The castle is very large, otherwise it would not be called an ancient castle. The exterior of the pen and the www.biquge.info court is almost entirely a castle wall structure, revealing a rugged beauty, but the inside is extremely luxurious.

It has a triangular shape from the bottom to the top and has five layers. The top floor is naturally the master's bedroom, followed by the guest room, which is usually only eligible for guests. The third floor contains the study and dining room, and the second floor houses the servants' families. The lowest floor is the largest and is divided into three different areas: left, center, and right. On the left side is the same bedroom, where the guards of the castle are housed. The center is the lobby, which is similar to the conference room in terms of layout, and is naturally the place where the generals of all levels of the Beida Camp hold meetings. On the right side, it is divided into several rooms, but it is the daily office of the four deputy commanders.

After eating breakfast and seeing the layout of the bedroom, Zhan Bai met the two in the study.

The two are a man and a woman. The man is tall, draped all over his body, and standing straight gives people strong pressure. The woman is a young woman, and her appearance is also beautiful, although it is not as good as Qinyin Lanling, but it also has a unique flavor.

The man's name is Chi Yan, and he is the leader of the guards of the Gongwei Castle, and he is a cultivator in the Nine Rank Taiyi Realm. Guozi did not smile on his face, a pair of eyes like beasts, and from the moment he walked into the study, he kept looking up and down.

The woman's name is Ling Niang, don't look at the delicate and weak, she even has the cultivation of Jiupin Taiyi, but her identity is the housekeeper of the previous commander, taking care of the daily affairs of the castle.

The two looked at Zhanbai, and Zhanbai didn't look at the two.

The three of them just looked at each other, and the atmosphere was indescribably weird.

"Do you two know what I'm looking for you?" Finally, Zhanbai was the first to speak.

"The subordinates (slaves) don't know." The two said in unison.

"Then you might as well guess." Zhan Bai said with a smile, originally intended to soothe the atmosphere.

"Once the son of heaven and a courtier, his subordinates want to come, so they naturally want to replace us." Chiyan is a straight intestine, seeing this, he didn't make a detour, and said what he thought directly.

Although the Lingniang on the side was silent, judging from her look, it was obvious that she meant the same.

Zhan Bai Zhi, this Chiyan is not wrong, after all, the positions of the two are too important, directly related to their own safety, no matter who becomes the commander, they naturally have to install their own henchmen.

Of course, this is just a general situation, and for Zhanbai, he ...... There's really no one.

"How is Feng Kun treating you?" Zhan Bai suddenly changed his tone and asked.

"The grace of knowing things." Chi Yan said without hesitation, but this time the girl hesitated, and stopped talking but didn't say it in the end.

Zhan Bai secretly wrote it down in his heart, but he set his eyes on Chiyan.

"Then now that Feng Kun is dead, what are your plans?" Zhan Bai asked.

Chi Yan was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Zhan Bai to ask such a question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Feng Kun's death was quite strange, and he was taken off by Wei Zhen without warning, and only afterwards was he charged with premeditated assassination of the head of the family. Although Chi Yan is straight, he is not stupid, knowing that this is probably not that simple, but it is a pity that he is just a small guard leader, what can he do?

Feng Kun does have the grace of knowing him, otherwise he would not have sat in his current position, and he is more responsible for guarding his safety, which can be said to regard him as a confidant.

But there is no need to repay the kindness of knowing the encounter, otherwise, would he want to kill Wei Zhen and avenge Feng Kun? Or died in the line of duty and went to the underworld to continue to follow?

"If I let you continue to serve as the head of the guard, will it be considered a favor to you?" Zhan Bai asked with a narrow smile.

"Huh?" Chiyan was stunned again, although he was not stupid, but in terms of IQ, it was still much worse than Zhanbai, and he naturally couldn't figure out Zhanbai's intentions for a while, but he thought about it with his feelings before he replied, "Naturally." ”

Poof!

Zhan Bai almost didn't laugh, this Chiyan's theory, isn't it that if you have milk, you are a mother, but he thought this person was a loyal person just now.

