Zhong Heng is a smart person, maybe too smart, so that every boss feels that his ** can't escape his eyes, so he has not been promoted, and his ambition to soar in the early years has disappeared, in his own words, he just wants to get rich now, and then find a stable and peaceful place to retire.

In his world, it is not only ridiculous, but also dangerous, but he decided to put his heart into the dragon king, in order to take a huge risk in his life in exchange for wealth and stability for the rest of his life, "I am willing to swear allegiance to the dragon king, assist you to become the true king, and even annex the entire Western Regions." ”

Gu Shenwei was a little surprised, he had always admired Zhong Heng as a person, and learned many useful truths from him, because of this, it was hard for him to imagine that a slippery person like Zhong Heng would be willing to take the risk of defecting to the unstable Dragon King, "Lord Zhong is an official of the Central Plains. ”

Zhong Heng smiled bitterly, "I am the official of the Central Plains, but the bigger officials of the Central Plains want to kill me, Wei Song is a treacherous and slippery, he must have known who killed Wei Lingmiao, and he also knew that this matter was related to me. ”

This does sound like a very suitable reason, but Gu Shen still didn't express his position immediately, in the face of the person who took the initiative to send him to the door, too enthusiastic will make the other party arrogant, too vigilant will make him disheartened, there is a delicate line in the middle, Gu Shenwei never felt that he grasped it properly, he could only try to get closer to it.

"What about Shangguan Fu? He also participated in the murder of Wei Lingmiao, isn't he worried about Wei Song's revenge?"

"He is different, he is now in an important position, he is an indispensable pawn in the hands of the Central Plains, according to my observation, if Biyucheng suddenly turmoil, and the Central Plains army is not ready to fight, it is likely to support Shangguan Nu as the king of Dubu, just by virtue of this, even if Wei Song knows that Shangguan Nu is an accomplice in killing his son, he can only pretend to be confused. ”

"Shangguan Nu doesn't want to protect you?"

"Hehe, we've never talked about it, but it's obvious, he's not in danger, he's not in the same boat as me, why should he protect me? But I'm in the same boat as the Dragon King, we can be in the same boat, no, it's the Dragon King at the helm, and I'll help row the boat. ”

Gu Shenwei was moved, in fact, he already understood that Zhong Heng had no way out, so he just let the other party say these words by himself.

Language is a wonderful thing, when buried in the heart, like an unknown seed, which can grow completely different results according to the owner's mind, and once spoken, these fleeting words immediately take on a fixed form, and have a certain degree of binding effect on the speaker.

Allegiance is so, when it is only a thought in the heart, betrayal and loyalty do not matter, it can be changed at any time without any obstacles, but when the words of allegiance are spoken, it is binding.

The binding force may be minimal or unbreakable, but one way or another, it's starting to work.

Gu Shen is very familiar with the allegiance of others and the allegiance of others, and he knows that asking for allegiance too often like Luo Ningcha will only completely dismember the magical binding force of language, but without clear language, all allegiance is unreliable.

He stood up and said thoughtful words, not entirely satisfied with this, but it was the best he could do, "In my mind, Lord Zhong is a mentor and friend who has benefited me a lot, and now that we are facing a common enemy, I am willing to join hands with Lord Zhong to fight against the enemy." ”

Zhong Heng knew what he had to do, knelt down on one leg, lowered his head and said, "Please accept my allegiance from the Dragon King." ”

It was a simple ceremony, and the two sides could not say that they had complete mutual trust, but they finally took an important step, and then they would not have to test each other again, but have something to say.

Zhong Heng wanted a lot of wealth, and Gu Shenwei wanted information and guidance.

"According to my estimates, in two more years, the grain and grass materials accumulated in the Central Plains in the Western Regions will be enough to support an army of 100,000 people, plus the support of more than ten countries such as Loulan, it will almost reach 150,000 people, and the only one who can compete with it in the Western Regions at that time is Beiting. ”

Gu Shenwei only then knew how urgent the situation was, for many years, the speed of the Central Plains in the Western Regions was very slow, giving people the impression that they did not plan to take action in the short term, in fact, this is an illusion, the soldiers can advance into the Western Regions at any time, what restricts the strength of the Central Plains is the supply of supplies, and the Central Plains quietly gathers supplies to completely control the Western Regions once and for all.

If Daxueshan wants to fight for independence, it must seize a piece of land first, and Fang Wen plans to complete the preparations for hegemony in five to ten years, which is too optimistic.

"The only thing that the Central Plains is afraid of is the North Garden. Zhong Heng continued, having lived in the Western Regions for many years, he has become accustomed to the way of thinking here and is indifferent to the country, "But the old Khan King is seriously ill and may die at any time, I guess the plan of the Central Plains is to wait for the old Khan King to die, when the North Court is in chaos and unable to look south to the Western Regions, he will send troops to block the main road for the North Court to enter the Western Regions, and may even encroach on the north." ”

When Nakahara wanted to control the Western Regions, the Dragon King and the Great Snow Mountain were also redundant.

