Chapter 305: Cooperation
If you want to say that the queen mother is doing this, it is also a helpless method.
She was now forced to admit that the Divine Tiger Kingdom had been cleaned up by Heavenly Court if it wanted to. And what has to be admitted is that compared to Lingshan, what their Heavenly Court trusts more is the Divine Tiger Kingdom.
Since it is not possible to clean up the Divine Tiger Country now, it is better to cooperate first, and wait until the Lingshan is a big problem, without the interference of third-party forces, and then calm down to deal with the Divine Tiger Country.
The Jade Emperor did not agree with the Queen Mother's decision at first, and the Divine Tiger Kingdom had long been a thorn in his eye, which one was not happy.
But in the end, the Jade Emperor compromised. Because he couldn't refute the Queen Mother, even if he was now, he had to admit that he really couldn't ignore Lingshan and concentrate on dealing with the Divine Tiger Country when Lingshan was eyeing him.
In other words, he really can't help the Divine Tiger Kingdom now. In the end, he agreed to the queen mother's decision, but even if he agreed, his stomach was so angry that his face turned blue.
When Zhao Lei followed the fairy to the small banquet venue set by the Queen Mother Jade Emperor, he saw such a scene.
The queen mother is dignified and elegant, and the Jade Emperor is also dignified, noble and majestic, but his face is so green that he can only sulk after being punched several times.
When the queen mother saw Zhao Lei coming, she hurriedly said hello: "Shenhu Zhenjun, please take a seat." ”
"Melon and fruit tea can be taken and drunk as you go."
Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Zhao Lei only felt that the corners of his mouth twitched, don't mind, he ate a lot of food at the banquet just now, and then he vomited.
Zhao Lei hurriedly thanked the queen mother, and he didn't dare to touch the various fairy fruits in front of him, mainly because he was in a panic.
"I don't know why the Jade Emperor Queen Mother called me?"
This banquet is ill-intentioned, Zhao Lei felt a secret murderous aura at the banquet, although I don't know why the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother didn't do it in the end, but it does not prevent the characterization of this banquet, this is a Hongmen banquet.
If you don't do a big feast, you will have a small banquet, and you can't do it again?
It's just not quite like it, because Zhao Lei sensed the surroundings, and it seemed that there were no other creatures except for himself and the Jade Emperor Queen Mother, and there were only a few fairies waiting at the door, obeying orders at any time.
This made Zhao Lei a little confused about the Jade Emperor's mother's plan for a while, but he was too lazy to do anything about nine curves and eighteen bends, and he didn't want to understand any off-string sounds, so he simply picked it out directly.
Just tell me what to do with me. Zhao Lei thought while drinking tea, it is impossible to find me anyway.
The queen mother probably didn't expect Zhao Lei to be so direct, after all, she didn't have much contact with Zhao Lei, and she had seen her in the palace before, and she was also a person with good manners and courtesy.
Later, most of the battles with the Divine Tiger Kingdom were aerial confrontations that he didn't even meet, and Zhao Lei dealt with them too skillfully every time, so that in the heart of the Queen Mother, he gradually became a shrewd and polite image.
With this characterization, the queen mother always felt that Zhao Lei was a tricky person who loved to play tricks, but she didn't think that as soon as she met Zhao Lei, she went straight to the topic, and she choked the queen mother for a while, so she could only look at the Jade Emperor.
She felt that there was a problem with Zhao Lei's judgment before, so she was reluctant to take the initiative to answer at this moment, and asked the Jade Emperor to talk to Zhao Lei, and she wanted to take this opportunity to rejudge Zhao Lei.
The Jade Emperor comprehended the meaning of the Queen Mother's gaze, and immediately opened his mouth to take the words, but did not answer Zhao Lei's question, but said with a smile: "Since the canonization of the Divine Tiger True Monarch, I have rarely come to Heaven, and I and the Queen Mother are too, I want to meet the Divine Tiger True Monarch who is in the limelight, so I took the initiative to invite." ”
Zhao Lei scoffed, fart, didn't you see me when you were canonized?
These heavenly characters are really annoying, they have to go around a bend when they speak, and they can't speak if they don't roll up a ball of yarn and pull it. Zhao Lei complained fiercely in his heart, and he said it bluntly, these two actually fought with him.
In fact, how did Zhao Lei not know that the Queen Mother Jade Emperor was careful thinking? Although he couldn't guess everything, but the current situation, as one of the bureaus, Zhao Lei knew it.
No matter why the Jade Emperor Queen Mother didn't do anything to him at the feast, as long as she didn't do anything, it meant that she wouldn't do it in the future. The reason is very simple, it is the best opportunity to do it, the Jade Emperor Queen Mother knows better than Zhao Lei, but she didn't do it like that, either because she couldn't move, or she had other decisions.
Judging from the current situation, Zhao Lei judged that they had other decisions, so they did not do it to themselves.
All the decisions of the management are made from the top. As the supreme administrator of Heavenly Court, the decision of the Jade Emperor Queen Mother must also be based on the current situation.
