Ji Buyun heard Nan Wan'er's words, he didn't answer, for some reason he suddenly thought of the queen who was sleeping in his chest, because the queen was forced to believe in the punishment of heaven, he understood why his uncle asked him to persuade the high priest not to rush to the throne, and the high priest himself resolutely did not want to ascend the throne immediately.

The High Priest was not running away, she was consciously protecting herself, she temporarily relinquished the dazzling throne, and at the same time avoided becoming the target of public criticism, without taking all responsibility.

It was because the queen was in the position of the king, who had to take responsibility, that she had no way to avoid it.

He re-sorted out the recent events and the conversations of everyone today, and found that if Lord Ao Zhiwu and those persuasive elders intersected behind their backs, it would be the most terrible thing.

Lord Ao Zhiwu is the patriarch of the Ao clan, after he resigned, according to Ao Xian, no matter who takes over the standing army in those children of the Ao clan, the command of the standing army is actually still in the hands of Lord Ao Zhiwu.

And after the resignation of the five-person government, those persuasive elders are likely to grasp the rights left over from the five-person government.

If Lord Ao Zhiwu and the elders who persuaded him to intersect behind his back, then in the end he would hold all the power of the Highlanders behind the scenes, and the High Priest would be just a puppet even if he ascended to the throne.

The invasion of the Priest's House by the Hidden Sword Palace was provoked by Zhu Yan, and the black magic stone spell that assassinated the Great Si Nong was Zhu Yan's, coupled with the incident of Xiangliu in the Senate today, thinking of the experience of the queen three hundred years ago, Ji Buyun felt a chill on his back, and there were some things, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Is what happened to the queen 300 years ago going to happen again today?

Ji Buyun secretly made up his mind that no matter what, he would protect the high priest.

Nan Wan'er saw that he had been contemplating and pondering, and she didn't bother him very well, and followed him silently, being a quiet beautiful girl.

He kept thinking until the barracks, and when Nan Wan'er dismounted and took the maid to enter the priest's courtyard, he stopped her and said, "Wan'er, help me bring a message to Duo'er, I want to see her as soon as possible." ”

Nan Wan'er nodded, surprisingly quiet.

After returning to his residence, Ji Buyun used his divine sense to contact the high priest, but he was not contacted.

He began to practice the Dragon Dance as usual, and the scroll with the word "Dragon" written on it in the Divine Mansion opened again, and he followed the guidance of the ink on the scroll, making every movement in a relaxed manner, and the aura between heaven and earth began to pour into his body frantically.

After the cultivation was over, he silently recited the Qi Resisting Technique again, and then lay quietly on the bed, his hands overlapped, left and right, and placed on the sea of qi.

The divine consciousness was concentrated on the seven-colored pearl in the sea of qi.

He felt the Prismatic Orb emit a brilliant brilliance and slowly began to turn, the speed of the rotation in keeping with his breathing.

Countless thin threads of heat radiated from the Colorful Pearl, slowly flowing through every part of his body, and the heat was constantly dredged every meridian of his body, forging every inch of his body's skin.

He felt that his body was now completely out of his own, and that he had blended into the world around him.

Finally, when the heat slowly retreated into the colorful pearl in the sea of qi, he found that the bead was still the size of a pea, but the dragon shadow on the bamboo became clearer, and the dragon scales could be faintly seen.

The next day, as soon as he had finished breakfast, the priest of Woyue went to the barracks to report and was summoned by the high priest.

The white-clad high priest was waiting for him in the garden pavilion behind the pink palace, and Nan Wan'er was actually there, wearing a blue and green bodysuit, sitting barefoot on the swing, leisurely swinging in the background of the purple and red flowers.

After exchanging greetings, Ji Buyun told the high priest in detail what happened yesterday, the conversation between the ants and the high priest, and when it came to the need for the high priest to come forward to support the five people in power, the high priest interjected: "I should do this, what do you think?"

Ji Buyun said: "Maintaining the current pattern is indeed the best choice. ”

The high priest pondered for a moment and said softly, "I don't care how they fight for power, as long as it doesn't affect our marriage." ”

Nan Wan'er said with a smile while swinging on the swing: "Sister, if anyone dares to hinder you from getting married, people will go to talk to him immediately." ”

Ji Buyun said: "Duo'er, what I'm most worried about is not this, do you remember the queen three hundred years ago?"

