Tang Xiaohao got up slowly, stretching his waist: "I'm just giving you an example to illustrate the dilemma you are facing right now, which is the so-called ever-changing."

After that, Tang Xiaohao stood facing Antai and Chierda: "First of all, there is no point in digging these deep pits, what if the enemy will dig them too? The pit you dug is to help the enemy save effort, the enemy jumped directly into the pit and began to dig tunnels into the city, you know, those are monsters, not people, but monsters also have commanders, otherwise, how could this group of monsters surprise the Guran Tucheng?"

Antai listened expressionlessly, while Childa looked very uneasy.

Bao Meng stood behind Tang Xiaohao, posing stupidly and cutely.

Tang Xiaohao said again, "Second, is the news that the monster is going to attack Hacha City really accurate? You put the main army of war slaves here to dig a pit, and the other main army of Tanma and Horse Riding suffered heavy losses, so how many soldiers and horses are left in the other few surviving tribes Tucheng? If the monster's target is not Hacha City, but any of the remaining earthen cities, by the time you receive the news, there will only be four words - the city is destroyed and killed."

Gilda knelt down towards Antai and said boldly, "Dadutong, the colt is right, there is no point in us doing this."

Antai just said coldly, "Get up."

Tang Xiaohao grabbed Chierda's arm and lifted it up: "Get up, I need your help with something."

When Childa was surprised, Tang Xiaohao looked at An Tai and said, "I want to investigate the death of the eldest prince and the second prince, and I need a guide, General Childa accompanied me all the way back to Rouyuan, and the relationship is good, so I will borrow him for a while, no problem, right?"

Antai immediately said, "He is the commander of the war slave army."

Tang Xiaohao said with a smile: "You have come here to command in person, what else do you need General Childa to do?" Isn't that redundant?"

Bao Meng nodded stupidly on purpose.

Antai knew that Tang Xiaohao was deliberately using words to stimulate himself: "After all, Gilda is the commander of the war slave army."

Tang Xiaohao said, "Lord Antai, don't forget, you support the princess, so what I just said is not asking you."

Antai immediately knelt down: "The subordinates don't dare, it's just ......."

Tang Xiaohao simply said, "Just what?"

Antai knelt there and asked, "It's just that after the pony and the princess have been away from the city for so many days, I thought there was something wrong with the investigation."

Tang Xiaohao said, "You want to ask the two of us what we've been doing these days, right? I can tell you."

After speaking, Tang Xiaohao squatted down and whispered in Antai's ear, "What are we going to do, Lord Antai should know very well, right? Didn't the Bone Hunter tell you?"

Antai shuddered.

Tang Xiaohao smiled again: "Just kidding, didn't you secretly send people to protect us along the way? It's really a bother."

Antai was speechless and didn't know what to say.

Before leaving, Tang Xiaohao said to An Tai: "Dadutong, there are some things you know in your heart, I just said, the later you say it, the more people will die." Look at the book

After that, Tang Xiaohao and Bao Meng turned around and left.

Gilda hesitated for a moment and said, "Dadu?"

Antai got up and said, "Go, protect the pony and the princess."

It's the pony who protects me and the princess. Gilda nodded, and quickened her pace to catch up with the two in front of her.

After the three of them walked away, Antai looked at the soldiers and slaves in the distance and shouted, "Stop!"

After Antai finished shouting, the slaves and the overseer soldiers were stunned.

Then, Antai sat on the edge of the pit like Tang Xiaohao did before, looking at the horizon and falling into deep thought.

——

The city of Hacha, the Middle Tent.

These days, in addition to reading every day, Ji Chengying listens to the report of Muqier, the commander of the Rouyuan Assassin, at night.

In addition to reporting the intelligence of the recent investigation, Mu Qier also informed Ji Chengying in detail about the internal power structure distribution of the Tors Department, etc., which are all things that Ji Chengying is eager to know.

Although nominally Tors Ministry

It also belongs to the imperial court, but there are many things hidden under the surface that Ji Chengying doesn't know.

The power structure of the Torth tribe is deceptively simple, consisting of the East Horde, the Priesthood, and the Six Assemblies, that is, the clan king, the high priest, and the six tribal chiefs to decide on matters large and small.

Ji Chengying shook his head and said, "The priesthood not only has the qualifications to deliberate, but also has the right to decide?"

For the imperial court, even the great strategist who replaced the position of high priest had the qualifications to deliberate, but he had absolutely no decision-making power, and no real power was allowed in his hands.

In Ji Chengying's eyes, the priesthood of Rouyuan is like a sect, and there was a fallacy of sects interfering in government affairs in a certain dynasty in Jiuyuan, and the result was tragic, and since then, all dynasties have not allowed any more idolatrous sects with practical significance.

Muzir explained, "Your Majesty, the current high priest has never really participated in the deliberations, and even if he gets a decision after communicating with the Nine Heavens Gods, he will not force the clan king to carry it out."

Ji Chengying was curious when he heard this, "Why is this?"

Muzir shook his head: "I don't know, the minister guesses that it is probably because the former priest Dauri often interfered in large and small affairs, and Dauria also tried to interfere in the six assembly at that time, but in the end the old clan king banned the title of high priest and became an ordinary priest."

