After the old man in black accepted the task, he invited nearly two hundred Confucian students, he led this group of people to fight day and night, and finally rummaged through all the classics of the Imperial Academy on the eighth day, and found more than 500 records about the "Shengfan Kingdom".

Xu Dong was very angry, and he said to the old man in black, "What do I want these things, what are you doing with these books in front of me, what I want is the result of your analysis and argumentation, and all your subordinates are 'elites' who make up the article, won't you let them use their brains." ”

The old man in black was beaten, and hurriedly transported the book back to the Hanlin Academy, reorganized those Confucian scholars to speak and interpret the characters, repeatedly verified, and came up with a result two days later, no, to be precise, three results, that is, they locked the legendary ancient country called "Shengfan" in three places.

Xu Dong now has a report submitted by the old man in black, this report proves the current address of the "Shengfan Country", and clarifies the reasons for such an analysis, the arguments and arguments are very sufficient, Xu Dong read this report, and the sorrow that has been condensed for many days can be dispersed.

"Shengban" belonged to its heyday 30,000 years ago, it can't actually be called a country, it can't even be considered a nation, it's just a group that worships a certain totem, this group has carried out sacrifices in three places, one is called "Iasi", one is called "Qi", and another is called "Aragami", and the good thing is that these three places are all within the territory of a small country called "Rakhi".

This means that if you want to find the "thunder and lightning atlas" or "thunder and lightning 'color' spectrum" in these three places, you must first conquer this "Laki country", of course, with such a strong and powerful country as the country of Ratuo, conquering such an inconspicuous small country is definitely not a problem, the key is that there is a Lethe River between this small country and the country of Ratuo.

Obviously, if the country of Ratuo wants to send troops to conquer the "country of Laki", the army must take advantage of the Valley of the Giants, and with the current relationship between the Valley of the Giants and the country of Ratuo, the army will definitely not be accommodating through the road, because the situation under the control of the rebels is absolutely sensitive, thinking that "borrowing the road" is just an excuse, and the country of Luotuo is an excuse to occupy the country.

Xu Dong analyzed that if you want to find the thunder and lightning atlas cultivated by the little prince, it is necessary to conquer the "Laki Country", because a sovereign country will not tolerate you digging three feet on its territory and finding a 'door' for what you need, or you will annex this country, and you yourself will be the ruler of this country.

The annexation of a certain country can be started from two aspects: "Wen" refers to the negotiation of foreign "relations", knowing the benefits and disadvantages, or the combination of will, so that the king of the country can voluntarily "hand over" the seal, so as to avoid the pain of killing and war; "Wu" is better understood, through the army pressing the territory, the troops are under the city, or swallowing or encroaching, and the country is forcibly included in its own territory.

For such a major event as "Wen" or "Wu", Xu Dong is not good at making a choice alone, and he must also ask the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, because after all, this is not a problem that can be solved in one sentence, and it must also have the full support of the civil and military generals.

He didn't seem to be able to wait for a moment, and was ready to immediately meet with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs in the "Shouqiao Palace" to let the father-in-law on duty issue his will, and during the time he was waiting for the ministers, he took the first step to the "Shouqiao Palace" and wanted to be quiet in the underground dark room for a while.

Xu Dong walked through the main hall to the outside of the dark room, and made a breath towards the wall where the mechanism was hidden, and there was a soft pop on the wall, followed by a "squeak" sound, and the thick stone 'door' of the dark room slowly opened.

After he walked into the dark room, the heavy dark room 'door' squeaked and closed, there was no light in the dark room at all, he wanted this effect, 'touch' 'groping' to find a futon on the floor, meditating on this futon, at this moment this dark room is completely separated from the outside world, his eyes are slightly closed, he doesn't think about anything in his mind, he drives away all the objects that remain on the brain screen, and only quietly feels the silent flow of time and space.

Xu Dong faintly felt that there was something abnormal, this abnormality came from his own body, at first he felt that the upper and lower dantian was empty, and everything was surging upwards one by one, and after about half an hour, he saw that he was covered with a white light, and a puff of green qi rushed out from the Tianling cover, and a ** baby of about two inches stood above his head.

"Huh. Xu Dong exclaimed, "I didn't use the Yuan Infant Out of the Body, why did it automatically jump out of the body." ”

In his understanding, there should be a specific time when the Yuan Infant is out of the body, such as the threat of extinction in the 'flesh' body, or the disturbance in the body and the inability to hide the body, or other times, but it is also up to the practitioner himself to have the subjective will, and he can only get out of the body when he wants to go out of the body, how can he just go out of the body casually.

