Wei Yujiang pondered for a moment before he said: "Master Hou, Jiang Changfeng saw the flaw, just because he suddenly thought that it was impossible for that hidden lord to come to the East China Sea, which is very intriguing. ”

A smile appeared in Qi Ning's eyes, and he nodded, "You continue." ”

"Jiang Changfeng didn't know the true identity of the hidden master, but he knew that it was impossible for the hidden master to come to the East China Sea, which was naturally Jiang Mantian had revealed a hint to him." Wei Yujiang said: "Now I am thinking about why the hidden lord could not come to the East China Sea. ”

"What do you think is possible?"

"There are at least two possibilities." Wei Yujiang's eyes lit up: "The first possibility is that the body of the hidden lord makes it impossible for him to come to the East China Sea. ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning asked, "What is the reason for the body you are talking about?" ”

"Maybe it's a disability, maybe it's too weak." Wei Yujiang said: "In short, because of his physical inconvenience, he really can't come to the East China Sea at the risk of greater physical damage. ”

Qi Ning bowed his head slightly: "It makes sense." Then he asked, "What might be the other one?" ”

"Identity!" Wei Yujiang said solemnly: "Maybe the identity of that hidden master is too special, and his whereabouts are very important. After a pause, he continued: "For example, Master Hou came to the East China Sea this time, although we were very secretive when we came, but our whereabouts were still known. That hidden lord may be like this, he has a special identity, once he comes to the East China Sea, he is likely to be known, and his identity just can't appear in the East China Sea. ”

Qi Ning nodded and said, "I understand what you mean." ”

"There may be other reasons, but these two reasons are the most likely for lowly thought, and the second is likely to be greater." Wei Yujiang said in a low voice: "Master Hou said before that the person who can make Lu Shanghe and Jiang Mantian bow down and obey his orders is not simple, the identity of that hidden lord is naturally not ordinary, his whereabouts are likely to be noticed all the time, and even come into contact with many people every day, but no one will know that he is the hidden master." ”

Qi Ning thought for a moment before he said, "That hidden master, is it possible that he is from Eastern Qi?" ”

Wei Yujiang immediately said: "Master Hou also suspects that he is from Eastern Qi?" ”

With the word "also", he naturally expressed his suspicions, and Qi Ning said with a smile: "Wei Sixuan also thought that he was from Eastern Qi?" ”

"Master Hou, among the bandits this time, there are Fusang ninjas who appear in it, and I also know that most of the Fusang ninjas who are living in the East China Sea are in the northern part of the East China Sea and belong to the sphere of influence of the Dongqi people." Wei Yujiang said in a low voice: "I have also heard people mention that there is a group of people in Fusang who are like ghosts, good at assassination and tracking, and I still remember that someone joked at that time that the ninja who helped Sang was driven out of the country and fled to the East China Sea, and the people of Dongqi might take these people for their own use." ”

Qi Ning smiled faintly and said, "With the financial resources of the Eastern Qi people, it is not difficult to raise a group of ninjas. ”

"If this group of ninjas is really taken under the banner of the Dongqi people, then this time the ninjas appear on this side of the East China Sea, they must be inseparable from the Dongqi people." Wei Yujiang Zhengse Road.

Qi Ning nodded slightly: "The blacksmith on the iron island, as far as I know, was a Dongqi man who tricked them into the ship, and then smuggled them to this side of the East China Sea. ”

"That's it." Wei Yujiang immediately said: "The blacksmiths and ninjas on the Iron Island are all related to the Eastern Qi people, and the Jiang family must have colluded with the Eastern Qi, so it is very likely that the hidden master was born in the Eastern Qi." ”

Qi Ning frowned slightly and said: "The Jiang family started preparing for forging weapons in the East China Sea a few years ago, which means that as early as a few years ago, it was possible for the people of the Eastern Qi to contact this side. ”

"Dongqi is located between the Northern Han Dynasty and our Great Chu, and it is surviving." Wei Yujiang sneered: "They know that the East China Sea family has different intentions for my Great Chu, and secretly colludes with the East China Sea family. ”

