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(8) Advance and retreat

Bai Qi came up and made a low gesture, just to cater to the vanity of scholars. The problem of being a teacher is also present in scholars. Bai Qi is just his favorite. As for asking questions, Bai Qi and Kong Beihai are not very familiar with you now, so you can’t even say if you don’t ask questions.

Regarding Bai Qi's statement, Kong Beihai did not show much pride. Bai Qi came to this teahouse in casual clothes and fought with these scholars. Kong Beihai naturally understood Bai Qi's purpose. For Kong Beihai, it was not that he did not have the opportunity to be an official, but that he had to depend on who was doing it, and he had to do big things. For Kong Beihai, the minor official in a state was not his goal. What he wanted was an opportunity to show his ambitions. As for whether this opportunity came, it depends on Bai Qi's performance below.

Kong Beihai smiled and looked slightly respectful, and his expression seemed neither humble nor arrogant. Under the gaze of everyone, Kong Beihai thought for a moment and said to Bai Qi: "Mr. Bai is also a famous talent in Daqi. I will be spared after asking for advice. It is okay for everyone to communicate with each other."

Since Bai Qi came, he naturally had to gain something. Kong Beihai was polite Bai Qi could not be proud of it. He had to leave a good impression in front of these scholars. Bai Qi looked up straight, sorted out his clothes, and bowed respectfully to Kong Beihai, saying, "Bai Qitian was a scholar, but he only learned some tricks of carving and insects. He rarely learned about the country's governance. Today, it is already in chaos. Bai Qi committed to Jiezhou and hopes that the teacher will teach me."

When Bai Qi performed like this, the scholars around him immediately looked at Bai Qi and Kong Beihai with admiration. In history, King Wen of Zhou invited Taigong to the Weishui River. Today they witnessed Bai Qi invited Beihai.

Kong Beihai actually received Bai Qi's courtesy calmly and smiled indifferently: "Kong is a little familiar with divination skills and wants to test Lord Bai first. What does Lord Bai think?"

What exactly is Kong Beihai going to do? Bai Qi is a little confused. He acted like this, but Kong Beihai is still the same. No wonder Xie Dongshan said that this person could not see the depth and was extremely cunning. Since Kong Beihai wanted to measure the characters, then measure them. Bai Qi continued to smile and said, "Bai Qi had never measured characters in his life, so I'll bother Mr. Kong today."

Kong Beihai smiled and said, "Please write it out!" He pointed to the paper and pen on the table.

Bai Qi smiled and said, "My name is Bai Qi, so let's test the word (white)." After that, Bai Qi picked up his pen and wrote the word "white". All the scholars also knew the knowledge. The calligraphy skills displayed in Bai Qi's "white" character made them feel a little impressed.

"What do you want to test by sir?" Kong Beihai asked.

This question made Bai Qi confused. What should I ask? I never believed in fate in my life, but the trajectory of life was controlled by the hand of fate. Now there is a state in charge, but the enemy is surrounded by enemies on all sides. What else should I face in front? Is it a war with my father? Or peace with each other? What should I ask? Bai Qi said to himself, smiled bitterly and said, "I am the last time, so I will ask about my future."

"Ask for the future?" Kong Beihai smiled, picked up the pen and said, "The character (white), add a king below, that is the character (huang), and add a horizontal line above, which means the character (hundred) of the people, and furthermore, it is the character (hundred) of the people. If one step back, it is a hundred. Should the adult choose to advance or retreat?" After saying that, Kong Beihai looked at Bai Qi with a very strange smile, and Bai Qi saw a kind of enthusiasm in his eyes. At this moment, Bai Qi understood the reason why Kong Beihai judged the character.

Today, it is too easy to find a single official and half-time job with Kong Beihai's talent. Although Zhang Chu and Beiqin are both military powers, even if Kong Beihai goes to these two countries, even if he is appreciated, it is difficult to give him a stage to realize his lifelong ambitions. Therefore, Kong Beihai looks willing to be mediocre on the surface and is in the market, but in fact he is waiting for Liu Bei who visited the cottage three times. Although there are no Three Kingdoms and Liu Bei in history these days, it is essentially the same. As for the word test, Kong Beihai's intention is to test Bai Qi to see if Bai Qi can become the person he is waiting for.

When this question was asked, Bai Qi felt that he had come right, but in such an environment, Bai Qi couldn't understand how to answer, so he looked around and smiled without answering it. All scholars were familiar with each other. When they saw that they had a sensitive topic, they didn't know what to do, so they all made excuses to leave. This one said, "I have something to do at home, so I'll take it off first." The other one said, "My child's diapers are still confiscated, so I'll leave first."

