It can be said that Fan Li went to great lengths to control the entire Shouchun City. It is not that he is not good at conspiracy and power, but in Shouchun, he is just a character similar to a guest noble, with no foundation and no righteousness. It is really too difficult to do this kind of thing.

It took a lot of effort.

There are many nobles, big and small, in Shouchun City, and most of them are die-hard loyalists to Zhu Ji. If you want to make them obedient, you cannot rely solely on inducements.

Fortunately, with Zhao Zhen's military support, and thanks to the "excellent" qualities of the idle nobles of Chu State who were "greedy for life and fearful of death", after simply and rudely brushing aside all the senior generals, and with the large amount of property provided by Fan Li,

The soldiers at the bottom were obedient instantly.

The only thing to worry about is the intimidated nobles, each of whom has private soldiers ranging from 300 to 300.

Although the quality is uneven, after all, the quantity is there, like a time bomb, which makes people feel quite uncomfortable.

Moreover, it was impossible to behead them. Killing so many nobles, big and small, would not only plunge the entire Shouchun into chaos, but also the noble relatives who were related to them would also be in trouble.

Fan Li rubbed his temples, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"Fan Li, what are you going to do with Zhu Ji's relatives?" Zhao Zhen walked into the study and asked directly.

"Does he have any relatives?" Fan Fan was stunned.

The position of national master is not something that just anyone can do. Zhu Ji's parents have died long ago, and he has not married a wife. Only such a person who is free from worries can communicate with the "Fire God" Zhu Rong.

As for the principle, no one can explain it clearly. Anyway, they just think Tiansha Lone Star is very powerful.

"I have a daughter, who is said to be an adopted daughter." Zhao Zhen explained, "but she looks a little lethargic and her mental state is not very good."

"Sickly adopted daughter?" Fan Li smacked his lips, not knowing where this came from, "Can't someone else pretend to be her?"

"No, the servants in the mansion said that this person has been brought into the mansion fifteen years ago."

"Let her be." Fan Li shrugged indifferently, "I don't have time to deal with her at the moment."

Then he changed the topic and said: "The knights sent out have returned. The battle between Ouyang and Zhu Ji was extremely fierce. There were corpses of civilians everywhere. I don't know who survived in the end. These civilians seemed to have been poisoned by some kind of poison.

The insect is under control, and there is a round hole in the center of the eyebrow."

"Aren't there their bodies?" Zhao Zhen was not interested in civilians, she only cared about what happened to Ouyang.

Fan Li shook his head: "No, neither body of either of them has been found. If Ouyang is safe, he should come to Shouchun to find me at this time."

"Is it possible that he has returned to the hospital? Should he send someone to Yulouyi to have a look?" Zhao Zhen suggested.

"I have sent the knights to Yulou to investigate the situation. But it is already dark now, and I don't know if the knights can arrive safely."

Fan Li glanced at the dark sky outside and said with some worry: "I don't know what's going on these two days. I can't even see the stars in the sky. It's always a little unsafe for the knights to carry torches."

"It's probably because there are clouds covering it. Let's send another wave of knights after dawn." Zhao Zhen didn't pay attention and was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something, "Fan Li, do you think it's good to have darkness?"

quick?"

Fan Li paused as he picked up the teacup: "It seems...a little bit indeed?!"

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In Yingdu, Qu Xie's eyes were red.

He was holding a box on the ground, and his eyes seemed to burst with bloodshot eyes. He didn't know whether he was crying or angry.

His hands were stained red with blood. He opened the box and touched the cheek of the head in the box, then closed the box again.

He opened the box again, touched the cheek of the head in the box, and closed the box again.

Just like this, he seemed to be possessed by a demon, repeating the same actions over and over again.

Not far from his writing desk lay a corpse with a knife stuck in it and blood flowing all over the floor. It was one of the knights who left with Qu Fuyan.

"The king's son... killed my son..."

He murmured to himself: "I will give blood for blood, tooth for tooth..."

"No...I will torture you in a more desperate way!"

【Have you made up your mind?】

"Of course! There is nothing in this world worthy of my nostalgia!"

[Congratulations, you, your country and your son will receive eternal life in my new world. 】

Outside the study, Xiong Sheng looked worriedly at Qu Xie, who was talking to himself inside. He felt very strange, but it was not convenient to go in and persuade him to say anything.

He hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head and left.

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In Yulouyi, Ouyang fought and retreated, and had returned to the hospital with a large number of civilians to defend themselves against the zombies that were surrounding them.

