Pushing the Three Thousand Worlds

Chapter 319 The Master of the Monarch (Two in One)

"Yong Kingdom?"

Li Qiu's eyes moved.

He usually collects news from various countries.

One is that for assassins, intelligence is very important.

The second is that he is also paying attention to whether there is another opportunity for him to gain source power while maintaining righteousness with his identity of "Qingfeng".

Yong State is powerful and is one of the most powerful vassal states in the northern vassal states.

The current Yonghou has entered old age, and several sons under his knees are fighting for the position of the king of Yongguo openly and secretly.

Under normal circumstances, the position of the monarch is not contested.

Because as long as the eldest son of the monarch does not do any outrageous things, even if the ability is mediocre or even a little stupid, the position of monarch will only be passed on to the eldest son, and there is no other son at all. This is the etiquette inherited from ancient times. Establishing the elders does not establish the virtuous.

But Yonghou's eldest son, Shi Zixun, was born weak and sickly, and died before he was born.

Because of the death of her son, Mrs. Yonghou was sad and depressed, and died within a few years.

Yonghou has a deep affection for Mrs. Yonghou, and has no plans to make another wife.

As a result, the other sons have the possibility of ascending to the throne of the monarch.

It was okay when Yonghou was in his prime, the young masters didn't dare to make it too obvious, they just fought in secret.

After Yonghou entered old age, the struggle of the several sons over the position of the monarch was almost on the surface, and they often attacked each other in the court.

Among the several princes, Gongzi Qu and Gongzi Lian are the most powerful in the court and have the greatest possibility of inheriting the throne.

If there is another difference between the two, it means that Gongzi Lian is at a disadvantage, and Gongzi Qu is most likely to inherit the position of monarch.

It is said that in recent days, the incumbent Yonghou's health has become weaker and weaker, and he has to be carried to the court, and the battle for the position of the monarch has reached the last moment.

Seeing that it is impossible for him to inherit the position of monarch if this continues, it is not surprising that the young masters will do anything.

In the court struggle, it is not uncommon to entrust assassins to assassinate political opponents.

Young Master Qu's teacher is Yun Li, an important official in the imperial court who holds the position of Sikong. Without his support, Young Master Qu will immediately turn from an advantage to a disadvantage in the court, and it is likely that he will no longer have the possibility of inheriting the throne.

The person who commissioned the Tianwen organization to assassinate Yunli must be among these young masters, and the most likely one is Young Master Lian. After all, if Young Master Qu loses power, he will be the one who will benefit the most.

But this actually doesn't have much to do with him, he is only responsible for getting money to do things.

"I accept this commission."

Li Qiu's deep voice came from behind the bronze mask.

"In that case, this is the information about this entrustment, please keep it safe."

Huang Lao took out a few pieces of silk cloth from under the counter, on which were portraits and other information about the target and the person protecting the target.

It is a common practice for princes and nobles to keep patrons, and Yunli holds the position of Sikong, with a high position and authority, so naturally it is no exception.

The person in charge of protecting him is a Qi refiner named Chen Xin, who had just entered the Faxiang for several years.

Qi refiners have always been more favored and respected by princes and nobles than body refiners. Even if their strength is the same or even weaker, the treatment of Qi refiners is higher than that of body refiners.

One is because Qi refiners can fly through the clouds, destroy mountains and rivers, and have an extremely long lifespan, almost no different from the legendary immortals.

Another reason is that the protection of Qi refiners is more secure than that of body refiners. They can cover people with vitality, and if it doesn't work, they can also lead people to escape on clouds.

Very few qi refiners would become assassins. After all, being an assassin is not as comfortable as being a doorman or a guest. You don't have to hide and sneak around, and you are respected and enshrined by nobles, officials, and even the king.

So if there is a Qi Refiner to protect him, as long as he leads someone to fly high into the sky, no matter how powerful the incoming assassin is, it will be useless.

In addition to the portraits of the two, the silk cloth also recorded the shortcomings of the two people's characters for the planning of the next assassin.

Qi refiner Chen Xin is very face-saving, and his target Yunli is greedy and lustful. He usually hangs around women's houses and other places. If there are female singers and prostitutes he likes, he will buy them back to the mansion to serve as concubines for his own entertainment or use. For entertaining guests.

This is an era when slavery has not yet been abolished. From the princes of the emperor to the nobles and wealthy merchants, they all take pleasure in raising beautiful singers and musicians.

