Girl, there's something wrong with you

Another two weeks have passed.

The four of them have learned almost everything about Tianluo Killer's various weapons, equipment and tactics.

To a large extent, this is of course due to brain development, which has an almost unparalleled improvement in memory.

However, it is one thing to be familiar with it, and another thing to use it flexibly. Although brain development can simulate actual combat environments, even after a week of actual combat, Princess Sister dare not say that you are already qualified Tianluo killers.

Time is still too little after all.

Although Cheng Jinyang had already thought about how to deal with the big demon Su Lili, in his subsequent dreams every night, Xiao Li seemed to have evaporated and never appeared again.

Fortunately, through Miss Wang's intervention, the nature of the safe house was retained and solidified in the old house. Cheng Jinyang also asked her "if she built a firewall that can filter out big monsters", which earned Wang Wanrou a blank look.

"If she really wants to come to you, who can stop her in this dream?" Wang Wanrou answered like this, and Cheng Jinyang began to lose his mind again.

You will be suspicious when you are there, and worry about gains and losses after you leave. Oh, so cheap.

So he could only turn his grief and anger into leveling up, and finally reached the eighth level on this day, and Qiong Biluo finally mastered it.

Logically speaking, one should be rejoicing, but at this time, Cheng Jinyang was neither sad nor happy.

Until the Cheng family from the capital city gave him a rare call and told him to go to Zhongbentang for a meeting.

Ah, what happened to the family again?

After saying goodbye to the girls, Cheng Jinyang hurried to the Zhongben Hall where the core members of the family were meeting. He saw his grandfather Cheng Benhe, his three uncles, and the heirs of their respective houses: Cheng Yizhou, Cheng Yuexian, and Cheng Huaiyan, all gathered here. All of them had expressionless faces.

"Sorry, I'm late." Cheng Jinyang apologized, and saw the grandfather sitting in the main seat showing a tired smile and waving his hand to express that it was okay.

Cheng Huaiyan closed the door of Chongbentang, and Cheng Yuexian turned on the equipment to ensure that the electromagnetic shielding could not transmit signals to the outside world. Thus, a standard secret room isolated from the outside world was formed, and the family secret meeting would begin next.

"Jingzhou has been in secret contact with us recently." Grandpa Cheng Benhe said.

The so-called Jingzhou is the important military town occupied by Wang Chuzhong's Longxiang Army, and it is the next biggest enemy of the Jiankang court.

"Do you want us to surrender?" Second Uncle Cheng Qingyuan asked, stroking his beard.

"If Wang Chuzhong was really 100% sure, he wouldn't have played such a trick." Third Uncle Cheng Qingping said coldly.

"In any case, it is a fact that the Longxiang Army has a strategic advantage in the short term. We should consider defeat before winning, so we must be prepared for both." Chief Cheng Qingxin said.

Be prepared with both hands. Does the uncle want to sit on the wall? Cheng Jinyang thought to himself.

When it comes to political teams, isn’t it the most taboo thing for those who sit on the fence? In this way, no matter which side wins, the Cheng family in the capital of God will not be able to benefit. How could the uncle come up with such a ridiculous idea?

"You mean, split the sect?" Grandpa Cheng Benhe said suddenly.

The expressions of the second uncle and the third uncle changed at the same time.

"Yes, split the clan." The clan leader Cheng Qingxin said, "Political alliances are like betting in a casino. One side is life and the other side is death. The risk of making a desperate move is too high, and our family cannot bear the consequences of losing the bet."

"It would be better to split the Cheng family in the divine capital into two. One lineage still supports the imperial court, and the other lineage rebels and joins the Jingzhou Longxiang army. In this way, no matter who wins or loses, the Cheng family bloodline can be preserved and continued, and they will not be killed because of the wrong side. Total heirloom."

In other words, no matter which side wins, the lineage standing on that side can be preserved... Cheng Jinyang was suddenly horrified. Wait, doesn't that mean that one lineage will inevitably be liquidated and destroyed after failure?

This, this is too cruel!

"Who are the other families that have been confirmed to split into clans?" Grandpa Cheng Benhe asked expressionlessly.

