The backyard of the Salt Sea City Inspectorate.
The warm afternoon sun illuminates the waterside pavilion and courtyard, the golden sunlight reflecting on the water, the magnificent buildings mirrored in the water, a scene of outstanding beauty and charm!
Sitting upright at the wooden table in the center of the pavilion, Liu Qingyun looked at the middle-aged man sitting opposite her and teased, "Count Dai seems to be a newly ennobled count."
Ten or five years ago, he was the third-highest scorer in the humanities; six years ago, he was a military general and a high-ranking official.
"You look so wrinkled and unshaven, you're practically seventy or eighty years old! May I ask how old Earl Dai is?"
“Vice Commander Liu, former colleague, you shouldn’t have come. If you have, please state your purpose. I don’t want to be the subject of rumors that you colluded with Princess Wu to plot a rebellion…” Earl Dai asked angrily, his face expressionless.
Military intelligence of the Great Li Dynasty could not be kept secret from the powerful and influential figures in the court.
Messages were sent by carrier pigeons, messages by eagles, and even by spirit birds and various magical artifacts. There were also numerous other methods of sending messages using magic.
As a result, all matters, big and small, in the Great Li Dynasty were not secrets within the circles of the powerful and wealthy.
Recently, Liu Qingyun has regained control of the military and has been secretly contacting the former commander of the Azure Dragon Legion, suggesting that she may seize control of the Azure Dragon Legion and assist Princess Wu in taking the throne.
The Marquis of Ningwu, who guarded Lingtian Pass, outwardly pledged allegiance to Emperor Chengping, but secretly tolerated some people impersonating him and leading a group of soldiers who were stationed at the border to kill their way to the capital, a situation that was difficult to explain.
In addition, the various vassal states within the Dali Dynasty were eager to make their move, forcing Emperor Chengping to issue an edict ordering Wu Wei to temporarily suspend the attack on the Da Yan Dynasty and assist Marquis Ningwu in guarding the border and restoring the livelihood of the people on the border.
Meanwhile, in the Jiangnan region, the Prince of Donglin was eyeing the area covetously.
After Prince Rong was placed under house arrest by the retired emperor, a series of bloody incidents broke out in the Jiangnan region, with one after another, involving the looting of assets belonging to the merchant guilds under Prince Rong's control.
This unrest involving the looting of money bags was widely reported in towns and cities throughout the dynasty.
Saltsea City was hit the hardest. Count Dai, with an army of 100,000, clashed with thugs who were fighting over the Chamber of Commerce’s assets and looting salt. More than half of the city’s troops were killed or wounded.
They had connections with the Prince of Donglin, both openly and secretly.
Earl Dai was exhausted from dealing with the situation, and his intentions regarding Liu Qingyun's visit became more complicated. Could it be that the Prince of Donglin had been secretly plotting to help Princess Wu ascend to the throne?
If they unite to seize power, the Great Li Dynasty will be overthrown!
Liu Qingyun, unaware of his thoughts, smiled faintly and said, "Earl Dai is as serious as ever, with the air of an old scholar in the humanities."
With your straightforward and unsmiling manner, you can kill a conversation in just three sentences.
No wonder you performed such a great service back then, yet you were so naive about human relationships that you were only granted the title of Earl…
Six years ago, Earl Dai led his army into the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty, killed the Crown Prince of the Great Yan Dynasty, and became famous in one battle, making a great contribution.
In addition, Earl Dai had guarded the border for five or six years, fought in thousands of battles, and accumulated a wealth of merits. He was certainly qualified to be ennobled as a duke or king.
Unfortunately, this guy was an old-fashioned and inflexible man who was unpopular and ultimately ended up with only the title of earl.
"This Count believes in the four-word motto: contentment brings happiness!" Count Dai's answer was flawless; what he was really thinking was anyone's guess.
Most people would probably believe it.
Liu Qingyun scoffed: "Earl Dai, General Dai, your secret realm is doomed..."
"Bang!" Earl Dai slammed his hand on the table and stood up angrily, saying, "Liu Qingyun, stop spreading rumors and framing my Dai family for possessing a secret realm..."
