"You said you had time to think about it, but what was your decision?"

"I think...... I have no way to agree, even if it is your proposal, Second Senior Brother, I can't agree so rashly. ”

Through the water mirror, the two senior brothers and sisters under the seat of the Moon Sage met again and talked. Each other is well-educated in Bailu Cave, and there are no shortcomings in the etiquette of coping, but it seems that because of this, the conversation between the two sounds very rusty, and there is no intimacy and warmth between brothers and sisters.

On the side of the water mirror, it was Zhou Gongjin who was in the Marshal of The Hague. In recent months, there have been many accidents at sea, and the ships of neighboring countries have been coming in a steady stream, with an arrogant and domineering attitude, quite with the intention of provoking war, and it seems that Sima Zhongda, the old enemy of the country of silk, took advantage of the moment when the domestic situation was slightly settled, and raised troops to the east, intending to plunder the rich materials of The Hague and fill the economic gap caused by the long-term war in the country of silk.

I don't know how many times this kind of situation has been staged off the coast of The Hague in the past, and according to the custom, it is usually Gongjin who prepares a large amount of supplies and gives them to the other side, so that the enemy can take the initiative to retreat. Although it is a bit faceless to do so, the other side is not easy to deal with, considering the consequences of the outbreak of a war of medium scale or above, in exchange for some agricultural products

Peace is a very cost-effective way to deal with it. In wars that involve thousands of lives at every turn, practical results are far more important than dignity......

After reading the full text of Lancelot's speech from the Qinglou messenger, Gong Jin realized that he didn't have much time. The enemy has clearly indicated the direction of the future, and has to prepare resources, and it is necessary to strike first, and the time is imminent.

Although he could not go to war with his neighbors, Gongjin could not leave The Hague. Sima Zhongda of the Silk Country is not a good man and a woman, although he is a contemporary famous general, he has never been the kind of loyal and righteous person who promises a thousand gold. If Gong Jin leaves rashly and the army lacks a person to command, the returning fleet of the Silk Country will turn around at any time and take advantage of the opportunity for the main enemy to leave the base area, plundering the western borders, including The Hague, and causing heavy damage.

It was for this reason that Rao was worried about the battle that would break out on the other side of Al Tieno, but Gong Jin couldn't rush there. In fact, maybe this is better, because Gong Jin also knows that with Hua Tianxie's arrogant character, it is impossible for people to share the command, and if he really arrives in Xuanjing, it will only cause more suspicion and knots.

The powerful subordinates sent out by themselves, Hua Crippled, Hao Kelian, although their martial arts are high, and they are clever enough, but they are not generals, and they are naturally comfortable in fighting with the enemy, but they must cooperate with the battlefield situation in action and make the most appropriate decisions, which is not what they are good at, and in the case that they can't leave The Hague, only by letting Ziyu, who is the most military talent among the younger brothers and sisters, come out to improve the chances of victory.

For this, more than 20 days ago, Gong Jin had been trying to contact Zi Yu, but since the end of the battle of Kiglu's relatives, Zi Yu returned to his hometown of Shenglong Mountain, retreated and meditated, it was not easy to find her, and even when he was preparing to assassinate Lancelot at the dinner party last time, he couldn't get in touch with her on Shenglong Mountain.

It can be seen that she has a very high self-esteem, but she is unwilling to take on this kind of assassination work in the dark level, so she deliberately refuses to respond. With this in mind, this time, as Lu You's agent, he first used the water mirror to contact the elders of the Dragon Clan, and then they passed on the message to the clan leader in retreat.

"What's the reason you can't say yes? I'd like to know about it. ”

For Ziyu's refusal, Gong Jin was a little surprised. Since receiving the miracle medicine and curing his stubborn illness, Ziyu has been very grateful to his mentor Lu You, fully respecting every instruction from his mentor, never disobeying, and respecting the second senior brother who represents his mentor, and even forced his own martial arts dignity to act in an unfair situation to eliminate the forty thieves and one party on Ku'er Mountain.

With this woman's pride and self-esteem, this kind of thing can be said to be a great humiliation, but for the sake of the master and brother, she still bears this shame, and if this is the case, why would she refuse this legitimate request now?

"First of all, I feel a little confused, Ziyu doesn't want to doubt the second senior brother, but...... Is this really what Master meant, and what's the point of helping the Hua family attack Reyns?"

Sitting in front of a coffee table, the freshly cooked tea on the table emitted hot smoke, Zi Yu was wearing a purple shirt, there was no extra embroidery on the simple robe, and her long hair was simply tied up with a ribbon at the back of her head, dressed as a man.

