Lu Shanghe sighed: "That Dizang is very cunning, and although I became a bullshit ghost master later, she was wary of me everywhere, just because I was a tool in her hands." In order to find Suying, I have been holding on, secretly helping her recruit troops and trade .....! ”

"Why did she send you to take the position of the leader of the beggar gang?" Qi Ning said coldly: "To win the position of the gang leader, do you want to use the beggar gang to rebel?" ”

Lu Shanghe hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Dizang assigned us to do things, never ask why to do it, as long as we do what she tells us, the six envoys of Dizang don't dare to ask more, I ..... I asked twice earlier, and she said she didn't need to know much, and she didn't tell me, so I didn't need to ask. ”

Qi Ning guessed that Lu Shanghe had been in contact with Jizo for all these years, and he must have been afraid of Jizang in his heart.

"That is, you don't know much, and it doesn't matter if you stay or not?" Xuanyuan broke the road.

Lu Shanghe hurriedly said: "No..... No. The purpose of seizing the position of the leader of the beggar gang, although she didn't say it, I.... I guessed that they were going to use the beggars to make trouble in the world. By the way, there is also the East China Sea family, she has long been secretly colluding with that side, after the Aoki Conference, she sent me to the East China Sea, on the surface to cooperate with Jiang Mantian, in fact..... In fact, it also asked me to spy on Jiang Mantian. ”

"Spying on Jiang Mantian?"

Lu Shanghe said: "According to the original plan, once the army of the Chu State goes north, the East China Sea family will join the East China Sea division to cause chaos in the East China Sea, but Jizo is worried that those East China Sea families will change their fortunes, so they sent me to watch them." ”

"Then do you know who the Hidden Lord is?" Qi Ning asked, "Is the hidden lord that Jiang Mantian is loyal to Jizang?" ”

Lu Shanghe was stunned and said blankly: "I..... I don't know what a hidden lord is, and I ..... I've never heard of it. ”

Although Qi Ning was sure that the East China Sea family was in collusion with Jizo, it was never certain whether Jizo was the hidden master.

"The Donghai family has hoarded a large number of weapons over the years, and the number is huge." Qi Ning said slowly: "The East China Sea Division has weapons and armor supplied by the imperial court, so naturally they don't need those weapons of the East China Sea Family, are those weapons really doing chaos and are used to recruit soldiers?" ”

Lu Shanghe hesitated for a moment before he said: "I have seen the weapons stored on the two islands, the number is amazing, naturally they are used to make trouble, but whether they are used to recruit soldiers, I.... I can't guarantee it either. ”

Yin Wuji suddenly spoke: "If the East China Sea family really wants to make trouble while the Chu army is heading north, they must prepare early, in addition to stockpiling money, food and equipment, they must also secretly recruit soldiers early, if they wait for the Chu army to go north before recruiting soldiers, is it too late?" ”

Qi Ning's heart sank, he thought earlier that those weapons must be used to cause chaos, but he didn't delve into where the source of the soldiers came from, Yin Wuji's words, but suddenly made Qi Ning realize an extremely important problem.

"Elder Taiyin is right." Xuanyuan broke and said: "The East China Sea family is in turmoil, if they only rely on the East China Sea Division, but they have prepared a large number of weapons, obviously not for the East China Sea Division, but for other purposes." Although those families in the East China Sea are only local gentry now, but the Han family was the king in the East China Sea back then, these families were all retainers of the Han family, and they knew how to march into the army, so they naturally knew that the truth of raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while, if it was temporarily recruited when my Great Chu went north, it was really incredible. Not to mention whether the Donghai family can quickly recruit rebellious soldiers in the East China Sea, even if they can recruit soldiers, those soldiers have not undergone any training, and after they go into battle, aren't they a group of rabble? After a pause, he sneered: "The old traitor surnamed Jiang in the East China Sea will pull a group of people from the fields to kill the enemy?" ”

Lu Shanghe hurriedly said: "That's exactly the truth. ”

Qi Ning was silent, bowed his head and pondered, and after a while, he finally raised his head suddenly: "I understand!" ”

"Guogong?"

"The Donghai family is storing money, food, and weapons, not preparing to recruit troops by themselves." Qi Ning suddenly realized: "The beggar gang, it's the beggar gang!" Asked Xiang Baiying: "Uncle Xiang, can the beggar gang disciples train on weekdays?" ”

Xiang Baiying said: "Although not all the disciples of the beggar gang will practice martial arts, but the hall master of each hall will select capable people from among the disciples under him to practice the lotus array, the lotus array must have at least six people, and a maximum of fourteen people, my beggar gang has a strict order, the lotus array must not be slack, if it is found that which hall master does not lead the disciples to practice the lotus array, it will be severely punished." Although the Lotus Array is not a clever formation, it can allow the disciples to advance in tandem, even if they meet a good hand, it is enough to rely on the Lotus Array to resist, which is also to guard against someone bullying the beggar gang. ”

"In other words, the beggar disciples can fight together through the lotus array." Qi Ning's eyes were sharp: "If the beggar gang is controlled by Dizang, when the Chu army goes north, the disciples of the beggar gang will be divided into pieces and enter the East China Sea, and there are weapons and equipment prepared by the East China Sea family over there, so that they can become a soldier and horse in a very short time, although they are not as good as regular officers and soldiers, but they are not a rabble." The rudder of the beggar gang originally restrained the rudder disciples, and the disciples of each hall were able to cooperate with each other through the lotus array, and after going into battle, they could be completely orderly up and down. ”

Although he had always thought that Jizo would send people to compete for the position of the leader of the beggar gang or collude with the East China Sea, the purpose was to rebel, but until this time, the beggar gang and the East China Sea were completely linked.