"It's rare to have such a safe environment, can't you let him come out to breathe? ”

Xu Dong's ears heard the words of the Holy Child, and he turned his head to look, only to see the Golden Body of the Holy Child floating in the air, wrapped in an inch-long golden mang, and his two small hands made powerful gestures, matching the vivid facial expressions when he spoke.

"Ah, Master, the reason why I came to this basement is precisely to use this place to meet you and ask you for an idea. ”

The Holy Infant said, "When you meet with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs in a while, there is no need to discuss the question of whether it is 'civil' or 'military', you can just directly dispatch troops." ”

"That'...... Master, you mean to conquer the 'Laki Kingdom' by force, what if Lechuan refuses to let me cross the border. Xu Dong asked.

"Isn't that easy? "The Holy Infant said, "You used the name of conscription and suppression of rebels to send out a division, and raided Lechuan with lightning speed, you must know that you were originally the lord of Lechuan River, and the Giant Battalion itself is your army, and now when the army of the Ratuo Kingdom is pressing, the Giant Battalion will never be ordered by the rebels to be your enemy, so it is effortless to take Lechuan." ”

She continued, "It is better to deliberately let that group of rebels slip through the net and flee to the 'Laki Country' through the Alashan Pass while you are in control of Lethe, and then you march into the 'Laki Country' in the name of pursuing the rebels, which has already become an excuse that is not an excuse to take advantage of the situation to occupy the 'Laki Country' in one fell swoop." ”

After listening to the Holy Child's preaching, Xu Dongru suddenly opened up, although he had led troops to the desert twice before, but he had never done such a big thing as raising the troops of one country to conquer another country, and it seemed that he had to make up for it in terms of sending troops, especially in terms of planning, strategy and tactics.

He thought of those headaches in Lechuan again, the rebels did the acting Sichuan lord Sun Song, the Northern Shejiao usurped the power of the Southern Ming Sect, and secretly prepared to fight against the Luo Tuo Kingdom, the situation has been 'chaotic' for almost two years, and it is time to solve it.

Besides, since he became the monarch of Luotuo in Zhao Lun's hands, because he was busy with his own cultivation and rarely took care of state affairs, he had long wanted to take a chance to repay him.

"That'...... Master, I'll do what you do, how many troops do you think it's appropriate to send, and there are still some witch Gu and demon cultivation forces in Lethe, how to deal with it. ”

The Holy Infant said, "This dispatch of troops is nominally to counterinsurgency, but in fact, there may not be many battles, mainly to serve as a deterrent, so you can send more troops, but don't move the Yulin Hussar Battalion and the Royal Guard, send a little more of those newly recruited soldiers, as for dealing with those demon cultivators who are not in the stream, you had better organize a monk group." ”

"Friars. Xu Dong was a little stunned.

"Yes. "Whoever goes to conquer a country, or conquers a force, will inevitably face two kinds of enemies, one is the layman and the other is the cultivator, so setting up a monk group in the army is the best way." ”

"That'...... Master, do you say that it is appropriate for this monk group to send someone to take the role, whether it is to find a 'color' on the Infinite Island, or whether I will personally go to the 'gate' of the Spirit Valley and 'hand' over the formation of the monk group to my master Fang Yun. ”

The Holy Infant frowned and thought for a while, "Let's 'hand' it over to your master Fang Yun, there are ready-made masters and disciples outside the 'gate' of his Spirit Valley, just arrange a group of people to go on a mission, and give them the opportunity to fight, besides, those masters of the Infinite Sect have a heavier burden to carry." ”

Xu Dong heard the words of the Holy Child, and hurriedly asked, "Master, how do you say this, what is the heavier burden of the Immeasurable Grandmaster." ”

The Holy Infant said, "Those old guys can't wait, just waiting for you to raise troops to attack the river, they will take this opportunity to finish the Luotuo Palace, in fact, when you are preparing to attack the river, you are facing two battlefields, that is to say, two battles, no, if the occupation of the 'Laki country' is also counted as one war, it is three wars, so you also have to make careful arrangements to deal with it." ”

"Master, the disciple you said still doesn't understand, please make it clear to the disciple. ”

"You may not know that these old ministers and rebels who want to overthrow the imperial court and usurp the throne and Lethe are the same as the rebels in the country of Luotuo, when you divide your troops to attack the river, they will take the opportunity to start an incident and echo the rebels in Lethe River, first they will lead the rebels to surround the Chunyang Palace, and then bring in living corpses from that nameless valley to crush the palace, at that time, not only the royal family and the harem will not be spared, if you are in the palace, you will also be killed by them." ”

Xu Dong was taken aback, "Hey, it's so powerful." ”

He couldn't help but think of the scene when Guo Li stole the treasury, he sent his henchman Xu Li to secretly investigate the matter, and Xu Li secretly met him in Tingyun Palace.

