In the Dingzhou Thorn Mansion, Xue Xiao had a gloomy face.

On the ground in front of him lay five bloodstained human heads.

One of them is Song Shu who he sent to escort to the capital, and the other four are four masters who escorted Song Shu.

Before, a coachman drove to the door of the Thorn Mansion and brought a box, saying that someone had asked him to deliver a gift to the Thorn Mansion.

When I opened the box here, I saw who wanted it to be this gift.

"Who did that?" said a mage in a deep voice.

Xue Xiao snorted coldly, "Who else could do it, the next door is demonstrating to us." The court slapped that person in the face, and that person hit him back, rampant! I want to see how long you can run rampant!"

He has received a secret order from the imperial court here, preparing to mobilize people and horses, raise materials, and he is the one who knows that Nanzhou is about to be in trouble.

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Big Snow Mountain, Rainbow Inn, several guests muttered inside.

Chu Anlou, the innkeeper who stood at the door of the inn and looked at the situation in the canyon, turned around, followed the guests inside, and vaguely heard the words "ghost doctor" mentioned. It's not the first time I've heard such muttering after standing here for a while, and it seems that some of the people who went in before also mentioned the ghost doctor.

When the guest disappeared, he waved a man over and asked, "Why do you keep hearing people mention ghost doctors, is something wrong?"

The guy was stunned, "I don't know!"

At this moment, a guy who had gone to inspect the canyon flew over, landed outside the inn and walked up the steps quickly, and reported closely: "Shopkeeper, Wandong Tianfu has publicly sent out a message to find a ghost doctor." ”

Chu Anlou was curious, "Why are you looking for a ghost doctor?" Didn't the kid over there be cured by the ghost doctor and taken away?"

The guy replied: "It is said that the eldest princess of Jinzhou has been poisoned, and she is looking for a ghost doctor to heal, and she can provide news to help find the ghost doctor." ”

"Strange poison?" Chu Anlou muttered.

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Yanjing Dasikong Mansion, Ga Miaoshui, who returned from Nanzhou, put on a cloak and strode in.

There was no need for any special notice, someone led him, and he was directly brought inside to see Tong Mo.

Tong Mo, who was standing in the courtyard, waved his hand, and several officials around him respectfully retreated, giving up their private space to the two.

The two were not polite, Tong Mo said: "Song Jiuming's son Song Shu was killed on the way here, and his head was thrown at the door of Xue Xiao's house. ”

Ga Miao shook his head, "I already knew about this on the way here. ”

Tong Mo: "Have you negotiated over there in Dazen Mountain?"

Ga Miaoshui: "I didn't promise or refuse, perfunctory." ”

"It's another wallgrass, still waiting. But it's not a bad thing if you don't refuse, as long as the momentum is not right, when the army here presses the border, it will be reversed!" Tong Mo sneered, and then brushed his beard and said: "Father-in-law Ga, I just received news that Hai Ruyue over there in Jinzhou was poisoned, and it seems that Hai Wuji did it." ”

Ga Miaoshui: "I already know, and I'm about to talk to Xiangye about this." Hai Wuji has made a move, our side should not delay any longer, when taking advantage of the situation, there is no need to cover up anymore, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and the matter of dispatching and organizing manpower should also be officially decreed by His Majesty. ”

Tong Mo waved his hand, and someone immediately sent him a concerto, "I was about to enter the palace to meet Your Majesty, if I have nothing to do, I might as well go with my father-in-law." ”

Ga Miaoshui turned sideways and made a gesture of please.

The two then walked away together.

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In the dark and somewhat oppressive magnificent palace of the Jin Kingdom, Tai Shuxiong stood in front of a map with his hands on his waist, his eyes sinister.

The eunuch at the door stretched out his hand, Shao Pingbo nodded slightly, stepped over the threshold and entered, and walked to Tai Shuxiong's side and saluted, "Your Majesty." ”

The attitude is respectful and obedient, and it is not okay if you are not obedient, and now you have completely lost your own power in your hands, and it is difficult to do anything, so you can only rely on the person in front of you for the time being.