After inheriting the position of the patriarch of the dragon clan, because he realized the weight of his responsibility and did not want to be looked down upon by the clan, Zi Yu has been dressed as a man, but his originally elegant and unparalleled appearance, even if he has not made up, is still amazingly beautiful, which makes Zi Yu, who deliberately covers his beauty, feel displeased.

"If you have any doubts about my words, you can go back to the White Deer Cave before rushing to the North Gate Tianguan and check directly with the master, I am sure you will not hear other answers. Gong Jin said: "As for the reason for attacking Reins...... As you already know, the announcement made by the bandit head a few days ago is that it is normal to strike first against an enemy who is clearly showing hostility. ”

"Even so, but with the actions of the Hua family itself, it can really be called the four-character test of calamity to the country and the people, helping them to attack Reyns, I don't see any benefit to the overall situation and to the White Deer Cave, to put it clearly, this is not an unrighteous division at all, and I don't plan to let myself, let the dragon clan equate the stigma of injustice. ”

"However, assisting Al Tieno is the established policy of the White Deer Cave, even if the Hua family is not good, we should first eradicate Reins' obstacles, and then go back to rectify Al Tienor's own problems.

There are many places on the two subjects of politics and war that cannot be merely book-dogmatic......"

"Then let's not talk about the faith, but about the actual situation. Judging from the information you gave me, Second Senior Brother, with such strength, the odds of attacking Beimen Tianguan are not even five or five waves. The cavalry team that the Hua family is proud of cannot be rebuilt in a short time, even if it can still retain its original strength, the North Gate Tianguan is located in a narrow mountain road, which is not conducive to the attack of the cavalry; These are just general assessments, without taking into account the specificity of the five-color flag, on Alcatraz Island for two thousand years, there is no relevant information at all, there is no idea what kind of troops they are, and the situation of the enemy and the enemy is unknown, can there be a war in this way?"

Zi Yu shook his head and said: "In the most critical Heavenly Rank Battle, the Second Senior Brother's subordinates are indeed not weak, but they are not the first-class people of the current Little Heaven Rank. On the enemy side, Yamamoto Isoroku is still easy to solve, but the other one..."

Silence, Zi Yu is very jealous of Gengoro, this person is extremely powerful in terms of scheming and means, and he owes him a favor, if he didn't have him, when he met Amakusa Shiro that time, except for himself, all the clansmen present had no way to survive Shenglong Mountain, just for this, it was inconvenient for him to fight with him, plus he couldn't see his mentor Lu You afterwards, and he couldn't be confirmed, if he was really a disciple of his mentor, then it would be inconvenient for him to intervene in the struggle between him and the second senior brother.

"I understand the truth of your analysis, but it is precisely because of this that I need your help. If the five-color flag is really as strong as the legend, the only thing that can fight against them in the mainland is the dragon clan's dragoons, who are condescending and directly attack the north gate Tianguan without terrain obstacles. ”

Gong Jin said: "And with you personally pressing the formation, with your martial arts, we can easily win in the Heavenly Position Battle, and at that time, it will be easy to break through the North Gate Tianguan." ”

In order to avoid stimulating her sister's pride, Gong Jin only emphasized her martial arts. In fact, putting the odds of victory on personal ability is not Gongjin's style. With more strikes and fewer blows, relying on his own numerical superiority, he defeated the enemy steadily, this is his intention to invite his junior sister to go out of the mountains to participate in the battle.

“...... If you win the battle at the North Gate Tianguan, you who control the entire battle situation will inevitably be famous all over the world, and you will reinvigorate the prestige of the dragon clan, isn't this what you have been looking forward to? I believe that this is a good opportunity for you and your people, and if you miss this time, when the overall situation is stabilized, the dragon clan will never have a good time to intervene in the human world, as the patriarch, can you sit back and watch this happen?"

Reviving the prestige of the Dragon Clan, this is what Zi Yu has been working hard to cure her own stubborn illness and become the patriarch of the Dragon Clan, and it is also the main reason why she was invited by her senior brother to go out and annihilate the forty thieves.

It's just that, unlike the previous times, Ziyu, who listened to this paragraph, didn't react violently, just shook his head quietly, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Senior brother, I've been wondering for the past few days, is it necessary for the dragons to intervene in the affairs of the human realm? Tylen's affair, is it necessary for the dragons to wade into such troubled waters?"

Hearing such a sharp response from her junior sister, Gong Jin was surprised again. What Zi Yu said was not wrong, even what he had thought this way a long time ago, the problem was that as far as he knew, Zi Yu, who became the patriarch of the Dragon Clan as a woman and was the first of her kind in the clan, was under great pressure from the elders to make achievements and revitalize the supreme glory of the Dragon Clan, which led the clan to set foot in the world and gave others the opportunity to take advantage of it. So, why did she say that now? Did the elders change their minds? It was impossible to think about it.

