It doesn't matter what the lord is.

"Although I am a succubus, my cultivation level is very low. I blend in with the crowd and ordinary people cannot see any problems. I will try my best to follow the army eastward and gather more intelligence. During this period, I have seen your feat of integrating into the circle of profit and justice from scratch, and I have seen you escape danger several times. I also hope that one day I can learn some of your skills."

Ah Ping smiled, stroked the girl's cheek, and said:

"I just took advantage of the situation. Their ending was doomed long ago. Just like this string, if it is stretched too tight, it will always be unable to withstand the teasing. If there is a little external force, it will break... It's good if you are willing to go to Lingyun City, but you must be careful. It's not safe for a girl to be alone outside. You must protect yourself."

The girl looked at Ah Ping gratefully, nodded, and replied:

"I will remember this. I will not let you down."

Ah Ping stretched her body, revealing her slender figure. She found a corner to park her zither, looked at the gradually brightening sky, and smiled a gentle smile.

……

……

……

The stab went astray.

The moment the dagger stabbed down, this thought emerged in Li Yi's mind.

The dagger did not pierce Lord Yunyang's heart, not because of the righteousness of the father-son relationship, but simply because his hand was shaking. It's not that he had never killed someone before, but this was the first time he had killed his own father. The emotions that had been brewing for a whole night still showed a flaw when he moved the knife. Facing Lord Yunyang's scolding, he felt fear while being furious. He stabbed the dagger desperately, but it was still a little off.

Li Yi, who had pulled out the dagger, was going to stab him once more, but now that he was a little more conscious, he dared not do it a second time. The terrifying eyes of Lord Yunyang stared at his face. The murderous spirit he had cultivated when he was young scared Li Yi so much that he dropped the dagger and knelt on the ground. Li Yi had already started thinking about what excuse he could come up with to exonerate himself.

A Ping...Yes, A Ping.

I was bewitched by that woman and was temporarily obsessed...

Li Yi lowered his head, trembling with fear as he waited for his father's anger, but Lord Yunyang did not speak for a long time.

Li Yi secretly raised his head and found that Lord Yunyang had fainted with a furious look on his face.

Li Yi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, carefully got up from the ground, and checked the breath of Lord Yunyang. He was still breathing, but it was quite weak. Li Yi quickly found a doctor who had a good relationship with him and asked him to check the condition of Lord Yunyang.

"My Lord, was he... assassinated?!"

The doctor carefully glanced at Li Yi's face. Seeing that Li Yi looked unhappy and there was blood on his body that he hadn't had time to wipe off, he immediately understood something and trembled all over. He changed his words and said:

"Mr. Lord is probably... overworked, anxious, and his burns have not healed yet, so he is unconscious. I see that he looks haggard and his pulse is weak. He probably won't last a year. And if there is no way to save him, I'm afraid he will wake up only a few times in a year. Please make preparations early, Sir."

Li Yi took a long breath and asked:

"So my dad... won't wake up for a while, right?"

The doctor cursed Li Yi in his heart, wondering if he had a brain problem. How could he have been unconscious for so long due to anger? But considering his relationship with Li Yi, it would be of great benefit to him to let Li Yi take the stage. This was a merit of following the emperor, a wealth and honor that no one could erase.

The doctor calmly handed a medicine bottle to Li Yi and whispered:

"One pill a day..."

Li Yi also understood, put the medicine bottle into his sleeve, and asked directly without further concealment:

"Do you have any solution for my father's chest injury?"

The doctor nodded and said:

"Yesterday, the Lord was pierced in the chest by a piece of iron that exploded. The two wounds were not far apart, and the time interval was not long. If the two wounds were connected together and covered up with special means, it would give the illusion that the wounds had burst. Except for a few of us doctors, most people don't know the Lord's specific injuries. If something happens to the Lord now, no one will suspect us."

Li Yi nodded.

To be fair, it was indeed the best opportunity to kill Lord Yunyang now, but the courage that Li Yi had accumulated all night to kill his father had completely disappeared with that stab, and Lord Yunyang's unconsciousness gave him an excuse to escape. Li Yi even fantasized that when he became Lord Yunyang, maybe it wouldn't matter if he spared his father's life, and at that time his father might even feel deeply gratified by his sharp killing skills.

"My father's chest injury is now in your hands. You'd better keep your mouth shut...Who else knew about my father's injury yesterday?"

The doctor mentioned a few names.

Li Yi nodded and walked out of the tent.

