Chapter 62 (1/1)
The blood on Yu Zhou's soil had hardly dried when Yi Zhou's salt mines caused another wave in Greater Zhou's court
The junior chancellor, Liu Shuang shi+, had thought that the new prefect in Yi Zhou wasn't going to cause him any trouble It was true that the Chen family had roots in Yi Zhou, but Chen Yu had not come froed from his relations in Yi Zhou for years, and had no base of support in the ed to keep theether, even as the prefect, Chen Yu doesn't pose h the junior chancellor obviously underestiuessed what the outco Xuan had planned to kill Chen Yu as soon as he knew of the new prefect's assignment He wasn't as optimistic as the junior chancellor He believed that Chen Yu's new position in Yi Zhou was very likely the result of the Senior Chancellor, Luo Zhi Qiu's influence Behind Chen Yu stood the power of the crown prince, and if thisYu, has extended his hand into Yi Zhou as well Long Xuan gave the order to assassinate Chen Yu, but even though he'd always had great success with the assassins at Ming Jian Villa, they had let hiht and in the dark by highly skilled h there'd been soet to Yi Zhou safely and quickly, assu Xuan ordered the junior chancellor to figure out a way of getting rid of Chen Yu fro out a way of changing things in Yi Zhou The first thing he did after beco Wu, describing all the chaos in Yi Zhou's salt trade This missive was detailed and corroborated with the accounts books as well E raw fro this missive from Chen Yu, he quickly sent word for Chen Yu to restructure the entire salt trade, as well as calling the old prefect back to the palace so ated
Junior chancellor, Liu Shuang shi+, quickly commanded the officials in Yi Zhou to stop Chen Yu, but by this time Chen Yu received the full support of his old teacher, the senior chancellor, and had gained in-laws for his children in Yi Zhou in the form of the foreman of the local soldiers stationed to protect the area With the support of both the senior chancellor and the foreain an upper hand on the officials in Yi Zhou who tried their best to keep him down Yi Zhou's politics had never been without cracks Chen Yu was right on target alated so up, it re Case And thus the business in Yi Zhou was na shi+ had already lost Yu Zhou, he couldn't lose Yi Zhou too The junior chancellor redoubled his efforts in returning fire with fire The i between the different factions
And it was during this tile and strife, but this ti Jian Villa had lost their lucrative arrange protection for the salt iven to Qi Lin Villa Even though those in theon behind the curtains, they could venture to guess that Qi Lin Villa gained some sort of support from the imperial court
Qi Lin Villa announced that they were no longer training shadow guards All the existing shadow guards had disappeared in a single night When everyone was speculating that the shadow guards had been killed or otherwise disposed of, news caest apothecary of the martial arts world that a hundred and fifty odd Qi Lin Shadow Guards had been taken to the apothecary to be treated After that, there were sightings of shadow guards training soldiers in several camps near Yun Guan The news spread like wildfire, and Qi Lin Villa's position within theJian Villa
As the battle over this salt case raged on in the iossip in theJian Villa had the junior chancellor's support, while Qi Lin Villa had the senior chancellor's support Those ere in the oes on in politics, but when the gossip and speculations were not denied by Qi Lin or Ming Jian, the general feeling towards the government shi+fted too If politics beca, then the er be so black and white