Seeing that the hooked nose seemed to understand what he meant, Xiang Guang nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good, I'll leave everything to you. You must make all arrangements for me. Once we deal with Qin De, he's just a bandit in the Blackwater Mountains. Isn't he going to be wiped out with a snap of his finger?"
"Your Majesty is wise, my subordinates understand what to do." Hearing this, the hooked nose responded respectfully.
Later, Xiang Guang read another confidential letter and said, "Uncle Shangguan's letter also confirmed everything Zhen Xu investigated."
Yes, Qin De did not expect that Shangguan Hong turned out to be the uncle of the current emperor Xiang Guang. Fortunately, he did not completely trust Shangguan Hong, a simpleton, otherwise it would really ruin the matter.
The hook-nosed man also laughed when he heard this, "Qin De probably never imagined that he would be isolated and helpless from the beginning."
At this point, his eyes rolled around and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, how about capturing the thief first and capturing the king first? We first secretly send someone to assassinate Qin De. In this way, the group of dragons will be leaderless. If we send another army , we can definitely destroy the Qin family easily."
"Stupid!" Xiang Guang shook his head slightly when he heard this and sneered, "What's the use of just killing Qin De? What I want is for his Qin family to be completely destroyed! If only Qin De dies, the Qin family will have to change its head. That's it. After all, Qin De has three sons. As far as I know, except for the third son Qin Yu who cannot practice internal skills due to congenital problems, his other two sons are not easy to use. Only Qin Yu can be eliminated. Virtue will only irritate them, it is meaningless, and may even be counterproductive. If they go crazy by then, the million-strong army is no joke."
"Moreover, we sent people to assassinate him as soon as he finished discussing with Uncle Shangguan. Doesn't that mean that Uncle Shangguan sold him out?" Xiang Guang continued to analyze in a cold voice, "As you said, then Qin De I never dreamed of the relationship between my Xiang family and the Shangguan family. It is in our interest to maintain the current situation, and now is not the time to take action."
"Your Majesty is wise, but your subordinates are dull." Hook-nosed continued to flatter him.
Hearing this, a trace of pride appeared on Xiang Guang's face, and he seemed to enjoy the feeling of being complimented: "The most important thing we should do now is to stand still. It doesn't matter how the Qin family rebels, let Shangguan The family helps them, and when the Qin family thinks they have a chance to win and is defenseless... then it's time to take action! At that time, the Shangguan family suddenly changes sides, and the Blackwater Mountain Range is behind it and gives the Qin family a hard blow, hmph, I Look, the Qin family isn’t finished yet!”
The hook-nosed man chuckled when he heard the words, and quickly continued to flatter him: "Your Majesty is wise. At the critical moment of the war, the Qin family will be attacked from both sides. Our cavalry will be able to easily destroy the Qin family without any effort! We can even reduce the losses. Pressed to the minimum, it’s simply wonderful!”
"Of course!" Xiang Guang was very proud to hear such flattery. He was also very satisfied with his strategy and thought it was perfect. "Okay, now that you understand, go get it done! Remember, you must try every means to win over Heishui." Those bandits in the mountains, beauties with gold, silver, jewelry, etc... whatever they want, they agree to!"
Speaking of this, Xiang Guang's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness.
"I understand! Let's do it now!" The hook-nosed man noticed this chill and felt a chill running down his spine. Fortunately, it was the bandits who suffered, not himself.
He knew how ruthless his master was.
So, after respectfully accepting the order, he disappeared into the room in a flash.
After leaving the palace, the hook-nosed man returned to his manor.
"Ms. sir, you are finally back..."
As soon as he stepped into the house, a beautiful woman held the child's hand to greet him.
"Dad!" The cute little boy jumped on the man. The hook-nosed man picked her up and smiled, then said to his wife.
"Madam, please close the door and take a rest. Don't get cold at the door."
The beautiful woman closed the door obediently.
After the two put the child to sleep, the wife showed a worried look on her face and asked quietly: "My lord, has the emperor arranged any dangerous tasks for you? Is this so?"
When will my days come to an end... It's always like this, I always feel uneasy. "
The hook-nosed man shook his head helplessly when he heard this, and said: "Madam, things are not as simple as you think. This job is not something I can quit if I don't want to do it... I have been with Xiang Guang all year round, and I know He has so many secrets that it’s impossible to escape from them. But don’t worry, with Xiang Guang’s IQ, your husband can still handle it.”