Tai Shuxiong's eyes were still fixed on the map, "How is your body?"

Shao Pingbo: "Much better. ”

"How's the connection with your father over there in Beizhou?"

"Still no reply. ”

"Your body needs to recuperate, don't get too excited. Don't be in a hurry, after all, it's father and son, take your time. Tai Shuxiong pointed to Jinzhou in the direction of Zhao State, "Jinzhou Hai Ruyue has been poisoned, have you heard?"

Shao Pingbo: "I just saw the news from 'Heishuitai'. ”

Tai Shuxiong: "Hai Wuji should be going to do something to Jinzhou, the mobilization of Qi and Wei has given Hai Wuji a good opportunity to start, it seems that Qi and Wei are still quite afraid of you, you came to Jin, and the two countries are terrified." He laughed.

"It's not that I'm afraid of the ministers, it's Your Majesty who is jealous. Shao Pingbo bowed slightly, raised his back, took two steps forward, and pointed to Yanguo Nanzhou, "Shang Jianxiong should also do something to Nanzhou." As he said this, a subtle flash of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Tai Shuxiong was slightly puzzled, "How can you see it?"

Shao Pingbo gestured with his finger on the map, "Jinzhou and Nanzhou are dependent on each other, relying on each other, Hai Wuji moves Jinzhou, Nanzhou will send troops to help, the two states will join forces, the war will be greatly delayed, once Zhao is exhausted, South Korea is likely to take advantage of the weakness, and Hai Wuji is unlikely to take such a big risk." ”

"Weichen has been in Yan Country for many years, and he is no stranger to the situation over there. Shang Jianxiong succeeded to the throne, and there were rumors within Yan State, saying that the throne was originally passed on to Shang Jianbo, the king of Ning, and that Shang Jianbo might have been murdered by Shang Jianxiong, and Shang Jianbo was known as a prestige in the Yan military, which made Shang Jianxiong like a fish in his throat. The Shang Dynasty gathered the old department of King Ning, defeated Zhou Shouxian in Nanzhou and occupied Nanzhou in one fell swoop, its strong combat power shocked the world, and its rising momentum will definitely make Shang Jianxiong sleep. ”

"Shang Chaozong's intention to get involved in Yan is too obvious, and it is a royal family, and the rumors have added orthodoxy to Shang Chaozong, and it is easy to demagogue under the banner of Shang Jianbo, and its rise has seriously threatened Shang Jianxiong's throne, Shang Jianxiong is tolerable and unbearable. As soon as all kinds of disturbances are gone, we must attack Nanzhou. Hai Wuji dared to do this, it should be that Shang Jianxiong was going to make a move on Nanzhou, and it was very likely that Shang Jianxiong took the initiative to contact Zhao Guo. ”

Uncle Tai bowed his head, "It makes sense." The two countries have joined forces, and it seems that Jinzhou and Nanzhou are in a catastrophe. ”

"Not necessarily. Shao Pingbo shook his head, "Speaking of Jinzhou and Nanzhou, there is one person who has to be mentioned, this person is Niu Youdao who defeated Weichen, and this person is definitely not a person who sits still and waits to be killed." Weichen can see that Shang Jianxiong wants to move Nanzhou, he can't fail to see it, according to Weichen, the general trend of Nanzhou is certain, and he should go to Jinzhou to discuss the matter of borrowing troops to help, and take precautions. Hai Ruyue gave birth, it was an opportunity to visit, if Weichen expected it was correct, he would definitely take the opportunity to go. ”

"The gang of Wandong Tianfu guarded it, and they didn't dare to take risks without that strength, and the news of Hai Ruyue's poisoning Wandong Tianfu didn't dare to make it public, so they would only hide it. Now that he is making a big splash, I am afraid that it will catch Hai Wuji off guard, this is not the style of Wandong Tianfu. Niu Youdao is also righteous and evil, this move is more like Niu Youdao's style of taking the edge. According to various indications, Niu Youdao himself is very likely to be in Golden State at this time. ”

Tai Shuxiong was surprised in his heart, after learning that this person was not suitable for stimulation, he didn't let the 'Heishuitai' side hand over the relevant information to this person, and he didn't tell this person about the opportunity to do something to Niu Youdao.

