Everyone unanimously agreed with Wang Luochuan's plan, and planned to arrange people near the Xianhua Palace and wait for the gangster to appear. At this time, the king of Tiandu had already sent someone to bring food to reward the gods.

Originally, Li Benxin planned to accompany everyone to eat together, but he didn't want to think about Li Tian, and when Xiao Wang Liao Zhihua was here, he had to accompany Liao Zhihua to eat. And Liao Zhihua also took the opportunity to tell about his military expansion.

Li Benxin knew Liao Zhihua's intentions, and now that he wants to strengthen his armament, it will not be harmful to himself. It's just that although he is the king of Tiandu, he doesn't have much money and food in his hands. Moreover, if Liao Zhihua increased his troops to 150,000 or 200,000, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be a bully in the future, so he invited Wu Xiang Xue Yang to discuss under the pretext. After all, the soldiers and horses of the King of Tiandu are all responsible for the money and food of the military minister.

The main hall of the Xianhua Palace had a meal, and Zhao Xue and Luo Fan had already eaten, so they came to the pavilion to study the dragon head spinning gold rope. She looked at it for a long time and didn't see the doorway. couldn't bear it, walked over and knocked on Luo Fan's shoulder, "Hey, wake up!" ”

"What?" Luofan.

"You know more! Why did you think this mechanism suddenly failed? Three years ago, the king of Tiandu, they escaped from the palace and walked through this secret passage, is it useless? You're smart, so you're sure you can see something! ”

Luo Fan sat up, took the dragon head spinning gold rope from Zhao Xue's hand, only glanced at it, and then pouted and sneered: "Oh, this key is fake, no wonder you can't open the mechanism." It seems that there are quite a lot of cats in this palace. ”

"What? Fake! How can it be! Could it be that Li Benxin gave us a fake key? How do you know if this key is fake? Zhao Xue asked with wide eyes.

Luo Fan pointed to the key to the dragon head and said: "This dragon head spins a gold rope, others can't see the truth or falsehood, but I can see it at a glance." You see, this faucet is so bright and not the slightest bit of wear and tear, which is unreasonable. ”

"What's so unreasonable about that?" Zhao Xue was still puzzled.

"This gold is of high purity and softness, making it easy to make into a wide variety of jewelry. It has been one hundred and fifty years since the construction of the Tiandu Palace, and if it is really made of pure gold, it will inevitably leave a lot of traces after being touched over the years. And the gold is so bright and unworn that it looks like it has only been built for a few years. Also, this gold rope is also mixed with a few strands of silk thread, and it has been a hundred and fifty years, and the color cannot still be so white. I think eighty percent of Li Benxin's key was stolen, and he himself is still in the dark! Luo Fan lay down again and calmly analyzed.

"How is that possible? Who would steal the key to the secret passage? Then I will tell the king of Tiandu at once. After Zhao Xue finished speaking, she hurriedly went to the hall to find Long Xilin.

"Such a stupid king, he didn't even know if he lost the key to escape. Hey, no wonder Sima Yue can't deal with it! Luo Fan lay down and muttered to himself.

Everyone was eating, Zhao Xue came over, carried the dragon head and spun the gold rope, looked at everyone and said urgently: "Hey, everyone, don't eat yet!" Luo Fan said that this key is fake! Do you think it's possible? ”

"Fake! How can it be! The King of Tiandu won't give us a fake key, will he? All the people stopped at the same time and stood up.

Long Xilin took the rope and looked at it again, frowned, and said, "Impossible!" We have been following the king of Tiandu for three years, and the one hanging on his bedside is this dragon head spinning gold rope! How can Luo Fan tell that this key is fake? ”

Zhao Xue: "Luo Fan said, this dragon head is made of pure gold, the texture is soft, if it is really one hundred and fifty years old, there should be many wear marks left on it, and this dragon head is too new, and the silk intertwined with this gold thread is too bright, it does not belong to a hundred years ago." ”

"Show me!"

Wang Luochuan walked over, picked up the rope, Shi Zhan looked at it carefully, and looked up stunned: "It's really imitation, judging from my eyesight, the world where this rope was made should only be two or three years!" It seems that this key has really been replaced, no wonder it can't open the mechanism underground! ”

"Ah, it's really fake! But how could someone in the palace steal the items in front of the Tiandu King's bed? It's so weird! The crowd whispered.

He Mingming sighed with his ears and whispered: "Do you say that the King of Tiandu doesn't want us to go down the secret path and deliberately gives us a fake one!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense. Now that we've been told that there is a secret passage, there is no need to give fake keys. Besides, he couldn't have made a fake key for us in advance. Eighty percent of them are ghosts! Ye sighed and said.

"Hey, this palace is too strange, why are there so many strange things! It's still good to have good eyesight. In this way, it is better to quickly report this matter to the king of Tiandu to prevent villains from sneaking into the palace through the secret passage to do evil. Yi Chuanfeng said.

Long Xilin hurriedly took the spinning gold rope and went back to the palace to enjoy the food hall and say goodbye.

In the main hall, Liao Zhihua was trying his best to persuade Xue Yang to increase his armaments.

