Chapter 388 Plunder

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"Dad, Xuanyuan, let's eat some fruit first. I've read the report. Eating fruit is best for your body at this time of the morning. Xuanyuan, stay for lunch. I just called Old Guo. He was very happy to hear that you're here. He said he would come back to drink with you at noon. You stay and try my cooking."

When Lin Xuanyuan lowered his head and carefully observed the chess game, a plump and elegant woman in her forties walked over with a large plate of Fire Dragon Fruits and said with a smile.

About ten years ago, it was well known that there were three great female experts in the empire's politics, or the royal family, and they were the strange women of that era.

Amongst the three women experts, the one who was worthy of being ranked first was Chen Hualou, the current Imperial Policy Bureau Standing Committee member and Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Chen Hualou had always been famous for her strong style, decisive work style, and sharp and domineering wrist. She was still active in the empire's political circles, and her glory was boundless. In two years, she would become the first female Prime Minister of the empire since the founding of the empire. Her name was destined to be recorded in the history of the empire, and her name would go down in history. There was no doubt that she would be ranked first in the empire.

In second place was Ye Wei, a former member of the Imperial Decision-making Bureau who had stepped down from the position of secretary of the Huating Municipal Party Committee three years ago.

Ye Wei was Ye Nianlun 's biological sister and one of the Emperor's confidantes. With her age, she did not need to retire at all. She retired from that high position to a large extent to pave the way for Ye Nianlun . She was also the bargaining chip that the Wang family had sent Ye Nianlun to the ranks of the giants of the Policy Bureau.

Ye Wei's style of administration was completely different from Chen Hualou's. She was very gentle, but she was full of tactfulness and wisdom. She was extremely resilient. Her best skill was to quietly lay the winning streets. When she was in power in Huating, she was definitely no less dazzling than Chen Hualou in the empire's political arena.

The third strange woman was the one who gave Li Donglei and Lin Xuanyuan fruits and smiled like a spring breeze.

Li Qing, former member of the Imperial Center and former secretary of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee.

Li Qing's beauty was not as beautiful as Chen Hualou and Ye Wei's. However, it was a bit beautiful. Compared to the previous two positions, her rank in the party was not high. Her situation was similar to Ye Wei's. Ye Wei sacrificed herself in exchange for chips to let her biological brother become the king of the empire, while Li Qing gave up her future and made way for her husband.

Li Qing's husband was now a member of the Imperial Policy Bureau, State Councilor, Academician of the Central Academy, and Minister of Justice Guo Zhinu .

Li Qing's work style was almost the same as Li Donglei's father's, He was steady and low-key, but he had a majestic aura that did not belong to men. He had a unique vision and a strong sense of the overall situation. If it wasn't for Guo Zhinu , Li Qing would have at least entered the Policy Bureau at the end of her career. However, because Guo Zhinu 's future was even more promising, Li Qing left the empire's political arena early and fulfilled her husband's wish.

When Li Qing was secretary of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, the secretary of the Huating Municipal Party Committee, who was neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was Li Qing's good friend Ye Wei. At the same time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were close to Huating, the municipality directly under the Central Government, and also bordered on Wu Yue, the empire's largest political and economic province.

At that time, the secretary of the provincial party committee of Wuyue Province was Guo Zhinu .

Wu Yue, Huating, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Two super provinces, one municipality.

The three iron barrels moved forward and backward together, causing the southwest faction at that time to not even have the desire to touch them.

And the three places linked together, but also led to the neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces of Minnan Province and Jianghuai Province, boiling economic indicators to the development of the empire made a huge contribution.

The southwest faction that firmly controlled Jianghuai Province could also be considered to have taken advantage of it.

However, Li Qing did not mind this at all. She had an empire in her heart and factions in her heart. This order had never been reversed in her heart. Just from this alone, she could see Li Qing's bearing.

Lin Xuanyuan looked at Li Qing and quietly bowed. He smiled and said, "Alright, I'll stay for lunch. Aunt Li needs more meat, otherwise I won't be full."

Aunt Li.

This Li Qing, who was called by the name of Call, was overjoyed.

