491 Coincidence (2/2)

”But he said that as long as I contribute enough taxes to Ye, no one will say anything!”

Zhou Yu sighed, ”That's where you messed up. You should have taken it moderately and made it as if you are using your new properties for the people. Because you've bought more than half of the city, obviously, they investigated you. If I were them, I would have looked into your activities, too!”

Te Langpu's project timing coincided with their movements.

Zhen Yi bought the land deeds from Te Langpu as he thought he would profit from the tax rights, but the governor ended up getting investigated.

Afterward, Lu Zhi found out about Zhen Yi's secret plan!

Zhen Yi did not know if this was an accident or spies had infiltrated their ranks, but they were in trouble.

”But how did they found us!?”

”Who knows,” Zhou Yu shrugged, ”Lu Zhi and Sima Fang's intelligence agency is rumored to be efficient, but I think it has to do with the inner palace servants and bodyguards around here.”

Zhen Yi gulped. He glared at the bodyguards, who were standing outside of his office building.

”Don't bother. It's useless trying to find the spies now. Let's change the subject… Did Lu Zhi claim that everything was Zhang Tong's order?”

”He claims that he received the emperor's order, but the emperor himself hasn't spoken in the chat for over a year now.”

”Is Lu Zhi the only one who can contact the emperor?”

”It seems that way. Let's forget about how he can contact the emperor. We need to prepare for Lu Bu! He's the third strongest guy in our clan! If we want to survive, we have to take him down before Zhang Tong or Diaochan got back from their shut-in cultivation!”

”Ah… You don't have to worry about that,” Zhou Yu grinned, ”Right? Bofu?”

Sun Ce opened his eyes. He looked tired, but his presence scared Zhen Yi and Wang Yun.

Six white tentacle wings extended from Sun Ce's back, but that was not his true strength. Another soul was hiding inside his body.

This young conqueror had awakened 7 souls, and he was preparing to break through the 8th wing.

”Lu Bu is at best a 7-wing angel like me. Since he gets stuck in this realm for a long time, I doubt that he is stronger than I am.”

Zhou Yu nodded, ”Right. If I want to, I can get my 6th wing and support you had Lu Bu come here personally.”

He glanced at his followers inside the room.

Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Zhou Tai, and many young talented officers were also cultivating.

Since fighting against Tong's armies in the open was impossible, they hid everyone within Tong's deepest territory, Zhongshan, where the security was weakest among all cities.

Zhou Yu had bribed Zhen Yi into sheltering them for a while, hoping to weaken Tong's forces from within.

”I doubt he can defeat all of us if we combine forces.”

Zhen Yi and Wang Yun looked at these young officers, trembling in nervousness. Each of them had at least 4 wings behind their back.

And the man behind all of them, who seemed to be the 2nd strongest among the group, was peeking outside with a deep frown.

Sun Fang was also here!

”I actually wanted to incite a misconception that Lu Zhi was lying about Tong's order. But since the cat is out of the bag, let's prepare to fight Lu Bu.”

Sun Ce and all his officers looked at Sun Fang, but they did not say anything.

Zhou Yu smiled at Sun Fang, ”Any confidence?”

”If I weren't confident, I wouldn't have reconciled with you lots. I could have escaped to Japan without you,” Sun Fang snorted.

In fact, Sun Fang lied. He finished building his galley ship and sailed toward Japan as planned. When he reached to border of China Sea, Lilim's system threatened him to strip his cultivation and system skills, just like what it did to Pu Jing.

Sun Fang did not have enough lifespan to pay for the fee. Thus, he returned to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and he asked for peace.

The two factions ended up together again. This time, Sun Ce became the ringleader, while Sun Fang was a follower.

Zhou Yu took a deep breath as he looked at everyone in the room.

”Let take the initiative. We should strike at Zhang Tong's heart before he gets the chance to break through.”

He walked toward the wall where the country map was hanging. He pointed at a county nearby.

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