The doctor picked up the bloody dagger from the ground, walked to Lord Yunyang, untied his robe, cut off the bandages, cut a few times along the muscle texture, and then began to sprinkle some of his special powder. During this time, even though Lord Yunyang was unconscious, he clenched his fists in pain, but the doctor didn't care. In his eyes, Lord Yunyang was no different from a dead person.

Li Yi, who walked out of the military tent, let out a long sigh, and the depression in his chest was swept away. He thought that letting Lord Yunyang live might not be a bad thing. After all, the crime of patricide is a huge crime. Once it is discovered, he will be completely ruined. So he might as well sideline his father in this way. Anyway, when he gets the power in his hands, he will make new rules himself. Even if Lord Yunyang wakes up, he will be powerless to save the situation.

Li Yi called his confidants and asked them to deal with all the other doctors. Then he summoned the senior generals of Yunyang and started a new meeting of his own.

Regarding the meeting to enthronize him as the new generation lord of Yunyang.

34. Salute the birth of the king

Lid took a bottle of champagne from his own wine cellar, stood on the wall of Xiaxin City, shook it vigorously a few times and opened the cork. With a loud "bang", the cork broke through the sky, and the golden wine fell down like a golden rain.

Alayya, who had just rushed over from Yuxi City, stood quietly beside Lid and asked:

"What is the young master doing?"

Lid smiled, holding the bottle and looking into the distance, he said leisurely:

"In salute to the birth of the king."

Alaia tilted her head, puzzled. Lid put down the bottle and changed the subject:

"Is everything okay in Yuxi City?"

Alayya replied:

"The demons came. It seems that the son of the King of the East, She Tong, She Mi, heard that Yuxi City was at war with Yunyang, and came to seek revenge on the young master privately. As a result, there were some conflicts with Taixis. She Tong came to apologize in person and promised to increase the food and grass sent this year by 30%."

It can be said that Shemi, this young man, is quite unlucky. He coveted Felita's beauty before, but before he could make a move, Felita was taken back to Yuxi City by Lide, and he was left with a very embarrassing situation. This time, when he heard that Lide was fighting with Yunyang, Shemi wanted to take advantage of the lack of defense in Yuxi City to launch a surprise attack. Maybe he could take advantage of the chaos to get the secret of the anti-magic drug into his own hands, so that he would not be controlled by others anymore.

Shemi brought a group of demon masters to the vicinity of Yuxi City, and found that there were not many people around the city, so he planned to take the opportunity to attack the city. It happened that the female giant Taishis was sitting on the top of the city, directing the giants in the city to build houses. Taishis was hit by magic on the back before she could react. After rolling twice, her black and red eyes looked down at the city.

She Mi hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet, and was still boasting to the people around her, "I'm an excellent archer," when the next second, Taishis pressed her head into the ground. Although this girl was a little tearful, she was still the core bloodline of the giants, and her realm was completely different from that of a half-baked person like She Mi. At this time, the brothers on the demon side realized the seriousness of the problem and prepared to take down Taishis by relying on the advantage of numbers, and then they found a group of tall low-level giants rushing out of Yuxi City, ready to fight to the death.

She Mi was completely stunned. He wanted to say something harsh, but he didn't dare to say a word after being stunned for a long time. Even if he was stupid, he could see that this woman was a high-ranking member of the giant tribe. If he offended her, he would make enemies with the giant tribe. In other words, it would be like representing the demon tribe to go to war with the giant tribe!

Not to mention that it has no power, even its father doesn't dare to do so. If it really offends the giants, the Demon King will probably send its head to the giants as an apology. At that time, Snake Eyes will not only not stop it, but will also quickly sever ties with this unworthy descendant.

She Mi knelt on the ground cowardly, and the other demons followed suit. They were beaten so badly that they dared not fight back.

Then Snake Eye came, and after finding out the identity of Taixis, he wanted to strangle Shemi to death. The giants were not as easy to talk to as the elves. Like the dragons, they were all lunatics from the ice fields outside the Great Wall. If they disagreed, they would fight to the death. Moreover, now his son shot at the princess without knowing right or wrong... If he really wanted to investigate, this was a deadly feud that could not be reversed.

Fortunately, Taixisi was a soft-hearted person. Seeing that Shemi and the demons it brought were beaten black and blue, she didn't bother with it and just turned around and left. Shetong didn't know what she meant, and was worried that she would write a letter to her brothers to tell on them, so she could only wait nervously outside Yuxi City. Finally, Heyue came forward to talk to Shetong and promised that Shetong would give up some extra food and grass this year. This matter was over, and it would not happen again.

That will definitely not happen again.

