Qi Ning stood in the pile of corpses, and the steed under the gray-robed man also stepped on the corpse, and the strong smell of blood wafted in the air.

But the two spoke calmly, as if they were gossiping.

"If one day, the Qi State can control Da Chu behind his back, will the Qi State be able to be safe and worry-free?" Qi Ning sighed: "This may sound incredible, but for some people, it is not completely impossible, at least some people are ready to do so. ”

"Manipulating the State of Chu?" The gray-robed man said: "How can the Qi State control the Chu State?" ”

"Of course, it is to let the people controlled by the Qi State control the situation of the Chu State." Qi Ning stared at the other party's eyes: "For example, if you set off civil strife in the Chu State and let the people controlled by the Qi State seize the throne, wouldn't it allow the Qi State to control the government of the Chu State?" ”

The gray-robed man let out a strange laugh: "There is such a figure in the Chu State that can be controlled by the Qi State? ”

"If you put your mind to it, you can always find it." Qi Ning said: "Your Excellency should have heard of the name of the Hidden Lord......!" As soon as the words fell, he shook his head and said, "Not only have you heard of it, you should be more familiar with it than anyone else." ”

"The Hidden Lord?" The gray-robed man asked, "Who is the hidden lord you are talking about?" ”

Qi Ning's expression was calm, and he said: "My Da Chu pacified the East China Sea back then, knowing that the East China Sea family has always been a hidden danger, and I have always been more vigilant against them. The court is so vigilant, but the Donghai family still dares to plan a rebellion in the East China Sea, if there is no backer behind him, or if no one gives him enough confidence, how dare they block the future of the family and plot to rebel? ”

The gray-robed man didn't speak, only listened to Qi Ning continue: "Shen Liangqiu and Jiang Mantian secretly colluded to murder the Governor of Tangtai, intending to control the East China Sea Division, I have been thinking, why did Shen Liangqiu do this? What reason did he have to go with Jiang Mantian and try to rebel? Doesn't he know that even if he really controls the East China Sea Division, when the East China Sea Division and the East China Sea Family join forces, what big storms can really be set off? Throughout the ages, no one would easily rebel unless they had to do so, either because they had no choice but to rebel, or because there was a huge temptation for him to take risks. ”

"Shen Liangqiu is the same brother and sister as the governor of the Taitai Metropolitan Government, he is also above 10,000 people under one person in the East China Sea Division, and over time, it is a matter of course for him to become an official and become a knight, so of course he can't be desperate and rebel." Qi Ning said slowly: "If he and the Jiang family can collude in plotting a rebellion, there can only be greater interests tempting him." ”

The gray-robed man sighed: "People die for money, birds die for food, but whoever wants to get something, there is always a price." ”

"Shen Liangqiu and the Donghai family together, their strength is far from being able to compete with the imperial court, so why do they still take risks?" Qi Ning's eyes were sharp: "The reason is actually very simple, in their opinion, the success of the rebellion is very high, otherwise with the temperament of these two people, of course they will not take risks." So why do they think that a successful rebellion is likely? The reason is also very simple, just because they believe that the backer they rely on can help them achieve victory, and that backer is, of course, the hidden master. ”

Qu Xiaocang and the others stood not far away, listening very clearly, but they didn't say a word.

"Who is the Hidden Lord? Why can you convince the Donghai family and Shen Liangqiu? Qi Ning said: "At the beginning, I once suspected that the hidden master was a native of Eastern Qi, because Jiang Mantian built weapons on the island, and many of the blacksmiths used were secretly transported to the island by the Eastern Qi people, it can be said that the relationship between the Eastern Qi people and the East China Sea family is very close, and there is also the existence of the cicada secret forbearance on the island, and I have always felt that the flying cicada secret forbearance is a lackey raised by the Eastern Qi people, so all along, I locked the identity of the hidden lord on the body of the Eastern Qi people, and felt that the hidden master wanted to use the East China Sea family to provoke the southeast chaos of the Chu State. ”

"When the East China Sea was pacified, the East China Sea family was forced to surrender, and several major families in the East China Sea used to be the generals of the Han family who held great power, and after being pacified, the glory of holding power before was gone, and they could only do some trade." The gray-robed man sighed: "It's better to have money than power, the Donghai family naturally knows in their hearts, even if they are rich enough to rival the country, but as long as the court has a piece of paper, all the family wealth is a dream bubble, they seem to have a prosperous business and a wide range of wealth, but there is always a sharp sword hanging above their heads, and life and death are not in their own hands." In such a situation, how can the Donghai family feel at ease? ”

Qi Ning smiled and said: "Yes, it is better to die than to live, even if you are dissatisfied, but there is no great chance of winning, and the Donghai family does not dare to act rashly." He smiled bitterly: "I've always thought wrongly, thinking that the hidden master is from Dongqi, this is indeed affected by some superficial things, and today I suddenly figured out that the hidden master can never be from Dongqi." ”

"Not from Dongqi?"