"Looking for an opportunity...... Qi Ning groaned slightly, his expression became grim, and he said in a low voice: "After the people of Eastern Qi learned that there was a change in the north, they immediately married our Chu State, and sent the crown prince Duan Shao to the Chu State in person, the purpose is to join forces to send troops to the Northern Han Dynasty, Wei Sixian, now it seems that there is fraud in this?" ”

"When Master Hou said this, he also felt that there was something strange about it." Wei Yujiang's expression also became more and more severe: "There is civil strife in the Northern Han Dynasty, let's take the opportunity to go north, that is also a reasonable thing, but the last time I fought with the Northern Han Dynasty for several years, the Eastern Qi was motionless from beginning to end, but this time it .......!" ”

"This time they are very active, and it seems that attacking the Northern Han is even more urgent than ours." Qi Ning sighed.

"Last time they didn't act rashly, and the East China Sea side was calm as usual, maybe because everything was not ready and mature." Wei Yujiang said: "The Donghai family is not ready, and they don't dare to make trouble at all, but the last war also let the people of Dongqi know that my Great Chu and the Northern Han will eventually divide the high and low, so I want to take advantage of the opportunity of the war between the two countries again, Master Hou, I don't know if there is such a possibility?" ”

"Naturally, there is." Qi Ning sighed: "As you said, Eastern Qi survives in the cracks, and they know very well in their hearts that in the end, no matter who wins Chu Han, their Qi country will face a catastrophe, so they must be looking for a plan to survive." ”

Wei Yujiang said: "I am thinking, if I really send troops to the Han State in the north, once the main force crosses the river and fights with the Han State, then the Qi people block the waterway, what kind of danger will we face?" When the East China Sea raises troops, the East China Sea Division is controlled, and once it joins forces with the East Qi Water Division, there will be no one on the water to compete with it, and at that time, the East China Sea rebels will go north, and the Qi people will send troops to attack the territory of our Great Chu......!"

He didn't continue, but Qi Ning naturally understood what he meant, and both of them knew in their hearts that once that situation really appeared, the form of the Chu State would be in jeopardy.

The Chu State used troops against the Northern Han Dynasty, naturally it was the elite to the fullest, once the back was attacked, the main force was dragged in the territory of the Han State, and the waterways were blocked, and it was impossible to return reinforcements.

"If that's the case, we may have fallen into a big trap." Qi Ning sighed: "I sent an envoy to Dongqi to welcome Princess Tianxiang back, everything seems to be our initiative to form an alliance with Dongqi, and we can know that the people of Qi are very likely to wait for us to go over." His eyebrows tightened: "The people of Qi are eager to send troops to our alliance, perhaps to divert the tiger from the mountain, the purpose is to let my Great Chu soldiers and horses go north to attack the Han, and they can take the opportunity to implement their plan." ”

"Master Hou, all this is just a guess, it may not really be the case." Wei Yujiang said: "However, the imperial court is already planning the Northern Expedition, once it is determined, it will be even more difficult to change the decision of the imperial court at that time, so before sending troops, we must find out the thoughts of the people of Qi, and I Dachu must also do a good job." ”

Qi Ning bowed his head and said: "Yes, the matter here will be dealt with as soon as possible, and we will rush back to the capital as soon as possible." ”

Now that the imperial court is discussing the Northern Expedition, Qi Ning knows that the core person must be Ma Lan of the Zhenguo Company, once the troops are dispatched, all the divisions and yamen in the capital will all be based on the Northern Expedition, money, food, soldiers and horses, deployment strategy, everything will revolve around the war, it will be like opening the bow and pulling the strings, ready to go, even if he raises his suspicions to the imperial court, if there is not enough evidence to prove that the Eastern Qi people have evil intentions, the imperial court will never change the decision because of his words.

Although it is very likely that the hidden master is a native of Eastern Qi, or even a high-level of Eastern Qi, after all, this is only a judgment made by himself through some clues he has at the moment, not only does there be no evidence to prove that Dongqi must have evil intentions, but his guess is not completely tenable.

