, Three Pillars

A luxurious carriage was driving on the streets of Chengdu, with soldiers standing in front and behind, and the scene was quite grand. As the head of the Yizhou noble clan, such a scene was not surprising.

Jia Long sat in the carriage, looking at the streets with people coming and going, and his mind could not calm down for a long time.

Ever since he learned about Liu Fan's assassination, he had been frightened and worried that he would be liquidated.

He was even worried that Liu Fan would suddenly lead his troops into the palace while he was sleeping and take his head off his neck.

Especially after Liu Yan sent him away and was alone with Liu Fan, this feeling became stronger, as if the other party was plotting something.

Maybe it was just a false alarm, or maybe he was discussing how to eliminate him... Jia Long is more inclined to the latter, people always like to think about the bad consequences first.

In other words, there is always a mentality that "there are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me."

So, when he returned to the mansion, he hurriedly summoned his accomplice Ren Qi, only to find that the other party's face was also solemn.

Ren Qi frowned and said, "I'm afraid Liu Yan has blamed you and me for the assassination of the eldest son and wants to eradicate us."

"Did you do it?" Jia Long asked in a deep voice. He obviously suspected that his accomplice was secretly acting behind his back.

If it was this comrade who did it, then that's it. If not, then it's really an injustice.

"You doubt me?" Ren Qi was a little angry, feeling that he had been let down sincerely.

"Really?"

"Liu Bei in Guanzhong is eyeing Yizhou. He and I have agreed not to act rashly. How can I violate it?"

"Who could that be?"

Jia Long fell into deep thought, and his intuition told him that this was a conspiracy against them.

"In my opinion, this matter is just a play directed and performed by Liu Fan. The purpose is to get rid of us!" Ren Qi guessed, this was a conclusion based on the description of Liu Fan's guards.

Jia Long was surprised and said: "How can you say this?"

"Have you ever seen an assassin carrying out an assassination without a crossbow? If he was really an assassin, how could Liu Fan survive with his martial arts skills?"

"Never."

After Jia Long answered, he said angrily: "Well, Liu Fan, for the sake of the overall situation of Yizhou, I didn't attack you, but you acted first."

Ren Qi also looked angry: "In this case, we don't have to worry about this anymore, why not strike first!"

"Okay, you contact them immediately and tell them that if they don't do anything, the Yizhou gentry will cease to exist."

"I'll go right away!"

…

On the other side, Liu Yan looked at Liu Fan solemnly: "My son, tell your father the truth, is the person who assassinated you actually one of Liu Bei's guards?"

"Father, don't you understand that things have come to this? Jia Long and others clearly want to murder the child, and then support the third brother to be their puppet. By then, Yizhou will be their world."

Liu Fan also completely tore off his disguise. He wanted to use this incident to eliminate the thorns in Jia Long's side in one fell swoop.

"Could it be Liu Bei's plan to alienate each other?" Liu Yan was still wise after all and thought of other possibilities.

"Father! Do you really want to watch your child die in the hands of Jia Long and Ren Qi?"

"I……"

The weakness in Liu Yan's heart was touched, and he suddenly became irrational.

"My lord, I will see that this matter must have been done by Jia Long and others. Liu Bei is far away in Guanzhong, how can he reach out to Yizhou?" Upon seeing this, Zhang Ren on the side immediately intervened to fan the flames.

Liu Yan was reminded by the two men and suddenly realized that the person who could know my son's whereabouts in advance must be an insider.

In addition, the conflict between himself and Jia Long deepened day by day, and he gradually began to make up his mind.

"Forget it, Zhang Ren, you secretly leave the city immediately, move the Dongzhou Army into the city, and surround the residences of Jia Long, Ren Qi and others."

"Here!"

Zhang Ren was overjoyed and quickly turned around to make arrangements, fearing that Liu Yan would change his mind if he was a step too late.

Liu Yan stood up and warned: "My son, have a good rest. As a father, I will remove all obstacles for you."

"Well, father, be careful."

…

After Liu Yan left, Liu Fan said with a smile: "Yuanzhi, Yizhou will soon be under my control."