And what is the current situation, it is the three rounds of strength, the new but rapidly developing Divine Tiger Kingdom, and the oldest, now the strongest and most famous Heavenly Court, and the old opponent of Heavenly Court, Lingshan.
These three forces co-exist between heaven and earth, and the emergence of the Divine Tiger Kingdom has broken the original balance of interests.
The first thing the new forces did was to plunder the resources of the two old forces. There are only so many resources, and if a new force doesn't grab it from the old forces, will it be difficult for it to go out and grab it by itself?
What's more, as long as new forces emerge, some of the things under the hands of the old forces will flow uncontrollably to the new forces.
It's like the people of the Divine Tiger Country, they were all the faith incense of the Heavenly Court at the beginning, but now they have become the people of the Divine Tiger Country, with the protection of the Divine Tiger Country, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and they have long stopped sending incense to the Heavenly Court.
This is to rob the resources of the Heavenly Court, and the Divine Tiger Country is so good, and the incense that continues to flow to the Divine Tiger Country is out of people's personal wishes. Even if it is Heavenly Court Spirit Mountain, it can't forcibly control the incense and not leave it to others, so even if the Divine Tiger Kingdom is unwilling, it will rob Heavenly Court Spirit Mountain of what it already has.
Otherwise, Heavenly Court Lingshan wouldn't be so anxious to destroy the Divine Tiger Kingdom, as long as you don't actually touch the cake, who cares what kind of character you are?
So in this kind of situation that has already been on the table and can't catch up, if you want to keep your original weight, you have to find a way.
Is it to strangle the new forces in the cradle so that they can't touch the table, or to support the new forces, kick down the old forces that were on the table before, and let him spit out the part in his mouth.
Zhao Lei thought, Heavenly Court probably had to choose the latter method, otherwise how could he hold a small banquet to invite him?
Thinking about it, it is also possible to get nothing by strangling the new forces, but by overthrowing the old forces, you can redivide what the old forces have in their hands, and it is not surprising that the Heavenly Court will want to deal with Lingshan first.
Zhao Lei's mind turned fast, since the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother didn't want to say it directly, then he thought to himself, and he would sort it out after a while. But Zhao Lei is not in a hurry, since the Jade Emperor and they have finished thinking about the guessing game, Zhao Lei is happy to pretend not to know, now that the things that should be sorted out are straightened out, what's the big deal with them?
So Zhao Lei also smiled.
"It's the little god who neglected to meet, and it's the honor of the little god to get the attention of the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother."
The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother didn't talk about business, Zhao Lei simply didn't even take the side of business, and just thought that he was here as the Jade Emperor said, and they wanted to see themselves before they held a small banquet.
This made the Jade Emperor so angry that he almost vomited blood, you are a sesame official who recruited An, and you have the false name of a Shenhu Zhenjun, it is nothing, why do they bother to hold a small banquet just to see you? It's not the son of his Jade Emperor.
However, this small banquet was indeed opened by the Jade Emperor's Queen Mother, and Zhao Lei was also invited by them, and even Zhao Lei's words just now were in accordance with the words of the Jade Emperor.
This is a real fight that doesn't give face, the Jade Emperor was so suffocated that his liver hurt, his face was green and blue, and he didn't answer.
Seeing this, the queen mother could only speak, take Zhao Lei's words, and appease the Jade Emperor by the way.
She guessed that Zhao Lei had thought of something, and couldn't help but sigh, this Shenhu Zhenjun is really a seven-trick exquisite heart, and he is really smart.
Zhao Lei thought of how much the queen mother didn't know, but Zhao Lei's diametrically opposite attitude was in the eyes of the queen mother. If it wasn't for thinking of something, how could she come up with such an attitude in an instant, the queen mother secretly sighed, this god tiger true monarch is really underestimated.
So the Queen Mother didn't beat around the bush anymore, and simply took the initiative to lead the topic to the right thing.
After all, it is useless for smart people to engage in these mental eyes, it will only waste time.
"It's not a secret, it's not like we just want to see the Divine Tiger True Monarch."
"It's about having a business."
Zhao Lei's eyes froze, and he finally came.
He slowly put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the Queen Mother.
"Dare to ask, what is it?"
This is a signal, and I want to hear it, which means that I have a probability of agreeing.
The queen mother breathed a sigh of relief, and then tentatively talked about the situation in the entire heaven, earth and human world, which Zhao Lei had already analyzed himself, so when the queen mother said it, he just listened and nodded from time to time, and did not express any opinions at all.
This made the queen mother really a little confused about Zhao Lei's attitude, so unconsciously, the initiative of normal conversation was in Zhao Lei's hands, and the queen mother and the Jade Emperor had to guess what Zhao Lei meant.
The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, who is used to being flattered by others, is good at these? It's unpredictable at all, and the frown is getting deeper and deeper.
Zhao Lei just listened quietly until the queen mother finished analyzing the situation and stopped talking.
