In a deserted secret room in the south of the Yangtze River.
More than twenty people, tightly wrapped in black robes, sat according to their positions. Although they did not speak aloud, they just had the words "I am a bad guy" engraved on their foreheads.
If a normal person wears this in broad daylight, he is afraid that others will not know that there is something wrong with you, right?
There was a creaking sound as the door opened, and all the men in black robes stood up uniformly and looked outside the door.
Only ghosts can tell whether her expression is respectful or not. Who can see her wearing such a big black robe?
"See the leader, see the holy envoy!"
"Sit down! You are all my right-hand men, so don't be polite!"
"Thank you, Master!"
The leader of the White Lotus glanced at everyone present through the dark eyes of the black robe: "What do you think about the reports from the brothers in the Lunar Cult? Why did the imperial army suddenly stationed? This is completely contrary to our plan!
"
"Master, the brothers are confused about this matter. Originally, according to the plan, sacrificing some minions could turn the army around. This was indeed the case a month ago. The army of the imperial court did exactly follow our trap, but I didn't expect it.
Suddenly the army was ordered to station!"
"Do you know the reason?"
"Master, the brothers from the Douzi Department want to infiltrate the imperial army to find out the situation, but the eagles and dogs of the imperial Longwu Guard and Xiaoguo Guard are just like iron barrels, and the brothers are helpless!"
"Master, my subordinates noticed that the commander-in-chief Liu Mingzhi who was commanding the troops this time seemed to have noticed something was wrong. He should have noticed that we were deliberately following him in circles!"
"That's right, leader, this Mr. Liu Mingzhi is completely different from the rumored playboy. He is cunning and cunning. He will not fall into the trap we designed at all."
"Cult leader, if you try your best not only to not let Liu Mingzhi be fooled, but to lose thousands of brothers, it will be a big irritation to those brothers who have just joined the religion. My subordinates are afraid that those people will leave the religion. The most important thing is
If they leak something, they will make a wrong step and make a wrong step!"
The man in black, who was sitting in the third row of the men in black, slowly said: "In that case, let's capture Liu Mingzhi's family and threaten him. As long as we hold Liu Mingzhi hostage, not only will we not suffer any loss, but perhaps his ten thousand
The army can be used by us! When the time comes, we can cooperate with Lord Red Dragon internally and externally, and changing the dynasty will be easy!"
"I'm confused, Jiangnan Liu is not as simple as it seems. Jiangnan Liu's brothers are all over the country. Their intelligence capabilities are terrifying, not to mention that even the emperor's inner bodyguards cannot match them. After all, the emperor is not as good as Liu Zhian.
Be willing to spend money!”
"Fourth Brother's Xiaojiu agrees. Although the Holy Son's method is good, we don't seem to have that much strength in a head-to-head confrontation with Jiangnan Liuye. Let's not mention that Jiangnan Liuye has a large number of people. It's just Liu Zhi'an's wife Bai Bing who controls the East China Sea.
A few secret guards of the Bai family are enough to keep us busy. We can take action against Liu Mingzhi, but we must not take action against the Liu family!"
The man in black robes, who was called the Holy Son, looked around at the people below with a trace of disdain: "Fourth Elder, Ninth Elder, have you overestimated the Jiangnan Liu Family? No matter how many Liu Ye brothers there are, it is just a family of merchants. That’s all!”
The leader of the White Lotus Sect shook his head slightly: "Holy Son, what you said is completely wrong. Let the Holy Envoy tell you!"
The man in black robe sitting next to the leader of the White Lotus looked at everyone with bright eyes: "Don't underestimate the power of the Liu family in Jiangnan. According to the news from the spies in the palace, the heads of the four major families were once guests of the emperor. It is said that they reached an agreement. We have made an agreement, as long as the four major families do not participate in the affairs of the court, everything will be safe and sound. Even if the emperor pays so much attention to the four major families, how can he be mediocre?"
