It dawned on Rick that he was obviously far behind Chrissy when it came to his experience, but he was also secretly proud because he was smart enough to think of taking Chrissy with him. Naturally, the nerve-wracking matter will be left to this beautiful woman to think about.

After the new guests took their seats, Concubine Ji Xue said: "Since Vice Minister Pompeii has denied attacking the Caiyun Mercenary Group, I think it is necessary for me to elaborate on the dynamics of the four northern countries, especially the Kingdom of Huuca in recent months. ”

Oturu's whole face was gloomy, he had realized that tonight's banquet was actually a "showdown" meeting, and the major forces of Qingcheng surfaced one after another under the traction of the Blue Moon Empire, and they would say to each other what had been hidden under the table before. The Blue Moon Empire automatically revealed their power in Qingcheng, on the one hand, it was certainly to attack the four northern countries, and on the other hand, it was not a strategy to counterattack. In the past twenty years, in order to control Guyun County step by step, it can be said that they have exhausted manpower and material resources, and the purpose is to use Guyun County as a springboard for the southward expansion of the four countries without alarming other countries, and open up the inland passage to attack the Blue Moon Empire in one fell swoop, so that the Divine Seal Fortress has no place for use and loses its important military value in blocking the four northern countries. However, if this attempt is exposed to the eyes and ears of other countries, some countries with interests in this area will certainly resolutely oppose it. According to Otulu's guess, the Tabuziqi Empire and the Velvet Kingdom will definitely oppose it, because once the four northern countries open the southward passage, it will threaten the security of these two countries. Of course. The Blue Moon Empire, which is most directly related to this, will take tough measures. Oturu's concern now is not how to stop the leakage of the four-nation plan. Rather, they worry about the consequences of this. In particular, the diplomatic incidents caused by this are more likely to have a bearing on their own future. A year ago, in his capacity as the deputy finance minister, he finally won the opportunity to carry out the first step of the southward expansion plan for the four countries, and he thought that everything was in place and foolproof, but he did not expect that the Blue Moon civil strife that he had finally instigated was quickly quelled, and the first step of the southward expansion plan was forced to be suspended. In order to erase the traces left over from the course of the plan, he sent people to attack the Caiyun mercenary group. I don't want to still fail. These variables have given him a headache, and he doesn't know how to explain it when he goes back. Now, a new round of counterattacks by the Blue Moon Empire has begun, and even he doesn't know what else the Four Nations can do. Now he can only stubbornly defend the last hurdle and resolutely deny the attack on the Caiyun mercenary group, so that the countries can not see clearly the hidden power of the four northern countries in Guyun County, so that they cannot make radical moves, which also leaves a little capital for the four countries to carry out another southward expansion plan. When he faced the questioning of the four countries, he also had some more confidence.

"We captured dozens of captives in the First Battle of the Ranch." Concubine Ji Xue continued. "It has been confirmed that several mercenary groups participated in the attack on the Caiyun mercenary group, I declare on behalf of the Blue Moon Empire. Regardless of the purpose for which the mercenary groups participated in the attack, they will no longer be held accountable. We will also release the captured ones one after another. Concubine Ji Xue changed her words and said, "But just as the red-clothed Rakshasa Ida who was captured in the ranch attack and the Marquis of Babson of the Shuuka Kingdom who was captured in the battle to quell the rebellion in Fenghua City in the territory of the Ding Empire, the empire decided to officially escalate it into a diplomatic incident. As for the outside of the Shikoku Chen Bing Shen Feng Fortress, I don't think the empire is so weak that the enemy will still be indifferent when he hits his doorstep. In the end, Concubine Ji Xue said that although she was not silent, the aura of murder in her voice was compelling, and her jade face was also covered with frost.

Oturu smiled very unnaturally, in fact, everyone could see that his face changed dramatically when he heard that the Marquis of Babson had been arrested in Fenghua City, and it was obvious that things had far exceeded his expectations. Concubine Ji Xue didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, she didn't dwell on Babson, and after a while, she still returned to Ada, and said, "I'll introduce you to a friend who came to Qingcheng as a guest--" Speaking of this, she pointed at Rick and said, "It's this Rickji son, Ida was caught by his men, and that night, he happened to be a guest in the ranch." ”

When Rick saw her say himself, he didn't stand up. At this moment, his heart was full of disgust, if he was used by Qin Xin out of pity for the weak, he was not angry, but would laugh at it, then being used by Concubine Ji Xue made him hate it deeply. He now knew why he was able to take Ida and Yulu away from the ranch lightly, and why he was at such an important banquet, because this qiē was arranged by Concubine Ji Xue. She, first using his power to watch Ada, and then wanted to turn him into a spear, a spear that pointed directly at the weakness of the Shukka Kingdom and even the four northern countries, the purpose was nothing more than to turn herself into a bargaining chip that could be used in exchange for benefits in the country's diplomatic disputes. She didn't need to make trouble about Babson, because she didn't want Oturu to be angry, because Babuson had a noble title, and no matter what kind of diplomacy Oturu did in this matter, he would generally not be mistaken for selfish by others. But Ida is different, she is Oturu's concubine, although she was arrested in the process of doing things for the country, but if Oturu is asked to deal with this diplomatic matter, if he is not careful, he may be mistaken for selfishness by others. Concubine Ji Xue saw through this, no matter whether Ida was still in Rick's hand or not, it would definitely not be wrong to play this card.

