The Demon Lords

Chapter 1004 233: Approved!_2

If Ji Chengjue's cousin isn't your Fan Zhengwen's legitimate son, but an illegitimate one, or another scenario where he is not favored and bullied in the family;

then you, Fan Zhengwen, wouldn't be related to Ji Chengjue by kinship, it would be enmity!

Fan Zhengwen told Zheng Fan this, clearly indicating to Zheng Fan that the Fan family, and he, Fan Zhengwen, have a solid and firmly established relationship with Ji Chengjue, this prince who might inherit the Yan State in the future.

The cousin is a real cousin, a blood cousin!

If the Yan really manages to break Town South Pass in the future, with the army invading the Chu State, swallowing it like it did with the Three Jin, then the Fan family will certainly soar high.

At this point,

Lord Zheng couldn't help but give a thumbs-up in his heart to this head of the Fan family, silently praising him as formidable.

This is truly formidable,

managing to elevate the Min clan to legitimate wife status must not have been easy, because even though the Fan family was a servant to the Qu Clan, it was still a large, influential household, not a minor one.

Excluding the notion of "love," which seems justified but is actually a burden to those engrossed in power strategies,

this means,

Fan Zhengwen has been waiting for this opportunity and laying this groundwork for a long, long time.

The Fan family,

has been waiting to be a traitor to Chu,

for a very, very long time!

Zheng Fan smiled and pointed to the table, saying, "Since we're all family, let's not be so restrained anymore, let's sit around the table together."

Originally, Lord Zheng was lying down, and this couple sat solemnly and erect, but now, they could all sit on equal footing.

Fan Zhengwen didn't hesitate and led his wife to sit down, Siniang stepped forward to refill everyone's cups with cold tea.

"To be honest with you, Brother Fan, before I entered Chu this time, I had envisioned many scenarios, but once inside Chu, I didn't expect this situation."

Fan Zhengwen laughed and said, "Not just you, Lord, even I, Fan, didn't expect it to be you entering Chu this time. Frankly speaking, if it had been someone else entering Chu, Fan and the Fan family wouldn't have hosted them so openly."

That's the truth,

because everyone knows about the relationship between Zheng Fan and the Sixth Prince, after all, Zheng Fan was initially promoted due to the prince's appreciation.

"However, my Lord, since we're family, let's speak candidly; within Mong Mountain territory, the Fan family can control it, on this line, we can completely manage it. The reason we invited you, my Lord, to stay in this mansion in Xiayong is precisely to explain to you;

If you were to go deeper into Xiayong, or beyond it, it would be difficult for the Fan family to continue concealing your tracks."

Going further in means stepping out of the family's sphere of influence.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Fan nodded and said, "Please, Brother Fan, teach me."

This person is deeply shrewd, a figure of consequence, so Zheng Fan didn't mind saying some nice things and maintaining a humble stance, knowing that ultimately, he stood to gain.

"My Lord, you're being too formal; I dare to speculate that your entry into Chu this time has three purposes. Please listen, and see if I'm accurate."

Zheng Fan raised his hand and said, "Oh, please go on."

"The first purpose is to explore and ascertain realities; though there are many spies passing between Yan and Chu, with abundant information conveyed back and forth, some paths you truly must walk yourself to know their depth, especially for military men, such as yourself, my Lord, it's most applicable.

I once heard that in the past, in order to fight the battle for Jin by the borrowed path, Lord Jingnan personally traversed that route several times in a White Dragonfish Uniform, which led to the miraculous victory where heavenly troops descended into Jin."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Fan nodded.

It always feels superficial to learn from paper, to truly know something, you must do it yourself.

For example, when I first entered the Qian for the first time, I truly did not expect that behind the seemingly densely arranged fortresses and villages of the Qian State, the border troops were so pathetic.

Fact proved, if everyone knew back then how weak the Qian State's border troops were, Zheng Fan wouldn't have been the first to dive in and make gains.

This entry into Chu, from observing the Fan family, Zheng Fan could very clearly perceive the societal state of Chu.

Chu is not just represented by the Blue Luan army under Jade Plate City, which showed astonishing defensive prowess until they were starved through a siege, nor just the tens of thousands of royal guards behind Town South Pass.

A country, it encompasses so, so much.

He saw one Fan family, but in Chu, there certainly isn't just one Fan family.

Seemingly massive Chu, as long as it can be defeated once, allowing entry into its territory, there would be so many ways to dismantle its resistance capabilities.

"In my view, my Lord's second purpose should be to set up for the future."

"Set up?" Zheng Fan inquired with interest.

"Yes, set up, because you are now Commander at Snow Sea Pass, I believe that the snowfield shouldn't pose too great a threat to you anymore, my Lord.

In today's world, the Yan carries the burden of confronting three powers as one nation.

One power is the Barbarians, but evidently, the Barbarians and the Yan won't be at war anytime soon.

The second and third are Qian and Chu.

As for the remnants of the Jin people and the wild people, they no longer qualify for the table.

With the current situation, Lord Pingye is managing Snow Sea Pass, and unless absolutely necessary, the Yan court won't have you, my Lord, leading troops to fight in Yinlang County against the Qian State, nor further against the Barbarians; your future battlefield will certainly be Chu!"

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