"Damn it! Ye Gong! As a respected elder, why do you do this!"

"That's right! He actually did such an unethical thing as attacking the city."

"It's shameless to be disrespectful to an elder! How shameless!"

"Mr. Ye! You can't punish a scholar-official. You imprison us and other nobles like this. This is against the laws of Chu!"

"You are not qualified to judge the nobles of Chu at all! Nobles, only the king can judge them!"

Shen Lang accompanied Shen Zhuliang, listening to the words of these Chu nobles one after another, either insulting or talking about their duties, and he couldn't help but sweat in his heart.

Don't make the old man angry right away.

"Mr. Ye." Shen Lang felt a cold sweat in his heart. He raised his head and glanced at Shen Zhuliang, then called out to the guards following him.

The guard immediately understood and walked towards the nobles who kept shouting with a stick in hand.

They had long been unhappy with those nobles, and they dared to humiliate their most beloved monarch Ye Gong. It was like humiliating their parents!

"Forget it." Shen Zhuliang stretched out his hand as usual and stopped the guards who were about to do something. "Let them go, they won't survive for a few days anyway."

"Yes." The guards bowed their heads respectfully.

"Damn it! Shen Zhuliang! You despicable villain! If you can, let's set up a military formation in an open place and have a fair and square battle!"

"That's right, if you capture Danyang City with this sneak attack, your reputation will definitely spread throughout the Central Plains!"

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"Boring." Shen Zhuliang rolled his eyes and ignored the group of prisoners who kept shouting.

In Danyang, after two days of fighting and one night of chaos, Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang finally imprisoned all the Qu family and the nobles who were attached to the Qu family in the dungeon.

Insults and shouting are inevitable. After all, these guys are used to looking down on others from a high position. Even if they are attached to the Qu family, in name, it is actually just an "alliance" with a superior-subordinate relationship.

Now, they suddenly became prisoners of the subordinates. The temporary psychological gap was so huge that they found it difficult to accept, so they did such a irrational thing.

Master Shen Zhuliang has a lot of experience in this matter, so he can still understand it.

Of course, understanding is understanding, and forgiveness is forgiveness. How dare you humiliate yourself like this? How can you tolerate it so easily?

"I'm not punishing you because you humiliated me." Shen Zhuliang walked halfway, suddenly turned around and explained to the prisoners, "I'm punishing you because you humiliated an old man. What an insult to the nobility. This is a punishment for your moral turpitude."

He explained quite a bit, and then turned around and left the sight of the nobles.

"Damn it! What does that mean!"

"Asshole, you actually found such a high-sounding reason!"

"Shameless!"

"..."

Shen Lang, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: He was worthy of being Mr. Ye for being able to say such things.

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Passing through the place where small fish and shrimps were imprisoned, Shen

Zhu Liang and his party arrived at their target this time, the Qu clan.

Unlike those clamoring little nobles, although the Qu family members behaved quite crazy, they have been trying hard to maintain the dignity and demeanor of a noble family at this time.

There was no yelling, no insults, not even a look of hatred.

At least it looked like this on the surface, calm and elegant, even the way he sat upright in the cell was meticulous.

"Ye Gong, Shen Zhuliang... I never thought that with Qu replacing Xiong, the great achievements of the Qu family would be lost in your hands." Seeing Shen Zhuliang coming over, the leader of the Qu family said.

His voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't drank water for several days and nights. This was the sequelae of shouting and commanding troops on the battlefield.

In fact, he cannot be considered a leader, he is just Qu Xie's younger brother.

It's just that when Qu Xie was away from Danyang, he was responsible for most of Qu's affairs, such as the defense of Danyang City.

"Qu Zhi, you should know the purpose of my coming here." Shen Zhuliang asked directly without any nonsense or politeness, "When did Qu Xie's problem arise?"

"Something went wrong? What problem? How could something go wrong with Big Brother?" Qu Zhi smiled disdainfully, "To you, Big Brother's behavior may be very abnormal, but in our opinion, it is the most normal thing."

"Normal? Why, I didn't see anything normal from beginning to end." Shen Zhuliang frowned and asked, "So what if he can replace the Xiong family? Will the Central Plains countries allow a minister to usurp the throne?"

"In fact, you should know the real reason. After all, you are a wise man. No one can hide anything from the eyes of a wise man..."

Qu Zhi said complimentary words, but there was a hint of ridicule in his tone, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Shen Zhuliang did not get angry because of this. He just nodded calmly and explained to himself: "You can know a little bit. First of all, Qu Xie found a very good shield, and Duke Bai won.