Although it is not very serious that men are superior to women in this era, slaves are not counted as human beings, at best they are just objects.

Yunli, as the governor of a country, has a high status, and usually hangs around among women, and also buys female music and prostitutes. It seems very inappropriate, but in fact, he often goes shopping in the street with ordinary people, and buys what he likes. Going home is no different, no one will say anything.

"Thank you."

Li Qiu looked at the silk cloth thoughtfully, then put away the silk cloth and turned to leave.

After accepting the entrustment, he immediately went to Yong Kingdom.

Sima, Situ, and Sikong are tied for the highest official positions under the feudal lords. If Yunli is successfully assassinated, he may get one-third of the source power that can be obtained by killing all the people of Yong Kingdom!

Yongguo, Yongdu.

As night falls, the lights are on.

Qingpingfang, the largest family of women in Yongdu, is also the best family of women.

The luxurious carriages in front of the door stopped one after another, and the ones who got off were all nobles and wealthy merchants.

In the brightly lit, carved and painted pavilions, there are bursts of melodious singing and dancing music, making people's hearts flutter and fantasizing.

A luxurious and elegant carriage approached slowly, and pedestrians and carriages gave way one after another.

Those who can come to Qingpingfang are high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and most of them can recognize this carriage. Even if they don't recognize the reaction of the people around them, they know that it must be a great person.

"Who is it?"

Someone followed the pedestrians, bowed their heads and stepped aside together, asking curiously.

"It's none other than Lord Sikong.

He often goes to Qingpingfang to have fun. "

A pedestrian on the side replied.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of Qingpingfang, and the servant driving the carriage took out the horse stool.

"Please sir."

There was a sound from the carriage.

A young man with slender eyes and elegant appearance, wearing a toga with long sleeves, stepped out of the carriage.

After that was a middle-aged man dressed in a brocade robe, a bit thin, with two beards, with an air of calm and prestige.

The two walked together and walked towards Qingpingfang.

In Qingpingfang, someone in charge had already greeted her and bowed to see her.

"Lord Sikong, sir, please come inside."

On the stage, a beautiful female singer in a skirt was sitting aside, playing music slowly.

All the dancers with graceful figures, wearing tulle, and beautiful and charming faces are dancing, doing their best to seduce.

The two are in stark contrast.

Under the stage, rows of nobles and wealthy businessmen are watching.

Qingpingfang has always reserved a place for Yunli and Chen Xin, right at the front and center, where the singing and dancing is the best.

Most of the people in the front row are booked all year round, and they are all the richest businessmen and the most distinguished noble doctors.

Among them, the position of noble officials will not change, because although there are no noble officials with higher status than them in Yong Kingdom, if they come to Qingpingfang, they will come here long ago.

The position of the rich merchants sometimes changes, because not only rich merchants from Yong Kingdom come to Nvlu to have fun, but more wealthy merchants from other vassal states come to Yongdu with the caravan.

These wealthy businessmen often come to Yongdu at a fixed time or period.

Usually, the seats cannot be kept empty for them.

So if there are wealthy businessmen with high bids, the position is naturally theirs.

A few days ago, a young son of a wealthy businessman came to Qingpingfang, and he threw [-] gold to sit in the middle of the first row.

Although Qingping Fang really wanted to earn this money, the middle position in the first row belonged to Yongguo Sikong Yunli and his disciple Chen Xin.

Not to mention that the son of a rich merchant threw thirty gold, even if he threw three hundred gold, they would not dare to let him sit in the middle seat.

Although Yunli and Chen Xin didn't come a few days ago, the seats were always vacant.

But if they agreed to the request of the son of a rich businessman and let him sit there, they would definitely offend Yunli.

Offended Sikong, how can they continue to open Qingpingfang.

Their refusal made the rich merchant's son very unhappy, but luckily they didn't leave in a hurry.

Qingpingfang didn't want to offend this very wealthy guest, so he explained the pros and cons to him.

The son of a wealthy businessman also knew what was going on here, and under their comfort and pleading, he chose to sit on the side of the middle seat.

Although the closer to the middle, the better the effect of watching singing and dancing.

But because the middle position was owned by Sikong Yunli, the general nobles would not choose a position close to the middle.

After all, he was an official in the same dynasty, and Yun Li was ranked as Sikong, and the appearance of a man and his soul were generally not good-looking.

They didn't dare, getting too close to Yunli, whether it was to let him see his gaffe or they saw Yunli's gaffe, it was not very good, so they all took the initiative to retreat to the side.

