Chapter 160 Doing things

Infighting is not something only sects have.

In a sense, the struggle in the imperial court was more intense.

Because Dayan is so big, the imperial court is much larger than the base of a single sect, and the interest entanglements are much more complicated.

Especially in recent years, the turmoil in the court has almost come one after another.

In his memory, Xu Yuan’s most intuitive feeling is that he came from Jiaofangsi.

Since five years ago, basically the top chefs at Jiaofangsi have been iterating rapidly every month.

Today a royal censor's wife will appear, and tomorrow a minister's daughter will appear.

When he returned to the Imperial Capital this time, Xu Yuan estimated that he would see a lot of new henchmen with sky-high prices in the Jiaofang Division.

Because three months ago, the houses of the previous Minister of War and the Ministry of Household were confiscated.

This is the highest-ranking official whose home has been confiscated in recent years.

Xu Yuan doesn't know the inside story now, but he knows that in the decades since the emperor ascended the throne, with the efforts of the emperor and his father, most of the stubborn old forces in the previous dynasty have been purged.

In other words, the important ministers in the court are basically the prime minister and the emperor's own people.

But now the top leaders of the two most important departments, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs, have had their homes confiscated.

In the past, most officials at this level were transferred, and the most cruel thing was to let them retire and return to their hometowns. Even if the internal fighting was kept within a controllable range, the ones who died were only some low-level officials and officials.

But now the house has been confiscated directly.

This is a deadly move.

As a former playboy, Xu Yuan didn't know which side these two officials were on privately, but whether they were from the Prime Minister's line or the Emperor's line, this could already show that the internal fighting in the court was gradually intensifying.<

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These people are serving as a warning to the Prime Minister’s Office.

With the current size of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is no way to release military power over a glass of wine. At this position, it is already necessary to retreat if you don't advance, and behind you is an abyss.

After the words fell, there was silence.

An unconcealable wavering appeared in Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes.

Although she was explaining to Ran Qingmo, she knew that a large part of what Third Brother said was meant for her.

In order to crush the thoughts in her heart.

Ran Qingmo on the side didn't think so much compared to Xu Xinyao. After being quiet for a while, he asked aloud:

"But if there will definitely be a fight with each other, why do we need to enter into a marriage contract?"

Xu Yuan pondered for a while, shook his head and smiled:

"This engagement is a change of direction covenant."

Ran Qingmo looked confused:

"Is this kind of covenant useful?"

"It's useless."

Xu Yuan did not hesitate to deny the binding power of the marriage contract: "This kind of covenant that can only cover up conflicts is signed only to be torn up later."

If marriage could ease conflicts, the dynasties and nomads in the previous life would not have had so many wars.

But after a pause, Xu Yuan added:

"But both the emperor and my father need this thing."

Ran Qingmo looked at Xu Yuan, his eyes blinking, as if he wanted to figure out the reason, but in the end he still couldn't figure it out.

She doesn't understand why she should go to such trouble to do such a non-binding thing.

Xu Yuan looked into her eyes:

"The conflicts that the emperor and my father have accumulated over the past few decades have become bigger and bigger little by little. If this continues, it will most likely intensify. But now we can't break up, and we still need to rely on each other's strength.

"With this marriage, under today's conditions, everyone can communicate through this marriage if they want to have conflicts. After all, the princess and I are direct relatives of both parties. Before the relationship really breaks down, it will be more or less

Everyone will take some care of it."

"You can understand this as a signal or sign that both parties want to reconcile."

Hearing this, Ran Qingmo lowered his head and glanced at the Mo sword in his hand:

"Oh"

Xu Yuan noticed her eyes:

"What's wrong?"

Ran Qingmo shook his head:

"Nothing."

Xu Yuan's eyes curved and he came close to her ear:

"What, do you feel uncomfortable?"

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Feeling the man approaching, Ran Qingmo raised her faint eyes to glance at him, then lowered them:

".A little bit."

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Xu Yuan was stunned and subconsciously stopped.

The two girls didn't wait for him but still walked towards the main hall of the county government in front, their graceful backs appearing further and further away in their eyes.

After a long silence, the corners of Xu Yuan's lips curled up slightly, but then he sighed and followed quickly:

"Actually, you don't have to feel uncomfortable."

Ran Qingmo glanced at him sideways, his eyes still a little downcast: "Oh"

Xu Yuan thought for a while and whispered:

"I'm serious because you are special to me."

"." Ran Qingmo stopped, his eyes widened slightly, staring at him flickeringly.

Xu Xinyao, who was in chaos on the side, subconsciously cast her gaze when she saw this. She temporarily put aside her complicated thoughts and looked at the Sword Sect's chief disciple and her third brother with a little curiosity in her eyes.

Xu Yuan glanced at her and waved his hand, signaling her to get out of here.

Xu Xinyao pursed her lips, but had no intention of leaving.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan let her go.

Ran Qingmo's beautiful eyes were full of emotions, but in the end they lowered their eyes and walked forward silently.

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Xu Xinyao poked Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan looked back.

Xu Xinyao gestured:

Why don't you go and comfort me?

Xu Yuan rolled his eyes at the four sisters and said:

"It's useless."

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The corners of Xu Yuan's eyes twitched.

Although Ran Qingmo is a bit stupid in some things, she is not stupid. What's more important is that the deception effect of her past life's rhetoric to deflect conflicts is basically non-existent.

Xu Xinyao did not say anything to Xu Yuanduo, but quickly followed up and walked side by side with Ran Qingmo, whispering to her in a low voice.

In the main hall of the county government,

Lieutenant Wang had taken off his military uniform and was wearing a brown cloth, with blood oozing out from the surface. He was rubbing his brow vigorously, and an adjutant stood beside him, reporting various matters in the city to him in a low voice: <

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"The list of brothers who died in battle has been calculated. Here is the list. 5,369 people were killed and 2,765 were missing."

".We temporarily recruited corvees in the city to clean up the ruins and corpses on the streets, but the speed was still too slow."

"The city's stock of medicinal materials has bottomed out. It is estimated that many people will not survive tonight."

As he continued to report one thing after another, the adjutant's tone suddenly dropped slightly:

"Also, the warriors in the caravan group have begun to be a little dishonest."

Hearing this, Lieutenant Wang, who kept his eyes open, put his hands down and his voice was a little tired:

"Tell me carefully."

The adjutant was slightly silent when he heard this, and said in a low voice:

"The city walls in the west and south of the city have been destroyed, and a large area of ​​residential areas there are in ruins. Now that the tide of monsters has subsided, many people have gone home to collect money, but some warriors have already taken away these properties, and conflicts have arisen.

Some people have already been silenced.

"And more importantly, the remaining beast elixirs and materials left by the monsters outside the city are also being misappropriated bit by bit by those caravans."
To be continued...