Fortunately, Qi Ning did not wait too long in the East China Sea, and a few days later, a holy decree was delivered in the capital, but it was Qi Ning's old acquaintance who conveyed the holy decree, which was Fan Dehai, the chief eunuch in the palace.

Fan Dehai read the emperor's will at the Assassin's Mansion, and before that, Qi Ning, Xin Ci and others were invited to the Assassin's Mansion.

The three excerpts presented by the three of Qi Ning that day obviously played a great role, the Golden Dao Marquis Tai Huang was given the title of Yiguo Gong, the Tang Tai Lin was posthumously named the Marquis of Jinghai, and now the Zhan Tai Zhi Xiu, who is far away in Xichuan, has inherited the title of the Golden Dao Marquis.

In addition, Chen Ting still retained the history of the East China Sea Thorn, the emperor rewarded a pair of handwritten calligraphy and paintings, Xin Ci officially became the governor of the East China Sea Division, and other related people, such as Qin Yuege and others, also had their own rewards, among the holy decrees, but only did not clearly give Qi Ning a reward, just said to return to Beijing to make a reward, as for the black tiger shark Mo Yanbai and hundreds of bandits under his command, the imperial court allowed to surrender, and ordered Xin Ci to recruit on the spot and properly dispose of it, as for how to deal with it, the will is not clear.

Except for some of the detained family members of the Donghai family, most of them will be escorted to Xichuan by Chen Ting, the men will be used as soldiers, and the women will be used as military wives, and the seized materials and weapons will be ordered to be escorted back to the capital by Qi Ning himself.

After the will was read, everyone thanked them one after another, Qi Ning got up and took the holy decree, and congratulated Xin Ci and Chen Ting and others, Xin Ci and Chen Ting both knew that if it wasn't for Qi Ning this time, Mo said that he was rewarded by the imperial court, once the Donghai family was in chaos, he was afraid that he would not even be able to save his life, and Qi Ning was naturally very grateful.

Fan Dehai said with a smile: "Master Hou, the Holy Lord did not reward you in his will, then there must be a greater reward waiting for you to return to Beijing to reward again, and the miscellaneous family is here to say hello to Lord Hou first." ”

"Father-in-law Fan has worked hard all the way, Lord Chen, tonight I have to prepare a feast for my father-in-law." Qi Ning smiled.

Chen Ting hurriedly said: "Xiaguan will send someone to prepare, and he will never dare to slack off." ”

"Father-in-law, I'll ask you to wait here for a day." Qi Ning said: "The captured weapons and materials have already been shipped before you arrive, but there are too many materials and not enough carriages and horses, so the shipment has not been completed yet, but there is still one day, and it is almost the same." In addition, it is quite a long way to go to the capital, and this batch of materials is very important, so it must be taken care of, and I will discuss the matter of escorting the convoy with Lord Chen and Governor Xin. ”

Fan Dehai said with a smile: "You might as well do it, the miscellaneous family is waiting here, and Master Hou and you don't have to worry." ”

"My father-in-law has worked hard all the way, and the lower official will arrange accommodation." Chen Ting arched his hand and said, "Wait until the banquet is ready, and then invite your father-in-law to the banquet." ”

"Lord Chen, I haven't seen my father-in-law for a few days, I miss it a lot, and I want to talk, where do you think it's suitable?" Qi Ning smiled.

Chen Ting immediately understood, raised his hand and said, "Master Hou, father-in-law, please come back hall!" ”

Qi Ning also smiled at Fan Dehai: "Please!" Chen Ting led the way in front, and the two followed to the back hall, and the other officials retreated first with great interest, and when they arrived in the back hall, Chen Ting asked people to bring tea, and also retreated, Qi Ning smiled and said: "I didn't expect my father-in-law to come in person, it's really hard, the palace should send other people over." ”

"Master Hou, this ...... Hey, it's hard to put into words! Fan Dehai smiled bitterly, looking frustrated.

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ps: People have returned to China, and they have been off for a few days, and they are very ashamed, so update them well!