Chapter 419 The Fight Begins
After counting the gold and returning to the study, Chu Qinshu and Xiao Hulu were in a good mood.
Three million taels of gold, today's trip was not in vain.
As for the mines on the mineral vein map, they have only been in the hands of the Yansha Kingdom for a short time. It will not be too late for them to collect them after accumulating them for a while.
A month later, Chu Chengyi received news that Prince Ning's compensation issue finally fell on Ouyang Yue.
There are two reasons. First, the letter sent by the envoy of Sheng'an Kingdom clearly stated that it was Ouyang Yue who abducted King Ning, and provided various evidences to support it.
The second is that Ouyang Yue took the legendary treasure for herself. This was not proposed by the envoy of Sheng'an Kingdom, but was unanimously recognized by the people of Chiling Kingdom.
Since the Ning Prince incident was caused by Ouyang Yue, she should be the one to pay the compensation.
This conclusion was supported not only by Emperor Chi Ling, but also by Ouyang Yue's mother and grandfather.
As for the court officials, as long as the money did not come from the national treasury, they had no opinion on who paid for it.
Especially since Ouyang Yue was just a princess, they were worried about having such a large fortune in her hands.
Now that they had a chance to consume it, they naturally raised their hands in approval.
In addition, some court officials suggested that the compensation for several cities proposed by Sheng Anguo should also be converted into cash.
Emperor Chi Ling also agreed with this.
Therefore, after many discussions, the envoys of Sheng'an State finally decided to agree to exchange the city for silver.
Ouyang Yue was arrogant and domineering, and was not popular in the court.
No one mediated for her in this matter, so in the end she had to admit it even if she didn't want to.
But how could Ouyang Yue possibly bear such a huge loss?
Not to mention that she didn't get the treasure at all, and had no money to pay for compensation.
Even if she had it, she couldn't possibly take it out.
She was forced into a corner, and not only did she kill Prince Ning, she also reached an agreement with Mou Cheng to let him help her force the emperor to abdicate.
When she ascended the throne, she signed a marriage contract with Ouyang Mou and handed Ouyang Mou over to Mou Cheng to take away.
Mou Cheng had been able to stay in the Grand Princess's Mansion for ten years because he came here for Mou Yu and Ouyang Mou, father and son. Now that his goal was about to be achieved, he was naturally willing to take a risk.
Unfortunately, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.
The attempt to force the emperor to abdicate failed, and Ouyang Yue was shot into a sieve on the spot.
The envoy of Sheng'an State was reminded by someone secretly sent by Chu Chengyi, and after stealing the body of King Ning, he fled overnight before forcing the emperor to abdicate.
After Ouyang Yue forced the emperor to abdicate, within five days, the news that Prince Ning was killed by her spread throughout the streets and alleys of the Red Spirit Kingdom.
Of course Emperor Yongping also got the news.
Now, there was no need for compensation. Emperor Yongping directly ordered the border garrisons in Liangzhou and Yizhou, which bordered the Chiling Kingdom, to attack the city with all their might.
Chu Chengyi had people send fire bombs to these two border towns early on.
With the Youzhou Army conquering Qingluo State first, the Liangzhou Army and the Yizhou Army naturally did not want to be outdone by the Youzhou Army.
With fire bombs clearing the way and troops attacking from two directions, the Red Spirit Nation had no chance of counterattacking.
The Red Spirit Emperor was eager to pay compensation at this time, but he had previously wanted to use this opportunity to consume Ouyang Yue's money, so he raised the price very high.
Moreover, the amount of compensation would naturally be different if Prince Ning was alive or dead.
They held several discussions among themselves but could not come up with a reasonable number.
However, wanting to pay compensation was just their own wish, and Emperor Yongping simply ignored them.
The Red Spirit Emperor was helpless and could only seek help from the Black Witch Faction.
But he was one step slower than Chu Chengyi. Ouyang Mou had already been sent to the leader of the Black Witch Sect by Chu Chengyi, and the Black Witch Sect also reached an agreement with Chu Chengyi.
As long as they don't help the Red Spirit Emperor, when the battle is over, Ouyang Yue's blood will be delivered to them.
The leader of the Black Witch Sect was unwilling to do so, but for the sake of the development of his sect, he had to compromise.