Liao Zhihua said: "Xue Xiang, that's how you see things. Now, there are hundreds of thousands of troops of King Han in the north of Longcheng, eyeing each other, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses facing off King Ling in Lengcheng. I, King Xiao, only have a total of eighty or ninety thousand horses, and it is too difficult to suppress them. This expansion is imperative. Otherwise, when Sima Yue and the kings make some changes, I will be stretched thin, and I won't be able to help the king. ”

Xue Yang pondered for a long time, looked at Li Benxin and said: "King of Tiandu, according to the rules and regulations, each king shall not have more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the expansion of the army in the war is also 80,000. Now all the kings are expanding their armaments, like King Lie and King Han, who have more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, and King Xiao wants to increase his troops, I think it is okay. ”

Li Benxin sighed: "The situation is difficult, and I know it. It's just that I, the king of Tiandu, can't claim the financial power of the world, even if I want to support King Xiao, I can't take out so much money and food. Over the years, if it weren't for the secret support of the emperor's family, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to raise these soldiers and horses right now. ”

Xue Yang said with a smile: "Don't worry, now that Fucheng has enough money and food, we can mobilize it from Fucheng." When King Xiao increases his armaments, our north will be more stable, and we will be more secure in dealing with Dragon City. ”

"Oh, it's still Wu Xiang who is thoughtful. Then I wonder how much armament the king intends to add to me? Seeing Xue Yang agree, Liao Zhihua hurriedly slapped the words to death, and asked with an eager smile.

Li Benxin smiled: "Since the martial minister said that it is okay, then listen to the martial minister." What do you say? ”

Xue Yang pondered: "Expanding armaments is not a trivial matter, if other kings know, I am afraid there will be criticism." So let's take it one step at a time. And I have a clever plan, I just need a strong helper, if this is done, I can directly add 100,000 well-trained elite soldiers to King Xiao! ”

"Ah, a hundred thousand! Great! Great! Sure enough, the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly, and the military minister is really not a stingy person! Come, don't talk about anything else, this king will toast you first! When Liao Zhihua heard that he could increase his troops by 100,000, he was so happy that his saliva flowed out, and he poured wine for the two of them.

Hearing such a huge number, Li Benxin's face turned ugly. If there are 100,000 additional troops, then King Xiao has at least 200,000 troops in his hands, and it is too dangerous for King Xiao to have so many troops in his hands. Besides, King Xiao's military expenses have always been provided by himself, and I am afraid that he will eat up half of his income every year.

"Then I wonder when these 100,000 elite soldiers, as well as related armaments and materials, will be sent to me?" After drinking a glass of wine, Liao Zhihua asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, it won't be too long, as little as half a month, as much as two months. When it is time to receive it, I will write to King Xiao in advance. Xue Yang looked like he was in the chest and said with a smile.

"Good! Then I will go back to Shicheng and wait for the good news of the military minister. ”

The three of them were halfway through eating and drinking, and at this time, Long Xilin hurriedly came over with a gold spinning rope. Seeing the three people in the hall eating and drinking, Long Xilin was afraid that breaking in at this time would lose Li Benxin's face, so she stood outside the door and waited.

At this time, Li Zihai, the general who went to Qiao Bafang's mansion to arrest Qiao Liuye, also came over with an angry face. Seeing Li Zihai's dejected appearance, Long Xilin guessed that things were not done well. Stopped him and said, "The general didn't hold people? Wang Zheng was having dinner with King Xiao and Wu Xiang in the palace, and he didn't dare to disturb. Let's wait until they're done eating. ”

Li Zihai said angrily: "The four major families are too rampant, I led five thousand gold armor guards to take the king's order to get people, but I didn't even knock on the door of Qiao's mansion, they didn't pay attention to me at all!" You say, I can't kill it, this time the king's order has not been completed, I am afraid that the king of Tiandu will blame it again. ”

Long Xilin said with a smile: "Hey, it's not to blame the general, I heard that these four great Tianqing families have raised 50,000 guards, and you only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, so naturally you can't hold people." I believe that as long as the King of Tiandu knows, he will only be angry with Qiao Bafang and will not blame you. ”

"Yes, where does he have 50,000 soldiers and horses, I don't dare to kill indiscriminately. This Dragon City dares to fight face-to-face with the four major families, I'm afraid that the only one is the living Yama, I already knew that I would push this matter to him, and let me suffer this anger in vain. Li Zihai complained again.

Xiao Wang Liao Zhihua got 100,000 elite soldiers, he was very happy, and he was a drunkard, this meal of wine pulled Li Benxin and Xue Yang, and drank for a full hour, before he was reluctant to be helped away.

The two were sitting and drinking tea to relieve their hangover, when Li Zihai and Long Xilin hurriedly walked over.

"You two have been waiting a long time. Needless to say, I guessed it too. Is it that Qiao Liuye didn't get it? Li Benxin held the teacup, his face was crimson, but he said a little coldly.

Li Zihai hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Back to the king, the gate of Qiao's mansion is closed, and he doesn't take the king's order in his eyesight." They sent another 50,000 troops to confront each other, and I, with only 5,000 men and horses, did not dare to break through, please forgive the king! ”

"Smack!" As soon as Li Benxin heard this, he was so angry that he slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground!

"Damn! Everyone has heavy soldiers in their hands, isn't it really that I am the king of the sky! ”