After reading the message from Jin Chen, Ruan Qi encouraged him, "Brother Yuan, if you want to be a lord, we will definitely support you."

Fang Yuan fell into deep thought. He needed to think carefully about this question that he had never thought of before.

If I say I'm not tempted, that would be a lie. But I know my own worth. Am I cut out to be a lord?

Now that you have become a lord and have to manage the territory, do you still have time to complete tasks?

Just now, Jin Chen asked, "What do you want?" Fang Yuan questioned himself. Previously, his goal was to heal his mother and brother, and to provide his family with enough food. Now, he had achieved that. Now, what he pursued was to serve his lord, complete system tasks, and advance to higher levels as a warrior and mercenary!

After thinking it through, he shook his head and said, "I don't have any intention of becoming a lord! Brother Qi, Xiaochen, who among you wants to be a lord?"

Ruan Qi quickly shook his head and said, "I don't have such plans! Taking care of my brothers and sisters is enough for me. Being a lord and taking care of so many people?! Forget it!"

Jin Chen was equally unwilling: "From childhood to adulthood, I have never dreamed of becoming a lord, so I'll just forget it."

Fang Yuan said, "Since none of us three have any intention of becoming lords, let's not reveal our strength. Otherwise, we'll be in trouble!"

Yes, the two war lieutenant-level masters of Lord Gu's family are dead. Once they are exposed, there will be conflicts immediately, and I am afraid there will be some twists and turns.

"But I've already told my father."

"Then tell your uncle not to tell anyone else for the time being."

"Okay, but it has been leaked after all. Brother Yuan, Brother Qi, do you want to move your family members to my house? What if there is a conflict and they take your family members and threaten you?" Jin Chen expressed his concerns.

"Okay! Send it to Xiaochen's house tomorrow. The three families will be together so that one can take care of them."

…

After dawn, all the families knew what happened last night.

The common people and the poor also got to know the general situation at noon when Gu's funeral was held.

"The Wu family rebelled? Lord Gu Qing and the current lord's father died while suppressing the rebellion?"

"Lord Gu Yan succeeded to the throne?"

"Isn't the Wu family too powerful?!"

"Without the War Captain, is our territory safe?"

The nobles also began to make moves.

Gu Yan had always wanted to be a lord, and now that he had finally become one, he realized how heavy the burden of being a lord was, and how tiring the work of a lord was!

Especially after the Gu family lost their war captain!

The corpse hunter shop, which was originally bustling these days, has suddenly become deserted.

Everyone knows that without Lord Gu Qing, places like the Corpse Hunter Shop will be affected.

Sure enough, the day after Gu Yan succeeded to the throne, the corpse hunter shop closed down.

The nobles began to fight for more benefits. The Gu family had no war captains, so Gu Yan had no choice but to retreat again and again! He gave up a lot of benefits to the nobles in order to keep his position as lord!

From the Jin family, Jin Chen finally got promoted to war lieutenant yesterday.

Although he had agreed to keep a low profile recently, Jin Chen had no scruples in his family. He specifically challenged his father, easily blocking all of his attacks. This made his father realize that his son had been promoted to the rank of War Lieutenant in such a short period of time!

Although he lost to his own son, Father Jin did not feel ashamed. The disciple surpassed the master, and the family became more and more prosperous. This was a good thing, so how could he feel ashamed?

Looking at Fang Yuan and Ruan Qi, two other soldiers living in the Jin family, Jin's father's eyes turned and his mind was filled with thoughts.

"The Gu family has no more war captains, but my Jin family now has three war captains. Is this a sign from heaven that our Jin family is advancing?"

With this idea in mind, Father Jin's mind began to become active, thinking about the possibilities!

Especially the internal strife and rebellion that just happened in the Gu family. The cause was that they did not take what God had given them, which led to family infighting and rebellion by followers.

"Such a historical lesson is right before our eyes. Doesn't it force our Jin family to take a further step?"

Jin's mother had just returned from Fang's mother's place. Now the two families lived together, and each family had a war captain, and it was their son.

The two were close friends, and their sons were close comrades-in-arms. It was natural for Jin's mother to interact with her. If Jin's father knew about it, he would only praise her and not criticize her!

Father Jin told Mother Jin about his ambitions and hoped to get her support.

Mother Jin naturally supported it, but after thinking about it, she felt that her son's decision was more important, so she said, "Master, it's useless for you to tell me this. I naturally support your decision very much, but if Xiaochen, Xiaoyuan, and Xiaoqi don't support you, there's no point in thinking about it. You should think about how to convince them!"

Father Jin naturally knew this truth.

What he wanted was the approval of the Golden Mother.

Jin's mother didn't realize how confident she was, or how much influence she held over Jin Chen and Fang's mother. Jin Chen respected her from the bottom of his heart, and the Fang family was even more grateful to Jin's mother. Ruan Qi also had great respect for both Jin's mother and Fang's mother.

Only when Mother Jin agreed would Father Jin dare to proceed with his plan. If Mother Jin disagreed, he would immediately kill his ambition and not have any illusions about the lord's family.

"Only if you support me can I tell Xiaochen and the others!" Father Jin got Mother Jin's approval and said excitedly.

Father Jin couldn't wait any longer and immediately went to Jin Chen to tell him his idea.

Jin Chen had a premonition about his father's arrival and proposal, so he was not surprised, but just a little embarrassed.

"Father, I know you want your family to advance, but I am the weakest among the three of us. If our family becomes the lord, what will happen to the Fang and Ruan families?"

Father Jin had obviously considered this issue and said, "I've heard of coalition government before. We can implement reforms based on this idea. Although it goes against tradition, breaking with tradition is not uncommon in this day and age. Moreover, there was a precedent before the Corpse Demon Disaster."

There is always a way. The key is to have both ideas and strength!

Jin Chen expressed his second concern: "Father, you know that we became war lieutenants because of the system. The three of us treat the system as our lord. How can we become lords?"

Father Jin laughed and said, "Do you think a small lord like the Gu family doesn't have a lord? Above the Gu family, there's a great lord! Do you know what our lord is called outside? The Gu Duchy. The great lord above the Gu Duchy is His Majesty the King of the Zhao Kingdom. Now, do you understand?"

"Ah?! So that's how it is! I understand! I'll go discuss this with Brother Yuan and Brother Qi right away."