She Mi was dragged away by She Tong, leaving blood all over her back and her fat flesh exposed. After this incident, the people of Yuxi City had a much better view of the giants. Most people were no longer afraid of these silent giants, and sometimes people would send some meat to the giants when they slaughtered pigs and cattle.

After listening to Alayya's story, Lid nodded and said:

"The idea of ​​bringing the giants back was to contain the demons, and now it seems to be of good use. But we can't always think of driving the tiger to swallow the wolf, the iron must be strong itself."

Lid stood up, ruffled Alayya's hair, and said with a smile:

"I have nothing to do on the front line. Fang Shisan should fight a pursuit battle, but our current military strength is limited. We don't really want to tear off a piece of meat, just to scare them. The reason why I asked you to come is that I hope you can act with Fang Shisan. With the strength of the eighth level of perfection, you can go to the front battlefield to compete with Yunyang's guest officials."

Reed had already dealt with the more troublesome guests in advance, so there was no need to worry about Alayya encountering any danger.

Half of her sword skills are for killing people, so this kind of bloody battlefield is her place of training, which is of great help to her level of cultivation.

Alayya asked:

"But how did you know that Yunyang's army was going to retreat? Did you do something?"

Lid shook his head and replied:

"Because someone is in a hurry to return to Lingyun City to inherit that position. Yunyang has no master, whoever returns first will have the initiative, and even one day late is something he can't tolerate. Not to mention that they don't have the ability to capture Xincheng now, even if they did, he would choose to withdraw at this time."

Lid smiled lightly, his tone was very calm:

"There are long-term interests and short-term interests in this world. In most cases, these two interests conflict with each other. For example, if I insist on doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and running 10 kilometers every day, I can become a muscular bald strongman in two years. This is the long-term interest. But during this period of time, I will live a very tiring life every day because this exercise plan seriously damages my short-term interests and prevents me from slacking off."

He glanced at the Yunyang army stationed outside Xiaxin City. Although they were a long distance away, he seemed to know what was happening there and said calmly:

"It's the same for Li Yi. From the perspective of Yunyang's long-term interests, defeating us here at all costs is the best option, but this will hurt his short-term interests. When the two interests conflict, most people will give up long-term interests to protect short-term interests. After all, you see, no one can control the future, but the happiness of the moment can be completely grasped, right?"

Champagne was left on the city walls, sparkling brilliantly in the sunlight.

Lid's voice echoed throughout this world:

"Then let's celebrate the new king's ascension to the throne... This is probably the last glorious moment in his life."

35. Public Opinion War and Talent Harvester

As Lid had judged, Yunyang's army retreated.

Li Yi must have summoned the senior generals of Yunyang in the military tent and promised them various benefits in exchange for their support. After all, he is the prince of Yunyang, the first heir, and the person who shoulders the orthodoxy of Yunyang. At this point in time when the Lord of Yunyang is critically ill, as long as he is willing to sacrifice his face and deliberately win over people, most people are still willing to recommend him as the Lord of Yunyang.

The reason is simple. Although assisting other Yunyang princes to ascend to the throne is a great achievement, the cost is also very high. Although the calls for changing the prince were overwhelming some time ago, when it comes to such a situation where thousands of troops are crossing a single-plank bridge, the princes will fight among themselves first. If they want to overcome all objections and assist an unknown prince to inherit the throne, these senior generals must first consider whether they have the strength to do so.

In comparison, it was much easier to nominate Li Yi to take the position. As long as Li Yi offered a price that was attractive enough to them, the generals of Yunyang would naturally be willing to do this favor.

Not everyone is willing to take a big gamble. People like them who live a comfortable life would rather do business that is sure to make a profit.

Then there is only one thing that Li Yi needs to do -

Go back to Lingyun City early, complete the relevant ceremonies as soon as possible, and confirm your identity as the Lord of Yunyang to avoid any further trouble.

The Yunyang army retreated, and the Yuxicheng army chose to pursue without hesitation.

Li Yi naturally had no intention of fighting back, he just wanted to get back as soon as possible. The casualties of Yunyang's army were of no concern to him, it didn't matter if all of them died. Even if he was the only one who returned to Lingyun City, as long as he could succeed to the throne smoothly, he could mobilize the entire Yunyang army to come back for revenge.

The result was that Yunyang's army fled all the way from Xiaxin City, with enemies everywhere.

The remaining elite troops of more than 10,000 people were chased by thousands of people and had no choice but to go in a panic. This scene was seen by the people along the way and then spread to farther and farther places.