The empire was filled with high-ranking officials. In terms of age, almost everyone could be Lin Xuanyuan's elder.

But what kind of status was the War God King?

Royal family leader, royal family tycoon, was definitely one of the most powerful people in the empire. He was an extremely important figure on the international stage. Even though he was only 23 years old now, which big boss could calmly treat him as a junior when facing him?

The members of the six non-giants of the royal family called him Xuanyuan more familiar, but those who weren't familiar called him His Highness. Lin Xuanyuan had become one of the giants of the royal family at the age of twenty-three. In the few months that he had been in Nine Continents City, none of them dared to underestimate him because of his age.

As for Lin Xuanyuan's treatment of seniority, it had always been very vague. According to what Li Qing knew, there was only one person who could make Lin Xuanyuan sincerely call him Chen Hualou.

"It's easy to say if you want to eat meat. This hobby is the same as Old Guo. I guarantee that you will eat meat and drink wine in large mouthfuls at noon."

Li Qing smiled as she said this. She quickly turned around and walked towards the villa.

Lin Xuanyuan picked up a fire dragon fruit with a toothpick and put it into his mouth. He narrowed his eyes and tasted it carefully.

The air was cool and the autumn was refreshing.

"Another round?"

Li Donglei smiled and said in a gentle tone.

"Alright."

Lin Xuanyuan smiled and nodded. After glancing at the endgame on the chessboard again, he took the chess piece Li Donglei handed over and rearranged the formation.

Lin Xuanyuan was still holding the red flag.

A proper head-on cannon.

Li Donglei's smile relaxed as he replied calmly.

A minute later.

Li Donglei frowned slightly. He raised his head to look at Lin Xuanyuan, but he could only see a calm expression on the latter's face. Only his habitually narrowed eyes were filled with concentration.

Li Donglei took a sip of tea and lowered his head to play chess.

Five minutes later.

Li Donglei's gaze finally became serious. Every step he took was very slow.

In stark contrast, Lin Xuanyuan walked faster and faster, almost without hesitation.

Attack!

Attack without stop!

An undefended attack.

An uncompromising attack!

Horse and carriage cannons.

River Crossing Soldier.

He rushed through the Chu River Han Realm without holding back.

Soldiers pressed down.

He charged forward, domineering and unbridled.

The originally entertaining chessboard seemed to have forcefully turned into a real battlefield. It was a mess, and blood flowed like a river. The aggressiveness of the red flag that was raised from the bones became even more obvious.

Step by step, killing intent, madness, without stopping.

Li Donglei's eyes were serious, but there was a trace of helplessness at the corner of his mouth.

Aggressiveness.

This seemed to be something that Lin Xuanyuan was born with.

During the first game of chess, Li Donglei could also sense Lin Xuanyuan's killing intent and desire to attack.

But at that time, Lin Xuanyuan's chess path still carried a sense of caution.

Lin Xuanyuan, who played the first game of chess, was more like an assassin. He only chased after the final blow.

And the second game.

Lin Xuanyuan had already become a war god.

To tear apart all of his defenses regardless of all costs, it was as if all the arrangements were meaningless and had no time to arrange in the face of the insanely sharp and aggressive nature.

Lin Xuanyuan's aggressiveness was clearly displayed from the very beginning.

Without any scruples, without any scruples.

Only madness.

Only attack!

Twelve minutes.

The second game ended.

Lin Xuanyuan killed the general of Li Donglei Central Palace, but there were only six or seven red flags left on the chessboard.

On the bare chessboard, every square seemed to have a remnant of the fierce fighting atmosphere from before.

Tyrannical, unreasonable, and unreasonable.

Li Donglei silently stared at the chessboard in front of him. After a long time, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Hearty, breathless!"

Lin Xuanyuan did not say anything, nor did he raise his head.

Li Donglei didn't feel embarrassed at all after losing. He smiled calmly and continued, "It's just that it's easy to break through. There is a saying that offense is the best defense, but there is another one that is even deeper to my heart: I won't move if the enemy doesn't move." "Not attacking, not defending, not arguing, not moving, there are no flaws. This is truly invincible. I was able to walk from a small clerk back then to today. These words have a great impact on me."

