"I'm not convinced. ”

Tie Heng stiffened his neck and said: "I only need the little national teacher to give an explanation, I want to fight with that boy surnamed Lu today, why did the little national teacher stop it in public? ”

"Hmph, he's something, he hasn't established meritorious service and hasn't had a deep background, he's just a hillbilly from a third-rate family. Why did he receive such courtesy from His Royal Highness the Prince on the first day he came to our palace? How could we, the old courtiers who had climbed up diligently and diligently, step by step, rely on desperate work, to deal with ourselves? Forget it, don't say much, I just want to ask for an explanation now, as long as the little national teacher explains this matter clearly, whether he kills or chops him will dispose of it casually, Lao Tie I will never frown. ”

The Eighth Prince groaned and turned his gaze to Qin Baiyu.

"Want an explanation, yes? Okay, I'll give you an explanation. Qin Baiyu opened his red lacquer folding fan with a "snort", shook the fan lightly and said, "Actually, the reason why I stopped you from fighting with Na Lu Zhanwu was because he wanted to protect you." ”

"Protect me?" Tie Heng's face turned red with anger: "What does the little national teacher mean, does it mean that I can't fight him in martial arts?"

"Hehe, that's exactly what it means. ”

"I'm here!" Tie Heng jumped to his feet and chirped: "Little national teacher, you also think too flat, I am the captain of the guard of the Eight Princes' Mansion, and the sixth person on the "Iron General Vertical and Horizontal List" in the emperor [***], will he lose to a fledgling stinky boy in the countryside? ”

So saying, he pulled out his feet and walked towards the door.

"General Tie, stop for me!" Qin Baiyu said coldly: "You guy hasn't even listened to explain things clearly, so you jump up and down recklessly, how different is this behavior from a stupid bear in the mountains?"

Although Tie Heng was rude, he was still in awe of Qin Baiyu, the life-saving benefactor.

Hearing this, he had no choice but to stop, sighed fiercely, and turned his head to look at Qin Baiyu: "Little national teacher, what do you say that I can't fight that country boy because of what reason?"

Qin Baiyu shook the lacquer fan and turned his head to look at His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince: "Your Highness should know what my Qin Baiyu's most powerful ability is." ”

His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince nodded, "It's a face-to-face divination technique." ”

"Yes. Qin Baiyu said: "I'm ashamed to say that the reason why Qin's martial arts attainments have been difficult to break through is because I spent too much energy on the side door. This face-to-face technique is a very wonderful secret art. Everyone's fortune, including what he has done in the past and what will happen in the future, can be vaguely reflected in his face, palmistry, and even contained in the qi around him. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Tie Heng again and said, "General Tie, your martial arts attainments are only between Na Lu Zhan. However, your actual combat experience is definitely too much more than him, coupled with the fact that you are naturally brave and powerful, and you are not afraid of death when you charge into battle, these can indeed increase your chances of winning in one-on-one martial arts. ”

Qin Baiyu's words made Tie Heng quite useful, and he couldn't help but raise his chin, enjoying these cheap compliments to the fullest.

"But," Qin Baiyu said in an accentuated tone, "Then Lu Zhan has a special temperament, but it is not available in General Tie. And that alone is enough to determine the superiority between you. ”

His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince and Tie Heng asked in unison, "What is it?"

Qin Baiyu only replied with one word: "ruthless!"

"Ruthless?"

"Yes, it's 'ruthless'. Qin Baiyu nodded affirmatively.

"Is the little national teacher saying that I am not as ruthless as the surnamed Lu?" Tie Heng pointed to his nose and said: "Lao Tzu often rampages in thousands of armies and horses, and he is not even afraid of death, how can he be ruthless with that kid, the words of the little national teacher are not convincing." ”

"The word 'ruthless' mentioned below has nothing to do with whether I am afraid of death or not, it is just about the number of killings. Qin Baiyu looked at Tie Heng's eyes and said leisurely, "May I ask General Tie can you calculate how many enemy surnames he has taken?"

"Haha, that's something to say. I think my Lao Tie has followed His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince since he was a teenager, and has participated in countless battles in the south and north, and there are not a thousand ghosts who died under my sword, but there must be eight hundred, which makes Lao Tie able to get the sixth ranking on the "Iron General List". ”

"Eight hundred, then you are destined to lose to that Lu Zhan. Qin Baiyu immediately made up his mind: "I looked at the Heavenly Wheel Physiognomy and there was a purple line faintly erected between Lu Zhan's eyebrows, indicating that this person's surname was resolute, and he was resolute and ruthless. What is particularly noteworthy is that in the qi around him, there are hundreds of wisps of black qi that are faintly hovering that ordinary people cannot see with the naked eye, and in the phase method, each wisp of black qi represents the remnants of the essence of a martial artist above the Forging Bone Realm after his death - because only a martial artist above the Forging Bone Realm will cultivate a condensed and undispersed qi machine group. Normally, these remnants of essence would hover around his killer for more than ten days before they would gradually disperse. And there are hundreds of wisps of black qi coiled around Lu Zhan, which means that this person has killed hundreds of martial artists above the Forging Bone Realm in the recent short period of time, and he has slaughtered them all in one fell swoop at the same time, please think about it Your Highness and General Tie, how ruthless this Lu Zhan's methods should be. ”

Hearing Xiao Guoshi say this, that Tie Heng could no longer find the words to refute him, he was silent for a while, and then muttered: "I Lao Tie has only killed less than a thousand martial artists after ten years of hard work, and he has killed hundreds of martial artists in his last shot - in this way, I am indeed not as ruthless as the kid surnamed Lu." ”

