Zhao Changhe glanced at Sanniang's expression cautiously.
Sanniang didn't show anything special. Her beautiful eyes glanced at the other person's face, and then she looked around, her expression as usual.
Zhao Changhe also breathed a sigh of relief. He and Sanniang stood behind Lai Qi and watched their conversation.
First of all, let’s see if Lai Qi can sell people... He is honest on the ship, but that may not be the case when he has a backer.
If you really listen to what they say, it depends on what he thinks.
Lai Qi really never thought about selling them. In fact, he had a vague guess that the man and woman may not be here to help fight pirates.
Maybe he came to target Penglai, and it was a bit obvious from the way he followed him in disguise. However, we are from different countries. Even if this man and woman are here to harm Penglai, it is not a bad thing.
Who has the patience to really work together to suppress the bandits? The pirates have no interest in destroying the country, but it is hard to say who is stupider than the Penglai navy.
He smiled and raised his wine glass to greet each other from a distance: "We haven't seen each other for many years, and my hair has turned gray. Haishuai seems to be the same as he was a few years ago. It seems that there are indeed strong people who have achieved spiritual success and ordinary people like us." It’s different.”
Hai Changkong smiled and said: "General Lai can't be said to be an ordinary person. The ninth level of Xuan Guan is a hero even in the Xia Kingdom."
Lai Qi smiled. The obvious difference between the people of Penglai Kingdom and other countries on the sea is that the other people on the sea came to the sea in different historical periods in the early years. Many people do not even know what the Xia Kingdom is. "the meaning of.
Only people in Penglai always refer to it as Xia. In the early years, it meant a bit of hatred, but over the years, it has become a sense of superiority that "we are more knowledgeable about things on the shore" and "we have more experience than you."
Lai Qi was too lazy to talk about it and went straight to the topic: "Does the Commander-in-Chief need to wait until all the countries are present to discuss this bandit suppression issue, or can he talk to Lai now?
"It doesn't hurt to talk about it first." Hai Changkong said: "This time of joint suppression of bandits, originally the suppression of bandits was just incidental."
Lai Qi was startled: "What do you say? The Poseidon's decree is for everyone to suppress the bandits.
Hai Changkong smiled: "Poseidon asked everyone to come to suppress the bandits. Everyone has their own thoughts. Whether it is to really suppress the bandits or just to hang out, no one knows. How to manage the allied forces and direct the battle situation like an arm, Poseidon I won’t interfere, of course it’s up to me to make my own decision.”
Lai Qi's expression changed slightly.
This is not a hint, it is an explicit statement.
Everyone has their own thoughts, some come to suppress bandits, some come to travel, and of course some can take this opportunity to unify the East China Sea. Is that what you mean?
Hai Changkong said nakedly, I want to recruit you, and I will make the capital of Java an island under the rule of Penglai!
Because countries follow the "oracle", they are very diligent in sending troops, and the main force is basically here. As long as the main force is swallowed up, the game is over directly, no need to struggle.
There is really no need to wait for everyone to talk about it, just talk one by one and beat them all to the ground.
Lai Qi knew that he couldn't even resist at all, and Penglai's attempt to subdue him was just a joke.
But in fact, it is not that everyone has not considered this kind of thing, Lai Qi was not false, and calmed down: "Penglai really wants to unify the East China Sea, is it not afraid of the Poseidon?
A truly unified and powerful maritime empire will inevitably face a problem: the struggle between divine power and monarchy. All countries worship the god of the sea, but monarchy is scattered across so many countries. No monarch can challenge the god of the sea. Once the moon is formed, the situation will be different.
Are they not afraid now? Dare to openly challenge Poseidon's authority?
In the past few years, Penglai's strength has crushed other countries, but it has never dared to do anything to destroy the country. This is the main reason.
In addition, countries are far away from each other, and it often takes one or two months to sail to another country. The significance of this kind of "destroying a country" is still unknown. There is a high probability that even if a country is destroyed, it will remain autonomous. Is Hai Pinglan crazy? Why do he do something like this that has basically no benefits but has to provoke Poseidon?
Hai Changkong chuckled and said: "Your Majesty's intention, there is no need for you to guess too much... Besides, it was Poseidon who asked everyone to send troops this time. Why don't you think this is Poseidon's tacit approval?"
Lai Qi frowned tightly and said after a long while: "Can you allow me to think about it for one night?"
Hai Changkong waved his hand cheerfully: "Of course we don't rely on coercion. We convince people with virtue, and we convince others with virtue. Come, send General Lai to rest, and arrange for the most beautiful girl."
