Li Yu was Marquis Li's son, and took his surname from their fief, Li.
He was a clever man. Knowing that Jiang Wenhuan was the son of the Marquis of the East and King Zhou's younger brother-in-law, he chose not to confront him head-on. Instead, he used his family's prestige in Li Territory to exert pressure little by little.
This was neither Chaoge nor Linzi. This was Li City.
From nobles down to commoners, after Li Yu spread tales of Jiang Wenhuan's brutality and proclaimed that King Zhou had lawlessly killed Marquis Li, everyone looked at Jiang Wenhuan with hostility. Although they cooperated with him, their attitudes remained equivocal.
The officials of Li Territory had all been Marquis Li's subordinates. In other words, they were practically his retainers. Expect them to obey Jiang Wenhuan's orders?
Sorry, who the hell were you?
If Jiang Wenhuan had not been so formidable that ambushes and assassination attempts proved useless, and if he had not set up a challenge arena in the army and defeated thousands of men over three sleepless days and nights, cowing a good number of the rank and file, they could have simply killed him in secret and tossed his head into the river without any trouble.
That was a feudal lord's domain. On the surface, it looked no different from Chaoge, but in reality, the lord's word was law. To Jiang Wenhuan, it was a realm of darkness where he could not see his own hand before his face.
Li Yu sought out Jiang Wenhuan and nominally pledged allegiance to him. He had thought he would have to keep up the act for several months to earn his trust, but unexpectedly, Jiang Wenhuan believed him straightaway.
"General, a few months ago, my father was preparing the Flower and Stone