In the study room at the top of the Clear Valley, Xiao Jingtai was sitting in front of the bookcase and reading the letters passed by his subordinates. As he flipped through the pages, his face became more and more gloomy, and finally he angrily slapped the letter on the bookcase, and said angrily: "Look at it, it's only been a few days, and all of them have quietly surrendered to Xiao Jinghuan." ”

There were two people sitting against the wall on the right side of the bookcase, one was Xiao Feng's sixth uncle Xiao Bai, and the other was an old man about sixty years old.

The old man's hair is combed very neatly, there is no trace of messiness, the white eyebrows and white beard are also very particular, a pair of eagle-like shining eyes staring at the tea cup in his hand, blowing lightly on the leaves floating on the tea water, he is not in a hurry at all, and there is no sense of anger, sitting there calmly tasting the tea that has just been brewed.

Xiao Jinghuan's words did not resonate with him, but they affected Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai stood up, walked to the bookcase and picked up the letter and looked at it, and then he was also angry: "Bastards, what a bunch of bastards." In the past, the head of the family took care of them so much during his reign, but now they have refused our request. If the supply is cut off, can't we go out hunting?"

Xiao Jingtai sighed and said, "The matter of food is okay, but the resources such as herbs are cut off, which is too unfavorable for us." The second child is really ruthless this time. Thirteen, what do you think?"

Xiao Bai's eyes looked at the old man who was still drinking tea, this person was the thirteenth elder of the Xiao family, Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui slowly put down the teacup and said with a slight smile: "What can I think?

Xiao Bai was slightly stunned, then seemed to think of something, and said, "Thirteenth Elder, are you blaming the family master for exchanging the seal for Feng'er?"

Xiao Feng is like his son in Xiao Bai's heart, if it were him, he would not hesitate to take out the seal order in exchange for Xiao Feng, so at this moment, he was very dissatisfied with Xiao Rui's reaction, and his tone of voice was also unkind.

Xiao Jingtai waved his hand, signaling Xiao Bai to step back, and at the same time defended Xiao Rui: "Xiao Bai, thirteen years away, you don't know much about his temperament. How could he blame me for this? He said this because he thought it was to be expected. ”

Xiao Bai took a step back and stared at Xiao Rui, with a lot of meaning for me to see what you say.

Xiao Rui smiled and said, "Just like you said, from the moment we hand over the seal, we should be prepared to be cut off. It's just that their reaction is indeed a little quick, but it's okay, at least we can see which people in this family are loyal, which people are wall-weed, and which people are uneasy and kind. ”

As he spoke, he stood up and walked over to the bookcase, then he picked up one letter after another, looked through one of them, and then he threw it on the bookcase and said, "This is the letter of the Fourteenth Elder, and the wording of the letter is very resolute, and even contains contempt, needless to say, it is the kind of hostile and uneasy kind. ”

After the words fell, he read another letter and continued: "This letter is from the sixteenth elder, the wording is hesitant, it seems that there is room for mitigation, but in fact he has already defected, but he belongs to the wall grass type, once we recapture the Xiao family, he will definitely return to our camp." ”

Then he read through the letters, and divided them into categories, and pointed to one of them: "This one is to be seen, and the other three are obvious, which are uneasy and kind, and which are grassy and faithful to us." ”

Xiao Bai looked at Xiao Rui's classification, shook his head and said, "Thirteen Elders, isn't it too hasty for you to classify them based on these letters." Besides, there are so many people in my Xiao family, and there are only three who are loyal to us?"

Xiao Rui smiled and said, "It's indeed a bit hasty to classify it like this based on letters alone, but you shouldn't think that I don't know anything about things at home all these years outside." I have long found out who they are, and this time, with these letters, it is just a final confirmation. ”

"Also, do you think there are very few of the three? I tell you, of the three, only one is truly faithful, and the other two are followers. You get the idea. ”

Xiao Bai was about to speak, but Xiao Jingtai stopped him: "Okay, don't argue." Thirteen, you're so well prepared, shouldn't you tell me what you think?"

"Wait!" After Xiao Rui finished saying this, he turned around and returned to the chair and sat down, took a sip of tea lightly, sorted out the things in his mind and continued: "The reason why we lost is entirely because of the character Yi Lao, and only Taishang can balance Yi Lao, so we can only wait for a chance to rescue Taishang." ”

Xiao Jingtai nodded and said, "I've thought about this, I've already asked Feng'er's people to refine the Spirit Ascension Pill for us, and the thirty Spirit Ascension Pill can also add thirty Spirit Masters for us." It's just that the medicinal herb resources are broken, and we have to find ways to obtain these resources from other channels. ”

"There's a lot of gold and jade here, just find a few clever people to buy it. It's just that time waits for no one, Yi Lao has obtained the sword pill of our clan, once the refining is successful, it will be too late for us to rescue it. Therefore, at all costs, let that Wang Ding refine the Ascension Pill as soon as possible. ”

Xiao Rui was silent for a moment and said, "We still have to think of ways to contain other families. If other families intervene when we rescue Taishang, it will do us more harm than good. ”

Xiao Jingtai nodded in agreement and said, "It's okay for the Leng family, they are estimated to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." It's just that the Zhou family and the Li family have always been at odds with me, and Feng'er offended them even more before, so I really have to think of a foolproof strategy. ”

Xiao Rui said: "Let's take a long-term view of this matter." The top priority at the moment is to send people to procure medicinal materials immediately. For Wang Ding's side, we must supply the medicinal materials as soon as possible, otherwise it will delay the time for refining the medicine. ”

Xiao Jingtai nodded and said to Xiao Bai: "Xiao Bai, for the purchase of medicinal materials, you send a few clever people over, your face is more vivid, and it is more convenient to act." ”

Xiao Bai nodded, turned around and was about to go out, just when he came to the door, Xiao Jingtai stopped him again and asked, "Wait, have you been to Feng'er in the past two days?"

Xiao Bai smiled and said, "Don't worry, he's very good, he's been practicing hard for the past two days." ”