I don’t know where this group of zombies were replenished. Originally, most of them should have been cleared out, but now the number of people attacking the houses feels endless.

Gee, it must be that the villagers in several surrounding villages have been infected.

Ouyang curled his lips and felt a little pressure.

The outer wall of the hospital building is 30 centimeters thick and made of ashlar and bricks. It is very hard and reliable, and the zombies cannot knock it down no matter how hard they collide.

But when the hospital was opened, in order to facilitate the entry of more patients and the daily purchase of medicinal materials and ingredients, in addition to the front door and back door, three side doors were opened on the east and west walls.

Now these three slightly weak side doors have become the main attack directions of the zombies.

"Have you found anything that can block this door?!" After Ouyang blasted a zombie with his hammer, he looked back at the villagers and shouted, "A big cabinet or anything will do."

These three side doors are not big, so they are not high either. When the door panels are closed, they are only about one meter wide. The zombies can easily climb in by stepping on the corpses of each other.

"I'm coming!"

Several men ran out of the warehouse carrying a large shelf. The shelf was very large, about three meters high. It seemed to be used to store medical books. There were also a few bamboo slips on the shelf that had not been completely cleaned. As the men carried them,

It's falling down.

"Okay, this should be able to block the door." Ouyang nodded, stretched out his hand, and another zombie was killed.

He kicked a few times with his feet to clean up the corpses on the ground. Ouyang took over the wooden shelf with one hand and blocked the side door. Then he found some wood and bamboo and tied it tightly.

The ground holds up.

"That should be enough." Ouyang turned around and said to the two villagers behind him, "Leave two people here to watch, and let's go block a side door."

"Deer, er, er, da..."

It seemed to be the sound of running horses.

"Mr. Ouyang!" Wang Sheng suddenly ran over and said, "Mr. Ouyang, there seems to be someone riding a horse from the side gate to the west."

"Ah? There are people riding horses to come here? Who is so impatient?"

Ouyang ran to the west, climbed up the wall, stared in the direction in front of him where the sound of horse hooves was coming, and saw a group of people on horseback holding torches, chasing the two people in front of them.

Those two were wearing fine clothes and looked quite noble, as if they had some status.

"Tsk, I was chased so hard that I didn't choose the right path, so I ran blindly."

Ouyang saw that the other party was running straight towards the west side door of the hospital, with a large number of zombies surrounding him, and he couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for the other party.

To be precise, I broke into a cold sweat for myself.

These zombies look like 180 by visual inspection. I can clean them up with just a little effort, but in the end, some zombies are sent to my door to replenish the army of zombies. It is so depressing that it makes people vomit blood.

"Mr. Ouyang, do you want to open the door and save them?" Wang Sheng asked.

"Save them? Open the door, save them, and then let everyone burp together?" Ouyang rolled his eyes, and then removed the bamboo spear array used for defense next to the side door.

"We will make room for them. As for whether they can jump in, life or death depends on their fortune."

Ouyang said, and took the men with a big wooden frame to block the east side door.

"Uu——!"

The two people being chased saw the side door and immediately stepped on the zombie's body and jumped up.

The first one, including man and horse, flew in an arc.

"boom!"

Second, after the neighing of a war horse, everyone heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

"Isn't this, His Royal Highness?"

"His Royal Highness?"

"Young master?"

A group of civilians immediately surrounded him and helped Mr. Xiong and his little follower up from the ground.

"Young Master Xiong?" Ouyang raised his eyebrows and added in his mind: He is really a famous name that I have admired for a long time.

In terms of personal sense, he still has a good impression of Xiong Zhong. He can stand up and take charge of the overall situation for everyone in times of crisis and arrange everything in an orderly manner. This ability and responsibility are much better than those of Yu Louyi.

Zhuyi Chang Qu Tian didn't know how much stronger he was.

What was a bit unexpected was that he really didn't expect that the smart and capable Mr. Xiong would be so young.

It can't be said that he is young... To be more precise, he should be said to be young. He looks about 16 or 18 years old and gives the impression that he is just a slightly precocious junior high school student.

"What are you doing! Do you untouchables want to defend this rebellious person?"

Not long after Xiong Zhong got up from the ground, he heard shouting outside, followed by the sound of a knife cutting into flesh.

"Master, do you want to save them?" Gongsun Chao came up and asked.

"Why save them? Save them and then continue to arrest us as traitors and traitors?"

Xiong Zhong glanced at the surrounding villagers, and then quickly set his sights on Ouyang, who stood out among the crowd.
Chapter completed!