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Xiao Er had the heart to report the name of Bai Poria Cocos, but he still didn't scare the evil guest who insisted on sending it to the door.

When the villain swaggered up to the third floor and appeared in front of Bai Poria and the others, everyone couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

The one who broke up was an acquaintance, it was Zicao, the disciple of the six elders of the Jiqiao Hall.

She flashed around the shopkeeper, walked to Bai Poria and saluted with her fists, and said with a smile: "Sister Poria cocos, it's been a long time!" Then he turned his head and raised his eyebrows at the shopkeeper who was stunned on the side, and said, "I know Miss Bai." ”

The shopkeeper complained in his heart: Didn't you say it earlier?!

Bai Poria waved his hand to let him step back, and said to Zicao not very enthusiastically: "Is Jiqiao Hall so idle?" Let you run to this wild place. ”

"How can the place where Sister Poria lives be a wild place?" Comfrey smiled flatteringly.

Bai Poria is extremely reluctant to meet the series of people related to sea pumice, but she also knows that the more she escapes, the more she will prove that she cares, so she has no choice but to invite the comfrey to sit down and have a meal together.

Before Comfrey came, she thought that Bai Poria might not want to see her, but she didn't expect that now not only did people not drive her away, but also treated her with delicious food and drink, and she couldn't help but be a little flattered.

She really wanted to explain to Bai Poria for her senior brother this time, but she couldn't reveal her identity as a person in the Demon Sect, so she couldn't open her mouth about many things, so she could only act on the opportunity.

Bai Poria asked about the disaster relief situation in Ning'an River like no one else, and Zicao answered one by one, seeing that the refreshments were served after the meal but still couldn't get to the point, she finally couldn't help but put down the teacup, looked directly at Bai Poria and said, "You...... Are you still angry with the Lord of the Sea Alliance? ”

As soon as she asked this question, Bai Poria didn't react, but Bai Guo, who had been nervous all night, shook his hand, and the silver chopsticks in his hand fell off the table, making a series of crisp sounds when he touched the cups and saucers.

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to her, Bai Guo was embarrassed for a while, Bai Poria finally couldn't help laughing, pointed at her and said, "I'm not excited, what are you excited about?" ”

Lilac, Ma Lian and several other maids threw their eyes at Bai Guo even more weird, they didn't follow Bai Poria into Beijing, and Bai Guo, Bai Shao and others didn't dare to explain to them the gossip that they didn't fully understand.

Bai Guo couldn't say anything, and glared at Bai Poria with a resentful face, Bai Poria smiled enough and turned her head and asked Zicao: "Do you know what happened between me and him?" ”

"Uh...... Knowing a little ......" Comfrey actually knows it all, but it is inconvenient to admit it.

Bai Poria patted her on the shoulder and said, "Then when you figure it all out, then think about whether you want to be a lobbyist." ”

After finishing speaking, she got up and was about to take someone away, Zicao was anxious, jumped up and stopped her and said: "Although I don't know the ins and outs, I know that the Lord of the Sea Alliance is sincere to you, after you left, he never smiled, he cares about you very much, you are angry again, and give him a chance to explain and admit his mistakes, okay?" ”

Bai Poria exhaled lightly and said: "Even if he doesn't laugh in his life, it has nothing to do with me, I used to do stupid things that I was willing to do, I don't want to blame anyone, but now I don't want to do stupid things anymore, so, so be it." Everyone knows what to do, what is there to explain. If you are just a guest, our Bai family is welcome, if you are here for him, don't waste time, it's useless. ”

The comfrey was full of words, and she could only watch Bai Poria and her party walk away, rubbing her forehead and talking to herself in the empty flower hall on the third floor: "Senior brother, the little sister-in-law is clearly going to cut you off, where can she be coaxed back with such a temperament?" I advised you not to lie to her and use her, but you didn't listen......"

Shook her head helplessly, this matter still has to be done by the senior brother herself, she can't explain her identity, many things can't be explained to Bai Poria cocos, it is already a loss, she is afraid that it will become darker and darker, and she will take a look at the situation first while there are still a few days.

In the past few days, the contradictions between the barbarians outside the city of Beiguan have intensified and escalated again, and the two highest-ranking generals of the Zhenbei Army in the city, Bu Jiao and Shan Daogen, have privately discussed with Bai Shanglu and Bai Poria, and then suggested to Ma Tang to temporarily close the city gate to avoid being affected by the chaotic army.

Ma Tang bumped into this kind of thing not long after he came, although it was not aimed at Beiguan City, it also made him nervous for a while, and he agreed to Bu and Shan without any objection to their words. While secretly complaining in his heart about the Fourth Prince's Highness who sent him here - didn't he say that it was very peaceful here? What can I do if this is going to be fought?!

Ma Tang has no other advantages, but he is particularly self-aware, he is a martial champion who is very good at fists and feet and is familiar with military books, he can brag in the capital, once he really goes to the battlefield, he has no experience in leading troops and is not familiar with the tactical strength of the barbarians, what else can he do except talk about soldiers on paper?

The enthusiasm of his youth has been polished clean in these years of officialdom, and he also wants to make a difference, but first of all, he must save his life and keep the fame and fortune that he has won so hard.