Yes, his respect in front of Xiang Guang was naturally all fake, and so was his flattery.
He knew very well that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. He also knew very well that Xiang Guang was not a wise king. Loyalty was impossible. He was respectful in front of Xiang Guang, of course to protect himself.
Thinking of this, the hook-nosed man frowned slightly, seeming to realize that something was wrong with today's situation.
He knows Xiang Guang well. With the intelligence of this foolish king, it is impossible for him to come up with the strategy like today. According to Xiang Guang's character, like today, knowing Qin De's rebellion, logically he should follow his own advice and send troops without saying a word. Someone went over to assassinate Qin De.
But Xiang Guang was so calm today that he felt extremely unusual. This guy could actually keep his composure, which was completely different from his usual self.
Could it be that someone was giving advice to this idiot emperor behind his back? The hook-nosed man thought so.
The hook-nosed man guessed right. There was indeed an expert behind Xiang Guang.
Xiang Guang was indeed a fatuous and incompetent emperor as he thought. If he had not been like this, he would not have made the same mistake as he did and provoked Qin De to rebel.
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the other side.
Zhendong Prince's Mansion.
Qin De stood with his hands behind his hands in the courtyard, looking at the night sky calmly, guessing the next development of the situation.
"With Xiang Guang's temperament, he will probably send someone to attack me directly, right?"
Qin De smiled and guessed this.
Although he didn't know the relationship between Shangguan Hong and Xiang Guang, he knew Shangguan Hong's character. As a wallflower, he would definitely report his rebellion to Xiang Guang.
According to Xiang Guang's character, after knowing that he was going to rebel, he would definitely be unable to help himself and send someone to get rid of him.
Xu Yuan on the side nodded slightly when he heard this and said: "But your lord, this doesn't seem to mean anything. Xiang Guang will send someone to assassinate you. It is also possible that Zhen Xu found out that we were secretly stationing troops, and Xiang Guang guessed that we were going to rebel. It may not be Shangguan. Did Hong betray us?"
"Indeed, this cannot prove that Shangguan Hong has ulterior motives, but do we need to care whether Shangguan Hong is on both sides?" Qin De chuckled and said indifferently.
Their plan was based on Shangguanhong betraying them from the beginning. From the beginning, they had no intention of really relying on Shangguanhong's power.
"Yeah, hahaha." Xu Yuan also laughed when he heard this.
Yes, do they need to worry about something like this that has been expected for a long time?
The purpose of this negotiation is not really to win over the Shangguan family, it is just enough to use some fog bombs to achieve the effect required by the Qin family.
They never trusted anyone but themselves.
"Now, that Xiang Guang is probably planning to bribe the bandits in the Blackwater Mountains, and wants to stab us in the back? Haha." Qin De smiled disdainfully, his tone full of contempt.
"Hahaha..." Xu Yuan smiled even more happily.
Theoretically speaking, with the bandits from the Blackwater Mountains present, the Qin family's army would indeed be unable to attack in full force, and they would have worries.
But... what if the two hundred thousand bandits in the Blackwater Mountains belong to the Qin family?
This is not as simple as just having no worries, it is equivalent to sending 200,000 troops from the sky at the beginning of the war! Xiang Guang never imagined that the Qin family's troops were not 800,000 troops or 1 million troops, but a full 1.2 million troops! Plus the Fierce Tiger Army among them. The Qin family's troops alone are enough to rival the Xiang family and the Mu family, without the need to rely on anyone's strength at all!
"Report——"
Just two
When people were chatting happily, the guard who delivered the order came shouting loudly.
Qin De took the letter and the smile on his face became even bigger.
"Hahaha, God help me!" He laughed and shared his joy with Xu Yuan on the side: "Yu'er has really done a great job this time!"
"Is it the news about that crystal stone?" Xu Yuan asked with some confusion.
He had also heard that His Highness the Third Prince had come to the mansion with a crystal stone, but he had been arranging a meeting with Shangguan Hong for the prince and had not been able to go and see it in person. Now it seemed that there was an unexpected surprise?
