Chapter 10: The Undercurrent Forge (10)

Xiao Xiao sneered, and thought to himself: Okay, you are a Taishi master, the Golden Crow God is the biggest master of Fenglin City, and now the only person who can help you find out the whereabouts of the Golden Crow God is here, you are hiding in the house and refusing to meet for a long time, what kind of enthusiasm are you pretending to be now.

Qi Bei has a wide heart, but he doesn't care about this. He only felt that the once high-ranking master Taishi, the lord of Jiuding Country and a country, and many of his predecessors were bowing down to greet him, and he was very unhappy, so he immediately returned the salute and hurriedly said hello.

After some greetings, Xuan Chen's true body also came to greet Qi Bei, but she already knew that Qi Bei was a cloud horse, not a golden crow envoy who was "on an equal footing" with herself, and the two had already met in the banner array, so she only had a light salute.

Xu Yi quietly retreated, remembering that he had made an appointment with Xin Lin to lead the Golden Crow Divine Envoy to the tower, but in the end, Xin Lin had never appeared, so he felt very strange. Xin Lin has a delicate mind and a calm personality, and he never breaks his promise to do anything, let alone introduce each other to such important matters as the Golden Crow Divine Envoy, the Star Tower Lord, and the Taishi Master. Xu Yi hurriedly led the horse and went out of the house to find Xin Lin's traces.

According to the etiquette arrangement, since Master Taishi is the city lord selected by the Golden Crow God Envoy, he replaces the Golden Crow God Envoy to take charge of Fenglin City, although Qi Bei is not the new "God Envoy" who came to replace Xuan Chen, but it is related to the Jin Crow God, so he naturally has to report to Qi Bei.

Qi Bei was invited to the seat, and soon couldn't bear to doze off, and had to pretend to look at the various brochures presented by Master Taishi, he really didn't understand the achievements of Fenglincheng's governance over the years, tax reform, and preparation for the construction of the navy, especially in recent years, the war in Jiuding Kingdom has been chaotic, and Master Taishi tried his best to avoid the flames of war burning to Fenglincheng and the like, which sounded very long and boring.

Xuan Chen lowered his eyes and stood absentmindedly behind Master Taishi.

Xiao Xiao watched coldly from the sidelines, and saw it very clearly: no one present really cared about how Fenglin City was governed, after all, there were many wars on the Jiuding chessboard, but Fenglin was in a safe corner, and it was safe and peaceful for the time being, which was obvious to the world. Master Taishi's exploits speak for themselves. The biggest crisis in the current Fenglin City is that the hundred dragons have arrived and the golden crow god is nowhere to be found, Qi Bei's arrival is precisely for this matter, so he hurriedly climbed the tower, just to discuss the next step; Xuan Chen knew this very well, so he agreed to Qi Bei and Xiao Xiao to enter the tower, and also made an exception to invite the Taishi master who she had refused to see. Then, Master Taishi talked at length about his country's governing exploits, and did not give Qi Bei a chance to interject at all, he just pretended to be confused, deliberately delayed time, and did not want to cut to the chase.

Isn't this exact, the surface is calm, but the undercurrent in the deep water is turbulent.

Thinking of Xu Yi's desire to stop talking, as well as the various rumors of Master Taishi's early years, Xiao Xiao was even more suspicious, and thought in his heart: What is this Fenglin City Lord hiding?

Master Taishi counted the political achievements over the years, no matter how big or small, I can't wait for the specific year and month, Qi Bei felt more and more anxious and uneasy, it was nearly half of the night, and he had not had a chance to mention the alliance between the Taishi clan and the goldfish clan, and the undead in the Troubled Stone Mountain were still waiting for the news. He respected Master Taishi very much, and was embarrassed to interrupt him, so he could only rub his fingers and wait patiently for him to finish.

Xiao Xiao saw Qi Bei's anxiety, calculated the time, opened his mouth and went straight to the point, and said: "For so many years, thanks to the Taishi master's good governance of the country, today's Fenglin is the only country in Jiuding that has not been warned. The Golden Crow God has a good eye on your achievements. However, the prophecy of the Tianxuan Pavilion has been opened, presumably Master Taishi has already heard the sixteen-character prophecy, and he has also seen with his own eyes what is a hundred dragons at the Hundred Flowers Conference, coupled with the revenge of the goldfish clan in the Troubled Stone Mountain for ten years, the wind in the city can be described as a turbulent undercurrent under the surface of peace. The Golden Crow Divine Envoy came to Fenglin City to help Master Taishi settle the crisis. Time is of the essence, so we might as well spend more time discussing what we can do next. ”

Qi Bei hurriedly sang and harmonized with Xiao Shayi: "Master Taishi has worked hard for the safety of Fenglin City, and we are very willing to help you get through the difficulties." ”

Master Taishi put away the merit book, sighed, and said, "I really didn't expect to avoid human strife, but I couldn't avoid the catastrophe of the destiny of heaven." Golden Crow Divine Envoy, please give me more advice. ”

The Star Tower Lord held her breath, and Xiao Xiao asked her, "Do you want to say anything?"

Xuan Chen shook his head, Xiao Xiao was even more suspicious, and said to Qi Bei with a sound transmission technique: The Star Tower Lord must know something, but in front of Master Taishi, she is not easy to say.

Qi Bei replied: Don't worry, let's take a look at the situation.

As a result, Qi Bei hurriedly told the matter of reaching an alliance agreement with the undead of the female patriarch of the goldfish clan outside the northwest city gate during the day. Under the reminder of Mrs. Bailing and others, Qi Bei was no longer blindly optimistic, and proposed an alliance in a straight way, but quietly observed the expression of Master Taishi.

Master Taishi was already very old, he had been in the Jiuding Kingdom for many years, and he had heard about Qibei's alliance plan through Xuan Chen, so of course his face would not show obvious expressions of surprise or questioning, but when he heard the description of the matriarch still wearing a red wedding dress and a red hijab embroidered with gold thread goldfish, the corners of his mouth twitched.

“...... That's how things happened," Qi Bei couldn't guess the unpredictable expression of Master Taishi, and said worriedly, "Now the biggest enemies of Fenglin City are actually the second prince of Nishizawa Dona and Xijiyuan. Master Taishi, you must not want the wind to fall. In fact, the goldfish people think so too. So why don't we join forces?" After speaking, he waited expectantly and uneasily for Master Taishi's reply.

"The Golden Crow Divine Envoy may not be very clear about the cause of the extinction ten years ago. Master Taishi spoke slowly.

"It's coming, it's coming. Qi Bei said in his heart, Master Taishi really won't agree easily, but it doesn't matter, I have already prepared and thought of some countermeasures.

"The Goldfish Clan is an 'alien' in the East China Sea, and they have tried to subvert the entire Fenglin City, as the city lord who has made a covenant with the Golden Crow God, how can I let their plot succeed?"

Qi Bei took a deep breath, if Master Taishi questioned it like this, then he was ready to answer: "Master Taishi, the goldfish clan is indeed from the East China Sea, but the entire East China Sea is under the jurisdiction of the Golden Crow God, without the order of the Golden Crow God, they dare not approach Fenglin City casually." Besides," he looked at Xuan Chen behind Master Taishi, and recounted what he saw in that illusion, "I saw with my own eyes that a large part of the reason why the goldfish people came to Fenglin City was to send Xuan Chen, the golden crow maiden, to assist you. You must believe this, and you already know this, right? Otherwise, after that 'annihilation' ten years ago, why did you leave Xuan Chen's life?"