Chapter 991 Everyone has their own wishes!
When Murong Lun launched a mutiny, although Shangguan Changgong quickly suppressed the mutiny, Qian Buli was keenly aware that the Luoan court was doomed...

At that time, Qian Buli faced two choices. The first choice was to go to Luoan and seek refuge with his brother-in-law, Shangguan Tingshu, who was also his powerful backer in the Luoan court.

The second option is to stay in Luoan and wait until the Fengwu Army takes control of the court!

Honestly speaking, Qian Buli is more inclined to follow Shangguan Tingshu emotionally. After all, Shangguan Tingshu has been very considerate to his brother-in-law and has been very honest with him over the years!

Not only did he support Qian Buli to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, but he also protected himself amid repeated suspicions of collusion with the Fengwu Army!

Qian Buli was also very grateful to Shangguan Tingshu for his support and help, so emotionally he was willing to follow Shangguan Tingshu to Sichuan!

But the crux of the problem is that Shangguan Tingshu’s position in Sichuan is also unstable!
When Shangguan Hongyuan destroyed the imperial court during the Southern Tour, he also wanted to reorganize Sichuan and Shu and completely bring them under the governance of the Luoan imperial court!
Although Shangguan Hongyuan had good ideas, the Fengwu Army at that time successively conquered Youyan, Jiyu, Qilu, swept across the Central Plains, and occupied half of the northern part of the Great Zhou!

Therefore, the existence of the Fengwu Army was undoubtedly a serious concern for Shangguan Hongyuan, whose health was deteriorating and who intended to unify the north and become emperor to satisfy his desire to be one.
What’s more important is that the Fengwu Army was very powerful at that time. Not only did it capture Jinzhong, but it was also eyeing other territories in Yunbing!

Therefore, Shangguan Hongyuan judged that a battle with the Fengwu Army was inevitable. Under the circumstances at that time, the strength of the Luoan Court was still stronger than that of the Fengwu Army. If the Fengwu Army was allowed to continue to develop, at its speed of development, it would soon surpass the Luoan Court!
However, the human and material resources of the Luoan court were limited. It was impossible to concentrate all its efforts on a major battle with the Fengwu Army in Yunbing while reorganizing Sichuan and Shu!
Therefore, after repeated consideration, Shangguan Hongyuan decided to temporarily postpone the plan to reorganize Sichuan and Shu, and concentrate all his efforts on fighting the Fengwu Army!
We must strive to achieve our goal in one battle. Even if we cannot completely destroy the Fengwu Army regime led by Ye Mingsheng, we must completely break the momentum of the Fengwu Army's rapid expansion!

It was this decision that caused the Luoan court to be completely mired in the quagmire of war with the Fengwu Army, and it was completely unable to reorganize Sichuan in the next few years!

This resulted in the situation that although the Luoan court nominally ruled Sichuan, it actually only controlled a few large prefectures such as Rongcheng, Jiange, and key military locations. In the vast towns and villages, the local powerful families in Sichuan took the opportunity to become stronger!
In the past few years, because of successive defeats in the battles with the Fengwu Army, the Luoan court had to withdraw troops from Sichuan and Shu. As a result, even in a big city like Rongcheng, the Luoan court’s control was getting worse and worse...
At the same time, in order to cope with the war with the Fengwu Army, the Luoan court also asked Sichuan and Shu to provide a large amount of supplies, and even exploited the people at the beginning!
However, when the common people could no longer be squeezed for money, and the losses in the war with the Fengwu Army became increasingly serious, the Luoan court shifted its attention to these local nobles!

Faced with the greedy demands of the Luoan court, these local nobles were unwilling to give up their own flesh, which led to increasingly tense relations between the two sides and even gradually moved towards confrontation!
As the Minister of War of the Luoan court, Qian Buli was very clear about the actual situation in Sichuan and Shu, so rationally he was not optimistic that Shangguan Tingshu would be able to achieve anything in Sichuan and Shu!

And even if Shangguan Tingshu could achieve something in Sichuan and Shu, what would that do?
The Fengwu Army that defeated the Luoan court has the potential to sweep the world. Even if they can hide in Sichuan and Shu to survive temporarily, how long can they hide?
Qian Buli was very pessimistic about this and believed that in three years at the shortest and ten years at the longest, the flags of the Fengwu Army would be planted all over the Great Zhou. Therefore, even if he could run to Sichuan now, it would all be in vain in the end!

When Qian Buli thought of the option of staying in Luoan, he was filled with emotion!