"It's a spiritual weapon!" Qin De couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect that the crystal stone Yu'er got this time was actually a spiritual stone that can be used to refine spiritual weapons! Brother Feng is refining it at the moment. The top combat power of Fanga Zhendong Palace can be armed again! In this way, the execution of the plan will be more certain."
A spiritual weapon!
When Xu Yuan heard this, he immediately understood the reason for Qin De's happiness.
That is a spiritual weapon, a treasure that can directly increase the combat effectiveness of their immortals. This is no less important than the 200,000 troops hidden in the Blackwater Mountains! How could Qin De not be overjoyed?
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Time flies, three days have passed.
The palace of the Prince of Zhendong has carved jade railings, pavilions, and pavilions. It is extremely majestic. The guards are holding fierce tigers and scanning the surroundings. The tightness of the guards can be seen. It is late at night at the top of the first floor pavilion. , there was a man and an eagle sitting there. Although the guards knew about it, they turned a blind eye.
"The path of cultivation is really becoming more and more difficult as we go on. I have been practicing hard for three days, but I haven't seen much results." Qin Yu opened his eyes and sighed helplessly in his heart.
No wonder, according to Uncle Feng, those cultivators clearly have hundreds or even thousands of years of life, but they are still not enough to practice.
He is only in the acquired realm now, but he already feels that cultivation is difficult. Of course, it's also possible that he has really reached the extreme of acquired nature, so he can't make any progress.
It seems that we really have to find a way to break through to the innate realm as soon as possible.
However, Qin Yu has no clue yet without using Dantian's cultivation method.
"Uncle Feng, it will take some time to refine the weapon, right?"
While talking, Qin Yu looked at Xiao Hei beside him as if questioning.
Feng Yuzi told him before the refining in seclusion that this time the refining would take anywhere from three days to nine days. Now that it was only the third day, there should be no rush.
Seeing Xiao Hei nodding, Qin Yu suppressed his excitement and prepared to continue trying to practice.
Of course he would be excited too.
After all, it was a spiritual weapon. Even masters in the Nascent Soul stage dreamed of it, so of course he wanted it too.
And this spiritual weapon is different from the dark red dagger that the teacher refined for him. It can be used as a weapon all the time and is not a consumable item that will break after being used twice.
However, Qin Yu also knows that time is running out, and the most important thing now is to improve his own strength. Just like the teacher said, foreign objects are foreign objects after all.
"Xiao Hei, what do you think I should do to cultivate to the innate realm?"
Qin Yu scratched his head and asked with some annoyance, "If you are practicing internal strength, there are various cultivation methods from the predecessors that you can learn from, but I am practicing external strength.
Except for the mysterious person that Uncle Feng mentioned about his existence, it can be said that there is no one before or since when applying external power to the innate. Where can I find any method to learn from? Do I really have to figure it out on my own? How long will it take? "
After Qin Yu listened to Feng Yuzi's explanation about cultivators, he understood more clearly that cultivation is not something that happens overnight. Some cultivators stay in seclusion for decades or even hundreds of years. You can imagine how hard it is to realize something. difficulty.
And this is still based on the fact that there is a way to find it.
But he has to create a new path by himself. Isn't it even more difficult to reach the sky?
"How about... how about asking the teacher?"
Qin Yu thought this, but suddenly,
He froze.
"Thousands of great roads lead to the same destination through different paths... Thousands of great roads lead to the same destination through different paths!"
He muttered to himself, then realization dawned on him.
"Hahahaha - it turns out that the teacher gave me a hint a long time ago!?"
For a moment, Qin Yu became excited.
"That's right! Since there are thousands of ways leading to the same goal, why don't I try to practice external martial arts in the same way as internal martial arts?" Thinking of this, Qin Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.
In order to realize that you should think about it in reverse, since there are indeed no examples of external skills that have entered the innate realm, but there are countless examples of internal skills that have been cultivated, and it is impossible to learn from the experience of the predecessors who practiced external skills, then it is not possible to learn from the experience of the predecessors who practiced internal skills. Enough?
Since we all reach the same destination through different paths in the end, we must be able to find common ground!
For a moment, Qin Yu suddenly became excited.
He recalled what he had learned about the experience of becoming an innate warrior and prepared to give it a try.
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