There are no two tigers in a mountain, except for one male and one female.

The internal fire is often more fierce and cruel than the external competition.

Li Mi and Zhai Rang, one from the Guanlong family and the other from the grassroots. After Li Mi became an eight-pillar country, he was like Li Yuan when he was young and inherited the position of Pushan County Duke. Although Li Mi never became an official after a brief experience as a court guard. However, Li Mi, a top wealthy family in the Sui Dynasty, did not need to become an official step by step like an ordinary person. He was born with a golden key in his arms.

Zhai Rang was born in a real world, and although he had been a minor official, he was just a clerk who could not even look at him. Fundamentally, the two of them were not on the same road.

The Wagang Army, which is now so powerful, was initially established by Zhai Rang. Even many of the powerful civil and military officials in the Wagang Army are the brothers of Zhai Rang. Li Mi was ranked 15th when he joined the gang. Although he later made suggestions and helped the Wagang Army win a series of victories. In the end, Zhai Rang gave up the position of the village leader to him due to his prestige, but in fact, he still could not get rid of an embarrassing identity, that is, the guest of Wagang, not the master.

In the Wagang Army, although Zhai Rang appeared to be the leader of the village, the Wagang Army has also started the founding of the country and Wei, and there is no such position as the leader or the boss in the court. However, in private, the old brothers of the Wagang Village, such as Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji and others, still call Zhai Rang the eldest brother. Even the soldiers below call Zhai Rang the leader from time to time.

On the other hand, since Li Mi took power, he established his own confidant force, Pushan Public Camp. He and Zhai Rang unified the army. At first, his Pushan Public Camp had very small forces and few people. Most of the troops in the army were still led by Zhai Rang and others. But after fighting, Li Mi's prestige became higher and higher, and his Pushan Public Camp also became an elite camp, with more and more people. Even from Pushan Public Camp, it gradually developed into an internal army of tens of thousands.

However, Zhai Rang was still just unambitious. He led a group of old brothers to grab money, grain and women. The military discipline was dispersed, but after a long time, the troops were still so few. The gap between the power of Li Mi was getting bigger and bigger, and the gap between the old and new masters became deeper and deeper.

The different backgrounds and different philosophical pursuits made the two go further and further. Although Li Mi once joined Wagang, he still regarded himself as a noble in his heart. The people he dating and surrounded him were all literati, officials who defected to the court, and children of aristocratic families, such as Fang Xuanzao, Chai Xiaohe, Yuan Baozang, etc. Moreover, Li Mi's goal was to replace him with the Sui Dynasty and unify the world.

Zhai Rang was just a minor official, and later became a powerful man in the village for many years. He was just thinking about a happy life of eating big pieces of wine and meat, and making a fortune. As for what to conquer the world and what to become an emperor, he really never thought about it.

Originally, Li Mi and Zhai Rang were busy conquering the world and the other were busy robbing and joking, but they did not interfere with each other and could maintain their original friendship.

However, just as Shen Luoyan pointed out in his merciless words, greed and suspicion are the real culprits that lead to internal strife.

Zhai Rang knew himself and was not capable. When he met Li Mi, who was more capable, he gave up his position as the boss to him and was determined to be his own Shangzhu Kingdom, Situ, and Dongjun Duke, so uncomfortable.

However, Zhai Rang had no ambition, but the people around him had ambition. Seeing the Wagang Army getting bigger and bigger, and the possibility of gradually seizing the Dongdu or even taking the world, these people were itchy. The old brother Wang Ruxin had persuaded Zhai Rang many times to ask him to regain his power. However, Zhai Rang had no such intention and refused. As a result, he and Zhai Rang's brother Zhai Hong were always unwilling to accept it.

So just before, Wang Ruxin asked Zhai Rang to be the Prime Minister of Otsutoku.

Although Zhai Rang refused in the palace again, Li Mi was no longer at ease. Originally, Li Mi's power was not stable, so he could tolerate Zhai Rang's ignorance and greed but was timid. But now he has a stable power. Zhai Rang, who was standing side by side with him, now only has one name left.

Once suspicion arises, it will not stop again.

Small things one by one began to change. They were originally ordinary small things, but now in Li Mi's opinion, they have a deep meaning.

Just when he saw Chen Luoyan and was thinking about how to kill Zhai Rang without affecting himself, he heard a report from his confidant. His confidant reported to him that Zhai Rang's elder brother Zhai Hong actually told Zhai Rang at an open banquet that the emperor must be his own, and cannot be given to others. Even if you don't want to be him, then let me be his elder brother.

Of course, Zhai Rang laughed and didn't care. How could he not know his bad brother's morality?

However, no matter whether the speaker is intentional or not, the listener Li Mi definitely has intentionality.

