Above the Tai Chi Temple.

Emperor Daqian was sitting on the dragon chair, put down the recital that Zhuo Ping, the Qing of Dali Temple, had just played, and said with a sad and indignant face: "The two assassins of Ke and Yun are so dead, those thieves are really hateful!"

"The group of mountain bandits in Heishui Village first took hostages, and then killed two of the two fourth-grade masters, may I ask the imperial brother, how should this matter be handled?" King Rong said with a dissatisfied face.

This morning, King Rong went to discuss with Xue Jingshu about sending her back to Jeju after the court meeting, but he didn't expect Xue Jingshu to hesitate for a moment and agreed, which made King Rong very happy.

But not long after he was happy, as soon as he walked to the four horses in front of the mansion, King Rong received the news that Zhang Guo and Fu Yunsheng were killed by the mountain bandits in Heishui Village, and Fu Yunsheng's wife was also missing, and his face became gloomy.

Heishui Village is entrenched on Heishui Mountain outside the imperial capital, and its power is not small, with thousands of mountain bandits gathered, and the owner of Heishui Village is a cultivator in the realm of sword masters, which is quite difficult.

King Rong didn't care about the whereabouts of Fu Yunsheng's wife, but Zhang Guo and Fu Yunsheng were killed, and the positions of assassins in Ke and Yun were vacant, which was a fatal thing.

"Emperor brother, don't worry!" Emperor Daqian held back the joy in his heart and said calmly: "I sent the commander of the security battalion to lead the army to level the group of daring mountain bandits with five thousand. ”

"Brother Huang is wise!" King Rong saluted.

"Your Majesty is wise!" all the courtiers also shouted in unison, including the courtiers of the Hou Party, of course, Lin Mo and Xuanyuan.

The voices of the courtiers fell, and King Rong immediately went straight to the point, and said: "Brother Huang, the assassination history of the two states of Keyun is dead, and now the top priority is to chase the seal and elect a new assassin history, so as to cooperate with the state pastor to stabilize the hearts of the people of the two states." ”

In the Great Qian Empire on the Zhongzhou mainland, the military and the government were separated, the history of the assassin was separated from the state pastor, the history of the assassin was in charge, and the state pastor was in charge of the army, so the state pastor was also called the state pastor, and the history of the assassin was also called the history of the government.

"What the royal brother said is reasonable. Emperor Daqian hummed with a sad face, and continued: "Then I will posthumously seal Fu Yunsheng, the assassin of Kezhou, as a loyal baron, and Zhang Guo, the assassin of Yunzhou, as the baron of Guangyuan, and his descendants will enjoy his title. ”

As he spoke, Emperor Daqian looked at the courtiers again and asked, "As for who will take over the position of assassin of Keyun and Yunzhou, I wonder who can be elected by the Qing family?"

Emperor Daqian's words fell, and the Taiji Temple instantly fell silent, and the people of the two parties looked at each other one after another, and a fierce battle was about to begin.

At this moment, Lin Mo suddenly spoke.

Lin Mo got out of the queue, bowed, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's understanding of the two states of Keyun, there are two talents in the minister's heart. ”

Lin Qing spoke quickly. Emperor Daqian said urgently.

Feeling that the courtiers of the audience cast their attention, Lin Mo said indifferently: "King Cao of Kezhou is like this, diligent and loving the people can take over the position of Kezhou Assassin History, Yunzhou soldier Cao Li Lian, with outstanding ability, and caring for the people can take over the position of Yunzhou Assassin History." ”

As soon as Lin Mo's words came out, several people in the Hou Party immediately stood up to refute Lin Mo's proposal, because they felt that these two people were all King Rong's old subordinates.

Moreover, they all knew that it was Lin Mo who helped King Rong to bring down Li Tai, how could they agree.

As for the courtiers of the Rong Party, they naturally strongly supported Lin Mo.

King Rong and Xuanyuan stood in place and thought quietly, without speaking, and after a while, the two of them suddenly stood out of the queue in unison and said in unison: "The minister (brother of the minister) seconded Lin Shangqing's performance." ”

As soon as the words of the two came out, all the courtiers immediately quieted down, and then the party's quarrel saw that the second-in-command Xuanyuan agreed, how could they object, so they also expressed their support.

