The castle of Raging Fire was shrouded in endless darkness, it looked like a firefly was flickering in the dark night.
The news of Lei Ming's death, as if it had wings, spread rapidly in the dark world. From the slave owners to slaves, from men to women, from the elderly to the children, all of them were frightened and uneasy. All of them kept their eyes wide open and didn't dare to sleep, fearing that the coming tsunami-like disaster might hit their heads in an instant.
At the same time, those informants of the castle of Snowstorm were like ants that suddenly saw a pile of sweet candy, they were very anxious and excited.
As long as the castle of Snowstorm reported the news about the change of power in the castle of Raging Fire as soon as possible, they would definitely get rich and precious rewards!
In the darkness, many pairs of eyes were eagerly waiting for the hazy shimmer to appear in the sky and for the forbidden area to be opened so that they could send out the news as soon as possible.
At the same time, on the other side, in the core building of the castle of Raging Fire, the Fire Messenger Palace, there were also a lot of influential figures in the castle of Raging Fire. They were whispering to each other, some of them were even worried.
On normal days, those slave masters who used to regard themselves as Lei Ming's trusted subordinates had to rack their brains to think of a way to cut ties with him, while those who were dissatisfied with Lei Ming and the other two were secretly happy and gloating over their misfortune.
However, the one who was the happiest, most proud, and most comfortable was Cao Zhengyi, who was just an ordinary member of the 21 junior slave masters a few hours ago.
When he pretended to be "expressionless" and walked into the meeting hall, whether it was the junior slaveholders who used to be on the same level as him or the seven senior slaveholders, all of them surrounded him like bees seeing a pistil or flies seeing a cow dung. Their faces were filled with enthusiastic smiles, but everyone could see the hypocrisy on their faces.
"Brother Cao, no, no, brother Cao! This time, you must open your mouth and help me. It's all because that bastard Lei Ming was too ruthless in the past. I had no choice … "
"Brother Cao, for the sake of my men helping you during the last mission, you must …" Chu Yunsheng said.
"Brother Cao, are you satisfied with the beauty that was just sent to your mansion? I heard she's a virgin … "
"Brother Yi, everyone knows that you're the most loyal person, right? What do you guys think?! Today's matter, you must take care of it for our brothers. I still have a bottle of Maotai that I've hidden for a long time … "
…
"Alright, alright, alright! Calm down, calm down! " Cao Zhengyi said loudly. In fact, he was very happy in his heart. He used to be a small slaveholder, but he didn't dare to speak loudly in front of a big slaveholder. Now, he finally had a chance to live again!
"Everyone, don't argue. Listen to Brother Yi!" A senior slaveholder shouted to stop the noisy crowd.
Cao Zhengyi was very satisfied with this effect, but he still said with a straight face, "The steward has already let the news out, so don't make wild guesses. The old man said that he won't pursue it, so he won't pursue it. He's a man of his word! Of course, there are some old private matters that I will answer truthfully if the old man asks me about. Everyone need not worry. "
"Brother Yi is really a person who values relationships!"
"Yeah, we really need to rely on Brother Yi this time!"
"Anyways, if Brother Yi needs anything from me in the future, I will definitely do it!"
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"I heard that it was the second general who exposed that bastard Lei Ming. I think he will be the castellan this time, right?"
"If the second general becomes the castellan, then the vice castellan's position will be vacant. That is a very good position! It seems like Brother Yi has to take care of the city's food and weapons! "
"Yeah, Brother Yi, we all support you! You need to take care of me in the future! "
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"Don't, don't, don't, don't say that to me! Lei Ming is one of them. It's getting late, I think the fire messenger and the old man will be here soon. Let's get ready. "Cao Zhengyi quickly waved his hands.
No matter how stupid he was, he still knew why Chu Yunsheng wanted to kill Lei Ming. According to his understanding, it must be because the fire messenger and grandpa felt that Lei Ming was too arrogant. He had turned the castle of Raging Fire into his private property, and now everyone in the castle of Raging Fire was under Lei Ming's control.
After hearing that Cao Zhengyi was sure that the fire messenger wouldn't kill everyone, he couldn't help but get excited, "Brother Yi, can you tell us who this old man is? I heard that he single-handedly defeated Lei Ming and Fu Hanbiao, two great experts? Is that true? "
"Old man? You are not allowed to call him old man! Don't ask about things you don't know. If you know too much, you will die! "Cao Zhengyi glared at the young slave owner and scolded him.
The young slave owner was suddenly woken up by Chu Yunsheng's words. He immediately raised his arm to slap himself and said, "Brother Yi, you are right!"
"Alright, we are all brothers, don't ask questions anymore," Chu Yunsheng said. Cao Zhengyi rubbed his throat and narrowed his eyes, "I have been busy for the whole night, my throat is dry …"
The slaveholder immediately stopped slapping Chu Yunsheng's face and rushed to the nearest table with a glass of water.
