A dilemma

Zhong Zhen is completely in a dilemma, whether he chooses to win over the castle tower led by Mo Qianliu or reject it, it seems that it will bring great trouble, this is probably the self-destruction if he commits many injustices, right? But Zhong Zhen himself obviously will not admit this, what they have to do now is to choose the lesser of two evils and choose the one that will do the least harm to themselves.

With such a premise, the next thing is actually very simple, if you exclude the castle tower, the interior of the capital will become quite chaotic in an instant, and it will give others an opportunity to take advantage of, whether it is to meddle in the matter of leaving the capital or to attack Zhongzhen, it is very simple, maybe as long as it is a short time, Zhongzhen will be destroyed. Compared to this option, it is better to support the castle tower, although the grudge between Zhong Zhen and the castle tower cannot be resolved, but at least in a short period of time, this contradiction will not break out, one is that the rule of non-interference between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes is still there, and the second is that the strength of the castle tower is not enough to deal with Zhong Zhen, and the castle tower must prepare for the invasion and ravages of the devil, that is the biggest enemy that the castle tower needs to face, and when the battle between the demons is over, it is impossible to say that the castle tower will be the same as before, and almost all the main combat forces are killed, and they can no longer hold such great authority, so they can only shrink inside the castle tower, and live in despairAt that time, Zhong Zhen doesn't have to worry about retaliation from the castle tower at all, but the castle tower must find a way to deal with them.

This account is not difficult to calculate, even Li Jinming has calculated it clearly, and even ran to the front of the town guard and told him the attitude of the imperial court, so that he could have a better attitude towards Mo Qianliu at the dinner, and try to win over Mo Qianliu.

Regarding Li Jinming's behavior, Zhen Shouzhi rolled his eyes, feeling that he had been insulted, not to mention that he was the inner ghost in Zhongzhen, and he didn't plan to follow the orders of the dog emperor when he couldn't get used to Zhongzhen's approach, no matter what Zhongzhen's attitude was, his decision was the same: "Win over the castle tower and show favor to Mo Qianliu." But now Li Jinming came over to point fingers at him, which made him very unhappy, very unhappy, and he muttered in his heart: "You haven't been weaned when Lao Tzu came to the capital, and you haven't become an official when Lao Tzu is dominating the political arena of the capital.

"Are you teaching me to do things?" The town guard threw down the fold in his hand and stared at Li Jinming coldly, if it weren't for the plan behind him and the need for this dog thief, he would have wanted to slaughter this guy now, and as soon as he jumped off the clown, he knew that he was jumping, if it wasn't for someone to support him, he would have died I don't know how many times.

Hearing the words of the town guard without mercy and without giving face, the cold sweat on Li Jinming's forehead burst out, and it was very soon.

Of course he knew that there was something wrong with what he did, what to do and what not to do, even if he didn't need to say it, the town guard didn't force it in his heart, and there was still the gang of strategists under the town guard, and it was not his turn to give advice to the town guard, but he just came, and there were two purposes, one was to point out the country and tell the town guard what to do, this was a secondary purpose, a necessary means to accomplish the real goal, and the other was his main purpose: to disgust the town guard.

The second purpose is dangerous, but it is very relieving to do it.

Li Jinming has received a lot of grievances on the side of the town guard, after all, Shengmi is fighting rice hatred, of course it is the latter who guards here, brocade clothes and jade food are the most basic, and the others are not to be mentioned, but because of the turmoil of the previous literary test, Li Jinming has a lot of resentment towards the town guard, but he also knows that the status of the town guard is like a vassal king, in the land of Lidu, the most effective thing to speak is not the court but the town guard, even if he is a minister, his status is very special and very important, and he can't afford to offend the town guard, but he just wants to disgust the town guard. Anyway, the town guard doesn't kill him because it's useful to keep him and it's almost over from the capital, and then he pats his ass and leaves, who cares how powerful you are, you just can't kill me, I can disgust you with this, and then leave the capital with a swagger, and never come back, so that your breath is uncomfortable in your throat and can't go up and down.

