The Era of Generals

Chapter 521   Secret Enemy

The suspicion in my heart became clearer because of Hua Lao's words.

Without hesitation, Chen Ze directly gave the answer he had observed.

But Hua Lao's response to this was just to take another sip of the strong wine in his hand silently.

This undoubtedly told Chen Ze that his guess was correct.

"Then do you know where this spy came from?"

After a long while, Mr. Hua wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and asked again.

Where did it come from?

This question made Chen Ze ponder for a while.

After he felt that there were spies hiding in the City Lord's Mansion, he naturally thought about this issue, but the choice was too wide.

If we proceed from the current situation, Zheng Yuanyun has cultivated Bo'an City for many years, so it is natural that there is not even a single loyalist of him here.

You know, although Chen Ze didn't see it with his own eyes, according to what Chen Ming told him afterwards, when Zheng Yuanyun was defeated in Juhe City, even when someone encouraged him to surrender, there were still some people who knew they would die. , Choose to advance and retreat together with Zheng Yuanyun.

And there was no surprise in their end. With Zheng Yuanyun's death, they were also buried with him.

There are Zheng Yuanyun's loyalists in Juhe City, but what about Bo'an City?

It's hard to guarantee that there won't be subordinates who are loyal to Zheng Yuanyun.

But now that Zheng Yuanyun is dead, his position as the city lord of Bo'an City has changed hands to Hualao, and even the city lord's mansion has been occupied by Hualao, and Zheng Yuanyun's family has been expelled to nearby The placement of the affiliated city.

Since then, the weather in Bo'an City has naturally changed, and Zheng Yuanyun, who has been in Bo'an City for a long time, has completely lost his power.

If he loses power, will his confidantes have a better life?

Of course, the empire has not yet evaluated Zheng Yuanyun's performance in this battle because the front line is still going on so far, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the lord of Bo'an City has easily changed in such a short period of time. Lord, this also shows that Zheng Yuanyun has really lost his power.

What is missing is nothing more than settling accounts after autumn.

Zheng Yuanyun is dead, how should this account be settled?

The dead will naturally not be punished, so it is natural that the living will take the blame. Except for Zheng Yuanyun's family, how can other confidantes get rid of them?

Furthermore, becoming Zheng Yuanyun's confidant did not happen overnight, how much effort would it take, and even how much tribute would Zheng Yuanyun receive?

In terms of Zheng Yuanyun's character...

To say that there is no serious damage to vitality, that should be a relatively modest statement.

After paying so much, the investment was gone before he could get his money back through his status as the city lord's confidant...

All lost.

Who should I ask for reason?

Zheng Yuanyun died, and his family members were tightly protected by the empire. They were not even in Bo'an City, so they naturally couldn't find their family members to reason with.

So, how can this kind of aggrieved anger be vented?

You can't vent your anger on the empire, right?

No matter how angry and helpless, no one has the courage to do this kind of bear heart and leopard courage.

Then, it seems possible to vent on Hua Lao.

Hua Lao's status is not low, but after all, he has retired for many years. Now that he comes out again, his power will always be weaker.

And in this troubled time, if you can catch some of Hua Lao's tricks, and then use it to please the three major national teachers who will obviously lose their interests because Hua Lao came out of the mountain, this may not be an opportunity.

An opportunity to change my identity from Zheng Yuanyun's confidant to a national teacher's subordinate.

If it is really possible to use this to knock on the door leading to the national division, even if it is just to be an innocuous subordinate, there are many people who dare to do this job!

Therefore, no matter what the purpose was, Zheng Yuanyun's former confidants seemed to have enough reasons to dare to sneak into the City Lord's Mansion at this time to stir up trouble.

What's more, as Zheng Yuanyun's confidantes, they are very familiar with the terrain of the City Lord's Mansion, and if they lurk, they will get twice the result with half the effort.

However, this was only one aspect of Chen Ze's suspicion.

If Zheng Yuanyun's confidants were really doing something secretly, he didn't care that much.

After all, Zheng Yuanyun is dead, and the confidantes he left behind are still leaderless at this time, and even if they have plots, they can still play a limited role.

On the contrary, it was another aspect that made Chen Ze care more, which was also the reason for his serious expression at this time.

If it is Zheng Yuanyun's confidant, this matter has something to do with him, but if it is not, it is another aspect of his guess, which is...

If it wasn't for Zheng Yuanyun's subordinates, it means that this spy came straight for Mr. Hua.

It is Hua Lao's enemy!

Then it is either the three great national divisions, or the only general in the empire today, or it may be the spy of the enemy country who has been lurking in Bo'an City.

No matter which one is, it is more difficult and thorny than Zheng Yuanyun's remaining confidantes.

The military ranks of the national teacher or the great general have already reached the peak of the generals. It can be said that they are under one person and above ten thousand people. Even the Qingyang royal family may have to give some face and have some scruples.

Hua Lao's status is comparable to them, but now in terms of power, he is far behind. In a short time, he cannot compete with these four people.

And these four people also have enough reasons not to let Mr. Hua come back again, not to mention relying on Bo'an City and Anluo Province to rise again.

If it is one of them, or everyone who joins hands, and uses their energy to target Hua Lao... then this day will be sad.

As for the enemy country, Hua Lao established a great reputation back then, didn't he step on the enemy country's generals to rise to the position?

Therefore, Hua Lao had quite a few enemies in the enemy country, but he chose to retire at the beginning and lost his trace for a while. It was inconvenient for those enemies to go deep into the Qingyang Empire and they could not find him.

If these two things come true, then the harm to Hua Lao and Bo'an City Lord's Mansion is actually far greater than that of Zheng Yuanyun's remaining confidantes.

But which category it is, since Chen Ze has just returned to Bo'an City, he can only make such speculations for a while, and he still has no way of knowing who it is.

So, he turned his gaze back to Elder Hua, wanting to wait for Elder Hua to give him an answer.

However, what he didn't expect was that the answer he waited for was a smile on the corner of Hua Lao's mouth.

"Don't look at me, I don't know who is in the dark, and I'm not even sure if there is anyone lurking in the dark."

"this……"

Hearing this, Chen Ze also opened his mouth half-open, and was speechless for a long time.