At this time, Bai Qi would not care about these scholars. He just kept staring at Kong Beihai. Kong Beihai also responded to Bai Qi with a smile. As the two of them looked at each other with a smile, everyone had already left and hurriedly.

"Sit!" Kong Beihai pointed to the seat, and Bai Qi also smiled and said, "Sir, please." After the two sat opposite each other, the waiter immediately came up to have some tea, and then slipped downstairs to look at the gate. It seemed that no one would disturb Bai Qi and Kong Beihai's conversation today.

"Sir, if you want to advance or retreat, Bai Qi wanted to know first, which is very powerful." Bai Qi asked first.

Kong Beihai naturally expected Bai Qihui to ask this long ago, smiled confidently, picked up the tea and took a sip. At the moment when he lowered his head to drink the tea, he raised his head. His eyes, which seemed indifferent and peaceful, were filled with confidence and enthusiasm.

"Retreat is to guard a state, but can you defend it? Not to mention the Zhang Chuxiu, but only General Bai in the capital, can he let you stay here with peace of mind? What are the consequences of using a state to fight against the power of a country? I don't need to say more, right? Take a step back ten thousand steps, even if there are no foreign enemies invading within three to five years, Jiezhou is located in a remote area, with hillsides as the main land, and farmland is sparse. Even if no one comes to fight, feeding the people of a state is a difficult problem. Therefore, retreating can only end up with nothing, which is no different from an ordinary person." Bai Qi nodded slightly when he listened to Kong Beihai's words. This is exactly consistent with Jie Dongshan's analysis, but Jie Dongshan must be more conservative and advocated to stabilize Jiezhou first and wait for the opportunity to move south.

"What about going in?" Bai Qi asked again.

"Advance means using the current Bai family army to fight south and launch surprise troops to attack Yulong Pass. As long as you take down Yulong Pass and hold it firmly in your hands, then the three states north of Yulong Pass will be taken just like taking things out. By then, you can completely rely on Yulong Pass to resist the threat from the direction of the capital. For the north, you will have enough strategic depth and you can do more than advance and retreat."

Kong Beihai's words revealed all the powerful relationships in the current situation. Bai Qi, who was still in the juncture of life and death, finally found a way to expand his living space. However, this matter was confidential. Of course, Bai Qi had to invite Kong Beihai to his side first.

"Sir, since you are willing to teach Bai Qi, Bai Qi should ask you to move to the military office, so that you can listen to your teachings every day." Bai Qi made a request, and at this time Bai Qi had already made a decision in his heart. If Kong Beihai did not agree, today next year will be his death day.

There was a trace of murderous aura flashing in Bai Qi's eyes, which had not escaped. Kong Beihai not only did not get angry, but instead showed a gratified smile and said, "Mr. Bai, can I do it if I don't go?"

"What do you think, sir?" Bai Qi asked with a smile.

Kong Beihai was dressed in a sycamore and knelt towards Bai Qichang, saying, "Kong Beihai has seen my master!"

After getting Kong Beihai, Bai Qi thought of a big deal. Kong Beihai did not go with Bai Qi immediately, but asked Bai Qi for half a day off first, so as to go back to settle the family and go to the military office to meet Bai Qi early tomorrow morning. Of course, Bai Qi would not send anyone to monitor Kong Beihai at this time. If he didn't even have this little bit of stomach, it would not be worthy of Kong Beihai's assistance.

The next morning, Kong Beihai arrived as promised, and Bai Qi was already waiting at the door early, and another pillar under Bai Qi was accompanied by Jie Dongshan.

When Kong Beihai saw Bai Qi, he hurried forward and bowed, "The Lord went out to greet him personally, Beihai was frightened!" Bai Qi laughed and pointed at Jie Dongshan and said, "Mr. Jie Dongshan, Mr. Beihai should know this, right?" In fact, when Jie Dongshan evaluated Kong Beihai, Bai Qi had already judged from Jie Dongshan's expression that the two knew each other and had some friendship. However, Bai Qi was unwilling to say it at that time, and it would be unfair if he said it out.

Kong Beihai was not surprised at all when he saw Jie Dongshan here. It was no news that Jie Dongshan came out to help Bai Qi. Kong Beihai smiled and said to Jie Dongshan: "Brother Dongshan, we are meeting again." He was a little excited. The two advisers were both dissatisfied with each other and had the intention of sympathizing with each other.