Although Chiyan's answer made Zhan Bai dare to be slightly disappointed, he didn't care too much. Although this person is not loyal, he is also loyal, at least, in order to keep his position, he did not criticize the previous master behind his back.

"Alright, you go down first." Zhan Bai had a decision in his heart, so he waved his hand at him.

"Well, that's it? You won't remove me? Chiyan's old-fashioned face was full of doubts, and Zhan Bai was angry and smiling when he saw it.

"Why, you want me to remove you like that?" Zhan Bai didn't have a good airway.

"Of course...... No, I'm not stupid. Chiyan said earnestly.

"Get out of here, get out." Zhan Bai grabbed a book on his desk and threw it over, he now deeply suspected that this guy was deliberately pretending to be stupid to anger himself.

Seeing that Chi Yan was still ignorant, the Ling Niang on the side really couldn't stand it anymore, so she couldn't hold back a smile and said to Chi Yan, "You fool, don't thank the commander quickly, he agreed to let you continue to be the leader of the guard." ”

"Ah......h

"Oops."

Zhanbai's strength is not small, and he smashed the most fragile nose of the person, with a sour feeling, which almost didn't make these five big and three thick men cry, and escaped from the study with urine flowing on his buttocks.

"Where did Feng Kun find this living treasure?" Zhan Baibai laughed out loud.

"Commander Wisdom, don't look at this foolish brain, but when he does things, he is loyal and conscientious, and never makes a single discount, for this reason, but he offended the four deputy commanders below. Fortunately, I met you, if you change someone and remove the position of the leader of his guards, I am afraid that I will not be able to leave the North Camp, and I will have to be in a different place. The lady on the side smiled and explained, but between the lines she slapped her ass.

"Heh, this may be a fool's blessing." Zhan Bai laughed at himself, but he tilted his eyes towards Lingniang, "Tell me about you, you seem to have something to say just now." ”

"The commander has a discerning eye, the slave and the maid do have unspeakable secrets, and please forgive the commander." Lingniang's expression was straight, but she knelt down towards Zhanbai.

"Get up and speak." Zhan Bai waved his hand.

"Commander Xie." Ling Niang finished speaking, slowly got up, and muttered for a while before continuing to speak, "The commander asked the slave maid before, how Feng Kun treated me, this fact is unspeakable. ”

"Is that convenient?" Zhan Bai's eyes were slightly weak, and he could see that this woman was quite a city, far less easy to deal with than Chiyan.

"The people in the entire Beida camp know that Feng Kun is very good to slaves and maids, and even regards them as forbidden. But the slave and the maid ...... Hate him, wish he would die immediately. In the end, Lingniang was already gritting her teeth, and her expression was extremely hideous.

Zhan Bai was shocked, how much hatred is this, so that he can have such resentment.

"Oh, Commander, do you think the slave is a bad woman?" Lingniang laughed at herself.

"I love to hear stories, so I might as well tell them." Zhan Bai is indifferent, there is no hatred for no reason in the world, let alone love for no reason.

is different from Chu Chi and Li An, the former is regarded as a confidant by Zhanbai, and the latter is irrelevant, so Zhanbai is not interested in listening to their stories. Chu Chi needs to solve it by himself, as for Li An, who cares. But the woman in front of her is different, what Zhanbai lacks most now is people, so she has to take on the position of the steward of the castle. But this position is too important, so he must find out the details of this woman.

"Commander Hao Yaxing, then Lingniang will tell you my story." Ling Niang was not an ordinary person, and she was not annoyed at all by Zhanbai's attitude that it was not about herself, but she laughed coquettishly, cleared her throat slightly, and said slowly.

"The slave is not a casual cultivator, but is from the Jade Girl Sect. Five years ago, she and her husband came here to pan for gold. Originally, I thought that with our cultivation, not to mention making contributions here, we would always be able to earn a lot of Xuanjing stones. Hehe, it's a pity, now it seems that we were so naïve back then. Not to mention that this Xuanjing vein is as strong as a cloud, but with the strength of the two of us, it is difficult to even gain a foothold. My husband and I have been running around in the Xuanjing vein for three years, but the Xuanjing stone we have accumulated can only barely make ends meet. Everything changed completely two years ago. I remember that day, my husband and I carried a hundred spars that we had finally accumulated, and wanted to try our luck in the dungeon, hoping to find some good things, but we didn't expect to ......" Speaking of this, Lingniang was already in tears, and the past was unbearable, especially the most painful memories buried deep in my heart.