Xiong Sheng was originally the son of Prince Jian. However, Prince Jian was framed by Fei Wuji and was exiled. He first went to the State of Zheng, where Prince Jian was killed by the Zheng people, and Xiong Sheng was exiled to the State of Wu.

Therefore, whether in theory or blood, Xiong Sheng is a being who can become the King of Chu."

Qu Zhi nodded: "Yes, Bai Gongsheng is an excellent stepping stone. The first step of our plan is to support him to become the King of Chu. When he was in exile in Zheng State in his early years, he lost the ability to pass on heirs. , and he is full of revenge against Zheng Guo. He is particularly easy to cooperate and has high credibility."

Shen Zhuliang took Qu Zhi's words and continued: "With Bai Gongsheng as the guarantee during the power transition, you will wait until Qu Yanji's child is born and raised until it is old enough, and then let Bai Gongsheng general Chu The throne of king is passed to Qu Yanji's son."

Qu Zhi added later: "In fact, it only takes six years to almost complete the plan. By that time, Bai Gongsheng's desire to attack Zheng Guo for revenge has been fulfilled for him, and it is just the time to hand over power."

Shen Zhuliang nodded: "Six years are enough for the Qu family to swallow up the interests of the entire Chu State, allow them to establish a firm foothold in the court, and train a strong enough army, but...then what?" he asked suddenly.

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What then?" Qu Zhi was stunned for a moment.

"Then what do you do?" Shen Zhuliang asked, "Even if the army trained by the Qu family can defeat any army in the Central Plains countries, you are not ignorant of the national strength of the Chu State. Can it really be possible to deal with such an army at the same time? Are there many countries in the Central Plains?

Even if we resist attacks again and again, nobles like me will inevitably rise up within the Chu State to resist Qu's rule. These forces cannot be completely eliminated in just six years.

Not only that, as long as any country in the Central Plains finds the surviving Xiong clan members, they will help the Xiong clan recover. Such an outcome will inevitably cause the split of the Chu Kingdom.

Do you, the Qu family, really want a Chu State that may be divided, be ravaged by external wars, and may still have internal instability?"

"In fact, all of your questions can be answered with one word, that is - absolute strength." Qu Zhi said, "As long as our Qu family is strong enough, we can defeat the Central Plains people with very little loss. Once the country is cleared of domestic opposition forces, none of your problems will be a problem."

"Absolute strength? But as far as I know, the Qu family does not have such strength." Shen Zhuliang looked at Qu Zhi in the cell, smiled, knocked on the wooden fence of the cell and said, "If you really have With such strength, why are you sitting inside talking to me now?"

"Alas..." Qu Zhi sighed helplessly, showing a bitter expression, and said in a hoarse voice, "Because you acted too fast, and it exceeded our expectations.

No one would have thought that someone would dare to march in a hurry in heavy snow and attack the city while being surrounded by living corpses. Caught off guard, Danyang City fell."

"No, you have a lot of time to prepare the army, assemble, and counterattack. And when attacking the residences of various nobles, your Qu family's resistance was the strongest, but you did not have any amazing combat effectiveness."

The enemy's attack was too fast and unexpected was just an excuse for the defeated. Shen Zhuliang exposed this point unceremoniously.

"I admit that although our soldiers of the Qu family are not very strong in field combat, when it comes to attacking and defending cities, I'm sure there is no country in the entire Central Plains that can match them."

"Oh? You are really confident." Shen Zhuliang showed an interested look, "Probably because the tools used to defend the city and the tools used to attack the city are different from those in other countries, right? The tools used to attack and defend the city are nothing more than It’s just a ladder, a chariot, and a crossbow, but besides that, what else is there?”

Qu Zhi snorted disdainfully: "Oh, do you think I will tell you if you ask like this? That's too much for granted. I will not tell you the biggest secret of Qu's family, the foundation of Qu's family. .And I believe that the eldest brother will definitely take Danyang City into his own hands again, and then realize his ambition to dominate the world!"

"Forget it, there's no need to wait for you to tell me, I'll find it myself." Looking at Qu Zhi, who had fallen into a family dream, Shen Zhuliang knew that whatever he said was useless, so he said nonchalantly, "It's just a waste of a few more days. It’s just a matter of time to confirm what these things are and then determine how to use them.”

"You'll never find it." After Qu Zhi said that, he closed his eyes and mouth, and it seemed that he didn't intend to say another word.
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