"Both have arrived, and as you predicted, the saber rattling."

Li Kuang picked up the curtains of the study and looked in the direction of the front hall, while gloating.

Xu Rui sat on the chair and tapped his fingers lightly on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing that he didn't answer what he meant, Li Kuang pursed his lips and sat back opposite Xu Rui.

"Hey, you've been delaying for more than a month, and now that the people you're waiting for have arrived, aren't you ready to meet them?"

Li Kuang asked puzzled.

"How's your business going?"

Xu Rui didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

Li Kuang smiled and said: "It's almost, except for the Jinyi Guard who was taken away by me during the battle for the heir, these days due to the inextricable fight between King Yu and King Liao, the days are no longer possible, and the old department of Jinyi Wei comes to vote every day."

With the old Jinyiwei intelligence network of the Great Wei as the team, plus the huge amount of money and technical support you provided to me, there are enough resources to establish my own intelligence network in the northwest, which is even more powerful than the original Jinyiwei. ”

Xu Rui said: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, intelligence is the foundation of war, if you want to survive in the current troubled times, a strong intelligence agency is very important." ”

Li Kuang smiled: "It sounds like another dark chess, does your choice now look like when King Wuling was rising?" ”

Xu Rui was slightly stunned, skipped this question and said: "You are ready, set up the Northwest Intelligence Bureau as soon as possible, you are the first director, the focus of your work is not only to prevent the enemy's infiltration and sabotage internally, but also to monitor the world externally, and obtain first-hand intelligence for our army as soon as possible." ”

Li Kuang said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have been prepared for this for a long time, many things are already being done, and the Northwest Intelligence Bureau can be established with a sign." ”

Xu Rui nodded, took out a stack of manuscript paper that had already been prepared from the drawer, handed it to Li Kuang, and said, "This is some of the intelligence plans I have summarized, you can take a look." ”

It is said that it is a plan, but in fact, it is a series of construction priorities summarized by Xu Rui according to the operation and working methods of mature intelligence agencies in another world, as well as new working methods, which cover everything from institutional settings, personnel training to intelligence espionage methods.

Li Kuang didn't expect Xu Rui to have some experience in intelligence, so he took the stack of manuscript papers suspiciously, and his eyes widened after just one glance, and he couldn't take his eyes off it.

It's as if a peerless master has obtained a new secret book that is completely different from any martial arts system in this world, and as long as he looks at it, he will be completely attracted and unable to extricate himself, exactly the same as when Mr. Changpo was abducted by Xu Rui's modern medicine.

"Hey ......"

Xu Rui called Li Kuang twice, but Li Kuang was already in a trance, and turned a deaf ear to his call.

Xu Rui smiled helplessly, shook his head, got up and walked out of the study.

An Ge had been waiting outside the study, and when he saw Xu Rui coming out, he hurriedly greeted him.

"How's it going over there?"

Xu Rui asked with a pouting in the front hall.

An Ge said with a wry smile on his face: "If it weren't for our people pulling it, maybe the two bosses would have already started fighting." ”

Xu Rui sighed and said, "It seems that King Yu and King Liao are irreconcilable, and they have become a state of death and death." ”

An Ge said with a smile: "Their war has reached a stalemate, and both sides can't help each other, so they want to use our strength to destroy each other, at least we can't make us their enemies, so they can only break the net."

But let's, in this way, the initiative is in our hands, and the young master can watch from the wall, waiting for them to fight each other. ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "It would be nice if things were so simple, my appetite has been hanging for a long time, and it will be difficult to meet the two bosses after I don't show up, let's go, go out and have a look!" ”

An Ge nodded, stopped talking, and walked towards the front hall with Xu Rui.

In the front hall, Lu Hua and Du Ruo seemed to have just quarreled, and the two old men who were over half a hundred years old each sat on one side with red ears and red ears, blowing their beards and glaring, as if two children were in conflict and sulking at each other.