There is no need for the girl, Lai also needs to discuss with the lieutenants.
Hai Changkong did not insist and readily stood up to see Lai Qi off.
Lai Qi returned to the guest house with a heavy heart. In fact, he had nothing to think about. He planned to ask the "Venerable" for his opinion: "The Venerable..."
Sanniang waved her hand, listened carefully for a moment, and whispered: "No eavesdropping."
Lai Qi said: "What on earth are they thinking? I'm sorry that Lai really can't understand."
Sanniang and Zhao Changhe looked at each other, equally confused. From the surface, the only possibility is that Hai Pinglan is really falling out with Poseidon, and it is difficult to find a second explanation.
The so-called destruction of the country has no real meaning, but it actually does.
It is now known that a large part of the power of Poseidon needs the power of faith. If it is a competition in this aspect, it does not matter if there is no benefit to destroying the country. As long as the faith is destroyed, forced conversion, etc., Poseidon can be weakened.
The strange thing is why Hai Pinglan dared to do such an obvious thing. Even if Poseidon couldn't defeat Xia Longyuan, wouldn't it be easy for him to defeat you, Hai Pinglan? Are you going to kill yourself if you provoke me so directly?
Could it be that this was really the tacit approval of Poseidon himself?
Zhao Changhe said flatly: "I still suggest eavesdropping... This is also their first showdown with a small country. When we leave, they will definitely discuss this internally, so that the true meaning can be heard."
Sanniang said nothing, and the two of them disappeared into the night. After a while, they reappeared in the restaurant, landed silently on the top, lifted a small piece of tile and looked inside.
Hai Changkong was still having a banquet with his subordinates. As expected, what he said was different from what he had just said. His arrogant look was gone, and instead he was a bit worried: "Lai Qi is not a tough person, but his performance this time really impressed me." Surprisingly, maybe he has something else to rely on...
General Bien Shang advised: "The commander-in-chief does not need to be so cautious. Java said that Po Tian is just a small player."
Hai Changkong sighed: "You don't know... There is news from the pirate side that the Third Master is back. Do you know what this means?
The generals looked at each other, most of them really didn't know. Only a few veterans knew the meaning, and they all lowered their voices and asked: "Really?
"True. The Sea King suddenly used the Sea Tribe people to attack the pirates before. There was a very strong woman in that battle, so she must be the one.
The one who knew it was a little upset: "She is really back... at this moment!
Hai Changkong's tiger eyes swept over everyone, taking in all the expressions, and said coldly: "So this battle must be won but not lost. I cannot ignore any slight changes."
"She... what is her strength?" someone asked cautiously.
"Absolutely the same as me." Hai Changkong said calmly: "In short, he is not an immortal body. When he sees it, he will be killed regardless of the cost.
"Then...since there is a detailed plan, where is their new base? They may not need to look for it anymore?
"Of course, that was for all countries to hear, so as not to leak the news to the pirates. In fact, I have always known where they are.
Everyone looked like they were sighing and toasted: "As expected of the commander-in-chief, he can strategize and cannot be troubled at all."
Everyone in Hai Changkong drank without hesitation, and the atmosphere at the banquet became noisy, as if the solemnity just now was just a gust of wind passing by, and no one cared.
Seeing that his ears were full of wine, a general stood up unsteadily and said with a smile: "I'm going to relieve myself."
He wandered out of the backyard, but did not go to the toilet. Instead, he quickly summoned his followers: "Quick, go..."
"Where to go?" The general turned his head in shock and saw Hai Changkong standing behind him with a smile.
He suddenly broke into a cold sweat and said with a smile: "The young general is too drunk, so I asked my attendant to buy some hangover medicine...
Zhao Changhe and Sanniang were ready to attack and rescue people almost at the same time.
"Oh, it's okay. I have some medicine here. If you have anything to say in the future, just ask." To their surprise, Hai Changkong ignored him at all.
Then he hugged the general's shoulder affectionately and returned to the hall with a smile, as if nothing had happened.
Sanniang's eyes widened and she was a little shocked.
In the scene just now, the general should be communicating with the pirates, telling them that the place was exposed and they should retreat quickly. But Hai Changkong followed him out openly and secretly, but didn't express any reaction at all. He just interrupted his message.
Shouldn't this be taken down immediately?
Even the so-called "knowing where the pirates are" is just fishing, waiting for the traitor to pass on the information to the pirates and sending someone to follow them, so that they can truly find out where the pirates are.
This is the conventional understanding.
But what is Hai Changkong doing? Are you protecting this general in turn?
