Girl, there's something wrong with you

Within the Cheng clan.

Cheng Yuexian and Cheng Huaiyan, as well as the middle-level managers responsible for regular business in the clan, and young clan members with good potential and talent, all gathered in the family meeting hall.

"Everyone knows that the second Northern Expedition will begin soon." Cheng Jinyang told everyone, "Since I will be away from Jiangdong for a long time, in case someone in the country takes the opportunity to cause trouble. From today on, the whole clan must be careful in what they say and do. .”

"All outside dealings that can be rejected will be rejected; those that cannot be rejected will be handed over to Cheng Yuexian for unified reception, and all external information will be desensitized."

"External clan affairs, I'll give you a week to cut off all the relationships. Give all the agents to those who can; for those who don't have agents, store them or simply resell them. Don't be stingy with the little money."

Everyone looked at each other, and then all responded respectfully.

After everyone left, Cheng Huaiyan frowned and asked:

"Jinyang, the situation has become so bad?"

"That's not true, it's just a precaution." Cheng Jinyang sighed, "This Northern Expedition is too important, and we must complete it in one battle, so we must not make any mistakes in all aspects."

Cheng Yuexian also sighed and said:

"Don't worry, Jinyang. Huaiyan and I are here, and we will keep the clan members in check."

After explaining the details, Cheng Jinyang, accompanied by his cousin and cousin, wandered around the clan area.

"Currently, we have transferred our main family income from Tianluodiwang's military business to aerospace freight." Cheng Yuexian said, "Of course, external business will be suspended in the future, and the production line will fully supply the needs of the Beifu Army."

Cheng Jinyang nodded in approval.

As he gradually came to the stage, if the Cheng family in the capital city started this kind of military employment business, it would gradually do more harm than good.

Switching to a career in the aerospace field was also a policy the three of them had formulated long ago.

In addition, with the pacification and recovery of Sichuan and Shu, the empire's horizontal territory further expanded, so the aerospace market also expanded significantly.

"As you left Jingzhou, the number of foreign residents in the clan area has also decreased a lot." Cheng Yuexian continued, "The ones who are still staying in our clan area are mainly some close clan members of the Xing family and the Zhu family."

"There's no problem with this. It's just that during the Northern Expedition, the clan members should have less contact with them." Cheng Jinyang thought for a moment and then ordered.

The three of them continued to walk forward, but when they passed the guest room, they suddenly heard an angry voice coming from inside:

"Yuan Zhi, don't be a loner when the time comes!"

Cheng Jinyang quickly and subconsciously ducked behind the corner.

As for Cheng Yuexian and Cheng Huaiyan, they were naturally sensible. When they heard the word "Yuan Zhi", they immediately found an excuse with Cheng Jinyang and ran away in a hurry.

After hiding behind the corner for a moment, Cheng Jinyang soon saw Xing Yunzhi's cousin, Xing Junmo, striding out with a cold face and disappearing at the end of the road.

He ducked in again and looked inside through the crack in the door, only to see Ah Zhi sitting on a chair in the living room with a sad expression on her face.

"Ahem." Cheng Jinyang coughed, indicating his presence, and then opened the door and went in.

Xing Yunzhi raised her head, her expression seemed a little surprised, but she soon returned to her original calmness, nodded and said:

"Jinyang."

"What happened just now?" Cheng Jinyang asked with a smile.

Xing Yunzhi was silent for a moment and said:

"My cousin advised me not to take charge of the intelligence work of Xing's underground network anymore."

Cheng Jinyang sneered in his heart: Why, Xing Junmo wants to seize power?

Hey, no, it should be...

"Jinyang." Ah Zhi said in a low voice, "When you go up there, do you plan to let me be the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guards?"

Cheng Jinyang was speechless.

Today, he is naturally not the political novice he was back then, and he quickly guessed Xing Junmo's concerns.

Ah Zhi's current position is almost equivalent to that of the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard beside the emperor, which is actually very dangerous.

Since ancient times, the intelligence manager has been an important position around the emperor. This person must be a confidant of the emperor and have the trust of the emperor himself, otherwise he will be killed.

However, this is not enough, because the emperor's suspicion will make him unwilling to let go of any hidden danger, which requires the intelligence chief to be alone.

If there is a big family behind the intelligence director, can the intelligence director still maintain objectivity and impartiality when providing intelligence, especially when it involves the interests of the family behind him?

It is impossible for the emperor to bet on whether the intelligence chief is loyal in this regard, so what he will most likely do is to slowly dismember the family behind the intelligence chief and make him a loner.

What Xing Junmo is worried about is that the Xing family in Hejian will suffer unreasonable disasters in the future because of the relationship between Xing Yunzhi and Cheng Jinyang!

"Jinyang." Xing Yunzhi whispered, "I have already explained it to my cousin."

"Currently, the Northern Expedition is still the top priority. I really can't withdraw easily..."

"Yuan Zhi." Cheng Jinyang interrupted her, "Are you happy with your current job?"

"I..." There was some confusion in her beautiful big eyes.

"Let's do this." Cheng Jinyang sighed, "Next, I'll ask Cheng Zi'ang to take over your work."

"How about you complete the handover in a week?"

"Cheng Zi'ang?" Xing Yunzhi, as the director of the underground network, naturally knows this person. "His personality is a bit out of the ordinary. He may not be suitable for intelligence work, right?"

"What you said makes sense." Cheng Jinyang hesitated, "Then let Sister Yuexian do it."

"Sister Yuexian..." Xing Yunzhi laughed, "She is already extremely busy, and you still want to feed her. Are you really afraid that someone will break down and come to kill you with a knife?"

"How do you say this?" Cheng Jinyang blushed and said defensively, "There is a saying that when heaven assigns a great responsibility to a person, he must first strain his bones and starve his body..."

He held Xing Yuanzhi in his arms, touched her white and slender calves, and said some intimate words. Then Ah Zhi chuckled again, and the sadness that had enveloped her eyebrows quickly disappeared. Gone.

Soon, the news that Xing Yunzhi was about to hand over the job reached Xing Junmo's ears through the channels on the underground network.

What this cousin was worried about at the beginning was not only the future fate of the Xing family, but also Xing Yunzhi's own future.

After Cheng Jinyang officially wears the dragon robe, Xing Yunzhi's status as the intelligence chief will inevitably arouse the fear of countless people in the outside world.

And a concubine who is opposed by most people basically has no chance of becoming the queen - after all, so many people are eyeing this position, wouldn't it be better to find someone more suitable?

Now that Cheng Yuexian can take over this hot potato, that would be great.

This is Cheng Jinyang's own cousin, and she is from the clan, so she doesn't have to worry about what the outside world thinks of her, so it's a perfect fit.

So Xing Junmo found Cheng Huaiyan and Cheng Yuexian in the Cheng family's land, congratulated the latter with great interest, and assured that the Xing family network would fully cooperate and hand over the work to her perfectly.

Cheng Yuexian, who still didn't know what was going on, showed a question-marked expression.