Emperor Daqian, who was sitting on the dragon chair on the jade steps, was full of doubts in his heart, why did Lin Mo elect all the people from the Rong Party? But at this moment, Emperor Daqian had no choice but to agree to ask Lin Mo after the end of the early dynasty.

When the thought fell, Emperor Daqian straightened his posture and said: "Okay, I will seal the Kezhou Hu Cao Wang Ruzhi as the Kezhou Assassin History, and the Yunzhou soldier Cao Li Lian as the Yunzhou Assassin History." ”

After speaking, Emperor Daqian changed his words sharply and said: "Two days later, the marriage mission sent by the King of the Western Regions will enter my imperial capital Qiantian City, I don't know the emperor's brother, Xuanqing, and Lin Qing, which of you is willing to be a reception envoy?"

Being an envoy to receive the missions of other countries has always been a very honorable errand, and this kind of errand was brought by King Rong and Xuanyuan in previous years, but this year is different, there is one more first-class Shangqing, Lin Mo.

As soon as Emperor Daqian's words fell, King Rong wanted to recommend himself, but when Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Lin Mo, he immediately changed his words: "Brother Huang, the younger brother elected Lin Shangqing as the reception envoy of the Western Regions Mission. ”

For King Rong, being an envoy to receive missions from other countries is inherently a very prestigious thing, but King Rong felt that this was a good time to recruit Lin Mo, so he elected Lin Mo.

Immediately following King Rong's words, Xuanyuan bowed and saluted: "The minister also tried his best to elect Lin Shangqing. ”

Just when the Houdang courtiers were puzzled, King Rong and Xuanyuan were secretly happy, and Emperor Daqian was about to give an order, Lin Mo suddenly refused: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible, the minister is still underqualified, how can he take on this great responsibility, or choose someone else!"

Although receiving envoys from other countries is a very honorable and face-saving thing, Lin Moke is not uncommon at all, if something happens to the envoy, then the reception of envoys will be offended.

With that reception effort, I might as well accompany my wife at home!

Swallowing the words that came to his mouth, Emperor Daqian asked: "In this case, then Lin Shangqing can have someone to elect, this time to receive the Western Regions delegation is a big matter, I wonder if the emperor's brother is willing?"

King Rong naturally would not refuse, so he bowed and saluted: "The younger brother is willing to share the worries of the imperial brother!"

And Xuanyuan didn't fight, because last time he had already received the Beidi delegation that came to compensate for peace, and this time it was indeed King Rong's turn to receive the Western Regions mission.

After discussing the matter of receiving the Western Regions mission, and discussing the flood disaster in the two states of Zhangjiang, under the signal of Emperor Daqian, Gao Yue shouted at the top of his voice: "There is a book to start and no book to retreat!"

Seeing that the courtiers did not respond, they also went down to the early court.

After the early dynasty, Xuanyuan went straight away, and King Rong walked to Lin Mo with a smile and thanked him, so that the history of the two states of Keyun was still in his own hands, and he must be grateful.

The two were chatting happily, and Gao Yue came out and called Lin Mo away.

Bidding farewell to King Rong, Lin Mo led Xifeng and Qiu Yun to Dongnuan Pavilion and entered by himself, Lin Mo saw Emperor Daqian with a puzzled face sitting behind the imperial case, bowing his head and worrying about something.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you're worried about?"

Hearing that Lin Mo was coming, Emperor Daqian sent out the palace eunuchs in the warm pavilion, and asked puzzledly: "Ziyong, why did you stand up and elect those two people today, why don't you let the two parties of Ronghou compete?"

"Why do you want them to fight?" Lin Mo asked rhetorically, and then smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, this battle is meaningless, Keyun and the two states are both the sphere of influence of King Rong. ”

"Ke Ziyong, if we let the Rong Party and the Hou Party compete, then wouldn't we be able to take advantage of the opportunity to ......" Emperor Daqian wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lin Mo's words.

Lin Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that you are the one who wants to take the opportunity to install us, but this is also meaningless, the military power is in the hands of King Rong's party, even if it is a chess piece in political affairs, it is meaningless." ”

"Ziyong is right. After listening to Lin Mo's words, Emperor Daqian instantly understood the key to it, and he suddenly became enlightened.