Cao Zhengyi nodded approvingly and raised his cup. Just as he took a sip, he heard an old voice coming from the hall, "Have you finished what I asked you to do?"
"Cough, cough!"
Cao Zhengyi's "dignified demeanor" suddenly collapsed, and the small mouthful of saliva in his mouth all sprayed out. His "serious" face suddenly bloomed like a flower, and he slightly bent his back that was just straightened just now and jogged up to him.
"Grandpa, don't worry, everything is done! Tonight, not even a fly will be able to get out of the castle of Raging Fire! "Cao Zhengyi nodded his head and bowed. Even those slaveholders who were trying to flatter him just now were all speechless.
"All the slaveholders are here …" Chu Yunsheng glanced at all the slaveholders in the hall. Under the flickering flames of the torches, all of them were shivering and trying to avoid Chu Yunsheng's gaze.
"Are they all here?" Chu Yunsheng counted the number of people and asked.
"Yes, seven slaveholders, twenty-one slaveholders, a total of twenty-eight people, all of them are here!" Cao Zhengyi immediately replied.
"Why are there female slaveholders?" Chu Yunsheng lowered his voice and asked Cao Zhengyi. Under the torches, he was surprised to see a few women who seemed to be out of place in the castle of Raging Fire.
"Grandpa, although our castle of Raging Fire has a slavery system, it is not a male slaveholder system. They are all fire elemental skywalkers, and they have all kinds of reasons to join the castle of Raging Fire." Cao Zhengyi said in a low voice. He knew that Chu Yunsheng actually didn't know much about the castle of Raging Fire. He had just asked him how many slaveholders there were in the castle of Raging Fire.
"Oh, as long as they are willing to work for the fire messenger!" Chu Yunsheng said casually. He really could not imagine that these female slaveholders would have a group of male slaves …
"Not only that, our castle of Raging Fire not only has fire elemental skywalkers, we also have ice elemental skywalkers. I will explain it to grandpa later …" Cao Zhengyi was always trying to show his "importance" to grandpa. Now he knew very well that grandpa was his biggest support.
"Then we will talk about it later. Since everyone is here, let's get ready to talk to the lord fire messenger!" Chu Yunsheng stepped aside and immediately ordered the cloaked clone to appear.
"Greetings, lord fire messenger!" when the twenty-eight slaveholders saw the "fire messenger" appeared, they all kneeled down and said loudly.
"Get up." The cloaked clone walked to its seat and said coldly, "I have a lot of things to do, so I will make a long story short. Lei Ming and Fu Hanbiao tried to collude with the castle of Snowstorm to kill me. The assassins and Lei Ming have been executed by Yuan Hongxue on the spot! But after Yuan Hongxue's investigation, this matter has nothing to do with you, so I don't want to kill you for the time being! "
"Thank you, lord fire messenger, lord steward, for your investigation!"
"The castle can't be without a leader, I am practicing a special technique, so I don't have time to spare, so I will leave this matter to Yuan Hongxue. If anyone doesn't obey, kill them!" the cloaked clone stood up and said sternly.
"We are willing to listen to lord steward's arrangement!" the slaveholders quickly swore. At this critical moment, who would dare to offend the fire messenger who was in a bad mood?
"Yuan Hongxue, I'll leave this place to you!" The cloaked clone said emotionlessly and walked away with a cold and arrogant look on his face.
"Yes!" After the cloaked man left, he sat on the chair and glanced at the slave masters, "I have been serving the fire messenger, so I don't have time to deal with the complicated things in the city. So we should choose someone else to be the castellan."
Seeing they didn't say anything, Chu Yunsheng had no choice but to continue, "originally, one of you should be chosen to be the mayor, but the fire messenger is worried that some of you have a close relationship with Lei Ming, so you are not suitable to be the mayor, so … do you have any objections?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare!" The seven slaveholders quickly said. Now that Lei Ming was dead, they were lucky to be alive. Especially those slaveholders who were close to Lei Ming, how could they dare to fight for the position of city lord?
"Since that's the case, then I'll act on my own for a while and directly appoint him." Chu Yunsheng took a sip of water, then pointed at Cao Zhengyi and said, "Cao Zhengyi, in view of your loyalty, I have temporarily recommended you to the fire messenger to temporarily take over the position of castellan, are you willing to do it!?"
"What? Old, old man, you, you want me, me? Cao Zhengyi was thinking that he could at least be promoted to a senior slaveholder this time. If he was lucky, he might even be able to replace the second general's position. But when he suddenly heard that Chu Yunsheng wanted him to be the castellan, he couldn't believe his ears, so he stuttered, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes …"
"What? Was he unwilling? Or you don't want to work for the fire messenger? "Chu Yunsheng said.
