"The battle for royalty has been like this since ancient times, and one wrong step will be lost." Lu Shigao raised his eyelids and looked at Qin Baichuan, and said, "I want to come to King Yi to take Tan Jiao and others out to act this time, and I accidentally bumped into the rebellion of the Longevity Palace by your side, so that the identity of Tan Jiao and others will be exposed." I will play the emperor as soon as possible, and tell the truth about the transfer of the people of the Longevity Palace by King Yi, as for how the emperor decides, the old man has to wait for a reply. ”

Qin Baichuan was not half interested in how Lu Shigao communicated with the emperor, and said with a straight face: "Lord Lu, how should my matter be solved?" I have no other demands, as long as I can ensure the safety of Qu Xi and the others and remove my worries, I will try my best to deal with King Yi, and even fight him to the death if necessary. ”

"It's hard." Lu Shigao thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "King Yi is wrong in a thousand ways, but he is worthy of the eight words 'Corporal Lixian, thirsty for talent', the purpose of your formation of the Bliss Army has long been clear to him, but he still lets it go, he must have a sincere intention to win you over." If you are sincerely wooed, Qu Xi and the others will be safe, and he will not be stupid enough to continue to threaten you with Qu Xi and let you come to the emperor. ”

"Now the old man is most worried about the wordless contract, you are right, after all, your name is signed on it, when the time comes, as long as the righteous king writes some rebellious words on it, and it will be made public to the world, even if the emperor knows that you are loyal, but he can't seal the mouths of others, he will inevitably kill you, and he will definitely kill you, and even the nine clans." Lu Shigao was also extremely embarrassed about this matter, it was not that he didn't want to help Qin Baichuan, but he really had no choice: "I will also tell you the truth about this reason, at least let the emperor know that you are being coerced, as for how the old man will be unpredictable." ”

Lu Shigao gave such a handling opinion Qin Baichuan was not satisfied, but seeing that the old man really had no choice, he had no choice but to nod and agree, so that this matter could be notified to the emperor in advance, so that unless the wordless contract made a fuss, then he Qin Baichuan had no way out, if it was only seen by the emperor, it seemed that there was still a glimmer of life.

"That day, the old man asked Ding Sanshi to go to look for you, he wanted to ask you to go to the government to discuss, according to your suggestion, the old man has sorted out seventeen decrees and obtained the emperor's approval, I was going to ask you to agree on the details together, but now I am afraid that there is no chance." Lu Shigao groaned: "The identity of the old man is here, if you get too close to me, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the righteous king." ”

"I heard Qu Xi say something about the business alliance, which is very good. Lord Lu is a dignified member of the dynasty, and he is familiar with the national conditions of this great song, so there is no need to discuss these matters with Qin. Qin Baichuan sighed, got up and hugged his fists and said: "So far, Qin has nothing to ask for, I hope that Lord Lu can take care of Qu Xi, Xun Qin Ji, and Wangjiang Lou openly and secretly, even if Qin is a ghost under the sword of the righteous king, he will be grateful to the adult." ”

"Qin Xiaoyou, you and I are grasshoppers on a rope, and the old man is responsible for helping, what are you talking about?" Lu Shigao said hatefully: "Compared with others, the old man cares more about your safety...... After I leave, I will go back to write a recital, and the emperor will give an answer in three days at the latest. Have you ever acted with Ding Sanshi? When the time comes, I will send him over to balance the Tan sect leader. ”

"Speaking of Ding Sanshi, I think about it, after he left that day, Tan Jiaotou clearly went to see him off, didn't he see the flaw?" Qin Baichuan said suspiciously.

"It's also Qin Xiaoyou, you are auspicious." Lu Shigao explained: "After the introduction of the seventeen decrees, the manpower of the government was insufficient, and the old man ordered the disbandment of the bloody guards, all of whom were led by Ding Sanshi, with Jiangling as the center to secretly spy on the character of officials at all levels. Ding Sanshi settled in Qingliu Town, thirty miles away from Jiangling City, and in order to hide his whereabouts, he moved in as a Jianghu person, which could dispel Tan Jiaotou's doubts. ”

"That's good, if Tan Jiaotou sees the clues, I'm afraid that Qin will be in danger." Qin Baichuan's heart was a lot more settled, and he said: "Lord Lu, since the head of the Tan sect is the head of the Longevity Palace, his martial arts should not be weak...... What is the origin of Ding Sanshi, can he really balance Tan Jiaotou? ”

"Qin Xiaoyou hasn't seen it yet?" Lu Shigao felt that Qin Baichuan was extremely smart many times, but sometimes he was so stupid that it gave people a headache, and said in a deep voice: "Ding Sanshi was directly deployed by the emperor and is a real blood-clothed dragon guard!" ”

"He's a blood-clothed dragon guard?" Qin Baichuan's eyes widened: "How is this possible?" You said that the Longevity Palace is the headquarters of the blood-clothed dragon guard, and you also said that the righteous king has a false position in the Longevity Palace...... If Ding Sanshi was also a blood-clothed dragon guard, then how could the righteous king not know about him? Even if King Yi doesn't know, in the same team, Tan Jiaotou should always know him, right? ”

"The old man only said one thing just now, but didn't say the other." Lu Shigao said with an unfathomable smile: "The blood-clothed dragon guard is divided into two branches, one is indeed the Longevity Palace, after training, these people wear red embroidered dragon official uniforms, and carry embroidered spring knives with them when they enter and leave the palace, and the scenery is immeasurable; The other one was formed by the old man himself before he left Dasong, and after secret discussion with the emperor, the main hall was set up in the Qingmeng generation! ”

"After the old man left, no matter what difficulties the emperor faced, he never issued an order to Long Wei, one sword in ten years, and it was not until the year before last that such a force was created!" Lu Shigao snorted: "In the past ten years, the blood-clothed dragon guard has been maintained at the establishment of twenty-four people! ”

"So...... There are only twenty-four real blood-clothed dragon guards? Qin Baichuan said stunned.