Zhong Heng is a low-level officer, he can't understand the core secrets, many things are his personal guesses, and he doesn't have a formed response plan in his heart, Gu Shenwei still needs Fang Wen is kind of strategist.

The battle for hegemony in the Western Regions is still far away, and the biggest crisis facing the two of them is still Wei Song, "Special Envoy Lord Lin brought fifty personal soldiers, ten of them are not local garrisons, they have just been transferred from the Central Plains, I guess, the robbers in the desert are just a temptation, and the real brake for Lord Wei to get rid of you and me is still these ten people." ”

"Are they masters sent by the Central Plains?"

"I can't say this for sure, the dragon king may be able to see a little way, and I will find a way to let the dragon king meet them. ”

Although Wei Song has bad intentions, Gu Shenwei still doesn't want to break with it too early, the Central Plains is the most important backer of the Great Snow Mountain, although it is very unstable, it is very useful to deter the various forces in the Western Regions, "It's best to have a way not to use force, I don't think Wei Song will publicly kill us." ”

"What the Dragon King said is that Lord Wei is the Protector of the Western Regions after all, and the alliance with the Great Snow Mountain is a strategy set by the previous Lord Protector, and he will not publicly veto it so soon. Actually, I have an idea, but I don't know if the dragon king wants it or not. ”

"Just say. ”

"The dragon king still has to compete to be a colt. ”

Zhong Heng didn't explain much, he believed that the Dragon King understood what he meant.

The Central Plains hopes to control the entire Xiaoyao Sea through the Shi Kingdom, this is an unchangeable overall strategy, the puppet selected by Lin Tao is the Prince of Loulan, if the Dragon King takes the lead, Wei Song will have to do enough superficial work to continue to support the Dragon King and the Great Snow Mountain, and the assassination plan will naturally have to be temporarily abandoned.

As for Zhong Heng, as long as the Dragon King did not die, Wei Song would not kill him first, so as not to startle the snake.

Gu Shenwei has never been interested in Princess Shiguo, and part of what he said to Lin Tao is true, Daxue Mountain is too far away from Xiaoyao Sea, even if he gets this territory, it will not quench his thirst from far away, and it will not help to eliminate Jinpeng Castle.

Now, he began to seriously consider how to marry the princess.

Zhong Heng couldn't delay too long here with the Dragon King, and after chatting for a while, he retired first.

In the evening of the same day, the Dutch girl returned.

The lotus girl did not make a public appearance with the dragon king in the stone country, and as soon as she came out of the desert, she hid her whereabouts and secretly inquired about the whereabouts of the monks of the four slanders.

The monks did not stay in the palace, but settled in the city of Nengjue Temple, Nengjue Temple is not big, but it is the Huguo Temple of the Stone Country, close to the palace, easy to enter and exit.

"The king of Shiguo is really going to abdicate and become a monk. "The monks are very busy, it seems that the king will shave the princess before she gets married, you really deserve it, you don't need to have a son to become a king." ”

"I didn't want to be a colt. Gu Shenwei hadn't made up his mind yet, but he didn't want to discuss the matter with the Dutch girl.

The lotus girl didn't ask any further, "There is good news, Sumeru mustard magic skills are not only old monks, he has several disciples who have also learned, but they are very stupid and have not been able to grasp the essentials, I think I can catch someone and force them to ask." ”

The lotus girl has benefited from Fayan's internal strength, and she will never forget it in her heart.

"Don't do it yet. Gu Shenwei felt that this was not the most urgent issue at the moment, "I have something for you to do." ”

"Hmm. ”

"The envoy of the Central Plains brought fifty personal soldiers, among whom there may be hidden masters sent by the Central Plains, you go and observe, but don't fight them. ”

The Lotus Girl didn't ask much, and before taking the order to leave, she took out a stack of papers, "I said that I would tell you all the secrets of Xiaoyue Hall, this is one of them, and I will write the rest one after another, but after you read it, it is better to destroy it as soon as possible, I don't want the people of Xiaoyue Hall to know about it." ”

Gu Shenwei accepted the paper, didn't say a word, and after the lotus girl left, he read it carefully.

The first thing the Lotus Girl handed over was one of the most important secret techniques of Xiaoyue Hall.

The Great Transformation of the Mixed Spirits is indeed a set of evil sect kung fu, and the cultivator will not improve his internal strength because of this, but he can absorb the power of others to heal his own injuries and quickly restore his true qi.

The text provided by the Lotus Nu not only details the cultivation method, but also lists the reactions and pains of the person who has been absorbed, and the person who created this skill seems to be very fond of it.

One of these reactions was a high, high-pitched scream, which lasted for a much longer than normal person, and Monk Fayan didn't know where he learned about it, so he could hear that someone in the tent was using the Chaos Turn.

Even if he had 100% trust in the lotus girl, he would not practice this kind of exercise, Gu Shenwei sent the paper to the oil lamp, and temporarily changed his mind, rolled it into a roll, and carefully hid it.

It was dark outside, Gu Shenwei didn't plan to rest, he wanted to go to the meeting for a while, he always felt that in addition to fighting for the princess of Shiguo, King Dubu also had a deeper conspiracy, and he hadn't found the way so far.

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