Indeed, what is most needed now is to weaken the forces in the hands of King Rong, if he does not weaken his forces, no matter how many chess pieces are laid in political affairs, it is useless.

Looking at the Great Qiandi Emperor, who suddenly understood, but was still a little unwilling, Lin Mo suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Your Majesty, do you know who the Yunzhou soldier Cao Li Lian is?"

"Isn't it the son-in-law of Mu Qinyan in Yunzhou?" Emperor Daqian wondered.

Lin Mo nodded, and said with a smile: "That's right, this Li Lian is the son-in-law of Mu Qin Yan in Yunzhou, but Your Majesty, you know that this Qin Yan is a member of the Hou Party." ”

"How is it possible?" Emperor Daqian was shocked: "Ziyong, this Qin Yan used to be a confidant of King Rong's Mansion, so King Rong sent him to Yunzhou to be the commander of the 50,000 army in Yunzhou. ”

"Nothing is impossible. Lin Mo smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, before the minister came to the imperial capital, he sent someone to inquire clearly, this Qin Yan was the eyes that the first emperor placed beside King Rong, and after the first emperor died, these eyes were in the hands of Xuan Shu." ”

"Ziyong, are you serious?"

"Minister, don't dare to bully the king. ”

Looking at the confident look on Lin Mo's face, Emperor Daqian became happy.

Since this Qin Yan is a member of the Hou Party, it means that there are still only 350,000 troops in the hands of King Rong, and Empress Dowager Xuanshu has 290,000 troops.

After Li Tai's case, Emperor Daqian, with the assistance of Lin Mo, got the security battalion and 10,000 surrendered troops, a total of 20,000, and became the biggest winner.

Totaling the strength in his hands, the forbidden army is 80,000, the Yulin army on the dam is 150,000, and now he has 250,000 in his hands, and the Great Qian Emperor believes that these 250,000 troops will be able to withstand the combination of the two armies of the Ronghou under Lin Mo.

Looking at the joyful Emperor Daqian, Lin Mo suddenly poured a scoop of piercing ice water on him: "Your Majesty, what the minister wants to tell you is that we are still not optimistic now, we only have 100,000 troops in our hands, and there are no 250,000 at all. ”

Emperor Daqian's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked: "Ziyong, are you joking with me? How can we only have 100,000 troops in our hands and the other 150,000......?

As he spoke, Emperor Daqian suddenly understood something, and looked at Lin Mo with a solemn expression, the gaze in his eyes was unwilling, incredulous, but more resentful.

Feeling the gaze cast by Emperor Daqian, Lin Mo spoke: "Your Majesty, you are right, the 150,000 Yulin army on the dam that is only loyal to the emperor does not belong to you. ”

Lin Mo took out a secret letter from his bosom, presented it to Emperor Daqian, and said lightly: "The 150,000 Yulin army has long been divided between King Rong and Empress Dowager Xuanshu, the 70,000 troops of the Beishan camp belong to King Rong, and the 80,000 troops of the Nanshan camp belong to the Empress Dowager Xuanshu." ”

This secret letter is the latest information from the Mozong Night Scholar last night, and the secret letter reads: The previous news is wrong, and the 150,000 Yulin Army on the dam has already changed hands.

In this regard, Lin Mo was not surprised at all, since the Empress Dowager Xuanshu had put you Ji Ning on the throne of the emperor, how could she not move the Yulin army that was loyal to the emperor.

Why is the 70,000 troops of the Beishan camp in the hands of King Rong? You Empress Dowager Xuanshu wanted to move the Yulin army, why did King Rong not want to, and the separation of the two battalions in the north and south was the final compromise between the two parties.

After reading the contents of the secret letter, Emperor Daqian's expression became cold, and suddenly, he tore the secret letter to pieces, slapped the table and said angrily: "Ji Guang and Xuanshu, the thief, actually moved the Yulin Army, and I want to cut you with a thousand knives." ”

Looking at the angry Emperor Qian, Lin Mo also felt a little sad in his heart: If it weren't for the words of Gai Chen, the commander of the forbidden army and the great cultivator of the Great Sword Master realm, the two parties of Ronghou would be a little jealous, and I am afraid that the 80,000 forbidden army would be gone.