Xu Li: Your Majesty, the ministers have been secretly visiting in the past two months, and they have found out what happened to Guo Tuo, and sure enough, as the emperor foresaw before, Guo Tuo did not steal the pills in the treasury and sell them for money, but used these pills to feed the corpses.

Xu Dong asked in surprise: Xu Aiqing, you quickly explain clearly, how he used Dan 'medicine' to feed the corpse.

In his expectation, Guo Yi used a large amount of Dan 'medicine' to support a group of monks, in case they were used by these old ministers to overthrow the imperial court and usurp the throne one day, but he didn't expect them to use Dan 'medicine' to feed the corpses.

He is no stranger to "living corpses", he saw them in the Valley of the Giants a few months ago, and Qin Kai, a 'jade' face scholar, tried to crush him with living corpses, and he burned those living corpses to ashes with 'yin' and yang fire.

Xu Li: Your Majesty, these old thieves didn't think that the minister was a monk in the Yudan Realm, so although they knew that the minister was secretly investigating, they did not deliberately cover up the matter of raising the corpse, which gave the minister the opportunity to make an in-depth secret visit.

Xu Dong: Xu Aiqing, tell me quickly, where are they raising corpses?

Xu Li: The place where they raised the corpses was an unnamed valley on the border of the country of Ratuo, and there was a huge 'cave' in this valley, and usually these living corpses were hidden in that 'cave'.

Xu Dong: Xu Aiqing, you have personally seen them raising living corpses, what level have these living corpses probably cultivated, in your opinion, should we close the net now, or continue to put a long line to catch more fish. ”

Xu Li: Your Majesty, although they fed these living corpses with pills, but because of the large number of living corpses, those pills could not meet the needs at all, so most of these living corpses only practiced to the "living corpse realm", and the minister looked through some classics that recorded the living corpses, and knew that it would take at least five years for these living corpses to complete the ninth-level reincarnation, so the minister suggested that he should not be touched for the time being, and only secretly monitored, so that we would have time to do a deeper investigation.

Xu Dong: Xu Aiqing, it's really hard for you, and I am very relieved that I will 'hand' things over to you, but you must pay attention to secrecy, and you must not 'expose' the matter of their living corpses, so as not to startle the snake.

Xu Li: The minister knows how powerful this is, and he will definitely act cautiously, please rest assured, but the minister still has something to ask the emperor, and the minister wants to recommend a few people to be the minister's assistants, so that the minister will 'time' to secretly investigate the matter.

As he spoke, he presented a fold to Xu Dong, Xu Dong picked up the fold and examined it carefully, and the excerpts recommended were all some lower-level officials, but these people were all young and strong, and he approved the excerpt at that time.

............

"Alas. Thinking of this, Xu Dong sighed, "Those who should come always have to come, it's just a matter of time." In fact, when Xu Li reported that those old ministers were raising corpses in the Nameless Valley, he thought of the Valley of the Giants, and guessed that there might be some connection between the two things.

"However, this is also an opportunity for you to accomplish two things at the same time, and solve the two rebellions at the same time. ”

Xu Dong said, "However, this matter is really a heavy job for me, I really can't bear it alone, I have to share it for me together, Master, how do you say the layout." ”

The Holy Infant thought for a while and said, "In this way, you find a person to take command and enter the Giant Valley to quell the rebellion, I think I will send Li Jin, the secretary of the military department, according to what I said before, find your master Fang Yun in the Linggu 'Gate' to send people to form a group of monks, and help Li Jin solve the problems involving the cultivation world in secret, you stay in the Pure Yang Palace by yourself, and we will have a dark room game......"

Xu Dong couldn't help but interrupt the Holy Child's words, "Dark room game, Master, what dark room game." ”

The Holy Infant smiled treacherously, "You pretended to retreat and practice in the underground dark room of the 'Guarding the Secret Palace' to give those rebellious old ministers a false impression, because their main target of attack is you, so they will definitely focus all their attention on the 'Guarding the Secret Palace', that is to say, all the attack forces have been attracted to the 'Guarding the Secret Palace', but in fact, you have already left the dark room through the underground passage, and after disguise, you are secretly 'lustful' to command this palace war." ”

After listening to the Holy Child's words, Xu Dong's mind was interpreting the panorama of this war, and he had to admire the wisdom of the Holy Child, "Master, you are really a celestial, and your apprentice is not as good as half of your strategy. ”