Hu Lihe couldn't help but feel fear. Although the emperor and Liu Lei seemed to have a good relationship now, in the eyes of people who understand, they had long known that the two sides were already in a state of complete hostility.

What we don’t know is that at the moment in the future, the two sides will come back to a life-and-death battle.

As the confidant of Emperor Zhou Minghao, Hu Li knew very well about the matter here, especially Liu Lei's fierce means of dealing with the spies sent by the emperor to him. Hu Li knew very well. Now, Liu Lei knew that he was responsible for these spies. For a moment, Hu Li's whole body and mind were cold.

To be honest, in such a huge crisis, Huli really wanted to surrender. He was a eunuch, loyalty and other things could be said to be a luxury, but when he thought of his nephews, Huli's heart quickly calmed down, and he had the best of some preparations.

"The emperor has found a good slave this time, you are not bad!" Liu Lei, who was beside him, suddenly exclaimed at this time.

How could the change on Hu Li's face be hidden from Liu Lei's eyes? Similarly, he also knew Hu Li's inner struggle now, but what he could not have imagined was that Hu Li would eventually make such a choice, which made Liu Lei feel a little fond of Hu Li.

Besides, this time he really has something to trouble Hu Li, so Liu Lei will let go of this time.

"Thank you Marshal Liu for your praise. This is what we should do as slaves and ministers. This is our duty!!" Hu Li, who made up his mind, answered so calmly, and was not scared by the powerful aura of Liu Lei at all.

At the same time, at the end, he stabbed Liu Lei directly.

Liu Lei is also a minister of the emperor. Even the eunuch, he, knows that he must obey the emperor's orders. Now you, Liu Lei, are you directly against the emperor. Are you still a minister like this?

"Haha..." Liu Lei smiled, but did not refute it, because Hu Li's irony was indeed a fact, and his current behavior was indeed not the behavior of a minister.

To be honest, the fact that things have developed to this point is something that Liu Lei could not have imagined when he first started.

He had been constantly strengthening his army and constantly expanding his strength. His original intention was to use it as a guarantee, to ensure that he would not be settled by Emperor Zhou Minghao, and to ensure that his family and his subordinates could survive safely.

However, who knew that Emperor Zhou Minghao's strength would be so low, or that the other seven princes would be so strong. After Zhou Minghao ascended the throne, his strength would be less than two levels. At the same time, the power of the entire royal family was weakened countless times in this battle for the throne.

In the end, the power in his hands suddenly stood at the strongest position in the entire Northern Shu Kingdom. The strength of a minister is far stronger than that of the emperor. When you said that at this time, Liu Lei would still maintain his previous center?!

Even if he still maintains the center of the past, Emperor Zhou Minghao would not believe that he would definitely take Liu Lei with all his might. Similarly, Liu Lei's subordinates would not give up on this endless glory and wealth that was about to be obtained.

As a marshal and an emperor's minister, these are completely different concepts. The latter is really much better than the former.

There are many such examples in history.

For example, Zhao Kuangyin, his yellow robe is actually the best example.

The worst thing is that Emperor Zhou Minghao has not been able to completely eradicate the remaining forces of the seven princes. These people have been in trouble with Emperor Zhou Minghao and have been constantly weakening his strength, resulting in Zhou Minghao ascending the throne for more than ten years, but his strength has only recovered to less than half.

In contrast, Liu Lei was promoted to marshal and the reason why the barbarians continued to threaten the Northern Shu Kingdom over the past decade has led to Liu Lei's military strength becoming stronger and stronger now, and his strength has long been several times that of the beginning.

Just like his army, at the beginning, Liu Lei only controlled about 300,000 troops. Although such military power was powerful, the royal family had more than one million troops in their hands, so the royal family could still suppress Liu Lei.

However, Liu Lei's army now has more than one million, and these million troops are elite troops fighting against the barbarians. The actual combat effectiveness has long surpassed the royal army.

Moreover, over the past decade, the power of the royal family has been declining, resulting in the decline in the number of troops under control. To this day, there are only less than 800,000 troops left under the control of the royal family.

On the one hand, it increased to one million, and on the other hand, it was reduced to eight hundred thousand, and its combat effectiveness was still worrying. The gap between the two sides became larger and larger as time went by. Faced with such a situation, even when it started, Liu Lei had no other thoughts in his mind, and now he was slowly getting there.