Although Rick was unwilling to be used by Concubine Ji Xue, he couldn't get out of this situation for a while. He didn't want to speak, but he was forced to do so by the situation. Fortunately, someone spoke to relieve him of embarrassment, it was the Prince Becky, who had just arrived, and he gently knocked on the wine bottle in front of him, making a clear crisp sound, attracting everyone's attention, and said: "On behalf of Pedoni, I will say a fair word." ”

Rick secretly sneered: Pedoni is one of the four northern kingdoms, what can he say from the mouth of the prince of this country.

Sure enough, as soon as Bei Qiying opened his mouth, he said that there were no Pei Doni soldiers in the coalition army outside the Divine Seal Fortress, and Pei Doni had no intention of engaging the Blue Moon Empire. Therefore, he resolutely supports the Blue Moon Empire's handling of the culprits of civil strife. This remark offended many people at once, first of all, Oturu's eyes flashed with viciousness, he couldn't have imagined that Pedoni, one of the four northern countries, had such a prince who was biased towards the empire, when he spoke badly, he chose this critical time; The second thing that was offended was the Blue Moon Empire, Bei Qiying's sentence "There are no Pedoni soldiers in the coalition army", it is clear that he is talking nonsense, if the Blue Moon Empire has no definite evidence, how can he lightly say words against all the four northern countries. However, Bei Qiying's words also helped Concubine Ji Xue a little, at least she was more justified when she negotiated with Otulu. In fact, what Bei Qiying said was not completely nonsense, among the four northern countries, Pedoni is an agricultural country, and the most in the territory is endless farmland, so the national strength is also the weakest, the standing army is only 100,000, and the military force can only maintain domestic order. However, the four northern kingdoms are closest to the Blue Moon Empire with the Kingdom of Huka, which borders Jiamu County of the Blue Moon Empire, and some places in Pedoni are only dozens of miles away from the Blue Moon Empire. In the past hundred years, the Blue Moon Empire has gradually become stronger, and Pedoni has become more and more unwilling to be its enemy, and most of Pedoni's people are also averse to war, and as for being forced to join the Four-Nation Alliance, it is coerced by its Three Kingdoms in a large way. Therefore, once the three countries formed a coalition, Pedoni would also pretend to send an army, which was very small, often no more than 10,000 people, and sometimes only a few thousand. The reason why Pedoni is important to the four northern countries is that it is the granary of the four countries, and without Pedoni's logistical support, the soldiers of the other three countries can only fight hungry.

As soon as Bei Qiying's words fell, on the fifth seat next to him, one of the picturesque women in strange clothes said coldly: "I don't think we have to argue here, Qingcheng is still the Qingcheng of the Shang Alliance, we sit here and share the spoils, and we don't seem to ask the master's opinion." As she spoke, she looked at the first seat opposite, where the two officials of the Shang Alliance were seated.

The old man with a goatee at the first table continued: "Before this official came to Qingcheng, he was clearly instructed by the Consulate General that since so many friends from various countries have come to Qingcheng, we will naturally entertain them wholeheartedly. As for the disputes between you, it is inconvenient for the Business Alliance to intervene. This sentence can be regarded as a complete confession of the situation of the business alliance in the whole matter. Nominally, Qingcheng and even Guyun County are still in the Shang Alliance, but in fact, they have already been secretly divided by the major forces. The Shang Alliance is now bitter and unspeakable, for the fact that Silk City was attacked by several mercenary groups of the Shang Alliance, the Shang Alliance has already presented a huge indemnity of 10 million gold coins to the Blue Moon Empire. The Shang Alliance has not yet figured out whether those mercenary groups were accused by others, or whether they were so confused that they attacked the cities of the Blue Moon Empire simply for huge selfish gains, and now they don't want to figure it out, their attitude is obvious: stay out of the matter.

The woman in the strange costume seemed to have expected this, smiled mockingly, and said: "The reason why Qingcheng is prosperous is not because of war, but because of the mutual communication between countries. On behalf of Jingtang, I solemnly state that I do not want any regular military force to set foot in Guyun County. Otherwise, Jingtang will not sit idly by. In the last sentence, she said with a cold light in her eyes. Oturu's expression was a little more disgraced. It's still going to come, it's just that it's just a little unacceptable to him.

The entire inner hall was made solemn again by her words, and at this moment, the merchant who had been drinking suddenly sighed: "Good wine, good wine, I don't know when I will wake up when I will be drunk tonight?" ”

Oturu said: "Mr. Jin is so Yaxing, but I hope you will say a fair word, my four northern countries have been oppressed by the Blue Moon Country so far, and I can't imagine that now I will be bitten back--"

The merchant, known as Mr. King, laughed: "Sometimes, when wine from the south is shipped to the north, it will make people feel fragrant, and when wine from the north is shipped to the south, it will feel spicy." But if there is a place that can produce both the greasy and spicy sake of the south, sooner or later its brewery will go out of business. The place where any kind of wine can be brewed is admirable, but it is also a big bully. (To be continued......)