Jie Dongshan also smiled excitedly and said, "Brother Beihai, I have been waiting for this day for a long time." Seeing the two of them like this, Bai Qi laughed and said, "Bai Qi has been relying on two gentlemen since he entered."

The two of them respectfully bowed to Bai Qi at the same time and said, "I wish to share my worries for the Lord."

Although Jie Dongshan and Kong Beihai were both talented, after several days of contact, Bai Qi found that they had their own strengths. Kong Beihai should be slightly radical in his judgment and selection strategy and could react quickly. If he came up with his own plan, Jie Dongshan would appear to be a little conservative and would be more stable and capable than Kong Beihai in handling government affairs.

Bai Qi divided the work for the two. Kong Beihai specialized in military affairs, and Jie Dongshan was in charge of government affairs. Bai Qi began to start an examination to win scholars in Jiezhou, and secretly conspired with Kong Beihai to seize the Yulong Pass in military. Due to Kong Beihai's influence among scholars in Jiezhou, the examination process went smoothly. Bai Qi succeeded in obtaining the support of scholars. In military affairs, after a period of secret preparation and targeted training, Bai Qi had selected 5,000 elite soldiers and equipped the latest weapons. At the same time, Bai Qi also asked Wu Ming's killers to cooperate. Bai Qi wanted to lead the troops himself and attack Yulong Pass again.

Everyone is afraid of death. Bai Qiwei, who finally succeeded in rebelling, was no exception. After quelling the surrounding opposition forces in the military, Bai Qiwei further wanted to threaten and politically digest those states that have always been fence-bearing, which also led to most of Bai Yunfan's 100,000 troops staying in Jiangzhou. Now Bai Qiwei is most worried about his life. After the remnants of the Xue family failed in military terms, they must try every means to murder him. Therefore, Bai Qiwei did his own defense work carefully. Not only did he guard a large number of imperial guards in the temporary palace, he also invited experts from the martial arts world to protect him. As for Su Yuncheng, who rebelled with Bai Qiwei, after winning the military and winning the military and silence, he started to be very low-key and took sick leave to rest at home if he had nothing to do.

Night is a good time for many people. The dark and high winds are often associated with murder and setting fires. In Jiezhou, Bai Qi led his 5,000 elite soldiers and more than 100 killers to quietly leave the city and head straight for Yulong Pass. The march routes along the way were all selected in advance. This army was hiding in the daytime and leaving at night without knowing it. Fortunately, all prefectures and counties along the way could go around, so it would not alarm the capital.

On this night, Bai Qiwei's temporary palace seemed very quiet in Duliang City. Apart from the guards patrolling back and forth with lanterns, it was difficult to see anyone walking again.

One thing that Bai Qiwei, who proclaimed himself king, has not changed, and this is his attitude towards women. When Bai Qiwei became the Queen of Lu, the first thing he did was to collect beauties from the public. Several yellow-faced women in the family had long been thrown behind his head. Bai Qiwei had to be accompanied by women every night, and this night was no exception.

Although it was getting late, after the energetic Bai Qiwei handled the government affairs that day, as before, he pulled a palace maid who was serving him in the study. Under the observation of several palace maids, he pulled the palace maid's clothes and pressed it directly on the desk. Other palace maids took Bai Qiwei's tyranny, and none of them dared to leave, so he could only watch awkwardly. According to the understanding of the uterus of the uterus during this period, Bai Qiwei would soon pull another one after finishing one, and do it again as before, but he didn't know which palace maid would be the next one to experience Bai Qiwei's rough intercourse.

Just as Bai Qiwei was sprinting hard, Bai Qi advanced towards Yulong Pass again. At the same time, a black shadow quietly touched into the palace. With the protection of the night, the black shadow quietly touched the depths of the palace.

Bai Qiwei has the hobby of visiting palace maids in the study. When Bai Qiwei was doing things, the guards naturally did not dare to get too close. They could only protect the study firmly from the periphery. There was no one guarding the study within ten steps of the study.

The black shadow soon discovered the difference around the study. The patrol of a large number of guards gave the black shadow a preliminary judgment and focused his attention on the study.

The skill of the visitor seemed to be much higher than that of ordinary guards. When he quietly touched the study, he was not discovered. The problem now is how the black shadow would enter the study. The dense protection of the guards outside the study made the black shadow he hesitate and wait for a suitable opportunity.

Bai Qiwei in the study room had already finished one. After a short rest, he reached out and pulled another palace maid over. Although the worker was prepared, he still screamed in shock. The scream seemed very harsh in the darkness. Almost all the guards looked at the screams naturally.
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