In the stone room where Xiao Yan was, there were not many strange things, but the wall in front of him was extraordinarily large, and the reliefs were lifelike, as if it was also a map of the territory of Daqi.

It's just that this picture is a little different, the city is extraordinarily large, and all the cities together occupy almost half of the area of the relief. Among them, the cities in the north, especially on the border, are much larger than the cities in the south, while Yanping City has reached an astonishing half-zhang square circle.

In this chessboard-shaped Yanping City, which is about half a zhang long and wide, the mansions of the family are like huge chess pieces, and the floor plans of some mansions are very detailed, and the bright pearls inlaid in the middle are almost the size of pigeon eggs.

In addition, places such as the Flying Snow Building in Pingkangfang, where she is located, are also marked by precious stones, and these green agate gemstones contrast with the pearls of the family's mansions.

The building where Green Agate is located has green buildings and shops, wine stores and pharmacies, and so on.

In addition to pearls and agate, some houses and buildings in the city are also inlaid with dark pebbles, which are dense and numerous.

The pearls and gems in other cities on the relief territory map are far less than those in Yanping City, and the southern city is almost blank, and some only have a small flag without words at the head of the city.

Xiao Yan stretched out her hand, and the black-eyed old man took out a surprisingly large walking bead and handed it to Xiao Yan, she embedded the walking bead into the groove in the prime minister's mansion that had been empty for a long time and had been waiting for a long time.

"Princess, the traitor daughter of the Zhao family has not been with Xu Minglang for too long, and she has not gained a lot of trust and power at the moment, is it too early to put the beads on at this time?" asked the old man with black eyebrows without hesitation.

Xiao Yan smiled, "It's not early." What she deserves, she'll get soon. From today onwards, the people who will deliver news to her on the periphery will be on standby at twelve o'clock. ”

"Yes. ”

Looking at the relief in front of him, the smile on Xiao Yan's face never dissipated. She thought a lot, dreamed a lot, planned a lot, and didn't forget to reflect on it in time to find mistakes and omissions.

She is the princess of the royal court of Beihu Tianyuan, she has been lurking in Daqi for many years, she firmly believes that the royal court will sit on the world, she runs day and night for the great cause of the southern expedition of the royal court, and she is exhausted.

Here, it's hers.

"Princess, the ruler dagger of Yipinlou has sent someone. ”

The white-eyed old man walked into the stone room.

"He's finally willing to give in?"

The smile on Xiao Yan's face became even stronger.

She is a Hu person, and her subordinates are also Hu people, and there is no doubt that there are many inconveniences for Hu people to walk in Daqi, draw maps of mountains and rivers, collect all kinds of intelligence, and infiltrate government offices at all levels.

She had to take advantage of the Qi people.

Ordinary Qi people are not good at it, so naturally it is useless, so the businessmen and thieves, market gangs, Jianghu forces, and even poor and poor scholars who have the talent of Jinshi must be bought, helped, deceived and used.

These people are much easier to deal with and easier to control than the big families.

It is very difficult to do these things, and it is even more difficult to grasp such an overall situation, and there are many, many conditions required. And Xiao Yan has no shortage of money, no shortage of strong cultivators, and no shortage of means.

Especially after getting the "tiger skin banner" of some big families, the road under your feet is much easier.

After years of hard work, she has woven a big web in Daqi, and she herself is the only spider in this web.

......

Xu Minglang walked alone into the underground stone chamber deep in his mansion, lit an oil lamp with his own hands, and then sat down at the wide stone table in the center.

In front of him was a huge chessboard, with a clear contrast between black and white chess pieces, and the enemy and the enemy were clearly distinguished. Each of his chess pieces is engraved with a character, either "Xu", "Zhao", "Liu", "Sun" and other family names, or official positions such as "Supervisor Army", "Shangshu" and "Shilang".

This chessboard has a vertical and horizontal grid, and there are many chess pieces, but it is not Go; this chessboard has the Chu River and Han borders, and the two armies are facing each other, but it is not chess.

This is an alternative chess game with the Great Qi Wenwu as the chessboard and the official position of the family as the chess piece.

Now, the civil chess pieces have crossed the Chu River and Han borders, and have attacked the rivers and mountains held by the military generals in a big way, taking the advantage.

Some of the general's chess pieces have changed from black to white, for example, the chess pieces of the paradigm have become their own pawns, and some have become dark gray, which can be used to split the generals from the inside, such as Sun's chess pieces.

Others are about to turn light gray, very close to white, which can be used by their own side, such as Wu's chess pieces.

And those Zhao chess pieces are so black and shiny.

Xu Minglang picked up the pen, hesitated for a moment, and repainted the Yangzi chess pieces, which had become dark gray, to black.

After thinking about it, he picked up a few more Yang and Wu chess pieces - the other party has become an earl from a marquis, and he is not so powerful.

Xu Minglang's last gaze fell on some chess pieces in his own back. Compared with the large group of civil official chess pieces that are advancing vigorously, the position of these chess pieces is obviously backward, and some of them cannot keep up with the situation.

"A bunch of idiots who don't know what's going on!"

Xu Minglang's eyes became cold, among the civil officials in the door, there were also those who were not the only ones who looked at him and listened to his orders. Among them, the number of chess pieces with the character "Chen" is the largest.

In addition, there are some poor officials.

Putting down the pen, Xu Minglang stared at the chessboard and pondered, trying to find a route for his side to continue to advance.