After hearing this news, Li Mi couldn't sit still. Now he always felt like he was on his back, and he didn't eat well, he didn't drink well, and he was uneasy when he was sleeping.

At that moment, Li Mi personally rushed to see Chen Luoyan and asked for a way to kill Zhai Rang without damaging his reputation.

Chen Luoyan was wearing a gorgeous long skirt and was enjoying the plum blossoms in the yard. When she heard Li Mi's request, she was a little disappointed. In her opinion, Zhai Rang was just an incompetent and fruitful person after all. Such a person would never be affected by Li Mi regardless of whether he killed or not.

But Li Mi was too anxious, and now some people in the Wagang army were secretly using Zhai Rang's name to do things that were not good for Li Mi. That's why she said she could kill. But Li Mi's current performance was greatly reduced because of a mere Zhai Rang, and even affected her normal thinking, which was unexpected to her.

She chose Li Mi at the beginning, because she ran away from home in anger, and she was eager to prove that although she was a daughter, she was not worse than a man. Again, she happened to meet Li Mi by chance, and Li Mi was still very famous.

By chance, she decided to help Li Mi compete for the world and prove herself to the Shen family. Everything about Li Mi now also proved her vision. But now, she felt that Li Mi no longer respects her so much, and even began to have something that surprised her.

Li Mi's changes caught her off guard and she didn't know how to deal with it. It was false to say that she didn't feel at all, but she really made her agree to Li Mi, but she felt that she hadn't reached that point at all. Especially now, Li Mi no longer listens to her opinions on many major events. After becoming arrogant, she gradually felt a little disappointed. Jiangnan's father also kept sending letters to her to go home, and she knew her father's ambitions.

The Shen family has four queens, and now my father wants to be the emperor one day. But for some reason, she always doesn't like her father very much. Moreover, she never likes her father to become the emperor. Not to mention Chen Shen, who is now controlled by his father, he also has a crown prince who commands hundreds of thousands of elite troops and occupys dozens of counties. Although Chen Kefu never cared about the imperial enthronement, he also supported a puppet emperor of the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty in Ji County. However, no matter when, Chen Kefu will be the biggest enemy of the Southern Dynasty.

Jiangnan changed overnight and captured one-quarter of the Sui Dynasty in a short time. But now, so long has passed, the Jiangnan Dynasty only knows intrigue, but its power has not increased by half. Instead, it has been in the Jiangdu City in Huaibei for a long time and cannot be defeated. In the west, the court has successively lost the Jianghan army, which is proportional to Yang Hung, and the entire Jianghan area has been completely abandoned. If this continues, it will not take long for the Jianghan army to go south along the Yangtze River.

In her opinion, what her father planned was just a mirror. Li Mi, who had tried her best to assist, seemed to have gradually become a dilemma.

Thinking of the strategy he decided at the beginning, he first planned Luoyang in the Central Plains, then Guanzhong, and then captured Hedong and Hebei. Then the army went south and could determine Jiangnan in one battle and unify the world. Now it seems so funny. Li Mi fought for so long, and even a small Luoyang could not be defeated, and even a small internal problem could not be solved. What prospects does the Wagang Army have?

I also thought of the things mentioned in my father's letter, asking me to marry Chen Pojun. What kind of man was that?

I have collected so much information about him, and it seems like a mysterious man. Such a man may meet the conditions of a hero in his heart. It’s a pity that he has no feelings for his proposal to marry him.

Yes, how could a man who can be unmoved even in more than fifty counties in the south of the Yangtze River care about a woman like him who has never met before?

"Miss Shen, Miss Shen..."

A few calls made Shen Luoyan come to her senses. Seeing Li Mi still looking expectant, she couldn't help but chuckled helplessly in her heart.

"Mr. Wei seems to be a mystery to the authorities. It is actually very simple to kill Zhai Rang without damaging his reputation. Didn't Wang Ruxin propose to add Zhai Rang as the Prime Minister of the Great Tomb? If Wei agrees."

Li Mi said in surprise, "How can this be done? Isn't it just right to add Zhai Rang to this official position?"

"Why should Duke Wei be afraid of a dead man fighting for power?" Shen Luoyan chuckled a few times, his tone was very calm, "Mr. Wei will give him a bonus. After the bonus, Duke Wei can ask him to lead his troops to retake Ji County. At that time, Duke Wei can give him more troops. The one who seizes Ji County is the Liaodong Army. If Zhai Rangzhi can take Ji County, he is afraid that ten of him will not come back. When he dies in battle, Duke Wei will pay more rewards and gifts to give him a grand funeral. Wouldn't it be a complete one, and he can take the opportunity to win the hearts of his subordinates?"

Li Mi thought for a moment and immediately clapped her hands and laughed, "It's really wonderful!" (To be continued)
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