Ice and Snow Clever Grand Priest Sima Shang said: "Are you worried that someone is colluding with the demons, all of this is designed?"

Ji Buyun said: "If this is the case, it will be very, very troublesome, the highlanders are not only in danger of splitting, but also the possibility of civil war." ”

The high priest looked at him and said softly: "In extraordinary times, I will let five people govern and add 10,000 people to the Praetorian Guard, all equipped with rune weapons to guard against this." ”

Ji Buyun suddenly realized that the high priest, who had always been quiet and shy, was perhaps the most politically intelligent of the people he knew. This peerless beauty, who has always lived in the priesthood, knows everything about the highlanders, and has already taken targeted countermeasures.

He asked, "Do'er, what are we going to do next?"

The high priest took his hand and said, "Get married, and then I will go to the Central Plains Empire with you." ”

Ji Buyun said: "What about the Senate?"

The high priest said, "I will delegate authority to the five people in the name of concentrating on cultivation, and they will be in charge of everything. ”

Nan Wan'er interjected: "Okay, okay, sister, let them think of pushing the responsibility to you, and now push them back." ”

The high priest clasped his hand with the ten fingers of Ji Buyun's hand, and asked in a low voice, "What do you say the five people will do?"

Ji Buyun thought for a moment and said, "Behind their backs, they will instruct the elders of their respective alliances to vote for Lord Ao Zhiwu to resign, and then temporarily take charge of the standing army on the grounds that the candidates for the standing army commander have not yet been produced." ”

The high priest smiled and said, "That's too obvious, this plenary meeting of the Senate lasted for a total of fifteen days, and the five-member ruling council made reasonable use of the rules, and the first fourteen days used the excuse of retaining Lord Ao to not vote on Ao Zhiwu's resignation, and voted again on the fifteenth day, so it is logical to manage the standing army." ”

Ji Buyun said: "Use the time of the next plenary meeting to equip the Praetorian Guard, and when the time comes, the status of the Standing Army and the Praetorian Guard will be reversed, the influence of the Standing Army will naturally disappear, and the four major families of the Highlanders will become three." ”

The high priest said, "Thank you Haotian for giving me such a wise companion. ”

Ji Buyun blushed and said, "Duo'er, it's you who is really smart, not me." ”

The high priest said, "I just want to live quietly with you, I don't want to participate in these things, and I can't let myself become the target of public criticism because of my greed for power." ”

Ji Buyun nodded.

The high priest said: "If I am not mistaken, the Ao clan will not sit still, the real intensification of the contradiction should be at the next plenary meeting of the Senate, this time it is just a rehearsal, but there is no way, according to the oracle, I must ascend the throne, then the military power can only be in my hands." ”

Taking advantage of Nan Wan'er's unpreparedness, she secretly kissed the back of Ji Buyun's hand, and said with a red face: "What I am most worried about now is that people with ulterior motives are bold and reckless, and suddenly launch a rebellion, just in case, I will openly support the five-person ruling to approve Ao Zhiwu's resignation and transfer the standing military power to them." How's that Seventeen?"

Nan Wan'er heard the high priest talk about Qi Seventeen, and the swing stopped swinging, and her big eyes were staring at Ji Buyun and the high priest, for fear that these two people would have something to do with her.

Ji Buyun said: "It's okay, he is humble and knows the rules very well." ”

The high priest asked, "Is it reliable?"

Ji Buyun said: "Reliable." ”

The high priest said: "I want him to be the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, replace Ao Xian in charge of the rune weapon battalion guarding us, promote Ao Xian to the supervisor of the Praetorian Guard, and send him to recruit 10,000 soldiers to form a complete rune weapon Praetorian Guard unit." ”

Ji Buyun immediately understood and said, "Duo'er, I understand." ”

The power of runic weapons is huge, and the high priest wants to take all the existing Praetorian Guards who use runic weapons into his own hands, so as to be prepared. The Janissary Supervisor is at the same level as the Commander-in-Chief of the Praetorian Guard, this position is basically vacant in peacetime, and now he is given this position, and at the same time gives him the right to recruit and form a complete runic weapon Praetorian Guard unit, he has a gap with Ao Zhiwu, and his status and rights have been promoted at the same time, and he will definitely be grateful to the High Priest.

The High Priest only fine-tuned the personnel of the two Praetorian Guards, and captured the strongest combat power of the Highlanders now and in the future at the same time, and if she did this, the five people in power would not only not object, but would raise their hands to support.