It's good that he won the war with the barbarians, but if he loses and the news reaches back to the capital, he will immediately return to his original form!

At this time, the spies of the Bai family sent a message that several barbarians outside the gate had reached an agreement to join forces to deal with the Thorn Fruit Tribe, and because of the distribution of interests, two factions were gradually formed, and the faction led by the high priest and the patriarch decided to make peace with the barbarians in order to free up their hands to solve the internal contradictions.

In this way, the barbarians outside the gate are afraid that there will be a truce soon, Bai Shanglu was very happy to hear the news, but Bai Poria frowned, asking him to find a way to contact the Thorn Fruit Euonymus as soon as possible.

"If they don't fight, it doesn't mean that they can return to the peaceful situation in the past, on the contrary, the roads to and from inside and outside the customs may be more dangerous." White Poria is not optimistic.

Bai Shanglu was not a stupid person, and when he heard this, his heart moved: "Are you afraid that both of them will intensify their plundering of passing merchants?" ”

"Yes, the situation outside the gate has always been that there are more monks and less porridge, and there are so many good places suitable for gathering and nomadism, and suddenly a giant came, carving up the places that were not enough, but no one can suppress anyone with the head snake and the river dragon, so they have to live in peace for the time being, but they all have to eat, and the only way is to hit the idea on other people, such as the past merchants...... If these two factions gradually gain strength, the next target may be Beiguancheng. ”

"The eldest brother has always only focused on attacking the strongest tribes outside the Guan, and he has always given preferential treatment to the small tribes. There are more than 20 barbarian tribes outside the Guanwai, they belong to different ethnic groups, and they have always been scattered, plus the eldest brother has deliberately treated them differently over the years, they can't unite for their own interests, and it is not difficult to deal with them. But once they are assembled, with the forces of the northern Guancheng, it will be overstretched to confront them head-on. ”

"In the past, as long as they didn't come to the Qi country to plunder, the Zhenbei Army would not take the initiative to attack them, but this time it was different, the Thorn Fruit Department directly threatened their survival, causing them to unite unprecedentedly, and as long as the threat of the Thorn Fruit Department always existed, they had to hug together, and the Thorn Fruit Department, the aboriginal barbarians and the Zhenbei Army would form a three-legged situation."

"If the eldest brother is still here, then there is nothing to worry about, but now whether the eldest brother can come back and when he will come back is a question, the Zhenbei army will soon become the weakest of the three forces, how can we protect the safety of the merchants? The advantages of Beiguan City will be lost. ”

Although Bai Poria has already intended to turn her business focus to the sea, Beiguan City has been operating here for many years, especially many people from the Bai family who go out are attached to this city to live, she can easily give up her foundation for many years and turn to the south, what about the others?

Bai Shanglu's expression also became solemn, he was used to hearing some strange words in Bai Poria's words, and it did not affect his understanding.

I have to admit that her young lady's worries are very reasonable. He has also seen the new Zhenbei general Ma Tang, and he knows from his words and demeanor that he is not a reliable one, and everything is pushed to Bu Jiao and Shan Daogen, the two generals, if the barbarian coalition army really comes, I am afraid that he will not be able to do anything else except close the city gate and be a turtle.

"Miss wants to contact the Thorn Fruit Guardian Spear, do you want to help him control the Thorn Fruit Department?" Bai Shanglu immediately understood Bai Poria's intentions.

"That's right! Now the two factions in the Thorn Fruit Department are fighting each other, one faction is obviously inclined to the old patriarch's side, and the other faction is the enemy of the Thorn Fruit Guardian Spear, the high priest and the new patriarch of the party, it is a great opportunity for him to recapture the Thorn Fruit Department to avenge his father, I believe he is also very interested, we will provide some help as much as possible, even if the Thorn Fruit Spear fails, their two factions will fight, it will inevitably weaken the strength of the Thorn Fruit Department, if the Thorn Fruit Spear successfully grasps the control of the tribe, then the Zhenbei Army can have a partner at least for a period of time, Even if all the tribes of the barbarians are united, they will not be able to make any big waves. "Poria admits that she didn't help the Euonymus out of pure kindness.

Bai Shanglu thought about it carefully, and immediately sent someone to contact the Thorn Fruit Euonymus, and agreed to meet in Shipo outside Beiguan City in three days.

Because the city gate was closed and there was no business in Yaxing for the time being, Bai Shanglu explained to the subordinates who stayed behind, and then accompanied Bai Poria back to his home in Bailishan.

Fortunately, Ma Tang handed over all the matters of defending the city and training the troops to Shan Daogen and Bu Jiao, they are Lu Ying's descendants and have a close relationship with the Bai family, so the Bai family wants to enter and exit Beiguan City is still unimpeded, and the guards of the city automatically opened the city gate as soon as they saw Bai Poria's ebony carriage.

Bai Poria and his entourage had not yet reached the gate of Baili Mountain, and suddenly saw Bai Shisan, who was staying in Baili Mountain today, riding a fast horse and running towards him, and saw Bai Poria's carriage from a distance and shouted: "Husband and wife are going to give birth, Miss go back quickly!" ”