Although as the Minister of War of the Luoan court, he and the Fengwu Army are naturally in an irreconcilable opposition, but in terms of personal relationship, he and Ye Mingsheng still have some old feelings...
Back then, the two of them had fooled around together a lot in Luoan. Later, when Ye Mingsheng went to Liaoyang to make his fortune, Qian also helped!
Although the two of them later formed different camps, he publicly broke off his relationship with Ye Mingsheng and accused Ye Mingsheng of being a traitor, but those were all under the threat of the Shangguan family and were not his original intention!

Moreover, unlike Fang Jing and others who insulted the ancestors of the Ye family, Qian was not so mean and had never said anything about Ye Mingsheng's ancestors!

Therefore, when he was sent as an envoy to Fengwu Army on the orders of Prime Minister Shangguan, Ye Mingsheng was also good to him, so Qian Buli believed that Ye Mingsheng would be able to forgive him!

Another very important point is that Qian Buli believes that the Fengwu Army has a shallow foundation in the court, so Ye Mingsheng may need some people to control the court for him.

And if it is really as he thought, Qian Buli believes that he may be able to turn a disaster into a blessing and reach a higher level by relying on his past friendship with Ye Mingsheng!

Although the two options have obvious advantages and disadvantages, considering his relationship with Shangguan Tingshu, Qian Buli was in a state of hesitation and didn't know what choice to make.
However, just when he was still hesitant, Tang Peng's rebellion saved the Fengwu army several months of time to capture Weiguan. Under the powerful deterrence of the Fengwu army, Shangguan Changgong abandoned the city and fled, but he did not expect to be intercepted and killed by the Fengwu army...
After Shangguan Changgong's death, the will of the Luoan defenders to resist was greatly reduced. The Fengwu Army quickly took control of the political and economic center of the Great Zhou. Qian Buli, who was still hesitating, had no other choice.

After the Fengwu Army took over Luoan, it naturally had to purge the Shangguan family's followers. As Shangguan Tingshu's brother-in-law and the former Minister of War of the Luoan court, Qian Buli was also among those being purged by the Fengwu Army. The soldiers of the Fengwu Army also once came to Qian Buli's home.

However, after learning that Qian Buli was an old friend of the Marshal, Yuan Song decided to postpone the purge of Qian Buli. He just controlled Qian Buli first and did not allow him to leave at will. He would report to the Marshal for his decision!
Qian Buli's wife, Mrs. Qiu, knew that her family's crisis had not completely passed, so she had always hoped that Qian Buli would take the initiative to find Ye Mingsheng and say a few good words to him, hoping that Ye Mingsheng would let their family go for the sake of their past friendship!
Of course, if Ye Mingsheng could help Qian Buli, that would undoubtedly be better!
However, Qian Buli was a little hesitant about this. He knew that the current Ye Mingsheng was no longer the commander of the imperial guards, nor was he the Ye Mingsheng who used to live a life of debauchery with him!

Although he had been to Yijing and met Ye Mingsheng before, he was an envoy of the Luoan court at that time, but now he is a prisoner of the Fengwu Army!
After all, Qian Buli hasn’t figured out how to meet Ye Mingsheng························

However, when he looked at his wife's expectant eyes and his little son in his wife's arms, Qian Buli couldn't help but sigh and said:

"Well, I'll risk my old face and go see him again!"

Seeing that her husband agreed, a bright smile appeared on Mrs. Qiu's face. She took the initiative to kiss Qian Buli gently and said:
"My husband, don't worry! I heard that several generals of the Fengwu Army, such as Yuan Song and He Jingyun, were the ones who followed him to Liaoyang from the Imperial Guards!" "This shows that the commander of the Fengwu Army is not a person who doesn't remember the old friendship. My husband, you met him when you were in humble circumstances, and your friendship was extremely sincere. I believe he will be able to understand your previous difficulties and will not blame you too much!"

Hearing his wife's advice, Qian Buli forced a smile and said:

"I hope so!"

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Before Ye Mingsheng entered Luoan, Xun Ke had made a lot of preparations in the city, such as cleaning up the most luxurious mansion in Luoan City, Shangguan Mansion, and vacating it for Ye Mingsheng, preparing to let Ye Mingsheng live here.

However, Ye Mingsheng disliked the unlucky Shangguan Mansion, so he did not plan to live there. After knowing this, the An family took the initiative to invite Ye Mingsheng to stay at their house temporarily, but Ye Mingsheng did not plan to live at the An family, so he just found an excuse that there were too many people accompanying him and the An family could not accommodate them and refused the An family.

