The side hall is very quiet, the whole hall, only the voice of Liu Jinyun, the captain of the West Factory, is echoing, Hun Ya, the Western Regions, speaking of which, has always been the external threat of the previous dynasties of Shenzhou, but it is limited to the problems of the region and the environment, it is difficult to survive, coupled with the style of fierceness, coming and going like the wind, although the successive dynasties of Shenzhou have had the experience of hitting it hard, but they have never been able to completely eradicate these external troubles.

Liu Jinyun's report lasted for a quarter of an hour before stopping, and in the side hall, he fell into a short silence, and after a long time, Zhuo Ao's calm voice sounded in the side hall.

"Xichang has increased its infiltration of all ethnic groups outside the Cypriot Territory and the accuracy of the intelligence, no matter what kind of turmoil the various ethnic groups outside the Cypriot Territory have, I must know it at the first time."

"Yes." Liu Jinyun cautiously glanced at Zhuo Ao's face, but he was still calm as usual, and his heart was worried, I don't know if His Majesty was dissatisfied with the intelligence work of the West Factory, and after bowing slightly, he retreated.

"Spread my will, and order Zhao Yun, Xu Da, and Yang Jiasi to enter the palace immediately, and see me in the imperial study." In the empty side hall, Zhuo Ao was the only one, as if he was talking to the air at the moment, but quickly, as Zhuo Ao's words fell, a faint answer sounded in the side hall: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

If a timid person was here, he would probably be frightened, but Zhuo Ao didn't have a look of surprise, got up, left the side hall, and walked in the direction of the imperial study.

Soon, Zhao Yun, Xu Da and others, who had been summoned, came to the imperial study separately to see Zhuo Ao.

Seeing that the six people had arrived, Zhuo Ao put down the information in his hand and looked at the six people: "The situation is a bit serious, the various tribes outside the Saiwai will invade the Central Plains soon, and behind this scene, I suspect that there is a shadow of Heavenly Court." ”

"Your Majesty. The minister is willing to lead the troops and clear the universe for His Majesty. Zhao Yun and the others said in unison.

"This time is not more than before, the Western Regions, the grassland, and even the farther Rakshasa and Great Qin may be involved, Liulang, I will make you the protector of the Western Regions. All the soldiers and horses of the Twelve Prefectures of Xiliang and Chang'an are dispatched by you, and Qilang is the deputy protector to help you garrison the Western Regions, and the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions can be ignored for the time being, but Xiao Pass must not be breached. Zhuo Ao looked at Rokuro and said in a deep voice.

In this world, there was no Xiao Guan, and Zhuo Ao has been better prepared for the invasion of leasing for more than 100 years. He chose a site in the Western Regions and established Xiaoguan.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as the minister is in one day, he will ensure that Xiao Pass is not lost." Rokuro said in a deep voice.

"Da Lang, you go to the area of Yanmen Pass first, Shilang is the protector of Yanyun, and the soldiers and horses of the Governor Yanyun Jiufu." Zhuo Ao looked at Da Lang and Shiro and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, you will not let thieves rob me of half an inch of the country!" Daro and Shiro responded with their fists clenched.

"They haven't done it yet. The two of you will stay in Luoyang for the time being, and allocate soldiers, horses, grain and grass. The war was together, and they rushed to the front line to preside over the overall situation. Zhuo Ao looked at Zhao Yun and Xu Da.

"Yes."

"Although the Heavenly Court is as strong as a cloud, it seems that it cannot directly interfere in the affairs of the world, and the Western Regions and the grassland tribes are all over the country. It may be strong for a while, but it will not last, and this time, even if it is a big injury, it will hit these wolf ambitions hard. So that they will not dare to look directly at the majesty of my kingdom for hundreds of years to come. Zhuo Ao snorted coldly.

"The ministers receive orders." After everyone bowed down and received the order, they took their leave and prepared for themselves.

"Tong Yuan!" In the silent imperial study, Zhuo Ao suddenly raised his head, looked at the location of a dark corner, and said indifferently.

"Your Majesty." In the dark corner, the air seemed to be distorted, and a ghost-like figure slowly appeared in front of Zhuo Ao's eyes, bowing slightly, it was the ******** beside Zhuo Ao, Tong Yuan, this person has been following Zhuo Ao for about a hundred years.

Mortals, naturally, cannot live for more than a hundred years, not to mention, when Tong Yuan followed Zhuo Ao, he was already in his fifties, and now he is more than one hundred and fifty years old, but at this moment, he still looks like a middle-aged man in his forties, with delicate skin, enough to make a woman jealous, a pair of slightly gloomy eyes, slightly shining, standing quietly in front of Zhuo Ao, it seems that there is no harm in the slightest.

But looking at the Shenwu Empire, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, even Zhao Yun and others, will maintain three points of courtesy to this ********.

In fact, since the establishment of the Shenwu Empire, there are not many eunuchs in the palace, at least compared to the previous dynasties, the number is pitiful, but these eunuchs are surprisingly old, except for Tong Yuan, the other youngest are at least over eighty, but if you enter the palace to see, the eunuchs in the palace look very young.

Sunflower Treasure Book, the peerless martial arts that made Zhuo Ao's strength soar, now has no effect on Zhuo Ao, but for ordinary people, it still has the wonderful effect of making people reborn, however, as we all know, this exercise cannot be practiced by ordinary men, and Zhuo Ao's success is almost impossible to replicate, except for eunuchs, who are not subject to this restriction.