The first thing Lide did when he returned to Yuxi City was to summon Shuang and give instructions to the Anbu on the next action plan:

"Contact the other Yunyang princes immediately and tell them that Li Yi killed his father and usurped the throne, and that his position was not legitimate. Be the first to create a trend. Even if he travels overnight, it will take time. It will take at least a few days for him to return to Lingyun City, and it will take at least a week to announce it to the world. We have the Succubus House in our hands, so we have an unparalleled advantage in terms of time. We are spreading conspiracy theories that the public loves to hear and see, so the effect will only be better than Li Yi's."

Shuang lowered his head and asked:

"Yes, I will do it right away. But does the Lord of the City want other princes to rise up and resist Li Yi? Although they have some troops, Li Yi is the prince after all. If Li Yi mobilizes the border troops of Yunyang to quell the rebellion, the other princes may not be his opponents."

Lid smiled and said:

"Li Yi is already the tallest among the short guys. If my other brothers have the ability to kill him, there is no need for my father to support him to take the position. It is unrealistic to expect them to kill Li Yi. Our goal is to muddy the waters. Then--"

There was no smile on Lid's face, and he said coldly:

"Conscription. After three years of military service in Yuxi City, you will be given land and property, and the tax rate will not increase for twenty years. When we responded to Yunyang's declaration of war, we gave a statistical data set, and the spread among the lower-class people has been quite widespread. Now that we have proved that we have the strength to defeat Yunyang head-on, their last concerns will also disappear. In addition, Yunyang will have a wave of chaos in the future, and the people will know what to choose."

Lid patted Shuang's shoulder and said:

"So we have to do a good job of public opinion this time. Remember that the target group of propaganda is not those nobles, but the ordinary people below. For specific operations, you can contact the Propaganda Department of Shao Yu Camp, they are familiar with this. The core goal is that we must attract a large number of people who feel a sense of belonging to us in the shortest possible time. It doesn't matter if there are spies from other territories among them, we can slowly investigate them later."

Shuang bowed deeply and said:

"I understand."

Without Lid's explanation, Shuang was also very clear about the importance of this matter. For this day, Yuxi City had already made various preparations in advance, especially after Yunye joined Yuxi City, she had been trying to change the civilians' views on Yuxi City. For this reason, everyone in Yuxi City from top to bottom made various efforts, just for this moment, to lay the real foundation of Yuxi City in one fell swoop.

Defeating armies, capturing cities, and destroying buildings are only temporary solutions.

Plundering the population is the real way to solve the problem.

For the first time, Shuang felt that the burden on her shoulders was extremely heavy. Fortunately, Lid also gave her enough power to let her display her talents at will. Some people are born geniuses in certain areas, while others need to rely on acquired transformation to step onto the high platform step by step. This is a transformation for Shuang. If she can complete it smoothly, it means that she has truly taken a step forward. She is no longer the "makeshift" Anbu head given by Mai Xiluo, but the real Anbu Queen of Yuxi City.

After Shuang left, Lid met He Yue again.

A large influx of people is inevitable, and Yuxi City needs to plan their living places in advance. Soldiers cannot exist independently, and they also have their own families. How to properly place them requires He Yue to plan carefully. Fortunately, after acquiring the giant tribe's infrastructure team, the overall construction speed of Yuxi City has been improved, and He Yue still has enough manpower and material resources.

"Speaking of which, He Yue, when Yun Yang's situation stabilizes, are you interested in making a big news story?"

He Yue and Li De stood side by side in front of the window and asked:

"What do you mean?"

Lid turned around and looked at her, smiling and said:

"Since the founding of Yongtian Kingdom, the nobles have almost monopolized most of the power. Ordinary people who want to display their talents can either join others as staff or use connections to enter the officialdom. The royal family of Yongtian Kingdom saw this problem, so they established the White Guard to search the world for capable people and select the best one to serve as the White Guard. But there are so many capable people in the world, how long will it take to find them one by one? I hope they can come to me on their own."

He Yue turned her head away, her pretty face showing a hint of doubt:

"Like Bai Feng? No, you mean——"

Reed shook his head:

"No. It's not about attracting staff with personal charm, but selecting a large number of outstanding talents through imperial examinations. You can think of it as promoting the military academy system to the whole world. From the nobles to the slaves in Yongtian Kingdom, as long as they perform well in the imperial examinations, they can directly come to our Yuxi City to serve as officials. Although the promotion and demotion in the future will need to be evaluated based on their actual performance, it at least provides everyone with a way to move up..."

Lid smiled and said softly:

"In this world, the top talented people have almost been divided up. It is difficult for me to keep up with the development speed of Yuxi City by poaching them one by one. So I plan to build an automatic harvester. It doesn't matter if they pick first. We will pack up all the remaining potential talents and bring them back."