He was also thinking about it, Heavenly Court's attitude now was actually very clear, and he didn't need the Jade Emperor Queen Mother to say it, Zhao Lei could also know that they wanted to cooperate with the Divine Tiger Kingdom now.
They plan to temporarily form an alliance with the Divine Tiger Kingdom to deal with Lingshan together, but what good will this do to the Divine Tiger Kingdom?
Zhao Lei was thinking about it, he had been struggling before, whether to deal with Lingshan or Heavenly Court first.
According to the advantages and disadvantages of fighting, there is a certain reason for long-distance and close attacks, and it is best to appease Lingshan first and then attack Heavenly Court at the same time.
But at the same time, this is also falling into the arms of Lingshan, Lingshan's overall strength is weaker than that of Heavenly Court, so they are naturally unwilling to start a war first, and they have repeatedly tried to provoke in it, that is, they have made up their minds to watch the fire from the other side.
If there is no accident, no matter how much the Divine Tiger Kingdom thinks, it can only satisfy the desire of Lingshan to watch the fire from the other side, but at this moment, Heavenly Court takes the initiative to establish diplomatic relations and wants to cooperate, so it must be considered carefully.
Lingshan's strength is weak, plus fighting with Heavenly Court, no matter how you think about it, it is much more cost-effective than the Divine Tiger Kingdom taking the initiative to gnaw the hardest bone of Heavenly Court first, and then go to Lingshan.
So Zhao Lei quickly made a decision, that is, to cooperate with Heavenly Court.
But it can't be so simple to let Heavenly Court achieve its goal, in order to prevent Heavenly Court from breaking its promise, it is not okay to prevent them from showing some sincerity.
So Zhao Lei deliberately pretended not to expect, and did not answer, as if he was still waiting for the queen mother to continue, and even gave the queen mother a puzzled look.
At this time, whoever speaks first will lose, the queen mother wants Zhao Lei to speak first, it is best to say the ultimate goal directly, so as to regain the right to speak, the right to speak is in hand, and the price is set and the rules are set by the heavenly court.
But Zhao Lei is not fooled, now that the right to speak is in his hands, it is impossible to let him out, if Heavenly Court does not open his mouth all the time, then it is a big deal for him to leave.
Although it is very convenient to cooperate with Heavenly Court, it is not impossible not to cooperate, the recent progress in the strength of the Divine Tiger Kingdom is still very objective, and the Heavenly Court has lost two generals, and the probability that the Divine Tiger Kingdom will eat the Heavenly Court has suddenly become much greater.
So Zhao Lei is really calmer than the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, and now it is not Zhao Lei who urgently needs cooperation, but the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother.
The Divine Tiger Kingdom is no longer something that Heavenly Court can handle casually, and Heavenly Court is willing to put down its body to negotiate peacefully while keeping its eyes on Lingshan, which means that in their eyes, the Divine Tiger Kingdom is already more troublesome than Lingshan.
Heavenly Court wants to pick soft persimmons to bite, so this is aimed at Lingshan, otherwise, it can only bite the new persimmon that is hard and astringent. Heavenly Court is reluctant to come, so Heavenly Court is more anxious than Zhao Lei, they need to cooperate more, as long as they are anxious, don't want to get the right to speak.
Sure enough, in the end, it was the queen mother who relented first, handed over the right to speak, and took the initiative to say the request for cooperation.
They wanted to ensure that the Divine Tiger Kingdom would not stab them in the back, so they deliberately added the Divine Tiger Kingdom to the battle and asked the Divine Tiger Kingdom to send troops.
Zhao Lei sneered, the Divine Tiger Kingdom sent troops, and then you will stab the Divine Tiger Kingdom again?
He Zhao Lei looks such a stupid person? Would agree to such a request?
"Since it's cooperation, we should always show some sincerity, right?"
"Since you two want to cooperate with the Divine Tiger Country, you must have regarded the Divine Tiger Kingdom as an equal, not an inferior one, so why should you order the Divine Tiger Country?"
When the queen mother heard this, she chuckled in her heart, and it was over.
Negligently, according to what they had planned at the beginning, it was to let the Divine Tiger Kingdom be the position of a subordinate of Heavenly Court, and order the Divine Tiger Kingdom to send troops to attack Lingshan, so that Heavenly Court could give Shenhu Kingdom a knife in the back, eat Shenhu Kingdom, and then take Lingshan.
But the right to speak in this conversation has always been in Zhao Lei's hands, to persuade Zhao Lei, they keep regressing, and before they know it, Zhao Lei is on the same level as them, since it is at the same level, then the Shenhu Kingdom is no longer a subordinate unit, so naturally there is no need to listen to their orders.
The queen mother's face turned pale, and she heard Zhao Lei continue.
"Since we want to send troops, then we can't just send troops from the Divine Tiger Country, let's attack Lingshan together, how can we say that Heavenly Court can't say anything if we don't make a move, right?"
"Heavenly Court also has to send troops, and moreover, it has to send more troops than the Divine Tiger Country."
"After all, Heavenly Court is much stronger than our Divine Tiger Kingdom, isn't it?" (End of chapter)