Xuanyuan Po also understood, and said: "Yes, the East China Sea prepares weapons, and the beggars provide troops, and when the time comes, the two will be connected, and they will immediately become a ...... army that has always been enough to threaten the imperial court!" ”

Qi Ning thought of this, his back was cold, if Lu Shanghe really controlled the beggar gang at the beginning, and there was no incident in the East China Sea, then now from the East China Sea, I am afraid that there will be a soldier and horse advancing straight to Jianye, once this happens, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"You've been following Jizo for six years, and you don't even know a trace of her true identity?" Qi Ning said coldly: "Why did she have the ambition to rebel, and you don't know the inside story?" ”

Lu Shanghe shook his head and said: "If I know, I will never dare to deceive, she has been very wary of me all these years, although I guessed that he must have the intention of rebellion, but why did she rebel, I really don't know." ”

"Is she going to be the emperor herself?" Arnau couldn't help but say: "Since she is pretending to be a shadow, you are still her man, and she succeeded in rebellion, shouldn't she let you be the emperor, why only let you be the prince?" And the emperor's seat is left to herself? ”

Although Arnau asked casually, Qi Ning had a flash of inspiration and realized something: "The throne?" Don't.....! But he didn't go on.

Yin Wuji said: "Jizo is low-key, likes to pretend to be a ghost, and is a woman, let her sit on the throne, I'm afraid it's not comfortable." If she really succeeds in her rebellion, she can let Lu Shanghe or others sit on the throne, wouldn't it be better for her to control the world behind the scenes? After a pause, he said, "Qi Ning, you just said that the East China Sea family serves the hidden master?" ”

He really didn't have any interest in Jizo's affairs before, and he didn't know about the East China Sea rebellion or the existence of any hidden master, but Jizo directly attacked the Black Lotus Sect this time, and he was saved by Qi Ning, but he still helped speculate the truth of Jizo's rebellion.

"Yes, the backer behind the Donghai family is called the hidden master by the Jiang family, but who this person is, I can't be sure yet, I once thought that the hidden master might be Jizo." Qi Ning said: "But whether he and Jizo are the same person can't be proven." ”

"Is it possible that everything Jizo did was also for the so-called hidden master?" Yin Wuji said: "Jizo doesn't want to be the emperor, but wants that hidden lord to sit on the dragon chair?" ”

Qi Ning's heart sank, but Yin Wuji's words were not impossible.

"But Jizo is already a great grandmaster, how can she obey the orders of the hidden master?" Xuanyuan broke and said, "Could it be that the hidden lord is even more powerful than Jizang?" ”

Xuanyuan Po's question is also to the point, after all, Jizo's attainments are already a great master, and who can drive her in the whole world?

"There's one more thing you don't forget." Xiang Baiying suddenly said: "Jizo is in chaos in Xichuan, and the Black Rock Cave was slandered and rebelled earlier, that is the beginning of Jizang's desire to provoke the Xichuan turmoil, and she has always wanted to control the seventy-two Miao family in Xichuan. ”

Qi Ning bowed his head and said: "What I told my uncle is that not only the seventy-two caves of the Miao family, but Jizang has already colluded with Li Hongxin in private, and Li Hongxin has also been planning to rebel in Xichuan. ”

"If Li Hongxin and the 72nd Cave of the Miao Family are reversed, Xichuan will be in turmoil." Xiang Baiying said: "The main force of the Chu army went north, but the Xichuan Rebellion had to be pacified, and even if the Xichuan Army stationed on the western border was transferred to quell the chaos, it might not be able to control the situation, so the imperial court could only transfer troops from other places. ”

"That is to say, Xichuan is in chaos, and the imperial court has to divide the troops into two routes, the main force goes north, and the other way is to mobilize troops and horses to quell the chaos in Xichuan......!" Qi Ning thought thoughtfully: "It may even be possible to mobilize the Xuanwu battalion in the garrison capital." ”

Xiang Baiying said: "No matter which troops and horses are mobilized, the attention of the imperial court can only be on the north and Xichuan, and there is no time to take care of other places. ”

Qi Ning lost his voice and said, "I understand, it turns out ..... It turns out that all this is a huge layout. Jizang instigated the Miao family's seventy-two caves and Li Hongxin to make trouble, the purpose was not just to cause trouble in the world, she ..... It was originally to attract the attention of the imperial court to Xichuan, and the seventy-two holes of the Miao family and Li Hongxin were just chess pieces on her chessboard, just for the purpose of luring the enemy, once the imperial court transferred all the available troops to Xichuan .....! He didn't say any more, but Xuanyuan Po had already slowly continued: "Then if any soldiers and horses threaten the capital, the officers and soldiers who fall into Xichuan will not be able to return to help, and the ultimate goal of Jizo is to have no soldiers to save when the capital is in danger." ”

Xiang Baiying sighed: "And there is just a Jizo planned soldier and horse in the East China Sea to go north to Beijing, and after the soldiers and horses composed of my beggar gang disciples are killed in the capital, the officers and soldiers are trapped in Xichuan, and the capital can only sit and wait to die!" ”