Ji Chengying sighed, "Sure enough, it seems simple, but it's actually complicated."

Muzir glanced out the door at this time.

Ji Chengying knew what he meant: "There is Su Mu guarding outside, you don't have to worry."

Muzier said, "It's not that I'm worried about Commander Su's ability, but I think he is too nervous, and the clan king in the Torsi tribe doesn't have an organization similar to the Xuan department."

Ji Chengying was puzzled: "Then what agency is the intelligence collection carried out?"

Muzir laughed, "Each ministry collects it on its own, because the power is not centralized, so even if you set up such an agency, it is meaningless."

Ji Chengying nodded slowly, listening to what Mu Qier said, he was relieved, because as long as the intelligence of the Tuo Si Department was inferior to the imperial court, even if it was useless to raise troops, the final result could only be failure.

Ji Chengying asked again, "By the way, what's going on with those monsters? When I first arrived in Johor, I heard that the Northwest and Wada were destroyed by the monster army, so why was the Quran suddenly attacked?"

Muzir shook his head and said, "As far as the minister knows, Prince Gurke led his troops to recruit in person, but as for where his information about the monster came from, I have never found out, although I tried my best to arrange a secret stab in the Su Guard, but the secret stab does not know."

Ji Chengying remembered a series of things in the Seven Stars Trickery: "Maybe Gurke, like his father, has always kept in touch with the Bone Hunter?"

Muzir said, "Possibly."

Ji Chengying said, "By the way, what happened to the colt and the princess? Are you back?"

Muzier said: "I have returned safely, Lord Antai sent an elite wolf rider to protect secretly, but he always kept a distance, and after seeing the horse and the princess enter Wulian Mountain, he did not choose to enter the mountain, but waited outside the mountain."

Ji Chengying said coldly, "What is this Antai thinking?"

After a long time, Ji Chengying came back to his senses from his contemplation: "You go back, don't worry about my safety, it's enough to have Su Mu here, what you have to do next is to do your best to collect information about the monster, as well as Gurke's next move, once there is news, report it immediately."

"Yes," Muzir knelt down, "the minister retires!"

With that, Muzir got up and retreated into the darkness.

After a while, Su Mu walked in: "Your Majesty, there is no other person's breath around."

Ji Chengying nodded and said, "That's good."

Su Mu was puzzled: "Your Majesty, do you not believe in Muqier?"

Ji Chengying said: "I only believe in the Xuanbu directly under the Xuan Department, Rouyuan's secret thorn, after all, I am not around, even the other people selected by Muqier, although I have seen the list, but I don't know anyone, maybe the list is fake."

Su Mu nodded: "It's a pity that there are not enough people, otherwise I can go and investigate."

"There's no hurry, yes

"I can enjoy this rare quiet, because it is the quietest before the storm, as if I lived in a cemetery."

Ji Chengying's analogy made Su Mu shudder.

It seems that something big is really going to happen to Rouyuan.

——

Because it was getting late, Tang Xiaohao, Bao Meng, and Chirda did not immediately start investigating the matter of the eldest prince and the second prince, but found a restaurant in Hacha City and had dinner first.

Childa thought it was strange, Ming Qinghe Palace had the best chef in Rouyuan, why did he choose to eat out?

As a native of Rouyuan, Chierda knew that in the past, the prosperous Hacha City in his eyes was actually no better than a slightly larger county town in Huayuan, not to mention the things to eat, in addition to beef and mutton, there are very few melons, fruits and vegetables, even if there is, the price is staggering.

Bao Meng knew what was going on, so he said bluntly, "You can't hide."

Tang Xiaohao deliberately pretended to be stupid: "What are you hiding?"

Bao Meng said, "Sister Bell."

When Childa heard this, she immediately asked, "Is the little bell back?"

Bao Meng glared at Gelda, who immediately shut up and simply got up and went to the kitchen to urge food.

Tang Xiaohao played with the chopsticks in his hand: "It's a moment to hide, I don't even want to go back to that house, I know she must stay there."

Bao Meng said, "You thought about Sister Bell day and night, and finally saw it, but you avoided it."

Tang Xiaohao looked at Bao Meng: "She is for ......"

After saying three words, Tang Xiaohao couldn't say any more, and after a long pause, he said, "If what Feng Feibai said is true, then she came to me for her former man and asked for that book, which is the "Feng Chang Hengsheng" that my master forced me to memorize before."

After finishing speaking, Tang Xiaohao threw the chopsticks on the table again: "You say, how can this thing be so coincidental? My master has stuffed the little bell of her beloved man's treasure into my head."

Bao Meng smiled and said, "So, from that time on, it is destined that you and Sister Bell will meet, know and love."

Tang Xiaohao immediately said: "I admit when we meet and know, forget it if we know each other and love each other, I don't know if she understands or not, but I don't dare to understand her, and besides, I love her, not that she loves me."

When he heard Tang Xiaohao say the words "I love her", Bao Meng lowered his head, but Tang Xiaohao's attention was all on the chopsticks, and he didn't pay attention at all.