Zhou Ye was speechless for a moment when he was taught a lesson by his own son, but he also fully understood his difficulties.

Although Xu Wen intends to monopolize the power, he will govern the court. After the turmoil caused by the previous generation of king Yang Wo, he did clean up the mess and stabilize the domestic situation as much as possible. If someone else takes over his position, it may not be better than Xu Wen.

But Zhou Ben was unwilling to help Xu Wen clear away his dissidents. After all, he was a general, not good at power-making, and did not know how to make a decision to be more beneficial to the Wu Kingdom. Perhaps the young protagonist Yang Long will be able to take over the power from Xu Wen, and if it fails, Yang Wo, Zhang Hao... Even if Xu Wen is removed from power, how long will the fight over the kingly power of Wu Kingdom be destroyed?

So if you can't figure it out, you don't have to think about it. Zhou Ben is just trying to do his duty as a general, and his attitude towards open and secret struggles among other officials is extremely negative... Seeing the soldiers around him looking at him in surprise, Zhou Ben sighed in anger, lowered his voice and said:

"Anyway, even if you leave Xuancheng, you will be out of sight and not upset. After the death of the former king, you were full of passion, but it seemed like you were thrown into a basin of cold water... Now, as long as the person sitting on the throne is still surnamed Yang, I don't want to care too much about other things.

As the general of the Wu army, I am responsible for defending the territory. Xinzhou and Quzhou are adjacent to each other. I can be in charge of whether the Wu Yue Kingdom intends to invade the west. This is also considered to be the reason why the Yang family guards the country and live up to the kindness of the previous kings..."

Zhou Ben, who was extremely brave when he was struggling to fight hard not long ago, continued to talk about it, and his clarity seemed to be getting worse... Zhou Ye saw that his son had already said this, so he immediately summoned a military academy and whispered a message. When they set off on the way, they arrived at Shangrao County, Xinzhou's capital, they would resettle on the spot.

As for the capital of Wu, Xuancheng, there is no need to go back...

...When Zhou Ben expelled Wei Zai and advocated retake of Xinzhou, he wanted to be transferred to the local garrison and would not return to the capital to Xuancheng. Compared with the hostile attitude towards Liu Wei, Tao Ya and Li Jian, Xu Wen happily agreed to his request in the name of the monarch of Wu.

Not only that, Zhou Ben's wife, children and family in the Xuancheng official residence could also be transferred to Xinzhou. Zhou Ben not only controlled the local military and political power, but was also appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Xiongwu Army to encourage him to stay in Xinzhou and beware of the trends of Wu Yue and other countries.

However, Xu Wen was not willing to provoke this powerful general who was the best in the Wu Kingdom, but also recruited more and more appeasements. Even if he led the troops outside, he would not unite with Liu Wei and others to deal with him... It was also because his adopted son Xu Zhigao asked about the words from Zhou Ben's second son Zhou Hongzuo, and probably could understand his father's attitude towards the current situation in the Wu Kingdom.

Zhou Ben is also a hindrance to stay in Xuancheng. Wu's old ministers and generals who are good at fighting cannot be eliminated in one after another... It would be better to make personal favors and let him guard one side, so that for the Xu family, it can still play a role in guarding the territory.

However, Xu Wen himself was not only granted the title of Duke of Qi, but also promoted to Liangzhe to recruit envoys, but he was even transferred to Jinling, Shengzhou to establish the Grand Governor's Office... He withdrew from Xuancheng, the capital of Wu, and seemed to be trying to avoid suspicion, but the discerning person in the Wu court could probably guess clearly. Xu Wen's intentions were about three:

First, Jinling, Shengzhou, was previously the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and was in a unique geographical location in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Xu Wen not only had to control Xuanzhou, but also had to use Jinling to vigorously develop his military equipment, so that he had the opportunity to annex the territory of local generals such as Liu Wei, Tao Ya;

Secondly, Xu Wen also served as the recruitment envoy of Liangzhe, which was obviously aimed at the Wu Yue Kingdom, which controlled the territory of Liangzhe. Even if several forces in Wu insisted on each other, they still had to show a tough stance against their old enemies;

Third, the one who faces Shengzhou across the river is the overlord of the Central Plains, Wei Dynasty... Although the King of Wu still nominally praised the Emperor of Wei, he prepared for the future. Xu Wen must personally go to Jinling, Shengzhou to preside over the overall situation, supervise the water camps and various sailors.