Looking at the surprised looks in everyone's eyes, the Holy Envoy sighed: "You have been in the dark for a long time. You don't know very well. In Jiangnan, Liu Zhi'an's words are more useful than the King of Huainan. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the king of the underground. Someone has calculated it. The Liu family's property, Liu Zhi'an's words can make millions of people in Jiangnan lack food and clothing, and Jiangnan Liu, who is famous for his financial resources, has financial resources that even the national treasury cannot compare with!"
"Lord Holy Envoy, if this is really the case, how could the emperor allow such a person to continue to exist!"
"The emperor has no choice. The most important thing is that Jiangnan cannot live without Liu Zhian. Jiangnan's tax revenue ranks first among all states every year, and Liu Zhian's contribution cannot be ignored!"
"What the Holy Envoy means is that even if the emperor is also frightened by the Liu family's power, there is nothing he can do about it. He can only appease the Liu family by affecting his entire body?"
"To hit the mark, being an emperor doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. There are too many people involved in the Liu family. As long as there are no charges, the emperor has to think twice before touching the Liu family! I have an account here and you will understand after taking a look at it!"
The Holy Envoy took out an account book from his arms and placed it on the table for everyone to pass around for a look.
"Holy Messenger, what does this mean?"
"As many as 70% of the civil and military officials in the entire dynasty accepted bribes from Liu Zhi'an, and none of them received less than one hundred thousand taels of silver. Do you know what this means?"
"Don't all the civil and military officials of the dynasty have the clues in Liu Zhi'an's hands?"
"That's right, it means that as long as Liu Zhi'an makes this account public, nearly 70% of the civil and military personnel in the entire dynasty will be implicated!"
“I don’t know what the emperor would think if he knew that his ministers would be controlled by a businessman!”
"You are wrong. The emperor also has an account in his hand, and it was handed over by Liu Zhi'an himself!"
"To show loyalty?"
"That's right! Privately, Liu Zhi'an can be regarded as a sharp knife in the emperor's hand, so the emperor will not touch Liu Zhi'an. Liu Zhi'an's move is a conspiracy. As long as the Liu family is in danger, the accounts will be made public, and the whole court will Both civil and military officials will be implicated, and there will be no one in the court to help. Wouldn’t it be a great chaos in the world, and everyone would be talking about it! Even the emperor dare not ignore it!"
"What a vicious move. It ties the Liu family to the royal family. If the royal family is not destroyed, the Liu family will be fine!"
"So why do you think the Liu family, a merchant family, can be among the four major families? I'm afraid even Liu Mingzhi doesn't know about Liu Zhi'an's dealings with the emperor. This old fox is so vicious that he has few opponents!"
The man in black robes sitting opposite the Holy Son looked at the Holy Envoy with suspicion: "Since Liu Zhi'an has such great power, why doesn't he help his sworn brother's orphan out of the sea of misery?"
The holy envoy glanced at the man in black robe: "I said at the beginning that Liu Zhi'an and the others have reached an agreement with the emperor and are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court. Ling Daoming is an official of the imperial court. If Liu Zhi'an interferes in this matter, he will
It’s a violation of the agreement!”
"In this case, if we touch Liu Mingzhi, wouldn't we be in trouble?"
"You are wrong again. Liu Mingzhi is also an official of the imperial court now. Besides, we don't intend to hurt Liu Mingzhi's life, we just want to lend his hand!"
"In my opinion, Liu Zhi'an actually made a wrong move, Daqi. He should not have handed over the accounts to the emperor. How could the emperor allow someone to control the safety of civil and military officials like himself?"
"What you said is right. The solitary family is supreme. How can you allow others to control your subordinates when you are in charge of the world? So you can sit back and relax by making the Liu family your own!"
"Marriage?"
"That's right!"
"Liu Zhi'an's move was really helpless. If he didn't leave some clues in the emperor's hands, he knew that the Liu family would suffer disaster sooner or later. Hundreds of officials accepted bribes, and he paid bribes. This was a crime. He could only be ruthless and cut off his hands and feet.
, do you think he wants to hand over the accounts? This is all a helpless move!"
Except for the leader of the White Lotus, everyone looked at the Holy Envoy in surprise, wondering why he knew these things and what his identity was!