After the anger, Emperor Daqian calmed down, looked at Lin Mo, and said sincerely: "The power of the two parties is so great, Ziyong, only can you help me, you are my brother-in-law, you must help me!"

Lin Mo bowed and said with relief: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, now that the two parties are restraining each other, our situation is not so bad, we still have time, and the minister will definitely help you." ”

"Ziyong, please!"

"Your Majesty rest assured, your ......"

After comforting Emperor Daqian, Lin Mo walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion and walked on the corridor and corridor in the inner palace, but there was a faint evil smile on the corner of his mouth.

Now the two parties of Ronghou have a total of nearly 800,000 troops in their hands, and Emperor Daqian only holds 100,000 in his hands, this power disparity is extremely extreme, but Lin Mo just likes this feeling of swallowing these 800,000 troops little by little.

Lin Mo did not leave the palace, but went directly to Xiao Shuya's Jinsu Palace.

Coming to the gate of Jinsu Palace, Lin Mo looked at the golden plaque on his head, and thought in his heart: I don't know if Emperor Daqian knows that this Xiao Shuya is the daughter of Xiao Fu, the commander of Pingzhou's 50,000 army, will he come to Jinsu Palace?

But no matter whether Emperor Daqian will come or not, the Jinsu Palace in front of him now, the beauty in the palace, and the 50,000 troops in Pingzhou have all been put on the chessboard by Lin Mo.

Seeing Lin Mo marching into the palace, Ah Hui, who was directing the palace ladies in the palace, turned around and was about to enter the palace to greet Concubine Xiao Shuya, but was immediately stopped by Lin Mo.

"No need, Ben Qing went in by himself. ”

Thinking of what Xiao Shuya was doing in the house, Ah Hui's face became a little strange, but she thought that her mother had already committed herself to the disciple in front of her that day, and Emperor Daqian acquiesced, so she had to give up.

Let Xifeng and Qiu Yun guard the outside of the hall, Lin Mo gently pushed open the door of the palace, walked in, took the snow cloak and put it on Mu Shi, looked around, and didn't see Xiao Shuya's person.

Walking into the inner room again, he suddenly saw a beautiful woman taking a bath, seeing such a fragrant scene, Lin Mo was extremely rippling, and praised it from the bottom of his heart: "What a beautiful hibiscus out of the water!"

Gong E, who was in charge of serving Xiao Shuya out of the bath, was about to scream, but was glared at by Lin Mo's cold eyes, and Gong E was about to swallow her words back.

Feeling that someone was coming in, Xiao Shuya, the beauty who came out of the bath, did not look back, straightened her arms, and ordered: "Ah Hui, tell the palace to change clothes, the famous Lin Shangqing should be coming soon." ”

Lin Mo glanced at Mu Shi's dirty clothes, pants and skirts, did not speak, smiled faintly, picked up those things, stood behind Xiao Shuya, and began to put them on for her.

In terms of the cooperation of that Gong'e, put on all the clothes for Xiao Shuya, Xiao Shuya instructed that Gong'e: "You go out first, Ah Hui stays and coils her hair for the palace." ”

"Yes!" said Gong E, and walked out of the hall.

Lin Mo stepped forward, and at the moment when he passed by Nagong E, he gave her a gold leaf, and Nagong E didn't speak, just showed a grateful expression, and withdrew.

Xiao Shuya sat down in front of the dresser, and when she saw that "Ah Hui" didn't come over, she didn't look back and called again: "Ah Hui, come over and coil your hair for the palace." ”

Lin Mo smiled faintly, walked behind Xiao Shuya gently, put his hands on her shoulders, and said with a rippling smile: "Okay, Concubine De, then let me coil the hair for you." ”

Hearing Lin Mo's voice suddenly sounded, looking at the portrait in the mirror, Xiao Shuya glared at her beautiful eyes, covered her mouth and exclaimed, "When did you come?"

"Don't be you, call me Ziyong!" Lin Mo picked up the white jade comb on the dresser, and while combing his hair, he said, "When you just got out of the bath, I still wore this dress for you?"