After all, although it is still not certain whether the Wei Dynasty would take the opportunity to invade the south in large numbers... But Mi Zhicheng had fled to cross the river before, and was almost captured, but the Wei Dynasty navy intervened and obstructed him very domineeringly, stormed several ships, and directly snatched people to rescue Mi Zhicheng. This clearly did not take Wu seriously, and he did not intend to save Xu Wen any face.

However, he could only swallow this anger. After all, the Wei Dynasty really couldn't mess with it for the time being... But Xu Wen could only feel at ease if he came to supervise the river patrol and water defense of Shengzhou and confirm whether the water and land defense lines along the river were complete.

Of course, King Yang Longyan of Wu, who was deeply in the inner garden of the Xuancheng Palace, and even the descendants of the Yang family's royal family, were still under the control of the Xu family. Therefore, Xu Wen's adopted son Xu Zhigao was appointed as the military commander of Xuanshe Jiedu, and also the military commander of the internal and external horse and brigade of the palace. This was equivalent to replacing his righteous brother Xu Zhixun and continuing to control Yang Longyan in his hands.

Until Xu Wen set off and rushed to the Shengzhou Governor's Office to take office. A luxurious show was spread inside and outside a chief pavilion north of Xuancheng, and a banquet had already been prepared. Even the king Yang Longyan and a group of servants had to go out of the city to see him off, just like a king who was sent by his ministers...

As soon as he contacted Xu Wen, Xu Zhixun and his son, Yang Longyan subconsciously felt extremely frightened. He could only smile and try to keep calm. The eyes of the people around him were projecting from time to time, making him feel even more uncomfortable. Yang Longyan's palms were sweating, and he still didn't dare to take a breath, for fear of being distracted for a while, and missed Xu Wen's words and didn't hear clearly.

After the farewell banquet that was so painful, Xu Wen was finally ready to set off under the escort of his close friends. He walked out of the pavilion first, and several confidants around him retreated one after another.

Yang Longyan naturally had to stand up respectfully and see him off until he stood solemnly at the entrance of the pavilion. He had heard Xu Wen leave like a formality... and then he started the journey with a large number of cars and wars, and gradually disappeared from his vision. He was already dizzy and his feet were weak, but at least he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Zhixun, who is now in charge of the palace guards' military... not only openly mocks Gu repeatedly, but also goes with him when he is drunk, wearing ragged clothes and lets him in insults... I really don't want to suffer such an experience...

Yang Longyan felt very painful when he remembered the experience of being bullied and humiliated by Xu Zhixun in the past; and although Xu Wen was not as unscrupulous as his eldest son, he always felt extremely uncomfortable whenever Yang Longyan talked to him.

Moreover, Xu Wen has a secret hidden in his words. Although he will not speak directly and explicitly, he will often control this young man who is only twelve or twelve years old in a tone of pressure and intimidation... Yang Longyan always feels chilling whenever he thinks about it.

After all... Now, Xu Zhigao is the commander of the horse and brigade inside and outside the palace. He was originally the father who planned to accept him as his adopted son, so they met each other at that time. When they were together in the palace, Xu Zhigao was a person who was cautious in words and polite, and never humiliated the orphan... He was in charge of the guards at the palace, and Xu Wen had already gone to Shengzhou. He was still afraid of day and night, and was content...

"The king... has been changed back to the palace..."

However, when Yang Longyan was chanting with gratitude in his heart, he suddenly heard Xu Zhigao say in a deep voice. When the other party slowly turned around, Yang Longyan was so shocked that he trembled all over... because he clearly saw that Xu Zhigao, who had been calm and humble in his past, had a gloomy gaze and stared at him in a sinister way... that look was exactly the same as his adopted father Xu Wen!
Chapter completed!