Tong Yuan, in fact, was a eunuch of the former dynasty, when the demon concubine cholera was in the world, Tong Yuan was just an inconspicuous old eunuch in the palace at the time, but his family was persecuted to death by the favorite ministers of the demon concubine at that time, and later Zhuo Ao won the world, released him from the prison, and after learning about his situation, he rehabilitated his family.

Tong Yuan was alone, so he stayed in the palace, serving Zhuo Ao, Zhuo Ao saw that he had a good ability, and he had nothing to worry about, so he taught him the Sunflower Treasure Book, but he didn't expect Tong Yuan to have a unique talent in cultivation, I thought that he could break through the innate and was already a great xing, but for more than a hundred years, Tong Yuan diligently cultivated without falling, and now it is breaking through the limit of the Sunflower Book itself, Yin Ji Yang Sheng, condensing his own golden pill, with a life span of four hundred years, not only ********, but also secretly helped Zhuo Ao train a group of special troops.

"The shadow guards are dispatched, according to the names of the people on this list." Zhuo Ao handed Tong Yuan a piece of silk cloth, with a faint cold glow in his eyes, and made a throat-cutting motion.

"Yes." Tong Yuan took the silk cloth with a string of names recorded, and bowed slightly.

"Remember, the people we dealt with this time are not ordinary people, and I don't want anyone to know about the existence of the Shadow Guard, understand?" Zhuo Ao said indifferently.

"Your Majesty rest assured, anger knows what to do." Tong Yuan just nodded lightly, the shadow guards are all masters of cultivating the Sunflower Treasure Book, and they have never appeared in front of people, but they also have a fatal shortcoming, these people are all eunuchs, once they are captured alive or even leave a corpse, their identities will soon be exposed, even if they want to hide it, they can't hide it, so the shadow guards generally don't make a move, but once they do, if they can't escape, they will immediately self-destruct.

Since Zhuo Ao said that the enemy is not ordinary, as a close minister around Zhuo Ao, he naturally knows what it represents.

Twenty years ago, although the incident of Wu Quxing was funny, it also showed one thing, that is, there was no real true son of heaven in this world, and those immortal reincarnated characters, although they may be protected by gods in secret, they are by no means unkillable.

Therefore, over the years, Zhuo Ao ordered Xichang to secretly pay attention to some geniuses in the folk, the reincarnation of immortals, it must be extraordinary, and then according to their growth experience, the characters on the list are all carefully screened out by Xichang over the years, and it is very likely that they are the reincarnations of immortals.

Of course, it is only possible, this time to arrange the shadow guard to assassinate, if the real reincarnated immortals can be cut off in advance, it is naturally the best, if not, Zhuo Ao himself does not have much loss, and can avoid the assassination of the shadow guard, it will be extraordinary, and it can also let Zhuo Ao lock the real target, as for whether there will really be innocent people among them, that is certain, but now that the war is about to start, Zhuo Ao will never allow the existence of uncertain factors in the Shenwu Empire, if they are really innocent, they can only wait until they enter the underworld, and then make compensation.

The underworld is not as good as the yang world, and the underworld is directly controlled by the heavenly court, and all kinds of ghosts and immortals are gathered, not to mention the ancestor-level characters such as Styx and Jizang, they are ordinary ghosts and immortals, and with Zhuo Ao's current strength, they can only barely deal with it.

However, in the underworld, those powerful people are relatively lax in the management of these lonely souls and wild ghosts, and there are many people who occupy the mountain as kings like the old demon of Montenegro, as long as it does not affect the operation of the underworld, no one will care, but if you want to establish a country in the underworld, it is almost impossible, and now the blood clone is only the king in the underworld, which is similar to the old demon of Montenegro, but because of the factor of the emperor body of the yang world, the yin soul of the Shenwu Empire, Zhuo Ao can extract some as his own people in the underworld.

The Shenwu Empire still maintains a calm appearance, but with the endless flow of information from all sides gathering in Luoyang, the resources on the grassland are becoming more and more tense, and there have already begun, and the scattered grassland tribes have begun to try to cross the border and plunder southward, and the friction between the two sides has gradually begun to become frequent.

At the same time, a turmoil suddenly broke out in the Western Regions, and the royal families of several Western Regions powers, such as Dawan, Qiuzi, and Yueshi, changed within a month, and changed the dynasty, which also made Zhuo Ao feel that an imminent war had begun under this apparent calm.

In the Shenwu Empire, there is nothing abnormal, but it does not mean that there is no crisis, Jinyiwei and the East and West Second Factory are frequently dispatched, during the war, Zhuo Ao will never allow any mistakes in the chain of officialdom, but any officials who dare to drag their feet, regardless of the reason, as long as the evidence is conclusive, there will be no forgiveness.

For a time, there was a lot of noise in the officialdom of the gods, and even people with a dull sense of political smell felt the depression before the storm.

In this way, in this oppressive calm, a sudden war completely opened the curtain of this war, but to everyone's surprise, the first to ignite the fuse of this war was not the increasingly rampant Hungarian buds, nor the Western Regions Alliance after integration, it was Goryeo who Zhuo Ao had always paid little attention to the first to light the fuse, and the way of appearance was also very eye-catching. (To be continued.) )