This is what is called situational force. Sometimes, there are some things that you don’t want to do. The development of the situation will continue to push you and make you move forward slowly...

"Okay, Hu Li, don't say something. We all know what's going on here, right?" Seeing that Hu Li wanted to refute something, Liu Lei waved his hand to stop Hu Li. He didn't have the heart to argue with Hu Li about the matter here. He still had more important things to solve now.

"Hmph!" Huli snorted coldly, but he didn't say anything more.

"Hu Li, I believe you have also heard the conversation between me and General Zhou Jian before. What do you think about this?" Liu Lei asked by changing the subject.

"What do I think? What do I think? It's just a few barbarians!" Hu Li said bluntly, even with a little contempt on his face.

It seems to be saying that you, Liu Lei, are too brave, just two strong barbarians. Do you need to be so afraid?

"Idiot, can't you see the problem here?" Even if Liu Lei had a good temper, he would just curse at this time.

"Behind Lin Lixuan is the mysterious super hidden sect Yanhuang Sect. It was nothing at first, but what was most deadly now is that he has two barbarian Jindan stage powerhouses. What does this mean? Don't you know your brain?!" Liu Lei cursed bluntly.

"This..." After hearing these words, Huli, who had not cared much, was also a little panicked at this time.

"Did the barbarians surrender to the Yanhuang Sect?" Hu Li exclaimed and told the possibility.

After he finished speaking, Hu Li's face turned pale in an instant, because he knew very well how dangerous it would be for the Beishu Kingdom, which was now attacked by the barbarians.

"You are not stupid yet, you can think of this." Liu Lei looked at Hu Li beside him without any worries.

"But this is not what worries me the most. What worries me the most is whether there will be Lin Lixuan inside." When talking about Lin Lixian, Liu Lei frowned.

"Marantor Liu, what do you mean? There is something about Lin Lixuan here?" Hu Li was stunned at this time. He really didn't believe that there would be Lin Ze's thing here.

"Don't forget, when competing for the War Flying Boat, Lin Lixuan took several actions to intercept our intention to buy the War Flying Boat. Now, with the two barbarian strongmen around him, have you not thought of anything?" Liu Lei said directly what he thought in his heart.

If Lin Ze heard Liu Lei's words at this time, he would definitely give him a thumbs up, because Liu Lei is really amazing.

Just through the current Huang Quan, Lu Wanlin, and the previous events at the auction, I directly think of Lin Ze's need to deal with him. This vision is indeed very powerful.

"This...ah, this time it's really troublesome!" Hu Li suddenly collapsed. Thinking back to what happened before, he knew that Liu Lei's words were good.

Then I thought about the huge secret hidden inside just by Liu Lei buying through these leather things. Then I compared this ability with the current emperor Zhou Minghao. I don’t know what happened, but Hu Li’s heart disappeared in an instant.

"Marson Liu, I need to report this to the emperor as soon as possible, so I will take it back first." After realizing Liu Lei's power, Hu Li really didn't want to stay with him, so as not to be hit again.

"Yes, but you do something before you leave." Liu Lei did not stop him, but just said a condition.

"Oh, what's the matter? Marshal Liu, please tell me." After realizing the huge gap between the emperor and Liu Lei, Hu Li's attitude towards Liu Lei unknowingly changed a huge change. Although he had not reached the level of favorable feelings for him, he had already respected this point.

In response to this, Liu Lei nodded secretly, thinking that he had not wasted his efforts just now.

Yes, why did Liu Lei tell Hu Li all his discoveries before, so that he could realize the huge gap between the emperor and him before.

Zhou Minghao is the emperor, but he is just an emperor. He is really not very strong in other abilities. It is far worse than Liu Lei.

Not to mention the others, by comparing the strength development between the two sides over the past decade, we can clearly see the gap in their abilities.

Zhou Minghao was the emperor of Northern Shu Kingdom. In Northern Shu Kingdom, it was the absolute home court. However, more than ten years have passed, and his previous strength has not even recovered, let alone developed.

As for Liu Lei, on the border of the Northern Shu Kingdom, in an extremely barren and full of war, his strength has not weakened, but has grown several times.
Chapter completed!