City Lord's Mansion.

After ordering Meng Yang and others to wait outside, Chen Ze accompanied the palace guards into the city lord's palace.

This was already his third time here, and Chen Ze was already familiar with the road. Soon, the two of them stopped in front of the Assembly Hall.

Even though they were far away, Chen Ze could hear that the hall was very lively, with hearty laughter and flattery, and it was all a joy.

It's understandable that everyone is in a good mood after winning the battle.

But when Chen Ze appeared at the door of the assembly hall, the clouds suddenly stopped and the rain stopped, and the sudden silence in the assembly hall made Chen Ze stunned for a moment.

What does it mean?

Before he could figure it out, loud laughter suddenly came from the suddenly stagnant meeting hall. A man stood up from the seat of the guest and hurried towards him.

"Brother Chen, you are finally back!"

The person who greeted him was Mr. Luo, the other person besides Mr. Hua who had spoken kind words for him.

Chen Ze smiled, let him hold his hand, and walked into the meeting hall together.

Zheng Yuanyun, who first went to sit first in the center of the hall, cupped his hands and said, neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty, City Lord, I was being chased by Zhu Yan's army to retreat, so I had to take some detours. Please forgive me for being late when I come back."

Compared to Chen Ze's calmness, Zheng Yuanyun's expression was a bit complicated.

Especially when Chen Ze mentioned the battle situation ten days ago, the corners of his eyes trembled slightly.

The people in the meeting hall were the same generals from before. These people were the highest-ranking advisers and generals in the entire Anluo Province. Many people had ridiculed and disdained Chen Ze when he proposed his plan.

But looking at Chen Ze now, the mood of the generals was even more complicated than that of Zheng Yuanyun.

This little strategist...

"It's good to be back. Go sit down."

Zheng Yuanyun concealed his emotions very well and gestured to the side with his chin.

This is the first time that Chen Ze has been allowed to sit down since he entered the city lord's mansion three times. However, next to the empty chair shown by Zheng Yuanyun, Mr. Hua is casually sipping wine.

Behind Hua Lao, Mr. Jing and the fat shopkeeper were both smiling at him.

Where to sit?

It seems that with Hua Lao's help several times, Zheng Yuanyun has regarded him as a member of Hua Lao's side, and the seat assigned to him is naturally next to Hua Lao.

Fine.

Chen Ze felt helpless. He had not yet figured out whether to take sides, but Zheng Yuanyun decided directly for him.

However, it was only a small tangle, so he didn't refuse. After thanking Zheng Yuanyun, he calmly sat down on the chair that was further in front of the governor-level general.

Silence again.

Including Zheng Yuanyun, when Chen Ze sat down, he was no longer interested in talking. Everyone sat in their seats with their heads lowered, looking at their eyes, nose, nose and heart, just like they were in meditation in a temple.

Old monk.

In this unspeakable silence, even Commander Luo, who was also sitting, began to feel a little unnatural, and his brows wrinkled unconsciously.

After waiting for a while, Chen Ze saw that no one had spoken. The lively noise just now seemed to be just an auditory hallucination. After thinking about it for a while, he understood why he was here.

After all, his military rank is too low.

All of the people present were high-level generals, and many were even city lords of a city. At their level, you can imagine the arrogance in their hearts.

But this time, they all failed.

Lost to a little strategist.

Although Bo'an City won the final victory in the battle with the Zhu Yan Empire, everyone present knew in their hearts who this victory belonged to.

Not himself, nor the Lord of the City, nor the former Qingyang General Hua Lao, but Chen Ze.

At this time, I remembered Chen Ze's talk in the meeting hall before the war, and how much I despised this strategy proposed by the counselor in my heart. All the generals felt a burning pain on their faces.

The fact that they can still sit here chatting and laughing without any damage should be all thanks to Chen Ze, but the problem is that Chen Ze's military rank is too low.

It was so low that I instinctively wanted to forget the biggest contributor to this victory, so as to appease my severely wounded self-esteem.

How could you forget?

Chen Ze just sat there calmly, with an indifferent expression on his face, as if the matter here had nothing to do with him, without even a trace of excitement or pride.

"snort!"

Suddenly, a disdainful snort sounded in the silent assembly hall.

But Mr. Hua finally put down his wine glass. A flash of light flashed through his drooping eyes that he didn't know whether to open or close. He scanned everyone present one by one and said disdainfully: "I see that you are living more and more, and are returning home."

"Why, can't you save face?"

"Then you didn't have to follow Xiao Chen's plan back then!"

"I've received benefits from others, but now I feel like I can't live up to my reputation. Why, shit tastes so good that it's hard to talk about it?"

The latter sentence was a little too elegant to say, so much so that Zheng Yuanyun couldn't hold himself tight, and he had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Mr. Hua, that's not what you said."

"None of us deny the great contributions made by Brother Chen. They are just amazed that Brother Chen has such wisdom at such a young age, and they are inevitably amazed in their hearts."

They used this sentence extremely cleverly to remove themselves from the ranks of those who eat shit, leaving the other generals looking at each other in confusion. Due to Hua Lao's identity, they were silent for a while.

However, this silence seems to further confirm what Mr. Hua said about delicious food...

So, want to say something?

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, but they secretly glanced at Zheng Yuanyun from the corner of their eyes.

Is it true, as Mr. Hua said, that you can’t lose face?

There may be some reasons for this, but more of it lies with Zheng Yuanyun.

In this incident, Zheng Yuanyun is the real commander-in-chief of Anluo Province. All generals and soldiers should obey his orders.

But in fact, what did Zheng Yuanyun do?

Did nothing.

In the first half of the war, he had been defending Bo'an City, but the opponent had no intention of attacking the city. Therefore, Zheng Yuanyun's defensive strategy had no effect, and it was just a confrontation between the two armies.

Then comes the second half.

The second half was Chen Ze's home court. From the moment he returned to Bo'an City, although Zheng Yuanyun was still in charge of the command on the surface, everyone who knew the inside story knew in their hearts that what really affected the outcome of this war was

The key to the loss lies with Chen Ze.

So what would Zheng Yuanyun think?

As soon as Chen Ze came in, Zheng Yuanyun's expression was a bit unnatural, and everyone noticed these small details.

So congratulate Chen Ze or compliment Chen Ze?

This is undoubtedly a slap in the face to Zheng Yuanyun in front of him!
Chapter completed!