"I'm sorry to keep the two adults waiting, the kid is busy."

Xu Rui laughed, walked out of the back hall, and smiled at the two of them.

Seeing that the main master finally came, Lu Hua and Du Ruo couldn't care about getting angry again, including them and their entourage, a large group of people hurriedly got up and saluted Xu Rui.

Xu Rui naturally smiled lovely, politely returned the salute one by one, and walked to the main seat with a red face.

"Master Hou, long time no see!"

Lu Hua handed it over.

Du Ruo laughed and said: "It's been a long time, congratulations to the Hou Ye, congratulations to the Hou Ye!" ”

Lu Hua waited for more than a month, and naturally he was angry, but as soon as Du Ruo came, he didn't want to let out the fire in his heart again, and instead planned to make friends with Xu Rui Panpan first and occupy a slight negotiation advantage.

Unexpectedly, the treacherous and cunning Du Ruo had already seen Lu Hua's strategy, and as soon as he spoke, he took the conversation over, and quietly disrupted Lu Hua's rhythm.

In fact, this is exactly what Xu Rui wants.

Lu Hua is not only very qualified, but also half of Xu Rui's elders, it is really difficult for him to persuade Xu Rui to refuse, if Lu Hua puts on the style of an elder again, and even coaxes, Xu Rui will be even more difficult to deal with.

So he can only drag it out, and when the King of Liao also sends someone, Lu Hua's negotiation opponent will change from Xu Rui to Du Ruo, and the combination of soft and hard will become something to ask for.

Sure enough, with Du Ruo's checks and balances, Lu Hua not only held back the anger in his heart, but even his friendship was interrupted by Du Ruo.

Since Du Ruo helped Xu Rui block the gun, Xu Rui naturally reciprocated the favor and asked with a smile: "Oh, why did Lord Du say this, how happy is the kid?" ”

Du Ruo said with a smile: "Naturally, it is a great joy, the Holy Lord has decreed that the marquis is the Duke of Qi, this is a supreme title and honor only available to the founding generals, isn't it a great joy?" ”

"Oh?"

A hint of surprise flashed on Xu Rui's face.

This time it's not all acting, Da Wei is very stingy with the title, except for the three princes who were crowned when the country was founded, no matter how great the credit is, the others can only be crowned to the state at most, and there is not one of the princes.

Seeing Xu Rui's shocked face, Lu Hua's face suddenly sank, just now he couldn't stand Du Ruo's provocation, and quarreled with Du Ruo, the two sides had basically handed over the bottom, and he didn't bother to follow the steps at this time, so he simply gritted his teeth and said: "Slow!" ”

"Oh, what does Elder Lu think?"

Xu Rui asked as if surprised.

Lu Hua seemed to have made up some determination, and said to Xu Rui: "Master Hou, the old man was entrusted by the saint before he came here, and the saint said that he had treated you with all sincerity, life and death together, and the past feelings were vivid and difficult to let go.

As long as you still recognize me as a minister of the Great Wei, he is willing to give you the title of king, and recognize the independent establishment of the Northwest State, and take care of it with reference to the list of subject countries. ”

"What?!"

As soon as this remark came out, the hall was shocked, and Xu Rui frowned even more.

If it is really according to what Lu Hua said, it is equivalent to saying that King Yu not only admitted the fact that Xu Rui divided the territory, but even announced the matter to the world de jure, and the northwest will truly become Xu Rui's world from now on!

It's just that King Yu is the emperor after all, and he has worked hard to sit on the throne, will he really be willing to give up half of his bed to others to sleep in?

Throwing such a big bait, I'm afraid it's bigger, right?

Xu Rui was thinking about it, and Du Ruo on the side suddenly burst out laughing.

