Everyone was shocked, and even the previous dispute was put on hold.

"Yizhou fell, what happened to Xuanchuan Pass?"

The old man with tattoos grabbed the guard and asked urgently.

The King of Heavenly Scholar occupied the three southwestern counties, and Xuanchuan Pass tightly blocked the way out of Shu, which was a real natural danger.

What's more, the people guarding the pass are the famous Ning family, with many military generals emerging and guarding the border for generations.

Originally, he was stationed in the northwest border, but since the barbarians declined outside the pass, Lu Zhang, the general of Chu, who was the son-in-law of the Ning family, planned to usurp the throne, sent the Ning family to the southwest Xuanchuan Pass. The emperor suppressed it, and the people in the officialdom also changed their minds and made trouble for the old general Ning everywhere. He detained his troops and armies and owed food and money. Fortunately, the prince was sent by the Ning family daughter, and these people did not dare to do things too well.

In recent years, the situation in the southwest has been tense. On the one hand, the Ning family is in an increasingly difficult situation, and on the other hand, this has also given them a chance to breathe. Because Lu Zhang cannot directly replace the Ning family's troops, he can only adopt the soft knife to split the old part and divide the military power.

However, with a palace change in Taijing this year, Lu Zhang died suddenly and the prince ascended the throne, it can be said that the most difficult days of the Ning family have passed.

The terrain of Xuanchuan Pass is dangerous, and the Ning family has fewer worries again - why did they keep such difficulties before, but now something happened?

Not only the old man with a tattoo, Qiu Jing's two confidants were also anxious. The guard was stared at by so many people, and immediately sweated on his forehead and said stammeringly: "It's... the news from other counties has just been sent to the Ministry of War."

As for the specific situation, how could he, a person who reported the news, know?

If it weren't for the big deal, he wouldn't have made this trip. After all, Cheng Jingchuan was just a captain in the open.

"Master Qiu, Cheng has accused him of crime."

Cheng Jingchuan's expression changed a few times, and finally bowed his hand and turned around and went out.

Qiu Jing glanced at the machine hub on the table and suddenly felt leaves floating down.

Where did the leaves come from in the house? Besides, this is not autumn, and there is no strong wind.

Qiu Jing took a step back alertly, looked up and saw a familiar figure.

"National Master?"

Meng Qi bent his legs and hanged down his legs, leaning against the eaves and arches, making him so free and unrestrained that he was like a beam of his own house.

Qiu Jing instinctively felt that some parts of Mengqi were different, but I couldn’t tell where they were different.

——It was a gerbil who had stolen fish and was very interested.

It was impossible to see that Meng Qi was shocked by the news of the fall of Yizhou and was worried.

"Lord Qiu, I've seen you for a long time."

“…It’s not long, it’s because there are too many things happening during this period.”

Qiu Jing smiled bitterly and said, when he met before, his opponent was still the people of Xiliang who were ambitious to restore the country, and what he was worried about was the terrifying effect of the Miaojiang holy medicine A Furong. In a blink of an eye, the opponent turned into his father, Fengxingge was shaky and about to split, and the disaster of Jiangnan was right in front of him. In the blink of an eye, King Tianshu actually captured Yizhou, and Jingzhou was the first to be affected.

Qiu Jing didn't have much confidence in King Jing. If Ning Tai was in ruins, Jingzhou would be even more impossible to see.

There are two ways to put it in front of King Tianshu, one is to advance north to the Central Plains, and the other is to capture Jingzhou.

According to the autumn scenery, Jingzhou is as good as Yuzhou. Although there are few successful examples of conquering the world from the south to the north, Jiangnan is rich. The subordinates of the King of Heavenly Scholars are all mud-legged bandits, who are as poor as something.

Once Jingzhou falls into the hands of the King of Heaven, where can there be a good life in Yangzhou?

Whether it is the three kings of Chu or Qi Dynasty, they all know the reason why they fall when they eat too much and will not easily squander the troops in their hands. But what about the king of Heavenly Sect, who was born in the wild, would not be able to burn, kill, loot, and the place they captured was not stationed at all. They would rob wherever they went, until the disaster in Jiangnan was over, and they would turn around and fight against the Central Plains.

In this way, Yangzhou became a big piece of fat, and can you still expect the dog to not take it away?

"The national teacher, I'm sorry to be rude. I need to contact the King of Wu at present and integrate the troops in Jiangnan to stop the rioters."