"What is the purpose of Jiang Mantian and Shen Liangqiu's rebellion?" Qi Ning's face turned grim: "It is to get the benefits they want in the Chu State, if they are just serving the Eastern Qi people, how can they believe that the Eastern Qi people can fight for their interests in the Chu State?" Eastern Qi is only a small country, even if the whole country is poured, it will not be able to shake the Chu State, Jiang Mantian and Shen Liangqiu of course know that it is impossible to help them achieve their goals with the strength of the Qi people, how can they plot to rebel because of the Eastern Qi people? The Dongqi people were indeed involved, but in their eyes, the Dongqi people were just pawns in this chess game, just their allies, not their backers. ”

"There seems to be some truth to what you're saying." The gray-robed people are calm.

Qi Ning continued: "The participation of the Eastern Qi people has only increased their confidence, but the hidden master they rely on will certainly not be the Eastern Qi people, but the Chu people. In their eyes, the Hidden Lord is of course a very powerful figure, and compared to the Dongqi people, the Hidden Lord is much more reliable. He sighed lightly: "This hidden lord is indeed powerful, secretly colluding with many forces, and being able to buy these people to serve him naturally gave these people a lot of promises, and these forces that were enveloped by him, without exception, believe that as long as it is really done, this hidden lord has enough strength to fulfill his promise." ”

"So who is this Hidden Lord?" The gray-robed man asked.

Qi Ning didn't answer directly, and continued: "I said before that the people of Dongqi survive in the cracks, and if you want to find a way to keep Dongqi alive, you can only take some extraordinary ways. However, there are some things, you can think about it, it is not easy to put it into reality, but the luck of the Dongqi people is very good, if the hidden lord wants to achieve his goal, he must encircle many forces, he enveloped Shen Liangqiu, enveloped the Donghai family, and even many other strengths in the Chu State, but for this reason he still felt that the strength was insufficient, so he set his sights on the Eastern Qi people, and secretly colluded with the Eastern Qi people, and the Eastern Qi people have been looking for a way out, and the hidden lord came to the door, which naturally made the Dongqi people overjoyed, and the two sides hit it off, The hermit mainly uses the power of the Dongqi people for his own use, but the Dongqi people also want to control the hermit master and achieve their own goals. ”

The gray-robed man said with a smile: "It seems that this hidden lord is really extraordinary, and he is quietly planning and planning, and the court of Chu State knows nothing." ”

"Over the years, the state of Chu first focused on the Qinhuai War, and then the first emperor died, the court situation was unstable, and the new emperor wanted to stabilize the court situation." Qi Ning sighed: "From beginning to end, this hidden lord has been taking advantage of the chaos to act secretly, and the most important thing is that the hidden lord is too familiar with the situation of the imperial court, he knows the unknown things of the imperial court, and he also knows where the imperial court's attention is placed, so he can calmly avoid the eyes and ears of the imperial court and secretly deploy." ”

The gray-robed man said: "You mean to say that the hidden lord is a member of the Chu Imperial Court?" ”

"Since the hidden lord has colluded with the Eastern Qi people, the Eastern Qi people naturally want to take this opportunity to infiltrate the Chu State." Qi Ning did not answer directly, but continued: "Under the auspices of the hidden lord, the people of the Eastern Qi first entered the East China Sea and colluded with the East China Sea family, and then began to infiltrate the capital of Jianye, and Jiang Suiyun is a pawn of the Eastern Qi people. Although the hidden lord planned the overall situation, of course he couldn't come forward in person for many things, and he had been hiding in the shadows, Jiang Suiyun went to the capital and defected to the command of the king of Huainan, and even with the help of the recommendation of the king of Huainan, he intended to seize control of the black scale camp, if everything went well, then the black scale camp would become a sharp blade deployed by the hidden lord near the capital. No, in fact, what I really want to say is that he has become a sharp blade in the hands of the Dongqi people, because Jiang Suiyun's real master is not the hidden master, but the Dongqi man who taught him martial arts. Speaking of this, Qi Ning turned his head slightly to look at Qu Xiaocang and the others, and said slowly: "In fact, the hidden lord is most worried about the Shenhou Mansion, the Shenhou Mansion is pervasive, there are many ears and eyes, although the hidden lord acts secretly, he has always been worried that the people in the Shenhou Mansion will find a flaw, he wants to send someone to infiltrate the Shenhou Mansion, but the Shenhou Mansion is like an iron bucket, it is extremely difficult to infiltrate the spies inside, and if you are not careful, you will even show your own tracks." ”

The gray-robed man sighed: "That's true, the Shenhou Mansion has many ears and eyes, and the Ximen Shenhou is experienced, if they see the flaws, the consequences are indeed unimaginable." ”

"The Hidden Lord should be glad." Qi Ning smiled bitterly: "Ximen Shenhou has had no time to care about it because of his own affairs over the years, so he has ignored that there is a force secretly surging in the Chu State. Since the people of Dongqi wanted to use the hidden lord to achieve their own goals, of course, they didn't want the Shenhou Mansion to discover the flaws of the hidden master, so they secretly did something that made the hidden lord very satisfied, that is, to use Yan Lingxian's weakness to control Yan Lingxian in his hands, so that Yan Lingxian became the eyes and ears of the hidden lord in the Shenhou Mansion. A slight smile appeared on his lips: "The Shenhou Mansion has its own strict system, ordinary officials can't access important information, and the only one who can really get access to important internal information can only be the Big Dipper, and if you want to install eyeliner in the Shenhou Mansion, it can only be the Big Dipper, and the biggest weakness in the Big Dipper is this broken military captain Yan Lingxian!" ”