Lu Hua suddenly became angry, and was about to scold again, but Xu Rui asked first: "I don't know why Boss Du is laughing?" ”

Du Ruo finally stopped laughing and said: "The old man laughs at the puppet emperor's good past affection, it is difficult to give up, the world knows that the Hou Ye and Liu Yi and Liu Lao General are like father and son, if the puppet emperor really thinks of the old love, how can he can't wait to put Liu Yi to death?!" ”

"What did you say?!"

Xu Rui's eyes suddenly froze when he heard this, and he was shocked, this time there was no element of performance, he was really shocked.

The reason why Xu Rui dared to come to the northwest and leave Liu Yi alone was that in addition to the urgency of the situation at the time, it was difficult to take care of Liu Yi, but also because Xu Rui believed that as long as there was an existence in the northwest, all forces would be jealous and would not dare to disadvantage Liu Yi.

He never thought that King Yu would really kill Liu Yi, and it was at the critical moment of winning over himself, and even the first time he heard this sentence, he felt that it was absurd fake news.

"This matter is no joke, can Boss Du's news be accurate?"

Xu Rui grabbed Du Ruo's wrist and asked loudly.

Du Ruo sneered and said: "Although the saint is not in the capital, there are still many eyeliners in the capital, ten days ago, General Liu was publicly executed, and the head was hung on the city to show the public, this matter is not covered up at all, if the Hou Ye does not believe it, you can wait a few more days, I believe that the news will soon spread to the northwest!" ”

"What...... That's true......"

"Dashuai!"

Xu Rui only felt dizzy in his head, and almost fell down in front of him, but fortunately, An Ge saw that something was wrong and helped him in time, so he didn't really fall.

"Master Hou, the puppet emperor killed the king and killed his brother, he was mad, and he has reached the realm of common anger between people and gods, as long as you can send troops together with the saint to exterminate the puppet emperor, the puppet emperor promised you the title of king, and the independent saint also promised you, you must not be deceived by the puppet emperor and ruin the last hope of the Great Wei!"

Seeing Xu Rui's reaction like this, Du Ruo hurriedly struck with a hot iron and said it sincerely, Lu Hua on the side also heard the news for the first time, and stood on the spot like everyone else, and even forgot to refute it.

At this time, Xu Rui only felt that his head had stopped running, and he kept recalling the scenes of his acquaintance with Liu Yi in front of him.

Xu Rui was just an orphan in another world, and he had never experienced the warmth of home, but his two stepfathers made him feel a different world.

If Yang Weiyuan let Xu Rui taste the taste of family affection, then Liu Yi, who has been with him for a longer time and has a greater influence on him, is really playing the role of a father in his life.

Xu Rui couldn't believe that these two people who had such a great influence on him had left him.

Recalling the day of separation, Xu Rui had just recognized Liu Yi as his father-in-law, and before he even had time to formally serve a cup of tea, feelings of regret, remorse, grief and anger washed over his chest like a volcanic eruption.

He wanted to break the body of the person who murdered Liu Yi into pieces, but he felt more guilty about his own conceit, if he hadn't been so anxious to chase the prince, but turned back and took Liu Yi with him, such a tragedy would never have happened.

"Could it be that I am really a lonely star, destined to be lonely in this life?"

Xu Rui silently asked himself in the bottom of his heart, but in exchange for it, it was suffocating pain.

"Master Hou, you ......"

Du Ruo wanted to say something more, but Xu Rui had already raised a palm and said: "Ben Hou is unwell today, let's talk about it after this matter, come here, send the two adults back to the post house." ”

"Master Hou, this ......"

Du Ruo was stunned, but the guards on both sides had already surrounded him, and when he saw Xu Rui and Lu Hua, who were also lost and stunned, his heart was relieved again.

King Yu's killing of Liu Yi is indeed a big failure, and it is not in vain that he has been delayed on the road for so long, with this killer feature, why worry about Xu Rui and King Yu's alliance?

Thinking that the victory was already in hand, Du Ruo sneered, no longer worried in his heart, comforted Xu Rui a few words, and then took the attendant to the post house with his head held high.