In the evening, Wuji arrived on time, took Xiao Ziyue's hand, and strode into the gate of the natural residence.

Linghu Minzhi went to the door to greet him, but saw Shi Yuling walking out of it, bowed to Wuji, and then pulled Xiao Ziyue and entered the back kitchen. The little beast cub, with four little short legs, rushed ahead, tripped over the threshold, and rolled into the kitchen like a little ball of meat.

Hu Minzhi was speechless.

He raised his head, glanced at the signboard above his head, and then at the palace not far away, and smiled bitterly.

"What's wrong?" Mowgli walked over and smiled.

"I wondered if I was in the wrong place. Ling Hu Minzhi shook his head self-deprecatingly: "Although I am not a frequent visitor here, I have been here a few times, but it is the first time I have seen Miss Shi go out to greet guests in person, and it is the first time I have seen someone enter her kitchen." ”

"Isn't that unusual?" Mowgli disagreed. "Maybe we're more compatible?"

Ling Hu Minzhi laughed, introduced Wuji into the private room, sat the guests and hosts, and poured tea.

"What do you know Miss Shi's nickname?"

"I heard the Seven Princes say that it seems to be a jade-faced lion. ”

"It's not complete yet. Linghu Minzhi glanced at the probe and closed the door with his hand, and then sat down opposite Wuji and crossed Erlang's legs. This relaxed mind was stunned for a moment, and then laughed knowingly.

"Miss Shi's full nickname is Jade Face Ice Lion, Jade Face, of course, it means that she is as pale as jade, and she is a famous beauty in Xianyang. Ice Lion, of course, can be interpreted as her cold and strong nature, and her surname is Shi, but it usually refers to another explanation: cold as a corpse. ”

Wuji took a sip of tea and looked at Linghu Minzhi in surprise. He doesn't look like a gossip guy, what's going on today?

"Your face is not good, and you look a bit like an ice corpse. Wuji looked at Linghu Minzhi and teased: "Could it be a piece of ice in the jade pot (fox)?"

Ling Hu Minzhi's face was pale, as if he hadn't been in the sun for a few days, and as if he had been tortured by something, his heart was haggard, and he was very tired. Is it because the career is not smooth and the pressure is too great?

Linghu Minzhi touched his face and was silent for a moment: "It may be that the cultivation has been too hard recently, and the body is a little unable to keep up." ”

"So hard?" Wuji said casually, "It seems that this time in the Purple Moon Forest suffered a lot of losses, stimulated?"

"In the battle of the Purple Moon Forest, we were defeated in the hands of our own people, so there is nothing to say. Ling Hu Minzhi raised his eyelids and looked directly at Wuji: "The three thousand Great Qin soldiers died like this, and Du Yu almost became one of them." Mowgli, what do you think?"

Wuji's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. If Du Yu died, would he regret handing over the interpretation of the twenty-fourth volume of the Book of Heaven to the Fangfeng Kingdom and the Yu Republic of China?

"In fact, this battle has not even begun, and it is doomed to lose. Genzhi is talented on the battlefield, but he is very dull in officialdom. I couldn't stop him, so I'm primarily responsible. Ling Hu Minzhi sighed: "I originally wanted to use Guangling County as a model for the new policy, but now it has come to naught. ”

Wuji was puzzled: "What New Deal?"

Linghu Minzhi didn't explain, and instead asked, "How do you think of the life of the people in Xianyang these days when you have been in Xianyang?"

Wuji pursed his lips: "Heaven for the powerful, hell for the common people." ”

"Do you know?" Ling Hu Minzhi opened the window and pointed to the rooftops of the mansions outside. "There are more than 1 million people in Xianyang, and there are less than 10,000 people who can really live with dignity, like a normal person, and more than ninety percent of Xianyang's wealth is in the hands of these 10,000 people. If you look at the empire as a whole, the situation may be even more severe. ”

Wuji put down the teacup and didn't say anything. The basic truth of what Ling Hu Minzhi said, even if the Seven Princes were here, I am afraid they would not deny this qiē. What he couldn't understand was why Ling Hu Minzhi wanted to tell him this.

"The empire won the world by ploughing, but now, the cultivators have no land, the fighters have no merit, and they die on the battlefield, which may be a good ending. Wuji, you were born in Crouching Tiger Town, you can escape to the Purple Moon Forest, but where can the people of Xianyang escape?"

Wuji raised his hand and interrupted Linghu Minzhi. "You invited me to dinner, and that's what you want to say?"

Ling Hu Minzhi smiled to himself, waved his hand, and returned to his seat. "A momentary gaffe, no wonder without taboo. I was very bored at home, I wanted to find someone to talk to, I thought about it, and I thought you were the most suitable, so I took the liberty to invite you. I'm glad you can come. I thought you'd say no, after all......"

Mowgli laughed. "I don't have any acquaintances in Xianyang, and I'm shy in my pocket, if someone is willing to invite me to dinner, of course I won't refuse. ”

"It's not easy to survive in Xianyang, but with your ability, it's not difficult to live comfortably. Linghu Minzhi glanced in the direction of the kitchen and smiled meaningfully.

"Who said it wasn't difficult?" Wuji pretended not to understand and sighed. "Just a few days after I arrived in Xianyang, I was chased and killed, and my life was not easy. ”

"You mean the Dark Eight Gates?"

"Well, Lord Linghu, what are you going to do to help me?"

Linghu Minzhi asked rhetorically, "Can you trust me?"

"It depends on what you say. Wuji grinned: "Although I don't know anything, I can't listen to people's deception." ”

"Wuji, we've known each other for so long, have I lied to you?" Ling Hu Minzhi smiled slightly: "Even one sentence." ”

Mowgli rolled his eyes and laughed in disguise. Indeed, so far, Linghu Minzhi doesn't seem to have deceived him, even a word, although they used to be enemies and killed you to death.

