even the furniture has been used for more than ten years and has never been replaced.

Now the yard outside Cai Tong's residence is full of people, waiting anxiously.The area around Cai Tong's residence was also guarded by his personal guards. Thick curtains covered the inside and outside, making it difficult for people to see what was going on inside.

Except for the alchemist in the mansion, only the general Wen Qing could enter and exit. Even Cai Tong's son Cai Yun could not enter and could only wait outside.

In the battle between Liang and Shu, Liang Jun was defeated.After Huan Wu retreated to the capital of the gods, he claimed that he was ill and allowed his two sons, Huan Qing and Huan Jue, to fight openly and secretly. He also allowed the officials in the court who were loyal to the Xia family to jump up and down.

The city of Shen was in chaos, and Liang Jun's morale was low.The Chu army fought continuously and was about to capture Wancheng. However, Cai Tong fell into Huan Wu's plan and led his army to advance lightly, but was ambushed by Liang Jun.In order to cover his retreat, more than a dozen generals were surrounded and killed by Liang Jun.More importantly, [-] elite Chu troops were killed by Huan Wu.

After Cai Tong learned the news, he vomited out his blood on the spot and passed out.After returning to Yingdu, he made several arrangements to isolate the inside and outside.Except for a few of Cai Tong's cronies, no one knows how he is now?
The sound of crying echoed in his ears, disturbing Cai Yun's heart.The owner of this cry was a graceful young woman, and her hand was tightly holding the hand of a child.

Cai Yun’s younger brother Cai Ying!
Cai Yun is Cai Tong's eldest son and Cai Tong's successor.It's just that his successor doesn't have any leverage at the moment, except for his reputation.

Cai Tong has been in sole control of Chu for more than ten years. He has monopolized power and does not allow others to interfere, even his son.

But Cai Ying is different. Although he is young, the power behind him is the Yun family, a powerful family in Chu.And this crying woman is Cai Ji, the youngest daughter of the Yun clan leader.

Compared to Cai Yun, the Yun family is more willing to support his younger brother Cai Ying.

This is also the reason why Cai Yun is anxious at this time.The woman Cai Ji put on a crying look. She tried to rush in with Cai Ying several times, but was stopped by the guards.

Cai Yun knew exactly what Cai Ji wanted to do. She wanted to take advantage of Cai Tong's serious illness to let his father change Cai Ying to be the heir apparent and inherit the Chu Kingdom.

Therefore, outside this residence, Cai Yun's subordinates and officials of the Yun family were confronting each other, and they did not dare to leave for a moment, for fear that the other party would take advantage of the loophole.

However, what these two forces did not expect was that at this time, under the guidance of the guards in the mansion, a person came into their sight.

This person was familiar to some of the officials from the two forces present, and he was Yan Le, the envoy of the Shu Kingdom.Yan Le did not say hello to anyone, and with a serious face, he moved towards Cai Tong's residence in full view of everyone without any hindrance.

"Why can the envoys of the Shu Kingdom enter, but we and other ministers of the lord cannot? What on earth is Wen Qing doing at this time?" The arrival of Yan Le made everyone present nervous, and they asked more and more questions, but what they got was It was just the cold eyes of Cai Tong's bodyguard.

There was a smell of medicine in the room. Yan Le opened the curtains and saw Cai Tong lying on the bed, his face pale and extremely weak.Wen Qing was guarding at the side. When he saw Yan Le, he said, "My lord is seriously ill and cannot get up for the time being. The prime minister is worried about this."

Yan Le smiled, cupped his hands and said, "The Marquis of Chu is also a hero, so why should he be so tempted?"

When Yan Le said these words, Wen Qing's expression changed, but Cai Tong sat up straight away, not looking sick at all.

"How did you see through it?"

"When I came here, my lord once said that if the Marquis of Chu is seriously ill, he will definitely show his health. And vice versa."

Cai Tong narrowed his eyes and looked at Yan Le, silent for a moment.Yan Le was not in a hurry and just waited.

"If I am really seriously ill, what does Yang Xian want to do?" Cai Tong's face was gloomy. In this dark room, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle.

Yan Le bowed his hands and bowed, his expression unchanged.

"The Marquis is a loyal minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Chu State is also a feudal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Shu and Chu are partners in fighting against the Huan thieves. As for what the lord is thinking, can we and the other ministers guess?"

When Yan Le said something, it was the same as if he hadn't said anything.

Cai Tong smiled, but the meaning in this smile was inexplicable.

"I heard that the King of Shu has disappeared, and Yang Xian has disappeared for nearly two months. Shu is in shock. Although Yang Chun is in charge of Xian City, the Xia family will not give up."

"The Marquis is joking. The king of our country is currently in Badi, pacifying the people. Why is he missing?"

Cai Tong stared at Yan Le, as if he wanted to dig him open from head to side to see if he was black or white.But in the end, Cai Tong, who was sitting on the couch, leaned back slightly, showing a relaxed posture.

"The King of Shu was canonized as the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty by the Emperor. I resisted the Huan thieves and failed to offer a congratulatory gift. The envoy from Shu has come at a good time, and I am willing to offer ten warships as a national gift."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your kindness!"

Yan Le bowed his hands and retreated.When Wen Qing saw Yan Le's figure disappearing, he immediately said to Cai Tong: "My lord, the ten warships are half of the Jiaozhou navy. Giving them to Yang Xian will only increase the combat power of the Shu navy."

"If I don't give it, won't Yang Xian come and rob it? It's clearly written in his national certificate: the sea clan is rampant and invading the border. There is a shortage of warships and the inability to quell the thieves. What does it mean, don't you understand?"

When Cai Tong said this, he felt so angry that he coughed a few times and stood up with Wen Qing's help.

Cai Tong was not without illness, but it was not as serious as the outside world imagined.What he had was a heart disease, and he felt sorry for the fifty thousand Chu troops.

Fifty thousand Chu troops were killed by Huan Wu, and Ying didn't know how many people were wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety.

Cai Tongben was of the same era as Huan Wu, and was even a few years older than him.Without the capital he had accumulated over the years, Cai Tong would probably have no chance of marching north to the Central Plains in his lifetime.

"Hou Shen died in Xuzhou. The pressure of Wu State is probably greater than that of Chu State. Yang Xian will not let go of this opportunity to take advantage of the situation, but he just doesn't know how those brats from the Hou family will deal with it?"

Cai Tong slowly took a few steps forward, listening to the noise outside, and shook his head slightly.

"Huan Wu killed [-] of my men in the pit, and then planned to eliminate the Lord of Wu and kill Modu. His heart was as vicious as a tiger's and his plans were as deep as an abyss. So far, Liang Jun no longer has any major worries in the three directions of Wu, Chu and the East China Sea."

At this point, the expression on Cai Tong's face changed inexplicably, and he covered his heart.

"Huan Wu Gu is deplorable, Yang Xian is even more terrifying!"

(End of this chapter)