After all, he had trained Mou Yu for more than ten years, but Mou Yu was coaxed away by the Chiling royal family, so he disliked the Chiling royal family.
The reason why we didn't take action against the Red Spirit Royal Family was because of that shitty agreement. There's no reason for us to help them.
Sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight each other, and protecting oneself, is the rule that their Black Witch Sect has passed down for thousands of years.
In Fengning State, Emperor Fengning heard that his two neighbors had started fighting, and he was so scared that he couldn't sleep the whole day.
"My dear ministers, is it possible for our Fengning country to remain unscathed this time?"
Emperor Fengning would ask this question every morning at court.
What can the court officials do? Of course they can.
However, they actually have no idea whether it is possible.
Before Sheng'an attacked Qingluo, they were also ready to make a move. Who made Sheng'an so rich in resources and had such a beautiful environment?
Unlike their Fengning Kingdom, the terrain is high and dry, with a large temperature difference between morning and night, resulting in a shortage of products and much of the land cannot be cultivated.
They also wanted to seize the land of Sheng'an Kingdom, and they actually wanted to seize the land of Chiling Kingdom as well.
However, before they could plan how to rob, Qingluo Kingdom was conquered by Sheng'an Kingdom in one fell swoop.
Now they didn't dare to have any wild thoughts. They just wanted to be quiet and not to provoke Sheng Anguo.
Who knew that Sheng'an Kingdom and Chiling Kingdom would start fighting again.
Moreover, Sheng Anguo was too powerful. I heard that his fire bomb could kill hundreds of people with just one strike.
Now, they just hope that Sheng Anguo will not think of them.
However, judging from the situation, if the Chiling Kingdom is conquered by the Sheng'an Kingdom, they will be the only ones left.
Doesn't Sheng Anguo want to conquer them and unify the continent?
"Your Majesty, as long as we don't provoke Sheng'an, Sheng'an will not take the initiative to attack our Fengning Kingdom."
Some court officials mustered up the courage to make suggestions.
"Yes, yes, yes, my dear minister, you are absolutely right. Everyone, please think carefully about the past ten years. Oh, no, in the past fifty years, has my Fengning Kingdom ever had any unpleasantness with Sheng'an Kingdom?"
"Oh, I can't look at it for fifty years, but in the past thirty years, has my Fengning country ever offended Sheng'an country?"
Emperor Fengning became more and more anxious as he spoke.
How can there be no disputes when two neighboring countries are like this?
Whether in the past ten years or the past twenty years, there have been no major disputes, but minor disputes have occurred all the time.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Qingluo State provoked Sheng'an State to attack them because they lent the country a passage to Yansha State for their 'human race plan'.
The Chiling Kingdom captured the second prince of the Sheng'an Kingdom, Prince Ning, and tortured him to death, which caused the Sheng'an Kingdom to attack them.
"No one in our Fengning country has ever done such a thing that tramples on the dignity of Sheng'an country, right?"
This old minister spoke out in a hurry to remind Emperor Fengning because he saw that he did not hit the point.
Disputes between neighboring countries are inevitable, but such disputes will not lead to wars that destroy countries.
On the contrary, it is those things that are not acceptable that are likely to accumulate resentment and lead to irreversible consequences.
"No one in our Fengning country would do such a mean thing."
"Yes, the Qingluo Kingdom is the same. Why would they cooperate with the Yansha Kingdom? Isn't this just courting death?"
"That's right. That 'human race plan' doesn't sound like a good thing. Qingluo Country actually dared to interfere. No wonder Sheng'an Country attacked them in anger."
"Fortunately, our Fengning Kingdom is far away from Yansha Kingdom, otherwise I'm afraid we would also be plotted against by Yansha Kingdom."
"What about Yansha Kingdom? Haven't you heard about it? Yansha Kingdom has long been torn apart. It is said that Sheng'an Kingdom spared Qingluo Kingdom's 'Raptor Army', and the Qingluo Emperor brought the 'Raptor Army' and transported all his border soldiers to Yansha Kingdom. Now Yansha Kingdom is no longer Yansha Kingdom."
"Of course I've heard of this news. Sheng'an Kingdom attacked the city, and did not hurt the civilians or the soldiers. They let Qingluo Kingdom's 'Raptor Army' go, and I'm afraid they didn't take the 'Raptor Army' seriously."
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