If you succeed, you will naturally tell you to be happy, and if you don't succeed, you will lose face if you say it is early.

What he didn't expect was that this person actually deduced that Niu Youdao was in Jinzhou, which really amazed him again.

As everyone knows, Shao Pingbo already suspected that Tai Shuxiong deliberately blocked the information and did not let himself know that Niu Youdao was in Jinzhou.

It's just that Shao Pingbo's thoughts are inconsistent with Tai Shuxiong, and Shao Pingbo thinks that Tai Shuxiong doesn't want to let himself only care about personal vendettas.

"Since he said that he would not sit still, then how do you think this Niu Youdao will solve this matter?" asked Tai Shuxiong.

Seeing that the other party ignored the problem that Niu Youdao was not in Jinzhou, Shao Pingbo affirmed his inference more and more in his heart that Niu Youdao should be in Jinzhou.

He pointed to the countries, "It's just a few possibilities, persuade Wei, Qi, Han, and Song to put pressure, and the envoys of several countries happen to be in Jinzhou, which just gives him a chance." Another possibility is to persuade the three major factions of Yan Guo to stop it strongly, but this is not very likely, as long as Nanzhou is in the hands of Yan Guo, whoever eats it will not affect their interests, Shang Jianxiong should be iron-hearted this time, if the situation is on Shang Jianxiong's side, it is destined that Shang Jianxiong will succeed, the three major factions will not fall out with Shang Jianxiong, they will only turn a blind eye. ”

"As for Wei Guo and Qi State, they were scared by the Jin State, and the focus of prevention has always been the Jin State, plus this increase in troops, the two countries will shout at most, there will be no actual action to transfer troops, and they will not scare Zhao State, so they can be ruled out. As for South Korea, Shang Jianxiong knew that he was confronting South Korea, and he was going to make a move against Nanzhou, so he was obviously psychologically prepared for confrontation. Most likely, Song Guo is the one with the strongest pressure effect, and Niu Youdao should find a way to drag Song Guo into the water. ”

Uncle Tai sighed, "In this way, since there is a direction to take precautions, the Lone King must find a way to prevent him from succeeding, just so that Nanzhou will be destroyed and Pingbo will be hated!"

"No!" Shao Pingbo immediately stopped, and then turned around and said, "Your Majesty is kind, and Weichen understands it." This matter affects the whole body, Your Majesty's plan has just begun, before taking the Wei State and the Qi State and preparing to send troops to the East, we must not let the Eastern Four Countries have the opportunity to sit strong, so that none of them can annex and maintain a situation of scattered sand and consumption of each other, and it is most advantageous to leave it to Your Majesty to sweep in the future. ”

Tai Shuxiong looked at him and nodded again and again, with a look of relief, "The hero sees the same thing!"

I don't know that Shao Pingbo really wants to take the opportunity to intervene to finish Nanzhou, if this is his Beizhou, he will definitely do this.

In his personal opinion, Niu Youdao is much more dangerous than Nanzhou, but the resources of the Jin Kingdom cannot be squandered by him to avenge his personal revenge.

The key is that Niu Youdao is a person who has repeatedly made strange moves, even if he intervenes, he may not be able to stop it, the ghost knows how Niu Youdao will start, he used the resources of the Jin Kingdom but it had no effect, it is not a good thing for him, a newcomer, he is easy to be attacked, and he has been treated well by the Jin Emperor when he first came has made many people uncomfortable.

If you really want to get rid of the trouble, it is better to let the Jin State directly send a master to get rid of Niu Youdao at any cost, but he can't say this kind of personal revenge.

I haven't established myself yet, and many things are inconvenient to do.

Coupled with the suspicion that Tai Shuxiong was tempting, he could only act as if he was thinking about the overall situation of the Jin Kingdom.