Unsure of the doubts in his heart, Gongjin decided to give it another try.

"Senior sister, I am really surprised that you say this, the struggle between Reyns and Eltenor may be a mundane matter, but if a bandit leader is allowed to rule Reins, it will definitely poison the people and then affect the countries of the continent.

Isn't the existence of the dragon clan just to eradicate evil spirits? Leaving the evil forces alone, isn't this what the dragon clan that prides itself on justice should do?"

For Zi Yu, who was convinced of the justice represented by the existence of the dragon clan, these words should provoke her to react violently.

However, when Gong Jin finished his words in a solemn and solemn manner, the purple-shirted beauty on the other side of the water mirror did not respond, and she was calm and indifferent that she couldn't even see her mood swings.

"Justice is a thing that has its meaning only when it coexists with commensurate strength, and justice without the support of strength is dangerous to oneself and others. ”

A self-deprecating wry smile appeared on Xiuya's face, and Zi Yu shook her head and said: "When I say this, my clan may not be able to agree, but from my point of view, the long-term closure and self-defense have done too much harm to the dragon clan, and it is too dangerous to rush my clansmen to dispatch before catching up with this gap." ”

The experience of going down the mountain last time made Ziyu have a deep emotion. For many years, the dragon clan has always been the representative of supreme power, not only the clan is brave, but the cavalry team with the flying dragon is proud of the world, and the dragon clan patriarch, as one of the two saints, can almost be said to be an invincible existence. This is something that all dragons believe, and since he was a child, he doesn't know how many times he has heard the elders talk about the glorious deeds of the dragons in the past.

A group of people hid in the mountains and fantasized, it didn't matter how exaggerated they were, but when the mountain faced the reality, the glory of the past could not provide a guarantee for the future fate, Zi Yu quickly realized that after thousands of years of seclusion, the dragon clan had completely disconnected from the outside world. Against the Flying Dragon Knights, only a few dozen thieves still have the strength to resist, and if it weren't for the despicable means in advance to drug and clash with the forty thieves with three heavenly masters, the Flying Dragon Knights might have suffered a big loss in the first battle of this life.

This idea became a reality not long after. Because of the accident that ran into the feud of 1,700 years Amakusa Shiro, the Flying Dragon Knights who went down the mountain with him were seriously damaged, and under the divine sword of this supreme strongman, the Flying Dragons could not play a role at all, only the part of defeat. And the dragon clan magic skills and white deer cave martial arts that he practiced hard couldn't even catch the ten moves of Amakusa Shiro, which was a serious blow, and once destroyed the dream that he believed in in the past.

Isn't the dragon clan the strongest in martial arts? Doesn't he have a talent for martial arts that is hard to find?

The achievements of both civil and military affairs, not only the elders of the clan, but even the mentor Lu You are full of appreciation, thinking that as long as he gradually cultivates the magic skills of the two factions, the realm of martial arts will be even higher than that of the teacher. For such praise, I have been working hard to achieve it, because with excellent dragon blood, there is no reason why I would lose to ordinary humans.

As a result, this belief was shaken as soon as it was born. If it was Senior Brother Li Yu, who was known for his amazing talent, it would be just that, a vulgar and superficial robber head, he could comprehend the mystery of the heavenly position in battle, and even wielded a knife that even he was shocked, and then there were countless strongmen, like the mysterious Gengoro, with his excellent wisdom and martial arts, completely playing with himself on applause, and before Amakusa Shiro, he was as weak as a toddler.

The gap is too long, even if he can overcome the blow, it is difficult to get rid of that sense of powerlessness for a while, in order to let his body and mind have a time to meditate, he returned to Shenglong Mountain, and with the help of the elders of the clan, he re-trained a deeper level of dragon divine skills. The original intention was to let myself have a goal to concentrate on, but after a period of practice, my skills have increased more than expected, and my thinking in my mind is much clearer, and I have some inexplicable doubts.

Perhaps because of this, this meeting with the second senior brother was able to talk to him on an equal footing, and he was not overwhelmed by him as soon as he opened his mouth as in the past, blurring his original thoughts.

"I can feel that in your calculations, senior brother, there are some winning strategies that I can't understand yet, which can greatly improve the odds of winning, can you please tell me this strategy?"

“......”

"Can't you? Then I'll have to be cautious. Conquering the North Gate Tianguan, it is Al Tieno who actually gets the benefits, and I can't let the dragon clan use it with others!"