When his own white chess pieces capture the entire chessboard, and there are no black chess pieces on it, that is when he realizes the blueprint of civilian officials controlling military power and civilian officials comprehensively controlling military generals!

He already has a number of new chess pieces in his hand, with the words "front, back, left, right, and center" written on them, which originally represented the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but unfortunately, he can't put it on the chessboard now, and he doesn't know when it can be placed, and what color they should paint.

In the end, Xu Minglang's eyes still fell on the chess pieces of Chen Zi.

Since it is temporarily impossible to attack cities and plunder land on the rivers and mountains held by military generals, it is particularly necessary to reorganize your own forces and let all the civil officials and chess pieces keep up.

At that time, your own offensive will be larger, more concentrated and more powerful, and there may be a way to break the game.

"Chen's, hmph!" Xu Minglang made up his mind, so he took the other party first.

......

The bright sunshine sprinkled the streets and alleys of Yanping City, the fresh air made Zhao Ning feel relaxed and happy, the golden rows on the eaves, and the bustling pedestrians on the street can always make people feel the hope of a new day.

Zhao Ning has not yet walked to the yamen of the city patrol governor's mansion, this rare and precious fragrance in the morning has been smoked by the smell of all kinds of breakfast on the street, which makes people depressed and unconsciously began to hate the hustle and bustle of the bustling market, and miss the quiet and ethereal morning in the countryside.

However, the noble and distant sentiment could not offset the strong invasion of the body's senses, and after the empty stomach growled twice, Zhao Ning also had to swallow his saliva, and honestly walked into the restaurant that he had hated just now, knocked on the table, and impatiently asked the job to serve himself steamed buns and rice porridge quickly.

The hot xiaolongbao had just been served, and Zhao Ning had not rolled up his sleeves and smoked chopsticks, a fat hand like a pig's trotter snatched away two white and chubby buns like lightning in his annoyed and painful eyes, and stuffed them into his mouth in both times.

"Xiao Er, two more drawers of steamed buns and two bowls of white rice porridge!"

As soon as Wei Wuxian's bearish body sat down, most of the morning light was obscured, and Zhao Ning felt that the sky was dark, and said with a dark face: "You have to grab the bag with your hands......"

He was only halfway through what he said, like a duck that was choked by the neck, and he couldn't say any more words, Wei Wuxian's oily and slippery hand flashed in front of his eyes again, and the xiaolongbao suddenly folded again, but Wei Wuxian, who had eaten evilly, looked at Zhao Ning with an ignorant face, asked him what he wanted to say with an expression, and just continued.

Zhao Ning had no choice but to put down his chopsticks, and simply pushed all the buns in front of Wei Wuxian, waiting for the ones in the back to come up, and now let him eat the buns in this drawer, he would feel that it was Wei Wuxian's pig hand that was stuffed into his mouth.

"You haven't eaten for a few days?" Zhao Ning asked after taking a sip of millet porridge.

Wei Wuxian was so busy fighting with Xiao Long Bao that he didn't have time to answer Zhao Ning's questions, until he finished eating a drawer of steamed buns, he breathed a sigh of relief and lamented: "For a whole day and a night, I was busy with retreat and cultivation, and I didn't even take care of the toilet, if the maid hadn't called me in the morning, I would have to delay even going on a bad errand!"

Since returning from the autumn hunt, Wei Wuxian has entered a state of crazy cultivation, and when he returns home, he will run errands in the class room, and as long as he has a moment of free time, he will meditate and vomit.

After the two finished breakfast, they entered the yamen of the city patrol governor's mansion together.

The official building is very large, there are many rooms, but the house is old, and no one repairs the paint and skin in many places, which shows that when the city patrol governor's mansion was first established, the shelf was very big and the power was not small, but now it is not as good as it was then, and the situation is quite embarrassing, otherwise there will be no money to repair the house.

"I've seen Lord Zhao. ”

"I've seen Lord Wei. ”

When the two of them walked through the corridor to their class room, the officials they met on the road would take the initiative to stop and say hello, and their attitudes were very respectful.

There is one lieutenant in the Governor's Mansion, one is the fifth grade, one is the chief secretary of the lieutenant, and he is the adjutant, and the sixth lieutenant is the sixth grade, and then there are three general flags, and Zhao Ning is one of them.

After Wei Wuxian hunted in the autumn, he got the rank of the seventh grade, and he wanted to enter the office, and he was going to be an official wherever he was, so it was better to be with his own brothers, and he would have a foil to take care of each other, so he came to the Governor's Mansion with Zhao Ning, and because of the difference in rank, he became a small school under Zhao Ning.

The two have been in office for more than a month, and they are familiar with the people and things of the Duwei Mansion to a certain extent, and Zhao Ning is also officially ready to take action against Beihu's hidden forces in Yanping City.

"Lord Zhao, Du Wei called you over, saying that he had official business. Not long after Zhao Ning sat down, a small official came to pass the word.

"I'll go. ”

Duwei Shi Hun is a member of the Jiangmen Shi clan. The Shi family and the Sun family guarded the Shanhaiguan together, and the relationship with the Zhao family was not good or bad.

"Shi Xuan's family is used to hiding needles in the cotton, and his mind is unpredictable, he is in such a hurry to find you, it is estimated that there is nothing good, you have to be careful. Wei Wuxian reminded.

Zhao Ning nodded, raised his feet and walked out of the door.