Qiu Yi walked to the lobby and sat down, and after a while, a middle-aged man in his thirties strode in, the man bowed slightly, and presented a letter: "This is a letter written by the master of the village, please take a look at it." ”

Qiu Yi motioned for Hou Ding to take the letter, opened it and looked at it, and his brows couldn't help frowning: "Lord Shen invited me to the banquet, I don't know what it is?"

The messenger replied: "I don't know if the Lord of Qiu Zhai knows that not long ago, the King of Shicheng successively subdued the two counties of Xihe and brought the troops under his command?"

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Qiu Yi said as if he didn't know.

The messenger said: "The king of Shicheng is menacing, and now that the three counties are united, the strength has increased greatly, and it is likely that the next step is to deal with our Misty Mountain, so the lord of the village wants to invite the lord of Qiu Zhai and the other lords of the village to go to the village together to conspire together." ”

Qiu Yi hesitated for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at the inner room, but saw that Fang Ling showed half of his face, nodded slightly, and said quietly: "Okay, the messenger can go back and tell me that in the evening in three days, I will come as promised." ”

After the messenger retired, Qiu Yi and the others immediately entered the inner room and presented the letter to Fang Ling.

Fang Ling glanced at it roughly, the speed of the secret road to capture the sky is fast enough, this has happened in less than two days, so soon to convene the cottage owners to meet, I don't know if it is fast enough or premeditated for a long time, he touched his chin slightly and said: "It seems that the Heaven Capture Village is trying to convene all the villages to fight against this king, in which direction does Uncle Qiu estimate that this matter will develop?"

Qiu Yi thought for a moment and then replied: "In the eyes of the grass people, most of the thieves are from poor backgrounds, forced by life, although they also rob money, but they have never committed evil acts that hurt people, if Your Highness can not blame the past and open the door of convenience, they will definitely be willing to submit to Your Highness." ”

Fang Ling smiled slightly and said, "However, ordinary bandits are willing to do this, but those village owners may not necessarily think so, right?"

Qiu Yi couldn't help but sigh: "What His Highness said is extremely true, it is not so easy to make the village owners give up the power in their hands and not be the king of the mountain. ”

Fang Ling said lightly: "So, in the end, you still can't avoid the blade?"

Qiu Yi was shocked when he heard this: "But Your Highness, most of the thieves are not bad in nature, if they use force, I am afraid that they will lose their trust in the government even more, so that they will not be able to turn back." ”

Fang Ling nodded and said, "Yes, so this king also wants to calm down this misty mountain without spending a single soldier, so from Uncle Qiu's point of view, is there any way to do it?"

Qiu Yi thought for a while and said, "The mountain terrain of the Misty Mountain is divided into three parts, namely the northern, central, and eastern parts, and its sphere of influence can also be divided into three parts. In the north, led by our Moshui Village, there are a total of seven cottages, and I know the roots of these cottage owners, all of whom are men who value love and righteousness, and I believe that it is not difficult to convince them. ”

"The central part is the sphere of influence of the four cottages such as the Tianzhai Village, among which the Tianzhai is the most powerful, with more than 300 bandits, strong soldiers and horses, especially the recent mining of mines, which can be described as a daily gold. The other three villages, led by the Tianzhai Village, are all bowing down to it, and the leader of the Tianzhai is Shen Huantian, the master of the big village. ”