Xiao Shuya was shocked again, that is, she had just been watched, but soon, Xiao Shuya calmed down again, and said with a charming smile: "Then Ziyong, you are responsible for the concubine." ”

Lin Mo didn't ask questions and answers, but smiled and combed Xiao Shuya's hair, and after all the hair was combed, he picked up a red ribbon and tied it at the ends of his hair.

After tying it up, Jean leaned on his arms, Lin Mo gently hugged her behind his back, put his head on her shoulder, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, then I don't know how Concubine De Niangniang wants Benqing to be responsible?"

Xiao Shuya, who just turned 30 years old. At the moment, it looks very lazy, and there is a faint charm between the eyebrows, and every move is full of ten thousand styles, which is very charming.

Still embraced by Lin Mo, Xiao Shuya pressed her cheeks tightly against Lin Mo's delicate face, looked at herself and Lin Mo in the mirror, and asked, "When will you take me out of the palace, I'm thirty years old, and I can't stand the years." ”

Although Xiao Shuya is thirty years old, due to excellent maintenance and long-term health, she looks only twenty-five years old, delicate and extraordinary.

"What's wrong with thirty, it's your most beautiful moment!" Lin Mo smiled evilly, and then said seriously: "Stay until after the Great Dynasty Meeting, after the Great Dynasty Meeting, I will arrange for you to go back to Pingzhou Xiao's house." ”

"Talking about him left and right. Xiao Shuya stood up, stood on tiptoe, and wrapped her hands around Lin Mo's neck: "I mean take me to your mansion and become your first lady." ”

"Now is not the time!" Lin Mo wrapped his hands around her waist and said, "When you return to Pingzhou, master the Xiao family, master the 50,000 army in your father's hands, and take these as a dowry, I will take you into the mansion." ”

"You really paid attention to this, let me be the eyes of your palace!" Xiao Shuya broke free of Lin Mo's hands, walked to the couch chair and leaned back, and asked lazily, "What is the dowry of the eldest grandson Yuyin?"

Lin Mo walked to the couch chair and sat down, looked at the lazy person in the couch chair and said: "The eldest grandson of Lanzhou, and the name of the eldest princess of Roujia, I am now a righteous concubine, and I have passed the west gate when I entered the Qing Wuzhong Gate." ”

"Lanzhou is in the Shen Kingdom in the north, it won't help you much, right?" Xiao Shuya said with a smile: "The concubine is just a false name, do you care about this? If the concubine guesses well, what you value is this inner palace, and it is the influence of the eldest grandson Yunshan on Emperor Daqian, right?"

Lin Mo laughed, stroked Xiao Shuya's face, licked his lips and said, "There is no privacy when dealing with smart people, if you enter the mansion, you will have fun with Zhilan." ”

"Bai Zhilan, your second lady?" Letting Lin Mo caress her face, Xiao Shuya's eyes rolled and said with interest: "Interesting, then I will have a good understanding of her in the future." ”

Saying that, Xiao Shuya paused for a moment before saying, "But that's also a matter for the future, now, Ziyong, you still tell me what you want to do when you come to me this time, right?"

"It's nothing, I just miss you. Lin Mo shook his head and said, "Why, now that the people in the Inner Palace know that you Xiao Shuya is my Lin Ziyong's, you can't let me come?"

"Okay, come if you want!" Xiao Shuya turned sideways, took a velvet blanket and draped it on her body, yawned and said, "The concubine fell asleep first, and Lin Shangqing took care of herself." ”

Lin Mo smiled helplessly, took out a letter from his arms, and put it on the table next to him: "It's inconvenient for me to appear, you find an opportunity to hand over this letter to the Empress Dowager Xuanshu, saying that Zhang Guo and Fu Yunsheng are just small gifts, and it will be a formal gift after the big court meeting." ”

After speaking, Lin Mo stretched out his hand to pick up Xiao Shuya, but Xiao Shuya said: "Are you sure Ziyong wants to sleep with the concubine? The concubine is thirty this year, are you sure?"

Hearing this, Lin Mo was stunned, withdrew his hand and said, "Shu Ya, then I'll wait for you to finish the affairs of Pingzhou, and after you finish it, I will carry you into the Lin Mansion in a beautiful way!"

After speaking, Lin Mo went to lie down on another couch chair and fell asleep.