The Demon Lords

Hearing the third point,

Lord Zheng smiled,

The stationed troops in various places, have always been easily manipulated by the quartermasters, this is no surprise, moreover, as long as there is no war, everyone can always find ways to fill the gaps, but...

"Does the Sun family still have the ability to wield influence over Ying Capital City now?"

Sun Youdao nodded, not at all discouraged, instead, full of enthusiasm,

He said:

"This rebellion involves countless individuals, after the event, during the reckoning, there are bound to be countless cases of dereliction that need addressing, heads will roll, and demotions will follow, many official hats will topple.

At this time of transition, placing some of our own people into positions to control the situation becomes much easier.

When cutting this slice again,

it’s much easier."

The wild people’s king instinctively licked his lips at this moment.

Whew,

This old man before me,

indeed worthy of being my old rival!

What shocked the wild people’s king wasn’t the old man’s methods, as a matter of fact, suppressing dissenters and promoting confidants is something anyone would do, just some do it clumsily, while others leave you thinking they’re fair and incorruptible;

But this old man before me,

his family was just covered by the shadow of treason a moment ago, poised to topple at any time,

Now,

he’s actually planning to use this Ying Capital City rebellion as an opportunity!

This seemingly simple shift in perspective,

contains a truly grand vision!

"Lord, actually since last year, the Ministry of Revenue has been sending military supplies here, labeling those bound for Snow Sea Pass."

Labeling means these supplies are under supervision from above, if you want to take something else, this batch is off-limits.

If you dare to touch it,

Alright,

let’s talk.

In a time zone familiar to Lord Zheng, this is akin to earmarked funds.

Sun Youdao naturally knows who holds the real power in Yan’s Ministry of Revenue, and what relationship this person has with the Lord before him.

But there’s no need to point it out now, because he’s not qualified to.

"Lord, in this way, there’s someone in the court looking out for you, and locally, someone under your command, so Snow Sea Pass will surely have ample supplies."

Lord Zheng nodded slightly,

this is called,

double-assured!?

"Lord, I won’t say those words of wanting to be a willing lackey, it’s meaningless, but I have only one wish, not asking for my descendants to be extremely wealthy or noble, only that they can pass down the family safely.

What I can do for the Lord should not stop here, aside from this, the rest of the matters, I ask the Lord to just watch, it’s all my sincerity.

Sun Ying will be confined, locked in the family’s secret room, never to step out in this life.

As for my descendants,

I won’t speak for them or vouch for them, they generally are disappointing and can hardly do anything for the Lord.

I can only promise myself,

as long as I live another day,

I’ll always remember the life-saving grace of the Lord.

Just like the Lord said at the beginning, wanting to find an excuse to make me apologize, so we could meet and talk.

I’ll return the words as they were,

consider this time the Sun family also deliberately finding a reason, hoping to board the Lord’s ship.

Not asking for a cabin berth,

just half a spot on the deck to lay a mat."

Lord Zheng stood up,

moved his muscles a bit,

During battles it was fine, his body wasn’t demanding,

but ordinarily, he would lay around whenever possible, leaning when not, just kneeling with Sun Youdao for a while now made him a bit uncomfortable.

Lord Zheng said nothing,

straight away walked out of the main hall.

The Sword Saint also stood up, though he didn’t actually know if this counted as having reached an agreement or fallen apart?

Could it be, he still needed to go back and think it over?

But can the matter of rebellion be considered?

It’s likely that by tonight, all of the Sun family might be thrown into the death cell.

Yet Sun Youdao remained seated, not inquiring about Lord Zheng’s intentions, merely pouring himself another cup of wine, muttering to himself:

"Today’s birthday, quite interesting."

The Sword Saint glanced at the wild people’s king, who just smiled at the Sword Saint, gesturing for him to proceed.

Joking,

the wild people’s king didn’t dare speak to the Sword Saint for clarification at this moment, especially not in front of Sun Youdao!

This is an old fox, just standing here, he may not see much, but if I say a word, he might discern my identity!

Unable to figure it out, the Sword Saint didn’t bother thinking further, stood up, and walked out of the main hall with the wild people’s king following Zheng Fan.

In the courtyard outside the main hall,

Sun Liang still prostrate there, his posture unchanged.

Sun Ying, on the other hand, lay on the ground with hands propped up, and as the noise was heard, turned her head, looking at Lord Zheng stepping out.

Lord Zheng’s expression was calm, Sun Ying couldn’t tell whether their father had reached an agreement or fallen apart.

Sun Liang also raised his head at this moment, quickly glanced at Lord Zheng, then immediately lowered his head again, his face full of tear marks and snot.

Don’t laugh,

who just moments ago was happily celebrating their father’s birthday and in an instant faces the threat of complete destruction, anyone would break down.

Lord Zheng approached Sun Ying,

and stopped.

Sun Ying raised her head, meeting Lord Zheng’s gaze.

Lord Zheng spoke two words:

"Lower your head."

Sun Ying opened her mouth slightly, and lowered her head.

"Kneel."

Sun Ying said, "My limbs are disabled; I cannot kneel, I beg the Lord to..."

"Then prostrate completely."

Sun Ying turned her head, glanced at her kneeling brother beside her, closed her eyes, and slowly placed her hands and feet, along with her chin, flat on the ground.

"Salute to Lord Pingye."

Lord Zheng’s lips curled slightly,

and he said:

"Sun Ying of the Sun family secretly met this lord in advance to expose the rebels, also colluding internally and externally with this lord to capture all the rebels, allowing this lord to clear the evil influences in Ying Capital City in one fell swoop, this lord will petition the emperor to commend your service!"

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