Not attacking is attacking, not defending is defending, not fighting is fighting...

Not moving...

Lin Xuanyuan shook his head and said indifferently, "The situation is forcing me to do something. I can't help but move."

"We can't remain motionless, but we have to grasp the rhythm. We can't act too hastily."

Li Donglei was silent for a while and said emotionally, "Xuanyuan, I recently wrote a manuscript. Take it with you when you go back and find a suitable opportunity to send it out. It's about the recent discussion."

Lin Xuanyuan's wrist trembled.

Li Donglei personally wrote the manuscript.

As a top leader of the royal family, there was naturally no doubt about his stance.

Only those who had reached a certain level in the empire's political circles could truly understand the great significance of Li Donglei's name to the empire.

The founding fathers, the reformed Deng, and the powerful Li.

This was a living great man!

Just like the founding patriarch of the country back then, or perhaps the Southern Inspector General whose overall situation had already been fixed.

In the era of those two great men, their words and a single manuscript could have as great an impact as Li Donglei's single manuscript could in this era!

This manuscript can't be used now. This is the trump card that lays the foundation for the overall situation at the most critical moment!

Lin Xuanyuan stood up and bowed deeply to Li Donglei. Li Donglei's manuscript was not given to Chen Hualou, nor to Ye Nianlun , but to him.

Lin Xuanyuan naturally knew what Li Donglei meant. This could be said to increase his prestige in the royal family, but it was also more like an old man's test for him.

"Sit down."

Li Donglei waved his hand and smiled, "Another plate?"

"I'm not coming. Just now, I was lucky enough to win against Elder Li. I was completely unexpectedly desperate. If I can win once, it's hard to say next time."

Lin Xuanyuan smiled as he spoke. His gaze shifted. Only then did he realize that a young man had appeared next to their chessboard.

At the age of seventeen or eighteen, he was slightly green, but his body was standing straight. At this moment, the young boy was also staring at the chessboard, distracted.

Lin Xuanyuan had been too focused on playing chess with Li Donglei just now, so he had ignored his arrival for a while.

"It's good that you understand this."

Li Donglei took a deep look at Lin Xuanyuan and nodded with a smile. His gaze fell on the youth standing at the side. He smiled and said, "Xiuqi, why don't you come and play a game with your Brother Lin?"

The absent-minded youth suddenly regained his senses. He was shocked. He hurriedly waved his hand and blushed. He smiled embarrassedly and said, "Forget it. Grandpa lost. I can't do it."

Li Xiuqi.

Lin Xuanyuan immediately recalled the information about the youth. Li Donglei's grandson, Guo Zhinu and Li Qing's son, were nineteen years old. They had just graduated from high school this year and entered the Imperial Huaqing University with honors. It was now the end of September. Li Xiuqi should still be in the military training stage.

Back then, when Li Xiuqi was admitted to Huaqing University, he didn't seem to have returned home. On the contrary, Chen Qingyu gave him a jade pendant as a gift in her name.

"Xiuqi, sit, sweat all over your head. Is the weather this hot?"

Lin Xuanyuan said with a smile.

Li Xiuqi's flushed face became even redder. He embarrassedly moved over a chair and sat down beside the coffee table. However, the corner of his eyes kept peeking at Lin Xuanyuan. He was a little curious, but most of them worshipped him.

The grandson of a great emperor, the son of the Minister of Justice.

In terms of background, Li Xiuqi was definitely one of the few elite youths in the empire. However, the Li Clan's education had always been strict. Regardless of whether it was Li Donglei or Guo Zhinu, they did not want their son to pretend to be a fox or a tiger under the banner of their father and grandfather. Therefore, Li Xiuqi could definitely be considered a good child. He usually treated people with gentleness and courtesy, and was extremely popular in school.

Li Xiuqi also had a big brother, Guo Xiuhua, on top of him. He entered politics three years ago. He was twenty-eight years old. Now, he was a senior cadre at the deputy hall level in Huating. With his big brother entering politics, Li Xiuqi's future choices were much more relaxed. But no matter how carefree he was, he was still from a wealthy family. He usually stayed by his grandfather's side and met countless big shots.