"No, no, I have already sworn to serve the fire messenger and you, it's just that this is too sudden, too … I am incompetent, how can I take the position of the castellan?" Cao Zhengyi said incoherently. In reality, although he was very jealous of the position of the City Lord, he knew his own capabilities. If he was really asked to take this position, he would feel extremely guilty.
"So, some of you are not satisfied?" Chu Yunsheng looked at the seven slaveholders and the other junior slaveholders and said coldly.
The slaveholders looked at each other, they thought that the castellan position should be given to Luo Hengshen, who betrayed his brother. They didn't expect that it would be Cao Zhengyi. Although they were not satisfied with the fact that Cao Zhengyi could be the castellan, Lei Ming's death was still in front of them, no one dared to say no. They all shook their heads and said, "I don't dare, I am willing to listen to the master steward's arrangement!"
"Then it's settled! Also, Luo Hengshen was rewarded by the fire messenger for exposing Lei Ming, and he will continue to be the vice castellan! "Chu Yunsheng said decisively.
The reason why he wanted Cao Zhengyi to be the castellan was because he had no other choice. He didn't have the time to manage a city with tens of thousands of people by himself. Among all the slaveholders in the castle of Raging Fire, only Cao Zhengyi was on the same boat as him, and he knew him the most.
Moreover, Cao Zhengyi's personal strength was not that great, his status was not high, and his slave master's power was also the weakest. Now that he had directly promoted him to the position of castellan, even a fool would know that Cao Zhengyi had to rely on his power to stabilize his position. Therefore, in this situation, Cao Zhengyi was also the easiest to be controlled.
In addition, after all, Chu Yunsheng did not fully trust Cao Zhengyi, so he still gave the position of the deputy governor of the castle of Raging Fire to Luo Hengshen.
The reason why he deliberately delayed his appearance in the meeting hall was because he wanted Luo Hengshen to secretly stand on the side and listen to how the slaveholders slandered them and flattered Lei Ming in the past. Luo Hengshen was completely disappointed in these slaveholders, and even hated them, so much so that he couldn't accept them again.
On the other hand, those slaveholders knew that Luo Hengshen only survived because he betrayed his big brother. Chu Yunsheng didn't know what they would do to him, but he was sure that some of them would look down on Luo Hengshen. This way, the grudge between the two parties would be even deeper, and he wouldn't have to worry about them again.
After listening to Chu Yunsheng's explanation, the slave masters finally realized that Luo Hengshen had received a better reward from the fire messenger. Even the castellan would not be able to get a powerful cultivation technique from the fire messenger. After all, in this era, the more powerful a person was, the easier it was for him to stay alive. This was the truth.
Cao Zhengyi was just an empty shell, but no one dared to say it out loud.
"Castellan Cao, from now on, you are the second castellan of the castle of Raging Fire, I hope you can do your best for the fire messenger," Chu Yunsheng took out the castellan's token that he found on Lei Ming's body and said.
Cao Zhengyi was very excited. He took the token while trembling. Although he knew that he was just a mask for grandpa Cao, this kind of glory and status was real. At least from now on, except for the fire messenger and grandpa Cao, he didn't need to be afraid of anyone.
"I will do my best to help the fire messenger!" Cao Zhengyi replied respectfully.
"It depends on your performance, the first task I give you is to prepare for the war!" Chu Yunsheng smiled and said calmly.
"Prepare for war?" Cao Zhengyi raised his head in surprise and looked at Chu Yunsheng. The slaveholders behind him also didn't know what was going on. The castle of Raging Fire had just been defeated by the castle of Snowstorm, and they still had a lingering fear.
"Yes, prepare for war! Gather all the information about the castle of Raging Fire as soon as possible and report it to me, I want to know the real situation! " Chu Yunsheng needed to gather all the information about the castle of Raging Fire, so that he could decide whether they could fight against the divine realm and the castle of Snowstorm.
"I … I will do it now!" Cao Zhengyi quickly nodded. It was up to the fire messenger to decide whether to fight or not. Even if he didn't want to, he still had to do it. At least if he fought, he might be able to survive. If he retreated now, he would be looking for trouble.
"Ok, also, spread the news to the entire castle of Raging Fire. Tomorrow, when the hazy shimmer appears, the castle of Snowstorm will be lifted. I think there are spies from the castle of Snowstorm on the move. Do you want to destroy them or use them? You can discuss it with Luo Hengshen and the other seven slaveholders." Since Chu Yunsheng took over the castle of Raging Fire, he had already obtained the intelligence network of the castle of Raging Fire. At the same time, he also knew that there were a lot of spies from the castle of Snowstorm in his castle of Raging Fire. (To be continued)
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