Qiu Jing felt a split headache when she thought that she wanted to first pull Fengxing Pavilion to be loyal to her own people and seize people under her father's hands. Through this website that she had worked hard for many years, she contacted all Jiangnan business companies and worked hard to promote the joint efforts of the three vassal kings to fight the enemy.

It’s not that I can’t do it, it’s because the time is too tight.

The sooner the settlement is, the more breathing opportunities the people in Jiangnan will be.

Although Qiu Jing didn't say it clearly, he could understand what Meng Qi was.

In fact, he "calls" Qiu Jing for this.

"The King of Wu is timid and useless, he is not smart, and his ears are very soft."

Among the three kings of Chu, King Wu is the oldest. He is almost sixty years old this year. If he had not been favored by Emperor Yuan of Chu and had not been favored by Prime Minister Deng and others, he would never have been able to get such a good fief.

Although the title of King Wu was only a city in Kuaiji County at the beginning, it was also amazing. After all, the title of King Wu symbolized that he was not short of money.

Meng Qi had a weak impression of those princes, let alone so many years later.

Fortunately, after meeting Mo Li, he gradually regained his memory and remembered a lot of past events. The King of Wu in Meng Qi's memory was a very sensible person. Although he was not outstanding and could not do anything, he would at least not cause trouble.

Because this prince can listen to others, his strengths and weaknesses are both strengths and weaknesses. When he was in Taijing in his early years, Emperor Yuan of Chu was the master of his teacher and the concubines who served him closely did not dare to act freely, and bewitched and instigated the prince. When the Chu Dynasty destroyed the King of Wu, he turned into a wealthy four counties in the world, and all kinds of messy people came.

So the King of Wu became a person who repeatedly made tricks and acted inexplicably.

For example, I raised a group of people from the martial arts world, and believed in the words of Taoist Tai Chi Guan, and sent people to Yongzhou to kill the dragon vein of the "Lu family of Qi Chao".

For example, it may have been bewitched by others, and the killer who bought Piaoping Pavilion went to the southwest to kill the King of Heaven, but in fact he fell into the trap of the people of Xiliang, which almost caused chaos in the south and north of the Yangtze River.

"A Hanlin, a teacher from King Wu, voluntarily followed the King of Wu to come to his fief from Taijing, which was equivalent to giving up a bright future. If he was still alive, he would be about 78 years old this year. The King of Wu would definitely be willing to listen to what he said. Also, his official Cheng family is the young daughter of Marquis Jingyuan. She is not as talented as her father and brother, but she is not a stupid person. The Pavilion Master can also find a way to talk about Cheng's family."

Cheng Jingchuan and Marquis of Jingyuan are relatives, but in the past few years, the relatives are crisscrossing all over the world. They may not have seen each other for three generations, let alone any relationship. The Princess of Wu will definitely not see Cheng Jingchuan's face. She may not even know Cheng Jingchuan, but King Ning and King Wu are in Yangzhou, so the Princess of Wu will naturally understand the truth that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold.

Qiu Jing was excited and immediately bowed and said, "Thank you for your advice from the National Master."

"There is something strange about the King of Heaven. The loss of Xuanchuan Pass is still in progress. I hope Fengxing Pavilion will investigate carefully." Meng Qi was not polite and solemnly instructed, "At least, we must find the whereabouts of Master Yuanzhi."

Qiu Jing nodded. If Meng Qi didn't say this, she would have to investigate it.

Master Yuanzhi's breakthrough in martial arts skills is considered to be the top master in the martial arts world. Even if Xuanchuan Pass is broken, the chance of surviving by chance is very high.

"To be honest with the Lord Qiu Pavilion, I have always suspected that there is another push behind the Holy Lotus Altar and even the King of Heavenly Sect." Meng Qi frowned.

"...Is it a native of Xiliang?"

Qiu Jing immediately became suspicious. Ayanpuka was dormant for many years, and all the previous signs also showed that he had something to do with the southwest.

Meng Qi shook his head and said, "There is something that the Pavilion Master may not know."

So he talked about the divorce between Master Yin and Qiu Si in the past. When two scholars with no power were talking about the general trend of the world, one left a book and ran across the river alone, and the other disappeared soon after and appeared again, and was actually working hard for the Holy Lotus Altar.

