227: Zhu Zhiyong

Zhu Zhiyong's mood recently was half-worried and half-happy.

His worry was that his master, Prince Fu, wanted him to find powerful Cultivators or people with great potential and bring them into the Residence.

Such people were extremely hard to find, and even if some were willing to come, a huge price would have to be paid.

However, if such people truly arrived, then his and his younger brother Zhu Shuangquan, Military General of Fu Wang Manor's status would inevitably decline significantly, and their lives would naturally not be as comfortable as they were now.

Wasn't this like lifting a rock only to drop it on his own foot?

His joy, on the other hand, was that Prince Fu seemed to have forgotten about this matter recently and wasn't pressuring him to find people, but was instead always hiding in the Cultivation space, doing who knows what.

Additionally, another matter made him feel that his status was threatened: Zhu Nan seemed to be particularly favored recently.

Prince Fu entrusted everything to him, and even required him and his brother to fully cooperate with him, which was very annoying!

Zhu Nan had recently assigned them a lot of tasks, and these tasks were particularly strange, almost unprecedented.

For example, he selected a group of people from the Southern Yue garrison, numbering as many as ten thousand.

These people were relatively young, had good education, excellent Xuan Gong foundations, clean family backgrounds, and were extremely loyal to the Prince Fus Mansion.

After this group of people was selected by Zhu Nan, they disappeared without a trace, and even Zhu Zhiyong didn't know where they went.

This made him feel a bit heartbroken.

How great would it have been if these people were under his command?

They were all good prospects, capable of becoming his personal army in the future, but now they were all gone.

He didn't dare to object, because Zhu Nan now held great power, essentially acting as Prince Fu's spokesperson.

He had objected to him a few times before, but Zhu Nan reported him to Prince Fu, and he was immediately reprimanded by Prince Fu.

From then on, he never dared to object to Zhu Nan again.

Another thing was that all the garbage and waste that needed to be dumped in Southern Yue City every day now had to be sent to a designated location in the southwest sinkhole area.

Other waste sites were no longer allowed to be indiscriminately used.

This regulation was also quite peculiar, as the Nanyue Base was quite vast, with countless large and small waste sites.

If waste could only be dumped in one location, then waste from other places would need to be transported there, which was not only troublesome but also significantly more costly.

He had also argued reasonably in front of Prince Fu, but was likewise criticized by Prince Fu, and in the end, he had no choice but to obediently cooperate with Zhu Nan.

Zhu Zhiyong felt that his status had now fallen below Zhu Nan's, and he no longer had the prestige of a great general…

As he was, for once, sitting in the hall reflecting on recent events, he suddenly received news that ten helicopters had flown southeastward today, one after another.

Moreover, according to the garrison's observations, the helicopters came from two factions within the city: one was "Zui Hua Xuan," and the other was the Feng Residence!

Aircraft like helicopters must be registered and fly according to planned routes.

Of course, once outside the city, there wasn't as much control, so the garrison was basically clear about the origins of these helicopters.

"The Feng Residence's helicopters have been quite active recently..." Zhu Zhiyong suddenly thought of this, because every time a helicopter left or returned to the city, it was registered.

He remembered that the Feng Residence had flown several batches of helicopters out a few days ago, but only five returned, and now another five had flown out, all in the southeast direction.

This indicated that the Feng Residence was definitely up to something in the southeast recently.

However, what was going on with Zui Hua Xuan?

Moreover, according to the garrison, someone from the Feng Residence seemed to have been keeping an eye on Zui Hua Xuan's helicopters, and then the Feng Residence's helicopters followed them out of the city...

Zhu Zhiyong pondered for a while, then suddenly thought of Zhu Nan's rise to power, and couldn't help but sigh, muttering to himself, "Who cares?

What kind of trouble can these people cause?

Now is the time to compete for favor with Zhu Nan, that Eunuch, I absolutely cannot let him climb over my head!

No, last time Zhu Nan also went to Fengyang City, and after he returned, his status changed dramatically, climbing over my head.

Isn't Fengyang City in the southeast direction?

Could there be some secret there?"

Although he didn't usually think much about things, putting these two matters together actually made him see some clues.

Although the clues were minor, they were there nonetheless, so Zhu Zhiyong immediately became energized.

He quickly called his younger brother Zhu Shuangquan, Military General of Fu Wang Manor over to discuss, and after a while of deliberation, they decided that Zhu Shuangquan, Military General of Fu Wang Manor would lead people to investigate.

If they truly discovered something big happening, they would definitely give them a good lesson, and at the same time, use this matter to curry favor with Prince Fu and compete with Zhu Nan.

At this time, any credit had to be claimed for themselves, otherwise, what would they use to compete with Zhu Nan?

Zhu Shuangquan, Military General of Fu Wang Manor quickly set off with a team of men.

It was very convenient for him to track the helicopters ahead; he just needed to ask the garrison of the secondary and tertiary bases along the way, while continuously reporting the situation to Zhu Zhiyong.

The two quickly learned that both Zui Hua Xuan and the Feng Residence's people were heading towards Shan Feng Forest...

Zhu Zhiyong, holding this intelligence, excitedly came to Prince Fu's hall, only to see Zhu Nan working at a desk, with no other attendants in sight, and even Prince Fu was nowhere to be found.

"Eunuch Zhu, where is the Prince?" Zhu Zhiyong asked curiously.

Zhu Nan looked up at him and said, "General, what do you need the Prince for?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhiyong was furious and loudly said, "Do I need to tell you why I'm reporting to the Prince?"

Zhu Nan was stunned, then reacted, and couldn't help but chuckle softly, saying, "The Prince is Cultivating.

He cannot be disturbed for non-urgent matters!

Otherwise, if punishment comes down, no one can bear it!"

Zhu Zhiyong was taken aback.

He had encountered this situation before, and then he went to knock on the door of Prince Fu's Cultivation space.

As a result, not only did Prince Fu not come out to see him, but he was also reprimanded afterward.

If he were to knock on the door now, the consequences would likely be even more severe, especially since he didn't know whether the matter at hand truly had any merit, or how much merit it had.

If it couldn't offset the sin of knocking on the door...

"General, you should go back, otherwise, the Prince's wrath will be unbearable..." Zhu Nan said in a sarcastic tone from the side.

"You?!

Since you are here, then I'll leave this matter to you to report to the Prince!" Zhu Zhiyong suddenly felt a bit deflated, simply threw the report to Zhu Nan, and turned to leave.

Zhu Nan curiously picked up the report and began to read it.

After a while, his face darkened.

"Feng Residence?

Didn't Ninth Young Master tell me that the Feng Residence is the branch of the Blood Wolf Hall in Southern Yue City?

Recently, they've been frequently sending helicopters to the southeast, and this time Feng Guang even personally went out, following Zui Hua Xuan's people to Shan Feng Forest?

I hope nothing big happens to affect Ninth Young Master's plans..."

He thought for a moment, then quickly dialed Long Yuan's number...

Long Yuan was Cultivating on West Lake Island, and after seeing Zhu Nan's call, he answered, "Eunuch, what is it?"

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