"Okay, I'll listen to Lord Linghu's arguments. ”

After listening to the grievances between Wuji and the Dark Eight Gates, Ling Hu Minzhi thought quietly for a moment: "Wuji, you killed Ye Wenjin, and you killed it in a very timely manner." He is Shi Dalong's think tank, and killing Ye Wenjin is like cutting off Shi Dalong's arm. In his eagerness, he couldn't find a better military advisor than Ye Wenjin. ”

Mowgli didn't say anything. When he killed Ye Wenjin, he wanted to teach Shi Dalong a lesson and shock his heart. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work.

"From what I know about Shi Dalong, he doesn't seem to have such a decision, and someone must be putting pressure on him behind his back. However, the specific actions still have to be completed by Shi Dalong himself. Therefore, this matter can only be carried out in secret, and cannot disturb the normal order of the imperial court. So ......"

After some analysis, Linghu Minzhi came to two conclusions:

First, Shi Dalong would not make a move in the inner city close to the Imperial City.

The reason is very simple: the emperor's relatives, the three princes and the nine kings, and the real number of the magnates - that is, the more than 10,000 people that Ling Hu Minzhi said - all live near the imperial city, and anyone who is disturbed has the strength to uproot the dark eight gates.

Therefore, Shi Dalong can only do it in the suburbs of Beijing.

Second, Shi Dalong is likely to choose to start before Chinese New Year's Eve.

At the end of the year, when everything was complicated, and the imperial court had to prepare for a series of such things as the New Year's feast, the Praetorian Guard, who was responsible for the security of the capital, would concentrate their main efforts on the inner city to ensure that the area within the eyes and ears of the imperial court was peaceful. If something happens in the suburbs of Beijing at this time, as long as it does not affect the imperial court, the Praetorian Guard will adopt an attitude of calming things down, turning big things into small things and small things into small things.

Otherwise, the Praetorian Guard will quickly attack and suppress it with all their might.

The time and place are determined, Wuji can choose whether to fight or avoid, if you feel that you have no certainty, you can hide in the inner city, no matter how many people Shi Dalong has, he can only stare dryly, and at most send a few killers to assassinate, and it is impossible to carry out a large-scale siege.

With Wuji's strength, there is naturally no pressure to deal with these people.

After listening to Linghu Minzhi's analysis, Wuji laughed: "Why don't you directly tell me who is the mastermind, capture the thief and capture the king first, I will simply kill the door, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and it will be a hundred." ”

"If that's what you think, I can't sue you anymore. Ling Hu Minzhi smiled: "With your current strength, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the gate." Wuji, you haven't seen a real master yet, and in front of the ninth-order master of the Xuan Realm, you may not even have a chance to make a move. ”

Mowgli blinked his eyes and was suspicious. "Is it so powerful?"

"Yes. Ling Hu Minzhi nodded affirmatively, and solemnly added: "Every sentence is true, and there is no element of intimidation." Let's tell you the truth, the Xuanling Soul of all the people is strong and strong, and it is not the whole of cultivation. It is said that above the Xuan Realm, there are two more realms. ”

Wuji was very surprised: "There are two other realms?

"I don't know about that. Ling Hu Min said faintly: "I heard that the three talents of heaven and earth, the consummation of the two realms of fierceness is a masterpiece, the consummation of the second realm of Xuanling is the spirit of the earth, and there are two realms, only geniuses can touch, what is the specific name, almost no one knows." ”

Wuji was surprised, it was the first time he had heard of the saying that there were two realms above the Xuan Realm.

"You are very familiar with the Jiuyi Tribe, and you should be no stranger to their Divine Grandmaster Disciple Six Realms. Daqin is similar, but with a different name. The Xuanling is fierce and strong and the grandmaster and apprentice are on par, while the two realms of genius are similar to the sacred two realms of the Jiuyi tribe, and only zài exists in legends at the moment. ”

Mowgli suddenly realized and was curious. "Where did you hear that?"

Linghu Minzhi smiled slightly, and said meaningfully: "Don't forget, someone from my Linghu family has also been to Zifu Mountain, and they came out alive." ”

Wuji nodded and didn't ask any further.

He knew that Linghu Dayu, the ancestor of the Linghu family, was once a genius, not only had the opportunity to become a great teacher, but also went to Zifu Mountain, and more importantly, he came out alive. What happened later, he didn't know very well, seeing Ling Hu Minzhi like this, he probably didn't plan to sue him, and it was boring to ask forcibly.

"Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years. Haha, even though I haven't read any books, thank you very much. Wuji raised the teacup: "I'll replace the wine with tea first, Lord Xie Linghu's golden and jade words." ”

"It's nothing, and I'm asking for something. Ling Hu Minzhi raised the teacup, gestured, and took a sip of tea. "I hope you can give me a chance to enter the Heavenly Academy and compete fairly. ”

"Me?" Wuji rolled his eyes and smiled. "I'm not sure myself, how can I stop you from doing this. ”

"Yes, you have. Ling Hu Minzhi smiled, full of confidence. "Wuji, don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, I know that the purpose of your coming to Xianyang is to enter the Heavenly Academy and become a great teacher. And I, too, have such thoughts. ”

Wuji blinked his eyes and said slowly, "If that's the case, then I have to guard against you." ”

Ling Hu Minzhi was more calm: "I didn't ask you to release the water, I just wanted a chance to compete fairly." He paused, and then said, "Of course, I will also repay the corresponding amount, and for now, I can help you deal with the Dark Eight Gates." ”

Wuji's curiosity rose: "That...... Why is this, aren't you afraid that the Yin family's father and son will turn against you?"

Ling Hu Minzhi smiled and said nothing.

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