Not to mention whether Qiu Si had already made plans, he used this excuse to run to the territory of Ning Wang, at least Master Yin is a proud and could not be a military advisor to a group of grassroots people.

"In other words, the possibility of Xiliang people is not very high. Scholars like them attach great importance to the orthodox name of the royal family." Meng Qi said with a expressionless face, "So I have never found the truth about where the Holy Lotus Altar cultivated. But the world is so big, there are only a few forces after all."

The Lu family of Qi Dynasty was not worthy of the "orthodox" in the eyes of scholars, and would not allow Master Yin to "bear humiliation" to such an extent.

With Qiu Si on the side of King Ning, King Jing could not raise a group of hungry wolves at his doorstep. As for King Wu... King Wu himself doesn't have that brain.

Qiu Jing was a little dizzy. She rubbed her forehead, thought about it and asked tentatively: "Does the King of Wu have people like my father?"

"No." Meng Qi shook his head and said, "The King of Wu is too soft. It seems easy to control him, but it is actually very difficult, because he can listen to you today and think that others' words make sense tomorrow. Unless he is reborn now, completely different from when he was a teenager, he may indeed have some capable people under his command, but he cannot cause any big storm."

Qiu Jing suddenly shook and realized something.

Her eyes were red and she gritted her teeth and asked word by word: "Is the national teacher suspicious of Qiu Si?"

She no longer calls her father, and she does not even avoid her name.

Meng Qi replied to the question, "He does have such ability and such ability. Because Prince Zhaohua has descendants, as far as I know, another grandson fled and was chased by the Jinyiwei of Qi for many years. Qiu Si could have made lies and found someone to pretend to be the "Li's direct bloodline" and secretly attracted and trained a group of people. As for the former friend Master Yin, he probably was just a pitiful worm he had killed."

The autumn scenery was almost breathless and his face was dark blue.

Meng Qi felt a little reluctant to see her appearance.

"This is just a speculation, and there is no evidence. In this way, I just hope that the Pavilion Master will be prepared. Perhaps this matter has nothing to do with Ling Zun."

The Holy Lotus Altar delusion and fooling the people is a real evil tumor and strong sore, and the crimes are endless. Even ordinary people in the world look down on them, let alone officials and scholars.

Qiu Jing's eyes were full of anger and pain, and she asked weakly: "The Holy Lotus Altar is a vicious dog that cannot be fed. She is stupid and evil, and she only knows how to bite people... Will such things be raised to the devourer?"

Qiu Jing really couldn't figure it out. Those greedy tax collectors are better than the Holy Lotus Altar, and it's easy to grasp it.

Meng Qi didn't say anything.

In fact, he had this guess, mainly because it was too coincidental.

Master Yuanzhi mentioned before that the King of Heavenly Scholar stepped up his offensive and the pressure on Xuanchuan Pass doubled.

Then King Jing and Qi Chao confronted each other across the river, and they might have started fighting. This was Qiu Si's move [Update Fast]. At the same time, Ning Tai was ready to raise an army. Yizhou fell at this time. King Ning couldn't do it now. Regardless of whether Cheng Jingchuan could convince Qiu Jing, whether Fengxing Pavilion was split, or even whether Meng Qi and Moli killed Qiu Si - the general trend was irreversible, everything was still rolling forward.

***

Outside Ningtai City, Shili Pavilion.

Qiu Si held a cup in his hand and gently sniffed the fragrance of nectar.

One fast horse after another came out of the city and ran in all directions. These were all manpowers of the Ministry of War.

The city gates are still blocked now, otherwise major commercial banks will be more nervous than the Ministry of War and will work hard to find out the news to decide whether to stay or not.

Qiu Si didn't wait long, a masked man in black quietly came to the pavilion.

"Mr. Qiu, everything is done."

Qiu Si glanced at him casually, as if seeing through the uneasiness in the masked man's heart, patted his shoulder gently and said, "Yuheng, do you think I shouldn't do this?"

The masked man bowed his head and said respectfully: "The subordinate is stupid and only knows that the gentleman must have the intention, but God has given the king ambition. The gentleman helped him and then helped him repeatedly. But from the subordinate's perspective, he has a rebellious mind and is a person who will repay kindness and revenge."

Qiu Si laughed and waved his hand and said, "No, I have never expected him to repay his kindness."

King Tianshu was a useful chess piece. When they hit his hand, they were just using each other.
To be continued...