"Do you want to confirm again?" Xu Shu's plan succeeded, but he put on a sad and gloomy look on his face, vividly portraying the loyal minister who always takes care of himself.

This is a counselor who will do whatever it takes to be a true monarch. Xu Shu has obviously completed the transformation from a ranger to a mastermind.

This is due to talent. Some people are born to eat this kind of rice.

Liu Fan said calmly: "No need to confirm anymore, this matter must be done by Jia Long and others."

In fact, he didn't say a word. Even if it wasn't done by Jia Long and others, he still wanted to use this matter to centralize power.

Xu Shu immediately stopped talking, but secretly thought in his heart: If the prediction is correct, Jia Long should have already heard the news.

This is exactly Jin Yiwei's entire plan, to turn the two sides against each other while not allowing either side to easily destroy the other.

Therefore, Su Zhe arranged for someone to assassinate Liu Fan, making both parties suspicious of each other until they completely broke up. On the other hand, he sent someone to leak the news to Jia Long and others to let them take precautions in advance.

In this way, the two sides can at least fight evenly and completely split Yizhou.

In this way, both sides, each with their own ulterior motives, began to secretly mobilize their troops and generals. Before they knew it, the smoke of war enveloped Chengdu.

As the night progresses, undercurrents surge and murderous intent lurks.

Groups of soldiers holding torches ran through the streets of Chengdu and set up checkpoints at various passes.

The people in the city also seemed to smell the breath of war, and closed their doors and windows one after another, ignoring what was going on outside the windows.

Zhang Ren led his army to Jia Long's mansion. When he saw the closed door, he immediately waved his hand and said: "Break it open."

After a while, several soldiers fetched logs and charged at the door again and again.

After all, the thin palace gate was not as strong as the city gate, and it was quickly knocked open. The Dongzhou sergeants who had already prepared their attack rushed into the palace.

When you see an empty scene, you feel like you have arrived at an empty house with no one in it.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Ren quickly realized what had happened, and his face suddenly turned gloomy.

"search!"

Although he had already guessed the outcome, he still had a sense of luck. His soldiers immediately turned the entire mansion upside down, but only found a few maids and servants who had not had time to escape.

Zhang Ren said in a deep voice: "Where is Jia Long?"

"Master, he..."

"explain!"

"The master suddenly ordered me to pack my bags today and take my wife and the others to escape from the city through a secret passage."

Zhang Ren's eyes turned cold, and his hand holding the spear tightened little by little.

"kill!"

After leaving a word, he turned and left.

A moment later, screams rang out one after another in the house.

Implications are not uncommon in this era. At that time, there was an article about "involvement" in Qin law.

Zhang Ren then led people to kill Ren Qi and the mansions of other noble clans. However, except for some insignificant people, most of the others had fled.

He finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and Jia Long and others had obviously learned the news in advance.

"The report... is bad. The rebels entered the city from the north gate and are fighting all the way to the lord's mansion."

"The whole army must assemble and follow me to rescue him."

…

State Shepherd's Office.

Bang!

"What on earth did Zhang Ren do? He just let Jia Long and others escape, but he actually allowed them to assemble an army!"

In the council hall, Liu Yan was furious.

I thought that this time by surprise, I could quickly capture Jia Long and others and completely centralize power at the minimum cost. Now it seems that the situation is gradually getting out of control.

"Father, this matter is a secret and there is no reason for it to be leaked. It can be seen that Jia Long and others have long been rebellious." Naturally, Liu Fan would not let go of this golden opportunity and spoke out again to attack his opponents.

When Liu Yan heard this, he became even more angry and said in a hateful voice: "I have treated you well, how can I dare to betray you?"

When Xu Shu heard this, he sneered secretly, "Aren't you also planning to get rid of me?"

If Jia Long and others did not know the news in advance, the final result would be that everyone in the family would die without a burial place.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps coming from far away, and Liu Dan, dressed in military uniform, appeared at the door with a group of soldiers.

Liu Dan cupped his hands and said, "Sorry, father, we couldn't find our third brother. According to the servants in his house, our third brother was picked up by people sent by Jia Long at noon today."
To be continued...