The Great Elder had stopped caring about the world three years ago, and usually stayed in his courtyard to recuperate, and only appeared every year when the mountain opened.

Today, he was watering in the yard, and when he saw the second elder rushing to him in the dust, he knew that something was wrong. For he had commanded that no one should disturb him unless the time of life or death for the Templar was at stake.

It's just that he didn't expect the second elder to bring three pieces of news in a row.

"Someone has broken into the mountain, and someone in the Templar guard has been injured."

"There is a Qiao Qi who claims to be the former dynasty Shangshu, who wants to visit the elders."

"There is already evidence that Liang Qiuyue is suspected of colluding with foreign enemies."

The Great Elder put down the kettle, picked up his pipe from the wall in the courtyard, and after understanding the situation a little, he said, "Liang Qiuyue, don't move there for the time being, I'll go and see the people who break into the mountain." ”

"Aren't you going to see the former dynasty scholar?"

"Hmph, the former dynasty Shangshu? That's a scourge, he came to see each other this time just to make Dongdaying and my holy mountain suspicious of each other, you go and talk to him, if there is nothing to do, catch him and send him over. ”

……

The reason why the Great Elder didn't move Qiao Zheng today was because he guessed that the main envoy of this mountain break was the former dynasty Shangshu, as long as the second elder captured him, these people who broke into the mountain would be captured.

The Great Elder walked at the forefront, silently thinking about why the Second Elder would leave the former Dynasty Shangshu behind, and bring it to him against his will.

Qiao Qi followed behind the two elders, looking at the environment of the holy mountain, and after a while, everyone came to the pingtai on the top of the mountain, looking at the scene in front of them, Qiao Qi knew that this was the holy hall in the mouths of the people of the Baiyi tribe.

On the flat platform is a huge field, a large hall is erected in the center of the field, all the beams and rafters of the main hall are made of Nanmu, seven flags of different colors are arranged at the door, a stone tablet is erected next to the temple door, and the word "Holy Hall" is engraved on the stone tablet.

"This is the Templar? Sure enough, it is different from other buildings in Yizhou, and it has the artistic conception of a temple in the Central Plains, but why don't we go in? Qiao Qi looked at the two elders who had stopped and asked.

The second elder listened to Qiao Qi's words on his face, his face was a little ugly, quite the taste of a Central Plains temple? Isn't this a satire of their culture?

The second elder said in a dissatisfied tone: "The Holy Hall is the holy place of my Baiyi tribes, and the ancestors of my Baiyi tribes are resting in it, how can outsiders be allowed to set foot in it?" ”

Qiao Qi felt a little disdainful in his heart, but his face showed an apologetic look, he coughed a few times, and said in a hoarse voice: "Let's talk about things here?" ”

The Great Elder tapped his knee with his pipe and said lightly, "This periphery is full of my people, and no one will disturb the conversation here." ”

"Okay, then I'll be straightforward, and ask a few elders to release my child immediately, as well as General Xue Mu, who is still in the mountains."

The Great Elder didn't laugh angrily: "Come up and make a request, what can you give us?" ”

"Yizhou and Dongzhili."

The Great Elder raised his eyebrows, and seeing that Qiao Qi was still selling Guanzi, he couldn't help but sneer: "The dog who lost his family still dares to exaggerate here?!" ”

The Second Elder already knew some of the inside story, and he persuaded softly: "Great Elder, we might as well listen carefully to what Qiao Qi said." ”

Qiao Qi was made a little sad by the Great Elder's sentence of the lost dog, but under the eaves, he had to bow his head, and he patiently explained: "We will provide the smelting technology of the Holy Hall and the Iron Weapons of the Baiyi Tribes. ”

"Are you kidding? Do you think we are still primitives? What is so difficult about metal smelting? ”

"I'm talking about real technology, as far as I know, the Dugu family didn't share the technology with the Baiyi tribes."

Hearing this, the Great Elder's heart moved, although the Baiyi Zhubu learned to forge iron tools at this time, there was still a huge gap compared with the Central Plains, and whether it was the Lin family of the previous dynasty or the current Dugu family, they all blocked this technology from the Baiyi Zhubu, resulting in a huge gap between the military strength of the Baiyi Zhubu and the Central Plains.

The Great Elder pondered for a long time, shook his head at Qiao Qi and said, "We Baiyi have no ambitions, learning to smelt iron will only push us to war, and your people are killing innocents indiscriminately in the Holy Mountain, it is not enough to let you go just by relying on this." ”

Qiao Qi knew that the first half of the sentence was just a pretext, and the second half of the sentence was the point, so he decided to throw out a killer idea: "I heard that the people of all the departments do not have their own cavalry except for the Ruo family?" ”

The Great Elder's eyes flashed: "Go on"

Qiao Qi smiled and said, "We will train for you a cavalry army or even several that can compete with the Eastern Battalion. ”

The Great Elder didn't care about the great rebellion in Qiao Qi's words at this time, he asked, "You provide war horses?" ”

Qiao Qi shook his head and said, "War horses are the foundation of our survival, and it is impossible to cede them to your department." ”

"Where did the horse come from?"

"Horse bandits."

The Great Elder was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This plan doesn't work, how could King Jing let the people of our Holy Mountain participate in the suppression of bandits." ”

"It's not a holy mountain, it's some tribe under it."

The Great Elder squinted his eyes, he understood the meaning of Qiao Qi's words, and suddenly became interested: "Even if you have horses, where will the forage come from?" ”

"It's still a bandit."

The Great Elder frowned: "It is impossible to suppress the horse bandits and let them do things for us, isn't it...... Could it be that Qiao Shangshu meant to let your people act as horse bandits? ”

"Yes, the horse bandits on the borders of the states in Dongzhili have been rampant for so many years, they are strong, and when they are integrated, this is an incomparably huge resource, if you can get them, why worry about no horses?"

The Great Elder closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and suddenly felt a trace of disobedience, and he said coldly, "If you have such thoughts, why do you need to ask us? You can't do it yourself? ”

Qiao Qi smiled bitterly and said: "The Great Elder's mind is really meticulous, and we can't hide it, we have another purpose for coming this time, and that is to ask for people." ”

"Someone?"

"This is my second condition, that I will borrow from the sinners of your holy mountain."

……

After sending Qiao Qi down to rest, the two elders fell into deep thought.

The Second Elder sighed: "If in the past, someone harmed the lives of my Holy Mountain and beheaded and injured my temple guards, I would have to avenge these children no matter what, but now is different, this will be a major event that will change the future fate of my Holy Mountain and the Baiyi Tribes." ”

Seeing that the temple guards were mentioned, the Great Elder mentioned another matter: "There is one less temple guard, so naturally another one must be selected, and there are more things to do when worshipping ancestors." ”

The second elder said tentatively, "Do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

The Great Elder glanced at him, seeing the eagerness in his eyes, the Great Elder said lightly: "Everything is still in accordance with the rules of the hall, and all the disciples are selected through martial arts. ”

"Yes."

The Great Elder suddenly thought of someone, and he had a headache and said, "How can Lao Jiu explain there?" ”

The second elder pondered for a moment: "Let Dongguan Zhengxiang tell him that it is better for a little girl to talk than us old men." ”

The Great Elder was a little helpless: "The little girl grew up with us watching, the coldness in her tone, Lao Jiu is not angry when she hears it, it's strange." ”

The two were hesitating, and a servant came running on the mountain road.

"Two elders, Nan Rong guards ask to see."