The secret realm is said to be the legacy of cultivation left behind after the collapse of the immortal dynasty.
Or perhaps it was the chaos of war in the Immortal Dynasty that killed too many Ascension Realm cultivators, resulting in the destruction and preservation of some secret realms.
After all, the secret realm is a spatial magic treasure, and it is also a secret realm derived from the death of a cultivator who has cultivated a small space world within his body and did not self-destruct his small world.
No matter which family finds a secret realm, it can lead to the family's glorious rise.
The secret realm also became a sacred place and treasure that powerful families and royalty would fight over.
In the struggle for control of the secret realm, powerful families waged a bloody war, both openly and covertly, with people losing their lives every day.
Earl Dai didn't dare take the blame at all. Liu Qingyun stared at his angry expression without moving: "Earl Dai, I don't need to tell you what situation you're in now, do I?"
Even if you don't plan for your own and the Dai family's survival, shouldn't you at least think about your only legitimate daughter, Daiyu?
The threat is dubious.
In fact, just the day before yesterday, Count Dai's only son was assassinated and poisoned in the backyard of the Inspector's Mansion.
He died inexplicably.
If it weren't for the poisoner leaving a letter forcing Earl Dai to pledge allegiance, many would probably have assumed that Earl Dai's eldest son died of natural poisoning.
The key issue is that Count Dai's eldest son died and became a vegetable.
Under normal circumstances, a person in a vegetative state has a chance to wake up. If the person is a cultivator, they have many kinds of magic and secret techniques to save them.
However, the soul of Count Dai's eldest son was poisoned with a magical potion, and if the poisoning gang hadn't personally detoxified him, he would have been dead for sure.
The other party left a threatening letter, stating that if the poison was not neutralized within three days, death was certain.
This caused Count Dai's hair to turn white overnight, aging him by decades, and the entire Dai family was filled with lamentations.
Count Dai hadn't flinched at the onslaught, but now this situation stumped him: "Hmph, are you here to deliver an ultimatum?"
"I'm really disappointed in how Earl Dai sees me!" Liu Qingyun could understand his deep-seated hatred for her suspicions about her family, but she also felt a pang of sadness.
The bond of life and death that once bound us together in battle seems to have vanished with the passage of time.
The main reason is that Liu Qingyun once personally taught Earl Dai how to march and deploy troops.
Does this mean I've raised an ungrateful child?
Earl Dai, unable to discern the true nature of people amidst this turbulent situation, coldly snorted unmoved: "If you do not choose to assist Princess Wu in achieving her goals, but instead secretly contact the higher-ups of the Azure Dragon Legion and plot treason."
"I have long admired you, Marshal Liu..."
"That's enough. You don't need to explain, and I don't want to dwell on this and hurt our past friendship."
"I've come today for one thing only: to deliver news of a rise to power." Liu Qingyun never fights a battle unprepared.
There must be a countermeasure if we strike at the heart of the enemy's territory.
Why is it that the Dai Clan's Secret Realm is so well-known among the powerful and wealthy, harboring the ambitions of many ambitious people around the world, who are all sending their people to get involved?
Did this directly push the Dai family into the eye of the storm, leading to their demise?
Is this secret realm such a tempting piece of meat?
The Dai family has no chance of survival.
Earl Dai said in frustration, "Don't even think about doing us a favor or forcing the Dai family to submit. That's wishful thinking..."
"Count Dai is so excited!"
It's understandable that you suspect I'm doing you a favor and forcing you to serve Princess Wu.
However, for me, it's just about showing you the way out, fulfilling a bond of fighting side by side and sharing life and death.
"Fu Ya is not dead, and he has the ability to save your eldest son..." Liu Qingyun was too lazy to argue with him. Seeing that he didn't appreciate her efforts, she quickly explained her purpose.
He spoke incredibly fast, then darted away with a "whoosh."
"Ah, no..." Before Earl Dai could finish his sentence in shock, Liu Qingyun had already disappeared. His heart was in turmoil. Fu Ya wasn't dead?
Does Fu Ya also possess the ability to save Wei'er?
How is that possible?
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