"Qin Xiaoyou thinks that the number of people is too small to be called a troop?" Lu Shigao looked proud and said softly: "In the prosperous era of Li Tang, there are eighteen horsemen of Yanyun, dressed in winter clothes, with a scimitar at the waist, a face mask, and combat boots, fast as the wind, fierce as fire, and only eighteen people stepped into the realm of barbarians, killing thousands of thieves in one day and one night!" If Yanyun's eighteen horsemen can have such a proud record, how can I not have the twenty-four dragon guards? ”

"The soldiers are not expensive, I can understand what Lord Lu means." When the old man talked about the twenty-four dragon guards, his beard turned up, and Qin Baichuan grinned: "I just think, now there are three people from the Longevity Palace around me, and King Yi also said that after Chinese New Year's Eve, people will be sent over one after another, I am afraid that Brother Ding's fists will be difficult to defeat with four hands." ”

"Don't worry, there is only Ding Sanshi by the old man's side, I will lend it to you for the time being, and he will make a decision after I report back to the emperor." Lu Shigao waved his hand and said, "Qin Xiaoyou, according to the old man's guess, although the blood-clothed dragon guards who came out of the Longevity Palace are in the name of the Nine Crane Dao Master, they are not trained by the Nine Crane Dao Master himself, but are taught by his apprentice with full power. Do you know who trained the twenty-four dragon guards in the emperor's hands? ”

"Forehead ......" was very excited when he mentioned the blood-clothed dragon guard Lu Shigao, where would Qin Baichuan care about this, as long as he knew that Ding Sanshi had the ability to compete with Tan Jiaotou, he would also be relieved. But he didn't want to arouse Lu Shigao's interest, and said tentatively: "One monk, one Confucian, one leopard, Lord Lu just mentioned the Nine Crane Dao Master, could it be that these twenty-four dragon guards are personally trained by Lord Lu?" ”

"." Lu Shigao pouted and said: "The old man is a Confucian student, and he won the name of a blood-piercing Confucian when he drew a knife in the court, but where do he know any martial arts?" Forget it, the old man told you that the real blood-clothed dragon guard is by the hands of that 'one monk'! The Taoist name is Jiuhe, and the monk and the king are boundless. Immortals and Buddhas don't stand together, ghosts roar and frighten nine days, which is better or worse, Qin Xiaoyou should always be clear, right? ”

"Judging from the poem, it seems that what monk king is better?" Qin Baichuan Road.

"The monk's name is impermanent, and he has become a ghost monk on the rivers and lakes!" Seeing that Qin Baichuan didn't seem to know anything about the Monk King's boundless affairs, Lu Shigao suddenly felt bored, shook his head and said: "That's it, you just need to know that the ghost monk is not weaker than Jiuhe, how can the dragon guard of his own hand be inferior to the people of the Longevity Palace?" ”

"Oh oh, that's good, that's good." Qin Baichuan nodded vigorously, damn, Lao Lu blew so much for the blood-clothed Longwei, and finally wanted to tell himself that Ding Sanshi and the others were very good, Qin Baichuan felt that Lao Lu was a little idle.

"Qin Xiaoyou, since everything has been explained clearly, while Sect Leader Tan has not returned, the old man will leave." Lu Shigao stood up and said, "You don't need to be careful, the old man has ordered someone to arrange everything for this meeting, and he can't see the flaws in the Tan sect head if he wants to come." That Wu Liang is also his own person, and when he comes over, he only needs to cooperate a little. ”

"Master Lu, I have one more thing I want to ask you for help with." Qin Baichuan sent Lu Shigao to the door, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly spoke.

"Oh?" Lu Shigao stood still.

"Lord Lu, Qin's establishment of the Bliss Army was completely out of self-preservation, you said that General Di Wuling Di didn't give me a position as a staff officer of the army?" Qin Baichuan said expectantly: "Look, can you give me some military salary?" Wait, don't be in a hurry to refuse, Qin can make a document, and after solving the troubles of King Yi, I will give this team full authority to the imperial court...... It's always okay, right? ”

"Qin Xiaoyou's request is not excessive, but the old man is really powerless." When it came to the issue of silver, Lu Shigao waved his hand again and again without thinking about it, and refused: "What is the situation of the treasury of the dynasty, Xiaoyou should also be clear, if it is not that there is no money to recruit sergeants, why should the old man pester Xiaoyou to ask you to help earn silver?" ”

"I know, I know what you said, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the regular army of the dignified Da Song will not care about the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right? Besides, if the imperial court contributes, Qin will also contribute, and when the time comes, the army will be handed over to the imperial court, which is a sure-fire deal......"

"Stop, stop, stop." As soon as Qin Baichuan opened his mouth, it was more than 100,000 taels, and Lu Shigao's face turned green: "I have heard that the Bliss Army under Qin Xiaoyou has white rice and pork every day, and the monthly military salary is only higher than that of the regular army...... Tsk, not to mention seeing ordinary people drooling, if it reaches the barracks, I'm afraid that many sergeants will take off their armor and defect to Xiaoyou! The small temple of the Song Army can't afford to raise the big Bodhisattva of Xiaoyou...... Farewell, farewell, the old man has said goodbye! ”

Saying that, where did Lu Shigao hesitate for a moment, he waved his hand from afar, and Ding Sanshi, dressed in gray, fell from the sky, nodded to Qin Baichuan, and then protected Lu Shigao and left quickly.