"The Xing family in Hejian will work with our family to 'split the civil war', and the rebel line will join Jingzhou." Cheng Qingxin said in a low voice, "The Zhu family in Sanchuan is still considering it, but they are more inclined to directly vote for Long. Xiangjun, so even if we decide not to divide the clan, we will not report the matter to the court."

"In addition, the secret meeting with Long Xiangjun has been widely circulated in the circle of the fifth-rank family. Everyone knows it tacitly, and some people have already reported it to the court. Yu Yuangui originally wanted to launch a political purge, but Wang Maohong stopped it. "

"After all, the current Jiankang court cannot withstand any turmoil at all. Even if one-tenth of the fifth-grade families are killed in the turmoil, Long Xiang's army, which is about to arrive in Gushu, will not miss this opportunity. It will definitely Taking advantage of the civil strife in Jiankang to launch an all-out attack, both Your Majesty and Wang Maohong understand the dangers involved."

The implication is that the law does not punish everyone. In order to prevent some aristocratic families from directly rebelling against the imperial court, would you rather acquiesce in their secret defection to Longxiang's army? Is the imperial court already so weak?

For a time, Cheng Jinyang had a very sad understanding of the so-called decline of imperial power.

The so-called political prestige is nothing more than the emperor's words being spoken and the world following them. Is it the emperor who everyone fears? No, it is the imperial power with prestige. If you disobey the imperial authority, you will be beaten to death by the forces that obey the imperial authority.

However, once the imperial power lost its prestige and the tacit agreement between the major forces to obey the imperial power was broken, no one took the emperor seriously.

The better ones, like the major aristocratic families in Jiankang City, openly obeyed the emperor and the court, but secretly flirted with Long Xiang's army.

Even worse, like Wang Chuzhong of the Longxiang Army, he began to plot to seize imperial power and replace him. It is not easy to say that Wang Chuzhong's rebellion is bad. It can only be said that the current situation is such that even if Wang Chuzhong is killed, careerists such as Su Chuzhong and Liu Chuzhong will come out to cause trouble.

"Let's discuss this later." Grandpa Cheng Benhe finally said. He wanted to think about it for a few more days.

After leaving Zhongbentang, cousin Cheng Yuexian deliberately lagged a few steps behind and then stopped Cheng Jinyang.

"Although grandpa wants to consider it, he has no other choice. The strategy of dividing sects is a foregone conclusion." When he came to a deserted corner, Cheng Yuexian said worriedly, "Whoever goes to Jiankang and who goes to Wuchang will definitely be determined by each other. Fang’s own opinion takes precedence.”

"As the proposer, my uncle is probably determined to defect to the Longxiang Army. In this way, even if you inherit the lineage that stayed in Jiankang, Cheng Yizhou can also inherit the lineage that defected to the Longxiang Army."

"However, due to political issues, only one of these two lines will survive in the end. Cousin, you are so smart, you should understand what I mean, right?"

Cheng Jinyang pondered for a moment and asked:

"Cousin, do you want me to try to save Cheng Yizhou's life if my side wins?"

"That's right." Seeing Cheng Jinyang's clear point, Cheng Yuexian smiled and said, "I also understand that it was your uncle who suppressed you in the first place. Although Cheng Yizhou once made rude remarks to you, he did not participate in the suppression against you. You brothers. There is absolutely no need to kill each other over this.”

"I have communicated with Cheng Yizhou. If Long Xiang's army wins in the end, he is willing to find someone to secretly die for you to save your life. If you also agree to save his life, then no matter whether the world belongs to the Wang family of Taiyuan in the end , still remains in the hands of the Sima family, at least our Cheng family’s first and fourth families will not have one lineage extinct because of this."

Cheng Jinyang pondered slightly.

As the cousin said, it was the uncle Cheng Qingxin who marginalized his father in the clan, and this hatred should not be extended to his children.

From a personal impression, he didn't have much ill feelings towards Cheng Yizhou, his cousin - he just dealt with him on the day of the product selection meeting, and later he was designated as the family heir by his grandfather. After the dispute of interests with Cheng Yizhou, the two sides basically There hasn’t been much contact since then.

"Okay, if the Jiankang court wins in the end, I will try my best to protect my cousin from death." He finally nodded and agreed.