LRAB Chapter 186
Chapter 186
This time, it was Yuan Zhi who came out to receive him.
Yuan Zhi obviously knew his purpose.
Unlike before, this time Yuan Zhi did not introduce him to the ancestor Yuan Shang, but took Chen Jing'an to his own courtyard.
Until there was no one around.
Yuan Zhi immediately got straight to the point: "The ancestor already knew you would come, so he handed this matter over to me to handle."
Hearing this, Chen Jing'an's face eased a lot.
Although Yuan Shang did not see him, his attitude at least showed that he was going to deal with things.
Chen Jing'an put on a look of listening attentively.
Yuan Zhi looked helpless, and first told the inside story of rewarding merits: "The Changping Mu family was awarded this time because Muchen played a role in the connection, not only preventing the Demon Sect branch from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, but also successfully surrendered the war beast inheritance of Dayan to the court."
Hearing this, Chen Jing'an's expression immediately became much more solemn.
In the past month, he has reviewed this Southeast War a lot.
But there is always a doubt.
That is, the Demon Cult, which should have been a variable, why did it have little presence from beginning to end?
Especially, Gusu County is the location of a branch of the Demon Cult.
Given the Demon Cult's love of taking advantage of the situation, no matter what, they will join one of the parties, pluck feathers from the passing geese, and leave their own traces.
This time is an exception.
Looking at the battlefield of Dayan, the masters of the Demon Cult have almost no presence, as if someone is restraining them in secret.
Chen Jingan thought about this possibility, but he himself felt it was absurd.
The person who can restrain a branch of the Demon Cult must be a Jindan Demon Cultivator.
But at this juncture, which Jindan Demon Cultivator would choose to stand on the side of Daqian?
Don't they know that Daqian suppresses demon cultivators from top to bottom.
But according to Yuan Zhi's words.
Chen Jingan thinks this may be true.
Moreover, he thought about the whole story and asked tentatively: "Don't tell me that Muchen has a master named Xiao? And he is the leader of the Demon Cult."
Yuan Zhi did not speak, but silence was the best answer.
Chen Jing'an was really dumbfounded.
"Are you kidding?"
Yuan Zhi looked serious and a little unhappy: "We are from the Demon Suppression Division, how can we joke about demon cultivators."
"We just found out that Muchen's master is the leader of the Black Demon Cult, named Xiao Xuan."
"The Black Demon Cult leader suppressed the restless Demon Cult branch, and also tortured the Great Yan's war beast inheritance from Murong Patriarch. But this credit was attributed to Muchen."
Chen Jing'an tried his best to digest this information.
Compared with the meaning of the Black Demon Cult leader mentioned by Yuan Zhi, Muchen himself and Pingyang County's affairs had to be put aside for the time being.
This means that behind Daqian's victory this time, there is actually the result of cooperation with the Black Demon Cult Leader?
Moreover, they also acquiesced to the Black Demon Cult Leader taking root in Daqian's land.
Chen Jing'an can't control others.
But he can be sure that this is definitely not a good thing for the Demon Suppression Division.
The fact that the Demon Suppression Division can have its current status and scale is largely based on the fact that Daqian and the Demon Cult are irreconcilable.
Now, the Daqian Emperor actually cooperated with the Black Demon Cult Leader and acquiesced to him taking root in Daqian's land.
This is definitely a ruthless move to cut off the firewood for the Demon Suppression Division.
If this is true, then Chen Jing'an can be relieved.
At least from the perspective of the Yuan family, they will definitely not like Muchen.
Not to mention, they have lost the hearts of the people because of Muchen.
Seeing that Chen Jing'an's face returned to normal, Yuan Zhi knew that he had sorted out the relationship between the past and the present.
Then the next thing will be easy to say.
"My Demon Suppression Division will definitely not compromise with the Demon Cult, but the royal family is behind this matter. The Immortal Tax Division has always been a staunch supporter of the royal family, and the issue of allocating fiefdoms to the Changping Mu family was also the idea of the Immortal Tax Division."
When Chen Jing'an heard this, he first made a note of the Immortal Tax Division in his heart.
At this point, the matter is actually very obvious.
They chose to rely on the power of the Yuan family to start their business, so this time they were directly beaten into a staunch supporter of the Demon Suppression Division.
Now, the Immortal Tax Division and the royal family have made it clear that they want to bypass the Demon Suppression Division and make the matter of recruiting the Demon Cult a reality, and they need a reason to make use of the issue.
The dispute between their Qinghe Chen family and Changping Mu family has become a chess piece for these big men to play behind the scenes.
Pingyang County has become the fuse that ignited this conflict.
Chen Jing'an doesn't know what role the Demon Suppression Division played in this.
At this point, he actually has no choice.
Because their family has the label of Yuan family, even if they defect to the enemy at this time, they will not be accepted.Chen Jing'an immediately looked at Yuan Zhi, knowing that the Yuan family had already chosen a plan for him.
He said, "What does the ancestor mean?"
"The ancestor gives you two choices, fight or not."
Yuan Zhi said slowly, "If you choose to fight, then the Demon Suppression Division will stand behind you. Once you succeed, your Chen family will be the new family of the Demon Suppression Division in the future."
"If you don't fight, you have to accept the benefits of Pingyang County shared equally with others. We can also operate and keep five counties for you. As for how to develop in the future, it depends on your ability."
After hearing these two options, Chen Jing'an chose the second one without much hesitation.
There is only one person in their immortal clan who has established his foundation.
If you choose the first one, isn't it jumping into the fire pit?
Besides, Chen Jing'an is really not interested in the position of the Demon Suppression Division family.
As for the second one, that is to take this loss.
In the future, if they want to expand eastward again, they will inevitably have to confront the Mu family immortal clan.
Muchen may not survive him, but he has a master who can survive more.
Chen Jingan was too lazy to distinguish the truth of this master-disciple relationship.
But since it was exposed, the truth itself was no longer important.
Because as long as there is interest, the false can also become true.
This is undoubtedly a huge pit.
It's just the lesser of two evils.
In other words.
Even if he chooses not to fight, his loss is also for the Demon Suppression Division, which is another sense of bleeding for the Demon Suppression Division.
As long as the Demon Suppression Division does not fall, the subsequent losses will not be his turn to suffer for the time being.
Thinking of this, Chen Jingan immediately spoke and made a decision.
Yuan Zhi nodded: "You are quite courageous. If it were me, I would probably make the same decision as you."
Then, as if he thought of something, he added: "By the way, I also heard that the court intends to increase the immortal tax."
Chen Jing'an immediately showed a look of sudden enlightenment and replied: "Thank you, fellow Daoist Yuan, for telling me."
Before the court officially announced the matter about the immortal tax, it was all internal information, and it might even remain at the decision level.
Yuan's giving him this inside information in advance was also a kind of compensation.
At this juncture, if anyone wants to be the first to stand out and rely on the foundation-building immortal clan to unite and resist the will of the royal family.
It is very likely that he will be killed as a warning to the monkeys.
(There is one more chapter today. I will try to revise it in the morning and post it. It is considered as an extra chapter for "Happy Weekend Edition Kunkunyu" and other big guys. You don't need to spend money on gifts on Tomato Reading, because gifts will not be recommended. Don't spend money. If you want to support the author, you can generate electricity for love)
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