"How dare I, isn't this too concerned about this matter? The comeback of the castle tower is a big deal for Zhong Zhen, and it won't reach the emperor's ears for a while, I happen to be in Lidu, and I should worry about the monarch's food, so I want to mix this matter and find the best solution for Lidu and the imperial court, you see, do you want me to participate in tonight's banquet, on behalf of Lidu, on behalf of Zhong Zhen, and seek the greatest welfare for Zhong Zhen?" Since Li Jinming is here to do something, how to deal with the various problems of the town guard has already been prepared, and he said it very smoothly at this time, and he came prepared at a glance.

"Are you going to meddle in the internal affairs of Lidu? I don't have any opinion on my side, but in order for you to continue to preside over your Lidu Dabi, I refuse any of your requests, and I don't want to be shot dead on the spot at the banquet at that time. "The town guard impatiently gave an eviction order, since you Li Jinming are not honest, then I don't need to save any face for you.

The scolding of the town guard can be said to have left no face for Li Jinming, and the voice was so loud that even Xiao Qi, who was waiting outside, heard it.

Li Jinming's face suddenly became gloomy, and he could only leave, after all, the housekeepers of other people had come over to drive people away, and if he didn't know what to do, he would be beaten out by a stick.

The town guard didn't save face for Li Jinming, and the housekeeper still explained the reason to him with a smile: "At that time, when the covenant was signed, it was stipulated that except for the ten, the castle tower and the town guard, when there was a meeting on matters involving principles, if anyone else was present, anyone had the right to kill them on the spot, regardless of the reason, it was clearly written in black and white, and the town guard was also for your own good, you have a lot of adults, don't take it to heart." ”

After he said this, Li Jinming's face darkened even more, and he knew that the housekeeper meant, "Even if the guard doesn't save face for you, it's for your own good, don't you spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain...... Li Jinming, who was angry, didn't want to say anything and wanted to leave, but Xiao Qi, who was waiting outside the study, paused his steps, although he didn't know Xiao Qi, but he recognized the logo of the Fu family, he knew that this was the maid of the Fu family, and that was enough.

Why did the Fu family send someone to find the town guard at this time?

Li Jinming subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and his pace slowed down.

And the next moment, the housekeeper asked this question for him: "It's the little seventh girl, why do you have time to come over to play today?" Why are a group of people so blind, and they don't know how to greet them well, I'll train them when I go back, come in." ”

"I'm not here to play today, it's Miss who asked me to come over and make an appointment with Lord Zhenshou, and they can talk about strengthening the business and trade between Lidu and Fengdu, and sign the paperwork by the way, this is the right thing, right?" Xiao Qi rolled her eyes slightly, although there are a lot of fun things in the town guard's mansion, but she doesn't come to play when she has nothing to do, right? If it's really okay, how can she come over to find the town guard.

"Well, it's really a serious matter, but it's a pity, someone just sent a batch of fun things over the day before yesterday, and the old man has been very busy recently, too lazy to touch, I'm afraid I'm going to go into the warehouse to eat ashes again. The housekeeper groaned, and the words he uttered almost flashed the waist of Li Jinming, who was eavesdropping.

It's not that Li Jinming is not calm, but the housekeeper you are too unreliable, right? This Xiao Qi is obviously talking about very important things, why do you have an attitude of 'well, I know, that's it, don't worry, let's talk about it', as if it was something inconsequential. The question is, how can this be something inconsequential? Fu Changan has been here and away from the capital for so many days, and with this kind of intention and demand, he has already done it, okay, it is impossible for the town guard to hold on to her, why did he wait until today? Isn't there a very important thing that happened in this? Yesterday, Mo Qianliu became the pavilion master of the castle tower, so today Fu Changan said that he would strengthen economic exchanges with Lidu, and this in itself is not important, what matters is Fu Changan's attitude, she is already openly supporting Mo Qianliu, and even putting pressure on Zhong Zhen implicitly, this is what this matter really wants to express.

"Ah, actually, I can play by the way. Xiao Qi twisted it, but still disarmed and surrendered.