Under normal circumstances, on both sides of the middle seat are rich businessmen from various countries who have never met Yunli.

offstage.

The steward of Qingpingfang smiled all over his face, and personally led Yunli and Chen Xin to sit down. The servants brought by Yunli soon brought some snacks that Yunli usually liked on the table.

Yun Li ate his snacks, his gaze swept across the faces and bodies of the singers and divas on stage, as if they were picking out products.

The manager of Qingpingfang is not surprised.

Unlike other guests, Yunli never stayed overnight at Qingpingfang. If he fell in love with a girl or singer, he would buy it and bring it back to the mansion for fun.

Compared to Yunli, Chen Xin's eyes were calm, as if he was just watching the singing and dancing, and didn't think about other things.

The steward of Qingpingfang looked at the table on Yunli's right, where a young man in a splendid robe was sitting.

"Speaking of which, the one over there is the same as this Master Sikong's retainer. He came for several days in a row, just to enjoy singing, dancing and vocal music."

Yunli nodded, and the manager of Qingpingfang immediately came back to his senses, a flattering smile appeared on his face at the right moment, and he bent down.

"That... that... and that."

"Remember?"

Yunli said with greed and excitement in his eyes.

Although Yunli has a high position and authority, he will not rely on power to spoil people's interest.

He didn't like any music girls and divas, so he told her to step down immediately.

It was also mainly because, among the people watching the song and dance, there were many aristocratic officials, no matter how high and powerful he was, he could not afford to offend such a large number of people.

Only after Le Nu and Diva finished their performance and went down to rest, he would pay to buy them.

"Remember, my lord."

The steward nodded.

He found that the mood of this person seemed to be very good.

Because the beauty of some of the girls and dancers among them is not up to the standard that Yunli likes.

Qingping Fang is the largest and best female concubine in the Yong Kingdom, and those who can act as dancers and music girls among them are all one-of-a-kind, with good looks.

Of course, this is for ordinary people. For Yunli, who is used to seeing Mei Ji, most of them cannot catch his eyes.

But today, with just a group of dancers and music girls, Yunli is going to buy so many, obviously in a good mood.

This is just like when ordinary people go to the street and are in a good mood, they will buy more things and spend more money.

The steward guessed right, Yunli is indeed in a good mood recently.

Because the body of the one in the Lama Temple is getting worse day by day, it is unknown whether he can survive a month if this continues.

Among the several sons right now, the son Qu who is supported by him and who is his student is the most likely, and the possibility of succeeding the monarch is even greater.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that if nothing unexpected happens, the position of monarch is already in the pocket of his student son Qu!
When his student son Qu inherits the position of the monarch, then he will be the teacher of the monarch, with one man under ten thousand!
Even some things, because etiquette comes first, even if Gong Ziqu is the king, he can't do it arbitrarily, he must follow his advice!

If you have achieved that level as an official, what more can you ask for!

Under such circumstances, how could Yunli be unhappy, he continued to point his fingers at the dancers and music girls on stage.

Chen Xin on the side watched the singing and dancing while paying attention to the wind and grass around him.

He was actually in a good mood, but he didn't show it.

If Yunli became the teacher of the monarch, his power would increase greatly, and if he could enshrine jade to him, his status would naturally increase accordingly.

In fact, in terms of hearing and eyesight, Qi refiners of the same realm are not much worse than body refiners, but their bodies are far less powerful than body refiners.

Sitting here, Chen Xin was able to control everything within a radius of hundreds of feet.

He knew very well whether there were body refiners or qi refiners.

This is Yongdu, and the place where Qingpingfang is located is also the most prosperous street in Yongdu.

There are not a few body refiners and Qi refiners who are rare in other places here.

However, there were no body refiners or qi refiners who could attack from a certain distance so that he could not react in time.

Chen Xin relaxed his mind a little, and turned more attention back to singing and dancing.

Yunli and Chen Xin were sitting next to each other, who had been concentrating on enjoying the singing and dancing. The young son of a rich merchant in a brocade robe, frowned slightly as if he wanted to urinate, and waved his hands to ask someone to ask in a low voice about the location of the hut.

"My lord, come with me, and I will take you there."

The rich merchant's son stood up and followed the boy towards Yunli.

Although the two whispered, it fell into Lu Xin's ears very clearly.

But just an ordinary person, he didn't care.

(End of this chapter)