Qin Baiyu patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "General Tie doesn't have to be too frustrated, after all, you have been in the realm of transforming strength for more than ten years, and Lu Zhan has only just entered the realm of transforming strength, if you compete with the real sword surnamed Lu, you may not lose to him." I don't let you compete in martial arts, mainly because I know that your surname is once you kill and rise, and you will not stop without distinguishing between winners and losers. But the battle of Na Lu is clearly more ruthless and tricky than you, so your battle may be a lose-lose situation. You and he are both powerful aids to our Royal Highness the Eighth Prince, so His Royal Highness doesn't want to see any damage from you. This is what you want to say, I hope General Tie can understand. ”

Hearing him say this, Tie Heng's heart was much better, and he knelt down on one knee to the Eighth Prince, "Your Highness, just now my subordinates rushed in recklessly, how disrespectful, please punish me." Even if I cut off the heads of my subordinates, I have no complaints. ”

"Iron General, please get up. The eighth prince said: "This is not a big deal, just know your mistakes." In the future, don't be so rash again, you will shout and kill at every turn. You and Lu Zhan are each other's own people, so you should value harmony and work together. This prince still has to rely on all the brothers to work together to achieve a great cause. ”

"Your Highness is very right. Tie Heng nodded and said: "The subordinates will not be rash in the future, and everything should be based on the overall situation." ”

"That's right. The eighth prince was pleased to help Tie Heng up: "You go down, the lonely king and the little national teacher still have some things to discuss." ”

"Yes. After the two of them bowed deeply, they retreated dejectedly.

After Tie Heng was far away, the Eighth Emperor turned his eyes to look at Qin Baiyu: "What the little national master just said is true, then Lu Zhan has really killed hundreds of martial artists above the Bone Forging Realm recently?"

Qin Baiyu nodded affirmatively, "Well, and the subordinates are sure that it should be a group of martial artists under a certain big force who died, if it was just a bandit who robbed halfway, there would never be such a neat lineup, it was hundreds of martial artists in the Bone Forging Realm......"

His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince said in a deep voice: "You mean, these people may be the elite team of the Emperor [***]. ”

Qin Baiyu pursed his lips and nodded.

His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince walked briskly to the north wall of the study, and on top of this wide and high wall, half of the wall was occupied by an oversized military map.

The map clearly marked the whole terrain of the Great Chu Empire, and His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince pointed to the map and whispered: "That Lu Zhan is from Hongzhou City. After passing through Yizhou, walking here, reaching the territory of Chongzhou, then passing through the whole territory of Chongzhou, entering Hengzhou, bypassing Xinshui, and finally arriving at the capital of Chu. Has anything unusual happened on this route lately?"

Qin Baiyu thought for a while, a different color suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he pointed to the middle of Chongzhou and said: "According to the secret agent's report, in the Chongzhou garrison, there is a general guard of three hundred people who mysteriously disappeared on the way to the capital, does the prince know who the general who led this army is?"

His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince thought for a while, and said with a happy face: "I heard that the only son of Bi Fuqing, the general of Dingyuan, took three hundred soldiers to the capital to celebrate his father's 60th birthday. In the past few days, Bi Fuqing has been as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and sent several waves of people along the way to find the whereabouts of his precious son, but he couldn't find it, as if the three hundred people had evaporated from the world. Could it be that these people were all done for Na Lu Zhan?"

So far, this is the only explanation that makes the most sense. Qin Baiyu shook the lacquer fan lightly and said: "Bi Fuqing is the most powerful support of the four princes among the emperors. Now that he has lost his beloved son, he is afraid that he will be depressed for a long time. I really didn't expect that Lu Zhan hadn't entered our Eighth Prince's Mansion yet, and he had already inadvertently made a great contribution to His Royal Highness, which was really ruthless. ”

The eighth prince was also very happy, and he had a good impression of Lu Zhan in his heart, so he said to Qin Baiyu: "King Gu sees that this Lu Zhan is a useful talent, so he can consider entrusting him with a heavy responsibility." ”

"That's what my subordinates feel the same way. ”

Qin Baiyu is known as a small national teacher, and naturally expressed his opinion and said: "But Your Highness doesn't need to be in a hurry, don't appoint Lu Zhan any official position for the time being, in fact, most of the vacant positions now, whether in the army or in the court, are not suitable for him." Tie Heng is fierce and brave, and loyal to the prince, this kind of person is most suitable for guarding His Highness to prevent the assassination of the young people;

And Lu Zhan's surname is resolute and ruthless, and he is indomitable. This son is more suitable for charging outside and killing the enemy for meritorious service. So I have to wait for an appropriate time to find something more suitable for him to do, and now it is okay to let him cultivate himself in the capital for the time being. Also, just now the secret agent came to report that there are two descendants of Lu Zhan in the Lu Mansion where Lu Zhan is located who have been in the capital for many years, and they are under the wing of our Eighth Emperor's Mansion, but there has been no improvement, why don't our Eight Emperors Mansion help them and let their career become bigger and smoother, so that Lu Zhan will be even more determined to do things for His Royal Highness, I don't know what His Highness wants?"

"Well, you're in a good idea. The Eighth Emperor nodded in agreement: "Since you want to make good use of this person, you must first encircle this person's family and make him grateful to Dade." Well, this prince will arrange someone to do it tomorrow. ”

The Eighth Prince and the Little National Master looked at each other and smiled, and they were faintly excited in their hearts, these two people have been dominating the world for a long time, and they both have a wonderful feeling, it seems that this young man recommended by Sima Xingge will bring great benefits to their faction.

(To be continued)