The high priest said: "I have to work hard for you to go to the Senate and explain my opinions to Lord Nezhiyue clearly, before you meet with Lord Nezhiyue, meet Ao Xian first, and express my meaning euphemistically." ”

Ji Buyun nodded in agreement, Nan Wan'er jumped off the swing, ran into the pavilion barefoot, hugged Ji Buyun's arm and said, "Little brother, people are going too, you take people to Haotian City together, okay?"

Ji Buyun said: "What are you going to do? You only came back from Haotian City yesterday, isn't it good to stay with Duo'er?"

Nan Wan'er said: "It's not good, it's not good, she wants to accompany the god of flowers, then she has time to take care of others." ”

The high priest said to Ji Buyun: "If Wan'er wants to go, you can take her with you, she is really boring here." ”

Nan Wan'er hugged Ji Buyun's arm and shook it around: "My sister agreed, little brother, will you take someone with you?"

Ji Buyun had no choice but to agree, and the two agreed to meet in the barracks later, and Nan Wan'er jumped back to change her clothes.

The high priest and Ji Buyun could finally be alone for a while, and the two of them exchanged thoughts about each other, endless sweet words, and endless concubines.

It's just that in front of everyone's eyes, the two can only express themselves verbally, and they don't dare to have any excessive intimate actions.

After Ji Buyun returned to the barracks, She, Xituxiao, Ao Xian, and the other two deputy commanders of the Praetorian Guard and several subordinates of the Great Si Xing were waiting for him in the barracks, and several of them were negotiating the trade of runic weapons according to Nan Wan'er's words.

Ji Buyun looked for an opportunity to pull Ao Xian out, the two walked to the side, and Ji Buyun said that the high priest had deliberately promoted him.

Ao Xian heard that he would be in charge of the future Runic Weapon Praetorian Guard, his face turned red, and he said excitedly: "Brother, to tell the truth, brother, I am not a close disciple of the Ao clan, and I can't enter the inner circle of others, and I was able to become the commander of the legion back then, completely relying on my own ability, and I can't speak, so I was squeezed out of the standing army, this time the high priest is willing to give me such an important position, my brother knows that it is all your face, I didn't say it, brother, even my brother's life will be yours in the future." ”

Ji Buyun hurriedly said: "Commander Ao is polite, haha, next time you see you should call Ao Supervisor, you also know the details of these people in the Praetorian Guard, you are a regular military marshal, and you are an expert in the military formation, this position is obtained by your own ability, who else can you give it if you don't give it to you." ”

Ao Xian said: "Brother, you are comforting me, rest assured, my brother doesn't know anything, whoever is good to me, my brother remembers it." ”

Nan Wan'er happened to take Nan Shao, Nanhua, Yue Ming, Yue Ge and other maids from the priest's courtyard to the barracks, and when she saw Ji Buyun, she first shouted, attracting everyone's sideways, and then ran over and hugged Ji Buyun's arm affectionately, and said coquettishly: "Little brother, people just accompanied you to Haotian City yesterday, why did you let someone accompany you today?"

After speaking, his big eyes wandered around, observing the reactions of the people around him one by one.

Obviously, she begged the high priest to let Ji Buyun take her to Haotian City, but now the words came to her mouth, which made Ji Buyun cry and laugh.

You She, Xituxiao and others came out when they heard the voice, and when they saw Nan Wan'er, several people greeted in unison, and Nan Wan'er said, "You won't come to greet people, right?"

You said: "Her Royal Highness the princess laughed. ”

Nan Wan'er pointed to Nan Shao and Nan Hua behind her, and said, "People know what you mean, please trouble the two sisters to talk to them about trade in detail, and they want to accompany the little brother to Haotian City." ”

She saw Qi Seventeen in a blink of an eye, holding Ji Buyun's arm and rubbing it on her chest intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "Little brother, today people are going to the original grass store to see the eldest princess sister, you have to accompany others." ”

Ji Buyun understood that she had deliberately done it for Qian Seventeen, and there was no way to explain it at this time, so she had to say hello to Xitu Xiao and tell Anya to prepare a horse and set off.

Ji Buyun took Anya and Nan Wan'er to the Senate with Yue Ming and Yue Ge.

The Senate Square was still under martial law, and was guarded by hundreds of Praetorian Guards around the square.