In terms of Li Donglei's current status, the worst person who could enter the Li Clan's gates was a top Governor-level official who could enter the Policy Bureaux. If it wasn't for the Lieutenant Governor-level officials that Li Donglei favored, it would be very difficult for them to enter the Li Clan's gates. Most of the people who could come frequently were members of the Policy Bureaux, or even the Standing Committee giants of the Policy Bureaux.

Therefore, Li Xiuqi had seen countless great figures since she was young.

Most of them were terrified, cautious, and respectful in front of their grandfather.

To be able to sit in front of his grandfather and compete with his grandfather in terms of momentum, Li Xiuqi had an impression that apart from a few giants of the standing committee of the Policy Bureaux and a few members of the Policy Bureaux, there really wasn't anyone else.

Therefore, Li Xiuqi was curious as soon as he saw Lin Xuanyuan.

Under his curiosity, he came over to watch a game of chess between the two of them.

Killing intent surged out of him as he fought to the death!

Li Xiuqi was also an imperial chess fan, so he could naturally feel the thrill of a game of chess. The killing intent on the chessboard and the pressure on Lin Xuanyuan caused Li Xiuqi to sweat profusely in a short game of chess, making him feel almost untenable.

Only when Li Xiuqi heard his grandfather say Xuanyuan and Brother Lin did he instantly understand who this young big brother who looked like he was filled with killing intent was.

War God King Lin Xuanyuan!

Although Li Xiuqi had never seen the War God King before and had never heard of the story of the War God King because of his age, he knew the autumn after a leaf fell. From a game of chess, Li Xiuqi felt that he had already experienced a trace of the tyranny of a royal family tycoon.

An absolute expert!

At this moment, Li Xiuqi even fantasized that he could become a man like the War God King.

"Are you showing off as a freshman? How is it? Isn't military training very hard?"

Lin Xuanyuan smiled casually as he ate the fruit on the table.

"Fortunately."

Li Xiuqi subconsciously sat up straight and answered honestly, "When I was in high school, I used to have semi-military training every winter and summer vacation. Now, I can adapt to the intensity of military training."

Modesty.

Lin Xuanyuan smiled. Semi-military training. With the strict tutelage of the Li Clan, the level of training would definitely not be much lower than that of ordinary scouts. If Li Xiuqi could persevere, then it would be more than enough for his current physical fitness to cope with college military training.

He said that he could adapt. He was really a modest child.

Before Lin Xuanyuan could continue speaking, his phone rang.

Lin Xuanyuan was stunned for a moment. He picked up his phone and looked at the number. He immediately narrowed his eyes and picked it up without hesitation.

It's Wang Tianxiong.

Wang Tianxiong didn't even wait for Lin Xuanyuan to speak. The moment the call was connected, his voice had already reached him steadily. "Xuanyuan, we've found traces of Hong Pao and the others."

"Where is it?"

Lin Xuanyuan said calmly.

"Three minutes ago, they looted the arsenal of the Shadow Thorn Secret Service."

Wang Tianxiong's voice was cold.

"Ka …"

Lin Xuanyuan's palm suddenly tightened, and traces of cracks appeared on the back of the ivory phone in his hand.

A fierce and cold killing intent suddenly soared into the sky.

A maple leaf that had originally fallen from the tree was once again swept into the air, swaying unsteadily.

Li Donglei, who was sitting beside him, narrowed his eyes.

Li Xiuqi's body trembled slightly as he looked at Lin Xuanyuan with horror in his eyes.

Lin Xuanyuan silently hung up the phone, and the killing intent that enveloped the entire Maple Forest instantly subsided.

"Do you have something serious to do? If you have something serious to do, you can go do it. When you're free, you can come and play chess with this old man."

Li Donglei smiled and said in a calm tone.

"It's a small matter."

Lin Xuanyuan held his phone and smiled. His smile was as gentle as ever, "I still want to try Aunt Li's cooking. I'm leaving now. Isn't it a big loss?"

Li Donglei smiled and nodded.

No matter what, the calmness and composure of this young man was always worthy of recognition.