"Since you think that self-isolation is the reason for the weakness of the dragon clan, then why do you make such a decision now? Actual combat is the best shortcut to increase experience, and if you want to revive the glory of the dragon clan, you shouldn't miss this opportunity, do you want to let the prestige of the dragon clan fall silent? Or ...... Are you scared of Shiro Amakusa and the bandit head?"

"Yes, I do have a fear of Amakusa Shiro, with our poor strength, it is not strange to feel afraid, second senior brother, don't you? To regain your prestige, you don't necessarily have to directly participate in the war, and I have slowly been able to understand the intentions of my ancestors recently. It makes sense that dragons don't get involved in worldly things, but ...... I think it's a little strange, why do you keep provoking me with words, second senior brother? This is not the way for senior brothers and sisters to get along......"

Zi Yu's attitude towards Gong Jin's agitation was surprisingly flat and completely unmoved, which made Gong Jin have a very strange feeling, and an idea began to appear in his mind......

"There's one more thing that I find strange. Lately I've occasionally thought back to the past, and it's ridiculous to say, I remember...... I used to seem to dislike you very much, Second Senior Brother. With a shallow smile, Zi Yu said, "Second Senior Brother, why did I dislike you so much before?"

The same sentence, the last time it was said by Zi Yu, it was her exclamation when she took the Nine Heavens Ice Toad sent by Gong Jin herself, cured her stubborn illness, and thanked her senior brother, but when she said it again, it had a completely different meaning.

Without that kind of sincere gratitude, the tone was full of obvious ridicule and doubt, and just one step was about to escalate into hostility. The junior sister, who has been getting along "harmoniously" for two years, suddenly had this change, which surprised Gongjin, and she also understood that from this moment on, the woman in front of her was no longer an object that could be easily operated.

In particular, I just tried to impress her with some arguments that sounded stupid. These arguments, although silly, were absolutely valid for her before, but for some reason they didn't work at all.

Why is this happening? Looking at her every move, she vaguely has the temperament of the past, is it because the blocked memory is beginning to loosen?

This is not very reasonable, the Oriental Immortal Technique of the White Deer Cave is not so easy to solve, and it was a heavy hand at the beginning, unless there is an immortal master to help break the law, it is impossible to solve it with his own strength. Considering other possibilities, a more reasonable explanation would be......

A thought flashed, and a look of understanding appeared in Gong Jin's eyes.

"Little junior sister, what kind of kung fu have you been practicing lately?"

Zi Yu didn't answer, but a smile bloomed in his eyes, a faint smile that seemed to have grasped the enemy's flaws. Senior brother will have this question, it can be seen that things are a little strange, although I don't know what he is hiding, but he should be a little wary of him in the future, in the end, the two are also in different positions, but you can't let him treat the dragon clan as his own private corps!

Of course, Gong Jin could catch the information in the eyes of the junior sister. When he felt a faint sense of satisfaction in his heart, even he was a little surprised. It's just that if he lacks the help of the dragons, there will be a flaw in the siege network he planned, and in order to eliminate this flaw, he has to use the second strategy now.

Using a small trick of the Oriental Immortal Technique, a message was quickly sent out, sent to another group of people who watched the conversation between the two brothers and sisters through the water mirror, signaling that they could take action.

Her cultivation in the Oriental Immortal Technique was far inferior to that of her senior brother, and when Ziyu's Heavenly Heart Intuition told her that something was not quite right, she was already a step too late and missed the reaction time.

"Patriarch, I'm waiting to see you. ”

A voice sounded from outside the door, and Ziyu's face immediately changed. The place where she talked to Gong Jin was the study where the dragon clan lord dealt with things, and outsiders were not allowed to approach without permission, not to mention that at such a secret time, the attendants of the guards outside would not let people approach casually, the only explanation was that the elder of the dragon clan came, in fact, from this voice alone, she had already recognized the person as the Shen Si elder among the three elders of the dragon clan.

Since the death of the previous clan leader, before Zi Yu took over the power of the dragon clan, the three elders jointly took care of the affairs of the clan, even now that Zi Yu has taken over the position of the clan leader, the three elders still have a lot of power to assist the clan master.

Zi Yu has always respected the elders of the clan, Zi Yu did not dare to slack off, ended the correspondence with the senior brother, and hurriedly came outside the house, wanting to see what Elder Shen Si came to visit him at this coincidental moment, what was it for?

Of course, this matter must be related to the second senior brother, he is not a person who will give up like this, since he refuses, he will definitely find another plan, but he reacted so quickly, it was beyond his expectations.

After a moment of hesitation, Zi Yu sighed and reached out to push the door open......