Zhan Bai was speechless, just quietly waiting for Ling Niang to calm down.

In fact, there is no need for her to say, Zhan Bai also vaguely guessed what happened later.

Sure enough, with Lingniang's eloquent story, the rest of the matter was revealed.

It was nothing more than that Feng Kun who saw that he had an idea, but because he couldn't start in the dungeon, he found someone to follow them all the way, and after they left the city, he sent someone to pretend to be a slave catcher to intercept them.

In the fight, Ling Niang's husband died on the spot, and she was unfortunately captured, and then she was sold to Feng Kun.

This Feng Kun is not a stupid person, he did not blatantly rob him, but came up with a secret plan to send someone to pretend to be a slave hunting team, so that Ling Niang naturally would not have a grudge against him, and even be grateful.

Feng Kun brought Lingniang to Beidaying, nominally the housekeeper of the castle, but in fact he was his public lover, perhaps because of Feng Kun's kindness, as time went by, Lingniang slowly gave birth to feelings, and felt that this was good, it was better than following her husband to fight everywhere in the wind and rain.

It's a pity that there is no leaky wall in the world, a year ago, by chance, Lingniang saw a familiar face in the Beidaying, and she was a member of the slave hunting team that year.

At that time, Feng Kun happened to go back to the dungeon to do business, so Lingniang sent someone to take down that person, originally wanted to torture to extract confessions and confess the location of other people, so that he could take revenge on his deceased husband, but he never expected that the truth learned from that person's mouth was like a shocking thunder.

Lingniang, who learned about the whole scam, became more and more resentful of Feng Kun, and since then, she has had the idea of assassination. It's a pity that the guards of this ancient castle are too tight, and it is not difficult to assassinate Feng Kun, but the difficulty is that he can't get out, and since then, this matter has been delayed again and again, until he suddenly learned of Feng Kun's death two days ago.

After listening to the story, Zhan Bai was silent, and with his eyes, he could see that Lingniang was not lying. Zhan Bai deeply regretted her experience, but that's all.

The road of metaphysical cultivation is more dangerous and dirty than this, and he has experienced it all. Instead of being pitied, it is better to rely on your own strength and climb up little by little, until no one can control your own destiny anymore.

Zhanbai chose the latter, and Lingniang undoubtedly chose the former.

Zhanbai understands her state of mind at this time, this woman is not perfect, she can forget her deceased husband for the sake of glory and wealth. At this time, in order to win Zhanbai's sympathy, he did not hesitate to disclose the secrets in his heart to the world. But Zhanbai did not have the slightest disparagement and contempt, this is the real flesh-and-blood person, at least one thing, she is worthy of appreciation, that is, she knows what she wants, and uses all means to fight for it.

"Feng Kun, it's dead." After a long time, Zhan Bai finally spoke.

"yes, he's dead. But I didn't have the slightest joy, because it was a sign that I might lose everything, start all over again, and even fall to the bottom. It is said that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, and the slaves and maids don't dare to think about whether they can adapt to the hardships of the past. Lingniang's self-pitying lament.

"So, you want me to leave you behind." Zhanbai didn't spare any more bends.

"Oh, I know that with the intelligence of the commander, I can naturally see the little bit of caution of the slave and maid. Although I know the result, if I don't work hard, I am really unwilling. Well, in fact, the slave also knows that the commander really has no reason to keep me, after all, the piano girl next to you is more suitable than me. Lingniang smiled bitterly, turned around and was about to leave with a lonely expression.

"Qin Yin, it is true that you can be a housekeeper, but I think it is a bit overkill." Behind him, Zhanbai's voice suddenly sounded, which made Lingniang's heart beat wildly, and the tears that had just been wiped off flowed down again.