The square that was messed up by the seven-headed snake yesterday has been cleaned up, and only a few deep pits are still filled, and the white bones of the seven-headed snake are piled up in the deepest one, and there are a few craftsmen next to them who are pointing at the edge of the pit, and outlining something on the stone slab, and countless idlers are pointing at the snake bones from far or near the square, and they see Ji Buyun and Nan Wan'er coming over, and pointing at them again.

In front of the Senate, there were ten Praetorian Guards in the Rune Weapon Battle Formation who were on duty at various key points, and when they saw Ji Buyun and others coming, these Praetorian Guards saluted him one after another.

In the Senate, there were ten battle formations of Praetorian Guards guarding the intersections and gates, and the fixed sentry posts were also doubled compared to usual.

When I came to the door of the Consulate Hall on the third floor, after the briefing, Lord Nezhiyue, who had just finished the meeting with the Prairie Mission, personally greeted him.

After exchanging greetings, Ji Buyun euphemistically expressed the high priest's opinion to Lord Nezhiyue.

Lord Nezhiyue groaned slightly, and said: "A few of us in power are shallow in learning. The lack of ability has made the High Priest tired, and I will hold a five-member ruling council in a while to discuss some personnel issues, and the security of the Seventeenth Guard Senate has made great contributions, and he should be promoted to the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard; the new Praetorian Guard Runic Weapons Unit is to adapt to the current special situation, and the Deputy Commander Ao Xian has been the commander of the Standing Army Corps, and has been promoted to the Janissary Guard, and is responsible for the formation of the Runic Weapons Force; for Lord Ao, we still have to try to retain him, and if he insists on his own opinion, then we will vote on his resignation on the last day of the plenary session of the SenateTomorrow I will go with the other four archons to report to the High Priest on the outcome of our deliberations. ”

He is worthy of being an expert in debate among the highlanders and a leader among the human spirits, and in a few words, he has changed the meaning of the high priest into the opinion of the five rulers, and the reasons are sufficient, and the views are reasonable, and no one can find any fault.

Ji Buyun also euphemistically expressed his intention to go to the imperial capital of the Central Plains Empire to meet Saint Xie En after marriage with the high priest.

"I know that the Central Plains Empire attaches great importance to the etiquette of respect and humility and husband and wife, since the High Priest is married to you, it is normal for people to go with you to the Central Plains Empire to face the Holy Thanksgiving and worship the ancestors, and the five of us can only express our support." ”

After Ji Buyun thanked him, he said a few more words of greeting and got up to say goodbye.

Ne Zhiyue sent him to the door of his uncle Buyun's ruling hall all the time, and only then turned around and went back at Ji Buyun's insistence.

Ji Meng and Ji Fan were guarding outside the door of Lord Buyun, and when they saw Ji Buyun coming, they hurriedly went in to report.

Ji Cheng was actually here with Lord Buyun again, Ji Buyun couldn't help but wonder if this Ji Cheng was the Western Shepherd of the Central Plains Empire, or Lord Buyun's staff Qingke, how could he meet him every time he came.

Ji Buyun told the high priest what he meant to Lord Buyun, Lord Buyun and Ji Cheng glanced at each other, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Buyun said: "Now the people in the highlands are unstable, all parties are changing the law and thinking about fighting for power and profit, I am really worried that the two of you are trapped here and can't extricate yourself, now it's okay, you can leave this place of right and wrong in more than a month, after you leave, the ants and I will also leave here, who they love to fight, what they love to fight for." ”

Ji Chengdao: "My lord, son, I will pass a letter to Taifu Gong now and inform him of this news." ”

Lord Buyun nodded in agreement.

A few more people said a few words, and Ji Meng came in to report that Lord Nazhiyue had an invitation. Ji Buyun, Nan Wan'er, Ji Cheng and others got up together to say goodbye.

Out of the Senate, Ji Cheng said: "Childe, the grassland mission invites you and Her Royal Highness the princess to go to the grassland pavilion for a banquet tonight, the invitation is in the pavilion, is the prince going?"

Ji Buyun didn't have time to speak, Nan Wan'er hurriedly said: "Go, why don't you go, people will definitely go, little brother, you go with others." ”

Ji Buyun nodded in agreement.

Ji Cheng asked, "Is Childe going to the hotel to rest first?"

Ji Buyun said: "I want to see my master." ”

Ji Cheng said: "Then I'll go with my son." ”