"That's really good, after all, waste is always bad, the master probably thinks the same way, please inside, this kind of thing still has to be decided by the master. The housekeeper smiled sideways and asked Xiao Qi to come in.

His attitude towards Xiao Qi is outrageous, what old man can refuse a little girl like Xiao Qi who is lively, cute and energetic, likes to play tricky but is actually very reliable? He is still very accurate in seeing people, and this little seventh girl is not a wolf-hearted person, taking advantage of them and speaking ill of them.

As for the benefits here...... Actually, it means something fun.

Prescribe the right medicine, give gifts to people, this is the foundation, people like Xiao Qi, a family like the Fu family, what kind of gold, silver and jewelry, too cheesy, too much to look down on others, people have these things at home, as Fu Chang'an's personal maid, it is impossible to look at this kind of thing, only to do what they like, those things may not be worth much, but they are far more effective than high-value jewelry or something.

Xiao Qi naturally didn't doubt that he walked in, and the housekeeper followed behind him and continued to chat with her with a smile, ignoring Li Jinming not far away as if it were air, and even making Li Jinming angry, he was not even as good as a maid's treatment!

Li Jinming threw his sleeves away angrily, in fact, if he knew that the attitude of the town guard to Xiao Qi was similar to that of the housekeeper, and Xiao Qi came to the town guard mansion as if he was going home, he would not be angry, he was not qualified to be angry, how could the treatment of outsiders be compared with the treatment of illegitimate daughters.

This little episode was propagated by the 'inner ghost of the town guard mansion', and it was successfully spread throughout the intelligence network of the ten families before the start of the dinner, putting the attitude of Zhong Zhen and the attitude of the Fu family in front of the ten leaders, which is also a kind of pressure, representing that Zhong Zhen and the Fu family hope that the castle tower can make a smooth comeback, and even rise, and those who violate it can violate it, as for what the price is, hehe, just wait.

Sometimes warning without threatening is actually a bigger threat, because anything can happen.

This wave of operations, in fact, is the town's desire to capture the old man, and it can be regarded as Li Jinming's dozing pillow, if there is no superfluous step for him to point fingers, the townkeeper must stand up to support Mo Qianliu when necessary, and he speaks out, expressing his position, it means that the government forces in Lidu and the castle tower stand together, the meaning behind this will cause panic in Lidu, and it is very likely to cause a very bad result, now, even if it is to support Mo Qianliu, as long as he shows a little reluctance, he can publicize that he is forced to do this, it is forced to do this, and he can even stand up against Mo Qianliu when the situation is settled, pretending to be hostile。

This is a kind of balance, if it is one-sided, it should make some people jump over the wall in a hurry, and use a very ugly trick, after all, the reason why the castle tower was forced to such a point back then, there are many people who work hard in the back, and the crime of playing a trick against the great heroes who protect the capital is when the nine clans are punished, there is no clause to protect them, no one dares to intercede for them, and now the castle tower is back, the most anxious is them, and the town guard also wants to pretend that he and the castle tower led by Mo Qianliu do not deal with each other in order to balance the situation in the capital, after all, it involves the struggle for power, and the relationship between the town guard and the castle tower is harmonious？

As for Fu Chang'an's support for Mo Qianliu, this is better understood, put pressure on tonight's banquet, to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Dage can't die, absolutely not, no matter what the combat effectiveness of the person who has cultivated the art of deception is, his value is far beyond that of ordinary masters of the same level, not to mention that he is still a four-fold heaven, this is simply a hole card at the strategic level, if he can go further, he will be invincible in the world, so he must live.

These two events caused a new turmoil, but the reason for the turmoil and the conspiracy behind it, there are few people who can really see it clearly, the young master of the demon path has this ability but does not have this mood, he received a very strange letter, no signature, only a few lines of words: "One thought of heaven, one thought of hell, the deception that spanned thousands of years is still standing, countless unjust souls rise and fall, the ancestors are dead and the descendants will repeat their fate, a dream is prosperous, a dream is empty, the hope of opening up the future is coming, the cycle that cannot be broken will be lost, if you want to have no regrets or achieve the overall situation, I will go with me".