However, what Ye Mingsheng did not expect was that after rejecting the An family, the Murong family came again. The Murong family said that their ancestral home in Luoan occupied a huge area.

And because of Shangguan Changgong's previous killing, most of the Murong family's members, servants and maids were killed.

This also resulted in that although the house returned to the hands of the Murong family, the entire house was a little empty at this time, so Ye Mingsheng and his entourage could definitely sit down in their Murong family.

Therefore, Murong Xin, the current head of the Murong family, also sincerely invited Ye Mingsheng to stay at the Murong Mansion. However, since Ye Mingsheng refused to settle down in the Murong family, he naturally would not live in the Murong Mansion!

After rejecting the Murong family, Ye Mingsheng chose a Changxing Marquis Mansion to live in. This Changxing Marquis Zhu Hao was a staunch supporter of the Shangguan family.
Therefore, during the twenty years when the Shangguan family was in charge of the imperial court, Zhu Hao also gained a lot of benefits. Although his Changxing Marquis Mansion was a marquisate, it was also beautifully built, especially with its huge area. Even compared with the houses of princes of the royal family, it was not much inferior...

In order to prevent the Fengwu Army from taking revenge after they entered Luo'an, Zhu Hao fled to Sichuan with his family before the Fengwu Army entered Guanzhong, leaving only a few servants to look after the huge mansion.
After the Fengwu Army entered the city, the Changxing Marquis Mansion was naturally sealed off by the Fengwu Army. Now is the right time to use it as Ye Mingsheng's temporary residence.

At this time in the study of the Marquis' Mansion, Ye Mingsheng was lying on the bed, and Jiang Yuyan, who had not been seen for a long time, was gently massaging Ye Mingsheng's shoulders.

At this time, seeing that Ye Mingsheng looked quite happy, Jiang Yuyan asked Ye Mingsheng expectantly:

"Sir, how is my technique?"

Although Jiang Yuyan's technique was still a little unfamiliar, Ye Mingsheng could still feel that she had done her best, so Ye Mingsheng was quite satisfied and nodded slightly and asked:
"When did you learn it?"

Jiang Yuyan heard this and said softly:

"There is a doctor named Chen in the Imperial Hospital. He is very skilled in medicine and is especially good at massage. I know that you like massage the most, so I wanted to let you relax here. So during this time in Luoan, I have been learning from Doctor Chen!"

Ye Mingsheng remained silent after hearing this. He was keenly aware that a self-important and conceited woman like Jiang Yuyan, who was unwilling to do anything without profit, was spending time and energy learning the art of massage to please him. Her purpose was obviously not simple and she must have other intentions...

Looking at Ye Mingsheng's calm expression, Jiang Yuyan became a little nervous because she was not sure what Ye Mingsheng was thinking!
After she returned to Luoan, she met with Jiang Hailin, the Prince of Zhao and the leading figure of the Zhou royal family.

Although Jiang Yuyan did not take the initiative to tell Jiang Hailin about her relationship with Ye Mingsheng, Jiang Hailin, after so many years in the industry, clearly realized that since Ye Mingsheng could entrust such a matter to Jiang Yuyan, there was no doubt that the relationship between Jiang Yuyan and Ye Mingsheng was extraordinary!
What kind of unusual relationship could there be between a beautiful woman and a powerful man?
So the matter is like the lice on a monk's head - obvious!

Although Jiang Hailin did not dare to ask Jiang Yuyan to persuade Ye Mingsheng to be a minister of Zhou forever, he also hoped that Jiang Yuyan could persuade Ye Mingsheng to treat the royal family of the Great Zhou well, such as giving them some preferential treatment and not exiling them to remote areas.

If Jiang Hailin had other ideas, Jiang Yuyan would definitely not agree. After all, in her opinion, the Great Zhou Dynasty was already in name only. Under such circumstances, if one still wanted to try to change his fate, it would be tantamount to self-destruction!
However, facing the request from her cousin Jiang Hailin, Jiang Yuyan was moved with sympathy. After all, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty was her family, and the blood of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty flowed in her body. Therefore, Jiang Yuyan finally agreed to Jiang Hailin's request.

After agreeing to Jiang Hailin, Jiang Yuyan began to think about how to persuade Ye Mingsheng. After careful consideration, she decided to cater to his preferences and start with Ye Mingsheng’s favorite massage. She felt that as long as she served Ye Mingsheng well, the rest would be easy to discuss····························
(End of this chapter)